How many people are sick of ENworld going down?

[KenM]

How long has it been? The main page has been down most of the week, and yesterday I could not even get to the messageboards for half the day. Lets start a pool on when will they be back up, I say when hell freezes over.

 

[Wizardry]

First, this should be in Meta. Second, considering the huge amount of traffic the site and the board recieves, they are actually up a surpisingly large amount of the time. The boards are up around 90-95% of the time, if not more, and the main site almost never goes down at all. I suppose people just remember the times when they were down more vividly then the huge amount of time they're up.

 

[KenM]

they go down at least once a month. Either because a sever crash, or the people running it want to change how it looks, ect. why can't they just leave it alone, every time i get used to how a website looks, they change it and It take me more time to look though it. If it is not broke, don't fix it IMO. ENworld is a RPG site, so it belongs in the RPG discussion.

 

[Wizardry]

First, no, this thread does belong in Meta. The General RPG Discussion board is for discussing gaming products, campaigns, characters, and so on, that actually pertain to gaming in a reasonable, tangible manner. Meta deals with subjects concerning the site, how it's run, and the messageboards in general. Regardless, I'm not a moderator so moving on...

I've been visiting this site for about three or so years, at least, and the boards definitely do not go down "at least once a month". They go down once in a while, sure, but given the vast amount of traffic this site recieves, more than any other site I've ever visited, that's hardly surprising. In addition, this new server has been the most stable of all the ENWorld servers up to this point. Even if you were correct that the boards go down "at least once a month", that's hardly noticable considering the vast amount of time they're up.

Consider, 30 days is 720 hours of time. The boards going down at least once a month for half a day cuts that down to 708 hours. That's neglibile, and hardly any downtime at all. I think the boards work fine.

 

[Piratecat]

Gee, Ken, you want your money back? Oh wait - you say it's free? Then perhaps you could be more polite, eh?

And yes, this belongs in Meta.

Seriously, I'll be thrilled when the adjustments get made and the problems stop. There's about four hours per day when I can't get in. Very frustrating.

 

[Knight Otu]

How long has it been? The main page has been down most of the week,...

Three days at most. It started shortly after I posted my question to Morrus.

...and yesterday I could not even get to the messageboards for half the day.

I got that for a long time each evening. Did I complain? No, I simply waited, knowing that this was only a temporary thing. Now Morrus is fixing it (hopefully).

Lets start a pool on when will they be back up, I say when hell freezes over.

You won't make it go up faster with these comments.

they go down at least once a month.

I don't think it is that often. But yes, that sort of thing happens.

or the people running it want to change how it looks, ect. why can't they just leave it alone, every time i get used to how a website looks, they change it and It take me more time to look though it. If it is not broke, don't fix it IMO.

The changes are a gradual thing. Morrus had these plans for a long time, spawned from a discussion a few months back. Most of us knew that some sort of change would occur.

Mind you, seeing the site down isn't good, and the connection errors are at times annoying, but ranting won't make them go away. If you're not pleased, ok. But it can be said a bit more polite.
I understand your position, though.

 

[Horacio]

Re: Re: How many people are sick of ENworld going down?

I understand your position, though.

I don't.

The kid seems to think he has a right to be angry.

Like if he had payed for a cinema ticket and the movie didn't appear at the screen.

And he is not only angry, he is rude and vindicative, he behaves like a sad moron.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Registered since September and knows the site goes down once a month?

 

[Horacio]

Registered since September and knows the site goes down once a month?

Of course, like most [EDIT]Insult deleted[/EDIT], he is omniscient...

 

[Wizardry]

Re: Re: Re: How many people are sick of ENworld going down?

I don't.

The kid seems to think he has a right to be angry.

Like if he had payed for a cinema ticket and the movie didn't appear at the screen.

And he is not only angry, he is rude and vindicative, he behaves like a sad moron.

Hey hey, no need for personal insults. I disagree with the position he takes, but it can be very frustrating not to access the boards.