Important Note:

The First Visit Page (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/1st_visit.php) on the GOTM Web Site (http://gotm.civfanatics.net) has been updated to give basic information for newcomers to GOTM and to include an overview of the procedures for both Civ3 and Civ4 players.


0. The submission form is here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ-gotm-new.php)

I've obviously been monitoring the submissions for this game closely, as we are in uncharted territory with new software and lots of new players. Well played everyone, and please can I ask those still to submit to assist me by noting the following issues that have come up:

1. You MUST submit a saved file from the turn AFTER your victory, not the turn during which you received the notification. The game status and victory score are not stored until you hit next turn, and so some saves are showing up as incomplete games with no victory bonus.


2. Some winning players are short changing themselves and quoting their score before the victory bonus is calculated.

[edit] I've been asked to clarify this: Please enter your Final Score - the one that includes your victory bonus - not your base score.

Ouch, I think I might have done that... I just clicked "One... more... turn" and saved, I think, instead of actually ending the turn again after that message.

I noticed also when I got my confirmation email that it said my game version was 1.0. I don't remember being able to change that in the form, but I was running 1.09 like I'm supposed to. I don't think it would even load in version 1.0...

FYI, if you're like me and missed the submission link, it's in the top right corner of the main page. :)

Ouch, I think I might have done that... I just clicked "One... more... turn" and saved, I think, instead of actually ending the turn again after that message.

Sounds like you did exactly right MerakSpielman. If you ended the turn then saved that would be the turn after the turn after victory! Just to clarify:

The turn before means saving before you're notified that you've won.

The turn after means clicking "One... more... turn" and then saving immediately.

I noticed also when I got my confirmation email that it said my game version was 1.0. I don't remember being able to change that in the form, but I was running 1.09 like I'm supposed to. I don't think it would even load in version 1.0...

I noticed that too...but I have 1.09 installed also.

The version is hard coded in teh form and I haven't got the particular round tuit required to change it ... until now :)

Hi...it's more or less the first time I seriously try a GOTM...I read infos and rules on the site, I had a look to the main civ3 GOTM forums, I read carefully (I hope) the threads on Civ4 GOTM...However...I find it quite difficult to find the way throughout all these threads and replies...
Could you please be clearer on the submission mechanism (maybe it too early to ask for that)? E.g. what is the conquest/open game/predator thing? Does it matter for civ4 GOTM too? What is my replay save?

IMHO, it will be VERY useful to provide the most complete and well explained information on the GOTM site and not in the forum's threads...excepted of course for the spoilers/pre-game and similar threads

Thanks a lot for your time and patience: it's a great job!!

I appreciate that we have a lot of newcomers to GOTM as a result of the Civ4 release. I think we've been lulled into a false sense of security by catering largely for veteran players who know the ropes and can help noobies. Couple that with the fact that we are dealing with a new release of Civ, with its own inimitable bugs. Then add to the mix that I, as a Mac user, can't even see it or play it yet, and you'll see that we are somewhat challenged :eek:

However, your point is well taken, and I'll try to provide some clearer guidance on the site as soon as possible. Meanwhile, it's really quite simple, and maybe I'll copy the following summary to the site as a starter:

- Read the rules of the competition here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/games/rules.php). Recognise that these have not been updated to deal with the specific exploits in Cv4 because we don't know them yet. But note the two over-riding rules: (1) NO RELOADING. (2) if you are uncertain about whether an action is an exploit, you should contact the staff before doing it.

- Get the game information and download the start file here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/civ4games/)

- Play the game, avoiding unnecessary reloading, and avoiding looking at spoilers you shouldn't.

- Submit the .Civ4SavedGame file after you finished, plus your .Civ4Replay file here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ-gotm-new.php). This month you need to give us your date, score and victory condition so that we can check our submission sofware. Next month and thereafter we'll tell you.

- Read and participate in the spoiler thread when you are eligible.

- Watch and wait for the results.

- Most of all, enjoy the GOTM experience.

Please tell me what else is needed to expand this.

E.g. what is the conquest/open game/predator thing? Does it matter for civ4 GOTM too? What is my replay save?



Alan has given the general guidance, but on your specifics - the conquest/open/predator class is system of different game difficulties that only applies to Civ 3 at the moment, basically the open class is the straight game, conquest gives the player some additional advantages and predator gives the AI some additional advantages.

