Sorry to dig up this old thread, but with EA's looming burial of the Battle for Middle Earth series, I've been told about GameRanger recently. I know Scott has been patiently and enthusiastically answering people's questions, but I wonder if you'd be willing to give a somewhat more technical description of what GameRanger actually does. Is it actually a replacement for the GameSpy servers, i.e. did you reverse-engineer the GameSpy protocol, along with ladders and chat rooms and all that, or does it only set up (unranked) games? Does it change the game's settings somehow (to change its default GameSpy server address)? And does the part of GameRanger that provides Tiberian Sun and StarCraft connectivity borrow any code from bnetd/pvpgn? Any details you could give would be greatly appreciated!
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