Tables v4.0 Beta Update
Thursday, May 28. 2009

Thank you everyone who has been helping out with the beta test. I have gone through all of the e-mails and every bug submitted. All of the bugs submitted to me should now be fixed; however, I am sure there are still at least a couple out there yet to be found. Keep sending any bugs you find to bugs@pokerrpg.com. I think a focus point should be testing the side pots to the limits.

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Vote @ MPOGD
Wednesday, May 27. 2009

I have added MPOGD.com to the vote list. It isn't for any points, but if we get to #1 for the month, we can expect to see the number of players at the tables double helping to keep those dull times with low table levels to a minimum. If you want to help out the site, go to http://mpogd.com and click on "VOTE" to the bottom left of the top 5 games list on the front page, or you can click on the link from the Free Points page.

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Tables v4.0 Mass Beta Test
Tuesday, May 26. 2009

It has been around a year and a half since the last major new release of the poker tables. There have been a lot of tweaks and attempted bug fixes throughout that time. It became quite apparent that the current v3 is about as good as it can get due to limitations of the code, so I decided to recode the entire poker backed from the ground up, improving the structure of the system, eliminating 80% of the overhead, and streamlining performance. You won't see much visual difference between versions 3 and 4, but the performance and small fixes here and there should speak for themselves.

In order to avoid past mistakes, I have setup a beta test of the new tables to clear out any remaining bugs in the system before replacing the current tables. I am offering all of you the chance to get one of those 'Beta Tester' achievements. In order to get an achievements, you must be the first to submit a valid bug -- send all bugs to bugs@pokerrpg.com and include your username if you want credit.

I encourage you to do anything and everything you can think of to try and break the system, I want the new tables to be rock solid and completely polished when they replace the current tables.

New Features/Fixes:
- Entirely recoded backend
- Much improved responsiveness and speed
- Improved action text
- Ability to view your folded cards by placing your mouse over your status
- Slight visual tweaks
- Added new action sounds
- Users leaving the table will not be removed from the table until a hand is over if they are in the hand
- New rebuy system that works and looks much better
- Fixed screen size for multiple browsers
- Improved pre-turn options
- Fixed pre-turn call bug
- Fixed side pot system
- When a player goes all in and is called by someone with less chips, the difference is given back
- Winning hands are announced correctly in the actions window
- Various other bug fixes

Participate in the Beta

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Temporary Host Problems
Monday, May 25. 2009

I have done some tweaking to the server to help minimize, if not eliminate the occurrence of this infamous error message.

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Poker Face
Friday, May 22. 2009

The bug keeping you from uploading a new poker face since the server change has now been fixed.

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Backend Updates
Thursday, May 21. 2009

I am working on revamping a lot of the behind the scenes code to make the site more efficient. This has started with changing how some of the backend works for various functions around the site, and will move on to redo a lot of the code running poker tables (in order to clear out remaining bugs). Some of these changes could cause issues with other features around the site. I think I have corrected any issues, but if you notice something, leave a comment.

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Site Speed Poll, pt. 2
Thursday, May 21. 2009

I have reposted the same poll from 2 weeks ago about the site speed to see how the results change on the new server.

Click here to vote

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Server Hiccups
Wednesday, May 20. 2009

Sorry about the slowdown issues for the past several hours. There were some configurations on the server that needed to be tweaked. These have been done now and the site is running great. If you find anymore issues please let me know and I will get them taken care of as fast as I can.

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New Server
Wednesday, May 20. 2009

The site is now on the new server, let me know if you see anything that isn't working right as I might have missed some configurations that were needed.

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[update] New Server
Tuesday, May 19. 2009

The new server is now setup at the new datacenter. I have some configuring to do to get it ready and I should be ready to transfer the site tonight if everything goes as planned. Get ready for a lag-free PokerRPG!

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Too Many at One Table
Sunday, May 17. 2009

The bug that sometimes puts 2 people in the same chair when a table two people join a table at the same time should now be fixed.

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Bugs Survey
Sunday, May 17. 2009

Please take the below single field survey to help me out in clearing out all of the bugs in tables.

Click Here

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Server Move
Sunday, May 17. 2009

We will be moving to a new server within the next 72 hours most likely. I have gotten a deal for a new server that is multiple times more powerful than the current server and will keep costs exactly the same. I will update you all again before the switch happens, but for most people downtime will only be an hour or two.

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New Poll
Sunday, May 10. 2009

Please take the following poll regarding what should be the highest priority right now.

Click Here

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Tables and IE8
Sunday, May 10. 2009

Those of you that are using or wish to use IE8 should know that you will no longer get an error when trying to join or create a table.

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