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Pressing the F12 key is just a shortcut for navigating through the menu and selecting Quit. In both cases the BZFlag client sends an orderly "I am leaving" message to the server before disconnecting, so the server can't really tell which method was used.

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I support hrj, kierra, and quantum dot as the initial set of admins for the new league, with the expectation that they will choose two more peers.

In my role as a server owner I am a little more permissive about player behavior than the admins of the Ducati and GU leagues. I am not willing to allow MoFo-style language rules, but the occasional f-bomb doesn't bother me either. I let the league admins enforce their rules as they want, and that c...

I have assumed that activity is measured by the number of official matches played, but if FMs and chatting are just as important then lets measure them, too, so we know that there is a payoff for the effort invested in creating and running the league. Recording fun match results by team color should...

Chatting and fms played etc. keep this league alive, not the amount officials. I may be completely out of touch with the player base on *why* they want to be in the league. It isn't too late to add a question like this to the survey: What is the most important reason you are a league member? * to p...

things appear to be tasked by the GU admins There is a lot of overlap between the Ducati and GU leadership, which is why I expect the merger to proceed regardless of any player objections. Since kierra is the only remaining active Ducati Council member, the Ducati league is as well represented as p...

I am aware of the social club aspect of leagues, but right now it seems like we have too many players chatting and not enough playing matches. As the saying goes, "less yap; more cap." Monster, what value do you see in league members who choose (for whatever reasons) not to play official m...

Because we are only "mostly" friends, hidden admins can help protect the majority of players from the few who are clever enough to behave badly only when they do not see an @ player. It has limited value because the call signs of the hidden admins eventually become generally known, but exp...

Make it public, but we can redact specific parts if necessary. Speak up soon if there is something you want to remain private.

people won't want to play with someone below their skill level because they'll fear losing points for their own team. It seems to me that the biggest obstacle (that league leaders have the power do something about) to increased activity is the fear of losing team points. The simple solution to this...

The server owners for the official league servers should follow the guidelines/rules that the league defines, so it's not ultimately the server owners' decision. The server owners are the final authority on what happens on their servers. The league admins are the final authority on how the league o...

BZFlag has an optional feature that replaces naughty words in chat messages with !@#$%^&* characters. Please tell us why you do or do not want this enabled on game servers in the new league.

League admins have several ongoing responsibilities. Let's discuss what they are expected to do. Manage the spawn list, which determines who can play in official matches. Admins add new players to the spawn list, and may remove players (ban) who break the rules. Typically, admins discuss in a privat...

to allow other committees to participate and receive nominations for their contributions as well. If we choose ruling admins now, the sense that everyone is currently an equal may disappear and other committee members would remain silent in fear of ruling admins making the decision. Fair enough. I ...

From the League Committee Expectations topic: The administration for the new league will be decided based on the contributions, BZFlag activity, and the amount of activity a committee member has shown in this league merger project. This means that even if you are part of the GU League Council or are...

Perhaps we could name the league after an accomplished real-life tank commander.

http://www.historynet.com/the-war-list- ... anders.htm

Wittmann
Greengold
Zhukov
Knispel

Or maybe a general:

Patton
Rommel

"Panzer League" would be simple and on-topic.

Team ranking is done by an algorithm. As long as we preserve the basic factual match history (teams, date/time, score) it is possible to retroactively apply whatever algorithm(s) we choose. None of these scoring algorithms is "right" or even "best." If we want, we can simultaneou...

So far, most of the discussion seems to be based upon the assumption that we would create a brand new league that would incorporate and preserve (to some extent) the match and team history of the GU and Ducati leagues. Many people are wisely concerned about how rank-and-file players will react to su...

I don't see any debug logging that is already in the texture download code, so using a debugger to follow the client would provide more information. You could also try different subsets to see if the problem is just with a specific texture.

Like kierra, I think that activity (measured in total minutes of matches played per time period) ought to be elevated to a first class method of ranking teams along with ELO (or any other score based upon wins/losses). This will reward activity, and thus encourage players to increase it. I don't kno...

Do our rules apply to public servers which may be advertised as "GU" or "GU Style?" The rules on league servers are set by agreement between the league admins and the server owners. Unless there is a similar agreement for non-league servers, this question can only be answered by...

One (hopefully) last note on language: A significant part of the problem is that if we were to allow players to simply express frustration by saying #$%&, we know from experience that too many would interpret that as permission to say "@*#% you". The latter is personally abusive and no...

"Games United" happens to be an excellent name for the one league to rule them all.

That usually means that the "bzfs" server program can't be found. Be sure it is installed and in your PATH.