Your replay save is the save of the replay that pops up at the end of the game (and can be accessed later from the Hall of Fame list). You will find it in your My Games/Sid Meier's Civilzation4/replays folder.

Sorry I missed those questions, thanks MikeH for catching them.

We are in a start-up situation and things will change. The replay file will probably not be required for future games. Conquest/Open/Predator classes probably will be offered as options for future games (though I'd still like to change their names). For this game it doesn't matter what class you select in the submission form. For future games you will need to choose the right starting file for the class you wish to play, but you will not be required to enter this information when you submit as we'll get it from your save.

@ alan -- you may also want to give a list of staff members to contact, because newbies aren't likely to know who we are. And perhaps mention a preference for contact via PM as opposed to cluttering up the GOTM forum with potentially spoilerish 'is this an exploit?' questions.

The currently active (meaning: online at least once a day on average) GOTM staff members are:

ainwood (head honcho)
AlanH (staff superman )
Karasu (mapmaker extraordinaire)
a space oddity (all-around helper and just generally a good egg)
Gyathaar (current SGOTM evil genius)
Theoden (Quick Games necromancer)
Renata (staff layabout)

Intermittently active are mad-bax, zagnut and Aeson. Is that everybody?

Good points Lois Renata :thumbsup: I'll get back in my phone box now.

How do I submit? e-mail? Where is the info for submission?

How do I submit? e-mail? Where is the info for submission?
Submit via an online upload here (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ-gotm-new.php). :)

1. You MUST submit a saved file from the turn AFTER your victory, not the turn during which you received the notification. The game status and victory score are not stored until you hit next turn, and so some saves are showing up as incomplete games with no victory bonus.

Hmm, what exactly do you mean by this? Let's say you win by Domination. At the end of year 1, you click "End Turn" and between turns the message pops up that you have won. The win is scored as winning year 1. After clicking "Just One More Turn", the date is now year 2. This is where I saved the game and left. Are you saying I should have clicked "End Turn" once more, and saved the game in year 3? :confused:

-- Roland

You submit year 2 - the turn after your win. Your score is calculated for year 1. Don't worry, your submission is fine. I'll deal with the fact that the win was year 1, not the saved year 2.

87 submissions and counting :D

thanks to the staff for your kind and informative replies. I think that it may be helpful to put the same summary on the site..

Thanks again!

Newbie to GoTM's here... I've just finished my game and it was a Time victory. I'm not sure what to select on the submissions page under 'Game result' as there isn't an option for a Time victory. :confused:

I don't understand what "Histographic" means, is this the option I should select? If not can you explain what this refers to please?

Thanks for your help, maybe I'm being dumb but this is all quite new to me. :rolleyes:

Yes, that type of victory was called Histographic in CivIII. So choose that one. It'll get changed soonish, I imagine. :mischief:

Sorry, yes. The submission form was created before I knew what the victory conditions would be called. I'll change it Real Soon (TM).

Done

Excellent. Thanks for clearing that up so quickly... I'm off to see if I can upload my files now. :D

{a bit later}
Woohoo, all done!
I see one of you has changed that to "Time" already... thanks, everything is much clearer now. :D

Then add to the mix that I, as a Mac user, can't even see it or play it yet, and you'll see that we are somewhat challenged :eek:

So in another words, we got a blind "staff superman" flying into walls.:crazyeye:

Yup! I'm not really superman, and Renata isn't really Lois

Keep telling them that, Clark.

I messed up and submitted a save from the victory turn, right after clicking "just one more turn..." Should I load it, click a turn, and resubmit?

Or will I be ok this month?

If you responded to "just one more turn" then you've probably got the save we need. Upload it and I'll let you know.

[EDIT] I see you did. It's fine. :)

Thanks for your quick response. :)

If you responded to "just one more turn" then you've probably got the save we need. Upload it and I'll let you know.

[EDIT] I see you did. It's fine. :)

I'm not sure I understand what a 'replay' file is? Does this mean we play a second time and resubmit it, with a different file extention?

My first game didn't go very well :-(, so I wouldn't mind ....


Breunor

I'm not sure I understand what a 'replay' file is? Does this mean we play a second time and resubmit it, with a different file extention?

