10 replies to this topic

[valarauko]

Just curious as to why the forums go down when the game and login servers go down. It really doesn't make much sense to take them down when the game servers go down. They shouldn't be connected and be kept apart. Any idea why the boards go down when the game servers do?

[Inubashiri]

Because lots of people rush onto the forums.

[EvilLoynis]

I agree it's quite annoying. This would be perfect time spent discussing things and helping others and making friends. Also you could make plans for when the server goes back up depending on which Time Zone your in so there would be better chance of making long term friends that will be around to party with.

[valarauko]

Because lots of people rush onto the forums.

Sooo it's just that the hardware and software that runs the boards can't keep up with the traffic? Got it. Thanks.

[JAYRAD]

why did the servers go down 7 minutes early, ughhhhhhhhh

[Inubashiri]

Sooo it's just that the hardware and software that runs the boards can't keep up with the traffic? Got it. Thanks.

Yeah its a bottle neck sometimes.

[CeruleanGamer]

Because lots of people rush onto the forums.

Must comment on every thread and continue to derep Cydra. Weekly routine whenever there's a maintenance.

[CeruleanGamer]

Because lots of people rush onto the forums.

Must comment on every thread and continue to derep Cydra. Weekly routine whenever there's a maintenance.

[meoryou2]

Because lots of people rush onto the forums.

Sooo it's just that the hardware and software that runs the boards can't keep up with the traffic? Got it. Thanks.

Yeah its a bottle neck sometimes.

If that's true then maybe, just maybe, they should think about moving the forums off that crusty old 486DX.... I have a few P4s and old Cyrix 600s laying around I could trade em for some WPE

More likely they have a mis-configured script ( *GASP* not Gravity...... ) that shuts down the game servers and brings up the firewall to ensure 100% disconnects.... and they didn't bother to write the firewall rules to only block access to the game servers ... or got lazy and just blocked a whole block of IPs and forgot the forums are on that block too.

[Keollyn]

smh lazy networkers.

[Inubashiri]

smh lazy networkers.

I doubt thats the case, its probably the layers of security that bottleneck it when a massive amount of connections come thru. The ticket system has the same fundamental problem right now.

Edited by Inubashiri, 02 August 2011 - 10:07 PM.