Index: ghost/game_base.cpp
===================================================================
--- ghost/game_base.cpp	(revision 580)
+++ ghost/game_base.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -388,12 +388,13 @@
 
 		// we also broadcast the game to the local network every 5 seconds so we hijack this timer for our nefarious purposes
 		// however we only want to broadcast if the countdown hasn't started
-		// see the !sendlan code later in this file for some more information about how this works
-		// todotodo: should we send a game cancel message somewhere? we'll need to implement a host counter for it to work
-
-		if( !m_CountDownStarted )
-		{
-			// construct a fixed host counter which will be used to identify players from this "realm" (i.e. LAN)
+		// see the !sendlan code later in this file for some more information about how this works
+		// todotodo: should we send a game cancel message somewhere? we'll need to implement a host counter for it to work
+
+
+		if( !m_CountDownStarted )
+		{
+			// construct a fixed host counter which will be used to identify players from this "realm" (i.e. LAN)
 			// the fixed host counter's 4 most significant bits will contain a 4 bit ID (0-15)
 			// the rest of the fixed host counter will contain the 28 least significant bits of the actual host counter
 			// since we're destroying 4 bits of information here the actual host counter should not be greater than 2^28 which is a reasonable assumption
Index: ghost/ghost.cpp
===================================================================
--- ghost/ghost.cpp	(revision 580)
+++ ghost/ghost.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -677,12 +677,20 @@
 		if( m_AdminGamePort == m_HostPort )
 			CONSOLE_Print( "[GHOST] warning - admingame_port and bot_hostport are set to the same value, you won't be able to host any games" );
 	}
-	else
-		m_AdminGame = NULL;
-
-	if( m_BNETs.empty( ) && !m_AdminGame )
-		CONSOLE_Print( "[GHOST] warning - no battle.net connections found and no admin game created" );
-
+	else
+		m_AdminGame = NULL;
+
+		// create the listening socket for broadcasters;
+	
+	int Port = CFG->GetInt("bot_broadcasters_port", 6969 );
+	m_GameBroadcastersListener = new CTCPServer( );
+	m_GameBroadcastersListener->Listen( string( ),Port );
+	CONSOLE_Print( "[GHOST] Listening for game broadcasters on port [" + UTIL_ToString( Port ) +"]" );
+
+
+	if( m_BNETs.empty( ) && !m_AdminGame )
+		CONSOLE_Print( "[GHOST] warning - no battle.net connections found and no admin game created" );
+
 #ifdef GHOST_MYSQL
 	CONSOLE_Print( "[GHOST] GHost++ Version " + m_Version + " (with MySQL support)" );
 #else
@@ -881,9 +889,23 @@
 	{
 		(*i)->SetFD( &fd, &send_fd, &nfds );
                 ++NumFDs;
-	}
-
-	// before we call select we need to determine how long to block for
+	}
+	// 6. the Game Broadcasters
+	for(vector<CTCPSocket * >::iterator i = m_GameBroadcasters.begin( ); i!= m_GameBroadcasters.end( ); i++ )
+	{
+		if ( (*i)->GetConnected( ) && !(*i)->HasError( ) )
+		{
+			(*i)->SetFD( &fd, &send_fd, &nfds );
+			NumFDs++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 7. the listener for game broadcasters
+	m_GameBroadcastersListener->SetFD( &fd, &send_fd,&nfds );
+	NumFDs++;
+
+
+	// before we call select we need to determine how long to block for
 	// previously we just blocked for a maximum of the passed usecBlock microseconds
 	// however, in an effort to make game updates happen closer to the desired latency setting we now use a dynamic block interval
 	// note: we still use the passed usecBlock as a hard maximum
@@ -1170,12 +1192,37 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		m_LastAutoHostTime = GetTime( );
-	}
-
-	return m_Exiting || AdminExit || BNETExit;
-}
-
+		m_LastAutoHostTime = GetTime( );
+	}
+
+	CTCPSocket *NewSocket = m_GameBroadcastersListener->Accept( &fd );
+	if ( NewSocket )
+	{
+		m_GameBroadcasters.push_back( NewSocket );
+		CONSOLE_Print("[GHOST] Game Broadcaster [" + NewSocket->GetIPString( ) +"] connected" );
+		//BYTEARRAY info;
+	 //   UTIL_AppendByteArray( info, m_AdminGamePort,false );
+		//UTIL_AppendByteArray( info, m_HostPort, false );
+		//NewSocket->PutBytes( info );
+	}
+	for(vector<CTCPSocket * >::iterator i = m_GameBroadcasters.begin( ); i!= m_GameBroadcasters.end( ); )
+	{
+		if ( (*i)->HasError( ) || !(*i)->GetConnected( ) )
+		{
+			CONSOLE_Print("[GHOST] Game Broadcaster [" + (*i)->GetIPString( ) +"] disconnected");
+			delete *i;
+			i = m_GameBroadcasters.erase( i );
+			continue;
+		}
+		//(*i)->DoRecv( &fd );
+		(*i)->DoSend( &send_fd );
+		i++;
+	}
+
+
+	return m_Exiting || AdminExit || BNETExit;
+}
+
 void CGHost :: EventBNETConnecting( CBNET *bnet )
 {
 	if( m_AdminGame )
Index: ghost/ghost.h
===================================================================
--- ghost/ghost.h	(revision 580)
+++ ghost/ghost.h	(working copy)
@@ -130,13 +130,15 @@
 	string m_AdminGameMap;					// config value: the admin game map config to use
 	unsigned char m_LANWar3Version;			// config value: LAN warcraft 3 version
 	uint32_t m_ReplayWar3Version;			// config value: replay warcraft 3 version (for saving replays)
-	uint32_t m_ReplayBuildNumber;			// config value: replay build number (for saving replays)
-	bool m_TCPNoDelay;						// config value: use Nagle's algorithm or not
-	uint32_t m_MatchMakingMethod;			// config value: the matchmaking method
+	uint32_t m_ReplayBuildNumber;			// config value: replay build number (for saving replays)
+	bool m_TCPNoDelay;						// config value: use Nagle's algorithm or not
+	uint32_t m_MatchMakingMethod;			// config value: the matchmaking method
+	CTCPServer *m_GameBroadcastersListener; // listening socket for game broadcasters
+	vector<CTCPSocket *> m_GameBroadcasters;// vector of sockets that broadcast the games
+
+	CGHost( CConfig *CFG );
+	~CGHost( );
 
-	CGHost( CConfig *CFG );
-	~CGHost( );
-
 	// processing functions
 
 	bool Update( long usecBlock );