PBW Down? - Back up!

Atrocities · #1 August 9th, 2003, 06:22 PM

You can always start the PBW club. You know have an annual membership fee of $10.00 and you get access to private area on the server for dedicated players. People you know that stay in games unless something drastic happens.

You could send out T-shirts with PBW on them. A membership kit that includes a subscription to SE IV Gaming News, a monthly newsletter filled with artilces and such. A sticker and a walet sized membership card.

Access to a back up server that mirrors all data from the public server so your games are always up.

A can have a yearly get together, we could call it the SpaceCon. Hold it in a differant city each year and have it dedicated to lan play and 4X gaming in general.

All of this and much more for a generous membership fee of only $10.00 a year. Count me in.

JurijD · #2 August 9th, 2003, 06:54 PM

Hmmm I guess the PBW community is too small for adds. (don�t spam) I know noone likes them but maybe they could help to trickle ina few extra bicks per month, even 50$ helps a little bit...

If nothing else works I say geo should move to the coast of Antarctica, declare an independent country there (hey everyone is doing it) and set up a satellite comm to the net... I�m sure the russians have some spare nuclear powerd comm stats up there... parhaps they would be willing to trade if someone created a mod for them with a communist alien race

Slynky · #3 August 9th, 2003, 07:06 PM

Well, I wouldn't think a T1 was needed. Speed was never a problem for me on PBW.

Personally, he should get some reimbursement for his time and have money to maintain it.

SamuraiProgrammer · #4 August 9th, 2003, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Geo, can you say, cable? (starting to look like your only hope)

Cable is not an option. I can get cable broadband, but my local cable provider does not offer a static IP, even at a premium. I might be able to get away with running a server since the IP #'s stay pretty stable unless the modem is reset. But I'd have to have the URL repointed occasionally.
www.no-ip.com? i am with a cable here with dhcp which expires every 3 hours and i have zele.sytes.net pointing on my current ip all the time (given the pc is on )
anyway i think this is good rest for some of us

Yes, but would the realtime client crash everytime the ip was reassigned?

geoschmo · #5 August 9th, 2003, 11:12 PM

No joy. The phone company guy came out today and fixed the phone line problem. But still no DSL.

I called the DSL company back. They said it's passing the line test it was failing before, but apparently there is still a problem. They are sending out another tech to run it down.

They said by Wedsday, but the guy at the help desk said if I call back Monday morning and talk to the dispatch people I might be able to get it bumped up.

The saga continues...

Grandpa Kim · #6 August 10th, 2003, 12:20 AM

Arrrrrrrgh!

Let's see, how can I put this....

%*&#&$@&^#&()%$@^

The trouble is this type of runaround is so normal an everyday occurance that it is almost predictable.

Merry Jolkar · #7 August 10th, 2003, 01:03 AM

Well, hang in there Geo! Thanks for dealing with this hassle on all our behalf. The depth of frustration everyone is feeling is an indication of how much the PBW site means to us all. Your efforts are very, very much appreciated!