About The System Upgrade

On Sunday, 8 December 2002, the Seventeen or Bust system underwent a major overhaul. A new system server and website, which have been in development for several weeks, has now been placed into production. The new system is designed to be able to handle much, much higher load than the original system, and many new features and statistics have been added to the website. Here's a brief list of the major visible changes.

• Web Accounts: All users now have passwords they can use to log onto the website and change their preferences. New passwords will be emailed to all users on 9 December 2002. Note that you DO NOT NEED this password to run the SB client; ONLY to access protected features of the website.



• True Team Support: The SB network now has true team support, with support for team management, creation and statistics. Consequence: the "Team" configuration field in the client is now IGNORED. In order to change your team, you'll have to use the website.



• Improved Statistics: The statistics have been improved, including the graphics. They should now be more informative, accurate, and much faster to load.

Because this system upgrade is new, it is very likely that bugs will occur. Please notify Dave at danorris@uiuc.edu if you notice anything wrong.