Pretty good customer support. Web UI could still use some work, decently effortless to get a server for our game (starbound) up and running. Would probably use again.
Response from Multiplay GameserversJan 4, 2018
Hello Phil,
Thanks for your feedback !
We are always working on improvements.
Thanks,
Magnus
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Ben
When I signed up
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Tickets 7388255, 7394166
When I signed up, the site asked me what location I wanted. Los Angeles was closest, so I chose it. The page said, "Oh, woops. That one's full. Pick another." So I chose Seattle. Again, full. So I chose San Jose. Finally. But at least it didn't let me start a server on a crowded location!
I finished sign-up, and waited. Got an email a few minutes later with login info for my shiny, new server. Logged in, and instead of a server, there was a message saying, "This location is full. Gonna need to wait on a hardware upgrade, mate."
No. So I opened a support ticket to have the server moved. I specifically asked for a location that wasn't crowded. A very nice man moved my server to Los Angeles. Yeah, the same Los Angeles that the site wouldn't let me choose due to overcrowding. But the server was up, at least. Fine. I play for a few hours and go to bed.
The next day, the server is down. "Weird." I look at the log, and it had died overnight. It tried to restart itself 3 times, couldn't manage it, and gave up. I started it and after about 10 minutes it appeared in-game. "Well that was awfully slow."
I play some more. After a few hours, the server starts lagging, hard. My ping would run up to about 50,000ms, then drop down to 30, and without missing a beat, run back up to the tens of thousands. I couldn't move my character.
So I checked the Knowledge Base. I used to be a phone tech and a server admin for ISPs and I know better than to be "that guy." I connected to several open servers in search of lag. Nothing. Back to my server. Lag. So it's not me. The knowledge base wanted me to run a sustained traceroute to the server while in-game for at least 20 minutes, and attach the log to a ticket. I gave it an hour, and attached the log to a new ticket.
The reply I got had me awfully confused. I know what a traceroute is, and I can read the log. The service rep said, "You're losing packets on your LAN. You on wifi or summat?" The log showed 61 packets lost out of 6,884 on my LAN. Around 0.8%. Even if you stacked those packets end-to-end such that the connection was dropping all at once, my ping wouldn't hit 50 seconds more than once, let alone repeatedly for several hours straight. On top of that, the rep evidently didn't look at the server. He didn't see the logs that showed it dying the night before, and he didn't see that the server resource monitor had giant gaps in it, where the server was presumably so choked that it couldn't keep track of its own CPU/memory usage. No...his whole response was, "Are you on wifi?"
So I replied to the ticket. Still not wanting to be "that guy" I sidestepped reminding the rep that 0.8% packet loss isn't noticeable and instead mentioned that a) a friend of mine from another state was on the server experiencing the same problem at the same time and b) the server wasn't even keeping track of itself, let alone the connection of anyone logged in.
He asked me if I wanted to move the server. I said, "Yes, San Jose." It was late at night and I went to bed.
The next day, I looked and he had said it would be done. It had been about 7 hours at this point. I open the server admin page, the server is down, and the most recent log entry says, from San Jose, "Failed to create server."
So I replied to the ticket again. "Hellooo...dead in the water, here." A third nice man said, "Oh, just give it an hour. It's still moving." No addressing of the error in the log, or the fact that I could have driven from Phoenix to LA and been half way to San Jose with my server on a thumb drive by this point. So I waited 3 hours (by which time I would have been IN San Jose). Nothing.
So I replied to the ticket again. "What gives this time?" "Oh, okay, I pressed the button that stops it from being broken now. I didn't press it before telling you to wait an hour, because reasons. But I started it now. All good???" I look. It's still in LA. On the same machine. I log in, same lag. But hey, at least the server is charting its resource usage again. I guess I can watch that instead of gaming.
No, I'm done. Keep the $8. A year ago, I played on a MultiPlay server someone else had opened and saw no problems. Something has changed. Nice enough people, but my god...look at the server before suggesting "WIFI THO?" or asking someone to wait for nothing to happen, only to then put the whole process back to square one.
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 22, 2017
Hello Ben,
Thank you for your review. I am extremely sorry that you had such issues with your server.
I am curious as to why this has happened, and would like to work with you to get this fixed. If you could send me an email [email protected], I would be more than happy to talk through this and get and understanding of what happened here.
Thanks
Michael Assis
Technical Operations Lead
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Joseph S.
Great Server Experience
I absolutely love the server that my friends and i are using. It has been running smoothly since day one. I was completely new to the entire process, but Multiplay made it easy and straightforward to get started. I even had a great experience when my server stopped (i forgot to make a payment) and i asked for help with a support ticket. They got back with me in surprising fast time. I emailed at night and was up and running 100% before noon the next day. I would recommend Multiplay to anybody who is even thinking about renting a server without any hesitation at all.
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 20, 2017
Hello Joseph,
Thanks for your great recommendations and feedback !
If you ever need anything please let us know, no matter the time or day.
Thanks,
Magnus
JS
Jason S.
Amazing Support, Stable Service.
Great Company - Over the years I have hosted multiple servers with MultiPlay, none have ever had an issue that their support can't fix.
Their support are great people, they go to great lengths to ensure I either understand why my request can't be carried out on a technical level, or the problem is solved within 2 hours.
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 19, 2017
Hello Jason,
Thanks a lot for you feedback !
We appreciate your understanding that some things can't be done but in every other way we work hard to make sure we give 100% support to you.
Thanks,
Magnus
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sergio david “R:O:N:I:N” P.
excelente plataforma
Esta muy bien organizados precios justos por un servicio de calidad
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 18, 2017
Hello Sergio,
Thank you for the feedback.
We hope to continue giving you an excellent service for a fair price!
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SpookzTV
I love these guys
I love these guys. They are usually pretty quick with responding 24/7 and they always manage to help me no matter what issue I've got! Keep up the great work!
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 17, 2017
Hello SpookzTV,
Thanks for the great feedback.
We are always on it no matter the time or problem !
Thanks,
Magnus
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Connor
Great customer service
Great customer service, quick response time.
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 17, 2017
Hello Connor,
Thanks for the great feedback.
We always try to be as quick as we can on responses.
Thanks,
Magnus
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Dunkie
alot better service now!
After having my main issue resolved im changing my review because ive gotten a way better service!
Response from Multiplay GameserversDec 15, 2017
Hi there,
I am sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with us. Could you provide us with a ticket number or link so that we can investigate this and try to either resolve your issue, or improve our performance in the future?
Would you also be able to provide the IP address of the server if at all possible, so that I can check the machine directly? I want to check everything I can before I pass this onto our senior team?
Also, some good news. I have managed to track down your server files. I will put them in a zip file and send them via email to you. I should have this done in the next 10 minutes.
Kind regards,
Jack 'CJT' Tovey