My first game didn't go very well :-(, so I wouldn't mind ....


Breunor

I'm not sure I understand what a 'replay' file is? Does this mean we play a second time and resubmit it, with a different file extention?

My first game didn't go very well :-(, so I wouldn't mind ....


Breunor
No - you must only submit the file from your first time through.

The "replay" file is created as you play the game - look for it in your "replays" folder. :)

some questions....

do I enter the higher score, the one called "score" not "game score" (in the hall of fame). And do I submit the saved game the turn AFTER i say "wait just one more turn..."? hall of fame says the game was finished in 2006 so do i enter the save from 2007?

and i dont know were to find the final replay file, not sure what that is. and in my game my score appears unchanged and without a victory bonus, is that whats supposed to happen?

any help would be great... yeah i know im a noob

Enter the final score. If you won then this will be the bigger of the two scores as it includes a victory bonus.

Yes, the save after you say "Just another turn" or whatever the response says.

The victory bonus only exists at the point of victory, and only gets added in your victory screen and/or HOF as far as I know. Your game score is your basic score from pop, territory, culture and techs, and is the only one that appears ... in the game.

No - you must only submit the file from your first time through.

The "replay" file is created as you play the game - look for it in your "replays" folder. :)

Oh well, I think I got a Herbert Hoover score or something. :-(

BTW, a great job here -- lots of fun.

Breunor

Quick question....My files uploaded correctly, but I entered the lower of the 2 scores in the manual entry field when I submitted. Should I resubmit the same files and type in the higher score?

Thanks

Don't worry. You are not alone! Though I do wonder why so many players submit the lower score ... in a competition that is judged on high scores :confused:

I am at this moment leaping tall buildings in my efforts to extract accurate score information from everyone's submissions. I'm contacting anyone whose submission is too confusing for me to unravel, but so far that's not very many.

Roll on next month by which time I hope our automation will kick in to read the files, you won't need to tell me anything, and I can put my feet up :coffee: :sleep: :coffee:

I am at this moment leaping tall buildings in my efforts to extract accurate score information from everyone's submissions.
What, so you're the 12 billion dollar man now? The 6 billion dollar man can only leap small buildings :).

I didn't say I can leap over them. See post #22 above :D

:bounce: We now have over 270 submissions for this game, which substantially exceeds any previous GOTM :goodjob:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '{' in /home/virtual/site7/fst/var/www/html/submit/c4_submission_check.php on line 334

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: validatesubmission() in /home/virtual/site7/fst/var/www/html/submit/civ-gotm-new.php on line 74


Anyone else having this problem?

Anyone else having this problem?
AlanH put a new submission script live today. He's offline at the moment, so suggest you wait until tomorrow morning (or failing that, e-mailto gotm_submit<at>civfanatics.net

Please check it again. I added a one-line check as I have seen players trying to submit the 4000 BC save, but I added one bracket too many. Sorry! :blush:

PS the submission count is now over 550 :D

Yep it works. :)

Anyone else having this problem?

I got the same response when I attempted uploading around 10:30PM EST using FireFox. I then tried it with IE and on the second try it was successful.

Please check it again. I added a one-line check as I have seen players trying to submit the 4000 BC save, but I added one bracket too many. Sorry! :blush:

PS the submission count is now over 550 :D

Oh, that's why it worked. ;)

Thanks AlanH! :goodjob:

Thanks for beta testing it for me Dave and Doc. It works now ;)

PS the submission count is now over 550 :D

Wow! I'm looking forward to hearing the final count. Curious if you can check how many times the 4000 BC save was downloaded.

And to think, you had to check them all manually. :crazyeye:

I don't have access to the download stats, so I've no idea how many times the start file was downloaded. Also, there were two different files due to the early problems with password protection.

With another 24 hours to the deadline we are close to 600 valid submissions now. Come on, guys, you can do it :D That number doesn't include the ones that have been excluded for various reasons, including use of version 1.52, so the total number of players already significantly exceeds 600.

The software that is now handling the submissions in real time has processed all the saves for me in batch mode, so it's had a fair work out. We haven't had to handle all 600 by hand, but I have been baby sitting it very closely.

The Civ IV HOF website has alot of *very* interesting comparison utilities for comparing submitted games. Including graphs, log comparison, etcetera. Does the GOTM website get the same possibilities? (after results are published ofcourse)

(notes that this would be very interesting, as all playing the same map, makes comparison even more interesting!)

