bztank gone awol?

All things BZFlag - no [OT] here please
Post Reply
Pesky_UK
Private First Class
Private First Class
Posts: 43
Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:31 pm

bztank gone awol?

Post by Pesky_UK »

I've just noticed that the bztank servers have gone and bztank.net no longer exists.

When did this happen?
Find our @bz_flag unofficial group chat on Telegram at https://t.me/bz_flag
User avatar
tainn
Private First Class
Private First Class
Posts: 278
Joined: Sun Nov 18, 2018 7:25 pm
Location: phantom_zone;

Re: bztank gone awol?

Post by tainn »

Around November 2018, but you should ask Benfish for details. As far as I know it was a move that was contemplated for quite a while.
User avatar
Zehra
Private First Class
Private First Class
Posts: 915
Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:36 pm
Location: Within the BZFS API and Beyond it
Contact:

Re: bztank gone awol?

Post by Zehra »

While it was over a hear ago since Benfish stopped hosting, it was somewhat predicted, but still came as a surprise.
Mostly due to the fact of BZtank being a long term and large network at the time.
Seemingly during the last months when BZtank was online, player count dropped quite a bit.
(It most likely was done when the player counts were the least to minimize possible negative effects on the player population.)
From what I remember, I do believe that there was discussions to transfer the ownership of BZtank to one of their own staff members.

-Zehra
Those who are critical of me, I'll likely be the same of them. ~Zehra
The decisions we make are the ones we look forward too and the ones we regret. ~Zehra
There's a difference between knowing my name and knowing me, one shows respect to my name and the other is to who I am. ~Zehra

See where I've last been active at Strayers.
Visit BZList.net for a modern HTML5 server stats site.

Click here to view the 101 Leaderboard & Score Summaries Last updated 2021-01-12 (YYYY-MM-DD)
Latest 101 thread
User avatar
kierra
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Posts: 4108
Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:02 am
Location: outer Slovenia
Contact:

Re: bztank gone awol?

Post by kierra »

Benfish took down bztank servers without notice. Hardly predictable.
I would venture that he has moved onto new things having finished schooling.
"Sometimes people try to expose what's wrong with you, because they can't handle what's right about you."
"Measure your words -- they determine the distance of your relationships"
"If serving is beneath you, leadership is beyond ypu."
Post Reply