NEW EA GAME - Server Is Up. Game has started.

[Griefor]

Great, I staled again.

That's just awesome. I tried playing my turn 12 hours ago, the server was unreachable, it was acknowledged that the server was unreachable. Then it just goes ahead and hosts without letting me play my turn. I am not available 24 hours a day to play my turn whenever the server feels like being up, you know. Resetting the timer after something like this would seem like a nice idea.

Added to that stale I had before my desire to keep playing this game has reached a new low. I'm not doing all that awesome to begin with.

[JimMorrison]

Yeah I was doing my turn when the server went down, and I didn't get it redone before the host..... 8 \

[Calahan]

All

Is there an on-line status page for this game that can be checked to see who has or has not submitted their turn yet, and to see how long there is before hosting. I know some server games have a status page and was wondering if this game was one of them.

[Xox]

Yeah i staled too, ALhough last time i checked was less than 10 hours ago. Server was still down. That happens to me a lot though, part of the gaem i suppose,

I do see others did not stale. What is best is too have the timer reset on server reset, but I am not sure that is always possible, since I have not hosted a game myself.

[chrispedersen]

Hey guys,

First, the game is backed up prior and again after hosting.
I am not at the computer, but I believe it should not be an issue to restore; and I have no objection to doing so.

I would ask everyone that submitted a turn to be honor bound not to change it. And just allow that did not get a turn in to submit one.

Please discuss. It is possible that some battle outcomes might change (Read: I don't want any grief if we *do* rerun the turns. And for the record, I believe we should rerun them.)

Second, as I advertised a few days ago, I am in hurricane territory, and I get 12-15 power glitches every day. I have great backup power supplies and filters - but there is nothing further I know how to do to guarantee more uptime.

Third: Please understand I have a job too. And it is simply not possible for me to monitor the server 24x7. I do check it as often as I can. There was a connection when I left this morning at 7am.

Regarding the server hosting: I suspect the local internet was down; the computer was up. And of course, by the time the turn ran, the internet was back up so turns ran.

[Xox]

Restore would be great, but If not, That's ok too, as that is the way the game sometimes goes.

[JimMorrison]

chrispedersen said:
I would ask everyone that submitted a turn to be honor bound not to change it. And just allow that did not get a turn in to submit one.

Not sure if that's kosher, I mean those of us who witnessed what our neighbors did, could really make sure to screw them over, much more than I think they would affect the stalers by changing their plans.

But I dunno, other than missing out on recruitment, it wasn't the end of the world. I'm just annoyed I missed it by only a few minutes - I did my turn, and it timed out when I submitted it.

[Griefor]

Okay, maybe my reaction was a bit harsh. I overreacted there.

My issue was not with the downtime. My issue was with the fact that if downtime causes me to miss my turn, I would like to get another 24 hours after the server is back up to get my turn in.

I vote restore.

[chrispedersen]

Courtesy of Ich (incredible!)
Status screens for our games.

http://dom3.matryx.org.uk/game.php?game=19

http://dom3.matryx.org.uk/game.php?game=20

[Griefor]

Well, I figured the timer would be reset when the server was.

I never needed more than 24 hours.