stupid reserve slots

[ernestlaw]

those reserve slots are so stubid
and i wonder who think this stubid idea
i am always being kicked because of reserve slots?

[Vikaman]

Yeah, I have been on the EA SG servers, its just EA's other way of getting money outta this, it really annoys me when it kicks me before even joining...

[Badboris_uk]

join a squad then

people only ever kick lone-wolfers unless there are none, which never happens :P

[ernestlaw]

Yeah, I have been on the EA SG servers, its just EA's other way of getting money outta this, it really annoys me when it kicks me before even joining...

you are australian?
yes the stubid fragni... company

[Vikaman]

I live in thailand.

join a squad then

people only ever kick lone-wolfers unless there are none, which never happens :P

You get kicked before you even join the server, in other words, the kick screen comes up before the loading screen even starts.

[MouseNo4]

Yes its lame. I guess you just need to learn to live with it.

[Alaz]

I'd say you're really unlucky, i've never been kicked for a reserved slot and i play servers that have them all the time.

[Chasepwner]

When the reserved slots are filled with pubbers, it kicks the last person who joins.

And how does EA get money from players getting kicked for reserved slots? The server owners get that money, not EA.

[DeathEngineer]

The reserved slot 'handling' is a good idea. I've only been kicked once or twice and I play a lot on servers with reserved slots.

It is much better than before when for example you had a 48 players server with 10 reserved slots... if the reserved players were not playing then the most you could have was 38 players. Now you can have up to the max almost all the time.

I don't mind getting kicked when a reserved player logs on because heck.. THEY are paying for the server not me.

[Deesies]

Don't join someone else's slot then?

[SonicPixel]

...snip...

I don't mind getting kicked when a reserved player logs on because heck.. THEY are paying for the server not me.

That's why I love the new Reserved Slot system. Since I'm contributing to help keep the server running, I'd like to make sure I can play when I want to.

Now, the server can be full and I can still join the game. My advice? Pay the small monthly dues to keep your favorite server running and get a reserved slot. Everyone wins and you're out only the equivalent of a couple of Venti Mochas from Starbucks for a month's worth of play time. That's a good trade!

P.S. What up, DeathEngineer!

[Kalo]

i got a better idea, lets ban you instead when our friends want in, so you cant come back and complain =P! lol.

[DeZaStR]

I don't mind getting kicked when a reserved player logs on because heck.. THEY are paying for the server not me.
Exactly.

[Sir. Tasty]

those reserve slots are so stubid
and i wonder who think this stubid idea
i am always being kicked because of reserve slots?

Its for mainly clans so they can keep spots open to stop lagg on the server , or for there members , its not stupid .

[nosoupforyou]

join a squad then

people only ever kick lone-wolfers unless there are none, which never happens :P

not if your doing better than the admins present, they will just kik you for the gold star....

[ToxicVega]

those reserve slots are so stubid
and i wonder who think this stubid idea
i am always being kicked because of reserve slots?

Reserved slots;

1st, I pay for it, I get a to play when I want.
2nd, It kicks the last person to join.
3rd, if you don't want it to happen, pay a little money and help support your favorite server, they aren't cheap.

[Vikaman]

Its only EA SG servers that have these slots... EA = money to EA.

Singapore and many other asian countries only of EA servers, WE CANT afford to pay 100 dollars or so for a set of ranked servers, so we are restricted to them.

HENCE, we cannot go to 'other servers' like you guys can easily say, as in America, there are thousands of servers.

Nor, can we live with it, as there are only 4 EA SG servers, most which have the slots.
And this slots are expensive. Something like 25$ a month... thats 2x Planetside...

[raysusan]

And this slots are expensive. Something like 25$ a month... thats 2x Planetside...

they are charging $25 for 3 months not a month

they need $ to host their ranked servers
so it is one of the way they can get their $ to maintain their servers

in fact ToxicVega had make some mature points here

Reserved slots;

1st, I pay for it, I get a to play when I want.
2nd, It kicks the last person to join.
3rd, if you don't want it to happen, pay a little money and help support your favorite server, they aren't cheap

i had paid for the Reserved slot there because i want some ranked servers in my country

[jasonhanjk]

I am one of the reserve slot customer. After reading quite lot's of post around here. The benefits of EASG are:

1. We don't have skunk problem.
2. No abusive admin.
3. Glitchers, cheaters, TKers and abusive players are ban if being reported.
4. Lastly, you can knife Supreme Commander GOUF and ex-SC Noobish-Noob there. :D

[Vikaman]

I am one of the reserve slot customer. After reading quite lot's of post around here. The benefits of EASG are:

1. We don't have skunk problem.
2. No abusive admin.
3. Glitchers, cheaters, TKers and abusive players are ban if being reported.
4. Lastly, you can knife Supreme Commander GOUF and ex-SC Noobish-Noob there. :D

We get the same at EA TH, without paying :D.

