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[quote author=lovebug44 link=msg=273681 date=1158932125]
here you all go

Green: After some fun in the waning late summer sun and constant bickering, all of which was Red's fault, we are back, for another exciting episode of:

Red: Tiki Brothers Tech Talk! The names are made up but the problems are real.

Today's question comes from Christy Cripes from Cripestown Wisconsin.

"This "CRIPES!" error is driving me CRAZY!! I am playing a game, it closes and a message saying CRIPES comes up. What does it mean and how do I stop it!"

Green: Now settle down, everyone don't all get all excited at once! Cripes are not fancy French pancakes. The "Cripes" error is one that everyone might have seen once or twice in their Pogo travels, whilst for others cripes might plague you day in and day out. The error looks a little something like this Cripes Error!

Red: Thanks for the visual aid Green. I am going to try to explain this one this week, since I am feeling feisty.

Cripes means that you're game has experienced a serious error. The game did something completely unexpected internally and cannot continue working, no matter what.

Imagine, if you will, that you're driving a car with a driving instructor. The instructor says "Go left" so you go left. The instructor says "Go right" so you go right. Then the instructor says "Drive into the center of the earth!" At this point you get so confused that you just sort of go numb, pass out and crash into a telephone poll made of styrofoam.

Green: I think I saw the same thing happen the last time I was trying to teach you to surf like me. Ha! Ha! So anyway, Pogo engineers decided to use the word "Cripes" for this kind of crash because it's a word that is not commonly used, yet, easy to remember. When we at Pogo hear complaints of "Cripes" errors; we instantly know to jump on it right away and try to figure out what is wrong.

Red: Hey! If I was out surfing every day, neglecting Pogo, I'd be as good at surfing as you! I was going to be nice to you today... but now I'm not so sure I want to be!

Moving on though, Green and I were able to set our differences aside long enough to have compiled a list of "The Five Reasons You Might See the Cripes Error." And we threw in a few tips on out what to do next if you do see the Cripes error. 
ONE: There may be Internet Security software, such as Norton Security or MacAfee security running on your system blocking your game from working. Also a hardware or software firewall or router may be blocking data from our service. Cripes errors will likely happen at a very specific point in the game, such as the onset of a jackpot spin, or every time you try to play. Try turning off your security software and playing the game again. This might happen on multiple games that operate in a similar fashion, such as Lottso, Bowling and Dice City Roller. 
Green: I'll get the second one Red. 
TWO: Java could be installed incorrectly on your system. You would likely see Cripes every time you tried to play the games. Try reinstalling Java. You could also see "Java installed incorrectly" errors. Here's How to Reinstall Java

Red: Indeed! I'll go ahead and grab number three! 
THREE: A damaged or corrupt applet might be in your cache. The Cripes error would probably show up with a specific game or games. The error will happen before the game finishes loading. The "Damaged Applet" error might appear instead though. You may just need to Clear Your Cache. 
Green: Nicely done! I'll do one more with number four. 
FOUR: The fourth reason is tricky. A system specific hardware incompatibility may exist on your computer. Cripes errors usually happen only to a particular game. We see this sometimes with old video drivers or video cards and Fortune Bingo. Often a driver update will help in this case. Contact your hardware manufacture for more help on this one. Here's some more information on Drivers and How to Update Them. 
Red: And if one through four don't help and it's all starting to sound like jive, take a look at number five! 
FIVE: Occasionally there is bug in the game on our end. This could be a bug on the server side, sometimes related to heavy traffic, or a bug in the game itself.

A recent example of an error like this occurred when players were trying to send an emoticon in QWERTY. Sending an emoticon in caused the game to go "Cripes!" Fortunately Pogo fixed this issue within a day or so.

Another example was an issue on our end in Dice City Roller that was causing Cripes errors for people seemingly at random. This was because of a problem in our servers that was sending strange data to the game causing it to go "Cripes!" You can check out our help site, to see if we know about these types of issue. Unfortunately Sometimes it takes us a week or two (or longer in some cases) to fix these types of issues.

If you continue to see these errors and think it's something on Pogo's end, make sure to visit our Help Site and look for information on the game you are trying to play.

Green: If you tried all these things and you continue to get Cripes errors, it is a good idea to get a Java log at this point, as it will help our engineers figure out why you are getting a Cripes error.

Here are instructions on How to Create a Java Log.

