Man vs Machine Breaks Record: 999 Simultaneous Players
MuchDifferent was just one player shy from its original 1000-player goal, but landed in the Guinness World Records Gamer Edition nonetheless.
MuchDifferent battles it out with developers, press, and gamers.A 10am EST on Sunday, MuchDifferent set a new world record for having 999 players battle simultaneously on a single multiplayer map, just one player shy of the company's 1000 goal. The previous record-holder was Sony's PlanetSide which saw 399 players participate in a battle within the same zone.
"The world record number has been confirmed by an independent expert who was observing the game as it was taking place," MuchDifferent announced at the conclusion of the Guinness event. "Confirmation from the Guinness World Records Gamer Edition will take a few more days, but we are supremely confident that our world record will be included in their next edition."
According to MuchDifferent, more than 1000 players were trying to sign into Man Vs. Machine simultaneously, but only 999 players were able to get in at any one moment. That said, for those who signed up and weren't able to attend -- it's not your fault the 1000-player goal wasn't reached.
"At 16.04.29 CET, Man was winning the battle against Machine as 999 people were part of a new world record," the company said. "About a second later, our server choked on the enormous number of people trying to get in to the game. We were receiving a far higher number of requests than we were expecting."
"But the server was restarted and during the next hour and a half we were averaging somewhere around 980 players at any given moment," the company added. "Proving that PikkoServer can take the strain and deliver an entirely new multiplayer experience never seen before."
This is certainly good news for developers seeking to create a FPS of large-scale multiplayer proportions. PikkoServer, the server and network technology behind Sunday's Man Vs. Machine demo, will be offered to studios at a later date. MuchDifferent will likely take the data it acquired from the recent FPS-based "test" and make the necessary tweaks to provide a more stable solution... and maybe even achieve the 1000-player goal after all.
You missed the point entirely. This is not even a game, it's a test! It was never meant to be a COD or Halo, it was just created to test the network and server technology, and set a world record in the process. It's like saying "3DMark06 is really boring, I can't even move or anything."
this is hilarious, the best comment I managed to read is....
"What is love, baby don't hurt me"
AHAHAHA, i fell down laughing.
You missed the point entirely. This is not even a game, it's a test! It was never meant to be a COD or Halo, it was just created to test the network and server technology, and set a world record in the process. It's like saying "3DMark06 is really boring, I can't even move or anything."
They're showing it's possible and IMO that's great. Stop hating!
I agree with you in that regard, however how do we know if the shots and kills were being registered? My response was more towards the sentiment that "the game looks boring" because it's a simple straightforward map with crappy graphics, which to me is perfectly fine for a test. But I do agree that the basic functionality of a FPS should be there, which I honestly don't know if it was or not.
that's the host. for recording and other stuff.
this is hilarious, the best comment I managed to read is....
"What is love, baby don't hurt me"
AHAHAHA, i fell down laughing.
Your proof is that it was overseen by Guinness World Records. If it was fake in any way it would not make it. They haven't admitted it yet but odds are in its favor. Also, the idea wasn't to make a 1000 player shooter, it was to make a game that can have 1000 players in it simultaneously. They were one shy but the technology is there and proven. Planetscape may be a better 'game' per se, but the technology is now proven to work. It would take -a lot- of work and money to make a fully functional shooter. Thanks to this record, we may see it in time.
its called logs and source, they can prove who shot when where. they have recording of people getting shot. but thats part of the GAME not the network technology. the network technology is just supposed to grab that data produced by the game engine and send it to the server... along with 998 other people.
in the end its to check how heavy the server runs under pressure, how much lag people have, what caused lag. etc.... how the game works has NOTHING to do with the technology.
and the pings were great, i would highly reccomend it as a network base for future gaming. also remember the only thing that can make it slower is additional signals that need to be send. so games like crysis will eat more compared to CS/quake which can just jump and shoot.
the data is sent to big companies to assess and possibly invest in the technology.
How do you know that EVE has only one server? As far as you know could be a server farm... that is usual!
The point was to have ONLY ONE SERVER and also it is not about having the players in the game, but having them in same game location simultaneously and interacting with each other! In Eve they are scattered trough the game world. At any single point in time in a single location in game you have only a few people...