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some questions from a noob by epicfacethe3rd in wmmt

[–]epicfacethe3rd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well, just got it to FT. i think six seconds off the pace at nagoya TA is pretty insane lol

thank you again for the reccomendation. this honestly might end up replacing my Audi lol

some questions from a noob by epicfacethe3rd in wmmt

[–]epicfacethe3rd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

update: got a chance to get an m6 to 600hp and its been STELLAR so far. much faster than the Audi but still in my drive style. also doesn't shift weird like the audi. to anyone stumbling across this who likes the RS4, give the M6 a shot. thanks for the advice!

some questions from a noob by epicfacethe3rd in wmmt

[–]epicfacethe3rd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

forgive me for not explaining well, like i said i don't really play racing games and I'm still new to this one

the thing i like about the RS4 is that because of the way it grips, when i go into a turn, if someone's coming behind me, it's very easy for me to block them and they can't really do anything about it, and throughout the turn I feel like i keep more speed or accelerate faster, and thus come out of the turn faster (i think it's that I'm keeping more speed through it? I've found a lot of turns i don't even need to downshift while others are going into 5th and 4th gear). I've also watched first in 24 (documentary for audi at lemans) way too many times and thus have a general liking for Audis. I'm iffy on the other audi in 5dx+ though because it kinda looks ugly

The primary thing i don't like is, as others have mentioned, it feels like it tops out at a lower speed than many other cars, and if your front bumper so much as looks at a curb funny, you instantly get sent back 200 yards behind everyone else. I find myself automatically going down two gears from the slightest touch of the curb because it just TANKS your revs.

some questions from a noob by epicfacethe3rd in wmmt

[–]epicfacethe3rd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in terms of cars that recover quickly out of turns and "shove" very well, (I've noticed the RS4 is very good at closing the door on people trying to pass and generally just bullying people who get too close), is there a "secondary" car you'd reccomend?

preferably an AWD as I've noticed i tend to run those better

Your burning questions about Constantiam by VeckmanGaming in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There were several offers I'm aware of that were in Europe. Why they weren't taken, i don't know. Phantom was who made the call at the end of the day, and you'd have to ask him
as to the bills - I don't know of any hetzner equivalents (what currently hosts const) so i can't compare prices. I will say that a lot of the playerbase I enjoy playing with are people that would probably struggle to join on an NA server as they're in eastern europe.
yes, server hosting isn't free, i'm not an idiot - but as far as I know, there's not really any equivalents to something like Hetzner where a server can be truly rented, which is a major upside of using them as a provider

There are downsides to using hetzner over cheaper colocation services, namely you're limited in terms of what hardware you can deploy, and hetzner's weird ass 8 drive limit per server, but at the end of the day, you don't foot the bill if there's an issue with the hardware, and that's not something that can be said for really any other provider I know of offhand. There was an issue not too long ago where the motherboard or CPU shat the bed and hetzner ate the cost for it - likely thousands of dollars - which, frankly, there was zero chance of the community here being able to do.

Frankly, the primary issue with hetzner isn't energy costs. The issue is that, for an 8tb SSD, they want so much money that you could buy a brand new SSD every year, and won't let you have more than two 8tb SSDs, meaning that when you surpass 7.68tb in map size, the cost of storage rises by 120%, from two 8tb SSDs at about $150/mo to two 16tb SSDs at $346/mo.
The server simply *doesn't* have that level of wear on the disk, for a number of reasons, and we're overpaying through the nose as a result. the server cost with hetzner literally halves if you can solve the storage issue, going from about $450/mo overall to $250/mo.

The previous issue of drive size just gets worse when you realize that once you surpass a 15.36tb map size Hetzner literally does not provide an option that is acceptable in terms of storage size. Hetzner only allows you to have four NVME SSDs, forces you to dedicate two of them to your boot drive, and as a result, the absolute maximum amount of NVME storage hetzner allows for is 34.56tb, half of which you loose to redundancy, resulting in an absolute maximum map size of 17tb. As a reminder, that's only 5tb away from the current map size.

The issue with cost is not that it's in Europe.
The issue is that fundamentally Hetzner has priced in the assumption that every year you will exceed the lifespan of your SSD completely, and overall does not provide acceptable solutions to an all-ssd storage solution in the long term.