Final note: Finally submitted my game. Hopes it helps for that 600 ;).

@Quantum7: As we use the same excellent utility software as HoF, kindly developed by Dianthus, yes, we'll try to provide some equivalent features for GOTM saves. I still have to work out the details, and it will no doubt be an evolving feature. With a large number of games all using the same starting save, we should get some particularly interesting statistical data, as well as offering timeline comparisons and so on for individual games.

Thanks to a late burst by you and other trusty last-minute-submitters, we have already passed 600 valid submissions, and are moving onward and upward :goodjob:.

Hi,

I have submitted my entry (just in time!).

However, I got a bit confused with the last turn thing and saved the game a go later than I was meant to (I won in 1890 but saved in 1894 rather than 1892). I thought you were meant to select "Carry on playing" and then save the next go. Sorry. Does this matter?

Thanks,

Boppy.

Have no fear. Banish confusion. The all-seeing software that disembowels your save and replay files has already determined that you actually won in 1890 AD.

Also, you were not that close to the deadline:

We are currently accepting submissions for C-IV GOTM 01 (1 day 15 hours)

Happy New Year :D

Thank GOD your using US time cause its the 1st Jan here in Australia already.Didn't think I was gonna make it.

Ok: I had wanted to submitt a zip file with screenshots showing presistant and game killing graphical glitchs which requires me to reload from the desktop. These manly occured during the the later part of the game much to my fustration at having to replay turns.

It almost as bad as the CIVIII game crashing bugs of ye-old.

(I blame my MX440
Stupid Computer stores all out of stock for 6800LEs and have to wait till they have them Grrrrrr)

Not US time ...

The deadline is midnight at the end of 1st January, and midnight is defined at the International Date Line so that no one can accuse us of hemispherism.:) That makes it about 12:00 noon on 2nd January GMT, and in eastern Oz you'll almost be into 3rd January before you run out of time.

So when does that mean that IVOTM2 will come out? Are you using IT there too?

I've gotten used to G/COTM games where they typically came out the night before (late night anyway). Being as this is New Year's I have a feeling most of the GOTM Staff won't be in the proper state to upload the save. :D

New Zealand is already well into the hangover recovery phase.

The standard has always been to post games a little after midnight local server time - that's roughly Mountain Standard Time as measured by Thunderfall's atomic kitchen clock.

The times you've see some come out earlier than that have been when I drew the short straw and published the games on behalf of Ainwood or Karasu or Renata. In those cases I have no intention of waking at 06:00 am GMT (that time of day doesn't exist on my timepieces), and I wouldn't dare to do it late. So I usually post them before I go to bed - any time between midnight GMT and 03:00 am GMT.

As for this game - expect it in about 4 hours from the timestamp of this post.

As for this game - expect it in about 4 hours from the timestamp of this post.

Time for.... :sleep:

As for this game - expect it in about 4 hours from the timestamp of this post.

I'll be lucky to make it until midnight, let alone another hour and a half after that! :D

UPDATE
We are now running the automated submissions system for all GOTM 02 entries. The remarks in the first post still apply concerning your saves and replay files, but you no longer have to enter your scores and dates. These will be extracted painlessly and you will get a report on your submitted game result.

Needless to say, if there is any discrepency between the report and your own view of what you achieved, please contact a member of GOTM staff.

Okay, I just got my butt beat in GOTM-2 and completely wiped out. The is no final save. How do I submit?

Use the submission page (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ-gotm-new.php) and follow the instructions.

If you are defeated by conquest then submit a save from your last turn and select the pop-up option that says "The turn when I was conquered". You should have a Civ4Replay file as well. That will also be required.

I was defeated, by not many turns mind you, and I was presented with "One more turn..." or "Exit to Main Menu...(Or something to that effect)", and I chose the latter because I thought that was the right thing to do. It showed me my score and all.

So do I need to fire up the game from the last Autosave and choose "One more turn...". Then do I immediately save it, or end that turn then save it?

If you have a replay file then you can probably submit the save you have. If it hasn't produced a replay file then you'll certainly have to play the next turn, because you can't submit without one.

I submitted the save of the turn I lost, not the turn after. Thus my score was about 3k, instead of the 4.5k that was listed in the HOF screen.

