Subject: MOTF: For Premium Users Ending In June
Date: Thu Jun 1 16:38:08 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:So does this mean for those of us with memberships ending in June that we'll need to renew our premium in order to have it for life?
Date: Thu Jun 1 18:14:39 2017
User: hotnurse
Message:Wow, great question, CS! The last time I renewed I did it for two years. I would hate to go back to annoying banner ads.
Date: Sat Jun 3 17:20:45 2017
User: WRAC
Message:Yes, that's an excellent question, CS. With a June 4 expiration date, I was thinking my timing was perfect! Now...???
Date: Sun Jun 4 18:25:06 2017
User: Plumb-Bob
Message:I too have a June 4 expiration, but I'm still ad free, so I'm feeling pretty safe.
Date: Mon Jun 5 10:15:15 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:I'm no longer ad free, guess I'll shell out the $12 :-P
Date: Mon Jun 5 11:13:45 2017
User: jimmyp
Message:I decided NOT to go Premium in order to make it less efficient and annoying so I wouldn't be as tempted to play as much.
Date: Mon Jun 5 21:36:14 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:hehe, that sounds effective jimmyp, I definitely can't stand the ads. too late for me though I've already renewed.
Date: Tue Jun 6 11:11:01 2017
User: Plumb-Bob
Message:I said above that I was still ad free. But now I'm not under this name. It looks like the ad free thing is only working under primary name.
The ads used to be unbearable and would take over the entire page. Right now they are better behaved.
jimmyp's got a good point.
Date: Wed Jun 7 12:21:58 2017
User: RogerB
Message:You can always log on with a different user name any time you want to "enjoy" the ads.
Date: Wed Jun 7 16:03:40 2017
User: LORY
Message:I've tried clicking on non-game pages for weeks and can't find your ad-free offer. Which is the magic page?
Date: Wed Jun 7 16:42:56 2017
User: TitanicTony
Message:It's called "premium", and it is eighth in the options list on the left side of the screen (just after "problems").
Date: Thu Jun 8 20:25:07 2017
User: jandar
Message:Followed link for Premium but saw nothing about "Premium for life". Do I just sign up as usual and magically get no expiration date?
Date: Thu Jun 8 20:32:29 2017
User: jandar
Message:Never mind - I figured it out. Just had to keep reading...DOH!
Date: Sun Jun 11 13:02:23 2017
User: Denny
Message:Sorry, Cubic, just got to this. I made everyone who was Premium on 2017-05-01 into a Platinum Mega Premium Lifetime Member. Actually it should be more like Platinum Mega Premium *My* Lifetime Member because our Unix timestamp runs out in 2038. I'll run this again at the end of the month in case we get any more sign-ups.
Denny
Date: Sun Jun 11 14:18:16 2017
User: WRAC
Message:Are you sure this is working, Denny? I was Premium on 5-01, but I started getting ads again on 6-04 (my expiration date). These didn't go away until I renewed on 6-07. Or did you not do the Platinum Mega thing until after the 7th?
Date: Sun Jun 11 14:44:31 2017
User: Denny
Message:I just did it this morning. And the server may be caching user records still. Let me bounce it.
Date: Sun Jun 11 23:46:36 2017
User: JamaicaJoe
Message:Why is it I have never had any ads?
Date: Mon Jun 12 14:14:46 2017
User: Plumb-Bob
Message:Miraculously, my alternate name is now also ad free.
Date: Tue Jun 13 04:17:09 2017
User: Mike_Schwartz
Message:Memo
13-June-2017
from Mike_Schwartz
. . . On "Date: Wed Jun 7 16:42:56 2017"
. . . User: "TitanicTony"
. . . wrote:
. . . << It's called "premium", and it is eighth in the options list on the left side of the screen (just after "problems"). >>
Now, I am STILL having trouble ... trying to figure out how to take advantage of the "Premium" ("no ads") deal.
On MY screen, the little menu of options is NOT [vertical] "on the left side of the screen"; ... it is horizontal (near the top) ... and it only has 7 entries. (ending with "problems").
*** Am I doing something wrong? ***
I am using a ChromeBox desktop PC (which is like a "ChromeBook" laptop, but it is a desktop); ...
and iirc the OS is something called "Chrome OS" ... which might be a modified version of Gnu/Linux ... but the main thing is, that it is NOT an Apple [e.g. Mac] OS, nor a Microsoft [e.g. Windows] OS.
