All eight of the StarHub Team Fortress 2 public game servers are now back online as of about 7pm Friday evening (5 June 09), almost two weeks after they were shut down.

The servers were taken down ten days ago on 27 May. The administrator of the servers told GameSync that this was because StarHub decided that the servers cost too much effort to maintain for something that did not generate any revenue.

StarHub has given no official response to the server take down despite GameSync's efforts to contact them, nor has it given any indications of why the servers are now back online again.

**We may rejoice again, for now.**

e-Club servers (Singapore-based)

* 203.116.41.170:27015 e-Club TF2 #1 [pl_ + All Talk]
* 203.116.41.170:27016 e-Club TF2 #2 [cp_all]
* 203.116.41.170:27017 e-Club TF2 #3 [ctf_all]
* 203.116.41.170:27018 e-Club TF2 #4 [cp_well,granary,gravelpit]
* 203.116.41.170:27019 e-Club TF2 #5 [pl_All]
* 203.116.41.170:27020 e-Club TF2 #6 [All_maps]
* 203.116.41.170:27021 e-Club TF2 #7 mytf2l.org Match Server (password)
* 203.116.41.170:27022 e-Club TF2 #8 Pick Up Games (password)
* 203.116.41.170:27023 e-Club TF2 #9 Arena
* 203.116.41.170:27024 e-Club TF2 #10 Arena

Other Singapore/Malaysia-based servers

* 203.142.1.59:27014 The AGENTCY 1 - (Malaysia ALL TALK Server)
* 203.142.1.59:27015 The AGENTCY 2 - (Malaysia ALL TALK Server)
* 203.116.28.13:27016 Eternal Gamers TF Server #1
* 203.116.28.6:27016 Eternal Gamers TF2 Server #2
* 203.116.28.6:27017 Eternal Gamers TF2 #3 [Arena]

Taiwan-based servers

* 222.165.42.137:27015
* 211.75.83.13:27016 M01 | TF2 LAOHAN Server

UPDATE: The Starhub TF2 servers went down at 6am this morning, along with the Mumble voice communications server that Starhub was hosting. GG.

Starhub is planning to take down their Team Fortress 2 public servers "really soon", according to the server administrator in charge of the servers.

The server admin, who wishes only to be known as "Hammifer", told GameSync that keeping the servers up and running smoothly are taking up too much resources for something that does not generate any revenue for the company.

"The only thing for certain is that (the TF2 servers) will most likely go really soon if the current lag issue doesnt get fixed by this Wednesday," Hammifer said.

Recently, the Starhub servers have been plagued with lag and latency issues due to a combination of the latest Sniper/Spy update being buggy and network connectivity issues, especially between the Singnet and Starhub service providers. A source who works closely with Starhub told GameSync that the ISP is currently not interested in fixing the network issues.

Starhub currently operates eight Team Fortress 2 public servers that are popular all across Asia, with players from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and India using the servers on a daily basis. Should the servers go down, the impact on the Asia-Pacific Team Fortress 2 community could be severe with little alternatives in place to meet demand.