NOTE: This guide applies to people running their own servers, and is not intended for people that have their servers hosted by a third party.
The Scorched Earth FAQ does a good job of getting you started on running a server cluster, but I find that it leaves some unanswered questions. So, I did a lot of experimenting and was able to figure out some answers.
In case you have not read it, here is the FAQ I am referring to:
What is a Cluster?
A cluster is simply a server-side l