Comments on: CSFBL server/connectivity issues

By: brian

brian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:08:53 +0000

@mike — you probably lack any money in scouting. Invest in scouting to see players more accurately.

@Cecil — site is up and running (and as far as I know has been) — are you still having problems?

By: Cecil

Cecil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:56:00 +0000

6/10/2008 – I am unable to access any csfbl url & do not find a current alternative site updating status

By: mike

mike — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:25:56 +0000

how come in postseason my hitters all advanced as normal but my pitchers tanked
walker 23 years old rookie of the year cy young last year went from po67 fi70 co65 sy52 to po 56
fi 58 co 55 fi47 thomas 29 year old went from 57 40 66 62 to 49 39 56 54 noyes a 21 year old went from 40 73 70 60 to 42 64 61 55 i was paying over 4 million for both development and drills this blows now what happen

By: Lureguy

Lureguy — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:56:30 +0000

Oops, now I can. Sorry.

By: Lureguy

Lureguy — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:55:18 +0000

Unable to access CSFBL this morning. :>)

By: brian

brian — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:13:57 +0000

No ETA, but keep in mind that CSFBL will go the “freemium” approrach (similar to Hattrick.org), where you can play for free or pay for value-added “premium” services.

BTW — CSFBL is back, so you can post in the forums there.

By: LukeM

LukeM — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:15:15 +0000

When will you be letting us know when we will have to start paying for the game?

By: JP

JP — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:03:30 +0000

Thanks for your hard work and having to spend all that time on the phone with Verizon. When I used to live in NYC, I ran the network/phones for my office and those Verizon people are a complete pain in the a$$. I’ve never been more frustrated with a situation then trying to a connection back up or get the phone lines working again. Thanks!

By: brian

brian — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:10:27 +0000

@JChuck:

No attack taken. Every dollar ever taken in by CSFBL has been put back into the game — the game has run, and continues to run, at a deficit, even considering the money from the last server drive. In retrospect, NOT buying a new or second server a year ago was a good idea — it wouldn’t have eliminated the problem we experienced today, or the problems we routinely experience throughout the year (particularly in the summer with brownouts and overheating). Basements are nice places to hang memorabilia, not as good for hanging servers.

We have some plans in place for creating a steadier revenue stream to help cover costs as we move to more expensive (and more powerful) hosting solutions. I can’t say much yet, because I haven’t finished details.

BTW — CSFBL is back up. Writing an announcement now…

By: JChuck

JChuck — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:43:20 +0000

Thanks brian.

Somebody mentioned fundraising, but I am curious as to what happened to the last fundraising efforts for CSFBL. I remember brian mentioning a new server, and then discussions were surrounding a server that would be transferred to brian and we would run two servers, one for the forums and one for the sims…and neither ever seemed to materialize. Not trying to be difficult, but can we be assured that any fundraising efforts will actually produce the results we are promised this time around?

I’m trying to discuss this in a civil manner, by the way. I promise this is not an attack of any kind.