--- a/Admin.lua	Fri Apr 27 09:41:26 2012 -0400
+++ b/Admin.lua	Sun Apr 29 15:54:32 2012 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         local l,r = line:match("(.*):(.*)") -- could use wow strsplit had I known about it before writing this
         l = string.trim(l or "")
         r = string.trim(r or "")
-        if l == "BSKADMIN" then -- found a juicy line. may contain multiple, comma delimited
+        if l == "BSKADMIN" then -- found a juicy line. may contain multiple, comma or space delimited
             local admins = {strsplit(", ",r)}
             for _,a in pairs(admins) do
                 a = string.trim(a or "")
@@ -47,12 +47,74 @@
         end
     end
     adminList = newAdminList
+
+    if adminList[_G.UnitName("player")] then -- I'm an admin!
+        admin = true
+        bsk.db.profile.admin = true
+        RegisterAdminChannels()
+    else
+        admin = false
+        bsk.db.profile.admin = false
+        UnregisterAdminChannels()
+    end
+end
+
+function RemoteAdminUpdateReceived(sender,remoteAdminStatusTable)
+    if not admin then return end
+
+    local rs = remoteAdminStatusTable
+    for i,_ in pairs(adminList) do -- update each admin's entry in your own DB
+
+        -- grab the db copy and the incoming copy for that admin
+        local dbs = db.profile.adminStatus[i] or {}
+        local ics = packet[i] or {}
+
+        -- figure out which is better and keep that one
+        -- winning criteria:
+        --  * broadcast was actually from that person (ie best
+        --  verification possible)
+        --  * newer base
+        --  * same base, more entries
+        --  * todo: see if date last observed is a better option
+
+        if i==sender then
+            db.profile.adminStatus[i] = ics
+        elseif ics.base > dbs.base or (ics.base==dbs.base and getn(ics.changes) > getn(dbs.changes)) then
+            db.profile.adminStatus[i] = ics
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 function InitializeAdmin()
     if not event then
         _G.error("BSK: Improper order of initialization")
     end
+
+    if admin then -- if at last login I was an admin ...
+
+        -- note that we're not transmitting anything here. we'll do that once we
+        -- know for certain we're an admin
+
+        -- cache the onload status in case it changes in memory later
+        onloadAdminStatus = {}
+        tcopy(onloadAdminStatus,db.profile.adminStatus)
+
+        -- update our own entry - safe because comms shouldn't have happened yet
+        me = _G.UnitName("player")
+        if not onloadAdminStatus then onloadAdminStatus = {} end
+        if not onloadAdminStatus[me] then onloadAdminStatus[me] = {} end
+        onloadAdminStatus[me].base = db.profile.time or 0
+        onloadAdminStatus[me].changes= {}
+        for _,v in ipairs(db.profile.changes) do
+            table.insert(onloadAdminStatus[me].changes,v.time) -- only timestamps
+        end
+
+    else -- otherwise store a blank slate
+        onloadAdminStatus = {}
+        db.profile.adminStatus = nil
+    end
+
+    
     event:RegisterEvent("GUILD_ROSTER_UPDATE",GuildRosterUpdate)
     _G.GuildRoster() -- will eventually force the event to fire
 end