Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2319] LTD stats

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 02:48:29PM -0400, Dave Ahn wrote:
> While some of the ideas you proposed could probably work, I think that they
> would have added complications.  For example, prefixing or suffixing the
> player name with race/pno would require that the race/pno be known before
> the player login.  And it does/could break anything that access p->p_name.
> 
> After thinking about it for a bit, I've decided to group the LTD stats per
> race.  While this does increase the player DB size by ~5x (including Indi),
> it shouldn't matter for INL games.  This would allow the same player to
> use the same stat slots if he busts and returns but keep a separate group
> of stats if he switches teams.  This could also be used later on to
> statistically evaluate race strengths and weaknesses.  And, this would
> give me the motivation to fix the tick zone stats (which requires race
> info).  While player stats won't be further divided into slots (e.g.
> Fc vs Fb), I don't think that this is a good idea anyway.

That sounds like it would be adequate for my needs.  I don't need 
player slots, as long as the stats they get on each team are 
separate.
 -Tom