PBW Down? - Back up!

eorg · #1 August 9th, 2003, 09:19 AM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Geo, can you say, cable? (starting to look like your only hope)

Cable is not an option. I can get cable broadband, but my local cable provider does not offer a static IP, even at a premium. I might be able to get away with running a server since the IP #'s stay pretty stable unless the modem is reset. But I'd have to have the URL repointed occasionally.

www.no-ip.com? i am with a cable here with dhcp which expires every 3 hours and i have zele.sytes.net pointing on my current ip all the time (given the pc is on

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anyway i think this is good rest for some of us

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 August 9th, 2003, 10:22 AM

if your missing it that much, it's a sure sign you need a break.

sheesh. losing a teddy bear is much worse.

jimm · #3 August 9th, 2003, 06:11 PM

I still wish this was a for-profit web-site. Maybe people who host games pay a $10 or $5 fee, and other players are free.

I just think if PBW was swimming in money he could afford a T1 line or two, and a backup server. I don't know if Geo loves his real job, but maybe he could work for PBW full-time.

Let's see, 50 new games a month x $10 = $500 a month. Well, OK. Maybe Geo should keep his real job.

Atrocities · #4 August 9th, 2003, 06:22 PM

You can always start the PBW club. You know have an annual membership fee of $10.00 and you get access to private area on the server for dedicated players. People you know that stay in games unless something drastic happens.

You could send out T-shirts with PBW on them. A membership kit that includes a subscription to SE IV Gaming News, a monthly newsletter filled with artilces and such. A sticker and a walet sized membership card.

Access to a back up server that mirrors all data from the public server so your games are always up.

A can have a yearly get together, we could call it the SpaceCon. Hold it in a differant city each year and have it dedicated to lan play and 4X gaming in general.

All of this and much more for a generous membership fee of only $10.00 a year. Count me in.

JurijD · #5 August 9th, 2003, 06:54 PM

Hmmm I guess the PBW community is too small for adds. (don�t spam) I know noone likes them but maybe they could help to trickle ina few extra bicks per month, even 50$ helps a little bit...

If nothing else works I say geo should move to the coast of Antarctica, declare an independent country there (hey everyone is doing it) and set up a satellite comm to the net... I�m sure the russians have some spare nuclear powerd comm stats up there... parhaps they would be willing to trade if someone created a mod for them with a communist alien race

Slynky · #6 August 9th, 2003, 07:06 PM

Well, I wouldn't think a T1 was needed. Speed was never a problem for me on PBW.

Personally, he should get some reimbursement for his time and have money to maintain it.

SamuraiProgrammer · #7 August 9th, 2003, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by georgig:

quote:
Originally posted by geoschmo:

quote:
Originally posted by Slynky:
Geo, can you say, cable? (starting to look like your only hope)

Cable is not an option. I can get cable broadband, but my local cable provider does not offer a static IP, even at a premium. I might be able to get away with running a server since the IP #'s stay pretty stable unless the modem is reset. But I'd have to have the URL repointed occasionally.
www.no-ip.com? i am with a cable here with dhcp which expires every 3 hours and i have zele.sytes.net pointing on my current ip all the time (given the pc is on )
anyway i think this is good rest for some of us

Yes, but would the realtime client crash everytime the ip was reassigned?