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Sunday, March 07, 2010 at 12:24:25 PM
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Late update tonight
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I have a lot going on today, and will likely have a much later than usual update. It may be as late as 9:00 PM, though I'm hoping to have it done well before that.
Thanks, and sorry for the potential delay.
--Mike
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 6:33:06 AM
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New Sires Update
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I will be updatign the sire database within the enxt 2-3 weeks. If you see any sires not in the game that should be (or mislocated ones), please send them to me so I can get them in. Any information (website, past history, price) about the sire would be greatly appreciated.
The local bred racing has really raised interest in ALL of the sires, and I've been receiving requests to add many. Trying to keep up with them week-to-week is tricky, but I will attempt to sweep in blocks of new sires quarterly.
..oh, and BLIT is making some real progress on the viewer! 
Thanks!
--Mike
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 9:05:27 PM
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We have a new horse to look at!
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Here is what our friends at BLIT have been working on :
(i'ts a PNG file... some older browers can't render this pic but, fear not.. the viewer is a Unity plugin that should work just fine)
This is only a first pass and not even the finished product, so the jockey is a little tall. Still, it's looking pretty darn spiffy if you ask me!
Also, please read the previous messages from the last few days about the site sluggishness and a likely fix to some race carding issues.
--Mike
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 7:14:30 AM
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Slow Site + 3yo races
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Nothing too much new to add on the site slowness. I think it's been better since I removed the backup. If you see it going slow (partuicularly timing out), please let me know. If I can narrow down the time, I can likely figure out what is causing it.
Also, as many of you have noticed, there weren't many 3yo races lately. That was due to a glitch that snuck in when programming the local bred races (which, by design, don't have anything execpt 2yo and 3yo+ races). I think it should be starting 4260. Sorry for the problem. If it looks like it still isn't correct, let me know Sunday after those races are carded.
Thanks!
--Mike
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Monday, February 15, 2010 at 3:52:12 AM
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Slow Site - Attempted a fix
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I have made and attempt to fix the site sluggishness. If you can, let me know if the site's performance improves over the next 24-48 hours.
Thanks, and sorry again.
--Mike
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Monday, February 15, 2010 at 3:41:22 AM
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Slow site
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
hey guys!
The site has been slow lately, though it seems to be getting worse.
I have a couple of ideas as to why (one includes a backup I have been having run on it), and will try to work to improve response time over the next day or so.
Sorry for the problems.
--Mike
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Friday, February 05, 2010 at 11:15:15 PM
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Updates later than expected...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
..running into some problems. The update will be up soon. Sorry for the delay.
--Mike
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4:19:24 PM
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Schedule Changes - February 5-8
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
I have some thing planned for the weekend of February 6th which will make uploading races, verifying football games, etc. unmanageable. To accommodate this, there will be a change to the normal schedule of weekend activities.
Deeproute / VOFL - No games or practices will be processed starting Saturday at Noon EST and progressing through Monday evening. That will be 3 days with no games (Saturday - Monday).
DerbyFever - I will post Saturday results on Friday evening at approximately 6:00 PM EST (so claims will need to be in by this time). The update that follows this will be posted several hours later (probably around 10:00 PM EST). I will perform the regular weekend update that normally occurs on Sunday as early as 7:00 AM EST on Saturday morning (so breeding, race bidding, etc needs to be in at this time).
Thank you for you understanding.
--Mike
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 8:21:05 AM
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Viewer News
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
Hey guys!
Well, we've made some progress! I have signed the contract and sent the first installment payment in for the new viewer!
The company, BLIT, Inc., has done some fantastic work for some big companies. They have already begun work on the viewer, and have an ambitious schedule for completion. Check out some of their work at http://blitinteractive.com
The viewer will require the Unity3D plugin, but will play inside your browser. Unity3D is much more advanced for 3D rendering than Shockwave, and the plugin is actually smaller.
I'm very excited, and I hope everyone else is as well!
--Mike
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Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 7:27:21 AM
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Stable upload kicked the bucket yesterday...
Posted by administrator under DerbyFever.com Blog
..somewhere in the middle. I wasn't aware of it until this morning. I am updating everything again.
I'll try to hold off an extra hour or so before today's update, but I have a pretty busy schedule today that involved getting the update complete. Sorry for the problems.
Generally, if you don't see things compeltely updated by 5:00 on a Saturday, something went wrong. If that's the case, always feel free to contact me.
Thanks!
--Mike
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