Setting up a Giant Bomb TF2 server...

Hey all, I'm setting up a gb TF2 server for fun this weekend and was looking to recruit a couple admins who I could share the duties of setting things up and keeping the peace.

If you have any experience with rconing TF2 or better yet, happen to know a good mod setup send me a PM. If this works ok I may go ahead and set up a CoD server as well. What games are peeps interested in?

Oh also setting up a vent server for kicks as well in case we wanna do some town hall events.

Awesome. When I start playing TF2 again I'll check it out.

vent server!? :O omgzorz

 TF2 Server is a great we have many avid TF2 players on GB. Suggestions for other games people play, Maybe a Counter-Strike Source or a Counter Strike 1.6 server. And for a vent, I think that would be super awesome

Vent server was something we were talking about way back, remember TC?

Sadly I have a mac and I don't think it can handle TF2...

Glad that we finally have one of these, good on you Snide.

I play TF2 very frequently Snide, if you need an admin or help with anything, I'll see what I can do. I love TF2 and this sounds like a great idea.

I recommend using Mani's Admin Plugin, it's a Metamod:Source-based admin tool that lets admins use a menu-based system as opposed to standard rcon. It's helpful to know rcon as well but it's a handy and customizable tool.

great a GB server, hope you there

Awesome. Now if only I just need to figure out how to get TF2 to work on my PC. Video card incompatibility, you see. Day of Defeat: Source runs though (graphical glitches and all), so it would probably be okay if I could bypass the video card test.
I could probably get it to run on my laptop, but Source games suffer horrible framerates, and a touchpad sucks for FPS control.

I've no idea about server set-up and such, but I'll gladly play.

Sweeeet. Cant wait to play on it with you guys.

Thank god, i just bought tf2 last week too.

I haven't played in about 4 months but I'd definitely crack out TF2 again to play.

I'm a good medic with no mic, can I play. I want to play on that server.

"I'm a good medic with no mic, can I play. I want to play on that server."

"Claude said:

"I'm a good medic with no mic, can I play. I want to play on that server."

Dont worry, i dont have any real skills in tf2 except the ability to spam grenades as a demoman."

You totally need to have this skin on the server: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/the-offical-giant-bomb-bomb/1541/#1
 I guess it's the sort of thing you add to servers rather than individual people add to their game, either way, it's awesome.

that would be CooooOOL.

I used to manage a CSS server so if the worst comes to the worst I could probably help with basic rcon and server setup on TF2.

Stuff like this makes me want to wish my laptop doesn't suck.

Fantastic idea Snide - I can't wait to play some TF2 with everyone.

Great! I'll be playing there for sure.

Great stuff mate, good to see you doing this as there is a pretty big following of TF2 players on the PC here at GiantBomb. And lord knowd we've been trying to find someone with their own server for awhile now so we can do some more events for TF2. I'd gladly help out as an Admin on the server if you need an extra hand, as for Admin tools I think Lunarbunny provided a link to the most well known and easiest to use, Mani's Admin Plugin.

"I don't know much about setting up servers, but I'd be very happy to moderate the actual games and deal with whippersnappers such as TokyoChicken."

if you need help admining, I'd be happy to oblige,  I play tf2 religiously, and know the basic rcon stuff . As for the actual plugin, I've heard mani/sourcemod are the ones most commonly used, My clan and I are running sourcemod, and it hasn't given us much trouble so far.

PS: please, Please, PLEASE make it nocrit