DOMII PBEM game update

trebuchet · #1 December 20th, 2003, 07:34 PM

That actually makes good sense, given that I am moving by Jan. 1 and I was kind of worried about getting my DSL set up in time to make the switch.

This game is unlikely to produce any clear winner by turn 40, but that's ok - I had that in mind when I started, too. The point was to play it. And it has been interesting.

trebuchet · #2 December 22nd, 2003, 06:56 PM

An update for all... Due to the SF power outage this weekend (see: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...NG4E3SBBR1.DTL for details) things have been somewhat difficult. In fact, there are still problems upstream from me that have me and others in my neighborhood knocked offline. And this also just happened to happen while the key person who could set things right is out of the country on vacation.

I am trying to work out alternatives - I do not relish the prospect of being offline for a week - but the short Version is that I will let you know when things are back up, and until then further turns won't be cycled.

I tried to get this message out yesterday, but all of the internet cafes near me were closed and the wireless networks in my neighborhood were down, so apologies if any of you have been frustrated in trying to connect.

trebuchet · #3 December 24th, 2003, 05:59 AM

My highly trained ninja strike team has snuck into the secure facility that housed the gateway server upstream from me, and fixed the problem there. The game is back up and running.

I have not set a host schedule yet, so don't worry about missing a turn. I will give it til the day after Christmas before I set a schedule to it again; though, if I notice that we have all finished our turns, I may manually have it process this Last turn just to get the show on the road.