MTG-Fan
08-02-2009, 01:53 PM
One of the only places to test Legacy decks, for me, is Magic Workstation. I don't have much of a Legacy scene where I live (most players around here play Standard and Casual), so if I want to test various deck configurations in my free time, I turn to MWS. I can't afford to buy all the stuff I want to test with on MTGO, and MWS lets my try everything for free.
The problem? The default MWS servers, mwsplay.net and mwsgames.net, are gigantic pieces of dung. The software itself is somewhat suspect and slightly shoddy, but the servers are consistently unstable and unresponsive. More than 50% of the games I play end up lagged to oblivion, often with one of the participants dropping the match. Much of the time, the mwsplay/mwsgames servers are even completely down and when I attempt to connect, I get the "Connection reset by peer" message.
The problem is not that it isn't easy to set up a decent server, because the app itself uses minimal bandwidth. I suspect that at certain times of the day, a huge flood of Brazilians connects all at once and overloads the server. Some computer with a relatively decent upstream could easily support 50+ players at once. In fact, there is a perfectly good server (mws.ligamagic.com) that is always empty because it is not in the default server list of the MWS program.
Maybe the players on the Source who wish to test Legacy decks could use a separate server just for Legacy testing? If no one wants to set up their own MWS server (I understand bandwidth is expensive), let's all just start using "mws.ligamagic.com", as it is always empty anyway, and test there?
The problem? The default MWS servers, mwsplay.net and mwsgames.net, are gigantic pieces of dung. The software itself is somewhat suspect and slightly shoddy, but the servers are consistently unstable and unresponsive. More than 50% of the games I play end up lagged to oblivion, often with one of the participants dropping the match. Much of the time, the mwsplay/mwsgames servers are even completely down and when I attempt to connect, I get the "Connection reset by peer" message.
The problem is not that it isn't easy to set up a decent server, because the app itself uses minimal bandwidth. I suspect that at certain times of the day, a huge flood of Brazilians connects all at once and overloads the server. Some computer with a relatively decent upstream could easily support 50+ players at once. In fact, there is a perfectly good server (mws.ligamagic.com) that is always empty because it is not in the default server list of the MWS program.
Maybe the players on the Source who wish to test Legacy decks could use a separate server just for Legacy testing? If no one wants to set up their own MWS server (I understand bandwidth is expensive), let's all just start using "mws.ligamagic.com", as it is always empty anyway, and test there?