g.r.emlin uses the forum posts as the main indicator of state
and moves though a state machine post-by-post
the premature close message(s) were cleared to fix the state transitions
recall that the premature close was due to a referee bug that
terminated the referee on any forum login failure (the referee must
login to make a post)
Pat wrote:my concern was that game 42 would start and immediately end,
due to absence of players.
that's a good point
this tweak to the idle rule should remedy that:
the rules wrote:After at least 3 entries have been made (the deal counts as entry 1) and 22 hours with no submissions the referee posts a message that the game has gone idle and will close in 2 hours if there are no further submissions.