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| Thema: New version of Gang of Four Online |
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Yann
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| Thema: Gang of Four Desktop Images! |
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Yann
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 Gang of Four Desktop Images!
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Mon, 09 December 2002 16:31
 
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Hello everyone:
You will find great Gang of Four "wallpaper" desktop images in the download page of the site.
Enjoy! 
Yann
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| Thema: Dec 9th release |
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Yann
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| Thema: message to Brice, guests 180 and 184 |
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tseug
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 message to Brice, guests 180 and 184
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Tue, 10 December 2002 18:56
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I ve been disconnected and so unable to finish our game ; my provider s not that good  (did i mention it s Wanadoo ?).
So this message to keep the record straight if needed, as I screwed up our first game but it was 65% my fault 35% Brice one's 
I was at 98 and that's a lot but so I was in the previous round that I won. And I could have survived this one too (not to say maybe win). I did _not_ give up.
So my excuses again for the first incident and my shared frustation for the second  .
Hope to face you soon again.
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| Thema: Dec 10th Release |
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Yann
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Dec 10th Release
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Tue, 10 December 2002 19:07
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In today's release:
- Fixed some bugs in the game play especially when the next player has only one card left.
- Server is now logging games actions & events (this will be used for statistics and during tournaments)
- MacOS 9 free chat crashes are fixed
- Administrator (understand us) can now send chat messages to every players wherever they are (to announce server shutdowns, problems...)
- Enhanced server monitoring (memory consumption, request timing...)
Brice & Yann
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| Thema: New rules PDFs on the site |
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Yann
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 New rules PDFs on the site
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Wed, 11 December 2002 01:19
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Our German speaking players will be happy to find German versions of the rules, hint cards and scorepads in the Rules and Goodies section.
We also updated the French and English rules.
Enjoy,
Yann
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| Thema: Dec 13th release |
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eric
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Dec 13th release
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Fri, 13 December 2002 17:53
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New in today's versions:
- Fixed MacOS9 crashs (thanks to Dorian for his reports)
- Fixed quitting crashs (thanks to Marc for pointing out them)
- Improved image loading (images are loading now way way faster)
- Improved image caching (at least on Mac OS9/IE/MRJ2.2 and
Windows/IE/Microsoft VM, Sun VM tends to not cache at all)
- Improved card distribution
- Added defensive code & more log to server to catch the missing play bug. We hope someone will reproduce it today or this week-end  so that we can perform some more forensic analysis. If you get it, please send your JAVA console log file tto support@daysofwonder.com. It's the file located at c:\winnt\java\javalog.txt
Happy gaming,
The Gang Team
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| Thema: New and looking for players? |
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eric
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New and looking for players?
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Sat, 14 December 2002 06:58
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For now, you will usually find willing partners (a lot of them from Europe, since the game started shipping there a month earlier than in the States) around noon PST, sometime until 3-5:00pm PST. After that, things get quieter. If you would like to schedule a game for a different time, please post a new thread in this forum, mentioning the time, date and number of players you'll need to join you (a game requires four players) in the title. For instance, Dec 24, 3:00pm PST - 2 players needed.
We'll do our best to have some people online then to get you started.
The Gang Team
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| Thema: Dec 17th Release |
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Yann
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Dec 17th Release
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Tue, 17 December 2002 23:01
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In the release from today:
- More log tracking in the server to pin down the last bugs
- Fixed some bugs when leaving the game on Sun VM Windows
- Tentative fix for Hadoken's refresh bug
- Tentative fix for the "clone" problems (some users would be duplicated many times when connecting to the game).
The Gang Team
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| Thema: Dec 18th Release |
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Yann
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Dec 18th Release
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Wed, 18 December 2002 20:54
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Fixes in today's release:
- Fixed bug of 'Play Now' button not dimmed when necessary
- Changed completely the image loading so that the applet works on Mac OSX 10.1 (thanks to Kurbyh for his great help)
- Tentative fix of the crashing bug on MacOS 9 at the end of a game (thanks to Dorian for reporting it)
- Fixed some stuff on the server side
The Gang Team
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| Thema: GoF Online Server is down today |
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Yann
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| Thema: Dec 19th release |
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Yann
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Dec 19th release
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Thu, 19 December 2002 19:13
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New things today (see also the other bout the Scores & Ranks page).
- The "missed play bug" has been identified at last. (this is the bug where everyone is stuck waiting for a player to play his cards, althought the player did play already). A temporary fix was done, a complete rewrite of the code will occur tomorrow.
