Spectrum 2.0 links fail
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Spectrum 2.0 links fail
I can't access to the reviews at Spectrum 2.0 neither from SC nor directly from the web itself (spectrum20.org) these days.
Does anyone have the same problem?
Does anyone have the same problem?
Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
Yep I've noticed it too, and some days it reappears. I think it's quite a few IDs behind as well.
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
The links are still broken.
Does anybody know the reason?
Does anybody know the reason?
Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
It's a flaky server that needs a kick every now and again. Not my words https://twitter.com/gasmanic/status/1186942001591271424
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
It works again!
Thanks for the warning, [mention]Stefan[/mention] !
Thanks for the warning, [mention]Stefan[/mention] !
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Excellent! Thanks Stefan and gasman.
How does all this work then? It's gasman's server, but still Phil Kendall's site? Who would we pester about getting it up to date with ZXDB?
How does all this work then? It's gasman's server, but still Phil Kendall's site? Who would we pester about getting it up to date with ZXDB?
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I saw somewhere that it was Phil's site on Matt's server (http://spectrum20.org/about). Since Phil didn't respond to my previous tweet I included Matt in this one.
I say pester them both until they get their act together
Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
It's been down for a while again. I think it needs some kind of Heath Robinson contraption that ends with a boot kicking the server every 6 hours or so
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
Maybe the server works with a crank handle!
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
Errrm, it fails again...
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It's rarely working when I look, and not up to date when it is. Now's definitely not the time, but long term it'd be good to have something more reliable.
(I don't understand the current set up, and I'm definitely not having a pop at anyone btw )
Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
As [mention]Ivanzx[/mention] said, it would be great if we had a voting system. Just needs a developer to help out.
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
I have very bad recollections of rigged votes on WoS, and I would not like to see that plague infect SC as well. I would rather keep things as they are now.
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I think an up to date and reliable Spectrum 2.0 would be best of all, and that's already within our grasp!
Voting I could take or leave. I understand Ale's concerns about voting. It's certainly open to misuse, but I think overall it provides a usable baseline that, for example, could be used by a future advanced search to separate the wheat from the chaff. But people will expect different things from it.
Voting I could take or leave. I understand Ale's concerns about voting. It's certainly open to misuse, but I think overall it provides a usable baseline that, for example, could be used by a future advanced search to separate the wheat from the chaff. But people will expect different things from it.
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I think that, besides a limited amount of games that were affected by overvoting or strange voting behaviour behind, the voting system in WoS was very helpful and a reliable tool in order to find hidden gems or good games in general. So I think that would be a great addition in SC.
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Re: Spectrum 2.0 links fail
Why not a 'reviews' section in every game entry? Registered users could only publish them. And vote (0-10).
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I disagreed with lots of the votes there, but this system does not bother me. But most of the times I wanted to make a review it didn'twork...it'd be nice if it was always on.