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i3D.net Paintball Event 2008

On Saturday December 20th, 2008, i3D.net will organize the third annual i3D.net paintball event in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. All customers and partners are welcome.

A maximum of 100 people is allowed in the indoor Paintball arena, we currently have 85 seats available. As this is a private company party, i3D.net reserves the right to deny people access to the whole event.

For photos of last years editions, please visit our forums: i3D.net Paintball 2006 event and i3D.net Paintball 2007 event.

Highlights:

12 hours: from noon to midnight
Unlimited free drinks (from soda to beer and wine)
Unlimited snacks
Lunch and dinner included, Dutch snacks and sandwiches all day long
Paintball weapons and clothing included
Paint bullets included
100 people maximum
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Minimum age: 15 years
Singles, groups and clans welcome

To reserve your ticket, login at www.i3d.net/order.php, click on "order" or "bestellen" and complete the i3D.net paintball order process.

Frontlines: Fuel of War demo released

Kaos Studios and THQ have just released the Frontlines: Fuel of War demo for the pc.

You can download the demo here: http://forum.i3d.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=1325 (no registration required).

We invite you to join us online. A feedback topic has been opened on our forums (http://forum.i3d.net/main-frontlines/28108-forum-game-get-free-gameserver-if-you-kill-us-frontlines-fuel-war.html).

We give away a free gameserver if you manage to "torch kill" one of the i3d people in game, online! Read this topic for more information: http://forum.i3d.net/main-frontlines/28108-forum-game-get-free-gameserver-if-you-kill-us-frontlines-fuel-war.html.

Enjoy this great game!

Call of Duty 4 Linux 1.7 patch released

We have updated the CoD4 Linux 1.7 package. All clients can select and install this update on their gameserver through the controlpanel (gameservers/details/update).

Our Customer Care is as always open, every day of the week, to be of assistance.

AMS-IX downtime cause of network problems

The largest internet exchange in the world, the AMS-IX, experiences issues this afternoon. Connection drops and loss of connection are the result. Traffic is rerouted through transit connections. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Visit http://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/ for more information on the exchange.

Frankfurt datacenter power outage

The Frankfurt datacenter experiences a power outage, the datacenter writes:

Today the AIXIT Datacenter experienced a total power outage between 19:29:02 and 19:43:20 MEST.
We are now in the process of checking all servers to make sure they are restarting correctly.

At this point, we don't know the reason of the outage, but we expect to get this information shortly.

i3D.net servers will be restarted soon.

Vacature: technisch medewerker

INTERACTIVE 3D, i3D.nl, is per direct op zoek naar een technisch medewerker voor werkzaamheden vanaf ons kantoor te Rotterdam. Werkzaamheden zijn fulltime, dwz 40 uur per week, en zullen bestaan uit het beheren van ons server platform in een team van�4 technische medewerkers. Ons server platform groeit gestaag en wij verwachten in 2008 meer dan 1000 servers in bezit en beheer te hebben.

Werkzaamheden zijn met regelmaat op lokatie, oa in datacentra te Amsterdam (Databarn), Rotterdam (Kubus), Frankfurt, London en Parijs (Level3). Daarnaast zijn er diverse leuke projecten op console gebied en diverse 'snoepreisjes' zoals�onsite IT beheer op de grote race circuits in Europa (voor-tijdens-na de races). Er is veel overleg met klanten in de VS en diverse onsite installaties die wij opzetten en beheren in Europa.

De werkzaamheden bestaan uit:

Server hardware en software installatie en beheer (750 laatste generatie dual en quadcore Dell servers, Windows en Linux)
Aanspreekpunt voor het supportteam: wijzigingen in software (suse linux, red hat linux), beheer van managed applicaties en expert systemen
Basis netwerkbeheer: bekabeling en configuratie onsite in onze serverruimtes
Werkuren flexibel, bij voorkeur van 10:00 tot 18:00
Meewerken aan de opzet en ontwikkeling van nieuwe lokaties in het buitenland
Meewerken aan de volgende versies van onze inhouse ontwikkelde controlpanel software

Wij zoeken in jou de volgende eigenschappen:

Ervaring met Linux
Zelfstandige werker
Eigen inbreng
Enthousiast medewerker
Affiniteit met online games
Je staat je mannetje en weet ook de lastige problemen op te lossen
Vloeiend in geschrift en spreken van Nederlands �n Engels. Het is zeer belangrijk in foutloos Engels te kunnen communiceren met onze grotere klanten

Vergoeding:

Inkomensindicatie: Markconform
Reiskosten vergoeding
All inclusive kantoor, drank naar keuze�;)

Over INTERACTIVE 3D:
Interactive 3D is marktleider in de Benelux in de gamehosting branche. Wij zijn gevestigd in hartje Rotterdam in een gezellig en ruim kantoor. We hebben momenteel serverruimtes in Amsterdam en Rotterdam en een tiental racks in Frankfurt, Parijs en London en beheren servers in Japan, Australie, Singapore en China.
Onze klanten komen uit heel Europa, en wij hebben strategische samenwerkingen met alle grote games uitgevers. In Europa hebben wij tevens een unieke positie in de console gaming met XBOX360 en Playstation 3 gameservers op eigen hardware in diverse Europese lokaties.

