[Posting] Unexpected downtime
From:streu
Thread:Unexpected downtime
Forum:News
Date:Thu, 2014-07-24 17:57 GMT

The server was unexpectedly down for a few hours today due to a reboot by the ISP. They seem to do it quite often this summer :sad:

Because that probably fell into the time interval where everyone is submitting their turns, I restarted the system with a little more caution than normal, with hosting disabled. This is the reason why you may have seen a game's state as processing.

Tip for the future: If you cannot reach the server using your web browser, you can submit your turns by email. Just reply to the last turn's result email and attach your turn file. Email is queued in the Intertubes even when the destination server is down. The only pitfall is that you must send from the email address you configured under Account Settings for the server to recognize you.

--Stefan