[05-Mar-2008] Server overload this week

ser stiefel · Post by **ser stiefel** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:33 am

I look at it this way... cable tv is costing me $52 per MONTH! I don't even watch that much TV! Even at $52/mo it still goes on the fritz from time to time...

This is by far the most bang for my buck that I have spent for entertainment!!!

Being unable to predict how many people will be online at a given time, being unable to predict how many new people will join and at what rate, plus lots of other concerns that I wouldn't know about... I think you guys are doing a fantastic job! (and you let people join for free!!!!)

Far as I'm concerned... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:41 am

UPDATE: As advised by the database expert, the game log will only load the 50 most recent entries by default. This should be enough to review the action since your last turn. To see the whole game log from the start of the game, just click on load entire log.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:43 am

i assume this is band aid soloution....though your doing good thinks brother lack (yes im refering you to like a monk thing dude now)

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:49 am

This latest game log change will probably break compatibility with the "BOB" user script.

BOB users - please accept this temporary sacrifice to keep the website working for everyone!

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:52 am

lackattack wrote:This latest game log change will probably break compatibility with the "BOB" user script.

BOB users - please accept this temporary sacrifice to keep the website working for everyone!

i give it 10 mins til complaints

detlef · Post by **detlef** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:52 am

For starters, thanks for the hard work and, like others, I really appreciate the site. The $25 is, to me, a complete bargain (that's a movie rental every other month from Blockbuster) and I would certainly pay more if that's what it took to pay for the infrastructure to keep the site going strong. Well, that is, provided we weren't subsidizing an army of cheapskates of course.

Understand, however, that the price has been set by you and it is the understanding of those of us who pay that fee that we should be able to get our game on. Those of us with some degree of patience will tolerate the occasional hiccup but we also feel you owe it to us to truly get past this in a manner that it doesn't resurface again soon like it has of late.

While it is common courtesy for customers not jump up and down and cry bloody murder every time there's an issue with the product, the onus lies 100% on the shoulders of you to get the damned thing fixed and soon.

Believe me, I run a small restaurant, so I live this everyday. Like you, we experience our growing pains and have relied on the patience of our customers more than once. Of course, we've also sucked it up and sent out a lot of free grub and drinks because of these problems and work like hell to not only band-aid the issue but make damned sure it doesn't pop up again.

I trust you will devote whatever energies you have to do right by your customers.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:28 am

it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway

Shrinky · Post by **Shrinky** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:37 am

lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway

ur right. CC is his full time job. He mentioned it in one of his earlier announcements.

Squirly · Post by **Squirly** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:53 am

militant · Post by **militant** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:02 pm

Fireside Poet wrote:Hats off to you, lack, on the fast response ... my $25 is well deserved.

Ditto, thanks lack

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:15 pm

lackattack wrote:This latest game log change will probably break compatibility with the "BOB" user script.

BOB users - please accept this temporary sacrifice to keep the website working for everyone!

Mine seems to be working ok actually so I'm happy as larrry again (except for those 20 turns or so I missed yesterday

)

Well done lack - let's hope we can keep the ship permanently afloat from now on

detlef · Post by **detlef** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:43 pm

lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway

Well then, I feel even stronger about what I said.

To compare it to what I do:

If there was some major screw up at my restaurant and shortly afterwards another very similar one. If I had a dining room full of people who were waiting for their food for the second time in a rather short period of time, I wouldn't exactly expect a standing ovation when I finally got them their food.

I would certainly be happy to hear any encouragement and be certainly grateful to hear that people appreciated how hard I may have worked to finally deliver the product that I was charging them for. However, my main thoughts would be that of embarrassment and obligation to see to it that I would not put my customers through this sort of thing again (at least any time remotely soon).

After all, their only obligation is to pay me for services rendered. To patiently stick with me while I figure out how to serve them is entirely optional and should be, again, something I am grateful for not expecting.

That's all. I enjoy the site and, unlike some of those who are bitching in the forums and saying they're out of here, am prepared to ride it out. That said, as somebody who serves the public, I am entirely aware of the rights of the consumer and am not afraid to exercise them when I am, in fact, the consumer.

I have faith that lack will do what he needs to do...

wrestler1ump · Post by **wrestler1ump** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:56 pm

lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway

How would you know what he does in his spare time? Do you know lackattack personally?

