[crossfire] bensnoodle.no-ip.com

[Ben Classen]

Hello-

I have to apologize for bensnoodle.no-ip.com. I have been having (a) 
internet problems and (b) a problem with the NIC in my server which I 
have been working on. Apparently it connects then disconnects, and on 
and on and on causing that flood of additions to the metaserver.

Maybe an idea would be a dupe-check on the metaserver to fix this 
problem so no one else can do this? If there already is a server with 
the same name, it just overwrites that line in the file. You could run 
into the problem of other people writing to others server names. Maybe 
registering your server online and getting a specified password for it. 
I am sorry I do not know much about python but I have programmed in a 
variety of languages to know this is possible in others. I would be glad 
to help in anyway or try to learn python to help if someone would like 
to give me the files.

The refresh should definitely be turned down to about an hour to check 
for disconnected servers. That is a great idea in this case. But the 
other might be a longer-term solution to more problems rather than just 
"refreshing" it. But the simpliest way causes the least problems.

Anyways, I apologize for the flood of my server name. I seem to have 
been a conversation starter without knowing it. And as Homer Simpson 
would say, "D'oh!"

Sorry again fellows,
Thanks for the great game nonetheless.
Ben