Tim Riker revived the 1.7 listserver and a game server. The end of BZFlag's 1.7 server era will come, but not today. ;o)
In case you want to get aware of the congeniality of the good old 1.7 version, feel free to install it and try a run. You will be surprised how many changes were done between 1.7c and 1.7g2; like the HUD that looks very similar in the current release.

There weren't real improvements in the BZstats' code during the last months, but it seems to be time to place some log-like comments or news.

For the initial entry you get some common information:
- number of recognized players: 123,554
- number of recognized servers: 17,314
- number of supported leagues: 6
- number of allowed myBZbuddies: 60
- number of global registered site users: 200
- number of hours spent for this site: countless