I am thinking that this orphan issue is just the tip of the iceberg - beyond this we have our extraordinary bad luck for many days now.
I suspect something has changed and this pool is getting locked out of blocks somehow. The orphans may/may not be related.
This is exactly what happened at Slush before I moved here. I'm having a deja vu.
did not want to say this but I did think it.
what is worse is this if this is true it confirms it:
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Until you spell our name correctly, you won't be able to understand why you always get orphaned. We haven't have any orphans for 7 weeks, or more than 1400 blocks.
Interesting wonder what kano thoughts are. I did notice slush's pool is killing blocks lately. Rigging the system seems difficult.