Red: Thanks Green. Well, we hope we have brought everyone one step closer to the truth about the mystery of the Cripes error. Green, you're not such a bad teacher after all. In fact, after I win the badges this week, I think I am going to take you up on those surfing lessons you offered me.

Green: Oh, this should be good; I will enjoy watching you wipe out and screaming "Cripes" for an entirely different reason! Ha Ha!
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Posted by wagnerb43

- February 03, 2008, 07:08:09 AM

:##

Thank you Homer,
I'm going to try that.

Posted by Homer

- February 03, 2008, 05:58:08 AM

With MSJVM the only option that needs to be checked is JIT Compiler. Do not run both javas simultaneously. If you are using MSJVM uncheck the Sun Java box or vice versa. After making changes you will need to close your web browser and open a fresh one.

Posted by wagnerb43

- February 03, 2008, 04:51:54 AM

:ooo

I changed my java sun to microsoft vm and the game quick quack is running sluggish.
Is anyone else using microsoft vm? I have changed so many settings and click on, click off,
i don't know what i've started off with now. Maybe i should get another computer just for
my games.

Any ideas on the internet option settings?

Posted by Janadra

- February 02, 2008, 05:09:34 PM

I get this error frequently in Battlephlinx.

Posted by wagnerb43

- February 02, 2008, 02:33:02 PM

:OO

I have read in this forum about cripes errors. I too am getting them in quick quack. I have tried
everything that they suggested and more. I get them whether i'm using internet explorer or mozilla
firefox. I have deleted java and reinstalled. Rebooted my computer so many times. i tried
different settings also. i've deleted the program and reinstalled. so far quick quack is the only
game im getting this type of error. im using java sun, but i also have installed microsoft vm.

When i go into internet options and click on advanced. Im not sure what should be checked for
microsoft vm. I have the jit unchecked. It also suggested to turn off the proxy server set.
Where would i find that too.

Im only at rank 35 in quick quack. When i have it running, it can run 8 hours without a problem and then
other times it will run an hour and i get that same message.

any other suggests or thoughts would be appreciated.
thanks

Posted by tokiehog

- October 23, 2006, 09:52:59 AM

i have finished all the ranks in QQ but i did get the cripes error every time my duck changed..then it would run until the next duck..that is the only time i got it and i can now run forever in QQ and not get a cripes...so like all you folks i think it is a pogo problem..gl all :;'

Posted by countrycat

- October 23, 2006, 09:36:05 AM

i'm always getting that error drives me nuts!

Posted by HypnotizedMind

- September 26, 2006, 06:05:34 PM

i have gotten it a few times playin other games!!!

Posted by gator8_24

- September 23, 2006, 10:41:46 PM

I get the 'cripes' but not often and not in any particular game. It is a pain but not much can be done actually.

Posted by CanadianPrincess

- September 23, 2006, 09:32:06 AM

I had a lot of problems with pogo last night too. I finally gave up and went to bed. I haven't been on yet today, but I think you are right. It's pogo's issue, not mine.

Posted by crazy_

- September 23, 2006, 04:18:05 AM

Quote from: lovebug44 on September 22, 2006, 03:14:41 PM
if this keeps up i will not get this weeks qq badge have 45/100

no worries they extended the time for that challenge... to October 17th to finish

Posted by lovebug44

- September 23, 2006, 04:07:34 AM

well im still geting the dam thang time to email or call pogo

Posted by BadgeBabe

- September 22, 2006, 05:02:47 PM

JMHO, but I think Pogo's servers are overloaded again. Wednesday and yesterday, there were over 60,000 people in QQ and over 50,000 in Bowling most of the time.
Remember the last QQ challenge? Lots of people struggled with it, and there were so many people online that Pogo's servers crashed for days afterwards. People lost progress towards their badges in the crash too.
I started playing QQ the night before, so I had my badge before the crunch hit that time.

I noticed that some games which use a lot of Java are loading slower right now. I really think it's Pogo, not my system or yours. Once these long challenges are done, it should clear up. I hope. :)

Posted by lovebug44

- September 22, 2006, 03:14:41 PM

if this keeps up i will not get this weeks qq badge have 45/100

Posted by lovebug44

- September 22, 2006, 03:12:27 PM

i keep geting it now when im playing qq and its hard to get back in the game room i did what you all did and it still dose it its starting to make me >:(( >:(( >:((