So I try to get the IRK, I was told to refresh just as the IRK becomes available, but when I refresh, Push purchase it takes me to Log-in… by the time I log in the deal is gone. Any suggestions?
With only 50 for sale each time the folks that get them have very low latency and likely faster internet connections. Even with 100 it’s mostly those folks that get them. Back when they did 500 at a time (and I think a long while back they used to do 1000 at a time) the odds were evened out a bit.
Time how long it takes between when the timer goes to zero and you need to refresh the page. Do it too soon and you end up back on the old deal. Do it too late and its sold before you even hit refresh.
PS I missed you have to log in again. As sammydog01 said you shouldn’t have to log in again if you already logged in.
@sammydog01 Is that… The Man Who Fell to Earth? I don’t remember a big cookie scene. But I haven’t seen it since the mid-80’s, edited for television, so, maybe they cut it out. Or I only remember Buck Henry.
In my case, with FIOS on the east coast, key is having the browser window large so I don’t have to scroll down at all. Wait for old item to end, then give it a 2 Mississippi before hitting refresh.
I pretty much always get an irk each meh-rathon, often on a phone with LTE only. I stay logged in through Facebook and Google knows me too well to force me to do a captcha, so it’s a matter of refreshing a beat after the previous timer hits 00:00, then quickly hitting the button, scrolling down to the bottom to click “Not a robot” and clicking “Buy it already” as soon as the checkmark fills the box.
One thing I’ve noticed that may help. I ALWAYS get the captcha on mobile. But on a computer I don’t see it as often.
Of course you need to figure out why it’s making you log in each time. I’m guessing that’s a cookie issue.
Other than that it’s a lot of waiting and quick everything required to get one.
People that are saying the internet speed and/or latency is an important factor, I disagree. I’ve been successful in snagging IRKs in the weirdest ways. I’ve been connected to another computer remotely using Teamviewer and got it. I’ve used my phone with Wifi and got one. Used my phone with 4g and got one. Ive got one on my tablet using Wifi. I have the slowest and crappest service comcast offers in my area and live in a state that is almost as far as you can get from the meh servers.
This is a skills based game. Not going to give all the tricks away but I’ll give a couple hints:
Make sure you’re already signed in ahead of time
Your computer clock may not match the meh server clock so you might have to adjust for that.
You need to act quickly knowing any delay or mistake can prevent you from winning.
@cengland0 This person says they’re being logged out somehow- that makes it a no go with all the suggestions here. I stay logged in forever as far as I can tell. Any suggestions as to why they need to log in every time?
@sammydog01 I see only one message from the OP @tchancey and it says, “So I try to get the IRK, I was told to refresh just as the IRK becomes available, but when I refresh, Push purchase it takes me to Log-in… by the time I log in the deal is gone. Any suggestions?”
Where does it say that he/she was logged in and it logged him/her off?
This was one time I could not snag an irk. I thought it was extremely hard on the stupid zagaton and gave up and went to bed early bc I was so disappointed. I also have a blood clot in my right arm that severely hurts, yeah that’s my excuse.
@Star2236 blood clots are no joke. I had one in my leg once and even the sheets on my bed brushing against the area on my leg hurt like h-e-double hockey sticks
@mbersiam
Omg this thing has been hurting sooo bad. Yeah any time it brushes against anything it hurts so bad. Sleeping has been a pain in the ass bc like you said the sheets. That’s why I gave up in the zagathon bc it hurt to use my arm and I’m right handed. It’s finally starting to go away slowly since my dc had me switch my blood thinner to shots and take baby aspirin too. But this one is nothing compared to the one I had on my brain about 10 years ago, I thought I was gonna die then bc the pain was so bad. Crazy thing is I got it when they put an iv in me, I didn’t even that was possible.
With only 50 for sale each time the folks that get them have very low latency and likely faster internet connections. Even with 100 it’s mostly those folks that get them. Back when they did 500 at a time (and I think a long while back they used to do 1000 at a time) the odds were evened out a bit.
Time how long it takes between when the timer goes to zero and you need to refresh the page. Do it too soon and you end up back on the old deal. Do it too late and its sold before you even hit refresh.
PS I missed you have to log in again. As sammydog01 said you shouldn’t have to log in again if you already logged in.
