A Demi-good Fairytale!

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Once upon a time, there was a newly released game.

The balance was great, the graphics were awesome, and all in all the developers agreed they'd done a splendid job.

The players too, actually, until they tried playing online, and... nothing worked.

The developers read and coded, looked over every log they could find, then realized one of the problems was there was large delays processing requests at the server.

After much thinking, one of the developers cried out: "I know, I know, the timestamp differences must come from unsynchronized clocks!". And everyone was happy, because unsynchronized timestamps were nothing they could do anything about.

After much work, some updates and a couple of bee-stings, the system did work, but still people were complaining that starting a match took too long.

So the developers took a second look, and cried out in horror: "Oh no, that really IS a >40 second delay!"

And so they worked, and coded, and it was fixed.

Time passed, and players seemed mostly content, Custom Games working as advertised and matchmaking issues for the most part a thing of the past.

Then one day, someone complained Pantheon wasn't working, uneven teams were made, with people seeming to drop out while loading a game.

The developers read and coded, and looked over every log they could find, then realized there were in fact alot of games starting with less players than their system had originally intended.

After much thinking, one of the developers cried out: "I know, I know, since Pantheon matches players randomly, lots of people must be dropping out so they only end up playing games with those they want to!"

And everyone was happy, because players dropping to get in the right team was nothing they could do anything about...

*** TO BE CONTINUED ***

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

8C

/me put on his robe and wizard hat

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

When Skirmishes broke, I did not care, because I did not play Skirmish.

When Pantheon broke, I did not care, because I did not play Pantheon.

When I could not play a custom game I cried out in anguish, but there was no one left playing the game.

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting InfiniteVengeance, reply 2
When Skirmishes broke, I did not care, because I did not play Skirmish.

When Pantheon broke, I did not care, because I did not play Pantheon.

When I could not play a custom game I cried out in anguish, but there was no one left playing the game.
End of InfiniteVengeance's quote

HuH???

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

When i was finally done reading this i though by myself... he got a point but... why would he write something like this...

Maybe it's because he wants The TEAM to do something about it... yes that could be right.. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

And then i had to put on my mask and my heavy armour... cause it seems AnnihilatorX also seems to be ready ing himself for a battle till the end...

and so it shall be... hope everyone gets readdy to eat steal and slash heads of all his enemy's cause it's time to rumble

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting DustyNomad, reply 4
When i was finally done reading this i though by myself... he got a point but... why would he write something like this...
End of DustyNomad's quote

Because it's more interesting than just posting "Please learn from your past mistakes"? ;)

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting DustyNomad, reply 4

And then i had to put on my mask and my heavy armour... cause it seems AnnihilatorX also seems to be ready ing himself for a battle till the end...
End of DustyNomad's quote

You don't know about robe and wizard hats? Do a google search :P Though that's unrelated. I was at a loss on what to reply to the op. I still am :)