What Is Wrong With OLC?

Nice guess, but I've been using the same username and password for about
4 years. I simply type the letter "d" in the username field and the
rest of my username and password are filled in automatically. I get
logged in, but can not claim flights.

Maybe they've come to dislike Chrome? I'll try Firefox or that new
browser that comes with Windows 10.

On 1/29/2017 3:13 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 8:25:07 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
I was unaware of that! So I followed your instructions and, voila:



An Error has occurred!





A Competitor with
this name and birthday already exists. Forgot
your password?






If you are positive you have the correct email, wouldn't this error message mean that you are using the wrong user name? "This name" referring to your pilot name. Just a guess...

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Dan, 5J

Tried it with Microsoft Edge and got identical results. It logs me in
but won't let me do anything.

On 1/29/2017 5:49 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
Nice guess, but I've been using the same username and password for
about 4 years. I simply type the letter "d" in the username field and
the rest of my username and password are filled in automatically. I
get logged in, but can not claim flights.

Maybe they've come to dislike Chrome? I'll try Firefox or that new
browser that comes with Windows 10.

On 1/29/2017 3:13 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 8:25:07 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
I was unaware of that! So I followed your instructions and, voila:


An Error has occurred!

A Competitor with
this name and birthday already exists. Forgot
your password?

If you are positive you have the correct email, wouldn't this error
message mean that you are using the wrong user name? "This name"
referring to your pilot name. Just a guess...


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Dan, 5J

Try typing your user name and password out
instead of autotype.

What is wrong with OLC - You don't have to declare a task first! Couldn't
resist.

Skylines is so much better, with a much more user friendly site.
Unfortunately it's not as well used so there is not as much opportunity
to compare with others and, hopefully, learn something.

Either that or they just don't like me...

On 1/29/2017 2:56 AM, Jim White wrote:
What is wrong with OLC - You don't have to declare a task first! Couldn't
resist.


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Dan, 5J

Have you checked that the link that you've bookmarked is not the 2016 version? I had similar issues with not being on the current year as the link changes every year. Granted it is mostly veiwing daily results but worth looking at.

When I click on "Daily Score" it comes up with today's date. I don't
see anything in my bookmarked link
(http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0..._jsp=rules_olc)
which indicates for which year it is meant. Can you supply your link?
I'd be happy to give it a shot.

On 1/29/2017 11:09 AM, wrote:
Have you checked that the link that you've bookmarked is not the 2016 version? I had similar issues with not being on the current year as the link changes every year. Granted it is mostly veiwing daily results but worth looking at.

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Dan, 5J

On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:47:07 -0700, Dan Marotta
wrote:

When I click on "Daily Score" it comes up with today's date. I don't
see anything in my bookmarked link
(http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0..._jsp=rules_olc)
which indicates for which year it is meant. Can you supply your link?
I'd be happy to give it a shot.


Hi Dan,

I see all your flights up to Jan 12th, 2017.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...=44325&sp=2017

On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 6:43:42 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
I've been trying for over a year to get the OLC people to fix my login.
I've filled out their help forms too many times to count and they don't
reply and they don't fix the problem. As it stands now, I can not
upload my flights to OLC. When I log in I get a message that states (in
German) that my email address is not valid. But it is valid. And I am
logged on successfully. Then, when I select to upload a flight, I get
the same message stating that my email address is invalid.

Is there anyone listening at OLC? Is there anyone in Europe who can
contact them on my behalf? My email address is
. It is a valid address.

Since I can no longer upload flights, I won't be providing financial
support any more unless it's fixed. Too bad, since I'm currently number
1 at Moriarty and number 14 in the USA.

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Dan, 5J

I had the exact same problem and a frustratingly similar experience until I was given a tip, there's an issue using our Earthlink.net e-mail addresses on OLC (I use one also). Register for a free gmail address, change your OLC account to use that address and you'll be in business within 5 minutes. While I'd far prefer to use my earthlink address like I do for everything else, OLC doesn't seem to support them or say anything about this issue in their FAQs. Make the change and you'll be good to go.

Chuck

Thanks.

Hannes from OLC got back to me and told me there was a "big fat bug" and
that he would fix it. He did! I'll still take your advice and switch
to a gmail address.

Thanks to all who had advice to try.

Dan

On 1/29/2017 9:44 PM, wrote:
On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 6:43:42 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
I've been trying for over a year to get the OLC people to fix my login.
I've filled out their help forms too many times to count and they don't
reply and they don't fix the problem. As it stands now, I can not
upload my flights to OLC. When I log in I get a message that states (in
German) that my email address is not valid. But it is valid. And I am
logged on successfully. Then, when I select to upload a flight, I get
the same message stating that my email address is invalid.

Is there anyone listening at OLC? Is there anyone in Europe who can
contact them on my behalf? My email address is
. It is a valid address.

Since I can no longer upload flights, I won't be providing financial
support any more unless it's fixed. Too bad, since I'm currently number
1 at Moriarty and number 14 in the USA.

--
Dan, 5J
I had the exact same problem and a frustratingly similar experience until I was given a tip, there's an issue using our Earthlink.net e-mail addresses on OLC (I use one also). Register for a free gmail address, change your OLC account to use that address and you'll be in business within 5 minutes. While I'd far prefer to use my earthlink address like I do for everything else, OLC doesn't seem to support them or say anything about this issue in their FAQs. Make the change and you'll be good to go.

Chuck

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Dan, 5J