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Connection Problems
3/31/2009 10:10:29 AMtrivia
We are experiencing some problems with our server hosts which may be causing some of you to have problems connecting or even accessing interactrivia.com. The problems have been going on for 2 days and we hope to have resolution shortly.
On Friday, March 27 at 11:10 AM PDT, and again today Monday, March 30 at 12:25 PM PDT, GoGrid suffered a series of large scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that affected the network connectivity of many GoGrid servers.
These network attacks were of a type that we had not seen before, and which our automated network attack prevention hardware was unfortunately unable to prevent.
We estimate that up to 25% of GoGrid customers had servers that were either unreachable or had degraded network performance and packet loss during significant parts of both of these attacks, and at times as much as half of you were affected more briefly. We know that many of you rely on GoGrid to run your critical Internet infrastructure, and apologize for the impacts to your business that these attacks may have caused.
Dan
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Looking For Teachers
12/2/2008 10:51:37 PMtrivia
We are looking for a few teachers to act as an advisory panel for an "InteracTrivia" styled project to bring interactive, trivia-based learning/repetition to classroom teachers around the world. Our goal is to allow teachers to offer their students a fun and compelling place to learn classroom materials with minimal work required to get going. We have a pretty good handle on the vision at this point but would love to hear from those of you "in the trenches" on issues of functionality and implementation.
We feel that trivia-based learning can be a valuable complement to the classroom approach by encouraging competition/reward and repetition. Our goal is to give teachers the tools to be able to quickly launch their own trivia games with content that reinforces or complements classroom learning goals and control over game participants and activity with minimal effort. Once we have an advisory team together, I will give more details on what we hope to accomplish.
If you are interested in helping us tune this project for the greatest success please send an email to dreicher [at] interactrivia [dot] com with your name, location and grade(s)/subject(s) you teach. Please include any opening thoughts you may have on the idea. We know your time is valuable and will respect it as so.
Please confine discussion to the forum thread located here.
Thank you in advance,
Dan, aka "trivia"
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Game Issues
11/14/2008 10:02:42 PMinteractrivia
We are in the process of moving our servers to accommodate increased traffic. During the process, some users may experience difficulties seeing user status or chatting in the game. If you experience these, or other, issues please clear your browsers cache and re-enter the game. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Tournament: October 26th
10/15/2008 7:02:01 AMinteractrivia
Tournament Announcement
We invite all players to
participate in the following tournament:
Date: Sunday, 26th October, 2008
Location: General 2 – No sports
Time: Pacific 3pm, Central 5pm, Eastern 6pm - (Please check international times as Daylight Saving may apply)
Format: The tournament will consist of 3 games. Participation will be in the form of teams, 2 players
per team. The winning team will be determined by combining the scores of each teammate—highest combined team score wins. Teams may collaborate by using PM or IM/chat programs.
Results: Final Team scores, including individual scores for each team member will be posted here shortly after the tournament.
Prizes: Each member of the winning team will receive an Interactrivia charter membership. In
the event a winner is already a charter member they may nominate a non-member to receive the prize.
Other details: Participating teams must register team and team members here at least 1 hour prior to commencement of tournament. New teams
will not be accepted beyond the deadline, except under circumstances listed below! In the event a registered teammate is not present at least 10
minutes prior to the start to the tournament, the teammate present has the option to team up with another player or he/she may choose to wait if they have
reason to believe their teammate will turn up by tournament start time.
Should the delayed teammate not turn up by tournament start time, the teammate present may not form a new team once tournament has begun, nor will they be
permitted to participate solo. If there is the slightest chance that a tournament player will be delayed, we urge that they communicate with their
teammate before hand and discuss how to proceed. Should a delayed teammate arrive before tournament start time but after their teammate has teamed with another player, the delayed player may join the tournament if
he/she can find a teammate before the tournament begins.
Good Luck!!!!!
Contact info: interactriviatournaments@hotmail.com
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Help Us Improve
10/6/2008 7:28:21 PMtrivia
As we continue to add new features to our game platform it's becoming even more obvious that one area we desperately need to concentrate on is our questions. In an attempt to speed up the process of growing our question base significantly we're hoping that you (our wonderful users) will assist us. You will find a link at the top of the channel selection page that opens a form to submit questions for inclusion in our games. The form should open in a new window allowing you enter a few questions even while enjoying one of our games.
We appreciate the continued support and contributions from all our loyal users and hope that you will join us in a concerted effort to grow the number of questions in our database.
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Tournament: August 31st
8/26/2008 4:50:43 PMtrivia
We invite all players to participate in the following tournament:
Location: To be announced 2-3 days prior to tournament
Date: Sunday, 31st August, 2008
Time: Pacific 3pm, Central 5pm, Eastern 6pm, UK 11pm
Format: The tournament will consist of 3 games. Participation will be in the form of teams, 2 players per team. The winning team will be determined by combining the scores of each teammate—highest combined team score wins. Teams may collaborate by using pm or chat programs.
