Unfinished puzzles states now saved

[admin]

Just a quick note to let everyone know a new feature has been added today that will automatically save your acrostic puzzle states once every 10 seconds so that if you accidentally refresh the puzzle page, or if you X out of a puzzle and come back to finish it later via "Recent Games", your puzzle progress should no longer be lost, forcing you to restart the puzzle from scratch.

The new code has been tested across multiple devices but if you notice anything strange happening please let me know.

[breldan]

Oh that’s wonderful, thanks!

[atmold]

Or if the phone rings

[capnelaine]

Like that!

[duhmel]

Does the timer stop while you are off the site?

[admin]

No, the timer continues regardless, in order to keep the competition fair.

[sewaneesue]

What is X out of a puzzle?

[admin]

X out just means closing the window the puzzle is in.

[oddcouple]

Great! I've been kicked out of puzzles before and had to start from scratch. That was always frustrating.

[sewaneesue]

I'm having a problem today. Whenever I complete a new Acrostics Puzzle, Im getting a message that the puzzle has already been solved, so I am not getting credit for these puzzles. Has this happened to anyone else?

[Hjlawrence7]

Wow! An acrostic quote from John Derbyshire, who writes for a far right white-nationalist website VDARE. I am done with Puzzle Baron unless they want to apologize for supporting racist writers.

[admin]

Wow! An acrostic quote from John Derbyshire, who writes for a far right white-nationalist website VDARE. I am done with Puzzle Baron unless they want to apologize for supporting racist writers.

This puzzle has now been deleted.

[PatienceCrabstick]

Pearls status: clutched

[DogMa]

I'm appalled by the fact that Admin caved in to this bully’s demand. If I say I'm done with Puzzle Baron unless Admin reinstates the deleted puzzle, will the puzzle be reinstated? If it cannot be reinstated, will I get an apology for having my right to be treated like an intelligent adult trespassed on? Was the quote itself actually racist, by any reasonable standard, or is it offensive enough to be banned just because it was written by someone who writes for VDARE? And if so, is that because VDARE is deemed "a far right white-nationalist website " by WIKIPEDIA, which is riddled with factual errors and steeped in "progressive" thought that disallows disagreement?


Does Puzzle Baron not support free speech?

[duhmel]

Maybe the censorship was ordered by the DOJ or FBI now that they have been prohibited by a judge from lobbying Twitter (X) to remove posts.