Epic lags of fail

It was a combination of several problems. You can't blame it on one thing. But I feel the main problem is that the setting that caused the server busy messages was set too high. So instead of preventing the server overload, it was allowed. That setting is there to prevent an overload of bandwidth activity.

Last night, I did a couple simple things that helped for a breif period of time. Which showed me that the server had way too much bandwidth being used. It was not just one thing. It was the problems combined. What I did was prune sb and set all battles sitting for over 24 hours to be deleted. It helped some. But the problem returned today.

So people please stop bitching and pointing fingers on one thing. The whole forum is the issue. It is not just one part of it.
 
Yeah I agree with this. The rpg is killing the site again.... I have been trying to get into FFF for like an hour and then it finally logs me in. I dont know what LG will do but I know this is pissing me off bad. :ness: Hopfully something will work out
 
The big problems yesterday were caused by me asking support to look into the lag, and them messing with some table with caused fragmentation. This led to all sorts of problems, as trying to repair the table increased load which messed up a table...eventually mysql had to be shut down to repair the tables. All this led to tons of downtime yesterday and overnight. Hopefully that's done for now, but I'm not sure.

The general lag itself seems to just be caused by increased traffic. Holiday season I'm guessing. I'll see later this week if I can do something about it.
 
Thanks for the info, LG. *ashamed that I've complained* It might be me, but I think the lag is slowly vanishing, or it might be the school computers :hmm: Is there actually someway to limit the traffic to ensure it doesn't happen again? :monster:
 
We do that, we lose potenial members. Which is the problem.

As for the 'IT'S TEH ARPEEGEE'S FAULT' think about one thing...

The RPG, even when offline, is still on the system, even when the RPG isn't in use lag can develop, heck, when myself and Koloth were making the first areas of the RPG, aside from a crafting issue we experienced little to no lag. Personally, i'd say it's time to point the finger at something else instead of joining the bandwagon.

Before the RPG was opened we still had lag, back then we had 'IT'S THE SERVER DOING IT!' yet now the RPG is open suddenly the finger is pointed at that.

If the RPG is contributing anything to lag it's only doing so when in use, in the early hours of the day there is practically no lag, save the odd hiccup or two.
 
Oh my goodness, it isn't even funny anymore. I had wrote a post about twenty minutes ago about last Friday at about the same time as this post and the lag I experinced when I came here to edit a post. I waited about 15 minutes, and then I give up. I don't remember what I was editing today, so that's lost forever. I'd typed it all out and hit the post reply button, and guess what? The lag kicked up, I waited about 10 minutes and gave up again. Now I'm trying again.

I have no clue what the issue is. I've been an active member of one other forum, that had more posts than this one, and it never lagged. Never ever. But anyway, I just would really love it if a soultion was found. My thanks to whoever finds it, and I'll love them forever.
 
.Meredy said:
We do that, we lose potenial members. Which is the problem.

As for the 'IT'S TEH ARPEEGEE'S FAULT' think about one thing...

The RPG, even when offline, is still on the system, even when the RPG isn't in use lag can develop, heck, when myself and Koloth were making the first areas of the RPG, aside from a crafting issue we experienced little to no lag. Personally, i'd say it's time to point the finger at something else instead of joining the bandwagon.

Before the RPG was opened we still had lag, back then we had 'IT'S THE SERVER DOING IT!' yet now the RPG is open suddenly the finger is pointed at that.

If the RPG is contributing anything to lag it's only doing so when in use, in the early hours of the day there is practically no lag, save the odd hiccup or two.
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I'm not just 'pointing the finger' NOR am I jumping on any bandwagon, I have my own mind, please don't be so quick to assume we are all blaming the RPG because we're all climbing aboard, quite frankly, it's insulting

For ME personally, Ive always had lag til the recent server move, then there was a VAST improvement. I can't claim to know anything about the technical side of things, it just seemed a coincidence that the major lag/load errors have happened since the RPG turning back on. Yeah it may have always BEEN there, but it hasn't had the traffic from the members whilst being offline has it? I'm just expressing my opinions. I may be wrong, but it wont hurt to check this shit out

Would it really hurt for the SB to be moved back to the bottom of the page and see how we get on hosting the RPG from another site?

