Run a trace with WinMTR to a jump server and a serveme.tf server where you have high ping and share the results here.

3.06Ghz Northwood please, none of this Prescott bullshit.

Are you using net_graph 5? Freezes should show up there unless your entire PC hangs. Please show a screenshot of net_graph 5 during one of these freezes.

How often do the freezes happen?

The past 48h you've only played on the Dutch KroketBrigade servers, could you try other serveme.tf locations? I've sent you a serveme.tf premium code so you'll have an easier time finding servers in all EU regions.

I've run a trace to your IP from the KroketBrigade servers and it's showing packet loss in the last two hops (close to you), in a Virgin Media router. This would point to congestion or connection issues on your ISPs end. A trace from another serveme.tf EU server shows no packet loss, as it's routed through a different Virgin Media router. I would expect no issues if you play on this server (WilhelmBrigade).

Done, but remember that these (unofficial) ESEA push configs are 8 years old and shouldn't be used imo.

https://i.imgur.com/OaNnsaF.jpg

Couldn't fit the GPU otherwise.

Could you be a little more specific? I'm just seeing a ton of packet loss last night on the Kansas servers, is that what you mean?

Thanks to pubs.tf, there's now a serveme.tf for South East Asia over at https://sea.serveme.tf. Starting off with 4 servers located in Singapore.

resupply.eu and vanillatf2.org, rip

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Make a traceroute to the server IP with WinMTR and place the results here.

The ESEA configs are "unofficial" and from 2011:
"Push scoring - 3 points by one team or 30 minutes per half, first to 5 points wins the match."

https://i.imgur.com/LzbGQhn.jpg

Luckily it doesn't track my country radio listening habits

Here are a few ways
- Limit MySQL access with iptables to certain IPs
- Put the servers in a VPN, bind MySQL to the VPN address. (Has DO launched their VPC solution yet?7)
- Set up tunnels to the server hosting the MySQL server
- Restrict the MySQL user to a certain IP: 'foobar'@'123.123.123.123' (I like this one the least, since your mysql server is still reachable from the outside and bound to 0.0.0.0)

MySQL 1045 is an authentication error. So your sourcemod can connect to MySQL server, it just doesn't have the right credentials. You probably didn't set up the database user correctly in MySQL (Thermite's post has the right commands) or made a typo in your sourcemod configuration.'

Also, please bind to 127.0.0.1 if everything runs locally. Else you'll be mining bitcoins for someone soon.

If everything runs on the same machine, please do not set the bind-address to 0.0.0.0.

Do you get an error in sourcemod? Have you checked the sourcemod logs, have you checked the mysqld logs?

You'll be fine if you're also getting a decent GPU.