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Where is OGS??
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:56 pm
by GoCat
Since we now have a place to talk about turn based servers, I will start us off with the question that got this forum created: What's happened to OGS, and when will it be back?
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:00 am
by g0blin
Now I get a different message when I try to access the site:
Could not connect to DB: Too many connections
instead of:
Bonjour,
Un problème technique sur un de nos serveurs nous oblige à bloquer tous les sites.
Revenez plus tard.
Désolé pour le désagrément,
L'équipe technique de nainwak.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:58 am
by Phelan
Seems to be back at this moment.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:17 am
by g0blin
YAY!!! It's ALIVE!
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:02 pm
by GoCat
Alas, OGS seems to have gone away again as of a few hours ago. One hopes its masters are aware of this.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:41 am
by Vultur
I can't access - still seems to be down.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:01 am
by ahd
Glad it's not just me, then. Is definitely offline from Australia.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:04 am
by topazg
Indeed
I'm afraid I have no idea why, and haven't managed to get hold of Damien...
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:13 am
by DrStraw
It was renamed: the Offline Go Server.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:52 am
by Apoah
This is the longest that I can remember it going down without some kind of information. Sad day.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:42 am
by Darrell
It is up now, but most of my games timed out so I hope they are still working on it.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:18 am
by GoCat
Yes... back online now, but hopefully the admins will adjust the clocks. One of my opponents timed out -- I won't claim the win, of course. That was a long one, I must say. Probably worse because it started on a Friday.
Edit: I wistfully recall a time when topazg was a lowly Kyu player and spent his time keeping OGS alive and well.... Extended down times never happened back in those days.
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:35 am
by kokomi
DrStraw wrote:It was renamed: the Offline Go Server.
I should not read this in library. Almost burst into laugh loudly
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:15 am
by quantumf
GoCat wrote:One of my opponents timed out -- I won't claim the win, of course.
How do you not claim the win?
Re: Where is OGS??
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:42 am
by GoCat
quantumf wrote:How do you not claim the win?
Well, the OGS admin has already added time to clocks and restarted the timed out games, so I can't confirm this, but: As I recall, when a player times out, the OGS system waits for the other player to claim the win. (I'm a bit uncertain because I think maybe this doesn't apply to tournament games.) Anyway, this allows the "winning" player to use judgment about the timeout -- maybe the timed out player has always been very prompt, so you think something may be preventing him/her from getting online.
In this case, I saw in my games list that my opponent's remaining time was "Timed out". But it was still in the game list, not removed, as it would have been if I won. So, I left it there, given the 3-day down time.