The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
Web hosting
Anyone familiar with these guys...http://www.2mhost.com? Was let down by a company last year so really need recommendations.
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This site aggregates good deals on VPSs, just check out the comments and see what other people say about the provider. The prices are all recurring afaik, the ChicagoVPS server I keep is $29/y.
This may not be appropriate if you don't want to invest a bit of care into starting up a VPS - you'll have to install web server software yourself on top of the plain linux distro it'll likely come with.
It'll probably take a couple hours to read through and understand the process, but then upkeep is practically non-existent, though you have more control than pretty much any other option like traditional web hosting if you ever want to do anything besides serve http pages. Here's a few resources to get you started:
http://winscp.net/eng/download.php (used for file transfer to and from the server)
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html (used for logging in to and using the server)
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-12-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-the-nginx-web-server-on-a-virtual-private-server
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nginx-virtual-hosts-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts--3
Looks a little dated on there site, but dam is it fast.
Generally i always recommend them.
It's $10 a year, it's a great deal. It's not unlimited storage like a lot of other hosting sites, but it's 1/12th the cost of other hosting sites. Perfect for your average portfolio.
If you aren't technically proficient, this is the place to be. Great support, as I understand it. Awesome for if you want to host a nice low-mid traffic website.