Game Thread

ITT: Post games you want to share about, whether you are working on, resurfacing, play, hunt, etc.

Sample:
I wonder if I can implement this on a TUI client instead, using ncurses. Maybe even make it simple enough, to do pull maps and events (board layout and occurring program evets like moves, database updates, the works):
http://cgoban1.sourceforge.net/

>>37
Minecraft is a valid point, but I think there are two points that address it.

1) Intense, case-study level viral marketing. The effort to sustain reputation of third party servers was put forth, and it was a huge effort.
2) There was no master server at all, so people became used to using third-party servers. If Minecraft even took off at all (like it did), there would be a significant difference between it and, say, Red Eclipse, where any user is presented with the easy master server alternative and the harder ``type something in, even if only once'' alternative.

Interestingly enough, there are a huge number of faux-master servers for Minecraft right now - just search for ``minecraft server list'' in your search engine of choice and you'll find plenty. To go out on a limb, I would wager that plenty of people who play Minecraft these days find new servers almost exclusively from those lists.

>>41
They're not master server lists. I'd argue that master servers are the ones that are maintained by the authority who would be Mojang in this case. Mojang doesn't maintain any of these server lists so none of them are the master server list. You can call them community server lists or third party lists if you like.

Could someone just set up a Red Eclipse server and give us the IP? I don't care if the master server is funded by Jews or whatever you people are ranting about.

>>42
How about ``faux-master server''?

>>43
I already have one set up but I wouldn't have time to moderate it because I barely have time to go and take a shit (which I am doing right now).

>>45
I didn't know FPS game servers needed moderators

>>46
I hope that is a sarcastic remark.

Of course some needs to moderate the server that will host the connections and events. It's just like any regular server, there's always some moderation that needs to take place.

>>47
That doesn't explain why a good bunch of game servers are left unattended and the actual server administration is left to the provider.