BudgetVM is nice, they have their own ASN and hardware , Nick and Steve are solid people with solid background, James is an awesome sysadmin. They are currently suffering the growth pain, hence the negative reviews. Not to mention, Mike is AWESOME!
Mother FLOWER! What happens when your admin panel is locked to vpn/selected IP's? Will the user still be able to use those info? A lot of big provider might have been snapped if this is possible.
As a gamer, first thing = location, second thing = bandwidth and peers.
Dedicated ip is also a good option since gameservers will get attacked more than anything else. But in all honesty, I would not use vps for gameservers. Especially knowing that my neighbor is also hosting gameserver on the...