Only no Supreme Commanders.

BUt you can get [JAV] Unknownable. Best in Thailand.

[jasonhanjk]

Too bad I have problem logging into EATH. Same goes to EATW. :(

[Maverick23]

What is a pubber and do you get an award of some kind if you go lone wolf for a certain number of hours?

[Vikaman]

Too bad I have problem logging into EATH. Same goes to EATW. :(

EA TW is really bad, their admins are aparently REALLY abusive and kick not Taiwanese people.

What is a pubber and do you get an award of some kind if you go lone wolf for a certain number of hours?
Pubbers (i think) are people who play public (internet cafes?) or just play online, non clan match players.
Second question: No.

[Kalo]

You are choosing the wrong servers no soup for you.

[Vikaman]

You are choosing the wrong servers no soup for you.

READ THE THREAD, Asians lack servers, Singapore has 5 servers. THATS IT.

MY country has only 3 SERVERS.

[EaGle1337]

big ****ing deal the people who buy the reserved slot are helping the server owner keep the server up.

[Vikaman]

Sever owner = EA.

[mizu]

EA TW is really bad, their admins are aparently REALLY abusive and kick not Taiwanese people.
THAT'S against the ROE :). As an official EA ranked server you are NOT suppose to do that

[Vikaman]

Never been on that server (cos get kicked before joining), hence I cannot say, but I have heard.

[Lunien]

I can't ever get into the EATH servers...just stuck on EASG, TW, or Hong Kong servers...China has one, ONE server...and it's a k&p server, gah. btw I live in china, so yeah >.> any other servers push me up to 200+ ping

[[DICE]CKMC]

We are alooking to get more servers established in the Asian regions. So hopefully this will help with the selection issues Vika brings up.

[Vikaman]

CKMC;242296']We are alooking to get more servers established in the Asian regions. So hopefully this will help with the selection issues Vika brings up.

Oohh, metioned by a DICE member 0.0

please, we need servers, most of them crash all the time,

to specify the EATH 64 player S95 server, its really annoying.

[Everdying]

EATH has 3 servers, yea 3 very bad ones.
they suffer so much packet loss it makes anyone from even neighboring malaysia trying to connect almost impossible.
wonder how they even got to be a ranked server.
and yea, EATW is also bad.

[[DICE]CKMC]

There were reports that a recent earthquake has been playing havoc with net connection speeds in your region. Has that settled down or is it still an issue?

[Vikaman]

The earthquake issue is ok now, the cables have been fixed by CAT (thailands major cable provider (like fibre optics and stuff)).

EATH has 3 servers, yea 3 very bad ones.

YAY, someone else that agrees.

[Ezekiel]

lol, so you only have 3 servers, or is that just 3 EA servers?

We have around 10 EAUK servers, but i never actually go on them, cant handle 48 size titan maps, just go on the 100's of other European servers

[NeeN10DoH]

Im a reserve slot player in EA SG servers

[directx10]

thats better than loading and gettting kicked immediatly because " yi=ou will be kicked after load if server is at 48/50" screw that, just say its full before i load.

[Vikaman]

lol, so you only have 3 servers, or is that just 3 EA servers?

We have around 10 EAUK servers, but i never actually go on them, cant handle 48 size titan maps, just go on the 100's of other European servers

We have only 3 servers.

Technically 5, but the titan servers are always empty due to heavy lag.

[Everdying]

CKMC;242316']There were reports that a recent earthquake has been playing havoc with net connection speeds in your region. Has that settled down or is it still an issue?

well, even during the BF2 days, it was literally impossible to connect to EATH from malaysia, same goes when trying to EATW.
during BF2 when connecting to EATH, my PC would just lockup forcing a reboot.
i wasnt the only one complaining on having to reboot.

now we just avoid EATH, i guess the ppl from thailand also avoid it and rather go to EASG to play.

btw, those ppl from thailand, rather than complaining, just go rent a server from fragnetics.
this is what the malaysian community did, by renting a 42 slot server.

