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[09-Feb-2008] Database errors

Postby Twill on Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:45 pm

During peak hours you may have noticed that we are seeing some rather ugly database errors which are causing some (mostly temporary) problems both with games and in the forum.

We are working to resolve the problem, you will see minor tweaks to the forum which should mostly not effect you too much, but more major works to add power to the database machine are taking longer and are what, in the long run, will dramatically increase capacity on the server.

We are also reducing our active recruiting and advertising programs to slow growth and make sure our current users aren't effected by further increasing load from new users.

In the mean time, try to avoid playing at peak hours (usually mid-afternoon and early evening in North America) to help us spread the load until we can get you the machine power to support all your addictions :)

Thanks for bearing with us here. We are working to fix this as soon as we can.

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Postby DiM on Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:09 pm

so that's what the debug error was :D
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Postby newline on Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:12 pm

if every one changes the time they play won't that also change the peak hours...
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Postby SirSebstar on Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:30 pm

klupar wrote:if every one changes the time they play won't that also change the peak hours...

no

since most people will still only be able to play at the peak hours, it would matter since there are less turns to take at rushhour.. and all other reasosn and stuff
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Re: [09-Feb-2008] Database errors

Postby Incandenza on Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:54 pm

Twill wrote:We are working to resolve the problem, you will see minor tweaks to the forum which should mostly not effect you too much, but more major works to add power to the database machine are taking longer and are what, in the long run, will dramatically increase capacity on the server.


Is there some sort of rough time frame for how long this will take? A couple days? A week? A month?
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Re: [09-Feb-2008] Database errors

Postby john1099 on Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:03 pm

Incandenza wrote:
Twill wrote:We are working to resolve the problem, you will see minor tweaks to the forum which should mostly not effect you too much, but more major works to add power to the database machine are taking longer and are what, in the long run, will dramatically increase capacity on the server.


Is there some sort of rough time frame for how long this will take? A couple days? A week? A month?


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Postby Twill on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:37 pm

I have no idea, a week or two to get the raw power up, another week or two of tweaking...or maybe a month or two...I really don't know until I can talk to Lack in more detail.
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Postby DiM on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:39 pm

and speaking of lack where is he? i've sent him a pm 3 days ago and he still hasn't answered. is he ok?
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Postby wicked on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:46 pm

He's ignoring you. :wink:
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Postby gimil on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:49 pm

DiM wrote:and speaking of lack where is he? i've sent him a pm 3 days ago and he still hasn't answered. is he ok?


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Postby DiM on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:51 pm

wicked wrote:He's ignoring you. :wink:


nah. the pm had this title:

"naked pics of wicked"

he can't ignore that :lol:
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Postby Risktaker17 on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:53 pm

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Postby wicked on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:53 pm

Sure he can... he's already seen them. :oops:

he's on a trip (no, not the drug-induced kind!), and will be checking in soon.
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Postby DiM on Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:57 pm

wicked wrote:Sure he can... he's already seen them. :oops:

he's on a trip (no, not the drug-induced kind!), and will be checking in soon.


he ain't seen these. did i mention i'm a great stalker and own a professional digital camera with 1000x optic zoom??


as for the trip, hope he's having fun, he won't when he comes back and sees all the bugs. :lol: :lol:
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Postby gimil on Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:02 pm

DiM wrote:
wicked wrote:Sure he can... he's already seen them. :oops:

he's on a trip (no, not the drug-induced kind!), and will be checking in soon.


he ain't seen these. did i mention i'm a great stalker and own a professional digital camera with 1000x optic zoom??


as for the trip, hope he's having fun, he won't when he comes back and sees all the bugs. :lol: :lol:


He was barely on the plane when his site went to shit :P
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Postby firth4eva on Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:11 am

Please keep this on topic everyone.
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Postby wicked on Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:24 pm

So Lack has checked in and reset the server. Hopefully this'll fix things. Please report in this Bug thread if you continue to see problems.
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Postby wrestler1ump on Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:01 pm

I wonder when we'll be getting the new forum.
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Postby Night Strike on Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:08 pm

wrestler1ump wrote:I wonder when we'll be getting the new forum.


Sadly, I wouldn't plan on it anytime soon. Wicked says he's on vacation, which who knows how long that is?? Then he will have to identify the bugs that caused it to fail last week. Then he will have to figure out how to fix said bugs.

By the way, could it have been some residual problems from that failed upgrade that caused those PM bugs and others???
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Postby lord voldemort on Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:25 pm

Night Strike wrote:
wrestler1ump wrote:I wonder when we'll be getting the new forum.


Sadly, I wouldn't plan on it anytime soon. Wicked says he's on vacation, which who knows how long that is?? Then he will have to identify the bugs that caused it to fail last week. Then he will have to figure out how to fix said bugs.

By the way, could it have been some residual problems from that failed upgrade that caused those PM bugs and others???


well his in thailand so for a while i assume
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Postby Lanceyboyuk on Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:51 pm

dont worry to much mine took three weeks!
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Postby zrena on Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:44 pm

I just got an error and the message that the server would be down for Feb 4th for an hour and couldn't connect for a bit and today is the 12th... Messed me up in a game I was already losing but still annoying
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Postby wcaclimbing on Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:34 pm

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why was CC forums broken today?
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Postby Optimus Prime on Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:35 pm

wcaclimbing wrote:!!!
why was CC forums broken today?

More than likely to help with the server problems we've been experiencing.
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Postby wicked on Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:36 pm

The forums were purposely taken down because the recent database issues were killing the site during peak times. By taking the forums offline, it allowed us more "room" for the games, so games could stay active during peak times. It was a temporary bandaid until Lack can get on with a hopefully better fix.
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