diff -u -X/home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-patches/no.freeciv -r /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv
diff -u -X/home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-patches/no.freeciv -r /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/game.h /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/game.h
--- /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/game.h	Wed Feb 23 15:02:27 2000
+++ /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/game.h	Tue Feb 29 19:25:52 2000
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 #define GAME_MIN_MIN_PLAYERS         1
 #define GAME_MAX_MIN_PLAYERS         MAX_NUM_PLAYERS
 
-#define GAME_DEFAULT_MAX_PLAYERS     14
+#define GAME_DEFAULT_MAX_PLAYERS     126
 #define GAME_MIN_MAX_PLAYERS         1
 #define GAME_MAX_MAX_PLAYERS         MAX_NUM_PLAYERS
 
diff -u -X/home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-patches/no.freeciv -r /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/packets.h /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/packets.h
--- /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/packets.h	Wed Jan 19 23:48:45 2000
+++ /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/packets.h	Tue Feb 29 19:26:21 2000
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 #include "spaceship.h"
 #include "worklist.h"
 
-#define MAX_LEN_PACKET    4096
+#define MAX_LEN_PACKET    8192
 #define MAX_LEN_USERNAME    10	     /* see below */
-#define MAX_LEN_MSG       1536
+#define MAX_LEN_MSG       8192
 #define MAX_LEN_CAPSTR     512
 
 /* Note that MAX_LEN_USERNAME cannot be expanded, because it
diff -u -X/home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-patches/no.freeciv -r /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/shared.h /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/shared.h
--- /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/common/shared.h	Wed Jan 26 18:07:41 2000
+++ /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/common/shared.h	Tue Feb 29 19:26:37 2000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #define BROADCAST_EVENT -2
 
-#define MAX_NUM_PLAYERS  14
+#define MAX_NUM_PLAYERS  126
 #define MAX_NUM_ITEMS   200	/* eg, unit_types */
 #define MAX_NUM_TECH_LIST 10
 #define MAX_LEN_NAME     32
diff -u -X/home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-patches/no.freeciv -r /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/server/plrhand.c /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/server/plrhand.c
--- /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv-cvs/server/plrhand.c	Tue Feb 29 14:37:54 2000
+++ /home/dzinsli/source/freeciv/server/plrhand.c	Tue Feb 29 20:27:33 2000
@@ -87,13 +87,16 @@
 static char *greatness[] = {
   N_("Magnificent"),  N_("Glorious"), N_("Great"), N_("Decent"),
   N_("Mediocre"), N_("Hilarious"), N_("Worthless"), N_("Pathetic"),
-  N_("Useless"), "Useless", "Useless", "Useless", "Useless", "Useless"
+  N_("Useless")
 };
 
 static void historian_generic(enum historian_type which_news)
 {
   int i,j=0;
-  char buffer[4096];
+  /* !FIXME, use malloc or something -maage */
+  char buffer[512*MAX_NUM_PLAYERS];
+  char *gr = greatness[0];
+
   struct player_score_entry *size=
     fc_malloc(sizeof(struct player_score_entry)*game.nplayers);
 
@@ -126,8 +129,11 @@
   qsort(size, j, sizeof(struct player_score_entry), secompare);
   buffer[0]=0;
   for (i=0;i<j;i++) {
+    if (i < (sizeof (greatness) / sizeof(char*)) && greatness[i])
+      gr = greatness[i];
+
     cat_snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
-		 _("%2d: The %s %s\n"), i+1, _(greatness[i]),
+                _("%2d: The %s %s\n"), i+1, gr,
 		 get_nation_name_plural(game.players[size[i].idx].nation));
   }
   free(size);
@@ -1253,8 +1259,9 @@
 void show_ending(void)
 {
   int i,j=0;
-  char buffer[4096];
-
+  /* !FIXME, use malloc or something -maage */
+  char buffer[512*MAX_NUM_PLAYERS];
+  char *gr = greatness[0];
   struct player_score_entry *size=
     fc_malloc(sizeof(struct player_score_entry)*game.nplayers);
 
@@ -1266,8 +1273,10 @@
   buffer[0]=0;
   for (i=0;i<game.nplayers;i++) {
     if( !is_barbarian(&game.players[size[i].idx]) ) {
+      if (i < (sizeof (greatness) / sizeof(char*)) && greatness[i])
+       gr = greatness[i];
       cat_snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer),
-		   _("%2d: The %s %s scored %d points\n"), j+1, _(greatness[j]),
+		   _("%2d: The %s %s scored %d points\n"), j+1, gr,
 		   get_nation_name_plural(game.players[size[i].idx].nation),
 		   size[i].value);
       j++;