Ron wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 03:43

The admin is being very kind, hosting SAH for free on one of his boxes in his house.

Typical.
Just when I'd built up a great charicature of the admin in my head... he goes and turns out to be "nice"....
<sigh>

<reluctantly hugs admin guy>

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<pushes admin guy away>

IT'S DONE IT AGAIN! IT'S DONE IT AGAIN!!!!

I'm telling Dad...

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Yup. The pages show it being two hours ago.

With how frequently this has been happening lately, it seems like it would be best to not put games on hold when it happens, and rather let them continue where they left off. If I'm not mistaken, players can still upload their turns when the server is frozen, right?

Oh, and BTW, after one player submits his turn we may need your services for the Together Again game again, Ron. Thanks for taking us off hold last time that happened.

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crr65536 wrote on Thu, 18 August 2005 15:07

If I'm not mistaken, players can still upload their turns when the server is frozen, right?

Yep - players can upload their turns, but the game page won't update itself to show that this has happened....

Oh, and I believe that your host for Together Again has net access from his hotel, so Ron's help shouldn't be necessary...

He sounded quite narked last time....

[Updated on: Thu, 18 August 2005 10:23]

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um

why does the clock say 12:03?

not again!


i just noticed that you already noticed, lol

[Updated on: Thu, 18 August 2005 12:41]

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mazda wrote on Fri, 19 August 2005 09:41

Ahh. Maybe, maybe not. The game was only held up for 10 hours. So if they were all in then it was for the current gen. So it would have genned and then set the next gen to 26 hours. Would it not ?

I think the game being on hold confused it and when taken off hold it looked for the next gen ... being Thu 23.00 and it was 21.00 at that time ...

Taking a game off hold is a tricky thing. When hosting I always try to make sure all players are in before taking the game off hold because sometimes the game gens right away thinking it's gen time is overdue ... hm, this maybe explains the gen after two hours? When taken off hold the game checks it's gen time and not if all players are in or not, so the reason for genning was not "all players" in but the Wed 23.00 gen? If so it would not add 24h ... ?

(my head hurts )

mch

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yep.. always look at what time it says it is gonna gen...

even leave it ON HOLD and look again..

a lot of the time i set it to a date in the future.. just to get it back on track...

then take your games off hold.. beats regeneration!!

[Updated on: Fri, 19 August 2005 05:01]

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What I did back when I was hosting was turn off all gens (set to fixed, but with no gen times set) then come off hold, wait 2 minutes for AH to cycle through, then set up the times again. Overkill I know, but it only takes a few minutes more and you can be certain the game won't multi-gen

[Updated on: Sun, 21 August 2005 09:28] by Moderator

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Does this current Autohost freeze follow the same rules as the other flavour?

ie - If we upload, although we can't see it, has it happened?

You know what I'm try to say....

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Storm wrote on Tue, 23 August 2005 04:42

Does this current Autohost freeze follow the same rules as the other flavour? ie - If we upload, although we can't see it, has it happened? You know what I'm try to say....

Samething here, I can't see on the game page if my upload has gone through.

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Please don't make me be the first person to say it....

Please?

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Storm wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 13:09

Please don't make me be the first person to say it.... Please?

looks like its stuck again

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Well, applause to Ron for acting on this the same day. He could just as well have been on vacation or whatever it was at some previous cases where the freeze lasted DAYS.

So no whining, please.

Well except, perhaps this one: all gamehosts should have a remotecontrolled powerclamp attached to their balls (excuse me) and that clamp should be eligible for activation through the relevant gamepage on SAH.

As it is now, us mortals can only sit and wait and HOPE that the host actually bothers to check his mail and see that his game is paused....

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Sgt. Bulldog wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:04

Well, applause to Ron for acting on this the same day. He could just as well have been on vacation or whatever it was at some previous cases where the freeze lasted DAYS. So no whining, please. Well except, perhaps this one: all gamehosts should have a remotecontrolled powerclamp attached to their balls (excuse me) and that clamp should be eligible for activation through the relevant gamepage on SAH. As it is now, us mortals can only sit and wait and HOPE that the host actually bothers to check his mail and see that his game is paused....

somebody loan me their balls..

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Sgt. Bulldog wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:04

As it is now, us mortals can only sit and wait and HOPE that the host actually bothers to check his mail and see that his game is paused....

I can take your game off hold as well. Though please keep in mind sometimes it's tricky to take a game off hold if not all players are in.

You can always mail me as well: micha /at/ starsautohost /dot/ org
Or you can find me at the IRC channel #stars! under "mch" or "mch_mac" (last one when I'm at work). Always online when I'm at work, though I've got 1.5 week vacation now.

mch

[Updated on: Mon, 29 August 2005 14:49]

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Ashlyn wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 17:37

somebody loan me their balls..

Would you like mine?
I'm not using them at the moment....

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Sgt. Bulldog wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 16:04

Well, applause to Ron for acting on this the same day. He could just as well have been on vacation or whatever it was at some previous cases where the freeze lasted DAYS. So no whining, please.

Are you familiar with the phrase;
"damning with faint praise"?

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In this respect, I agree entirely.

Ron does a great job, and people seem to forget that he does have a Real Life, and can't be in front of a computer screen 24/7...

I have an issue with the uppy-downiness of the server, but that's not his fault at all...

You know, if every one of us donated, like, $1 / year...
...we could more than get a really sturdy hosting solution.

Hmmm....

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Now that's a good idea....

You could even pay with credit cards.. a drop in the ocean as far as my bill is concerned...

The question is, how much work would the migration involve?

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Ah, good. Problem solved then. Storm can donate his 1$

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