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HellaSIIck Jul 16, 2019 @ 6:12pm
Best hosting networks for Unturned?
What hosting networks are the all around best?
Originally posted by RainOfPain125:
Renting -

Renting is a common practice that everyone knows about. The owner of the rented server pays the hoster a set amount of money weekly, monthly, or annually to have a server running. The problem with this lies within the practice itself. This practice nudges the owner into wanting to make money off of his/her server in order to pay the hoster - and usually the owner ends up making his server P2W in order to do so.

There are many other problems and disadvantages when it comes to renting such

  • When the owner stops paying for the server, the server will go down and all the server files will be permanently deleted, leaving the players of the server with nothing - All the time, work, good moments, and etc the server provided are now gone permanently. Owners that are dedicated to running a server will often times host it themselves - ensuring themselves and the players that the server will be dedicated, stick around for a long time.

  • Hosters who rent out servers only do so to make a profit, so of course the servers are overpriced. Furthermore, often times the machines are running old, outdated hardware and or software that is generations behind - and sometimes they don't even disclose what specific hardware they're using besides the most basic of details (IE, they may rip someone off by offering an "8 core" machine, but a 8 core CPU may be worse than a 4 core CPU).

  • Another problem is that all and any problems caused by the hoster are impossible to fix by the owner of the rented server. Things such as power outage, storage methods, file corruption, file loss, physical harm to the server, replacing parts for better ones, and other things can not be handled by the owner whatsoever. However, when people host it themselves they have the full sovereignty and means over their own machine and can guarantee it's protection, safety, and decide what upgrades should or need to be done.

  • Yet another problem is the owner of the rented server almost always has restricted or limited access to whatever the hoster allows them to do. The owner may not be able to modify some things about his server, or access all the files of the server - which can possibly prevent the owner from making his server run as smoothly or as efficiently as it could be.

  • And of course, hosting on your own is a great personal experience for learning from the ground-up on how to create basic game-servers or any kinds of servers. Personally, for me, it was fun being behind the wheel for the first time trying to create and establish my first server.
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RainOfPain125 Jul 16, 2019 @ 8:33pm 
Why not host yourself? Its easy and cheaper than renting.
Last edited by RainOfPain125; Jul 16, 2019 @ 8:33pm
HellaSIIck Jul 16, 2019 @ 9:38pm 
Originally posted by RA:HHR-5 Rainie:
Why not host yourself? Its easy and cheaper than renting.
gotta pay for my own internet if i do that
RainOfPain125 Jul 16, 2019 @ 9:56pm 
Originally posted by Scarecrow:
Originally posted by RA:HHR-5 Rainie:
Why not host yourself? Its easy and cheaper than renting.
gotta pay for my own internet if i do that
How are you gonna play the server without internet? lol
b17&t Jul 16, 2019 @ 10:01pm 
hosting on your own computer gives you full control, hosting through a third party usually gives you restricted control.
Last edited by b17&t; Jul 16, 2019 @ 10:02pm
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RainOfPain125 Jul 16, 2019 @ 10:09pm 
Renting -

Renting is a common practice that everyone knows about. The owner of the rented server pays the hoster a set amount of money weekly, monthly, or annually to have a server running. The problem with this lies within the practice itself. This practice nudges the owner into wanting to make money off of his/her server in order to pay the hoster - and usually the owner ends up making his server P2W in order to do so.

There are many other problems and disadvantages when it comes to renting such

  • When the owner stops paying for the server, the server will go down and all the server files will be permanently deleted, leaving the players of the server with nothing - All the time, work, good moments, and etc the server provided are now gone permanently. Owners that are dedicated to running a server will often times host it themselves - ensuring themselves and the players that the server will be dedicated, stick around for a long time.

  • Hosters who rent out servers only do so to make a profit, so of course the servers are overpriced. Furthermore, often times the machines are running old, outdated hardware and or software that is generations behind - and sometimes they don't even disclose what specific hardware they're using besides the most basic of details (IE, they may rip someone off by offering an "8 core" machine, but a 8 core CPU may be worse than a 4 core CPU).

  • Another problem is that all and any problems caused by the hoster are impossible to fix by the owner of the rented server. Things such as power outage, storage methods, file corruption, file loss, physical harm to the server, replacing parts for better ones, and other things can not be handled by the owner whatsoever. However, when people host it themselves they have the full sovereignty and means over their own machine and can guarantee it's protection, safety, and decide what upgrades should or need to be done.

  • Yet another problem is the owner of the rented server almost always has restricted or limited access to whatever the hoster allows them to do. The owner may not be able to modify some things about his server, or access all the files of the server - which can possibly prevent the owner from making his server run as smoothly or as efficiently as it could be.

  • And of course, hosting on your own is a great personal experience for learning from the ground-up on how to create basic game-servers or any kinds of servers. Personally, for me, it was fun being behind the wheel for the first time trying to create and establish my first server.
Originally posted by Scarecrow:
What hosting networks are the all around best?
Why do you want renting? is it your computer can't host while playing?

If that's so then you can do what you want. :steamsalty:
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