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25 APR 2009 at 4:40pm

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There's a new tournament in my site starting from Friday, May the 8th. Shany is sponsoring the event with 3 of her games [IMG]http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k36/jaynelt/celebrate%20and%20laugh/mexiwave.gif[/IMG]
There will be a game for the winner, a game randomly chosen among places 2-4 (with a 33.3% probability of winning) and a game randomly chosen among places 5-14 (with a 10% probability of winning).
The winners will be able to choose from:
-Culpa Innata
-Secret Files: Tunguska
-Nibiru: Age of Secrets
-Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
-Scratches
-Darkfall: Lights Out
-Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
-Destination: Treasure Island

The tournament will last 7 weeks with 12 pictures per week, at least 6 of them will be from recent or famous games (the likes of Gabriel Knight, Monkey Island, Kyrandia, Myst...). All games were commercially released in English. The same game can appear in different weeks.
The themes will be:
1. kisses galore
2. excessive violence
3. fiendish puzzles
4. box art
5. useful items
6. famous people
7. cute animals
8. name that character
9. golden oldies
10. 11. 12. mysterious details
There's a half point bonus for whoever guesses the most difficult picture (that is the picture with the least number of corrected answers).
The round ends on Friday, at 17:00 GMT.
If you have suggestions please let me know.
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25 APR 2009 at 4:44pm

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That sounds like great fun, SuperEdy! Thanks for taking the time to put the tournament together, and many thanks to Shany for her generosity  
. I already know that should I be lucky enough to win a prize, I'll pick Destination: Treasure Island  
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25 APR 2009 at 4:49pm

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Thanks Nik.

Since the site verifies immediately your guesses, you won't have to scour the net for that particular picture.
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25 APR 2009 at 6:41pm

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It sounds like fun, SuperEdy, and it's very nice of Shany to be your sponsor.  

"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"

-Rabindranath Tagore


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25 APR 2009 at 7:20pm
Deleted UserYou've done it, SuperEdy!   [smiley=clap.gif]
I really like your topics, btw.  

Seeing that I probably won't win anything as per usual, I won't drool over any of the prizes, but- it is nice of you, Shany!

26 APR 2009 at 9:07pm

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This will be great! Thanks both Superedy and Shany for this!  [smiley=bowdown.gif]
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1 MAY 2009 at 9:53am
Deleted UserUgh! It's happening again. The reason why I couldn't give Nik a proper go last time in the one genre I'm good at - RPG.


When I try to get into SEdy's site, I get this message:  
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /home/www/superedy.awardspace.com/functions.inc on line 3
Too many connections



Can someone please help me??   :'(

1 MAY 2009 at 10:45am

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That message most likely means that the database engine driving Edy's site is overloaded, madam, probably because of an unusually high number of visitors.  Likely it will clear up by itself during a lull.
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1 MAY 2009 at 3:49pm

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JKing is right, the default number of max connections allowed by mysql is 151, even if the system administrator increased that number, it's always possible to overload the server with requests (including the ones of pages of other users). Professional sites have dedicated servers, so they don't run out of connections.
Unfortunately there seems to be rush hours, but it's not very predictable :-?
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1 MAY 2009 at 3:58pm
Deleted UserThanks, I got in now, and re-registered under a new (similar) name. I hope you don't mind that I did a bit of a practise run with the older trivia threads, Edy.   :


1 MAY 2009 at 9:25pm

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I've tried to register & I keep getting access denied?

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2 MAY 2009 at 2:56pm

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I'm now registered & ready! (Maybe I had either too many letters in my password or I didn't answer the third question properly!  [smiley=laughing.gif])

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2 MAY 2009 at 3:16pm

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I think it was fault of the server (rush hour strikes back >
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8 MAY 2009 at 5:09pm

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The first round is ready.
There's a half point bonus for whoever guesses the most difficult picture (that is the picture with the least number of corrected answers).
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8 MAY 2009 at 7:45pm

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Thanks SuperEdy!  


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8 MAY 2009 at 7:51pm

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BTW who forgot his password?

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8 MAY 2009 at 8:46pm

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If you mean me I sussed out after my name didn't appear for my 1 right answer that I'd forgotten something! - like Log In!   [smiley=laughing.gif]

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8 MAY 2009 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted By SuperEdy (8 MAY 2009 7:51pm)
BTW who forgot his password?


Edy, with me it's not a case of forgetting my password, but when I try to access the login page, I get an error message:

Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred:

[code=GATEWAY_TIMEOUT] A gateway timeout occurred. The server is unreachable. Retry the request.
Please contact the administrator.


I keep getting a 504 gateway timeout....  

...so I simply re-registered    
 
Well, strangely enough I have no problems actually registering. It's the login that is the problem..  



9 MAY 2009 at 2:32pm

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I realized last night just how much fun it is to have realtime results. Not just my score but others working on it at the same time. "OK, got another one....uh-oh, Lady K. has another....and Taio has got a bunch more! Gotta find some more of these..."


 


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9 MAY 2009 at 2:42pm

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I agree that it's great to guess away & know immediately whether you are right or wrong. I've managed to get a grand total of 2 so far & recognise 4 other screenshots from games I've played but just can't remember which ones they are!   [smiley=hair_pull.gif]

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9 MAY 2009 at 3:04pm

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I'm glad I'm not playing for a prize. This is hard!  


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9 MAY 2009 at 3:23pm

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I too have played all the games so I'm playing for fun!   In the very unlikely event that I win anything!   [smiley=silly.gif] I'll think about that at the time!  
Thank you Shany though as I know that you have donated games as prizes!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

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9 MAY 2009 at 4:23pm

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Originally Posted By TheTraveler (8 MAY 2009 8:46pm)
I keep getting a 504 gateway timeout....  

...so I simply re-registered    
 
Well, strangely enough I have no problems actually registering. It's the login that is the problem..  


Some server takes too much time to answer back, if you refresh/reload your request should take a different route and work.

Yes, it's nice to see other people results real-time
And the immediate verification means you don't have to scour the net for that particular image if you have a hunch.

As I already said in Adventure Gamer, picture number 6 is always googable and picture number 4 is not part of a screenshot, it's always from the front of the game box.

recognise 4 other screenshots from games I've played but just can't remember which ones they are!    [smiley=hair_pull.gif]

Yeah, I hate when that happens

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9 MAY 2009 at 5:53pm

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I forgot to tell you that you have until Friday, 17:00 GMT.

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10 MAY 2009 at 11:40am
Deleted UserAh, well. I've given up fighting with the log in function. Anyway, I've managed to get a few correct answers, though anonomously - while not logged in. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately :
) no-one will ever know...  



Ah, no worries - I already own all the prize games, so it's no skin off my back, and I have less pressure on me while playing anonymously...  


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