Game Outage

Hello Fraggers

As many of you had noticed, the Deadz-Zone, Demo server, was down for a extended period of time, 18 days actually. I apologize for this outage, but it could not be helped.

On June 10th, I received a call that my Sister was in the hospital. She was being placed on life support because she collapsed, due to complications of a prolonged bout of Pneumonia. Her breathing was labored and heart pumping at only 15% capacity. WOW. Needless to say I packed a bag and drove to her side 200 miles away. While on this drive, I received several calls from doctors and nurses requesting my permission( I am her POA) to perform tests to determine what was going on. One of these tests was life threatening, as she had a known allergy to the contrast fluids used. But, there is a way around that in an emergency such as this. We proceeded and determined there was a (PE) Pulmonary Embolism in the right lung. Her heart was shutting down because it was under attack from a unknown virus.

Her stay in the hospital was 8 days. In that time she was on a respirator and had a heart assist pump inserted directly into the heart. This little miracle of science blows up a balloon inside the heart to help it pump. It did the trick. But, it does not work unless the heart is already or continues to pump some on it's own. After that I stayed in her home to care for her recovery and make repairs and install safety equipment. Sis has had a few setbacks, but nothing that can't be handled.

I returned home on June 28 th. While I was away, I stayed in touch with many of the family and gamers through normal channels and Facebook. Thank you all for your support and well wishes.

Regards

Dead Again

Hello Fraggers,

I regret to inform you that the Deadz-Zone, Quake 4 Demo server, will experience a prolonged outage. I will be traveling and have not been able to get someone to run the server in my absence. So, on Friday Feb 11th, I will shut down for a 12 day period, to take care of family business. I trust some of the regular players will step up and provide a server occasionally.

I will have computer services available to me on this trip, and can be reached through all the normal channels that many of you use. I will keep in touch with this blog and my Face Book page.

There appears to be a break in the bad weather that has been plaguing our proposed route, so I do not anticipate any problems with the 1500 mile trip to Austin, Texas.

I will miss all of you.
Wish us luck in the weeks ahead.

DEAD AGAIN

Hello Fellow Fraggers

One of the best parts of running and playing in the Deadz-Zone, is meeting such a diverse crowd of players, both in game skills and geographic backgrounds. It has been a pleasure to provide the game for everyone to enjoy. In my efforts over the years, I have "endeavored" to build and maintain a "repore" with many of you, some on a personal level. Sometimes that ethic is challenged by the method and tone of communication used in the game-chat. We have shared through the game chat mode, E-mails, phone calls, Facebook, this Blog, and even face-to-face visits. I would use this time to remind all of us that sometimes there are things in our lives that somehow take control of our better judgment and fog the realities of our little game world. So, I would say, sometimes it is better to not respond to these outbursts and consider that "discretion is the better part of valor". That said, with a player's permission, I make the following announcement.

Today, I am saddened to announce that, one of our regular players has been dealt a tragic blow.H5N1 (aka, bird flu), has long been a formidable force in our games. He confided in us last night that his Father became suddenly ill and died, a short time ago. He is a bit grief stricken over it and finding it difficult to deal with. His father was not ill previous to this event and was of the age of many of us older players. H5N1 wishes to apologize for his behavior of late and begs your understanding.

Many of us "older" players have our years of experience to teach us, the realities of life, hard as they may be. Also, many of us have suffered the loss of someone close to us. Some of us may be dealing with a loved one who is sick or caring for the sick. So, I know for a certainty that I can say, for all of us, we offer our deepest condolence and sympathy to him and his family in this difficult time.

DEAD AGAIN

The Deadz-Zone is back up and running. I missed you all !!!

I was away to South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, to see my Sister get married for the third time. Then off to see my Wife's Brother, in Reno. We enjoyed the local fare and sights......even made a few deposits here and there. Ja Ja Ja. It was a ten hour drive getting home tonight.

Dead.............

To all my loyal Deadz-Zone players. The ZONE will be off-line starting Friday morning, Sept 10, while I attend a Wedding. The server will return to duty on Tuesday evening, Sept 14th. I trust someone will pick up the Gauntlet, while I am away.

DEAD AGAIN

The Deadz Zone is back up and running. My electrical system was upgraded to accommodate all the new kitchen appliances for my kitchen renovation.

Note that the I. P. address has changed again due to prolonged power outage.
It is now = 98.119.183.130

D A

Game server will be down for today while the new electrical services are installed in my home.

Back on line as soon as possible.

DEAD.................