Self Hosted Rooms/Games

Hey,

I suggest that Z8 use a server system where the rooms or games are hosted by a player or a dedicated room could be run by us players. If you don't understand what I mean, look at other online games such as Warcraft III, Starcraft II, CounterStrike, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Soldier Of Fortune and Crysis (just to name a couple that I have played that have the online hosting that I suggest). All of the games that I list allow you to host a room/game from your network/connection, with the option of also running a dedicated server.

So, why would I suggest such a thing? Well the main thing that kills my playing experience (and a lot of other people around the world) is lag/ping/latency. Playing any online FPS with a delay of ~200-250ms (I play from Australia) is TERRIBAD! If you could host your own server or join someone else's server that is close to your geographical area, your ping would be dramatically reduced, not to mention the reduced bandwidth usage for Z8's servers due to the elimination of the need to use bandwidth on hosting rooms/games.

I am not sure if this type of online hosting could be implemented, but look at other popular FPSs such as CounterStrike, in which you can do so, allowing you to play without the devastating effects of high ping.

Cheers,
- Edarann

Note that the impletmentation of such a system would elimnate the need for any specific regional servers to be put inplace, as there has been many suggestions of so.