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One thing that makes BZFlag attractive is the fact that it is open-source.
That's why I came over and started playing.
if it would be a closed-source program, that could turn away a lot of people who have been here.

-Zehra

Sorry my bad.

There could be a slight vulnerability, in which commands and actions could be spoofed. As the client-server architecture gives a lot of power to the client in BZFlag. It is to my understanding, the client sends actions (such as jump) to the server which then sends them to other clients(so they would...

The simple graphic design, and the depth in gameplay. This is what is enjoyable. Not the modern complex games of today (BZFlag does not count). Perhaps an offline version would be nice. or a small version to watch matches from your phone. But the main thing that is nice is that there is the complexi...

Allow observers to watch matches on their phones. Depending on interest other features could be added. such as a version in which users could actually play BZFlag on their phone. or it could turn into an administrators tool for server configuration, banning cheats etc.. or simply to add BZFlag theme...

does anyone think that a smartphone application for BZFlag would be a good idea
questions / comments / concerns

Is pause camping currently banned along with cheating?

Oops.
Seems that running bzflag in virtual machine might not be such a good idea.

-Zehra

Try running bzflag in a virtual machine, it might work.

hi I think I may have found a little issue that allows camping without a flag. when pressing the pause button it takes 5 seconds to pause, but un-pause is instant. which in CTF when tanks spawn at their own base, after flag capture. which technically allows someone to remain paused at opponents base...