SpaceBattles Server Problems
- Thread starter Megaolix
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Sigh. Again?
...yep, again. Does SpaceBattles own their own servers, or is the site hosted by a third party? Because if it's the former, I can't see why they don't upgrade and expand the servers, and if it's the latter... actually, I'm not sure what they could do. But there must be something they can do to fix this.
...yep, again. Does SpaceBattles own their own servers, or is the site hosted by a third party? Because if it's the former, I can't see why they don't upgrade and expand the servers, and if it's the latter... actually, I'm not sure what they could do. But there must be something they can do to fix this.
Not quite correct.
There is a site sharing a server with Spacebattles, but that's peanuts.
The server strain comes from housing a bigass forum with zounds of posters in a server setup that people who know more about this kind of thing than I do have described as "laughable".
And yes, this doesn't seem to be lag.
They are down, Jim.
Whether down-for-good or down-for-the-time-being remains to be seen.
There is a site sharing a server with Spacebattles, but that's peanuts.
The server strain comes from housing a bigass forum with zounds of posters in a server setup that people who know more about this kind of thing than I do have described as "laughable".
And yes, this doesn't seem to be lag.
They are down, Jim.
Whether down-for-good or down-for-the-time-being remains to be seen.
OK, so they got banned for ranting about the mods. The fact that it was off-topic is irrelevant, save that if it were on-topic, you'd probably have been banned, too, for whatever excuse they could replace 'creating a thread for people to rant about the mods in' with.
I can say this, because I've seen people go way, waaaayy off topic, and not get banned, but honestly pointing out how shitty and unreasonable some of the mods there are is certainly likely to be verboten.
I can say this, because I've seen people go way, waaaayy off topic, and not get banned, but honestly pointing out how shitty and unreasonable some of the mods there are is certainly likely to be verboten.
Not really surprised that Kaal got himself banned, he seems to have a habit of really going off. No idea about Rabe.
And currently the site appears to be sorta down. Not that the lag is so bad it can't be reached (or at least it doesn't seem like that).
No, you go to the site and you get this message.
Not sure if it's been hacked or what.
And currently the site appears to be sorta down. Not that the lag is so bad it can't be reached (or at least it doesn't seem like that).
No, you go to the site and you get this message.
Not sure if it's been hacked or what.
Nope, this is scheduled maintenance. Something regarding fucked up forum account permissions that screwed around with available user options (such as the ability to delete posts).
More specifically, a botched account(s) import from the vBulletin days that resulted in one fucking mess that required a clean sweep/reset of said permissions (and the forced downtime to do so).
That being said, it's one more band-aid on the whole server lag mess (the server is just too damned old, hardware-wise, and couldn't keep up with the meteoric growth of new registered users, and thus sheer post count that needs to be regularly indexed and backed up).
Lastly, the only guy with the full/complete means to resolve this, Kier Darby himself, has no free time whatsoever to get involved, in spite of SB's admin team's efforts to contact him.
I can't help but feel a tad very bitter about it all, even though Kier is pretty much lead developer of all XenForo development (and thus fucking busy is one damned understatement).
EDIT: Back up again... for now. Spoke too soon. Third time's the charm?
OTOH, today's lag was considerably reduced compared to the last few weeks months; guess a lot of people finally got around to disabling e-mail alerts (one more feature that contributed to the lag).
More specifically, a botched account(s) import from the vBulletin days that resulted in one fucking mess that required a clean sweep/reset of said permissions (and the forced downtime to do so).
That being said, it's one more band-aid on the whole server lag mess (the server is just too damned old, hardware-wise, and couldn't keep up with the meteoric growth of new registered users, and thus sheer post count that needs to be regularly indexed and backed up).
Lastly, the only guy with the full/complete means to resolve this, Kier Darby himself, has no free time whatsoever to get involved, in spite of SB's admin team's efforts to contact him.
I can't help but feel a tad very bitter about it all, even though Kier is pretty much lead developer of all XenForo development (and thus fucking busy is one damned understatement).
EDIT: Back up again... for now. Spoke too soon. Third time's the charm?
OTOH, today's lag was considerably reduced compared to the last few weeks months; guess a lot of people finally got around to disabling e-mail alerts (one more feature that contributed to the lag).
Hmmm... that site might benefit from switching to RSS feeds rather than email alerts... that way it need not constantly be sending out a bazillion email alerts but merely update xml index tags for threads... but I do not know enough about the system to say for sure...
It does not affect me personally either way, as I've never bothered becoming a member, despite being a bigger Sci-Fi fan than an anime one. Been tempted to a 1/2 dozen times over the last 15 years though.
It does not affect me personally either way, as I've never bothered becoming a member, despite being a bigger Sci-Fi fan than an anime one. Been tempted to a 1/2 dozen times over the last 15 years though.