ARGGGGGGGH.

Yup, we really need this.

You're missing the point. This shouldn't be needed at all.

What should happen is that the game is submitted when you actually hit submit.

Don't look for ways around the problem, look at the problem itself.

Yeah I suppose you could cut the middle man out and just hope it should work as designed. But hey ho, even if there was a lag spike, or delay in transmitting data, at least it could save whatever picture you had and give you the option of saving it.

I think both ideas would be useful. Make the submit button work, and don't throw away a drawing because someone didn't quite manage to submit.

@Ackter what are you talking about "the point"? theres nothing wrong with having something other than your own fingers hitting submit in order to submit at the end of the timer... at times i get extremely involved and stop paying attention to the timer... im not the only one... if you really wanna make a good drawing that takes every second of the timer its good to know you dont have to keep ur eyes on the timer the whole time

98% of mine are submitted with less than 20 (probably 60% with <10) seconds left. Server side lag, cat throwing up, browser hiccups, really everything comes into play when you're down to the wire. I have seen several drawings "submitting" as I watch the timer wind down to 0, so it would be nice to get that fixed. But this extra check would be a welcome addition.

I've lost at least a dozen drawings, and it sucks pretty hard. Undoubtedly some were my fault but holy hell is it frustrating when you're working away about to submit and you see a new prompt pop up. I hate that feeling.

@Logan4413 I was confused at first, but I think he means that when you hit submit it should 100% of the time lock it in instead of lagging and missing the timer. Which I completely agree with. I also think something like the OP should be added in addition to this. perhaps just a 2 minute window after the 10 minutes where you can't draw anymore, but you can decide if you want to submit or skip...

This just happened to me too...I submitted with 18 seconds left and the timer just ran down while it was "sending" and then it all just vanished....boo.

Yeah, I'm not even attempting any games today with all these outages. Just gonna wait until it seems more stable lol

Ditto.

ARRRRRRRRRGH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE, TELL ME DURING THE GAME! NOT IN THE LAST 4 SECONDS THAT I HAVE TO SUBMIT. ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH. <End_rant.exe>

Haha I lost my S&M rudolph a minute ago. :(

Yeah, sorry about that. There's a major bug in the play system so had to shut it off, and don't currently have a graceful way to do that.

It's all part of being in a beta, we signed up for it. Any idea how long it'll be down?

Not blaming you matey, just the situation. Haha.

Testing a fix right now. Looking good, so about to deploy to production and reopen play/create.

Huzzah. Real men test on production anyway.

Haha, legend.