Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted October 11, 2018 Not quite a bug... but I'm getting rather long load times for the Den the past couple days. Usually each page loads near-instantaneously on my desktop, but I'm getting 30-45 second wait times now. It's not a huge deal, but it's odd. No other site or service seems to be affected. Maybe the Den is more active now? But I haven't seen any more activity than usual. (Granted, I tend to lurk in specific boards and threads.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 11, 2018 @Erdrick The Hero Is it always the same times? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted October 11, 2018 It happens throughout the day, I haven't pinned down any particular time. It's been near-constant though from what I can tell. Coincidentally, this page loaded fine when I came to check for a reply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Yeah, seems zippy enough when I am hitting it. I'm going to blame it on the government and the roll-back of net neutrality Seems there are 2+ pages of guests, I guess I could start requiring people to register to be able to read topics. Edited October 11, 2018 by Woodus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,262 Posted October 11, 2018 33 minutes ago, Woodus said: Yeah, seems zippy enough when I am hitting it. I'm going to blame it on the government and the roll-back of net neutrality Thanks, Obama. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redneckpride4ever 319 Posted October 12, 2018 I wonder if the traffic is new Questers coming to the Den thanks to DQ XI? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 12, 2018 That very well could be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted October 13, 2018 Speed issue seems to have gone away now, but I've had a couple pages fail to load. (Refresh fixes them.) Forgot which pages... Sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 13, 2018 OK, keep me posted, I know I get warnings from my host every now an then because I am "using too many resources" but until it becomes a steady occurrence I don't think I am going to pay for an upgrade at this point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Democrobot 972 Posted October 15, 2018 Just today I've started noticing things being a little slower. I first came on in the evening to check things. I'll try and note if it is random or if I can pinpoint a more specific time of day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/11/2018 at 1:09 PM, Woodus said: Yeah, seems zippy enough when I am hitting it. I'm going to blame it on the government and the roll-back of net neutrality Seems there are 2+ pages of guests, I guess I could start requiring people to register to be able to read topics. Do you actually intend on doing this? I feel it would hurt the community more than a bit of load time. We're either the only or most visible large, open community of Dragon Quest fans outside Japan, and alongside Square Enix's (improving, but still) lackluster advertising, any loss in visibility to the Den could mean a loss in visibility to the series. And less sales = less localization. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 15, 2018 38 minutes ago, Erdrick The Hero said: Do you actually intend on doing this? No probably not, I would probably spend the extra money per year to move to a virtual private host scenario (instead of shared hosting as it is now). Basically would be my own virtual server, problem there is that I am (as the site sits now) at the space limit for the tier of virtual host I would move to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AustNerevar 577 Posted October 15, 2018 Do you actually intend on doing this? I feel it would hurt the community more than a bit of load time. We're either the only or most visible large, open community of Dragon Quest fans outside Japan, and alongside Square Enix's (improving, but still) lackluster advertising, any loss in visibility to the Den could mean a loss in visibility to the series. And less sales = less localization.Yeah I agree. I probably wouldn't be here had I not been able to lurk for about a year before registering. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 11:09 AM, Woodus said: No probably not, I would probably spend the extra money per year to move to a virtual private host scenario (instead of shared hosting as it is now). Basically would be my own virtual server, problem there is that I am (as the site sits now) at the space limit for the tier of virtual host I would move to. Yeah, I don't think it's quite necessary to do the upgrade just yet, things seem to have cleared up on my end, at least. Assuming you'll have to upgrade eventually though, as the site gets bigger... Any possible workarounds to the space issue? Is it just the forums themselves hitting the space limit, or the site as a whole, including the main site and anything else at Woodus.com? (I just noticed Woodus' Themes is gone! I bet none of them worked on modern computers, though?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 16, 2018 If things are OK for the moment I will just let it ride, as far as the space issue, I can bump to the next tier, but I really don't want to do that if I don't have too. I could move some of the videos and stuff to Youtube if I had to and remove them from here (but youtube is getting more picky with that stuff). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Democrobot 972 Posted October 19, 2018 It seems to me that it's generally slower during the evening than it is during the morning and early afternoon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Democrobot said: generally slower during the evening My internet at home is generally slower at night, is it just here or everywhere? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Democrobot 972 Posted October 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Woodus said: My internet at home is generally slower at night, is it just here or everywhere? It's most notable here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 22, 2018 I noticed things are a bit sluggish just now and checked the online users and 59 of the 70 users are from the same IP address, seems a bit strange Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AustNerevar 577 Posted October 22, 2018 I am most of this forum. I just create different personalities for each account. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,262 Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, AustNerevar said: I am most of this forum. I just create different personalities for each account. And I am your greatest creation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted October 23, 2018 2 hours ago, eal said: And I am your greatest creation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erdrick The Hero 872 Posted November 2, 2018 On 10/22/2018 at 1:48 PM, Woodus said: I noticed things are a bit sluggish just now and checked the online users and 59 of the 70 users are from the same IP address, seems a bit strange I can think of a legitimate reason for that, but only one (and it's unlikely): a bunch of DQX players on the same free VPN, accessing the den from that connection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted November 2, 2018 Wishful thinking ;), I'm wondering if it is the site that keeps getting bot users on here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