- Yesterday's server lock-up is definitely fixed (it was another deadly embrace).
- Some work on the server side (logs) to make better statistics on decks shuffling.
The Gang Team
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| Thema: The ranking system is in ! |
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Yann
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 The ranking system is in !
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Thu, 19 December 2002 20:55
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The ranking is system has been activated! (caution, long memo follows )
Today you can discover a first implementation of the scores and ranking system of Gang of Four Online. After you are connected, click on "My Account" in the upper right corner, then on the "Scores & Ranks" button in the list of buttons on the left.
Please read carefully what follows before telling us your remarks, questions and suggestions.
The Ranking Model:
After many internal discussions and simulations within Days of Wonder, we decided to perform a first test with a system inspired by Hardwood Hearts http://www.hardwoodhearts.com/. It is a ELO-based system (like the one used by chess federations), with a Provisional Ranking that converges quickly to a value that reflects your level.
You start with 1,500 points. For the first 20 games, you belong to the "Provisional Ranking". During this time, your score and rank will vary and can oscillate greatly. Don't panic, this is normal. For example, don't be surprised so see a player who just played once and is still better ranked than you. Over time, his score will adapt.
After 20 games, you are moved to the "Established Ranking" status. At that point, the ELO system is used going forward. I might go in more details about the ELO system in another memo, but to summarize, you just need to know that you can earn or loose up to 32 points in a game, depending on the difference between your ranking and the ranking of the others, on how you perform against the system expectations. As you can see, changes are pretty small and smooth, so there is no big risk even if you are out of luck one night.
Some details to know:
- There is little risk for an Established player to play with Provisional players, especially if the opponents have played only a few games before. The Established player's score will be almost unaffected. So you can play with beginners without any second thought.
- For the moment, the applet does not update the ranking information after each game. Therefore, it is normal to see your game history and ranks unchanged. No need to rush to the page when you beat Eric or Hadoken . I run a script every 24 hours to recompute everything. Real-time update will be implemented shortly (Brice promised ).
- As there was not many games to test the system, I used all games, even aborted ones, as long as there was a score above 10.
- All games are used for now, wherever the "Rated Game" check box was on or off during the game creation. Here again, this is to have the largest pool as possible. In the final version, only Rated Games will be used for ranking.
- When we switch to the final version, all scores will be reset to 0.
- It is possible (OK, highly likely!) that we shall adjust the equations during Beta. Your score will then be recomputed completely, which will impact your ranking (however, your game history will be preserved). You have been warned
- Here is how it currently works: when a game is completed, the winning player is the only winner, the 3 others are all considered losers. This appeared to us as the best solution for the Gang of Four specificities. We think that we should also introduce some modifiers depending on the game was a long and close one or not. Your opinion on this matter are welcome.
- In the Game History, there are sometimes games will only 3 players. This is not a bug. This happens when you played against a new player who never confirmed his/her account registration. Unconfirmed accounts are vaporized after 7 days, this is why the player reference is gone.
I look forward to your feed-back and questions!
Yann
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| Thema: Dec 23rd Release |
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Yann
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Dec 23rd Release
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Mon, 23 December 2002 18:58
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In the new version today:
- Several bug fixes in Straights comparison (thanks to John)
- Completely re-written the close/leave code in applet & server to get rid of the infamous clones or dead games.
- Tentative fix for the mysterious bug of disappearing text. This bug has already been reported to Apple and should be fixed in their upcoming 1.4.1 VM.
Merry Christmas from the Days of Wonder team ! 
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| Thema: Dec 30th Release |
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Yann
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Dec 30th Release
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Mon, 30 December 2002 18:56
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Today:
- Help button in the applet (will be active very soon)
- Improvement in the game creation user interface: we had noticed that some players would enter their personnal password when creating a new game, which would cause the game to become a private one. Then the poor souls would wait forever for other players to join...
- Rankscore and history are now automatically updated at the end of each game
- Server last lock-up is fixed.
- Piel Pikul's latest bug should be fixed now.
The Gang Team.
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| Thema: Pazzy game 6:30pm PST 1/03/03 |
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eric
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Pazzy game 6:30pm PST 1/03/03
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Sun, 05 January 2003 03:38
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Pazzy & al.
what happened? Did one of the players got disconnected? I was watching the game with elyah, Kevinmd, etc... waiting to play and you all disappeared. if this was a bug on our end, we'd like to know about it. if it was a modem disconnect, the good news is next week's major release will have an auto-save and resume game feature for those kind of issues outside of our control 
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| Thema: Jan 16th Release |
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Yann
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 Jan 16th Release
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Thu, 16 January 2003 17:38
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Lots of new features today (over 2 weeks of hard work) !
