diff -Nru tremulous/src/game/g_main.c tremulous.temp/src/game/g_main.c
--- tremulous/src/game/g_main.c	2007-02-28 19:02:16.000000000 +0100
+++ tremulous.temp/src/game/g_main.c	2007-02-28 19:13:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 
   // latched vars
 
-  { &g_maxclients, "sv_maxclients", "8", CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_LATCH | CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
+  { &g_maxclients, "sv_maxclients", "12", CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_LATCH | CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
   { &g_maxGameClients, "g_maxGameClients", "0", CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_LATCH | CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
 
   // change anytime vars
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
   { &g_synchronousClients, "g_synchronousClients", "0", CVAR_SYSTEMINFO, 0, qfalse  },
 
   { &g_friendlyFire, "g_friendlyFire", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
-  { &g_friendlyFireAliens, "g_friendlyFireAliens", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
-  { &g_friendlyFireHumans, "g_friendlyFireHumans", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
-  { &g_friendlyBuildableFire, "g_friendlyBuildableFire", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
+  { &g_friendlyFireAliens, "g_friendlyFireAliens", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
+  { &g_friendlyFireHumans, "g_friendlyFireHumans", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
+  { &g_friendlyBuildableFire, "g_friendlyBuildableFire", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
 
   { &g_teamAutoJoin, "g_teamAutoJoin", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
-  { &g_teamForceBalance, "g_teamForceBalance", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
+  { &g_teamForceBalance, "g_teamForceBalance", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
 
   { &g_warmup, "g_warmup", "20", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
   { &g_doWarmup, "g_doWarmup", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qtrue  },
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
   { &g_allowVote, "g_allowVote", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse },
   { &g_allowSpecVoting, "g_allowSpecVoting", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse },
-  { &g_voteLimit, "g_voteLimit", "5", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse },
+  { &g_voteLimit, "g_voteLimit", "2", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse },
   { &g_listEntity, "g_listEntity", "0", 0, 0, qfalse },
   { &g_minCommandPeriod, "g_minCommandPeriod", "500", 0, 0, qfalse},
   { &g_minNameChangePeriod, "g_minNameChangePeriod", "5", 0, 0, qfalse},
@@ -237,10 +237,10 @@
   { &g_disabledClasses, "g_disabledClasses", "", CVAR_ROM, 0, qfalse  },
   { &g_disabledBuildables, "g_disabledBuildables", "", CVAR_ROM, 0, qfalse  },
 
-  { &g_chatTeamPrefix, "g_chatTeamPrefix", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
+  { &g_chatTeamPrefix, "g_chatTeamPrefix", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
   { &g_specsSeeTeamchat, "g_specsSeeTeamchat", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE  },
 
-  { &g_markDeconstruct, "g_markDeconstruct", "1", CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
+  { &g_markDeconstruct, "g_markDeconstruct", "0", CVAR_SERVERINFO | CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
 
   { &g_debugMapRotation, "g_debugMapRotation", "0", 0, 0, qfalse  },
   { &g_currentMapRotation, "g_currentMapRotation", "-1", 0, 0, qfalse  }, // -1 = NOT_ROTATING
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
   { &g_maxWarp, "g_maxWarp", "3", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
   { &g_skipCorrection, "g_skipCorrection", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
 
-  { &g_mapConfigs, "g_mapConfigs", "", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
+  { &g_mapConfigs, "g_mapConfigs", "mapconfigs", CVAR_ARCHIVE, 0, qfalse  },
   { NULL, "g_mapConfigsLoaded", "0", CVAR_ROM, 0, qfalse  },
 
   { &g_layouts, "g_layouts", "", CVAR_LATCH, 0, qfalse  },
diff -Nru tremulous/src/unix/unix_main.c tremulous.temp/src/unix/unix_main.c
--- tremulous/src/unix/unix_main.c	2007-02-28 19:01:40.000000000 +0100
+++ tremulous.temp/src/unix/unix_main.c	2007-02-28 19:15:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
     tcsetattr (0, TCSADRAIN, &tc);    
     ttycon_on = qtrue;
 
-    ttycon_ansicolor = Cvar_Get( "ttycon_ansicolor", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE );
+    ttycon_ansicolor = Cvar_Get( "ttycon_ansicolor", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE );
     if( ttycon_ansicolor && ttycon_ansicolor->value )
     {
       ttycon_color_on = qtrue;