Re: ARENA down?

From: srt@aero.org (Scott Turner)

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 17:44:00 +0000

>Just curious...but has anyone received a turn report this morning?
>They usually move around 1:45am my time....and nada so far. (Like I
>really need to see how fast my fighter died...).

Apparently Arena crashed on the 22nd.  The partial report from that
turn got merged with the turn on the 23rd, and they both went out
together, resulting in some strange turns.

The problem was someone using "%n" in an insult.  Please, use only
"%s" in an insult as described in the rules!  Arena's handling of
insults is not robust, so please use care.

>I haven't received a turn report either, but that's not the big problem.
>It seems that the arena must have got my address confused or something (tho
>I don't know how, the last turn did reach me) because my last turn was returned
>with the message 'this character (name) is already being used' along with
>a separate message of the combat of the same character.  *boggle*

As stated in the rules, your exact address (including your user name)
must be the same on every turn or Arena won't recognize your mail.  In
particular, this means you must always send your mail from the same
machine, and you can't change your user name, either.

-- Scott T.

References

ARENA down?
wkv@alpha.sunquest.com (WILLIAM VAUGHN)
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:20:00 +0000
Re: ARENA down?
tarheit@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Tim Arheit AKA Fool Boy)
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:30:35 +0000

Referenced By

ARENA down?
wkv@alpha.sunquest.com (WILLIAM VAUGHN)
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 10:20:00 +0000
Re: ARENA down?
tarheit@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Tim Arheit AKA Fool Boy)
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:30:35 +0000