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[Roph]

Check this thread: http://www.metin2sg.com/vbforums/showthread.php?t=5573

[edit] The thread has been deleted, though it was captured beforehand. View it here:


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I originally started to post this to that thread, but it got a bit big, and I assume that the above thread will be locked or deleted soon.

Players in many countries, including ones where GameForge operates a metin2 localization, are having trouble connecting to SG. Not sure about US, the people I know that live in the US and play metin don't care about SG Any US people want to try logging into the SG server?

This inability to connect from specific countries simply cannot happen by accident; the internet does not work that way. If routes were dropped (they aren't, you can still load the SG site which is in the same block & subnet) they would be dynamically rerouted.

It is somewhat easy to block a country (I could decide I hate polish people and block most of them from loading liquiron by adding an some iptables rules to this server's config), but it has to be done deliberately.

Why would there be a geographical block?

Anti-competitive practices by other metin2 publishers possibly. This is the reason that was thrown around before and put to rest mostly when everyone could connect to SEA - if only for a day or two. But now that some countries are blocked whilst others are not, this will pick right up.

If Gameforge or G4BOX did do this then that is an enormous dick move for them to do so. Instead they should focus on improving their own servers to keep their players (Gameforge has ALOT to do in this department)

Then again it could be a sole agreement between Tec and YMIR, and for whatever reason (embarrassment, NDA) Tec can't or won't say. Metin2 US admins stated they haven't complained to YMIR about an country block (though [GM]Giada made a quite strange cryptic post) aftertall. Haven't seen any official response from Gameforge about country blocks for SG.

[Blodeuwedd]

From what I know, noone I know from Portugal is being able to connect WITHOUT proxy...

I'm thinking you might very well be right...

I haven't tried myself because my brother did (on the first day, when it still worked for everyone) and he told me the lag was really awful, so I decided to wait a bit longer...

[Penelope]

I live in the middle of USA and just downloaded it so I could test for you. I can't log in either. It's kind of funny none of the staff have posted in that thread. That tells me they know more than what they are saying. So much for customer service I guess.

[serenity]

not only USA but canada as well =]

[M3Sura]

None from Romania can log...i have a friend...he could play for few days with a proxy...but now its not working for him anymore even with proxy.

[Goldelbe]

oh god, that means that some of my favorites persons are coming back to us, cause they are not able to play sea??? 
omg i hope they have proxy...

[LadyMac]

I know several people from the US who have tried, none are able to log in.

[rynaqui]

I am able to log in no problems at all, European here, from Malta, but id rather stay on us

[Roph]

As you say, you are in malta, gameforge does not run a Metin2 Malta =o

[Roph]

As expected, the SG team have removed the discussion from their forums.

They can not stop it elsewhere though - Here is the thread, screenshotted before it was removed. It's worth looking over, it contains many messages of players unable to connect.

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[M3Sura]

I'm starting to think they lied when they said "There will be no IP blocks"...it's very clear it's an IP block...so...the dream is over.

[BlueDragonMF]

well, even if they lied they have to allow us play for OB .
When OB will start they have to choose, or let us play or the truth will comes out .
Don't worry, we will know soon .
CB can't dure more than 2 weeks .
And LOL i'm pretty sure will dure 2 weeks ( to delay LOL ) .

[rynaqui]

I guess with that reply Rophe, I can understand a little more, and maybe others too, sorry for my ignorence, but Gameforge is playing quite a dirty little game here

[BlueDragonMF]

Guys i speaked with [GM]Ridiearl on metin2SG forum and he said there are players from greece, italy and USA that can play without proxy .
There is no IP block .

[LadyMac]

IP Geolocation is not always spot on. Before I moved house/ISP, most services thought I was in Amsterdam and not England. Lucky for you I imagine you either have this same effect or your ISP is using a transparent proxy.

Quoted from Page 5 above.  I'll admit I don't completely understand how it works. But the sheer volume of people who CAN NOT connect and play makes me wonder.