Any news on delays and so forth regarding turn processing at Ab Initio Games will appear here. If there’s nothing here, there’s probably not a delay.
Thursday 12th March 2026 – unfortunately, something is going on out there with AV (Anti-Virus) software, which is telling some people that their game reports may be infected with a virus. We have checked and nothing has changed with our sending mechanism (it’s been the same for over a year) and I believe the reports players are getting are Heuristic (so you are probably getting a false positive).
I’ve even had one player with the warning for one game report and not another, another who can access a game report fine on their phone and a third blocked through yahoo but for whom hotmail worked. If you want me to resend to a different email address let me know the game and team details and the new email and I can try that (but please do report the false positive).
I appreciate this is far from ideal, but if you do get one of these, I can only suggest you report it to your provider as a false report (which hopefully would also solve the issue for others). They should be able to check it and release the file. I’m afraid me resending it doesn’t really help.
Deadlines – As far as I am concerned, Thursday deadlines are working really well (I get my weekends back) so we’ll stick with them at least until the end of the summer. The only minor caveat is orders should be in by 7am, as sometimes I am up and wanting to get games run (and it also means I can run them all before heading out for the day).
Housekeeping – Please can players make sure their credits are topped up (and that doesn’t mean continually dropping to -1) and also make sure turns are submitted on time. Both issues have slowed me down recently, and it’s always a minority (usually the same people) and right now, I really do want to be focussing my energy elsewhere. Thanks………
Hotmail Problems – I’m still having problems with outgoing emails (not game reports, only messages sent from my mailbox) reaching Hotmail users. If you haven’t set danny@pbmsports.com as a trusted email address please do so, and feel free to raise it with Hotmail if you are getting blocked. They seem to have decided to block the email address, albeit only occasionally. I can’t bug them, as they’re not my email provider. I will, if I really need to, use an alternative email address, but I’m hoping to avoid having to make that permanent.
Late Turns – can I remind people about chasing late results – I aim to get games run on the Thursday (for two weekly games), and given the number of turns this does mean spreading them out (I also need to avoid sending out too many results in a short timeframe, as they will trigger systems thinking I’m sending spam). Please wait until Saturday before you chase anything “late”, and for those in more than one game, don’t assume because you’ve received one game report that I’ve sent them all. If a turn is missing, make sure you tell me which game and team you need.