Unable to connect to your server

[ronin.]

Hello Gamers!

I have a problem with connecting to your server to play et.

I'm not able to connect to your game server, the game disconnected and I tried to connect again, it said I was banned with a long number beside it, I dont exactly remember.

I had saw a thing online about et still going and your server was mentioned to join, got excited, and I gave it a go. I was a bit deflated though, half way thro a game it was disconnected... the last time I played the game was about 2010, on etpro servers - im not sure why I would be banned in 2025?

 

I eagerly await your repsonse and hopefully resolution, it would be pleasent to play again. Thanks for your time.

 

-Ronin

[Flo]

Hello!

let us investigate this situation and come back to you soon

[Flo]

The issue has been fixed and you should now be able to play!

[ronin.]

Thank you ever so much

[ronin.]

Hi Again,

Whatever magic you did, I was able to connect again. Thanks alot. However, I find that I am spiking red, alot. I think it's because I am connecting thro a 5g Router, even tho its considered fixed line home internet, its cableless.

Ive tried some of the tweaks I found, they dont help though, I wanted to try a VPN, but I see you prohibit the use unless access is permitted, would it be possible to kindly request a whitelist to be able to try using my VPN service? I read that chosing a VPNserver near th egame  server can help improve stability, not so much the over all latency. but id sacrifice a little latency for stability, since it tends to spike at unfortunate times.

my game name Ronin. (with a dot) and my guid ends in 74fc8 if this helps.

Thank you, and thank you for keeping this game going, I was so stoked when I saw it was still going, and your server is the king by the looks of it

Are there still cups / ladders / pick ups?

I'm looking forward to playing with you all

Best regards

 

Ronin.

[Dragonkiss]

Im no expert but 5g offers a lot of bandwidth but is still crap concerning an stable latency… you cannot compare it to an ‘regular’ isp connection. And it’s not the bandwidth you want (download a lot of mb’s fast) but an fast way for your signal to go from a to b (latency).

Edited March 13 by Dragonkiss

[Cyber]

I beg to differ here, dragon. I had my cable Internet fail during match of counter strike, had to tether via phone as emergency solution. It was surprisingly so good that I forgot and platyed one or two more matches on phone's Internet (5g,maybe even 4+g) without issues

[ronin.]

Hi,

 

It's not a mobile hotspot I am using, its one of these routers that is supposed to be less bother to install, and it connects to the network via a SIM rather than any cables, but it's considered to be fixed, since you arent supposed to take it with you.

The issue with it is stability of the ping, its going up and down by 50ms.

Some other players indicated that by connecting to a VPN located close to them or close to the server can flatten out the connection at the cost of a small amount of ping. From what I understand I may get a slight increase to ping, but eliminate the up and down jumps. Seems worth a try.

 

I tried to connect, and I was actually banned again after a few seconds, it said VPN this time. I havent tried the VPN app yet tho, was waiting for the go ahead from you guys...

 

I was looking forward to some ET tonight since its the weekend, any possibility ?

I dont really have other games that I can play I only have my works laptop and it couldnt play any other game well. But bummed.

 

Thanks

 

-ronin.

[Dragonkiss]

It ‘can’ work but 5g is 5g either through an thetered phone or as an mifi router both use the same type of aerial connection. And as ham amateur I know that that can cause huge issues. Not saying it can’t work but the latency can differ a lot causing huge lag issues. 
 

vpn can level it out, but TM has rules about connecting through vpn. 

I hope you get it to work, but it will always be an undesirable way to play online games. 

Edited March 15 by Dragonkiss
Feckin’ auto assume

[ronin.]

Hi again,

Thanks so much for you feed backs, honmestly we didn't think about how it would affect online gaming as its not something either of us do, it works for its purpose wich is connection to internet, mainly streaming, for this use it is very good. And no installation, the entire thing was delivered by royal mail and set up by a royal hotty (me) lol. 

My husband doesnt play video games, and I have stopped about 15 years ago, when I was still young lol, but careers.  

connecting to the server did work, I was able to connect after the guy above (flo) kindly fixed the issue, but then I was banned again for using a VPN, but I hadnt tried a VPN yet? I have since installed the VPN software but not before this 2nd banning. Idk what happened.

I do see you have rules, but VPN isnt listed as a rule?  and that is why I requested it,  before to use it... thought it seems to be more a requirement to inform you guys first, to be honest your rules are a little confusing, any way I would love to set my laptop up in the kitchen and play but I dont want to connect to your server incase I get banned again, I remember how much of a hassle PB is to get unbanned, is that what the delay is? Should I reinstall the game will that help? I remember reinstalling would make a new key/guid.

I'm patiently waiting for your guidance - thanks

Do you guys still do games like 3o3 and 6o6 matches? Would love to get involved casualy if thats possible.

None of the old 'hangouts' appears to be online any more and I see irc is not used anymore so how do players communicate ?

 

-ronin.

 

 

[Cyber]

Thanks for your patience and not trying to get around a ban, even tho it shouldn't be there in the first place. @Flo should be able to get you sorted to use vpn. I think dragonkiss misspoke there regarding vpn. It's not a rule as such, we just don't allow it as first approach, but we're happy to whitelist the nice people. The vpn ban thing is in place to help us fight cheaters or other undesirables, who use vpn to bypass the bans. 

I'd recommend not reinstalling the game, because as you say, you'd get a new guid and this while thing starts again. 

You might also be able to get a faster response on our discord here: 

https://discord.gg/eTk8rkUj

We don't organise any matches ourselves, but there is also a discord server for competitive side of et. I'm not a member there so don't have  a link for that one, but I'm sure you'd be able to ask around or Google it

[ronin.]

Hi Cyber,

Thanks for your reply, not that it is any of my business why, I sinceley appreciate the explanation, it makes total sense. So I was banned by a system rather than an admin?

I will look into the discord, thanks for the link. It's not something Ive used before, I preseume it succeeds irc.

Maybe the guy isnt around, i'd rather not wait, but I won't complain, directly...hehe ... it is the weekend - it's understandable.

Hopefully he will fix it soon, and thank you for the infos.

Looking forward to playing this game again on your server!

 

-ronin.

[Dragonkiss]

9 hours ago, Cyber said:

Thanks for your patience and not trying to get around a ban, even tho it shouldn't be there in the first place. @Flo should be able to get you sorted to use vpn. I think dragonkiss misspoke there regarding vpn. It's not a rule as such, we just don't allow it as first approach, but we're happy to whitelist the nice people. The vpn ban thing is in place to help us fight cheaters or other undesirables, who use vpn to bypass the bans. 

My bad if I miscommunicated. Of course I meant the use of vpn to bypass bans. 
!Apologies Cyber 😘

[Cyber]

No worries, dragonkiss, didn't mean to pick on you, just trying to give accurate info

 

-C

Edited Tuesday at 06:48 PM by Cyber

[ronin.]

Good Evening,

Perhaps there is an update on this situation?

Eagerly awaiting your response.

Best Regards

-ronin.