[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Let's remove player name

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 10:39:41AM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 02:24:53PM +0200, Andreas Røsdal wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > > I think we ought to remove remove the concept of a 'player name'. While I
> > 
> > How about setting the default player name in the 'select nation' dialog to
> > the name chosen for the connection? Then you could choose a real world
> > leader if you want to.

Auto choose nation feature: If user name == common nation leader name then
the server assigns that nation to the player, if available, and the nation
select dialog is skipped.

> This is a suggestion I could live with. Per's original suggestion is much
> too draconian for me. I've laid out the reasons to him before why this is a
> bad idea. He should go back and read them.
> 
> -mike

Christian

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