Public CS Servers
How to Rent a Public Counter-Strike Server
Renting a public counter-strike server is a simple process, most CS server hosts have an easy 1-click install and you’re up and running. You’ll need a bit of background before you know exactly what kind of public CS server you want to rent though.
Dedicated Counter-Strike Servers
In gaming server lingo the term “dedicated gaming server” has been frequently misused and diluted. Some interpretations are simply that a dedicated public CS server is a counter-strike server that you get admin rights to and can do whatever you like with. This definition is perfectly fine, but generally isn’t aligned with the technological industry naming conventions you’ll see on cs server hosts. Officially a true “dedicated cs server” would be run on a server grade computer that is exclusively dedicated to you. These servers can cost several hundred dollars a month because you have to cover the cost of extremely pricey hardware and maintenance. If you want the best of the best, this is the direction you need to go, but for most counter-strike servers, buying a regular server is enough.
Public CS Server Slots
Generally counter-strike servers are priced by how many slots you want (i.e. how many players can play on the server at once). This is because the more players that are playing, the more intensive the CPU and memory resources are, and of course the increased bandwidth consumption transmitting to all the users. So how many slots do you need? For a public CS server it really depends what type of server you’d like to build and the maps you want to run, but generally you need at least 20 slots (10 vs 10) if you want to attract enough players to build a small community. I recommend 24 to 32 slots if you’re taking your community building seriously though.
Public CS Server Maps
The map rotation you choose to use is of course up to you, but from experience sticking to the classics has the best success. In fact, the most popular server’s the Next Level Gamer staff have ever run used no map rotation at all. Sticking to a single map and building a community around that often has good results. The last thing you need is your public CS server to empty out every time it cycles to a crappy map that no one likes. What’s worse is if all the users quit your server on a bad map, most counter-strike server hosts will pause the rotation on that map until a new user joins — which they wont!
Public CS Server Hosts
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