New novice area placed on sector which was claimed and being mined
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https://screeps.com/a/#!/map?pos=1.823,-5.885
This area was actively being mined by me and Danny,
according to This post this should prevent the novice-area to be spawned
I though this wasn't possible. Could you please clarify why it was placed here?
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Yes, please explain. This is very strange and unfortunate. This cuts off the great majority of my mining from that room (which is my original starting room, no less)!
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These rooms were not reserved nor claimed, it's why they have been transformed into Novice Area. Please reserve your rooms to mark your territory.
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According to the post linked:
"The energy harvested for the last 24 hours. If someone uses the room to mine resources on a regular basis, it would hardly be included into the novice area"
This area was reserved the last time I checked, and still being harvested: https://screeps.com/a/#!/history/E1N8?t=7504460
In action: https://screeps.com/a/#!/history/E2N8?t=7496615
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It was not reserved by the time we were looking for a place to make a new novice area. As mentioned in the previous post, the only guaranteed way to prevent transforming a room into novice area is to reserve or claim it. Mined rooms would hardly be included, but still could be if there are no other free places in the world currently.
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Actually, I am sorry that we have not noticed that these rooms were reserved quite recently. Apologies. Unfortunately, it cannot be undone now, as some novices are already settled there.
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No worries, in 20 days we might be able to settle there once more
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Well, thank you for that, at least. That takes the point out of the strongly-worded post I was just about to make.
For other readers, in case you're wondering: I accidentally made all my reservers stop working, and the novice area appeared just an hour and a half after the last reservation ran out (while I was asleep, as it happened). Seemed almost like the powers-that-be had been waiting to spring into action to lock out my rooms, but I guess it was just bad timing (and not checking the history when they really should've).
(And, well, as long as we're examining the wording of the other post, I would still like to point out that it says "reserved rooms are also excluded", implying that reserved rooms and mined rooms are on equal footing when it comes to novice area selection.)