[Vikaman]

The fragnetics servers give us a ping of 100+, which is not good.

I get kicked from the Malaysian server a lot too.Ping of aorund 200 there.

[Ezekiel]

so is there no clan in Bangkok etc who have a server?? If not you should make one, get a few clan servers up

[Vikaman]

so is there no clan in Bangkok etc who have a server?? If not you should make one, get a few clan servers up

The problem is that there are no official ranked server partners in Thailand.
If there were, my clan would have, cos we are the most populated and the best :)

[Ezekiel]

i see, that sucks

[Bommando]

When SE Asian servers come up in my server browser, the max I ping is 150. I never play on them, but there are easily 30-40 Australian servers you could join. The ping won't be ideal, but very playable.

Hell, I play on TG servers 90% of the time and I ping 260 to them. I still do really well and although it's harder to hit people in CQC, you can compensate. All my friends play on TG, so I play there, but Aussie servers still have a lot of people talking and some great teamwork, especially the Internode servers.

[NEWater]

Thing is, Vika. You're right on the money that EA wishes to guzzle down lots of it, but don't blame the operator/server owners, because those guys are paying through their bloody noses for the ranked server rights.

Furthermore, you blowhard, you're one to complain when EA TH has the great big fun instaban when anyone outside of Thailand attempts a connection to your servers. Us paying customers for the reserved slots are contributing to the operator(s) so that they can afford to put up more servers for us.

Also, *pokes the [DICE]CKMC*. I hope you were serious about that. The last time I tried for BF2 here, I pulled off an indie project with a team of under-18s that put an ISP-supported company to shame. Sank in at least ten grand investing in hardware for servers, and I got rejected despite my financial credentials, track record and support from the local community, etc. Now, all that hardware is gathering dust in my room. I'm not going to try for BF2142 again because I'm going off to the military soonish, but just to reiterate, I hope you were serious about that.

[Vikaman]

Thanks, will try.

But I stick with my clan, where my clan leader is one of the 4 admins on the EA TH servers.

[NEWater]

Aussie servers still have a lot of people talking and some great teamwork, especially the Internode servers.

Agreed. I tend to prefer playing in Aussie servers sometimes despite a disadvantage in ping. Having been used to an environment where everyone's running about like headless chickens doing their own thing, imagine my shock, horror and surprise when I had people joining my squad to follow me and achieve objectives. Nearly fell off my chair, thought I was hearing things when I heard someone say on VOIP, "Covering your back."

[Vikaman]

EA TH doesnt have an instant kick system, everyone is welcome, pingers of 1000 are also welcome (a weakness on our side), we have no ping limits, no country limits, only TK bans and swearing kicks.

BTW, we dont have server owners, EA Thailand owns the server.
I dont own it, my clan mate doesnt own it, the govt. doesnt.

[NEWater]

An amusing claim.

[ernestlaw]

CKMC;242316']There were reports that a recent earthquake has been playing havoc with net connection speeds in your region. Has that settled down or is it still an issue?

it is not settle down so i can't link to america servers :mad:

[Vikaman]

An amusing claim.

Not a claim, its a fact.

EA of Thailand, owns the EA TH server.

[Lunien]

CKMC;242316']There were reports that a recent earthquake has been playing havoc with net connection speeds in your region. Has that settled down or is it still an issue?

Um...70-80% I would say...its jumpy, sometimes ping of <50..other times goes to the 150+. aussie servers are 250+ for me >.>

[ernestlaw]

EAHK has 7 servers but unluckily only 3 of them work

[NEWater]

Not a claim, its a fact.

EA of Thailand, owns the EA TH server.

Your emoness is so contagious, it makes me want to paint my fingernails black.

[NeeN10DoH]

Headless chickens ><

Yeah 95% of the people in SG have no clue what they are doing.

[Everdying]

hey nothing wrong with black fingernails...

btw, vika.
FYI, my pings to EATH is around 30.
to EASG around 50-80.
BUT i can never connect to EATH, its just so pathetic.

[Maverick23]

I always play on Straferight's server. Its deadly and my ping is usually like 50 or so. FMJ has a great 64 player server as well. I think they are both american. I have only found about 3 canadian ones. That i can think of.

