Game server Change IP location

[TheSpy]

Hey guys I run 8 Game servers for a game and that comes with a down side i dont get players from the US (EX New York) I Wanted to know if there was a way to make my it so i get players from the US to join

 

There is this list called the master list and it shows all server based on location closer they are higher they are on the list i live in russia and i want to get players from the US

 

Any Help Would Be Great

[Snipergod87]

Would have to use a VPN service, and even then the latency would be to high for people from the US to want to play in a RU based served.

[TheSpy]

ok sorry i said i live in russia i dont i am in florida and i want to make it so my game servers seem like they are in new york

 

[BlueCrazii]

Buy a cheap server from a host and host it in new york arena ?

[TheSpy]

yes but the problem is paying for it and i have 8 at home i just need to make it look like they are in new york is there any way to do this?...

 

[Guest]

Name it "New York" or "East Coast" "EST" or something like that. It's false marketing and lying, so you have that against you. 

[TheSpy]

that wont help because it wont show up in new york i need to show up there

 

[Jarsky]

You cannot fake where your IP comes from, the IP location generally comes from an IP Location database. 

If you're talking about steam servers, in particular valve hlds/srcds servers - theres  a server.cfg variable for changing your region. I don't know if that has been deprecated though. 

[Pixel5]

you could do this by routing everything through a VPN that you will have to pay for that gives you an American IP.

 

the thing is nobody is going to play on your servers if you do this because the russian people will see its not russian and will not connect while the people in the US will not play on it because the ping is extremely high.

 

there is a reason why servers are hosted by region and people mostly connect to servers within their region and this reason is very often the ping.

[Mikensan]

Players from NY are going to quit instantly once they see 250ms+ latency. If you could get your russian IP onto the "master" list they likely get ping time or connection quality listed beside it, and won't join. It won't do you any good hosting the server in Russia, doesn't matter how many you have. Use money you generate from local players to run a server in the US and start generating money to help self-sustain. Or find a willing American to host and let you manage.

 

An IP from Florida would show on players' list who live in NY, usually server lists go by time-zone. Isolating to a single state would show too few servers, so I can't imagine games being so narrow. So to say you're in Florida and not showing up a NY player's list is unlikely.