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As alot of you already know, the jediBoard has been down for quite some time now. What you may also know is that when the jediBoard isn't functioning properly, neither is Qtracker. They both work hand in hand. If you post a server using Qtracker, it posts the information on the jediBoard for you. If you post the information on the jediBoard, Qtracker pings those servers for you.
I'm a long time user of jediBoard and Qtracker and have been wanting to get some games going on there for quite some time, but I've been forced to play on Gamespy Arcade and the Zone in the meantime. I left a few messages on the jediknight.net forums but no one seemed interested in responding, so I took it upon myself to e-mail the mastermind behind Qtracker (Ron Mercer) and this is what he had to say...
Ah, thanks for sticking with me for so long. Dan and I keep in touch quite often and he's been aware of the issue for awhile now and hasn't resolved it. He intends to, but he's busy.
I just released a program called QtUplink which we could use instead of the jediBoard. It would need to be modified to work with JK and MotS, but it could easily be done. Actually, I put this on my to-do list last week. I had planned on releasing a new version after I got Neverwinter Nights so I can confirm my support works with the retail version which just hit the stores.
QtUplink is easy to install and use. You just launch it, pick the type of server you plan to run, specify your geographic region, minimize it and forget about it. As long as QtUplink is running, whenever it detects you've got a server running it will automatically post it to the Qtracker Masters so Qtracker users will see it. Best of all, it only posts active servers, unlike jediBoard.
Anyways, I think that's probably the best solution since I wrote the program and can control it. I'll update it and get a new QtUplink out this weekend.
I find this to be very exciting news and I have hopes that the jediBoard/Qtracker community will live once again!
Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 10:28 AM from IP address 209.214.170.219
Dan and I keep in touch quite often and he's been aware of the issue for awhile now and hasn't resolved it. He intends to, but he's busy.