In Memoriam - does the server still exist?

I picked up the above for a couple of quid the other day, having read the JA+
review, which was more than favourable. However, I have never been able
(either on my Mac, or PC) to create an account because it complains it cannot
communicate with the server or that I may not be connected to the Internet (I
have a permanent DSL connection, via a Netgear WG834T router). Both systems
are connected directly (via big standard Ethernet cables). Is there a setting
I need to alter, or is this game now a dud? I don't really mind, because I
didn't pay much for it, but it's such a novel premise that I would like to
see how it works.

How do I persuade it to allow me to create an account? I've had the game a
couple of weeks now and, obviously, I've never been successful in doing so.

Cheers folks!

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:50:16 +0100, Margolotta wrote
(in article <0001HW.C061487802505962F0386530.RemoveThis@news.ngroups.net>):

> I picked up the above for a couple of quid the other day, having read the JA+

> review, which was more than favourable. However, I have never been able
> (either on my Mac, or PC) to create an account because it complains it cannot

> communicate with the server or that I may not be connected to the Internet (I

> have a permanent DSL connection, via a Netgear WG834T router). Both systems
> are connected directly (via big standard Ethernet cables). Is there a setting

> I need to alter, or is this game now a dud? I don't really mind, because I
> didn't pay much for it, but it's such a novel premise that I would like to
> see how it works.
>
> How do I persuade it to allow me to create an account? I've had the game a
> couple of weeks now and, obviously, I've never been successful in doing so.
>
> Cheers folks!
>

Hate replying to my own posts, but I should have stated that I've turned off
all firewalls (both software and hardware) and it's not made the blindest bit
of difference.