Reageren:
Ben jij de persoon die wij zoeken? Stuur dan je sollicitatiebrief en cv naar info@i3d.nl ovv 'Vacature technisch medewerker. Daarna nodigen wij jou graag uit op ons kantoor.

Call of Duty 4 Linux 1.6 patch released

We have updated the CoD4 Linux 1.6 package. All clients can select and install this update on their gameserver through the controlpanel (gameservers/details/update).

Our Customer Care is as always open, every day of the week, to be of assistance.

Frontlines: patch 1.1.0 released with PB support and new serverbrowser

Kaos just released patch 1.1.0 for Frontlines: Fuel of War PC.
We have the European exclusive download for this patch, you can read more�and download the patch at:

http://www.frontlinesfuelofwar.net

We have multiple download mirrrors active.
Highlights of the new patch are Punkbuster integration and an all new serverbrowser!

Please note:
All i3d clients can update their server to 1.1.0 in the controlpanel -> gameservers -> details

AMS-IX downtime cause network problems

Visit http://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/ for more information on the exchange.

Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 Ranked servers downtime

All Battlefield ranked servers hosted at i3D.net will have a 5-10 minute downtime between 6 and 8 pm CEST today. All configuration settings will be saved and continue to run after the update.

The Battlefield 2142 beta 1.50 servers hosted by i3d will be turned off tonight 24:00.

Webserver maintenance

One of our webservers (84.244.162.168) will be unavailable during the next 2 hours due to a software and hardware update.

UPDATE: The server is succesfully updated to plesk 8.4

EA on the disconnects (Battlefield series)

EA sent out word on the disconnect issues:

As some of you may have noticed, we’ve been experiencing issues with players disconnecting from Battlefield servers over the past couple of weeks.
We’ve been working with several of our partners to troubleshoot and narrow down the possible culprit; and although we see the light at the end of the tunnel, we’re not there yet.
Additionally we’re pushing buttons, prodding circuits and dis- and reconnecting cables in all the right places and expect to have more information for you very soon.
Please hang in there. We have a lot of talented people working out the kinks and we’ll get this sorted so you can go back to your trusted Battlefield experience.

Quake Wars ranked 1.5 hotfix

A hotfix has been applied today to all Quake Wars ranked servers.

This update removes the 24 player lock which was introduced with the last patch (1.5).

Quake Wars Patch 1.5

Today at 19.00 i3D.net will install the Quake Wars patch 1.5 on all of our Quake Wars gameservers.

You can download the update in our forum at:

http://forum.i3d.nl

Internet disruption i3D office

Due to an internet disruption of our provider, our helpdesk is currently not reachable by phone.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Update 14.27: i3d is fully reachable again.

Additional telephone numbers (USA and Germany)

Interactive 3D updated the telephone contact information and added live chat to the website.

USA
Call 800-482-6910 (toll free) or 213-634-1402

Germany / Deutschland
Call +49 69 257378709

The Netherlands / Nederland
+31 (0)10 8900070�

Sales chat
Our sales is also available through live chat, the link to the chat can be found in the header of the website. Clients with technical issues are encouraged to use the ticket system in our controlpanel.

Maintenance Amsterdam location

On Friday the 10th of May 2008 at apr3oximately 22.45h (UTC +0200) an incident emerged on the Foundry RX's at Databarn, Amsterdam. Several software bugs could be related to this incident. An emergency software upgrade has been scheduled.

DETAILS:

The Foundry RX routers at Databarn will be loaded with new software.

ACTIONS:

- Upload new software to the RX's
- Reload RX's

AFFECTED:

All We Dare connectivity at Databarn will be compromised
for approximately 5 minutes.

Internet failure Rotterdam

Due to an internet failure in Rotterdam city center, our helpdesk is�currently not reachable by phone.�

We apologize�for the inconvenience.�

Update 18:30
Telephone and internet are back online

Support closed May 11th and 12th

Our helpdesk is closed on May 11th and 12th (both a Dutch national holiday).

Support will be limited to our ticket system on this day. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Network outage Amsterdam datacenter

In the Amsterdam datacenter a network outage affects all operations.

The problem is caused by a malfunctioning fiber ring. There are no power issues, all servers and data on them is intact and reachable once network operations have been restored.

Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Update 23:54:
Network staff is onsite on all Amsterdam network locations (3) to resolve the issues as soon as possible. One of the new 10 GigE routers on the network border causes this problem and breaks network redundancy.

Update 0:06
The Amsterdam location is back online.