Game 5647 Be My Alamaze Valentine

[Strylian]

Wells boys lets get this rolling.  Lets have a fun and remember its a war game!!



  Rulers in this Campaign:

       Abbr     Region                                Kingdom                                                           Ruled By

        SO      The Crown Islands (1)           The Hidden Realm of the Sorcerer                     Lord Garth
        GN      Darkover (2)                        The Golden Principality of the Gnomes               Canticar
        IL       The Diamond Coast (3)         The Sphere of the Illusionist                              Windstar
        SA      Krynn (4)                             The Theocracy of the Sacred Order of Knights    Brek
        DW    Triumvia (5)                          The Dwarven Lords of the Mountains                 Glowamane
        AN     Zanthia (6)                           The Secret Servants of the Ancient Ones            Strylian
        EL     Nyvaria (7)                            The Evergreen Dominion of the High Elves         Runigruth
        DU    The Sword Coast (8)               The Domain of the Great Druid                         Eregnon the Black
        LY     Pellinor (9)                             The Vile Culture of the Lycans                           Zarashand
        AL    Zamora (10)                           The Experimental Studies of the Alchemist         Rellgar
        GI    Mythgar (11)                          The Giants Above The Trembling Ground            Vball Michael
        FF    The Untamed Lands (12)         The Encompassing Realm of the Fairy Folk          DuPont

And for those with OCD yes the chart above its not exactly lined up, im hoping it causes you fear and frustration and weakens your position in the upcoming campaign.

Ohh the simple minded who are so easily distracted by a little font magic. Now I must go and chase the shinny object I see.

[Strylian]

I feel very disoriented after reading that.

Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around Lord Garth. You will feel better in just a moment.

[Brekk]

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.


AOL.... Really .. is your 386 capable of getting internet on its 14k baud modem?

[uncledarkside2]

I was able to successfully get mine.

Over the years, we've seen that the common denominator of not receiving turns is due to the player's email provider. Players who have gmail accounts encounter very few issues, if any, in receiving turns and we've advised players several times to use gmail instead (as well as google chrome browser for entering orders, which also has the least amount of problems).

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.

The problem is not on our end. We send out the turns as we normally do. Even with that last turn debacle.

That being said, the last turn issue however may be resolved to a certain extent on our end because we save the game files in an archive when the game finishes (and the kingdom turn report file may have moved to the archive directory if the player's email provider is slow to respond to our server's request to accept it). I've tried adding delays and other countermeasures regarding moving the server files to help with timing issues of our server with the player's email provider (with server lag, network connectivity, and such) but the problem persists.

A redesign of the game's closing procedures (cleaning up the server files, SQL database, Valhalla records, etc.) could be looked into by the new owner to help improve the situation of the various email provider companies and their policies. Rick suggested to have another website where players may continue to access their game files for weeks after a game finishes, but that would require creating another website (like Valhalla, Game Queue, etc.), which is a certain amount of work if the developer has time. Multiple ways to go about the internet delays and server lag with other providers, we'll see what the new owner(s) will do... :>

Could you not change the software to display the last turn on the web page as it does for the other turns?

[Lord Garth]

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.


AOL.... Really .. is your 386 capable of getting internet on its 14k baud modem?

Nobody likes a Tech Snob, Brek

[Lord Garth]

I was able to successfully get mine.

Over the years, we've seen that the common denominator of not receiving turns is due to the player's email provider. Players who have gmail accounts encounter very few issues, if any, in receiving turns and we've advised players several times to use gmail instead (as well as google chrome browser for entering orders, which also has the least amount of problems).

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.

The problem is not on our end. We send out the turns as we normally do. Even with that last turn debacle.

That being said, the last turn issue however may be resolved to a certain extent on our end because we save the game files in an archive when the game finishes (and the kingdom turn report file may have moved to the archive directory if the player's email provider is slow to respond to our server's request to accept it). I've tried adding delays and other countermeasures regarding moving the server files to help with timing issues of our server with the player's email provider (with server lag, network connectivity, and such) but the problem persists.

A redesign of the game's closing procedures (cleaning up the server files, SQL database, Valhalla records, etc.) could be looked into by the new owner to help improve the situation of the various email provider companies and their policies. Rick suggested to have another website where players may continue to access their game files for weeks after a game finishes, but that would require creating another website (like Valhalla, Game Queue, etc.), which is a certain amount of work if the developer has time. Multiple ways to go about the internet delays and server lag with other providers, we'll see what the new owner(s) will do... :>

"The problem is not on our end."

C'mon, Mike. This happens to multiple players who I'm sure have various different carriers and all reliably and consistently receive lots of emails from lots of people every day. But this is not always so with Alamaze. The problem is on your end.

It's never been a big deal because we can always pull our turn off the site. But then T40 of Game 5643 happened. That was a few weeks ago, you have been made aware of it, and I have still not yet received my turn.

[Strylian]

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.


AOL.... Really .. is your 386 capable of getting internet on its 14k baud modem?

Nobody likes a Tech Snob, Brek

Unless their computer is messed up. Then they love a tech snob.

[Brekk]

Lord Garth, who has encountered several issues in receiving turns, has an AOL account.


AOL.... Really .. is your 386 capable of getting internet on its 14k baud modem?

Nobody likes a Tech Snob, Brek

I'm just messing

[Glowamane1]

DW Looking to trade 20K gold for 40K food

[Brekk]

SA --> DW Trade 25k gold for 20k food and you have a deal.