[Freeciv-Dev] Re: rfc on allowconnect

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 12:01:01PM +0200, Per I Mathisen wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:

> > > We need to simplify a bit to have this sum up, so I suggest we remove
> > > cmdlevel from the equation: The first player to join will get ctrl command
> > > and nobody else. If that player quits while in pregame, the server
> > > restarts (the starcraft way). 

I think that is no good idea. The first player will be the dictator.

> > > Instead of requiring everyone to be ctrl, we
> > > allow everyone to set options that concern only themselves (like setting
> > > yourself to ai or not, and setting a password on your connection).
> >
> > This seems like a non-small restriction. Why do we need this?
> 
> I couldn't find a way to combine the present cmdlevel system with the
> system I described without making it incredibly complicated and open for
> lots of abuse or silly pregame infighting over how things should be setup.
> 
> It is much cleaner with one superuser. If he is an ass, players go
> elsewhere and they don't play with him again. If he is not, then any
> number of other stupid users can't screw up the game (eg by
> joining&"/start" or putting everyone but one in his own clan and "/start"
> etc). Less chance of fuckup that way.

There should be other ways to avoid this. E.g.: vote for options, all
players need to type /start, predefined fixed options for special server
(marked as such), ...

Also, if the stupid user is the first one on a server and doesn't know
what to do ...

> Yours
> Per

Just my 0,02 EUR.

Christian

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