Logon Problem Fixed

I think I fixed the logon issue. Still using the old ISP but....whatever works.
Q

The Continuing Saga of The New ISP

So I called the Billing Department at Verizon and told them to remove my service. This was Wednesday morning. The lady want's to know, "Why? You've only had it two days".

"It does not work for me! Make it work or remove it!", I said with all the due politness I've learned at BadLands RPG.

"Wait! Let me get you some real help". I think my Dwarven accent scared her. It's not a Smellaphone so it wasn't my bad breath.

The tech I spoke with said in a hush-hush manner that the Verizon equipment is junk and that's the problem. He has FiOS at home and need ports open to play a game and went through all this. He said he will send out a tech to change something then I can open the ports to the server and get my 15/15 and host BadLands. Don't hold your breath because I sure as Troll Snott won't be holding mine. Hopefully this will work but....... I am willing to try.

Oh, by the way, he did not say when the tech would be out.

Ya know, I told the installer what I wanted and I showed him my server, why didn't he make that oh-so-simple-adjustment then?

Q

Verizon FiOS vs Time Warner Cable

I tried a new ISP (Verizon FiOS, Fiber Optic) that was supposed to be about 30 times faster than my old ISP (Time Warner/Road Runner, Cable). Verizon FiOS was faster, yes. Nearly 30 times faster, yes. BUT! and that's a BIG BUT! I could not get my server to do server stuff. After a day and a half (36 hours) and countless calls to tech support and the companies that made the new equipment it just isn't going to happen. Verizon finally realized that I wanted to run a REAL Server and they said that's not allowed. I had read the fine print before I signed up and never saw any thing about that. When I pointed this out they did not say a word except, Quote, "We want more money. You need to talk to a different department now.", unquote. So then I told 'em to make it work or remove it. "That's a different department", was their response.

I hooked up the old equipment with the old ISP and the new server is working just like it's supposed to, as a REAL SERVER! Working correctly at a slower speed is better than not working at a faster speed.

Qwildurn Bluemoon, server host of BadLands RPG

Simon Says.

Well, yesterday was a day of 'firsts'. I usually do cool stuff when nobody I know is around to witness it. Usually it's the other way around, if I do something totally ridiculous EVERYONE and their brother is around to see it. Oh well.

1.) Finally figured out how to claim the Maze of the Lost. OMG, I must be dumb but it's so freakin' obvious now. My caster had an ace up her sleeve that I totally overlooked. I was sitting there just scrolling through the different options and was like "oh yeah, duh". So watch out, Arcane Brotherhood should hopefully own the maze more often. :P

2.) Solo killed Dark Ryuji, damn it was hard and took a few tries but I did it. Im thinking I need a few more levels (Like 10 more) to be more effective with that specific character.

3.) Solo killed Meph, he was easy (mega minions are a pain), I don't know why I never tried doing it before.

4.) I learned that I still really really suck balls at PvP. The next few weeks I want to devote to PvP training and tactics. Next time Paine Killer won't be so lucky. :P.

All in all it was a productive weekend (as far as gaming is concerned), and thanks again to Q for hosting the BadLands. Even though there are some bugs to work out, with a little patience all the new hardware and ISP speed with be totally worth it. Hang in there everyone and try not to give Q TOO much grief (well, maybe a little at least).

The New Server

I transfered everything over to the newer, faster server today (Friday the 13th). Something is out of adjustment still. One thing that I have noticed is that the module is back online much quicker as compared to the old server.
I am working on the problem.
The old server is turned off completely now. The Web Site and everything is being server from the new server now.

Qwildurn

SERVER UPGRADE SOON

SERVER UPGRADE SOON

On Monday, 16 June 2008 I will be getting a new ISP (Internet Service Provider). I will also be transferring your user accounts over to a faster computer.

• The new ISP is Verizon FiOS (fiber-optic).
• About 30 times faster than my current cable.
• Bandwidth: Down / Up
  • Old: 8k / 500
  • New: 15k / 15k
• The new serving computer has four (4) 2700 MHz Xeon CPU's.
• The old server has four (4) 500 MHz Xeon CPU's.


• Way fast I think it will be!

I will need to shut down BadLands RPG to copy your user files and data base over. I don't expect the server to be down much more than two hours, but........ Hopefully this transfer will be painless.

As you probably allready know, I host BadLands and my own web site Qwildurn's DND Server from my house. If there are serious complication's, I will be on it.

WebMaster: qwildurn@ca.rr.com

Qwildurn - Server host of BadLands RPG and BadLands 2082

Edited for readability by Auther

Tournament of Champions

Are any of the DM's interested in holding a legendary level character death match someday?

Winner gets a statue with his name on it posted in Dozo for awhile.