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bzflag article

Christopher Negus, the author of the Red Hat Bible among other notable linux books has written a quite extensive BZflag howto that was published on this months LinuxJournal website.



The main focus of the article is setting and and running a BZflag server, a fun activity to be sure. I still run 2 servers for league play and learned quite a bit about the game just from setting up a server, so while I wouldn't discourage anyone from doing the same, it should be noted that as I type this we have currently 198 servers and only 202 players online. Never mind the One Laptop Per Child project, how about One BZFlag Server Per Child!

It's true, we have around 3000 registered users but I haven't ever seen close to that many online at once. I am happy to see however the interest in league play on the rise, Christopher didn't mention the CTF league but it still remains one of the most fun and at times intense BZflag experiences one could have, there truly have been some epic and sometimes hilarious battles. I really miss those matches since curtailing my playing time.

Anyway, it is a great article, and it is good to see the project get some broader attention. (I tried to add at least a link to the article on the BZflag wiki but it seems I am not allowed to edit some pages :-\)