Administrators Alex Posted September 1, 2015 Administrators Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hello everyone, let me first apologize for any misspellings or auto corrects. I'm using my phone to write this. I'm going to explain what's going on with P&W and when you can expect things back. So most important is that we've brought ss23 on board to help administrate the game, and he's helped me immensely by working with me to set up a new, more secure sever and transfer things over to that server. You'll notice some things, like the forums, don't look quite right, but they do work! And that's what's most important right now. Ss23 is a lot better than I am with security and technical protocol, and I trust that between him, myself, and Malone we'll be able to prevent any further mischief caused by malicious players in P&W. Next, I'd like to explain my absence these past few days. I'm currently in the middle of moving and temporarily living on a boat with no real internet connection (aside from my phone). Tonight I happened to have a wifi connection at the marina and had enough time to work with ss23 to get the game and forums moved to a new server. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to fix all of the issues and get the game live before my laptop died, so you'll have to wait before the game is quite ready to play. I'm estimating about 16 hours before I'll have real good computer access to get things going, but it could potentially be before or after then. It's also important to understand the rollback and why it happened. These past few days a lot of crazy things happened, including a huge leap forward in turns that unfairly disadvantaged one side of a major alliance war. We also had some mischief in the VE alliance more recently. In any case, the rollback is important so that everyone gets a second chance and we do things the right way. I don't want to make the game unfair to anyone, and while things are obviously going to play out differently now than before, everyone will have some time to make plans and prepare and have a fairer shot. Why is it rolled back all the way to 8/27? It's a little farther than I would've liked, but due to some issues I had with the backups it was the most recent available backup that we could use to move the server. I'm sure ss23 knows a lot more about backing up the server than I do, and I trust this will never be an issue in the future. Everyone that purchased credits during this period of time after 8/27 I've already added them to your in-game accounts for you. Anyone who purchased a custom flag or anything of that sort, I apologize but you're going to have to do so again. Anyone new players will unfortunately have to register again, and I've put a notice up on the main page of the website. To sum it all up, we've really doubled down on security and our counter measures against hackers, going so far as to even change servers. I'm actually very excited to see how much we can improve P&W with the help of ss23, and I hope you guys will have the same sentiment. We can really only go upward from here. The game has been rolled back to 8/27, and is currently down for the next approximately 16 hours. I will have it up and ready to go as soon as I am able. Thank you everyone who has understood my difficulties in trying to resolve this matter, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome given the shitty situation that was thrown at me (and the game) and I hope everyone else will be too. Sheepy 4 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilal the Great Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 This is some serious stuff happening here. 4 King Bilal the Great Mediocre The Average monarch of Billonesia Wikia page (if you're into roleplay things). We Tvtropes now. (down the rabbit hole!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SythKingdom Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Alex Posted September 1, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted September 1, 2015 This is some serious stuff happening here. This is some serious stuff happening here. I know. It's 5 in the morning and I wish I could finish it all tonight but I can't. I apologize again for the 16 hour wait or so, but there's nothing I can do about it being stuck on the boat with my laptop battery dead. Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Williamsonn Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Well put your feet up, have a hot beverage and have some fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiadon Clevae Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Did our in-game messages get rolled back too (I'm guessing, "Yes")? Edited September 1, 2015 by Fiadon Clevae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakyr Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Congrats to our new Overlord, ss23! Did our in-game messages get rolled back too (I'm guessing, "Yes")?More than likely. I know. It's 5 in the morning and I wish I could finish it all tonight but I can't. I apologize again for the 16 hour wait or so, but there's nothing I can do about it being stuck on the boat with my laptop battery dead.Go get some sleep and relax, everyone will survive another day or two. Especially if it means that the chance of this happening, is alot less in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isolatar Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Dammit Pub, we should have kept him in Rose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollocks Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Wow, this is a pretty significant roll back and can significantly alter outcomes in the game. The sped up turns, while unfair and annoying, didn't quite reach the level of game-changing. This can and will. While I hope this can fundamentally fix the issue, the roll back unfortunately puts a big dent on the dynamism on the PnW and we're all worse for it. The Coalition Discord: https://discord.gg/WBzNRGK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martbhell Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 One cool new feature out of moving server - paw now is accessible over IPv6 $ host politicsandwar.compoliticsandwar.com has address 104.28.14.118politicsandwar.com has address 104.28.15.118politicsandwar.com has IPv6 address 2400:cb00:2048:1::681c:f76politicsandwar.com has IPv6 address 2400:cb00:2048:1::681c:e76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ss23 Posted September 1, 2015 Administrators Share Posted September 1, 2015 One cool new feature out of moving server - paw now is accessible over IPv6 Yep! We'll probably do some kind of post once the server is up and running properly, but it's running on Cloudflare, which means IPv6 support (as well as some other goodies we can talk about later). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwemyrn Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I hope I'm not getting an extra 5 days of vacation mode. -removed by thor- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martiy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Sheepy I am not questioning your living habits but why not live in a motel for a day or two why are you on a boat Edited September 1, 2015 by martiy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeiffer Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 This is how you lose massive chunks of players all at once. 4 ☾☆ Chairman Emeritus of Mensa HQ ☾☆ "It's not about the actual fish, themselves. Fish are not important in this context. It's about fish-ing, the act of fishing itself." -Jack O'Neill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post James II Posted September 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2015 This is how you lose massive chunks of players all at once. No one is stopping you. 12 "Most successful new AA" - Samuel Bates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dwemyrn Posted September 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2015 This is how you lose massive chunks of players all at once. No one is stopping you. Exactly, you want to be uptight, you could just go, and take the rest of your dio cult with you... 8 -removed by thor- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martbhell Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I hope I'm not getting an extra 5 days of vacation mode. I'm hoping this too, without being too optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Polo Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Terrible time for all this crap to happen and on the day I am picking up two new ps4 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner Temple Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Yep! We'll probably do some kind of post once the server is up and running properly, but it's running on Cloudflare, which means IPv6 support (as well as some other goodies we can talk about later). Number one- What is IPv6? [WARNING-MAY BE SENSITIVE TO SOME PEOPLE] Number Two- Why didn't they do this on 9/11? It would be 'a coincidence' for it to align up with the real world attribute attack that caused millions in losses (All those steels are gone!!! Why?!!!) Is that to far? sorry if it was?! Edited September 1, 2015 by C Temple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeeeet Ronny D Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) my glorious counter attack!!! oh well. I feel like a broken record here, but lets hope this is the end of it, and Sheeps has everthing under control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8F3UE9qFsg Edited September 1, 2015 by Sweeeeet Ronny D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avruch Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 "See if you can improve your performance from previously." That's just great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William of Cobden Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 "See if you can improve your performance from previously." That's just great. my perfomance was pretty damn good previously, bought my missiles. now i am back down to $1 mil and no missiles. yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markotoole Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 hi... i need to reset my account because i only joined 2 days ago, so any help on how to reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ss23 Posted September 1, 2015 Administrators Share Posted September 1, 2015 hi... i need to reset my account because i only joined 2 days ago, so any help on how to reset. If you can wait till tomorrow or later today when Sheepy can get back on and re-enable the game, you'll be able to log in again like you did when you first signed up. Sorry about the delay! He's sleeping at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Saru Posted September 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2015 I hate to sound like a broken record, but I will reiterate. Can you please start keeping daily backups? 8 Second in Command of UPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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