[Vikaman]

Your emoness is so contagious, it makes me want to paint my fingernails black.

Go ahead paint them then... No one is stopping you....
Your pointless posts and stupid comments are making everyones IQ drop by 10.


EATH has been having big a$$ problems lately, frequent (I mean it, every 3-4 minutes) crashes and extremely high pings within thailand itself (now its improved).

[Fury]

Well, you dont say...

EA TH blocks foreign IPs (cant connect from here, but when a friend went over to TH in a hotel room said it was fine)
EA TW has abusive admins (from what i see from here, but my games in EA TW have been pretty alright so i have nothing against it except its hard to get in)
EA SG has reserved slots (annoying yes, but those people pay for the servers and you are still able to play on it just fine)

Asia is screwed :D Well the reserved slots are an occurrence on most servers, not only EA SG, its just that its reserved slot algorithm does not allow the last two out of the server cap to connect, and you get a pretty harsh message while doing so but when you go in you still can play and the reserved slot kicks the longest in-game player iirc, so just wait until its 27/30 or something as 28/30 will not let you in. EA TH on the other hand doesnt allow me to even connect. :confused:

@threadstarter - Its "stupid" not "stubid" wonder why no one has corrected you yet

[mizu]

I played in EA AU (Australia) with ping ~100 and you don't see me complain :D. However I'm also a paid customer for EA SG but I seldom play there anymore because of the mentioned "headless chickens" and stat padders. EA SG has one of the best admins I know of. Stat padders? ban on sight because their admins are quite active. Now let's get back to the issue shall we :).

Reserved slots. What's that? Oh EA implemented it! For what purpose? Priority for certain players. Which certain players? Fragnetics says that anyone who paid for the server are allowed to have this privilege. So there we have it :)

[NEWater]

Go ahead paint them then... No one is stopping you....
Your pointless posts and stupid comments are making everyones IQ drop by 10.


EATH has been having big a$$ problems lately, frequent (I mean it, every 3-4 minutes) crashes and extremely high pings within thailand itself (now its improved).

Why bother having constructive posts when the thread is pointless in the first place, you scumsucking waste of skin? The thread was already lacking of any premise of credibility when you first clicked Submit on the new thread for whining.

It's late at night, go to bed.

[kennethtancy]

EATH bans all non Thai IP address...EATH DOES NOT WELCOME ALL ASIAN PLAYERS...thats a fact. EATH only welcomes local players. At least EASG allows all to join and only kick players when a reserved/paying member joins in.

If the thread starter actually knows people in EATH, he should ask them to do a daily print out of IP addresses and see himeself.... any non thai IP listed?

I have to admit that EASG and Australian servers are the most player friendly ones in Asian region.

US$25 for 3 months is a pretty reasonable rate in my personal opinion.

[HangLoose]

Come on .... be it 1 server or 5 servers .... EA TH and EATW block players from other countries except Thailand and Taiwan respectively (in fact, EATW has more servers). This is already not a good move. EA SG never (permanently) block players unless a paid player comes to play.

[erwin123]

EATH has been having big a$$ problems lately, frequent (I mean it, every 3-4 minutes) crashes and extremely high pings within thailand itself (now its improved).

Let's see your logic.

(1) The FREE Server in your country has many problems.
(2) But wait, there's a nearby server in Singapore that is well maintained, relatively stable, goods pings, and welcomes foreign players unlike your own local server which blocks foreign IPs.
(3) But oh no!!! This well maintained server earns revenue by a reserved slot system which kicks non-subscribers out if the server is full
(4) I WANT TO COMPLAIN!!!! I want to play on this server that is well-maintained and stable, thanks to PAID SUBSCRIBERS (Server upkeep is not cheap) but I WANT TO PLAY FOR FREE DURING PEAK PERIODS (note that off-peak times you can always get a slot since there are enough slots)

And note that the reserved slot system doesn't favour local players... foreign players are buying reserved slots and kicking out local players without reserved slots too....

[armageddon99]

ernestlaw/ vika: its a friggin SERVICE!!! good service comes with a price. im a paid subscriber myself and i dont mind extending my membership when the time comes. it makes me play whenever i wanted to... PERIOD. no offence :P

[HangLoose]

So Vika, can you explain why EA TH block outsiders? (dun use less servers as a reason, please)

[Vikaman]

Why cant i use less servers as an excuse when there is only 1 functional server in this god damned country.

