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hefty · 1 Apr 2003, 12:53

ok, ok... the server was several hours down, but ...

2 TICKS WITHIN 5 MINUTES???????

Are you sick? Imagine someone has incomings and wanted to send his fleet away... great work mates.

sayonara · 1 Apr 2003, 12:58

Don't need to imagine

hefty · 1 Apr 2003, 13:00

kk, rollback might come.

need to apologise then!

i have incomings as well...

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 13:06

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Originally posted by sayonara
Don't need to imagine

Ditto

And it's dead again, for me at least

PDTemplar · 1 Apr 2003, 13:07

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Originally posted by hefty
ok, ok... the server was several hours down, but ...

2 TICKS WITHIN 5 MINUTES???????

Are you sick? Imagine someone has incomings and wanted to send his fleet away... great work mates.

Well its the deal for me... and believe me its not fun when you try to arrange your defense and you see ticks happening every 5 minutes :-(

RealJames · 1 Apr 2003, 13:10

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Originally posted by hefty
ok, ok... the server was several hours down, but ...

2 TICKS WITHIN 5 MINUTES???????

Are you sick? Imagine someone has incomings and wanted to send his fleet away... great work mates.

WTF? I'm not normally one to slate the creators, but if this does hold an ounce of truth it's a rubbish idea. We should just continue from where we left off (or at least give me advance notice so I can launch my attacks

).

hefty · 1 Apr 2003, 13:11

great to imagine...

def needed ETA7.... erm... ETA6 i mean... hmm... anyone in P? got some fighters for def???

RealJames · 1 Apr 2003, 13:13

/me wonders if he may have just fallen for an April Fool's Day ruse.

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 13:16

I'm at work and I cannot check PA constantly to see when it comes online. 5am was no problem ffs, now it is

PDTemplar · 1 Apr 2003, 13:20

Well everything just died for me again....
So i wonder when it comes back on if we're allready close to tick 1.000 ;-)

BTW: can't we just rollback and NOT start before everything actually works like it should... (or is this a totally insane idea...)

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 13:22

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Originally posted by PDTemplar
Well everything just died for me again....
So i wonder when it comes back on if we're allready close to tick 1.000 ;-)

BTW: can't we just rollback and NOT start before everything actually works like it should... (or is this a totally insane idea...)

Sensible thing would be to roll back to 3 or 4am and/or halt the ticker till 7pmish. That way people can catch up with what the hell is going on.

Little Timmy · 1 Apr 2003, 13:36

Why not be inventive and roll forward to the end of the round

sayonara · 1 Apr 2003, 13:43

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Originally posted by Gayle29uk
Sensible thing would be to roll back to 3 or 4am and/or halt the ticker till 7pmish. That way people can catch up with what the hell is going on.

Oi Spinner,

Listen to Gayle fs.

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 13:46

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Originally posted by sayonara
Oi Spinner,

Listen to Gayle fs.

Well it makes sense, if the ticker starts without at least a couple of hours delay many people with incoming now will miss several ticks because they can't constantly check to see if PA has come back to life, not forgetting the issue of those who would have been organising defence at 5am but can't access IRC now.

ArcChas · 1 Apr 2003, 14:11

Rollback can cause just as many problems as it solves. I remember losing my fleet a round or two back because someone thought it would be "fun" to roll back to a point before I recalled it.

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 14:16

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Originally posted by ArcChas
Rollback can cause just as many problems as it solves. I remember losing my fleet a round or two back because someone thought it would be "fun" to roll back to a point before I recalled it.

Hence the tick pause to allow everyone time to get up to speed on when things will be rolling again.

PDTemplar · 1 Apr 2003, 14:20

A rollback is imo the best option. But it is only a good option offcourse if every1 is given enough time. So they have to announce in advance when the game will be back up again and when ticks will start (and normal!) again. And offcourse the announcement should be at least some hours before ticks actually start again.

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 14:27

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Originally posted by PDTemplar
A rollback is imo the best option. But it is only a good option offcourse if every1 is given enough time. So they have to announce in advance when the game will be back up again and when ticks will start (and normal!) again. And offcourse the announcement should be at least some hours before ticks actually start again.

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Server Downtime, backup and more
Posted by: Spinner
Posted on: Tuesday 1st April 2003 at 12:43

To ensure everybody is set right back to where they were before the servers went down, we are installing a backup from just before it happened.

We will also hand out a compensation in resources to everyone, so expect a little extra to throw around.

The backup takes a while to get in, but its getting there. We will be back with more as its available, but we will hold the game in pause for a while so everyone has at least an hour or two to perform any checks and any needed recalls etc.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Bonus resources? Goodies \o/

Lan · 1 Apr 2003, 14:30

what about those ppl getting up 055 cest to launch, think a bit about them too, now targets have 20 hours to oraganise some def, even the biggest noobs could do that ^^

Gayle29uk · 1 Apr 2003, 14:36

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Originally posted by Lan
what about those ppl getting up 055 cest to launch, think a bit about them too, now targets have 20 hours to oraganise some def, even the biggest noobs could do that ^^

Recall and launch again tomorrow. Anything else is silly.

beefeb · 1 Apr 2003, 14:37

hmmz, I wonder how much the resources will be.

ArcChas · 1 Apr 2003, 15:51

The backup takes a while to get in, but its getting there. We will be back with more as its available, but we will hold the game in pause for a while so everyone has at least an hour or two to perform any checks and any needed recalls etc.

At least an hour or two - idiot!!!

That's exactly what they did to me last time. I came home from work to find an annihilated fleet.

And as for "bonus" resources - how fair is that likely to be? I know - let's make the game totally independent of all elements of skill.

ArcChas · 1 Apr 2003, 18:07

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Originally posted by ArcChas
And as for "bonus" resources - how fair is that likely to be? I know - let's make the game totally independent of all elements of skill.

Absolutely unbelieveable !!!

1 million of each resource - up to 5 days income for many (smaller) planets.

It really makes you feel good about spending all that time online in the early stages of the round, optimising scan/roid ratios and carefully selecting the right constructions/researches.

What the hell do these guys think this is - havoc??!!

nickhall · 2 Apr 2003, 00:45

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Originally posted by Lan
what about those ppl getting up 055 cest to launch, think a bit about them too, now targets have 20 hours to oraganise some def, even the biggest noobs could do that ^^

Nope i promice some people cannot get defence even if you give them 20 hrs to do it

(or mannage to run their fleet)

InTGuRu · 2 Apr 2003, 01:22

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Originally posted by ArcChas
It really makes you feel good about spending all that time online in the early stages of the round, optimising scan/roid ratios and carefully selecting the right constructions/researches.

You think that has anything to do with your current rankings? All it mattered in the beginning of the round was that you were in WEETNARFZ.