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Here is an idea: You could set up a tutorial server. The server sends messages to the player as the player does certain things, like "Press your mouse button to shoot. Shoot at the target over there.". When you do the things (like shooting the target), the server sends you the next set of ...

Thanks for posting a source!

Mrapple: Yes, i think you are right, it will be hard for the first zombie, maybe you could have a ratio of 10:3 (humans:zombies) at the start, or have a map that is good for sneaking up on people (hide and seek hills? Or add fog?). To fix the problem of someone always being a zombie and never gettin...

Allright, so when ever you can post a source that will be great!

Oh, a few unimportant things:
I think zombies should be the green team (green seems fitting to zombies),
And humans should probably be red.

Yeah, that would be great. I do agree with you, that if you are not computer savvy, bzflag is hard to get started on, and I think that would help quite alot. A good place for it might be on the front or downloads page.

That sounds like a good idea, so you would use Hypercam, or a similar program to show them how its done?

Great! That's a good idea for the different speeds. For now i will be researching making plugins.

This would be either another game mode (like CTF, or Rabbit Hunt) or maybe a plugin instead. Game play is as follows: The objective is to be the last surviving human. At the start of the match, everybody except one (randomly selected, or the winner from the last match) starts on the humans team. The...