The high pingage makes the server less stable, hence we do not let people in, hell, even in a Thai guy using dail up joins, he gets a ping of 400:
1) Lagging the whole server
2) Resulting in a crash.

Yes, I do understand the fact that you pay for your SG server, but kicking the last person who joined is not a fair thing to do.

NOt that I play on SG servers anymore.

[ToxicVega]

Why cant i use less servers as an excuse when there is only 1 functional server in this god damned country.

The high pingage makes the server less stable, hence we do not let people in, hell, even in a Thai guy using dail up joins, he gets a ping of 400:
1) Lagging the whole server
2) Resulting in a crash.

Yes, I do understand the fact that you pay for your SG server, but kicking the last person who joined is not a fair thing to do.
NOt that I play on SG servers anymore.


Why is this not fair, you don't pay a penny into the server, why should YOU play in the server VS someone who pays for it?

[HangLoose]

Yup! You pay, you play, that is the rules for EA SG Servers and this has been spelled out earlier. So, what's the complaint about then? Unless you pay and you dun get to play. Hmm .......

[Everdying]

Why cant i use less servers as an excuse when there is only 1 functional server in this god damned country.

The high pingage makes the server less stable, hence we do not let people in, hell, even in a Thai guy using dail up joins, he gets a ping of 400:
1) Lagging the whole server
2) Resulting in a crash.

Yes, I do understand the fact that you pay for your SG server, but kicking the last person who joined is not a fair thing to do.

NOt that I play on SG servers anymore.

using dialup to join? WTF?

btw, SG servers do not kick the last person who joins, that is EA's own way which is very dumb.
i think it kicks the person who has been on the longest.

[Lunien]

No wonder I can't get onto EATW and TH servers..and here I thought China was blocking Taiwan connections again >.>

[Leemus]

I've noticed a very large number of in-understandable jargon spurting forth within this very thread.
We must quell this rebellion before they breach the vault!

[JaLooNz]

I am from Singapore and is using cable (Starhub Maxonline 12Mbps / 384Kbps). Let me summarise what is happening so far... I am listing RANKED servers only.

List of servers

Singapore Servers (Home)
EA SG #01 Fragnetics.com 46p Ranked Titan
EA SG #02 Fragnetics.com 30p Ranked Conquest
EA SG #03 Fragnetics.com 30p Ranked Titan
EA SG #04 Fragnetics.com 30p Conquest
Malaysian BF2142 Community Server
Ping results
Pinging 203.211.134.6 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=53
Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=53
Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=53
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Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=53
Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=53
Reply from 203.211.134.6: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 203.211.134.6:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 67ms, Average = 34msNote: Pay for reserve slots.

Thailand Servers
EA TH Official Auto16 S94
EA TH Official Auto32 K90i1
EA TH Official Auto32 K90i2
EA TH Official Auto48 S92
EA TH Official CQ64 S94
EA TH Official Titan48 S93
Ping results
Pinging 202.57.146.18 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=245
Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=245
Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=245
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Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=83ms TTL=245
Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=245
Reply from 202.57.146.18: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=245

Ping statistics for 202.57.146.18:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 38ms, Maximum = 83ms, Average = 52ms
Note: Basically unplayable... servers block foreign IPs totally and from my BF2 experience, the packet loss is horrible.

Taiwan Servers
EATW Official-1 BF2142 48p Titan
EATW Official-3 BF2142 64p Urban
Ping results
Pinging 60.199.6.98 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=147ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=108ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=161ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=188ms TTL=237
Reply from 60.199.6.98: bytes=32 time=160ms TTL=237

Ping statistics for 60.199.6.98:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 108ms, Maximum = 235ms, Average = 156ms
Note: You will most likely never get into their servers.

Korean Servers
KOR TEAMBH 2142 #2 MIX
KOR TEAMBH 2142 #3 CQ
Ping results
Pinging 59.6.143.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=340ms TTL=106
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=322ms TTL=106
Request timed out.
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=377ms TTL=106
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=321ms TTL=106
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=451ms TTL=106
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=334ms TTL=106
Reply from 59.6.143.100: bytes=32 time=363ms TTL=106

Ping statistics for 59.6.143.100:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 7, Lost = 3 (30% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 321ms, Maximum = 451ms, Average = 358msNote: South Korean is a country with a very strong online gaming population and a advanced network, but unfortunately its too far and suffers from packet loss, evident from traceroutes.

