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@digitalstrategies>com - 20 Jun 2008 21:36 GMT

I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
snack break. Come back and the gane has exited. I thought games would
stay open once played for given period of time. I may have been away
from the keyboard for no more than 10 or 15 minutes. Anyone know what
the new timeout period is? This has happened several times since the
reset (aka v1.12).

Thanks

DR_Who USWest

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MD-R Ar28senal v2.0b - 21 Jun 2008 20:01 GMT

> I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
> I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
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>
> DR_Who USWest

I also notice blizzard has RE-introduced game timeout in v1.12.

It used to be 30 minutes in the very beginning, then blizzard scraped it all
in the last ladder (or ladder before last? It is so long ago I don't
remember)

My new ladder mule had timeout twice when I tried to "perm" her in a solo
password game. The last time she hung on for 30 minutes though.

- Matthew.

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Patrick Vervoorn - 21 Jun 2008 22:48 GMT

>> I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
>> I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
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>My new ladder mule had timeout twice when I tried to "perm" her in a solo
>password game. The last time she hung on for 30 minutes though.

Haven't tried parking mules in 'mule-parking' games yet, so I can't
comment on that phenomenon.

However, I did notice a new one: my primary char (Li Sorc) is dragging a
mule along, and this evening, twice I created a new game, joined with the
mule, partied up, and after a few seconds of action, the Sorc was kicked
out with 'Your connection has been <whatever>'. About 5 to 10 seconds
later, the mule was kicked from the same game. I could re-join both,
party-up again, and I got kicked again.

The next time it happened, the Sorc already got kicked from the game after
running in town from Mala to the WP... I probably hit a flaky server
twice, so I'm not concluding anything, but.... Has anyone noticed the same
since 1.12?

Regards, Patrick.

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Trammel - 21 Jun 2008 23:31 GMT

>>> I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
>>> I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
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>
> Regards, Patrick.

Thats been happening alot on Europe servers atm... I think one of the
servers has a dodgy connection.

1/3 games I made were doing this... everyone getting time-outs but the game
was staying up so we could all reconnect constantly after every time-out.
You can reconnect as much as you like to the game until you get sick of it
and create a different game to level in (probably on a different server).

Im guessing (as mentioned above) that one of the servers has a dodgy
internet / internal network connection (or firewall).

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MD-R Ar28senal v2.0b - 22 Jun 2008 00:23 GMT

> >>> I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
> >>> I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
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> Im guessing (as mentioned above) that one of the servers has a dodgy
> internet / internal network connection (or firewall).

Both Patrick and you seem to bring up another "problem". Server instability
may be caused by the traffic increase by the new ladder and new patch. So it
may or may not disappear in some time.

otoh, I just try and confirm that the 30 minutes idle timeout is
reintroduced in v1.12.

- Matthew.

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Dave Ryan - 23 Jun 2008 21:30 GMT

While pondering glazed doughnuts MD-R Ar28senal v2.0b <apis776@chevalier.net> mistakenly typed

: > >>> I'm on USwest softcore ladder. I go create a new game.
: > >>> I play for maybe an hour or so and have to make a pitstop or take a
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: otoh, I just try and confirm that the 30 minutes idle timeout is
: reintroduced in v1.12.

I've also had many many YCHBI messages and often times have then been
restricted from the server.

For no apparent reason.

Pretty frustrating.
-dave

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