Results: Final Team scores, including individual scores for each team member will be posted here shortly after the tournament.
Prizes: Each member of the winning team will receive an Interactrivia charter membership. In the event a winner is already a charter member they may nominate a non-member to receive the prize.
Other details: Participating teams must register team and team members in the forum area at least 1 hour prior to commencement of tournament. New teams will not be accepted beyond the deadline, except under circumstances listed below! In the event a registered teammate is not present at least 10 minutes prior to the start to the tournament, the teammate present has the option to team up with another player or he/she may choose to wait if they have reason to believe their teammate will turn up by tournament start time. Should the delayed teammate not turn up by tournament start time, the teammate present may not form a new team once tournament has begun, nor will they be permitted to participate solo. If there is the slightest chance that a tournament player will be delayed, we urge that they communicate with their teammate before hand and discuss how to proceed. Should a delayed teammate arrive before tournament start time but after their teammate has teamed with another player, the delayed player may join the tournament if he/she can find a teammate before the tournament begins.
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Tivo Game back online
11/6/2007 10:11:58 PMtrivia
Sorry, everyone for the delay in getting our Tivo Game Server back online. We had to rework a few things to utilize the new gaming platform. Of course, all's well that ends well...we're back online now and you can resume your Tivo trivia action.
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Happy Halloween
10/31/2007 7:37:44 AMtrivia
Happy Halloween, everybody. Something about Halloween just brings out the freak in everybody - and this week around here has been no different. So, enjoy it while it lasts and fly your freak-flag high and proud for the next 24 hours - after today you're just a misfit.
In the spirit of trivia, here's some Halloween related trivia:
- Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
- Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
- Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
- Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
- The character Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis in the first "Halloween" movie, was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.
- Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Holloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.
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New Community Features
10/26/2007 4:49:36 AMInteracTrivia Support
In keeping with our goal of offering the most interactive and fun trivia experience on the internet - we're adding new features to extend and enhance our community.
Beginning today, you can view profiles of every player at InteracTrivia (see a sample here), including their game stats, friends, recent games and more. You can even add a comment to their page.
You'll also notice an entirely new leaderboard. Click on any user to be taken to their profile page.
We hope you enjoy and take full advantage of the new features. Also, update your profile now by clicking your username in the upper-right of our web site (after signing in).
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Game Outages
10/22/2007 11:17:37 PMInteracTrivia Support
The datacenter where our game controller is housed (located in Southern California) lost power early this afternoon because of the fires. We apologize for the temporary outage, and are back online now.
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New Interactive Map
10/21/2007 8:55:49 AMInteracTrivia Support
One of the most common feature requests we get is to make the in-game map a bit more "interactive".
You asked, we delivered. Starting today, you will be able move your mouse over a point on the map to see the name of the player. Clicking on their map point will bring up their profile - where you can see their point totals, scoring averages and a larger version of their avatar.
Plus, as an added bonus - you can now zoom and pan the entire map. Click the magnifying glass in the lower-left corner of the map to blow it up to 2 times normal size and use your mouse to drag it around.
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Add Multiplayer Trivia Games To Your Own Site
10/20/2007 7:35:17 PMInteracTrivia Support
Over the past couple of months we've received numerous requests on adding our trivia games to other sites. So, instead of keeping all the fun to ourselves - we've built a brand new platform that allows anyone to add the same interactive, multiplayer games you love on their own site.
Site operators can build their own game channels, using their own questions and content. Smaller sites, fan sites, club sites, and the like can add a single channel for free. We have service plans available to larger sites to accomodate any needs.
A total online management system is available for managing channels and content, as well as a full web services API for the greatest level of control.
Full details and to get started, visit http://api.interactrivia.com.
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We're Making Some Changes
10/19/2007 7:15:13 AMInteracTrivia Support
Please bear with us as we make some changes. We're doing everything we can to bring you the most engaging and fun trivia experience on the web.
If you've been around a while, you'll no doubt notice we've changed the look of our site. We've also spent the past few months building an entirely new gaming platform that is more stable and will allow us to build the type of game and site we think you want and deserve.
So, let us know what you think and bear with us as we bring back some features that may have been cut along the way - and, more importantly, add new ones.
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Guest Access Enabled
3/2/2007 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
We've decided to test enabling guest access to our game system. You may now enjoy InteracTrivia games without registering. Some game features are disabled during guest access - most notably you will not be able to chat with other players and scores will not be saved.
If all goes well during the testing phase, we hope to make this a permanent option.
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Save Quotes
1/25/2007 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
So, you're playing a game and between questions a quote comes on the screen that is so profound, so earth-shatteringly poignant, so revolutionary and BAM! - it's gone. Well, no more.
A couple of loyal users thought it would be a good feature to allow users to save these gems for later digestion and we couldn't have agreed more. So, when you a see a quote you like - hit the save icon in the lower-right corner of the quote area and it will be saved in your account for you to revisit a little later.