Australia (Note ITS NO LONGER ASIA)
EA AU #01 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #02 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #03 GameArena [CQ INF]
EA AU #04 GameArena [CQ INF 20on16]
EA AU #05 GameArena [CQ 32on16]
EA AU #06 GameArena [CQ INF]
EA AU #07 GameArena [CQ]
EA AU #08 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #09 GameArena [CQ]
EA AU #10 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #11 GameArena [CQ Vehicle]
EA AU #12 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #13 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #14 GameArena [CQ Vehicle]
EA AU #15 GameArena [CQ INF]
EA AU #16 GameArena [CQ INF]
EA AU #17 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #18 GameArena [TI]
EA AU #19 GameArena [CQ INF]
EA AU #20 GameArena [TI]
Ping results
Pinging 139.130.1.246 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 139.130.1.246: bytes=32 time=198ms TTL=240
Reply from 139.130.1.246: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=240
Reply from 139.130.1.246: bytes=32 time=185ms TTL=240
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Reply from 139.130.1.246: bytes=32 time=201ms TTL=240

Ping statistics for 139.130.1.246:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 185ms, Maximum = 327ms, Average = 206ms
Note: Suffers from occasional packet loss, has high pings so cannot play on these servers either.

So our choices are already very limited, and remember the blocked servers!

PS: I ping the nearest ping-able hop (ICMP pingable)

US$25 for 3 months is a pretty reasonable rate in my personal opinion.Ermm... its cheaper. Its SGD$25 for 3mths, which is around USD$16.66.
S $25 / US $16.66 for 3 months
S $45 / US $30 for 6 months

Though I would say its time they get more servers running, AFAIK many of us paid for it to open more servers. On the other hand, I believe EA has been neglecting the region of Asia ever since the start of the Battlefield series. We only get < 10 - 20 for the whole of asia, which is purely insufficient. In addition, I would like to see more 64p servers running. Comparatively, Australia has 20 servers and is just much smaller in land size as compared to Asia. Now can you see why I say DICE has been neglecting the region?

[JaLooNz]

Further information about the reserve slots.

You pay to be guaranteed access to a full server and to avoid being kicked. It is based on the reserve slot for clan servers, but altered for the public... ie you are the clanner who paid for that public server. In this case, it even allows you to play on multiple servers from the same provider. Which means to say people are sponsoring a few servers, just that they are originally set up by the EA office of Singapore.. So if you didnt support the server, I dun see why you should be playing at peak hours where we pay for the access.

PS: Even foreigners can pay and get access to the server. I think there's even Paypal option.

[Winggen]

Well, you dont say...

EA TH blocks foreign IPs (cant connect from here, but when a friend went over to TH in a hotel room said it was fine)
yet

ok time for that friend to step in. i play from singapore..it is a known fact that no one with a singapore ip address can enter or even go in to EA TH..

so what did i do?..
haha i went on holiday!....
and what did bring?
yes my trusty laptop!

i was able to connect from my hotel room to EA TH and do what i best (KNIFE SPREE) :D ok back to the topic... i found the ping to be ok about 20 - 50 playable speeds and plus i was still able to talk to my girlfriend on skype in singapore... so how can EA TH be that bad plus there some empty EATH servers as well..hmm

conclusion EA TH blocks other countries ip addresses.. and if you are lagging in 2142 you ram is not enough and you internet connection is too slow

[Vikaman]

THey block foreign IP's to block ads

Just asked the admin, well , one of the 4 admins.

[Fury]

Haha, not a very wise move imo

And why block ads to the server? Its part of EA's little money making. And it only appears when you refresh the cache, or u could block that little specific IP it comes from, why block everyone else?

[Vikaman]

The problem is that the Thai government (now under mild military control) is really b!thcy about this internet stuff, they are starting to block all info that comes in, thats what the admin says, plus, Ads within games is banned here, just like Aussie land. (hope you dont mind the colloquial term)

[Fury]

The problem is that the Thai government (now under mild military control) is really b!thcy about this internet stuff, they are starting to block all info that comes in, thats what the admin says, plus, Ads within games is banned here, just like Aussie land. (hope you dont mind the colloquial term)

Ah cool, that explains alot :D

[blank1]

I find it amusingly ironic that the thread starter spelled "stupid" as "stubid."

heh