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I have been using Telegram as my game server administrator. It gives me realtime updates about important activities from my players, As well as I can change set

by xeonax 3y ago

I have been using Telegram as my game server administrator. It gives me realtime updates about important activities from my players, As well as I can change settings directly from my mobile. Or start a new event.

ajsnigrutin 3y ago
I use telegram for monitoring many services.... one botfather command, you get an api key and one curl command to send a message. Service restarted, server rebooted, low ram, low disk space, temperature too high, etc., everything comes to telegram. "Back in the time" I would've used email for that, but if you don't run your own server, getting a free email address that doesn't either need a phone number verification, doesn't get banned for random reasons or doesn't stop working suddenly, because it decided it needed 2 factor authenticaion is practically impossible. (btw, if anyone knows a service, that gives you a free email address (well, more than one) with smtp access, no phone number or any other verification and doesn't ban accounts after a few automated messages, please tell.. I don't care about getting marked as spam, I can whitelist it on my side)
- TheFreim 3y ago
  > "Back in the time" I would've used email for that One thing I like about chat is the different mindset and granularity. I can have a bot post a message to a channel for normal messages and then tag me, thus giving me a notification, for urgent matters. Email is more like digital mail, I don't want to have to check it often (I disable email notifications).
TheFreim 3y ago
What game server? Did you write the telegram integration plugin/script yourself?
- xeonax 3y ago
  Yes, I am making a game. Its game server, is integrated into discord as well as telegram.
  - TheFreim 3y ago
    Ahh, I thought you meant you operated a server for another game (I've hosted many over the years so that's what I first think of). What is the game you are making?
    - xeonax 3y ago
      ANXRacers. It combines stuff from Elite Dangerous into Trackmania. I reduced one dimension, to keep the scope feasible in my skillset/effort available.

by xeonax 3y ago

ajsnigrutin 3y ago

I use telegram for monitoring many services.... one botfather command, you get an api key and one curl command to send a message. Service restarted, server rebooted, low ram, low disk space, temperature too high, etc., everything comes to telegram. "Back in the time" I would've used email for that, but if you don't run your own server, getting a free email address that doesn't either need a phone number verification, doesn't get banned for random reasons or doesn't stop working suddenly, because it decided it needed 2 factor authenticaion is practically impossible. (btw, if anyone knows a service, that gives you a free email address (well, more than one) with smtp access, no phone number or any other verification and doesn't ban accounts after a few automated messages, please tell.. I don't care about getting marked as spam, I can whitelist it on my side)

TheFreim 3y ago
> "Back in the time" I would've used email for that One thing I like about chat is the different mindset and granularity. I can have a bot post a message to a channel for normal messages and then tag me, thus giving me a notification, for urgent matters. Email is more like digital mail, I don't want to have to check it often (I disable email notifications).

TheFreim 3y ago

What game server? Did you write the telegram integration plugin/script yourself?

xeonax 3y ago
Yes, I am making a game. Its game server, is integrated into discord as well as telegram.
- TheFreim 3y ago
  Ahh, I thought you meant you operated a server for another game (I've hosted many over the years so that's what I first think of). What is the game you are making?
  - xeonax 3y ago
    ANXRacers. It combines stuff from Elite Dangerous into Trackmania. I reduced one dimension, to keep the scope feasible in my skillset/effort available.