anyone else noticing massive slowdown?

Post by **eagle5953** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:41 am

Hey, are the forums responding slowly for anyone else? I don't know if it's on my end of things or just a temporary hickup or what...

There doesn't seem to be more people on than usual, which is the usual cause of this sort of thing - typically a few days after the release of a well-publicised portable, like Sifuf's N64 just after Christmas.

Spyder12587 · Post by **Spyder12587** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:04 am

Yeah, I'm having the same issue. Each page is taking a lot longer than usual to load up. I just figured it was my internet connection being dumb...

XCVG · Post by **XCVG** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:06 am

Yeah, it's so slow I thought I wouldn't be able to post this reply.

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:14 am

slow? no. it only takes about 3 minutes per page.

Spyder12587 · Post by **Spyder12587** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:16 am

When did I revert to a dial-up connection?

nevermind1534 · Post by **nevermind1534** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:30 am

Spyder12587 wrote:When did I revert to a dial-up connection?

Post by **eagle5953** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:37 am

OK, so it's a server-side issue. Good to know. Hopefully, it is only temporary.

nevermind1534 · Post by **nevermind1534** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:41 am

eagle5953 wrote:OK, so it's a server-side issue. Good to know. Hopefully, it is only temporary.

Right after you posted that, it got better.

edit: then slowed down again

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:31 am

it is because Ben just made a Commodore 64 laptop, and it got on Engadget.

Which means, of course, that the series of tubes re-aligns itself to all flow right into the main server. At the same time.

This happens from time to time, same thing with the Darksiders 360 laptop.

Post by **eagle5953** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:42 am

palmertech wrote:it is because Ben just made a Commodore 64 laptop, and it got on Engadget.

Which means, of course, that the series of tubes re-aligns itself to all flow right into the main server. At the same time.

This happens from time to time, same thing with the Darksiders 360 laptop.

Oh, right - I forgot that his main page would run off the same server. I had only checked the main forums page to see the number of people who were accessing the forums at that point.

So this should just die down in a day or two then, hmm?

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:12 am

palmertech wrote:it is because Ben just made a Commodore 64 laptop, and it got on Engadget.

Which means, of course, that the series of tubes re-aligns itself to all flow right into the main server. At the same time.

This happens from time to time, same thing with the Darksiders 360 laptop.

Hey, Engadget is not the only major Video game/Technology site which Ben's C64 Laptop got on. It also made it's way to Kotaku. Here's the link: http://kotaku.com/5199660/if-only-there ... 64-laptops

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:34 pm

You haven't seen "massive slowdown" yet.

When I first joined, the forums are so slow as if you literally take a 28.8K dialup and let 10 people share it. It's THAT slow.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:20 pm

The tubes must be clogged.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:26 pm

lifeisbetterwithketchup wrote:The tubes must be clogged.

Go call the plumber. Anyone else think we should buy ben another server, one for the main page and one for the forums?

SS

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:30 pm

That would be unnecessary. Remember this is a dedicated server, which isn't the $3/mo shared crap you see slung everywhere. (The actual monthly price is probably something like 80x that.) It's a lot beefier. Like Aguiluz said, back in '06-'07 it was really bad; basically any completed project announced on the front page took the site down completely.

SS, you should know that.

(But this is mainly for all the '08-ers in here, who have only seen the fast dedicated box.)

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