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Monday, December 02, 2013 at 1:55:21 PM
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Stakes Schedule / Sire Updates / BTB
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
As you probably know, year end is always crazy on this end. Trying to cobble together sire information is always "fun". :) Fortunately, you guys have done a great job with Wikipedigree this year, and it will be a huge help again!
If you know of a sire that is going to shed - add him to Wikipedigree! If you know of one that's moved... note it in Wikipedigree! And if you want to let me know how you think a new site is likely to perform.. you guessed it.. rate it in Wikipedigree!
I will be finalizing the updated sire list within the next 2 weeks, and spend the following week or so rating and rerating. It'll be tight as always, but I need to do it as late as possible to ensure I get as many of the new sires as possible.
Stakes Schedule - I will be releasing that no later than next Monday, December 9th. I plan on having it done before that, but that's a "just in case" date. The schedule will be almost identical to this year's.
As always, I will be moving the "biggest races" to try and ensure they match up week wise with the largest races in real life. With that said, just as I did this year, I'm not going to try and match up everything - it's simply too time consuming.
Finally - squirrel and sledge4 are within a stones throw of having the NEW BTB open for business. So keep an eye out!
Thanks!
--Mike
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Monday, November 25, 2013 at 12:37:34 PM
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Notes, thanks, and a holiday special!
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys! Just a few quick updates...
Sledge4, Squirrel, and I are in the home stretch of polishing off the new Black Type Bugler. Our primary hurdle involves speed : it's a bit slow at the moment. Sledge4 is working diligently behind the scenes to troubleshoot things, and we're hoping that we'll get the new version released by very soon!
I have created a formula to determine this year's Eclipse awards. Don't worry.. I have a couple of advisers I am bouncing the results off of. I am unlikely to release the formula publicly until the end of the year since most of the racing this year was done without it. For the record : The formula does rate different races differently, so not every G1 is equivalent. If you feel like you deserve an award but are concerned that it's going to be close, the best advice I can give you is to keep racing.
Now, some good stuff - Holiday reflections and a holiday special!
As most of you know, I'm just one guy with a family and (often times) a real-job. I write the code.. I run the servers.. I answer the e-mails.. It makes for slow updates at times, but it allows me to be connected into this game at a very unique level that I don't take for granted. As such, I felt it important to once again say : Thank You! What you guys have helped to create over the last 15+ years is something no amount of money or hubris can ever help any game achieve: you've helped build a top-notch community.
As such, I wanted to spread some sweet holiday cheer! Between now and the end of the year, all sire/dam-sire shares that would have been priced at 125 or below on the site will be sliced in half (points AND credits). This will also hold true for any dam's-dam-sire shares that would have been priced at 75 or less. (Update - the 10 point minimum for all shares is still in effect.. if you bought a share thinking it would be under 10, I am refunding you those credits/points... sorry for the early confusion). The price of the shares is already reflected on the site (so if you see a sire that costs 50 now, he would have cost 100 before this bonus). This will NOT affect the auto-bid prices, so you gotta be online and grabbing to get the break!
Happy holidays!
--Mike
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Monday, November 18, 2013 at 9:51:01 PM
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Share Expiry Date Extension
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey Folks!
Trying to keep up with multiple sire-share expiry dates can be confusing, so I've made things easier... :)
All sires shares will expire on 12/30 of the year after they were purchased. In other words, all shares expect those purchased on 12/31 will have a longer shelf-life (and, in most cases, a MUCH longer shelf life).
If you had shares expire over the course of the last few weeks, I will be flipping them back on shortly.
Hope this makes keeping track of these a bite easier! :)
--Mike
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 2:22:55 PM
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Downtime on Monday, Nov 18th ~ 9AM EST
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I am going to try to install some new things on my server on Monday. The site will have to be taken off line while this occurs.
It is likely that you won't even see the nice "Hey, we're down" message, as I will be messing with IIS.
Hopefully all will go as planned and we'll be back up within a few hours. I'll know more when I start tearing stuff up. :)
Thanks!
--Mike
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 11:18:25 AM
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A bit of upcoming downtime soon
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I've been busy trying to get something going for the BTB. A few of my attempts drug the game down the last day or so. Doh!
So I'm going to do a bit more research before trying again in the next several days. Before I do, I may have to stop my IIS which, in turn, will bring the game down for a bit.
I'll try to do it during an off-peak time, but I wanted to warn everyone. I'll try to post something at least a few hours before I try again.
Sorry about that.
--Mike
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 3:06:36 PM
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Short term "To Do" list
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Just to give you an idea of what's in the hopper, I though I would post my short-term "to do" list.
1) BTB - I am working on the BTB redo. I have found a nice piece of blogging software I am trying to incorporate for this purpose. Tying it into the game is always eventful, but hopefully I can do it programatically similar to the way I tied in the Message Board.
2) PP's - Long overdue, but one of those things that just keeps sliding down the list. Finally found a place to slot it in.
3) Claim Finder - the "Watch List" programming allowed me to write some of this already.
2 or 3 may get a little love as I patch together 1, which I expect to be a nice little endeavor. :)
Christmas is always a little crazy with kids and my wife's seasonably busy gift wrap business (shameless plug : PaperRibbon.com ; go get ya some!), but I'll get there. :) Thanks for your patience!
--Mike
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Friday, November 08, 2013 at 7:20:36 AM
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Some overnight login problems.
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Sorry to those that experience some errors overnight.
It
seems to be ok now, at least from my end. I run the SQL databases from
home and, if my internet service goes sideways, then problems like
these can occur. The problems also appeared to occur during
the update, which is getting longer and longer as I add new features.
If problems continue to occur over several nights, I may have to
investigate how I approach that part of the game.. or get a more powerful database server and/or faster connection. If you are still having problems (or have any going forward), always feel free to let me know. Thanks guys!
--Mike
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Thursday, November 07, 2013 at 6:23:54 PM
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Horse watch now live!
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
You should now be able to flag which horses you want to watch from their individual horse page by clicking on the eyeball. When a horse is up for auction or entered into a race, it will show up on your watch list. You may need to close your browser, dump your history, and reopen to get it to work (the javascript file needs to be reloaded).
Note on the sire pages - You may see an eyeball on them as well. As of now, this does nothing. I'll let your guys mind wander as to what I'll do with that eventually, but you can probably figure it pretty easily.. :)
--Mike
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Thursday, November 07, 2013 at 1:37:04 PM
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Any Mobile enabled chat recommendations?
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I am calling out for anyone that has some experience with third-party chat rooms. I would prefer to move away from our current room because a) it's in Java (which I am sour on) and b) it's not mobile compatible.
I have seen a few online that intrigue me, but I figured I would ask if you guys had any first-hand experience before I pursue one.
Thanks!
--Mike
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Saturday, November 02, 2013 at 8:47:10 AM
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Wanna Chat? Enable Java!
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
A lot of browsers turn Java off by default. This is understandable - Java has historically been an internet hacker's playground.
It is worth noting that some browsers (again understandably) will turn off your Java if they determine you have an old version.
If Chat stops working on you, try a couple of things -
Check to see if Java has been disabled; you will have to enable it. Close your browser and re-open it.
Try a different browser, if for no other reason that you can tell me it works in one browser but not another or it doesn;t work in multiple browsers.
Thanks!
--Mike
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