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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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From: Hyderabad, india
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Guys i know we shouldn't mention it but don't you think it's been a really loooooong time since the last playtime?!
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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and unfortunately it will be quite a while before the next one
sorry
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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From: Hyderabad, india
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Oh sad :-(
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@ayush - check (mate) ! |
Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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From: Hyderabad, india
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Ha ha lol :-D
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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After a thorough evaluation of the usage of bandwidth, during the periods we ran Big Playtime, we had no other choice than to stop it. The Big Playtime sessions was run over a certain period of time and, sadly, some members made scripts, to be warned when a Playtime topic popped up, which on a couple of occasions this actually caused the server to crash.
There might, on the other hand, be "small" Playtimes popping up every now and again. These will be totally unannounced and will be so far between each other that the "trick" on creating scripts will only cause the creator of scripts to suffer usage of his own bandwidth.
You can never be too sure! Small Playtime might occur, out of the blue, and catch everyone by surprise. They will be short and "painful" with only one winner each time and far apart. The prizes will vary from time to time, all depending on what I get my hands on.
Keep in mind guys: No point in waiting for a Playtime, only I know when it will come. 
(I might ask Masseur to run the odd one in-between, just to confuse you all  )
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stewie
Joined: Nov 23, 2003
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From: Croatia
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Esato is better when there's no playtimes...
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Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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esato is better when there's no ppl asking for playtimes 
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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From: Hyderabad, india
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Yes because of stupid cheaters we have to suffer! :-( @tranquil can't there users be banned?
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georgejason
Joined: Feb 26, 2004
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From: Chennai, India
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Ayush is right. Just coz of certain people making mistakes, it aint fair the whole community shud suffer.
Begin at the beginning and end at the end.
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stewie
Joined: Nov 23, 2003
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From: Croatia
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But why making playtimes anyway? Esato is a great comunity even without playtimes.
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Vlammetje
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because probably without the scripts (I doubt there were hundreds of scripts) the server still was seriously overloaded. remember how slow it got?
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BOSSHOGG
Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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Ha! I knew it! I knew there were scripts, some people were just walking away with it. Such a shame :-(
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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well, looking back at the participants of past playtimes, those 50 or 60 members got some extra fun out of Esato, including myself as one of the original players (and winners!), and also later running a few playtime series myself.
but at the end of the day we do have the whole of Esato to consider and the impact Playtime has
bosshogg, as you can see in this post from laffen, the IPs of script runners were blocked
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BOSSHOGG
Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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Can you post the topic number? I'm on wap, thanks.
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Posted: 2004-04-01 17:44
