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Old June 18th, 2008, 02:55 PM

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Default Re: Excellent Rabbit, Strict

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.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 03:43 PM

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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.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 04:16 PM

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Restore would be great, but If not, That's ok too, as that is the way the game sometimes goes.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 04:55 PM
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Default Re: Excellent Rabbit, Strict

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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.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 06:34 PM

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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.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 06:53 PM

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Griefor,
In the starting notes, I put liberal delays. Aka if you want a 24 hour delay, pretty much just ask for it.

The issue here was - no one asked for a delay, and I didn't know one was needed - and it caused 4 people to stale.

Jim, about 1/4 of the people in the game could not impliment a turn, due to no fault of their own. I understand that people could take advantage of the situation. I'm hoping they won't.

Discussion stays open for a few more hours.
I will pm the people that staled a port number. If we proceed I will allow them to submit a turn on the new port after which we will resume on our usual port.

PS: We have major road outages due to local flooding, with more rain forecast.

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Old June 18th, 2008, 06:57 PM

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

I never needed more than 24 hours.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 07:07 PM

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chris, I hope you can find someone to sub this game.. the nation is going very well and it would be a shame to waste in on an AI.

Just give it to someone permanently if needed.
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Old June 18th, 2008, 07:33 PM

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Strictly, why not (play Aezeal's).

I have no problem with it.
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