Originally Posted by
EFESS 
Funny you should mention stats, i've been looking into it recently.
I believe a lot of information is excluded from the server log dump. Maybe its a server setting? that's just what i've seen.. If this information was available in the logs, that VSP application might be able towork- but I doubt it since each mod formats their stats differently. A Quake specific app with mod specific parsers would most likely be necessary.
I've talked to Baker about extracting this kind of information the same way we currently poll for other more basic server information, but it would involve a huge change to the server engine, as well as the mods which gather and provide this information.
I like what you wrote Tal, Dave and I used to 1v1 (CA) on a regular basis way back as well. RJ'ing all over DM3, we had nice collection of fast paced demos and airshot screenshots at one point.
Updated stats would keep people really interested in coming to this website. Leaderboards of some type, a place where you can gain analysis on who the best player is in what mod. Imagine if there was some sort of board where you can see DM player rankings along with their kills, deaths, suicides, kills with specific weapon, and %'s. A ctf leaderboard where you can see who capped and returned the most, defended and assisted the flag carrier, picked up the most quads, etc. There is no reason why we shouldn't be capable of compiling stats and feeding them from the server directly to here somehow.
Gamestatus is absolute trash, it would be groundbreaking for Quake if we can include a stat board here, and give more incentive for people to play various mods.
