Re: ARENA: Recent Changes

From: 11jkessler@gallua.gallaudet.edu

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 15:27:33 +0000

In article <17SEP199317565941@quark2.aero.org>, lee@quark2.aero.org writes:
> Although the "CHALLENGE +" bug has been fixed, I do think that all
> "CHALLENGE +" requests should be cleared/reset each day.  Having Arena
> make fight requests for you is convenient, but a player should be
> able to at least send one turn each day.  "CHALLENGE +" has the
> danger of generating *ALOT* of mail back and forth.  Think about the
> player who has a "CHALLENGE +" request that goes on vacation/loses
> interest/doesn't log in for a while/etc.  With each turn report being
> in the neighborhood of 18-25K, this is a lot of space.  Also, imagine
> what happens if the network connection is bad between Arena and the
> player.....no way to stop those challenges!!  By resetting each day,
> you at least get a confirmation that the player wants to continue with
> his misery.  It would also limit unnecessarily burdening Arena's server.
>

I also like the idea of shutting the Challenge + off at the end of the day.
But may be it could be set to a number of challenges.  For example, after 25
challenges the open challenge is removed.

Another idea is to only run challenge + every TWO hours.

References

Re: ARENA: Recent Changes
nicholas@wam.umd.edu (Ronnie Simonds)
Sat, 18 Sep 1993 00:22:39 +0000
Re: ARENA: Recent Changes
lee@quark2.aero.org
Sat, 18 Sep 1993 01:56:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: ARENA: Recent Changes
nicholas@wam.umd.edu (Ronnie Simonds)
Sat, 18 Sep 1993 00:22:39 +0000
Re: ARENA: Recent Changes
lee@quark2.aero.org
Sat, 18 Sep 1993 01:56:00 +0000