@Hand_O_Death: I agree, server administration is also very important. There's a lot of crude idiots out there that shouldn't be allowed to play — they're bad for the community and reputation of that server. A server without proper administration, is usually empty or full of said people because they've been…

This is a bad idea, very bad. I have countless friends that I play with from Cali, I'm located in New York. We have our own COD4/L4D/DOD/CS servers all located in Chicago. We do this so there is a balance in latency, everyones ping will be 30-60, instead of 20ish and 150/200 for the ones on the other side of the…