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Server change

February 12, 2008 in Misc

We’ve changed servers from host A to host B. We hope to get all the old posts back up ASAP.

We’ll also resolve any glitches with the main site as we find them, such as missing pages.

Thanks

Downtime

January 14, 2008 in Misc

Well, just here to apologize for the rather frequent downtimes GotWarcraft has been experiencing recently.  The main problem as we’ve discovered is simply… too much traffic, or rather, our servers can’t handle the current load of surging visitors.  Therefore I’ve been working the problem out with our hosting service and hope to get back to a stable level of maintained uptime soon.

Thanks.

Road to Glory: Polyphasic Sleeping and Gaming Greatness

January 7, 2008 in Misc

Well, simply judging from the title I’m certain that you can at least hedge a guess as to what this post is about. Should you not then let me inform you of a singularly powerful and unique method of attaining gaming greatness and more – Polyphasic Sleeping.

For those of you not yet in the know, Polyphasic sleeping is the practice of taking numerous naps of everywhere from 15-45 minutes of sleep, dependent upon the system followed, in place of the one large chunk of sleep that people usually utilize within their routine, called Monophasic sleeping.

The overall return, should you manage to master this seemingly impossible regimen, is apparently almost the holy grail for those like myself who dislike sleeping: the ability to gain all the benefits of the seven-eight hour sleep period within a period of three to four hours of naps spread throughout the day.

Now that I’ve explained that, here’s a link for more information should you so desire from Wikipedia. Allow me to inform you of why this benefits gamers like myself. To some this would be obvious, others, perhaps not so much. Regardless, this schedule effectively allows for (following my designated sleeping pattern for this test) twenty-one hours of wakefulness and activity with just three-hours of sleep, sounds beautiful.

Of course I’ve also heard of a few problems concerning this, the primary one being the almost impossible adaptation period, the state of zombification lasting between one to two weeks or so. Beyond that, it separates you from normal society given your odd sleeping habits as compared to almost all others, that is of course unless you and friends/family also participate, but that’s very unlikely.

So, essentially, risking ridicule from all who know me and possibly setting myself up for Spartan pain camp, I, Madgan, am from this point onward attempting to master the Polyphasic sleeping regimen.

Well, wish me luck. Should I succeed I guess I’ll be enjoying that many more hours of gaming and so on, and I should also update Gotwarcraft more often.