Main Features:
- Interrupted games can be resumed. This can be done directly from the lobby within 15 minutes after the interruption, by using a Resume Now button in the lobby. Beyond this 15 minutes window, you need to use the games history in the Scores page (see below)
- Resuming an interrupted game: from the games history of the Scores page, you can resume interrupted games (marked as "Aborted"). Click on the "Schedule..." link, and you can propose a time and date to the other players. The game will then appear as "Proposed for..." in their own game history. Then they can accept or ask for a change. When everybody has accepted the date and time, the game becomes "Scheduled for...". When the time is up, a "Join Now" link will appear. Clicking on it will take you directly to the table.
- Games Schedule page: this new page is in My Account, just below the Scores button. This shows two things: interrupted games that are being scheduled for resuming, and open scheduled games. Using the Schedule a New Game button, you can plan open games that others can join, and agree on a date and time with them. It works exactly like scheduling interrupted games, except that people can join or leave a game as long as it is not scheduled. Think of it as a convenient tool to set up rendez-vous.
- '?' tooltips button: in the lobby and in the games window, clicking on this button shows pop-up "tooltips" that gives help on elements.
- Help button: in the lobby, the help button brings up the Gang of Four summary cards in a slide show.
- Observe button: when you click on a game in progress, the Join button becomes Observe, and enables you to watch a game. You will see the hand of the best player and see the game as it goes. Note that you cannot chat in this mode, but that you can see the messages coming from the lobby (this way you know if anyone arrived in the lobby).
- Bell button: when the little bell icon is activated, your computer will beep (system beep) when a new user comes in. Click on the bell to turn it off.
- Find Players button: clicking on this button gives you some statistics about latest traffic, when the next open game is scheduled, etc. You also have a button to go directly to the Games Schedule page.
- Forum and Buy buttons: these are buttons that go directly to the Forums and Buy web pages.
- Player Information: when you click on a player's name, you see some information and statistics about him. For example, his preferred language, the time slot when he is active the most, his ranking, etc.
- New Ranking system: all ranking scores were recomputed, using all finished past games. For this reason, you will see a lower number of games than before. The main change in the computation is that the second player's score will generally go up too, and that there is no "drifting-to-zero" issue anymore. Note that ONLY finished games are used from now on. If you want to finish an interrupted game, use the new resuming feature
Other details and bug fixes:
- Free chat is the default option now.
- Lots of various bug fixes (too long and boring to list here).
Please contact us at support@daysofwonder.com if you encounter problems. If you have questions, please post on this forum.
Have fun,
The Gang Team
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| Thema: Jan 22nd Release |
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Yann
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Jan 22nd Release
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Wed, 22 January 2003 17:34
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Today:
- A new "ringer" button that allows you to 'beep' the selected player (to draw his/her attention)
- Bug fixes in the observing feature area
- If you selected cards, and click by mistake on the Pass button, a confirmation dialog will appear. This is to prevent mistakes.
- Usability improvements in the Schedule page and in the Scores page regarding outdated games.
- Fixed a serious bug on the "Play Now" orange blinker in the upper right corner
The Gang Team
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| Thema: Serious bug in 22nd release. |
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Brice
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Serious bug in 22nd release.
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Thu, 23 January 2003 09:20
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Hello,
As you might have noticed, there was a serious defect in the last release, which prevented games to have more than 3 hands. Hopefully it may have been possible to resume those stuck games.
As the faulty programmer (  ) I'd like to say that the bug has been fixed and wanted to apologize about this mess (and yes, this is still a beta version, subject to problems).
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| Thema: We need you. |
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Brice
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 We need you.
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Mon, 27 January 2003 16:01
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Hello
The beta-test is almost finished, and there are a few bugs we can't reproduce on our test systems.
Especially the slowness while playing bug which seems to occur on Internet Explorer with the Micro$oft VM.
We need your help: if you experience this problem, please do the following:
- Setup IE to enable java console:
In the 'Tools' menu -> 'Internet Options' -> Advanced and check the 3 java relative checkboxes (namely logging, java console, and JIT)
- Restart fully IE by closing all its open windows.
- Connect to Gang of Four Online.
