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I wasn't online much for the GF as I was at the game, I imagine activity would have been through the roof for that. Wonder how it held up then?

Most being at the game probably helped the traffic on here a lot!
 

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Yeah I couldn't tell you for the GF, but this is the worst it has been for me. Personally I wouldn't mind a few banner ads if they needed to happen to upgrade the server, but also not fussed to just opt out of game days and keep visiting between games.

Same, something needs to happen.
 

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So the forum really struggled on the weekend, maxing out requests during both the sharks game and titans games. Was this due to an increase in visitors? I assume the only way to fix is through some sort of funded platform.

Probably all the Titans fan reading how depressed and angry we all were. I would have done the same!
 

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So the forum really struggled on the weekend, maxing out requests during both the sharks game and titans games. Was this due to an increase in visitors? I assume the only way to fix is through some sort of funded platform.

It's run by Foxtel
 

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So the forum really struggled on the weekend, maxing out requests during both the sharks game and titans games. Was this due to an increase in visitors? I assume the only way to fix is through some sort of funded platform.

It would all be google bots. We were trending because of our game, the Titans game, and top 8. I think there was a shark attack yesterday too!

I doubt the average punter would bother visiting forums anymore to gloat and troll when you can do it in realtime on social media
 

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Sorry all, I have been seeing the database error emails, but have had no time at all the past week or two, and I didn't think anyone would be too worried once we bowed out this year.

I believe my web hosts have put in restrictions on the number of connections to the database, or otherwise there is some other sort of extra unexplained traffic (e.g. crawlers).

I think the best long-term solution is to move web hosts and make the long-threatened switch from vBulletin to XenForo.

There's going to be some short-term pain and loss of functionality and maybe some things look funny, but we will have the whole off-season to work it out. And if for some reason it still is not good enough, I guess then maybe explore an alternative (e.g. a subreddit).

I was going to wait until after the finals series, but if it is indeed making the site unusable, then I think I will just bite the bullet and get it done. I'm going to do some more planning and testing today, and will update later.
 

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I have three browsers, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge. I alternate between the first two depending on my photography requirements but had never used Edge until in desperation I tried using it to see if the Sharks website would load. Hallelujah, it worked. Go figure. :confused:



 
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Thanks SF, genuinely appreciate all your work in putting this place together/keeping it going.

I share to same sentiment SF.
Appreciate all the work you constantly put in to keep this place running.
Thanks for all the work and upkeep of the forum!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it the SF again
So I will share some rep and come back to you!
 

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While we're fixing things, can we make it so we don't have to send a pic of our willies every year so our profiles aren't deleted?
 
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