Gaming (ie, pure diversion) sounds contrary to letter and spirit of the FCC authorizations for amateur service.
I prefer that such things become specific prohibitions and maybe even punishable offenses since they can jeopardize our having any privileges. There is no political up side for diversionary gaming. If games were an explicit part of experimentation to improve bandwidth and reduce latency, AND data was both collected and reported in a useful manner, THEN games may be OK.
Chuck
K4TZO
-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Kus
Sent: Sep 27, 2020 1:08 AM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring
Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWAN Minecraft?
Hello,
I've come to realize that games seem compatible with Part 97. So
let's run a test of this on HamWAN. I've setup a Minecraft Bedrock
server on "minecraft.hamwan.net" port 19133. The world has been
initiated from the seed "HamWAN". :) If you'd like to build some
ham radio related world, please join and have a go. I expect many
antennas!
I've set the game rules to pvp=off (no hitting each other), and
showcoordinates=true (so people can find each other).
I'd like to hear reports of how the gaming experience is over
HamWAN, so access to the server is limited to ARDC addresses only.
That is, you've gotta be connecting from 44.0.0.0/9 or 44.128.0.0/10
address space.
Have fun! And remember, don't dig down.
--Bart