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[Vainosuomi]

OK, I did the port forwarding thing, and the server displays this:

Adding master server 72.165.61.153:27015
Adding master server 63.234.149.83:27011
Connection to Steam servers successful
      VAC secure mode is activated.

However, when I put "steam://connect/72.165.61.153:27015" or "steam://connect/63.234.149.83:2711" it says that the server is not responding. Also, neither 72.165.61.153 nor 63.234.149.83 is my IP address...I tried that too.

[Vainosuomi]

Oh never mind; I double-checked the ports I opened and they were wrong. It's working now, thanks for all your help! 

[killermonkey]

HEHE, the master servers are what valve uses to broadcast dedicated servers to everyone on the internet. Your computer looks to the master servers to download a list of available servers (based on criteria given).

You don't connect to the master server, though. You connect to the actual dedicated server (ie your IP).