We've done some brainstorming this morning and we've come up with some new server names. The reason for this being is that we want to get rid of server numbers, as somehow these server numbers seem to translate in a certain status. The numbers have been bothering us for a long long time, but we never came up with a real solution for it. One primary example was back in time when we used to have 2 popular servers, servers 1 and 2, and we launched server 3, no one would use it. When we then changed it's name to server 1.5, people suddenly start using it. It seems to have a weird psychological effect on people(And mind you, me included, as I also see '1' being primary, and '2,3,4,5 etc' as secondaries).
For TF2 we(mainly anna
) have come up with the following server names, inspired by TF2 character names and TF2 weapons;
Specialattack.net :: Mister Jane Doe :: No Critz
Specialattack.net :: Dell Conagher :: default
Specialattack.net :: Tavish DeGroot :: Highlander
Specialattack.net :: Equalizer :: bball2
Specialattack.net :: Pain Train :: bball2
Specialattack.net :: Buff banner :: bball2
For each game we'll come up with an own server naming scheme based on a to be decided naming theme. Our own hardware for example is named after characters from the movie 'reservoir dogs'.