Heroes of Newerth : Will there be a Philippine private server?

Yevonsouls — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:55:53 +0000

Local HON players can now play on sub-100ms latencies

Last week iGame announced that it would be hosting a local Heroes of Newerth (HON) server.

Developed by S2 Games, HON follows a very similar gameplay mechanic to the popular Warcraft III mod ‘Defence of the Ancients’ (DOTA). Being big fans of DOTA, the team at S2 Game decided to develop a complete stand alone game, similar to DOTA but with improved visuals and a slicker interface.

The problem that faces local gamers however is that HON uses a fairly large amount of bandwidth, with many users reporting around 30mb of data use per hour. High latencies are also a negative side effect of being located so far away from the international hosting servers. Although S2 have taken measures to reduce the extent to which high latency affects gameplay, it would still be ideal to play on latencies of around 50ms, which is only achievable on local servers.

iGame realized these issues early on and set out to create a local HON server, where Filipino gamers can play using low latency and will eventually be able to use local-only bandwidth.

HON is already promising to become one of the leading multiplayer games for the next few years, and the current beta which is being run all over the world has enjoyed massive success.

For the time being local players still require international bandwidth to play the game on the local server. This is because players need to go through an authentication server which is located internationally. Once the game is authenticated the local servers will host the actual matches. The unfortunate effect is that players will not be able to get into games on local-only bandwidth packages.

This is a problem which iGame hopes to solve in the future. By demonstrating a strong SA HON following, iGame hope to eventually be able introduce a fully fledged authentication server in SA which players will be able to play on using local bandwidth exclusively.

The local server is now up and running and players hosting matches will be able to select the ‘iGame ZAF 1- 16’ server.

While the server is already up, iGame is working closely with S2 Games to optimize it. There have been a number of minor issues with regards to local configurations being slightly incompatible with the international servers, but steps are being taken to resolve these problems. Typical latencies on the server are between 25-60 ms.

iGame’s Johnathan Smit told MyGaming that iGame is confident that they will have the server running smoothly within the next 48 hours.

iGame is also considering possible short term solutions which will allow players to access the server and play HON using only local bandwidth. This however is a step which will only come once the current local server is up and running and is able to demonstrate sufficient demand for such a service.

The iGame HON server has been made possible only through considerable investment from iBurst, with product managers Dawood Patel and Nick Herbert both realizing the potential of a local server early on and having the vision to set out to create such a service.

A number of iGame technicians such as Greg Wildman, James Devine and Johnathan Smit have worked tirelessly to make a local HON server a reality.

Discuss local HON server in the forums

I sure do hope Filipinos can enjoy their own gaming server right at the comforts of their doorsteps!

Happy gaming!

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Yevonsouls — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:44:09 +0000

(UPDATE) 26 domestic flights canceled as Manila braces for ‘Pepeng’

(Updated 6:30 pm) Twenty-six flights were canceled Friday as airlines braced for typhoon Pepeng, which continued to gain strength as it roared towards Northern Luzon.

The Manila International Airport Authority said Cebu Pacific canceled twelve flights, Philippine Airlines canceled eight flights, while Zest Air canceled four of its scheduled flights Friday, including return flights.

Four of the canceled trips are flights originating from the Centennial Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), 16 flights from the NAIA Terminal 3, and six flights from the Manila Domestic Airport.

Below is a list of canceled flights as of Friday afternoon:

According to the US-based Naval Research Laboratory Monterey Marine Meteorology Division, ‘Pepeng’ had reached wind speeds of up to 222 kph and gustiness of up to 269 kph, which places it in the super typhoon category when it makes landfall in the northern Philippines on Saturday.

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Six areas in northern and eastern Luzon have been placed under Signal No. 2 while 24 areas in Luzon and two areas in the Visayas are under Signal No. 1.

On Friday, a radio report said about 60 people were stranded at the Lucena City port in Quezon province after the Philippine Coast Guard prevented sea craft from traveling to areas where storm alerts have been raised. Three cargo trucks were also stranded at the same port.

In Real town in Quezon, 100 passengers bound for the Polillo Islands were also stranded due to the sea travel ban. – Mark Merueñas, GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173642/update-26-domestic-flights-canceled-as-manila-braces-for-pepeng

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