Strickland Propane
Insurgency: Sandstorm Live Server Status & Leaderboard System
A breakdown of the custom-built system powering Strickland’s live server intel and competitive tracking.
System Overview
Strickland doesn’t run a dusty-ass “server list” that updates whenever it feels like it. It runs a private, fully custom live status and leaderboard system built specifically for Strickland servers — and it updates fast enough to actually be useful.
This is real-time intel, real stats, and real competition.
Live Server Status Page
Each Strickland server has its own collapsible status panel that reports what is happening right now, not what the lobby thinks happened five minutes ago.
- UP / DOWN state for each server
- Server name plus direct IP:Port connection info
- Current map and game mode
- Live player count with color changes as servers fill up
- A live player table that refreshes automatically every 15 seconds
- Each player’s name, current round score, session duration, and rank icon
Important as hell, and intentional: every player name on the live tables is clickable. Click a name and it opens that player’s Steam profile so players can connect, add each other, squad up, talk shit, or make friends. Strickland is a community, not a silent lobby full of strangers.
The Global Strickland Leaderboard
This is the permanent record. The big one. The put-up-or-shut-up board.
- Every player who earns points in any Strickland server is automatically added and permanently tracked
- Total score accumulates across all Strickland servers and carries forward forever
- The system tracks all-time total score, total lifetime playtime, and last-seen timestamps
- Each player gets a global rank number and a custom rank icon
About the icons: they are not random. All rank icons are characters and imagery from King of the Hill. Hovering over them reveals quotes from the show, and those icons follow players across the all-time board, rolling boards, and live server tables.
And yes, player names are clickable on the all-time leaderboard too. Click the name, open the Steam profile, and go find out who that bastard is.
Rolling Leaderboards
The rolling boards answer a different question than “who has the most points ever?” They answer: who’s grinding right now?
- Daily (24h) — top players of the last 24 hours
- Weekly (7d) — top players of the last 7 days
- Monthly (30d) — top players of the last 30 days
How they work:
- Players don’t appear until they earn points in that time window
- Scores are based on timestamped score deltas
- Older score events roll off automatically as time passes
- That keeps the board moving and rewards ongoing activity
Each rolling board shows player rank for that period, player name, period score, period playtime, last-seen timestamp, and the same consistent King of the Hill icon pulled from the global system.
Search Built In
Every leaderboard includes a search bar so you can instantly filter the table and find your buddy, your rival, or the guy you’re convinced is a goddamn terminator.
Why This System Exists
Most communities run servers. Strickland runs a whole ecosystem:
- real-time visibility
- permanent stats
- rolling competition
- custom King of the Hill identity icons with hover quotes
- a built-in social layer through clickable Steam links
Bottom line: Strickland isn’t just another server. It’s a living scoreboard that updates constantly and puts everyone’s grind on display. If your name’s on the boards, you earned it. If it’s not, get in the damn server and fix that.
