LlamaServer fixed

[DrPraetorious]

Let me be the first, not to thank you, but to condemn the rest of the forum for not thanking you with sufficient vigor.

The lot of you should be ashamed.

Llamabeast, this interpretive dance explains how your awesomeness relates to the divine unity of all consciousness. Nothing else is sufficient.

[Dedas]

Love the llama!

[Xietor]

I will not only thank Llamabeast, but I am going to get to the post office and do my part to financially support Llamaserver. Llamabeast is not the Prince of England, he is a grad student.

So he likely can use help funding this effort from those of us that actually have jobs, and can afford to chip in.

Hope you had a good vacation!

[sansanjuan]

No worries mate. I think it is actually good now and then to be reminded of the thin veneer of technology that seperates us all from our base instincts (and having only checkers to play by candlelight). ...Not that I mind a good game of checker now and then.

Let us know if you need a couple bucks for h/w, s/w or connectivity. Good to have you back.
-SSJ

[llamabeast]

Okay, an update. I'll write more later, but suffice to say the box is all repaired (inexplicably in fact, no new hardware needed), and I'm just trying to get the backlog of e-mails processed. Unfortunately that's no small task, but everything should be back to normal in a few hours.

Many thanks for all the kind comments.

[Jazzepi]

When the servers go back online, make sure you give all the games extensions if they're close to hosting. Many people were unable to submit turns.

Jazzepi

[llamabeast]

Right, back online. In the end I had to throw away the backlog of e-mails. It was 35000 strong due to a morass of error e-mails and despite my best efforts for some reason I couldn't get rid of the things.

All games are set to host at (now + hosting interval), i.e. in 24 hours for a 24-hour-hosting game. You should all hopefully have got an e-mail explaining things anyway.

Thanks again all for your patience and kindness!

[WraithLord]

Awesome!

A chorus of for llama

Many thanks for your efforts. I wish there was some secure online service by which one could express more than just words of thanks but also contribute $$$ to the cause.

BTW, MP game Victoria hosted shortly, I wonder if all players did manage to get their turns on time.

[llamabeast]

Victoria hosted due to all turns coming in. You can see if anyone staled by going Admin options->Show staling data. I realise this is a bit unintuitive, I'm thinking of rearranging the admin options for which you don't need an admin password onto a different and more obvious page.

In response to a number of startlingly generous requests, I think I'm going to look into adding a Donate button to the page. I feel a little uncertain though... there is certainly no need for any donations, although I guess I certainly wouldn't object to people offering a bit towards the initial cost of the server, or even just buying me a beer, so long as they emphatically don't feel obliged.

[Herode]

OK, the hotfix works perfectly.
Thanks for it, llama