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qpfc
qpfc
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13:28 Sun 23 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
So how come, when my screen freezes, the clock still counts down ,and I lose? I can hear the ticking... I can hear my opponent giggling... but I can't play. When his browser's giving up the ghost, I have to wait for him.

When I played an opponent at Power, he was given 70 seconds to take a shot four or five times. On the final shot, I waited over 4 1/2 minutes for him to end the game... Nothing showed up to tell me he was experiencing trouble...
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13:45 Sun 23 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
Ive experienced the same problem. On some occasions in Power, the other person literally takes alot longer than 20 seconds to play. Yet, the screen isnt frozen as the cue is still moving. When i reach the 20 second time limit, i dont get any extra time and often end up losing the shot.
dgeneratio
dgeneratio
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13:51 Sun 23 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
when it happens to me it goes into freezing mode but the game carries on although i am there so sometimes its 2 random shots before computer goes into normal mode again.

but thats my computer rather than anything else.
nick
nick
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19:05 Mon 24 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
Regarding the 20 second count down, please see http://www.funkysnooker.com/help#opponent_shot_timer

help said:
The shot timer is independent on each persons computer. It is only a guide on the opponents shot. If the opponent is lagging or disconnected, then it allows the opponent to reconnect and take the shot. An automatic random shot is taken when the time runs out on their machine.


The game "freezing" sounds like a serious problem that I've not witnessed (I've heard off it only very occasionally before). Can you give more details, including Java version and browser details? How do you know random shots are occurring, because sound is working? And does the chat area still work?
dgeneratio
dgeneratio
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19:12 Mon 24 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
my java is fine as you saw yesterday, what happens with mine is i get a cloud like substance and then all i can do is keep pressing F5 to try and revive the window sometimes it works and others it just asks me to force close.

meanwhile when i press F5 the game is continuing and time still runs down like i am away from computer, most times i put shot clock on 40 seconds or above to try and prevent this
nick
nick
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21:52 Mon 24 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
Which browser and version are you using? Do you have the ability to swap browsers to verify if it's a browser error?
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21:55 Mon 24 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
Btw nick ca we have have more mirco tornis please mate
dgeneratio
dgeneratio
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21:58 Mon 24 Jan 11 (GMT)  [Link]  
firefox its same on opera but on opera i can't F5 it as it will restart window where as firefox doesn't
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