Should I do the one more turn thing? Or should I just stick with what I've got?

BTW, my game bombed out on me a number of times near the end. I'm a little concerned playing and having this happen at the end of a long game multiple times.

So if you want an example of a save file that bombed a number of times near the end, take a look at mine.

I encountered an error message instead of a confirmation when I submitted my save. I followed directions and emailed the save etc. And I also included a screenie of the error message.

Since I wasn't able to get a confirmation email that my save had been received, I'm a little nervous about not having the game counted. So I just wanted to document it here just in case the email didn't get through. Hehe I know I worry too much.

I encountered an error message instead of a confirmation when I submitted my save. I followed directions and emailed the save etc. And I also included a screenie of the error message.

Since I wasn't able to get a confirmation email that my save had been received, I'm a little nervous about not having the game counted. So I just wanted to document it here just in case the email didn't get through. Hehe I know I worry too much.
If all else fails, send an e-mail with the save to gotm_submit@civfanatics.net.

I, too am getting an error message during submission... and time is running short! Here's the message i get...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/virtual/site7/fst/var/www/html/submit/c4_submission_check.php on line 312

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: validatesubmission() in /home/virtual/site7/fst/var/www/html/submit/civ-gotm-new.php on line 74

I'll submit the 2 files to the submission email address as listed in ainwood's note.

Greg

Same problem. Have send both files to the address ainwood listed.

Apologies. I've fixed the script error. I'll submit the files players have sent me. Others can resubmit now.

[PS] A few players may have received acknowledgements saying their won games were Losses. That is an error and has been corrected.

Are we supposed to be able to see the scores of the submitted games in the submissions list? I just see a blank box next to each name, both in firefox and IE.

No. You are supposed to be able to see the submission date. Dunno why it's not showing up, I'll have a look when I get home tomorrow.

Scores are not released until the game is over and the results are published.

No. You are supposed to be able to see the submission date. Dunno why it's not showing up, I'll have a look when I get home tomorrow.

Scores are not released until the game is over and the results are published.


OK, thanks - must have misinterpreted someone else's post.

I got an "Exec Error 11" when I tried to submit my game a few days ago. Has anyone seen this before or know what the problem can be? If it helps my game was a conquest defeat so had the replay file and the auto-save from the turn before that pesky barbarian attacked.

Any help appreciated.

Any help appreciated.I received an error report from you a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I've been out of town for that period and haven't had time to respond or to investigate (I posted my last from an Apple Store!). Don't worry, I'll get back to you in the next 48 hours.

No worries - saw you'd been online and didn't know if my email had disappeared down some internet blackhole, so thought I'd try a different route.

Thanks for your help

I'm having trouble submitting a game, keep getting the following:

"Warning: ftp_login(): Authentication failed, sorry in /home/virtual/site7/fst/var/www/html/submit/civ-gotm_submission_upload2.php on line 29
Can't log in to server"

is this just a case of waiting?

Yes. There are major changes happening on the gotm and ftp servers at the moment. Apologies for the inconvenience. I'm trying to establish how to get things jury rigged to work during the transition.

EDIT I think I've found the magic incantation and submissions are now working again.

regarding submissions...you said we need to submit the replay file as well...is the replay file automatically generated? cause I've never seen an option to save one.

It's generated automatically when yo ucomplete the game. It's the means by which Civ4 remembers your results so that it can display your personal hall of fame. You should have a Civ4Replay file for each game you have completed - won, lost or retired, and they should all be in somewhere like your \My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Replays\ folder. Forgive me if I don't have the precise nuances of the Windows folder structure absolutely correct, but this should be near enough for horseshoes ;)

found it, submitted it too...oy, I just hope I'm not the only loss submitted...

Trust me, thre are always multiple losses. But even if you were the only one, you'd be up for two prizes - highest scoring and lowest scoring loser :D

well heck, I'll try to lose faster next time then :D

I've been getting a 404 error when navigating to the GOTM submission page.

The submission system is off line for a few hours only (I hope) while we transfer GOTM operations to a new server.

Ahh, Ok. Thanks for the rapid response Alan!

The submission pages should now be working again. We are now running on a new server for GOTM (plus HOF and other stuff). It seems quite a bit more reaponsive than the previous one.

