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mrcuban

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:02:40

I couldn't connect for almost the entire day yesterday? Who are we kidding here? The server has downtime all the time and the clan page is look really sad regarding numbers...

Very sad to see the state of the game. I've advocated for so many changes, offered funding, offered ways to get funding, offered to do dev work, I understand the devs are busy, but this game is heading into the ground fast... sad to see it not restored and given an actual chance at life in 2018...

DruncK

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:05:18

It was down a little but definitely not most of the day /=/

DerrickICN

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:14:31

Was down again from 2am until 10am EST. When it was these little 30 mins downtimes it was more tolerable. With my work schedule this is the first time I've been able to login in 2 days and ended up overflowing in every game. The game is fluff blocking me from netting. Ohhhh wellllll

*buys warfare tech*

Marshal

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:15:12

yea game has got bad habit lately being down at worst possible time. only qz knows or will know why.

Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

NOW3P: Morwen is a much harsher mistress than boredom....

UgolinoII

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:15:18

But you don't net Derrick ;)

DerrickICN

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:15:46

It doesnt feel like an ISP issue anymore. They really ought to migrate the game to the cloud. It's probably cheaper than a home server replacement.

DerrickICN

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:17:02

Originally posted by UgolinoII:

But you don't net Derrick ;)

Who won ffa last set?

UgolinoII

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:20:28

Originally posted by DerrickICN:

Originally posted by UgolinoII:

But you don't net Derrick ;)

Who won ffa last set?

Ooh, look at you ;p

Requiem

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Dec 17th 2018, 22:28:21

Im not sure it gets much cheaper ghan Qz’s closet hosting! But fwiw pang has mentioned cloud hosting.

There is an announcement about a server switch the downtime could just be a setup tweak! Only Qz can say 👍🏻

mrcuban

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Dec 18th 2018, 13:30:13

I have many cloud VPS servers with DO and Vultr. All are amazing, fast and uptime is almost 100% and they are cheap as chips.

It just doesn't make any sense to me at all. The numbers are dropping off, no updates, the game has become stale with 0 wares, we are all just grabbing NPC countries and continueing to run turns because we're used to it...

There is still hope with such a smaller player base the game can be revived, but what I don't understand is why I feel like im banging my head against a wall.. I would prefer if the opion was 'we are letting it die' then just say that.

But the 'hey we're doing out best with what we have' is getting old. If you don't want money, help / advice / offer to rebuild the game, then can we just call it that..

mrcuban

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Dec 18th 2018, 13:38:39

I think with a budget into UX + marketing this game could easily find an active real player base of 2000 - 5000 players. It could generate 10x the revenue but the game would be 100000000x more fun for everyone. Netters could net with NPC or war gain, war mongers could war with different clans / group wars like the good ole days.

There would be active AT community again with a decent evolving and changing game story for each set.

I've said all this fluff again and again, offered to pay for the whole thing / pay for some / offered servers / offers my limited frontend dev experience and its all falled on deaf ears.

</whinge>

mrcuban

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Dec 18th 2018, 13:56:31

Had to get over the post count hump

Marshal

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Dec 18th 2018, 14:41:32

qz and pang have plans but those take time and that's what qz lacks.

LittleItaly

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Dec 18th 2018, 15:30:35

The first step would be to implement better tools for development, such as a public bug tracker (cuz the forum just doesnt cut it, its a mess and not structured, things get forgotten....), a public git repo for forum development, public git repo to help with the alpha UI development, and private git repo for the actual game. Better tools = better time management = more hands to help = more progress.

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Requiem

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Dec 18th 2018, 19:11:54

In the past they did have more help from slagpit, even though he was a big asshole.

Marshal

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Dec 18th 2018, 20:58:11

lol@req

well now they have izarc instead slagtit.

Spiders

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Dec 18th 2018, 22:45:15

browser games are dying, hell, even runescape accepted that fact and made a mobile app.

Requiem

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Dec 18th 2018, 23:24:18

There’s no difference between an app and responsive web design that he is currently working on.

Cerberus

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Dec 19th 2018, 3:08:02

I was hoping that shawcable had replaced that router, and that was why it was down. Damn, I just can't win.

I don't need anger management, people need to stop pissing me off!

sinistril

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Dec 19th 2018, 8:04:34

Yeah. Was running one country for the holidays and the downtime got me overflowing. I'll be back if there's ever an app lol

If you give a man some fire, he'll be warm for awhile. If you set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Pang

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Dec 19th 2018, 22:52:03

Quick thoughts:

1) We love building the game, we've just been busy with other stuff (I have a kid, qz bought a house/got a new job)
2) We've been burned before by other developers wanting to help and are VERY cautious about what we let others work on.
3) I've got a lot of a new UI project going pretty well and an API with like 80% of the game functionality covered. I hope to wrap it up when I'm on parental leave next year :D
4) The new UI project decouples from all the sensitive game-breaking/cheating/database access potential so I can actually probably take on more developers at some point. Looking forward to that!

-=Pang=-
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Akula

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Dec 19th 2018, 23:15:06

<3 Pang :D

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Requiem

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Dec 20th 2018, 1:06:51

:thumbs up: to pang

Slagpit

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Dec 21st 2018, 2:34:26

Originally posted by Requiem:

In the past they did have more help from slagpit, even though he was a big asshole.

It's been seven years. Try letting it go?

A tip for anyone reading: if you'd like someone to work for you for free, consider not calling them "assholes".

Requiem

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Dec 21st 2018, 3:03:49

Hey Slagpit! I said it very tongue and cheek (although if the shoe fits 🤷) but lets be honest here (The Honest Company: honest.com) you were a pretty asshole and that doesn't just melt away with time.

But let's move on...

I'm surfing around this place thinking we had a pretty big doucher for a dev but secretly you're not a doucher. Lets code the game all right?

Anyway, just kidding, I see you still at least look at this place maybe play a country sometime!

✋

galleri

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Dec 21st 2018, 3:30:33

Shoot I would take it as compliment, after some of the names I have been called by players here lol

https://gyazo.com/...b3bb28dddf908cdbcfd162513

Kahuna: Ya you just wrote the fkn equation, not helping me at all. Lol n I hated algebra.

Slagpit

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Dec 21st 2018, 3:35:51

I appreciate you taking the time to clarify that. Thank you.

DruncK

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Dec 21st 2018, 12:21:21

Originally posted by Slagpit:

I appreciate you taking the time to clarify that. Thank you.

Lol

Pang

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Dec 21st 2018, 20:57:35

Slag sighting!

Note: Slag was not one of the developers who burned us, just in case anyone thought that. His contribution was excellent

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galleri

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Dec 21st 2018, 20:58:22

Pang sighting!

haha
just kidding

https://gyazo.com/...b3bb28dddf908cdbcfd162513

Kahuna: Ya you just wrote the fkn equation, not helping me at all. Lol n I hated algebra.

martian

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Dec 21st 2018, 21:07:04

Slag sighting!
Pang Sighting!
Galleri sighting!
OMG THE HORRO!!:P
*runs*

you are all special in the eyes of fluff
(|(|
( ._.) -----)-->
(_(' )(' )

RUN IT IS A KILLER BUNNY!!!

Marshal

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Dec 22nd 2018, 13:26:13

and sadly illegal alien sighting!

galleri

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Dec 24th 2018, 3:27:06

Wait. Pang has a kid now?

https://gyazo.com/...b3bb28dddf908cdbcfd162513

Kahuna: Ya you just wrote the fkn equation, not helping me at all. Lol n I hated algebra.

Marshal

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Dec 24th 2018, 14:05:30

i think he posted it some time ago.