I could go on and on giving even more details (see below in the triple parens, [TWO sets of them...] for what it says when I click on "About Chrome OS") (like... : the exact "version" of my [Google] "Chrome" browser, ... and the OS version, etc.); but I am not sure what [else] is relevant.
So ... I guess I will (WAIT, and) submit more info, if/when it turns out that more info [detail] is needed.
Any advice (or other help) would be appreciated.
THANKS!
-- Mike Schwartz <schwartz@acm.org>
*** Appendix A. ***
This is [from] when I click on "About Chrome OS":
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About
Google Chrome OS
The faster, simpler, and more secure computer
Get help with using Chrome OS Report an issue
Version 58.0.3029.140 (64-bit)
Platform 9334.72.0 (Official Build) stable-channel panther
Firmware Google_Panther.4920.24.26
Your Chromebox is up to date.
Check for and apply updates
More info…
Google Chrome
Copyright 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Google Chrome is made possible by the Chromium open source project and other open source software.
Chrome OS is made possible by additional open source software.
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*** Appendix B. ***
This is [from] when I have already clicked on "About Chrome OS",
... and I click on the "more info ..." option:
(which is shown at or 'near' the top of the last paragraph of "Appendix A.").
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Channel
Currently on stable channel.
Change channel…
V8
5.8.283.38
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS x86_64 9334.72.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.140 Safari/537.36
Command Line
/opt/google/chrome/chrome --ppapi-flash-path=/opt/google/chrome/pepper/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=25.0.0.171 --ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process --use-gl=egl --gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal=yes --enable-logging --log-level=1 --use-cras --enable-wayland-server --user-data-dir=/home/chronos --max-unused-resource-memory-usage-percentage=5 --login-profile=user --aura-legacy-power-button --default-wallpaper-large=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/oem_large.jpg --default-wallpaper-small=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/oem_small.jpg --default-wallpaper-is-oem --guest-wallpaper-large=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/guest_large.jpg --guest-wallpaper-small=/usr/share/chromeos-assets/wallpaper/guest_small.jpg --enable-prefixed-encrypted-media --enable-consumer-kiosk --enterprise-enrollment-initial-modulus=15 --enterprise-enrollment-modulus-limit=19 --login-manager --vmodule=screen_locker=2,webui_screen_locker=2,lock_state_controller=2,webui_login_view=2,power_button_observer=2,*/ui/display/manager/chromeos/*=1,*/ash/display/*=1,*/ui/ozone/*=1,*zygote*=1,*plugin*=2,auto_enrollment_controller=1,*chromeos/login/*=1
Build Date
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Link: some links ...from my profile page (on Wikipedia)
Date: Tue Jun 13 16:03:31 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Any non play page, such as discussion. Look to the left here, at the top of the thread. If it is not listed there then go to the play page. Read the message of the fortnight, carefully. If you still can't find it, I dunno.
Date: Tue Jun 13 17:00:20 2017
User: outskirts
Message:Plumb-Bob: You can register two user names with your premium account. However, you may change those names any time you want, as much as you want, to any names you want. Look on the premium page right hand side under "modify usernames".
Date: Tue Jun 13 21:15:59 2017
User: Mike_Schwartz
Message:THANK YOU to RogerB (see the message of "Tue Jun 13 17:07:20 2017").
When I clicked on the link that you provided ... it took me to a page that DID show the word "premium" ... right after "problems".
Then, I tried changing my "magnification" [scale] ... by using "Ctrl-(PLUS-SIGN)" and "Ctrl-(MINUS-SIGN)" to increase or decrease the "magnification".
I found out something that everyone else probably already know.
If I make my "magnification" SMALL enough, then the list of choices (such as "home play scores tournament instructions discussion problems premium") DOES appear (vertically) on the left hand side of my screen -- INSTEAD OF, (horizontally) on the top of my screen.
... AND, *** when *** that happens, then the word "premium" DOES appear ... right after "problems".
Have a nice 6-13!
Link: some links ...from my profile page (on Wikipedia)
Date: Mon Jun 26 16:33:44 2017
User: GAC2
Message:Help - can't find Premium-For-Life signup that expires end-of-June.
Can only find the 12 month version...
Thanks.
Date: Mon Jun 26 17:13:37 2017
User: CubicSprock
Message:the 12 month is the premium for life version. normal (12 month) premium is ending and everyone who has an active premium membership will remain premium for life.
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