random username(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 00:10
Any chance of moving the start of the gremlin day from midnight? I don`t mind where to, but I can`t keep staying up every night to check my gremlin :D 9am, 12 noon, 10pm?
RE: Start of Gremlining Day
PhilPhrenzy(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 00:37
I like the sound of 10pm myself - midnight`s not so bad, but it`s the hanging around for 40 mins after, checking to see if I have challenges to accept so I can keep my challenges free for the morning :)
Or maybe provide an option when a grem is created, to specify a time to start its day (from a choice of 4 or 5) - where it`d get a new lot of 10 challenges to dish out. It`d also help folks in different time zones, and probably provide a fairly steady flow of incoming challenges (I tend to find between 9pm and 12pm a bit of a `dead zone` as far as matches go). Just typing ideas before I think about them too much...
Phil (off to bed in a moment).
Choose Grems. Choose likes. Choose dislikes. Choose a ****ing silly name. Choose the rabbit, deer, fluffy doggy, dinosaur, crow or camel. Choose low strength, high dexterity and high stamina. Choose a birthdate to coincide with your friend`s grems. Choose your enemies. Choose your friends. Choose a forum post with matching opinions. Choose your 10 challenges from a range of ****ing gremlins. Choose staying up for the league update, wondering where you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that chair, watching mind-boggling, bone-crunching fights, stuffing ****ing humble pie into your opponents mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, fishing around for opponents with 1500+ in dexterity and stamina, earning nothing more than an embarrasing 3 XP points from the selfish jumped-up brats that have spawned to replace your top spot.
RJS(undefined) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 17:39
Sorry chaps, no chance at all. :)
It has to be a quiet period because the daily "tick" as it were, has to recreate the entire league table from scratch for living and then living+dead gremlins, and kill some of them, and a load of other stuff too like expire challenges.
Which rules out any useful hour like 10pm, sorry. :)
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RE: Start of Gremlining Day
dispater(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 17:41
You mean gremlin killer you...........
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RE: Start of Gremlining Day
PhilPhrenzy(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 18:32
Quote: Sorry chaps, no chance at all. Oh well... Have to go to plan B, and turn up for work 2 hours late every day, as I can`t wake up any later than I do now... :)
Phil.
Choose Grems. Choose likes. Choose dislikes. Choose a ****ing silly name. Choose the rabbit, deer, fluffy doggy, dinosaur, crow or camel. Choose low strength, high dexterity and high stamina. Choose a birthdate to coincide with your friend`s grems. Choose your enemies. Choose your friends. Choose a forum post with matching opinions. Choose your 10 challenges from a range of ****ing gremlins. Choose staying up for the league update, wondering where you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that chair, watching mind-boggling, bone-crunching fights, stuffing ****ing humble pie into your opponents mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, fishing around for opponents with 1500+ in dexterity and stamina, earning nothing more than an embarrasing 3 XP points from the selfish jumped-up brats that have spawned to replace your top spot.
bennyboy80(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Wednesday, 2nd February 2005, 20:37
RJS wrote: Quote: It has to be a quiet period ..... But surely if everyone`s hanging around at 12am anyway waiting for the "tick" it`s not quiet??
Or do you mean "quiet" as far as database updates are concerned (which I guess it would be)?
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RE: Start of Gremlining Day
RJS(undefined) posted this on Thursday, 3rd February 2005, 11:44
I do mean quiet for the database server. :)
Gremlins isn`t the only site running off it. And if people are hanging around waiting for the tick, and that really did get in the way then we`d sort out an automated system which would show "down for maintenance" for 5 mins after 12.
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RE: Start of Gremlining Day
RichardH(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 3rd February 2005, 14:59
Quote: But surely if everyone`s hanging around at 12am anyway
Is it just me or is the thought of staying up `til 12 for that rather OTT? Thought this weant to be a bit of fun, not the next Olympic sport ;)
RE: Start of Gremlining Day
SAS.Reject(Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 3rd February 2005, 15:25
Quote: Thought this weant to be a bit of fun, not the next Olympic sport :)
You mean there won`t be any Gold medals??? :o All my research and training is for nowt?? >:( Fine, I`m off down the pub (any excuse ;) )
