Dear Gamezone24,
I apologize in advance for my bad english.
I played Serious Sam the second Encounter since release until Gamespy shut down the Master Server.
I can only report about me and the history of SS TSE in the version 1.05.
Back to release of SS TSE, many Clans like S.A.S, MDK, Exodus, Figona started playing with their own privat hosted Gameservers. At this time was Serious Sam really full. We enjoyed the time earlier. A short time later, some american guys hosted the FUNFUN Servers. 1 by NED (9 Slots) and 1 by Notorious JT (7 Slots).
Their Servers have been run with Settings like Infinite Ammo, 24h/7 Red Station etc.
And after some time, the 1.05 Players liked the settings from FUNFUN and everyone wanted to use these settings in their Servers with different maps. Many people liked it and the other half not, thats why so many people went to 1.07 to play with ammo and Round time. (Of course 1.07 has more advantages, not crouching bug, fixed mini model etc.). But i was that guy who wanted to stay in 1.05. However, I have continued playing in the american funfuns until the day came when there was a Server called GUNFUN. It was a paid Server not a privat hosted. It had a excelent ping better than the american Servers. The Server had exactly the same settings like FUNFUN. In GUNFUN were many Admins, some from USA and some from another countries. The Admins had all the time no nicks or were as observer available. I just asked who was runner of that Server but nobody gave me some answeres. I stopped playing Sam for a while. After this time i checked the Serverlist and there was FUNSTATION. In 2009 in FUNSTATION there was a Admin around 24/7. He was so serious. He never wrote back and he always had incredible scores for example 500 (kills) and 1 Death with no name. I only know the other Admins like Bonecollector, ZIG ZAG, Stan, Play2Lose but however they wouldnt say who was leader of this Server. Never! I was asking that so often because i got kicked and banned so many times with reason, Admin: no Admin killing allowed or "you boring me". I wanted to find the leader but never found him. In another forum i read that someone got 2 names of them. Bunny and Simon
who are from U.S. and rent german servers because the quality. Whatever, back to the game. I joined the Server again, (sure you are asking why i didnt play in FUNFUN then, but it was too laggy for me and in 1.07 there were no RS 24/7 Servers). There was a player called Bunny with a Score 800/5 or something like this. I thought he was a cheater, i asked who are you? He answered "nobody knows". He didnt get kicked, so i thought he was an admin.
And who are BOAR HUG, Sten, ZIG ZAG, P2L, Simon ? Nobody knows where are them from but they are suddenly there Admins and they played all like PRO's. They were such assholes. I wrote "Hello client 6" and i got banned for 3 months. I was sad because it was the only one red station server where i had a good connection and those settings.
Suddenly, FUNSTATION was away and "Alpha" appeared with multiservers. Nobody knew them and they had 13 Servers. Sometimes they had real Bots,lol. Dunno how they did it. When i joined i was suprised, "SUPPORTED BY ANONYMOUS ADMINS". I thought it must be the same evil guys like earlier but they are now more members and stronger than FUNSTATION. They played so unfair, kicked and banned everyone who they didnt like. After some months they had the Force of 1.05. It is like a mafia, they controlled every Server. They could crash Servers and hack everything. They knew where i was from when i joined their Servers. I really want to know who are the guys from this organisation? and who is paying for all the 13 Servers? Dear Gamezon24 do you have some informations about those guys and where are they from? I know SS is already dead but i often ask me who they were!
In over 10 years of Serious Sam i never knew who were those Anonymous Admins or Leader. Dunno.
Maybe you have some informations?