[2021] This game would be so fun if the servers weren't all terrible

FO76 and Call of Duty both have servers officially run by the owning company- All servers in 7DTD are run by players. There is no Official Dedicated Server run by TFP. You're kinda comparing apples and oranges. I do get the frustration- Just want to be sure you understand that what you're experiencing is the fault of whatever specific host is in question here that has awful lag or doesn't deal with their server's issues.

Servers are self-hosted, or rented.

Any lag that you occur would be a result of the network connection between you and the server, or a lack of hardware on either side.

This is a voxel game that is considerable more demanding than CoD, so the comparison is bunk. You might as well compare it to GAT-V. A game that was finished well over 10 years ago.

Your "gigabit internet" doesn't mean jack if you're on Wifi, or if you're connecting to anything farther than the CO your data line connects to. There is a hell of a lot more to the internet than just your connection. It means even less when you have un-optimized hardware or software on your PC. I cover this in great detail in the Official Support FAQ thread[community.7daystodie.com].

You might take a stab at reading it, trying some troubleshooting, and if that doesn't work, then start a thread asking for help in the correct forum section.
Maybe then someone might take you seriously, instead of just assuming you're another useless internet troll.

Originally posted by Fang: Servers are for rent online though, those should in theory be good enough? Even then the location matters.

Often you get what you pay for in this regard. And there are some hosts that even if you pay for their top tier, are still crap. There is one in particular that I strongly advise against using right now.

Originally posted by Bimmelkaes: + the servers with admin abuse.
The silly thing is that you cant even warn others of this servers where u experienced adminabuse because it falls under naming and shaming as i found out. Always thought calling other peoples names and stuff is naming/shaming and not calling out specific servers with behavioral misdemeanor

Sorry, but it's a he said/she said thing. The accuser could be telling the truth and the server admin could be full of lies, or the opposite could be true, or the truth could lie somewhere in between. Even if there's strong evidence, nobody here has the time or inclination to investigate or fact check these cases and see whether the damage to a person or server's reputation is deserved. Without some sort of adjudication, it would just end up as two opposing sides launching accusations and/or personal attacks at each other, and we just don't need that.

Originally posted by Equinox:

Originally posted by Crater Creator:
Sorry, but it's a he said/she said thing. The accuser could be telling the truth and the server admin could be full of lies, or the opposite could be true, or the truth could lie somewhere in between. Even if there's strong evidence, nobody here has the time or inclination to investigate or fact check these cases and see whether the damage to a person or server's reputation is deserved. Without some sort of adjudication, it would just end up as two opposing sides launching accusations and/or personal attacks at each other, and we just don't need that.

And if there's video proof?

Whether there is video proof or not, simply put, the server is owned by whoever is hosting it- They make the rules, they can do pretty much whatever they want so long as it's not illegal or breaking the terms of service. Proof, in this case, doesn't really matter. It's just like you in your own house, you determine if your guests can sit on the couch, or eat your food.

Provided the server and it's admin are not engaging in actual illegal things or acts which break the terms of service like selling ingame items for real money, there is nothing anyone can or will do about it, as you're basically wanting to shun someone for wanting to do whatever they like in their own house which you entered of your own volition.

In the end, Calling out these servers and admins is just a personal attack disguised as an attempt to warn others away from a similar experience to what you had, and personal attacks are against the rules anyway even before the naming and shaming rule.


And, even if we take the tack that you had video proof and it were at all actionable in spite of the above, without you providing 100% of the footage of your playtime from the very start of your first entry of the server, Anyone watching has no way of confirming that you or whoever did not do something to incite a reaction from the admins.

Just, All in all, No. It's not worth the time, or effort- Just move on and pick a new server. I get it, it sucks. People suck sometimes, And there isn't much that can be done about that when it's their own personal server to do with more or less as they please.