Useable Points

sag746 · Post by **sag746** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 7:11 am

How come I have sufficient points credited to play a request, but I get a message stating that there are not sufficent points available. Case in point: this morning I had 223 points available and wanted to play a request that was labeled 185 points. I could not download this request.
Am I missing something?

Thank you

packwingfn · Post by **packwingfn** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 7:17 am

Did you know there is a 30 minute limit? You can't request total amount of tracks that add up to 30 minutes total..perhaps that was the message that you received?

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 7:39 am

Pretty much what packwing has said. You'll have to wait 30 minutes before being able to request again.

sag746 · Post by **sag746** » Jan Fri 09, 2009 9:39 am

Thank you
Have a good day sailing.

Steve

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 10:54 am

Also, it is possible that the song is on "cooldown" When a song it chosen, it cant be chosen again until that cooldown is over.. I think it is like 3.5 days or something. I am not 100% sure exactly how long it is.

Was it red with a time or was it green and said now?

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 4:42 pm

It's about 3.5 days, I believe, before you will be able to request said song again.

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 4:47 pm

elizabethswann wrote:It's about 3.5 days, I believe, before you will be able to request said song again.

That sounds about right. I have never been able to figure it out exactly. It seems to be a rather random amount of time. I would love to hear from the admins what the time is and how it was decided upon.

Post by **js3901** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 5:02 pm

figmentaholic wrote:
elizabethswann wrote:It's about 3.5 days, I believe, before you will be able to request said song again.

That sounds about right. I have never been able to figure it out exactly. It seems to be a rather random amount of time. I would love to hear from the admins what the time is and how it was decided upon.

Subsonic has come up with the time, but there is no set schedule. In his own words, the time is "about 3.5 days". it could be a little more than that, or a little less. this is to discourage people requesting tracks at the exact same time every couple of days.

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Sun 11, 2009 5:07 pm

js3901 wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:
elizabethswann wrote:It's about 3.5 days, I believe, before you will be able to request said song again.

That sounds about right. I have never been able to figure it out exactly. It seems to be a rather random amount of time. I would love to hear from the admins what the time is and how it was decided upon.
Subsonic has come up with the time, but there is no set schedule. In his own words, the time is "about 3.5 days". it could be a little more than that, or a little less. this is to discourage people requesting tracks at the exact same time every couple of days.

Oh!! Well that makes sense! I never thought about it like that!! A pretty good idea! Thanks ffor clarifying that for me.

Nz58cl · Post by **Nz58cl** » Jan Mon 12, 2009 7:14 am

Ahh it all makes sense now, I was wondering about the interval before a song could be requested again.

Post by **subsonic** » Jan Wed 28, 2009 12:46 pm

Overall, it's seemed to work. And yes, it's "around 3.5" days so people can't camp on the song and request it at the same time. I know I haven't been around much and the system could be improved but we DO have plans to make SR better. When, is the question.

jenhen27 · Post by **jenhen27** » Jan Wed 28, 2009 2:30 pm

So they are all about 3.5 days? I always assumed that the more popular tracks took longer to refresh and the less popular took less time. Of course I hardly ever request anything since I usually listen to the schedule or the BGM so I never really payed attention to it.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Jan Wed 28, 2009 3:29 pm

jenhen27 wrote:So they are all about 3.5 days? I always assumed that the more popular tracks took longer to refresh and the less popular took less time. Of course I hardly ever request anything since I usually listen to the schedule or the BGM so I never really payed attention to it.

No, it goes for all the tracks depending on the time they were requested. That way it would be fair for everyone.

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Jan Wed 28, 2009 4:45 pm

Sub and js3901 have both said before if you really, really need to hear a track, they might put in a special request for you.

figmentaholic · Post by **figmentaholic** » Jan Wed 28, 2009 8:30 pm

While I do understand that you do not want an exact time so people will not choose a track at the same time, I do have to admit that maybe around 3.5 days may be a bit too long. I usually only listen at work, and that means that if I am lucky, I *MAY* get to hear a favorite song once a week.
I know you are talking about putting in a special request, but since I am at work, I really can't do that.

Would it be a terrible thing to lessen the time to about 2.5 days, or maybe even about 2 days? Obviously you would want to do the same "about" time so people wont choose things at the same time each day.

So, what do you say?