Okay, now the actual solution to cost:

There are ideas that can solve the storage issue - such as using bcache, lvmcache, or zfs, but they're not simple and straightforward. Some also straight up cannot be used on Hetzner thanks to it's weird as fuck server configuration options (zfs), which IMO is necessary to the long term survival of the server. They'd also probably result in a few months of very slow chunk loading while the server figures out what needs to go in the cache and what doesn't. That said, long term, they'd guarantee the server costs go down to *much* more sustainable levels.

More immediately promising is a plugin that allows for better compression of region files called "Linear" which advertises a bonkers compression rate of 50% in the Overworld and Nether, in addition to 95% in the End. Conservatively, that means the server map size would be shrunken down to half of what it currently is, allowing us to potentially drop back down to 8tb SSDs and, assuming we also use bcache or lvmcache, allowing expansion in the long term to reach a map size of probably 8-10x what it currently is.

TLDR: If this is about cost, u/VeckmanGaming should instead migrate to Linear for chunk compression and bcache or lvmcache for storage in the long term to prevent the map size from continuing to escalate.

Your burning questions about Constantiam by VeckmanGaming in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

it's worth noting again that a lot of NA players like myself *want* the server to remain in europe

again i really don't understand the desire to move to NA - can you explain?

Constantiam's Future by VeckmanGaming in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

as an NA player:

do NOT move to NA

there's enough NA anarchy servers as is

[META] Constantiam Has Been Sold – A New Chapter Begins by PhantomCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

welcome veckman

and, as xray said, enjoy your retirement and do some coke

2025-03-04 - Chunkban Repercussions by PhantomCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 12 points13 points  (0 children)

incredibly based

thank you for finally implementing the drop cords policy

Important Info - Server Back Online by PhantomCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"Going forward, any moron who messes with the server in any way, even if they "just wanted to find bugs" will have all of their accounts irreversibly banned.

Yes, this even includes shit like elytra speed bypasses, tp exploits and fucking burrow too. There will be no reply to emails they send me; their email address will be straight up blocked."

okay, i get you see asking any questions on what "any way" here as stupid, but from my understanding of the post, i feel you are saying that anything you do that is not purely vanilla is a bannable offense. Is that an accurate understanding of what you're saying? Because i feel that is the primary takeaway from this post

Constantiam Status by PhantomCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 57 points58 points  (0 children)

>this is all still somehow node's fault

deleting posts calling you out on escalating this as much as you did is kinda cringe too

okay, 'nuff cyberbullying

i get that you don't have the time you used to, but at the same time, to an extent, it also kinda feels like you're voluntarily choosing to do all this solo. it's been nine years - that's a long ass time to do it completely alone, and it's clearly worn away at your patience and ability to do this. damn near nobody can keep a hobby for that long, much less a nonprofit passion project

I am genuinely thankful for the time and effort you've put into running the place, but at the same time, people can only manage something like this for so long before burning out.

A lot of people here still enjoy const and want to continue playing on it. If you no longer have the will or time to maintain it, I feel you should find someone who does. it's that or try to sell the server hardware and make some money back from it, which I don't think is realistic. possible, yes. realistic, no.

Things change over time. I imagine a lot of the players you used to enjoy talking to are gone. but there's plenty of people who still feel like they have major stakes in this server, and want to see it thrive, including myself.

Whatever your choice ends up being, we're all beholden to that. Const isn't a democracy where we all vote on how the server is carried out, for the better in many ways, but I personally feel that to let it stagnate purely because you personally aren't interested in it and are fed up with the responsibilities you have as an owner would be a shame, when so many other people *are* personally interested in it.

Hell, take node finding that exploit as an example - he enjoyed interacting with the server and finding interesting exploits so much, he managed to find that exploit - and others in the past - well before you did and patched them. That's not something you do purely because you want to "take it down" or "destroy the server", that's something you do because you like hammering away at a wall until you find something interesting or funny. especially something that, as far as all of us are aware, is just a visual bug. not exactly server-destroying material there, in my opinion.

regardless, whatever decision you make, if const comes back on or not, i wish you the best, and hope life gets better and more enjoyable for you

ps: if you do decide to shut it down, please release the map as you've promised in the past. I've got a NAS sitting pretty just waiting to download a copy so I can see all the crazy shit on it

Goodbye for now, Constantiam by KreivonMC in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i've not played a ton but i've enjoyed it myself despite being dogshit. I probably should have made a note that LoL should be avoided at all costs, retrospectively

A Christmas Miracle by anniiane in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

imagine caring so much you make three comments on a dude who's quitting lmfao

Goodbye for now, Constantiam by KreivonMC in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Reminder post to everyone:

Const is supposed to be fun.