- Play until the game seems really slower than at the beginning.
- Open the Java Console (in the view menu), select this new window in order that it is topmost:
- Press the 'm' key.
- Press the 'g' key.
- Press the 'm' key.
- Press the 'f' key.
- Press the 'm' key.
- Press the 't' key.
- Select the console output and send it to support@daysofwonder.com. If you can't select the console output, just try to find the javalog.txt file which might be in c:\windows\java or similar.
Thanks for your help !
Happy game !
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| Thema: 1.0 full of broken links |
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Azarkon
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1.0 full of broken links
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Thu, 13 February 2003 03:13
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I use Netscape 7 on mac 9.2, but that shouldn't have any affect on me getting to the wrong pages when I click on say "help"
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| Thema: GenCon Olympia |
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| Thema: To nevermind |
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To nevermind
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Wed, 28 May 2003 17:03
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Sorry to quit the game to day
i'have a system error 
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| Thema: Gang of Four Online 1.0.1 |
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Yann
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| Thema: New Gang of Four web site |
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Yann
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New Gang of Four web site
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Fri, 03 October 2003 16:37
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Hello everyone:
Starting today, you can enjoy a new version of our Gang of Four web site, faturing:
An easy-to-use navigation bar on the left, just like in the Days of Wonder and the Pirate's Cove web sites
New pages with lots of content: more information about the on-line game, details about the ranking system, probabilities in combinations for the mathematically inclined players, and more
Have fun,
The Gang team at Days of Wonder
PS: if your navigation bar shows ugly blue links and texts, then reload the page to tell your browser to load the new styles.
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| Thema: Online Games Updates |
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Yann
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| Thema: What's up with the Ranking? |
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Yann
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What's up with the Ranking?
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Fri, 28 November 2003 23:29
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You might have noticed recently something strange with the Ranking: you moved up significantly, some players disappeared, or you disappeared.
What's up with the Ranking?
There is nothing wrong. This is simply the growing effect of a new feature that was implemented 15 days ago:
If you do not play during 15 days, you are removed from the ranking. Nevertheless, you keep your ranking score. You are simply "inactive". Just play one game, and you will appear again on the ranking board.
This feature had been requested by many players, who found unfair that some high-ranking players would stop playing just to stay up in the charts without participating anymore.
So there is going to be an interesting fight now! There are new hot spots to take!
Have fun,
Yann
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| Thema: Shutdown of Gang of Four online server April 7th |
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Brice
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Shutdown of Gang of Four online server April 7th
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Wed, 07 April 2004 16:37
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Dear Gang of Four Players,
To deploy the most-waited 2.0 version of Gang of Four Online, we'll shutdown the server on April 7th from 8AM to 12AM GMT+1.
Thanks for your attention,
The R&D Team
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| Thema: New Bots + new page about robots |
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Yann
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| Thema: Interruption of service |
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Yann
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Interruption of service
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Thu, 13 May 2004 21:15
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There will be a brief interruption of service with Gang of Four Online on Friday 14 morning, French time, for maintenance purposes.
Thanks for your understanding,
The technical team
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| Thema: a hand that didn't count??? |
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a hand that didn't count???
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Tue, 16 August 2005 11:08
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I had the weirdest bug right now:
In the game against vlan-zomba-ptite' (the one vlan one) we each had 2 to 5 cards left at one time. vlan plays a card, and all of a sudden i get the screen: vlan wins. But even there it said that valn got one point for his one card. But then in the next hand he had still 0 points (and i think, the other points hadn't changed either, but i'm not sure).
so this whole hand didn't count???
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other designs/editions of gang of four
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Sat, 28 October 2006 08:46
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i'm trying to find another version of the card game. it had pictures of privates, generals, etc on the cards. it actually makes more sense to do it this way because the game is actually based off of the millitary and such. this will be hard to find unless you actually have the old version and tell me the manufactor's name or the website to the place i can buy it. and no i'm not talking about edition 1. days of wonder didn't make it. it was before they had the rights to make a new design for the game.
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| Thema: Gang Dennis/ YWN Lcremitia |
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Gang Dennis/ YWN Lcremitia
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Mon, 06 April 2009 05:12
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Sorry about leaving that game earlier, a car ran into the pole outside my house and my internet was down until just now.
Just wanted to let you guys know I didn't abanddon the game.
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GoF Online Server is down today
for the next 8 hours or so. It should be back up around 09:00 UTC on Thursday Dec 19th.
GenCon Olympia
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