# Armageddon **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 11, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/armageddon/95732 "2006-06-11T10:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/armageddon/95732/1 "2006-06-11T10:55:09Z")
I’m just wondering what happened to Armageddon and whether people had any more information/news about it. I’ve thought about comet but I think that a flash socket would be easier to implement. Does Armageddon have the same drawbacks as other flash sockets, namely not working over port 80 (so the companies firewall blocks it)? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/armageddon/95732/2 "2006-06-22T13:10:10Z")
> I’m just wondering what happened to Armageddon and whether people had > any more information/news about it. I’ve thought about comet but I think > that a flash socket would be easier to implement. Does Armageddon have > the same drawbacks as other flash sockets, namely not working over port > 80 (so the companies firewall blocks it)? I’ve answered my own question by building my own version of Armageddon (flash socket that integrates with rails). I’ll be releasing it as a plugin shortly. You can see a demo of a real-time chat app [http://alexmaccaw.no-ip.info:3001/chat](http://alexmaccaw.no-ip.info:3001/chat) and the related blog post [http://eribium.org/eribium/?p=48](http://eribium.org/eribium/?p=48) . Feedback is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/armageddon/95732/3 "2006-06-22T13:56:24Z")
I can’t find any info on Armageddon. Any pointers? On Jun 22, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Alex MacCaw wrote: > > I’m just wondering what happened to Armageddon and whether people had > > any more information/news about it. I’ve thought about comet but I > > think > > that a flash socket would be easier to implement. Does Armageddon > > have > > the same drawbacks as other flash sockets, namely not working over > > port > > 80 (so the companies firewall blocks it)? – [http://wagerlabs.com/](http://wagerlabs.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Alex\_MacCaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Alex_MacCaw)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/armageddon/95732/4 "2006-06-22T14:02:19Z")
Joel R. wrote: > I can’t find any info on Armageddon. Any pointers? > > On Jun 22, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Alex MacCaw wrote: > > > > I’m just wondering what happened to Armageddon and whether people had > > > any more information/news about it. I’ve thought about comet but I > > > think > > > that a flash socket would be easier to implement. Does Armageddon > > > have > > > the same drawbacks as other flash sockets, namely not working over > > > port > > > 80 (so the companies firewall blocks it)? > > – > [http://wagerlabs.com/](http://wagerlabs.com/) [http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/62907](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/62907) There isn’t much info - this is the most I could find.