Either way, something DOES need to be fixed SOMEWHERE.... we're not just having digs for the sake of it, well I'm not anyway, I'm just frustrated as I'm sure the rest of us are as well. Especially as I had a marked improvement, the site mocks me :sad3:
 
I was actually insinuating after you said it, everyone jumped on YOUR bandwagon :wacky: least how I saw it :monster:

As for the whole turning off the RPG to see what happens, I recall us doing that last year and unless i'm mistaken there was no change.

As for the RPG being hosted elsewhere, I think that would have to come from LG's pocket, which I doubt he wants to fork out for :monster:

Personally I think a few deletes here and there and some prune updates would work wonders :hmmm:
 
I believe the problem might just be a setting that Lord needs to change. He is trying to remedy the situation so we just need to have patience.

I do not think the RPG needs to go on another site. I just think Lord needs to fix a few things. But I firmly believe it is a setting set wrong.

No, I do not think the RPG is the problem. Since I have had the same lag issues before we put the RPG online.

I do think the sb needs to be regularly pruned though. Since pruning seems to improve things on my end.
 
Well, all we can do is sit tight I suppose and hope there IS a solution, it's actually sad that this irritates me so much, but it does :wacky:

ANd if fools wanna jump on my bandwagon, they can bring alcohol or GTFO
 
But of course, there's a fee to the Kellywagon :rage:

And lag irritation is understandable, i'd probably moan if not for having my PSP handy :wacky: but hopefully, given time the lag issues will be resolved and everything will work fine :awesome:
 
Stupid rep system won't let me rep ya, Bambi.

Yeah we can always go on the bandwagon and get drunk in the process. That would be an epic win.

We could have a rag on the server party. :highfive:
 
Maybe the super old topics that nobody looks at anymore could get pruned. Seriously about a half of the topics on here are old as fuck. Not only that, but there are the bots and guests checking them out which does use bandwidth. I am not complaining about them seeing them; just that we should remove the old topics.
 
Well i'd say a large majority of archived stuff could be binned, but that ultimately isn't my call to make. I just think some of it is just old competitions and random threads etc which I doubt anyone looks at anymore.
 
.Meredy said:
Well i'd say a large majority of archived stuff could be binned, but that ultimately isn't my call to make. I just think some of it is just old competitions and random threads etc which I doubt anyone looks at anymore.
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Cept for guests and bots. Hell maybe changing what they can see should be considered as well. It could come out as a double positive. If by changing the areas visible to the guests and bots to the ff section and the areas we want them to see it could cause more people to join the site, while also reducing lag for a while.

Edit: it appears that the down time has fixed the lag completely. Right now for me it is running faster then before the lag hit.
 
I do gotta say, an increase in activity at any point is a good thing so i can't complain about that, but it does stink the lag will come around with it. Hopefully it won't deter any potential members that are aspiring to sign up when they browse.
 
Its frustrating Ill admit, but we need to calm down and not lash out at people. Im sure the admins are doing everything they can to sort this out.

EDIT: It seems to be running ok for me now, touch wood. The last few days it claims the Internet Exploper cannot be found, etc.
 
This is certainly a pleasant surprise. The lag and problems seem to have vanished for the time being. I tried getting online at college earlier but I crashed right into the lag barrier. I'm actually glad the lag was there at the time because this woman was inspecting to see if I was working. She would have murdered me if I was caught on the forums.

LG certainly put a lot of effort into trying to fix the lag. Many thanks and commendations for him. I agree that the lag can be frustrating and infuriating to people (even I became overtly impatient), but that is what happens when the internet exists. Humans who regularly use the internet expect results in just a simple click away. They get used to that and when results don't come quickly, they become impatient more quickly than ever.
 
Lol, spoke to soon. Couldnt get into the site for 5 minutes and got the whole database error message and the couldnt connect to sever one. But its getting fixed I hope :D
 
Bambi said:
Well, all we can do is sit tight I suppose and hope there IS a solution, it's actually sad that this irritates me so much, but it does :wacky:

ANd if fools wanna jump on my bandwagon, they can bring alcohol or GTFO
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I would bring the alcohol, but I'm underage :sad3:

And didnt LG say that the general lag was caused by increased traffic? The lag comes and goes like the wind. If we can learn to have patience and go buy more guns, this would be over instantly :ryan
 
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