Tribes 2 Master Server Shutting Down Nov. 1 2008

Shinnokxz <shinnokxz.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in news:92010a66-5f0f-420e-b422-
65e323a95d40.DeleteThis@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Sierra is shutting down its Tribes 2 Master server here in a few
> weeks, along with 20 other games from ten years back. Not that the
> spammers and lamers care

This is why I hate that games require a central authentication server. I
can understand how some kind of authentication helps deal with cheaters and
such, but community server operators should have the option to pick who
they want to delegate that to, and a good design would allow authenticators
to cross-delegate in a "web of trust".