PBW Down? - Back up!

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
No joy. The phone company guy came out today and fixed the phone line problem. But still no DSL.

I called the DSL company back. They said it's passing the line test it was failing before, but apparently there is still a problem. They are sending out another tech to run it down.

They said by Wedsday, but the guy at the help desk said if I call back Monday morning and talk to the dispatch people I might be able to get it bumped up.

The saga continues...

Ah you get more with kindness than rudeness. But in time rudeness will get you more than kindness.

[JurijD]

just an idea...

Geo... would it be possible to have a sort of a backup server somewhere else. Perhaps someone here has the means to do this. He/she or their company or whatever could act as the game server in case such an emergency as this one arises... so the game doesn´t shut down entirely.

if its even possible... you´re the programmer you should know

[bigeagle]

Say geoschmo, I just read the Last message not this threat from the start but how is the financial situation ? Shall we start to transfer money ?

[bigeagle]

and just antoher thing to all people here that are impatient and didnt play for 2 weeks: hosts you can run the game on your computers too dont be so lazy.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by bigeagle:
and just antoher thing to all people here that are impatient and didnt play for 2 weeks: hosts you can run the game on your computers too dont be so lazy.

I don't feel it is right to lable the hosts as being "lazy".

However much something may be wanted, it doesn't give any person the right to characterize them in this way.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by bigeagle:
and just antoher thing to all people here that are impatient and didnt play for 2 weeks: hosts you can run the game on your computers too dont be so lazy.

I'm in 5 games. 3 of them are hosted by someone else who is not playing the game. It's certainly not right to ask a person who was kind enough to generate and post a game to also run it when PBW is down. Of the 2 games where the host is in the game, 1 hasn't suggested it to me and the other is on vacation.

I suggested to my KOTH opponent that we run the game manually (after getting the master password from the host) but he pointed out that a person could cheat by knowing the master password. (which is why some games are set up by a "third" person.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by JurijD:
just an idea...

Geo... would it be possible to have a sort of a backup server somewhere else. Perhaps someone here has the means to do this. He/she or their company or whatever could act as the game server in case such an emergency as this one arises... so the game doesn´t shut down entirely.

if its even possible... you´re the programmer you should know

Anything is possible. The limitation being fundage, and compatibility. The first isn't so bad if it's volunteer. The second is a little more complicated. I am not a programmer. I maintain the server, but my knowledge of how to make changes to the stuff is limited. About the only thing I would know how to do myself would be stick the server in a box and mail it to someone that had a static IP to plug it into. That's sort of a drastic solution for a temporary problem.

As far as a mirror site, I am sure it could be done, I just don't know all the ins and outs of setting it up.

Originally posted by bigeagle:
Say geoschmo, I just read the Last message not this threat from the start but how is the financial situation ? Shall we start to transfer money ?

Donations are always welcome. We currently have enough to cover the month to month expenses for a few monts time, which is good. The remainder stays in an account for unexpected expenses such as hardware failures and whatnot.

Geoschmo