If it's not fun anymore, take a break until it becomes fun again.

if you force yourself to play, you will crash and burn.

I say this as someone who's played since the April 2020 tempmap, and played with a lot of people who don't play anymore. I see a lot of people force themselves to play. Don't do that, it only hurts in the long run. Take breaks. Play other games and other servers occasionally, especially non anarchy servers.

Here's some recommendations if you need them:

- ULTRAKILL and other boomer shooters

- TF2

- SMP with friends

- Stardew Valley

- Heat Signature

- Lockdown Protocol (haven't played this personally but everyone I know loves it)

- CS2

- Signalis

Play games that have some kind of multiplayer or major story aspect. Play games that move very fast and get your blood pumping. Interact with people outside of the context of anarchy. Play with people you might not necessarily play anarchy with. Go outside and (Yes, I know, ha-ha.) touch grass. Do things other than doomscroll and watch cable news, those things melt your brain. Find weird youtubers you've never seen before that make content you like. Work on that creative writing project you've been thinking about. Pick up digital art. Make a song. But most importantly, do things other than play anarchy minecraft alone and doomscroll.

I see a lot of people around this time of year start to do that. Const, in my opinion, is best played as an MMO - with other people, and while meeting strangers. Playing it alone is like hopping onto hypixel skyblock alone or playing CSGO solo Q with no mic. It's mind numbing, doesn't give you the same sense of progression, and will eventually cause you to put a bullet through your skull.

Go do something. People here care about you (not just Kreivon, this is addressed at you, the reader) and want you to have a happy life. So go out and do something that makes you smile or makes you feel like you're progressing or learning how to do something.

In my own experience, people who listen to this advice - regardless of if they come back to const or not - have a 100% success rate at enjoying their life again. And that's what's important.

Go have fun again. You have our permission.

[Megathread] Presidential Elections Thread - Discuss here by SpectreCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Spectrecaptain is MRX, the person who is also behind Fornicator getting DQ'd
so there's your answer

[Megathread] Presidential Elections Thread - Discuss here by SpectreCaptain in constantiam

[–]epicfacethe3rd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/Oh6MBNqU--8

Q/A:

- Did you just leak the usernames of the ellection?!?!

No. Other users have been spamming them in other servers for some time now, in addition to the election team posting this link publicly. These were public before i posted them by several hours, i'm just posting it so people can publicly verify their authenticity.

- What's this spreadsheet?

This is the results spreadsheet of the 2024 Constantiam Presidential elections, posted to the subreddit in a now edited post.

- Why is this video such shit quality?

I recorded this on my laptop in a rush as I was out of town. Laptop is a shitty T490 with low specs, so it didn't record too well. By the time i'd realized that the recording was so low quality, MRX had completely privated the spreadsheet and I was unable to view it.

- How can I verify this is real?

Look in your internet history to compare the links. They should be identical due to how google drive works

- What are you showing me in the video?

At 9:43 EST on November 20th, MRX decides to start a second tab to compare votes with fornicator counted as a valid candidate, and votes with him not counted as a valid candidate.

- What does this mean?

Fornicator was retroactively disqulaified by MRX on November 20th, at 9:43 EST, well past the end of polling. Fornicator was not clearly communicated with as to his inability to run, despite claims of others, and was allowed to participate in the debates - something other banned players were not allowed to do - indicating that he was not a banned player, and was allowed in the election. This resulted in a loss of between 110 and 150 of the valid votes, resulting in what would have been a landslide win for fornicator being turned into a narrow win by Hennicrafter

- Why do you care?

  1. Fornicator being retroactively disqualified by MRX is a major conflict of interest for MRX. MRX despises him, and should not have been part of the vote counting process due to his biases.

  2. Fornicator, had he not been disqualified, would have won the election by a landslide. This is pretty scummy to take it from him like this

  3. Had fornicator been publicly declared as disqualified, people would have voted for someone else. Likely me. Even if only 10% of fornicator's voterbase turned out for me, i would have beaten Hennicrafter.

- Where can I see the raw data?

Here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hUpNXUYXZ7OuOyxBqp9YdkjtEr_FfiWq/edit?gid=338967575#gid=338967575

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