Server Status Updates [via Twitter]

[Bits]

Can we change the title of the thread, every time i check the forums i see that the server is now Twitter and then i get confused and my head hurts.

Ha! added "via" so you won't get confused.

[zak68]

I just enabled the code that removes old tweets prior to posting status to run every status update.

great, neat work

[Bits]

Apologies for recent tweet spam -- live tests were sent to twitter to see what we could get away with as far as spacing and additional characters.

[catholicism198]

Think it's gotten to the point where you should only tweet when the server comes online and now every hour.
So sad it's gone...

[Bits]

It seems more than a few of you would rather have the status update when things change and not have a new tweet every time we check the status. I still think having a recent update is better than an old one (if you've been checking the site, you know this pain).

The following updates were made based on feedback:
- new version logs status to a file on server
- we compare the current status to the last status
- if different, we post to twitter
- tweets no longer get deleted automatically

[Bits]

NIce work, thank you.
Can you push the tweet only when there is an effective change of status ?

Updated the live version with this functionality enabled. Testing it out for now -- at least until RoR is up and running again.

[Roboyed]

Sigmar bless you good sir.

[Marsares]

Gutted the server is down so often due to DDOS. Even started playing GW2 again, that's how bad the boredom is.

[Thornsectide]

Gutted the server is down so often due to DDOS. Even started playing GW2 again, that's how bad the boredom is.

same, but Eternal Crusade and D3

[xblooded1x]

I'm hoping on the Eternal Crusade train on the 22nd. Going to use that as my backup game for when this is down. Which unfortunately seems to be often.