Yes this is his full time job. Conquerclub is a personal business, and requires computer programming skills. I wouldn't knock the founder of this site if I were you. He's done amazing things in just over two years, so have some respect.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:01 pm

wrestler1ump wrote:
lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway
How would you know what he does in his spare time? Do you know lackattack personally?

Yes this is his full time job. Conquerclub is a personal business, and requires computer programming skills. I wouldn't knock the founder of this site if I were you. He's done amazing things in just over two years, so have some respect.

read the thread skimmer
nice one idiot...
i have nothing bt praise for lack
someone above the very post you quoted said i hope u spend your full time fixing this...i then posted wat i said
once again whump u prove to everyone what a fucking idiot you are.
ill take my mod warning now

wrestler1ump · Post by **wrestler1ump** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:06 pm

lord voldemort wrote:
wrestler1ump wrote:
lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway
How would you know what he does in his spare time? Do you know lackattack personally?

Yes this is his full time job. Conquerclub is a personal business, and requires computer programming skills. I wouldn't knock the founder of this site if I were you. He's done amazing things in just over two years, so have some respect.
read the thread skimmer
nice one idiot...
i have nothing bt praise for lack
someone above the very post you quoted said i hope u spend your full time fixing this...i then posted wat i said
once again whump u prove to everyone what a fucking idiot you are.
ill take my mod warning now

Don't worry, the mods will let you get away with the flame.

The tone of your post suggests that you were insulting lack. Failing to quote whom you were responding to did not help either. Now that you have been called for what you said, you're trying to take back your words.

Let's keep the flaming out of this. My point is, you need to express yourself in a way that does not convey disrespect to the founder of this site.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:08 pm

whatever

perhaps read everything before opening your fat mouth to form words. we wouldnt run into this problem

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:09 pm

kids, knock it off.

wrestler, stop telling people how to post. no one has to bow down to lack.

lordy, stop flaming outside flame wars.

detlef · Post by **detlef** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:10 pm

wrestler1ump wrote:
lord voldemort wrote:
wrestler1ump wrote:
lord voldemort wrote:it his full time job
he doesnt do much else
well thats what i thought anyway
How would you know what he does in his spare time? Do you know lackattack personally?

Yes this is his full time job. Conquerclub is a personal business, and requires computer programming skills. I wouldn't knock the founder of this site if I were you. He's done amazing things in just over two years, so have some respect.
read the thread skimmer
nice one idiot...
i have nothing bt praise for lack
someone above the very post you quoted said i hope u spend your full time fixing this...i then posted wat i said
once again whump u prove to everyone what a fucking idiot you are.
ill take my mod warning now
Don't worry, the mods will let you get away with the flame.

The tone of your post suggests that you were insulting lack. Failing to quote whom you were responding to did not help either. Now that you have been called for what you said, you're trying to take back your words.

Let's keep the flaming out of this. My point is, you need to express yourself in a way that does not convey disrespect to the founder of this site.

FWIW, I have no idea at all why you assumed that was voldemort's stance. I did not get that at all. As far as I could tell, he was simply saying that dude works as hard as he can on the site.

lord voldemort · Post by **lord voldemort** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:15 pm

wicked wrote:kids, knock it off.

wrestler, stop telling people how to post. no one has to bow down to lack.

lordy, stop flaming outside flame wars.

sorry my dear

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:57 pm

Right - BOB *should* work now - if you get version 4.3.4...

I've tested it a bit - let me know if you have any problems - in the BOB thread please.

C.

potiusmori · Post by **potiusmori** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:18 pm

Lack, thought i'd drop a note... i suppose there's a better spot for it, but.

When you finish a game it loads the full log instead of just the last 50 lines.

Glad to know the game's being well cared for,

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:37 pm

potiusmori wrote:Lack, thought i'd drop a note... i suppose there's a better spot for it, but.

When you finish a game it loads the full log instead of just the last 50 lines.

Glad to know the game's being well cared for,

Are you sure? I just finished a few games and only the last 50 lines were loaded.

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:56 pm

Might be an FOW thing...

C.

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:01 pm

I have 4.1.10 and it works fine with the new log.

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:44 pm

hecter wrote:
Fireside Poet wrote:Just think of the savings by getting rid of Spamalot...
And the Longest Thread Thread.

Did you think I wouldn't see this?

I say we get rid of all the inactive posts.

[05-Mar-2008] Server overload this week

Thanks for your hard work!