Game operations
Voice and game traffic: do not starve the upload
Most home bottlenecks are asymmetric upload, not download. Game servers, voice, and cloud backups fighting for the same few megabits is how you get “rubberband only on raid night.”
Discord is official enough to cite
When troubleshooting voice, start from Discord’s own connection docs so you are not chasing ghosts: Discord — Voice Connection Errors.
Sane defaults
- Wired Ethernet for the machine that hosts + the shotcaller PC when possible.
- Cap backup/sync jobs during play windows.
- Document port maps so firewall changes are reversible.
We run this as a managed service.
Dedicated game servers with backup discipline, mod-aware update windows, and an operator who reads crash logs.