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what happened to Marp?
« on: April 06, 2024, 08:00:27 pm »
Tried going to marp the last couple of days ... Seems to be some kind of error message .
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2024, 08:47:35 pm »
Tried going to marp the last couple of days ... Seems to be some kind of error message .

The Python code that runs MARP was written around 1998 by an English guy named Chris "Zwaxy" Moore. Last I heard he was living in Prague. He hasn't been involved much in the day to day operation of MARP for about 20 years and nobody else knows the code well. If anything ever happens to Barry "mahlemiut" Rodewald or Pat Laffaye (of Frogger record fame), MARP will probably die.

There was apparently an upgrade on the host's end a little over a week ago. They are trying to figure out whether something needs to be done on the MARP side or the DreamHost side to get it to run again.

There is no reason to assume the worst at this point, but who knows?
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2024, 08:57:43 pm »
The top 3 scores for any game at MARP are available here:

http://replay.marpirc.net/txt/scores3.htm

The News page with links to WolfMAME versions through 0.264 is available here:

http://replay.marpirc.net/news.cgi
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2024, 01:51:44 am »
Well, hold on, don't write the future demise of the site just yet.  A.I. can write in obscure code already. It seems to me that someone knowledgeable in Chat GPT 4 could create a work around.

I might be overestimating its powers. Having said that, it wouldn't surprise me if ChatGPT 5 or 6 in the future would be able to pull it off if four isn't able to.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2024, 09:56:50 am »
If anyone from the MARP side needs technical help getting things up and running again, I'm happy to volunteer my expertise, whether it's with Python or SQL.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2024, 12:54:47 pm »
http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm  410 - WEBSITE NO LONGER EXISTS

The Page You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed.
Please Remove All References To This Page.

 But this working http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2024, 12:55:42 pm »
If anyone from the MARP side needs technical help getting things up and running again, I'm happy to volunteer my expertise, whether it's with Python or SQL.
I'll mention it on the forum there.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2024, 12:57:11 pm »
http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm  410 - WEBSITE NO LONGER EXISTS

The Page You've Requested Is From A Site That Has Been Permanently Removed.
Please Remove All References To This Page.

 But this working http://replay.marpirc.net/test/frames.htm

I get the same result on both those links.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2024, 01:26:04 pm »
I get the same result on both those links.

Which makes sense I guess, since they are the same.  ::)
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2024, 04:34:32 pm »
So if Marp is history 99% of my scores are gone.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2024, 05:10:03 pm »
So if Marp is history 99% of my scores are gone.

The files are intact.

I expect someone would care enough to harvest the data and make it available.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2024, 03:06:42 pm »
Without Marp I trying to find a reason I have all these different sets and everything on my Computer .  My interest  is at a all time low.
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Re: what happened to Marp?
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2024, 09:15:01 pm »
Marp scores on Super sprint where compleat horse shit
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