Simply sign-in to your account page and click 'My Quotes' from the account menu and all your favorites will be there for your review. Delete them, print them out or copy-and-paste into an e-mail to spread the insight around the world.
Special thanks to users cmrabbu and wadd0009 for their feedback and bringing this great new feature to our attention.
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Game Changes
1/12/2007 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
We've implemented some changes to our trivia game. Get the full details of the changes and discussion in our Community Forums.
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Forums Launched
1/6/2007 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
InteracTrivia is pleased to announce the launch of our new community forums. Users can utilize this area of our site to discuss all things related to trivia and InteracTrivia, get help and support from our team and other InteracTrivia users and discuss and help us improve our products.
Forums can be viewed at http://www.interactrivia.com/community
We appreciate your continued support and feedback.
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28% more Trivia Fun!
12/22/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
Based on user feedback, we have made some exciting changes to our trivia games. Most importantly, we've squeezed 11 more trivia questions into our half-hour game format. Now, each game is packed full with 32 questions (4 rounds of 8 questions) - replacing the old 25-question format - a 28% increase in questions per game.
With the new game format, we had to pick up the pace quite a bit to fit it all in, so be ready for some quick answer action.
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Trivia on your Tivo!
12/21/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
Want to enjoy multiplayer trivia on your Tivo? InteracTrivia is pleased to announce a new game client for network-enabled Tivo digital video recorders. Enjoy all the same games and play against other Tivo users and online users all in real-time.
The best trivia game experience on the web is now also the best trivia game experience on your TV! Play the game you know and love from the comfort of you favorite chair with nothing but your Tivo remote.
Full details on requirements and setting up your Tivo box are available in your Play Now area.
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Trivia Game Changes
11/27/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
We made some minor changes to the our trivia game over the past week and wanted to let everyone know about the new features. To start with, our non-Premium subscribers will notice the in-game ads have changed to give us more game real estate.
If you go to your account page, you'll also notice a new area for adding friends to your account. Your friends allow you absolute control over who is able to see your information in the profile area of the game. You may also have noticed that you can now view detailed information about your competitors during a game by selecting their name from the leaderboard area. Dependending on their privacy settings, you will see their profile and their performance during trivia games.
As always, please let us know if you experience any issues playing the game so we can fix them.
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AOL Mail Members
11/23/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
Dear aol.com e-mail members. We have been experiencing difficulty delivering e-mail to aol.com e-mail addresses over the past few days, so any users who signed up with an AOL e-mail address was did not receive their account passwords and were unable to access their account or play in our trivia games. We sincerely apologize for this error and have fixed the problem on our end.
AOL e-mail users can now click the 'Forgot Password' link on the sign-in page to have a new password set on their account and e-mailed to them.
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New and Improved
11/17/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
InteracTrivia, Inc. today announced the launch of its newly redesigned web site and trivia game system. We are pleased to offer a new game experience that users can play in any compatible web browser. Using this new system, we're now able to offer the InteracTrivia game experience to users on Windows, Mac or Linux.
After our initial launch, we went spent a lot of time and energy turning our users feedback into a new game system and web site. We appreciate your patience during the changeover and hope you enjoy the new site.
In the coming weeks, you will see many additional features added to our site and our trivia game - including the addition of new game channels.
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Where do you stand?
7/5/2006 12:00:00 AMInteracTrivia Support
InteracTrivia announces the public-beta release of its new multiplayer, online trivia game for the PC. InteracTrivia's software allows users from around the world to compete against one another in real-time, head-to-head trivia game play for free. An ever expanding database of questions ensure games stay fun and fresh - whether it's your 1st game or 1000th. Multiple game channels allow users to compete in various categories of trivia (general trivia, sports trivia, movie trivia, music trivia, bible trivia, etc.) depending on their interests. Players compete against one another by correctly - and quickly - answering trivia questions, with all users getting the exact same questions at the same time. The integrated chat features allows game players to discuss anything in real-time and an integrated leaderboard lets players know exactly "where they stand" in a game. Other features include superb graphics, fun in-game Flash animations and much, much more.
In addition to head-to-head competition, InteracTrivia is the only game of its kind to rank users with its exclusive PowerRank system. The PowerRank system categorizes users similar to IQ scoring, where players who compete favorably gain a higher ranking in relation to all other players.
Future plans for include release of Pocket PC and Windows Media Center editions of it's game play software (both currently in private beta testing) - allowing users of those platforms to compete in trivia games with existing InteracTrivia PC users. "While most trivia sites work on a cumulative point basis," says InteracTrivia company president, "we feel the PowerRank system gives us in edge in allowing users to accurately rate themselves against other players. Cumulative point systems tend to reflect a players free time more than their actual trivia knowledge."
Partnership opportunities available with InteracTrivia, Inc. include in-game advertising, channel hosting, co-branded gaming software, and corporate training packages with proprietary clients and completely editable questions database.
InteracTrivia, Inc. is a pioneer in the convergence of Macromedia Flash and Microsoft .Net technologies to create feature-rich and engaging real-time multiplayer games.
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