Please let me know if you encounter any problems.

In the game I submitted this month, I forgot to click 1 more turn, and exited to the main menu instead. It's my first GOTM and I just assumed you wanted the replay file.

When I realised, I loaded up again from an autosave 2 turns earlier, and just ended the 2 turns to get my victory. I didn't do anything differently the second time round, except I just selected random things to build in the cities that completed stuff those turns, because I wanted to get it over with quickly.

The score came out exactly the same.. so it should be cool.... right?

Sounds good. We have your submission. Good luck :)

Cheer dude! I was pretty pleased with it, although I'm not sure how my performance will compare to some of the people on here :cool:

Doing well in this game is relative to how much time you have in the simulator. As you see the engine and AI more you will get better. I know there's people here that have been playing on a different level than me. I've been playing the Fall from Heaven Mod alot lately and now Nilla Civ is a cake walk. If you want to get truely better at this game I suggest you play that MOD. It's easy to install and it will test your starting reflex's and in terms of GOTM score there's nothing more important.

P.S. Know your enemy!

when I come to download C-IV gotm7, I notice this:

This game will require you to have installed Patch v1.61.
ENTRIES NOT PLAYED UNDER ANY OTHER PATCH WILL
NOT BE ACCEPTED! :D

Fixed ....

I played a adventure level of C-IV gotm7.
after get victory I noticed that at 4000BC session2,
session 3 and session4 start.
does that mean I reload 3 times?
I undoubted reload only once at 1592AD, a decent
game break. where show in replay file the "session 5".
does the 3 session is intended?

archphoenix,

Dont worry about the multiple sessions at year 4000BC... A couple of these happen before you ever get the file, when the host "reload" somehow the file to set up the game with the various difficulty levels. They are normal and there for everyone.

Ainwood reloads the save twice at 4000 BC before you get it. I suspect the first creates the start file and the second one is to lock the assets. Some starts seem to have a third session before your first one. Maybe Ainwood can throw some light? :shrug:

got it.thanks

Ainwood reloads the save twice at 4000 BC before you get it. I suspect the first creates the start file and the second one is to lock the assets. Some starts seem to have a third session before your first one. Maybe Ainwood can throw some light? :shrug:
There is a load to generate the save, another when I set the class parameters, and there may be an extra one (or not) if I modify the save. Sometimes I modify it when I first generate it; sometimes before I set the classes, and, more rarely, sometimes after. In theory, there could be 1, 2 or 3 sessions starts at 4000 BC (theoretically even 4 or 5)....Then the player loads it.

When will results of GOTM 6 arrvie? I´m anxious to find out if i scored lowest.. :)

I#M sure you did not. ;) :D

I tried to browse to the GOTM page several times today, but i get the same error:

"Unable to determine IP address from host name for gotm.civfanatics.net"

Are there any problems, or its just security from tha admins at work.

Thanks

There was a problem with the DNS records for the civfanatics.net domain last night. It is slowly resoring across the Internet, but some regions are still not able to resolve those domains. You should be able to reach it again in the next 24 hours.

Thanks for quick response.

I have finished Gotm 7 a couple of days ago, unfortunately I have been unable to access the GOTM pages since so I can't submit the game. If the pages don't come back today is there another method of submitting my game?

The normal submission deadline is still over 48 hours away at the time of writing this post. If the site isn't back on line in the next 24 hours I will extend the deadline to allow submissions for at least a 48 hour window after it returns.

The normal submission deadline is still over 48 hours away at the time of writing this post. If the site isn't back on line in the next 24 hours I will extend the deadline to allow submissions for at least a 48 hour window after it returns.

Thanks. I couldn't remember when the deadline was and it is nearly next month here :)

Midnight on 1st of the month at the International Date Line. That translates to 11:00 AM GMT on 2nd July for this game.

The GOTM site seems to have returned from its DNS black hole, at least here in the UK. Please let me know if there are any remaining problems reaching it from other regions.

The GOTM site seems to have returned from its DNS black hole, at least here in the UK. Please let me know if there are any remaining problems reaching it from other regions.





EDITED by OP:

WORKING NOW.

The GOTM site seems to have returned from its DNS black hole, at least here in the UK. Please let me know if there are any remaining problems reaching it from other regions.

Works now; panic over :D