[gameprogrammer] Re: starcraf game

Not necessarily off topic, I've been watching this thread to get a
general idea of how some other multiplayer games are handled, and some
ideas to play with.
The dilemma of whether to host a central server, allow user hosted
servers, or spread the engine to the individual players is one that
interests me. On the one hand, giving the customer the ability to set up
their own servers helps reduce overhead, but opens the doors to
cheaters.  Of course if you take for granted the fact that their will
always be some players that will cheat, you might be able to take that
into account so that players who want to can, and those that don't can
be warned if the server they are logging into has modification.
I'm a huge believer in trying to find the balance between giving a fun
experience to the customer, while allowing them to use your game to do
what will be most fun for them.
I, for example, love playing video games, but am so terrible that
without cheats I will often not be able to complete a game and get the
full experience, instead put it back in a box and not get anymore like
it. On the other hand, playing on line with someone that cheats can be
more than frustrating, a particular experience I had getting beat by a
12 year old in a more grotesque than usual manner comes to mind.

Thanks,
Jason.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:05 AM
> To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: starcraf game
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> > >No its not possible. You can not configure and run a starcraft
server
> > >that allows others to login and play.
> >It is possible but it's very very illegal, starcraft servers can ONLY
AND
> >ONLY be Battle.net servers, not individual IP tracked servers, not
> >battle.net servers. If you want to get into the problem search for
it,
> >piracy is everywhere: there even are illegal World of warcraft games
> >(another game by blizzard).
> > >
> 
> Well, this isn't strictly speaking true.  There are legal ipx
tunnelers
> (see www.kali.net) that let you play starcraft games (and other ipx
games)
> over the internet.  Battle.net isn't a starcraft "server" really (as
> clients host their own), its just a lobby/gamefinding system... just
like
> Kali.
> 
> Of course this is way off topic now, so...
> 
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