You shouldn’t have to log in again. I don’t know why it’s making you, maybe someone else can explain.
/giphy cookies
@sammydog01 Is that… The Man Who Fell to Earth? I don’t remember a big cookie scene. But I haven’t seen it since the mid-80’s, edited for television, so, maybe they cut it out. Or I only remember Buck Henry.
@mossygreen It was Cookie Monster first time and I forget to check after I edited the post. Good thing it wasn’t pornographic.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 I don’t remember that scene either - although it was so long ago I don’t remember most of the movie.
@mossygreen @sammydog01
Saw Man Who Fell To Earth frying balls on shrooms like a decade ago…holy shit that movie was awesome!
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot you got that right Mr. Bot.
@mossygreen @sammydog01 Its on amazon prime video if you have it. I just watched it couple nights ago!
@lilsrm123 @sammydog01 Oh nice!
Keep trying is all you can do. It depends on four things:
When the page loads, hit “buy” immediately, if it’s not an IRK you don’t have to proceed.
@OnionSoup some robots have the skillz tho.
/giphy catpcha robot
@OnionSoup The bit about being soldered made me chuckle.
@OnionSoup @PooltoyWolf Maybe he can get a job as a Google Car chauffeur.
In my case, with FIOS on the east coast, key is having the browser window large so I don’t have to scroll down at all. Wait for old item to end, then give it a 2 Mississippi before hitting refresh.
I pretty much always get an irk each meh-rathon, often on a phone with LTE only. I stay logged in through Facebook and Google knows me too well to force me to do a captcha, so it’s a matter of refreshing a beat after the previous timer hits 00:00, then quickly hitting the button, scrolling down to the bottom to click “Not a robot” and clicking “Buy it already” as soon as the checkmark fills the box.
One thing I’ve noticed that may help. I ALWAYS get the captcha on mobile. But on a computer I don’t see it as often.
Of course you need to figure out why it’s making you log in each time. I’m guessing that’s a cookie issue.
Other than that it’s a lot of waiting and quick everything required to get one.
As a fellow robot, I understand your pain.
People that are saying the internet speed and/or latency is an important factor, I disagree. I’ve been successful in snagging IRKs in the weirdest ways. I’ve been connected to another computer remotely using Teamviewer and got it. I’ve used my phone with Wifi and got one. Used my phone with 4g and got one. Ive got one on my tablet using Wifi. I have the slowest and crappest service comcast offers in my area and live in a state that is almost as far as you can get from the meh servers.
This is a skills based game. Not going to give all the tricks away but I’ll give a couple hints:
@cengland0 This person says they’re being logged out somehow- that makes it a no go with all the suggestions here. I stay logged in forever as far as I can tell. Any suggestions as to why they need to log in every time?
@sammydog01 I see only one message from the OP @tchancey and it says, “So I try to get the IRK, I was told to refresh just as the IRK becomes available, but when I refresh, Push purchase it takes me to Log-in… by the time I log in the deal is gone. Any suggestions?”
Where does it say that he/she was logged in and it logged him/her off?
@cengland0 @tchancey I guess I just assumed that.
/giphy I’m probably wrong
@cengland0 Anyway I have a feeling they left already.
This was one time I could not snag an irk. I thought it was extremely hard on the stupid zagaton and gave up and went to bed early bc I was so disappointed. I also have a blood clot in my right arm that severely hurts, yeah that’s my excuse.
@Star2236 blood clots are no joke. I had one in my leg once and even the sheets on my bed brushing against the area on my leg hurt like h-e-double hockey sticks
@mbersiam
Omg this thing has been hurting sooo bad. Yeah any time it brushes against anything it hurts so bad. Sleeping has been a pain in the ass bc like you said the sheets. That’s why I gave up in the zagathon bc it hurt to use my arm and I’m right handed. It’s finally starting to go away slowly since my dc had me switch my blood thinner to shots and take baby aspirin too. But this one is nothing compared to the one I had on my brain about 10 years ago, I thought I was gonna die then bc the pain was so bad. Crazy thing is I got it when they put an iv in me, I didn’t even that was possible.
@Star2236 That sucks. I’m sorry you have to deal with them at all. I hope you recover quickly!!
@mbersiam
Thanks, me to it’s starting to get annoying.