Autokick.com's Survey

Autokick.com's Annual Game Server Administrator Survey
2003 Version

Tell Us About Yourself

You could best describe me as a...

I am currently an admin for the following games:

When available, I will probably purchase:

	Server admin. I host my own servers for at least one game.

	Assistant Admin. I help someone else administer their servers.

	Potential Admin. I am thinking of hosting a server.

	Player. I play first person shooters online.

The admin the most for:

	Medal of Honor: Breakthrough
	Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
	Call of Duty
	Men of Valor: Vietnam
	Battlefield Vietnam
	Joint Operations
	Doom 3
	Half-Life 2
	Halo
	BF1942: Secret Weapons
	Other:

	Yes	No	N/A
At least one of my servers is rented from a hosting company
If you rent a server, does your provider offer a web based tool for administrative functions (ie start / stop server)?
I use a tool that was not included with the game to administer my server
I use a voice engine (ie TeamSpeak, Roger Wilco) for at least one server

How many game servers do you currently have?

How would you rate your skill as an admin?

N/A	Expert	Average	Beginner

Administration Tool Features

*I would be more willing to use a game server administration tool if it could...*	Strongly Agree	Agree	Undecided	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	N/A
...run in Linux

..send / receive ban lists directly from my friends

..send / receive ban lists from a trusted global source

..manage other servers than Medal of Honor

..support languages other than English

..manage my server from a web page

..transfer files to / from my server

..launch my server for me (locally and remotely)

..manage my maps and mods (locally & on server)

..keep a history of players on my server

..control multiple servers at the same time

..allow me to chat with players on the server

..publish players stats to a web page

..give limited console access to my assistants

..work with an in-game menu

..broadcast announcements to players on the server

..schedule and run scripts of server commands

..monitor player names for offensive language

..allow players on the server to alert me if there's a problem

..run anti-cheat player scans on server

Distribution

If a tool were created that included the most useful features above, would you be willing to pay for it?	Yes	No
If you answered yes, how much would you be willing to pay for it?

Do you make purchases online?

Yes

Comments & Suggestions
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