250000 games (kind of)!

[BobMcBob]

I just noticed (yes, I'm probably a little slow), but the site has recently reached 250000 games! Or should I say, the number of games created has exceeded 250000. A fair number of those games never actually started. There's still only 93043 finished games. Congratulations to LeWarz for creating the 250000th game!

[Jamiet99uk]

So, each time a game is created, it gets a unique number, and if it then fails to get enough players to start, that number is still used up?

[pyxxy]

So, each time a game is created, it gets a unique number, and if it then fails to get enough players to start, that number is still used up?

Yup, looks like it. Typical database unique numbering stuff.
https://github.com/kestasjk/webDiplomac ... e.php#L347

[WyattS14]

Does every site have its coding accessible through github? I didn’t know that was a thing

[Restitution]

Does every site have its coding accessible through github? I didn’t know that was a thing

Not every site. Just the best ones. It's called "Open Source".

A lot of proprietary code is also on GitHub, but on private repositories and not accessible to the public.

[Restitution]

So, each time a game is created, it gets a unique number, and if it then fails to get enough players to start, that number is still used up?

It's certainly the best way to do it!

[Chaqa]

Game IDs are likely a sequence. Once those numbers are pulled, they don't replenish unless there's some outside logic in place (which can be dangerous and cause issues). Pretty standard.