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Friday, October 11, 2002
Ambar News: The following was cut and pasted from the game's News page: Ambar Latest News To get the absolute latest news you should go to the Announcements Forum Main Forum Problems October 10th, 2002 - Eladimri When the server was moved, some PHP settings were changed (I think), causing problems with the main site forum. Right now no one can post a reply or new thread. I will get this fixed as soon as I can get Andrew working on it. -josh Game Reset October 10th, 2002 - Eladimri The game has been reset. This won't be too long a round, maybe a month. I didn't change anything at all, just reset the game. Andrew sent me an email saying that the server had a major hardware failure and had to be replaced. Although there seems to have been some problem in copying things over, everything seemed as normal when I looked this morning. -josh Unfortunate Events August 30th, 2002 - Eladimri Hi all. Unfortunately, events have come up that will force me to abandon Ambar for at least a week or two, maybe longer. I will post more when I am able, but for now there will be no restart. -josh Game and Forums Down August 5th, 2002 - Eladimri The server crashed again over the weekend, corrupting the database. So far my efforts to repair it have failed. I am contacting our hosts to get them involved, but I am unsure how long it will take at this point. -josh Soft Reset July 29th, 2002 - Eladimri I was able to do a soft reset. Actually, I did two, as I missed Alchemy with the first one. Hopefully everyone will have time to get things in order before time starts tomorrow. -josh Reset problems... July 29th, 2002 - Eladimri Without fail, there was a problem with the reset. If it was always the same I could avoid repeating the error. As soon as I can correct the problem, I will do a reset. At this point it looks like I'll need to do a hard reset, but maybe I can get lucky and do a soft. -josh Reset today at 5:00 PM, CST July 26th, 2002 - Eladimri Make no mistake, it WILL happen then :o) That's all, enjoy! -josh Round to End Soon July 15th, 2002 - Eladimri I plan to reset the game on Wednesday, I think... Please go read my thread in suggestions and share your feelings with me. More to come... -josh GameFAQs Update: The following News was cut and pasted from the site's front page: GameFAQs Site News 10/6/02 8:56PM: Routers, Mistakes, and E-Mail Three quick bits of information. First of all, GameFAQs' Internet provider has supposedly swapped out the bad router, which should prevent any further downtime incidents. I hope. Secondly, there was a bug in the "Update Your Contributor Information" page at Contributor Central which corrupted the data, so if you sent in a change to your contributor page through the form in the past couple of days, please re-submit it when you get a chance. Sorry about that, my mistake, I didn't double-check the form after I posted it. Finally, all of the old GameFAQs e-mail addresses are now shut down. Any mails sent to them will be met with an autoresponder, and I won't see the messages any longer. Read and Post Comments 10/4/02 11:16PM: Quick Downtime Somewhere, a router cries in pain. When this happens, all access to the site is lost. Yes, even for me. In other news, the new help files are slowly expanding, and should be complete by the end of the weekend. Read and Post Comments 10/3/02 5:32PM: New Help Files, New E-Mail The "Help" link in the left-hand menu bar has now been updated across the site. There is still a lot of content left to be added there, but it's a start. You may also notice that all of the standard GameFAQs contact e-mails have been changed, and subject-based mail filtering is also in place. Not only does this effectively block spam, but helps to get people to actually read the Help Files before sending e-mails with questions that have already been answered. The "old" GameFAQs e-mail addresses will be permanently shut down this weekend, with the exception of the submission addresses, which will remain the same until that section of the help files is properly filled out. Read and Post Comments The Following is the latest issue of the Top Web Games E-Newsletter: Greeting Top Web Games Members! This is the Top Web Games newsletter for the week of Monday, September 30, 2002 through Sunday, October 06, 2002. Here's what's been happening in the last week. You will need to click here once each month two continue receiving TWG emails. Alternatively, you may log in to your account on TWG. Recent Gaming Articles No news this week. Game Additions Kfoolio.com (10/5/02) That's all for this week! If you would like to unsubscribe you may do so by logging in to the members area. Civilization III Update (Or, Look This Up at the Store Dept.): Coming this fall, Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World is the exciting expansion pack to Sid Meier's Civilization III, the greatest strategy game of all-time! Featuring new multiplayer and single player features, Civilization III: Play the World pits you against the best Civilization players from all corners of the earth via the Internet. With new online modes of play like "turnless" and fast-paced games like Regicide and Elimination, the battle for the ultimate in bragging rights will be intense! Eight new civilizations including new leaders and units provide even more challenges and strategic options. A powerful Scenario Editor allows players to construct their dream scenario and share it with players from around the world. Play scenarios created by others, or build your own -- replayability is now truly limitless with the new benchmark in strategy gaming! Game Features Multiplayer Modes: Includes Turn-Based and Simultaneous game types and appearing for the first time in a Civilization game, a Turn-less mode. Provides full TCP-IP/LAN, Hotseat and Play be Email support. Multiplayer games: Face off against the best Civilization players worldwide with fast-paced multiplayer games like Elimination, Domination, Regicide and Capture the Flag. Eight new Civilizations featuring new Leaders including: Genghis Khan Temujin, King Hannibal, Queen Isabella and King Brennus, and all new units will challenge your diplomatic and combat skills. Enhanced Scenario Editor, including new unit and tile sets lets players construct a Scenario from any time period. Players can strengthen their empire with: new map features like outposts, airfields and radar towers new guerilla and medieval infantry units new wonders and city improvements like the stock market or the Internet Updated interface improvements like auto bombard, rally points, stacked movement and a streamlined espionage interface allow for more efficient management. A dazzling new opening cinematic and combat animations bring your Civilization world to life like never before. Easier-to-use interface for streamlined management and better control. Tuesday, October 08, 2002
THE LATEST GAMING MAGAZINE IS............. Massive Online Gaming . MOG is a magazine aimed squarlely at the core readership of this weblog: players of massively online games. It is the first magazine of its type. Let's hope it succeeds. Planetarion Update: Planetarion, a game that went pay to play last year after repeatedly promising its players that it would never, ever go that route has announced that its current round will be its last. This is a direct result of both its going pay to play and also the way that it was done. Basically, Planetarion tried to fleece its players by charging high rates and also by adopting a bizarre scheme by which players would be forced to pay for other players. The result was a drop in the game's playership of over 80% in just a few months. The number of players have continued to decline and as a result, PA is basically being forced out of business. |