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Friday 05 September 2008
Don't be afraid: the new shiny arcade is 234% more fun!
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As if we needed any other reason to whittle away the hours on the Fountain, I was able to update the arcade to a new version. What does this mean?

Aside from some bug fixes, it adds things like:

Tracking how long you've played a game (and how long a game has been played overall)
Ability to rate games
Ability to add comments (ie: smack talk) to games
A scrolling update bar of the most recent top scores
A private message sent to you when your top score is broken

And a bunch more! (A lot of stuff behind the scenes)

Unfortunately, one of the options I didn't see before I installed was a timer on how long old tournaments are kept in the database before being deleted, and as such, we lost tourny info beyond last month. But, going forward, there's a tournament point system as well, so you've got that going for you, which is nice.

Also, don't forget about the challenge system, where you can go head-to-head against other users in a game of your choice for a set period of time. I don't need to set those up, you can do it in the Arcade.

All that being said - please vote in the poll - I want to know if now is as good a time as any for a score reset. I think it could liven the place up a bit, but if everyone is dead-set against it, I'll hold off.
Posted by vttym on Friday September 05 2008 - 04:42:05 PM | Read/Post Comment: 0 |email to someone printer friendly create pdf of this news item
Wednesday 03 September 2008
All sorts of news on the Fountain
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Well, we done had 4 tourneys, and I haven't updated squat! My bad! Let's recap!

Waaay back in July, we had the QB challenge tournament. Lucass finished first by a mile, with Virtual in second and Rage in third.

The second half of July saw the Greed Slingo tourny. Virtual took home top prize, with CousinJodi in second, and mima in 3rd.

In August, we had the much anticipated Big Money tournament. And, true to form, Megs took home top prize. Virtual was a close second, and Rage finished 3rd.

Finally, we had the Shuffle tournament, which I unfortunately did not get much time to play, but wanted to. Instead, CousinJodi swooped in and snagged first place, with Virtual in second and Rage in 3rd.

Are all these second place finishes by Virtual a look into the future? Will top scores begin to fall? Only time will tell.

Speaking of time, sorry for the delay in new games - time was screwy with me this month. Bear with me, and hang tight. New Virtual top scores will arrive soon.

Posted by vttym on Wednesday September 03 2008 - 02:47:33 AM | Read/Post Comment: 0 |email to someone printer friendly create pdf of this news item
Wednesday 02 July 2008
June gaming completed
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Well, June has wrapped up, and we have some tournament winners to announce!

For the first half, in Slingo Delux, mima1313 took home top prize with an astounding 93,500 score. noone gobbled up 2nd place and vttym managed 3rd in the hotly contested tourny.

The second half of June saw new winners for Mahjongg: Alchemy. Virtual was top dog with 34,183 points. cousinjodisfriend picked up 2nd place, and noone scooped up 3rd. Great job!

With a new month comes new tournaments, so get ready! QB Challenge will kick off July, and Ultimate Greed Poker Slingo will close it out. Expect to see a slew of new games this month as well (And SOONER than the last day of the month.. hopefully ).

So it's a chance for Virtual to get a bunch more 1st place finishes.
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Friday 30 May 2008
39 New Games added!
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Well, it's a good thing the word "few" can mean 3-4.. since I did say I'd add games in a "few" weeks..

Well, the wait was worth it.. 39 new games were added to the ranks.  Unlike previous times, I have NOT prescreened these games (because I forget that more people than myself play, and everyone has different tastes!)

As a result, I have created a category called "New" where games I have not yet tested go.  Games in this category might not work, or might not allow you to submit a score (we've had a few of those in the past).  I will likely have these all tested by week's end, and you'll see them in appropriate categories as I do.

But in the meantime, go out .. er.. stay here.. and play!
Posted by vttym on Friday May 30 2008 - 08:33:17 AM | Read/Post Comment: 0 |email to someone printer friendly create pdf of this news item
Monday 05 May 2008
Upcoming Tournaments in June - Big Prize Payouts!
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Just wanted to let everyone know that starting in June, I will run 2 tournaments a month, 15 days each.  The tournament payouts are also going to be increased, so you get less time between games to make more!
Posted by vttym on Monday May 05 2008 - 08:07:20 AM | Read/Post Comment: 0 |email to someone printer friendly create pdf of this news item
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vttym
Sep 05 : 04:32PM
Ok.. looks like the error messages were fixed. Scoring for the day looks like it was reset, though.

vttym
Sep 05 : 04:18PM
Yep.. saw that message too.. Looking into the score submissions

noone
Sep 05 : 02:21PM
looks like all games- same message: mySQL Error! Function: db_Rows. [1054 - Unknown column 'start_fresh' in 'where clause']

noone
Sep 05 : 01:57PM
lots of bugs when submitting scores across several games

vttym
Sep 05 : 08:40AM
Just updated the arcade software, and a SLEW of new features were included. With that, there may be some bugs, so let me know if you come across anything.


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