Scheduled Maintenance: Monday, July 18th

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by c0wg0d, Jul 11, 2016.

  1. c0wg0d

    c0wg0d Master Owner Moderator Helper VIP

    Maintenance will begin at approximately 9pm Arizona time.

    To find the time in your timezone, see here: http://everytimezone.com/#2016-7-18,960,cn3
    Or here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Sandlot+Maintenance&iso=20160718T21&p1=197

    All servers except the lobby will be unavailable for an indeterminate amount of time. We are going to be testing a new chat system (which some of you may remember from before). As many of you probably recall, a long time ago we were having major headaches with a "Proxy Kick" error. This error was caused by the new chat plugin. Now that some time has passed and that plugin has had multiple updates, and we are on 1.8+ across all servers, and we support name changes, I am hoping that those Proxy Kick errors will no longer happen. The only way I can test this is to take all servers offline, have everyone chat spam (the only time where you aren't breaking the rule!) in the lobby and see what happens. If nobody gets kicked, I will bring other servers on one by one and we will test doing cross-server private messages. Eventually I will bring all servers online and we'll see how that goes. If we don't see any errors for an hour or two, then I'd say we're pretty safe. If we do still get Proxy Kicks, then it's back to the drawing board!

    Thanks for your patience and understanding.
     
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  2. bizarr0

    bizarr0 Master Moderator Elder VIP

    Thanks for continually trying to improve the Sandlot for us. I'm looking forward to getting the new chat system back. Hopefully it works!
     
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  3. RoseHare

    RoseHare Title

    Woop WOOP! thanks c0w!!! :p:D That'll be fun/funny when everybody is spamming the chat in the lobby ... maybe cause a lot of lag, but worth it! xdD What's Proxy Kick? Is it a glitch, or a misunderstanding on the part of teh computer chat system? Or someting else? xdD :p:D
     
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  4. bizarr0

    bizarr0 Master Moderator Elder VIP

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    I pray, Rose, that you never find out. ;)

    Proxy Kicks were where you would get kicked from the Sandlot with some error like "[Proxy] Lost connection to the server.". It could happen 5 times in 2 minutes or it could go for half a day without a single issue. It was very frustrating. :/

    biz
     
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  5. drviccydds

    drviccydds The Greatest Fictional Character VIP

    c0w, we can always count on you to keep us posted!
    I am also looking forward to the new chat system!
     
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  6. RoseHare

    RoseHare Title

    o
     
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  7. HamYoyo

    HamYoyo Adept

    Thanks for all your hard work @c0wg0d! :D
     
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  8. _A1sauce_

    _A1sauce_ Expert

    Yay! Hope everything works out :) Thanks c0w!
     
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  9. oddquake

    oddquake trying to be the best she can be

    Thanks for the hard work c0w! I hope proxy kicks are gone forever :rolleyes:
     
  10. It is so late where I live I want to spam the chat with MM is evil, MM is awesome, @trubuhl's dirty socks power!
     
  11. TheAfkOne

    TheAfkOne something amusing VIP

    Thank you c0w for all your hard work! I don't think I'll be on, that'll be around midnight for me
     
  12. LegoBoyo

    LegoBoyo Pop Culture Enthusiast Elder Helper VIP




    Breaking rules! WOO! I mean yay! I can't wait to test... :confused:



    Thanks c0wg0d for the message! Hopefully I will be available to test.
     
  13. FunGiFunGuy

    FunGiFunGuy Artisan

    Yeah thanks for all the hard word and effort you put into this server! And breaking the rules! Sounds fun.
     
  14. CreeperSword

    CreeperSword Master

    :(:(:(:(:( 9pm Arizona time is 11pm my time. If arizona time is mountain time.
     
  15. Xovyota

    Xovyota Has A Creative Title

    Yay! I'm sure to have fun spamming! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA--*ahem* But I will save the spam for later.

    Anyways, thanks c0w!
     
  16. CreeperSword

    CreeperSword Master

    I went to the second link and it said it was 9pm MST and 12am EDT. Isn't it MDT?
     
  17. c0wg0d

    c0wg0d Master Owner Moderator Helper VIP

    Arizona does not observe daylight savings time. We don't ever switch our clocks here, which is why I have to look up timezones every single time I make a post like this. I wish the rest of America would get with the program and realize how ridiculous daylight savings time is...
     
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  18. Avatar_plays_MC

    Avatar_plays_MC Help I'm stuck in a simulation!

    I wish I was there to spam my head off test the new chat plugin.....

    Indeed...
     
  19. CreeperSword

    CreeperSword Master

    I don't really like the spring daylight savings time because I "lose" an hour :(. I love the fall one because I "Gain" an hour :).
     
  20. Mickeyheart

    Mickeyheart Grandificent Grandmama Mickeyosity Moderator Helper VIP

    Thanks c0w. You work endlessly and put so much effort in for a new version of the server every time maintenance is completed. We love you, you're such a great administrator! :)