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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
BZtank was founded in 2007 by current server owner Benfish to improve the gaming experience for non-North American players, and to create a fun and open online community. BZtank quickly became very popular amongst international BZFlag players due to its central location, providing good ping times to gamers throughout Europe, Asia, and India. Many North American players, however, frequent the server as well, creating a unique player dynamic. The server network hosts several popular maps, and often carries the largest cumulative player load in BZFlag. | BZtank was founded in 2007 by current server owner Benfish to improve the gaming experience for non-North American players, and to create a fun and open online community. BZtank quickly became very popular amongst international BZFlag players due to its central location, providing good ping times to gamers throughout Europe, Asia, and India. Many North American players, however, frequent the server as well, creating a unique player dynamic. The server network hosts several popular maps, and often carries the largest cumulative player load in BZFlag. | ||
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==Current Maps== | ==Current Maps== |
Revision as of 20:00, 14 February 2015
BZtank is a BZFlag server network located in London, United Kingdom.
Background
BZtank was founded in 2007 by current server owner Benfish to improve the gaming experience for non-North American players, and to create a fun and open online community. BZtank quickly became very popular amongst international BZFlag players due to its central location, providing good ping times to gamers throughout Europe, Asia, and India. Many North American players, however, frequent the server as well, creating a unique player dynamic. The server network hosts several popular maps, and often carries the largest cumulative player load in BZFlag.
As of February 2015, the network had handled player sessions for more than 14,000 unique callsigns.
Current Maps
BZtank currently hosts ten maps:
- 01.bztank.net:5154 - The Two Tanks - Laser Sniping!
- 02.bztank.net:5155 - Castle Warfare - Defend your tower
- 03.bztank.net:5156 - A*A Bridge Crossing - Can you make it?
- 04.bztank.net:5157 - Missile War - The original four-team CTF!
- 05.bztank.net:5158 - LouMan's Mystic Valley - Magical!
- 06.bztank.net:5159 - Channel Crossing - Don’t fall in!
- 07.bztank.net:5160 - LouMan’s Churchyard - Spooky!
- 08.bztank.net:5161 - INCOMING! - Run for your life!
- 09.bztank.net:5162 - High Rise Havoc - Don’t let go!
- 10.bztank.net:5163 - Alpine Assault - A massacre in the mountains!
Community
In addition to playing BZFlag, many members also actively participate in the BZtank community. The BZtank forum is a popular hangout, where players discuss maps, strategy, BZ artwork, and non-game related topics. BZtank also maintains the #bzflag IRC channel on irc.stormcenter.net which can be accessed directly through the BZtank homepage via web interface, or with any standard IRC client.
Admin Staff
BZtank is owned and operated by Benfish with the support of head admin joevano and senior admin Swigg.
Cops | Admins | Trusted Admins |
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Abominable | ahs3 | allejo |
crackhead | ALEX France | Constitution |
Duck Season | Bisque | Mets |
Jon- | Cruel Dog | Tedius |
knock | daniel jackson | temporal distraction |
Murielle | Dexter | think_tank |
Dodge_This | ukiki | |
drunk driver | Warinthestar | |
ducatiwannabe | ||
Enigma | ||
G5 Serenity 2011 | ||
gnu-sense | ||
Grand Hustla | ||
Green Manalishi | ||
Grumpy Smurf | ||
High Karate Kitty | ||
hj | ||
jadespacy | ||
jbionic | ||
LanDing | ||
Lt-Kirby2007 | ||
Mr_Burns | ||
Pesky_UK | ||
PETER | ||
R3lax | ||
Rio_Dj_narrow | ||
Sky King | ||
sse | ||
stive | ||
Teppic | ||
that exploding tank | ||
TheOneAndOnly | ||
War Pig | ||
Zaphod | ||
Zelgadis | ||
Zen_Master |
As of 14/2/15, members of the official BZflag administration and developer groups are automatically assigned administrative permissions based on seniority.