myPinballs Tournament System

19/10/2008 - New Server Live
The new server is now live and ready to roll. Let me know what you think. You should notice some serious speed increases... These next generation Intel Chips are something special.

07/10/2008 - New Server
Just finished assembling our new server, which i've purchased to upgrade the Mac Mini 1.25Ghz G4 that is currently running the tournament system. I thought it was about time I took advantage of some of the newer advances in processor design released during the last few years, so i've built up a new server based around the Intel Core 2 Quad chip. Initial tests have shown it is really quick and i mean REALLY Quick!!!

20/09/2008 - Version 1.2 Software Nearing Completion
Working on finishing the next software release. Hoping to have this live soon.

27/06/2008 - 200 Games Played Milestone
Today we have passed the 200 game milestone, Wooooo Hoooooo!!!

15/05/2008 - Pinball News Article
Martin from Pinball News contacted me to write an article on the tournament system a month or so ago. Read the resulting article here http://www.pinballnews.com/news/rfm.html

27/04/2008 - Version 1.1 Software Released
This release contains various security updates. We have also updated the information on the router setup.

11/04/2008 - Version 1 Software Released
Version 1 of the software has been released! The main changes are as follows:

- Added the ability to play without a barcode reader and still log the scores against your own account. A new field is present in the profile page for this called IP and should be filled in with your external IP address.

- Added some help information in the technical setup page for configuring the game router and the changes needed to alter the games packet ttl.

- Added some validation for new user account creation

14/03/2008 - Sucessfull External Connection Testing
We have succesfully connected external games to our system, with the help of a couple of testers. Many thanks to Chris Senior and Dave Langley for all their help. The main stumbling block was the fact that outgoing packets from the games start with a ttl of 1. This needs to be reset to 64 by your router so that the packets can reach here. I am currently working on an easy solution to this using a linksys router and some open source software that can be plugged into existing networks to sit between the game and your own router thus removing the need to mess about with your own routers.

04/02/2008 - Development System Released
Today we have launched our first development release, version 0.8. Please let us know what you think.