Forums dead slow for you too?

Sweed · 09-05-2023, 10:00 AM

Seems we're in a slow forum time again. Half the time it won't come up at all after letting it spin for a few minutes. Then once in it I hit reply to post the issue and it took 3 to 5 minutes to get to where I could post. Who knows how long it will take for this message to post when I'm done?

aaronblrt1 · 09-05-2023, 10:11 AM

Going fast for me. Loaded instantly.

Sweed · 09-05-2023, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the reply.

It's now getting a bit better at 5-10 seconds to open a thread. Feels like we're in one of those "hit and miss" times where the board goes down hill until the powers that be come in and tweak whatever the cause is.

Figured I'd get the ball rolling right away and find out what others are seeing. Sure it could just be my IP that is having problems, though if it is it's only with OOTP's forums. Every other site I've visited is instant as normal/expected.

Thanks again.

Bluenoser · 09-05-2023, 11:14 AM

Yes they're slow again.

Pelican · 09-15-2023, 05:11 AM

Subject to the local limitations on wifi and Internet in rural Crete, the forums seem to be loading just fine for me. Then again, I’m seven hours ahead of Eastern Time in the U.S., so my usage is mainly during slack periods when U.S. users (and some Western Europeans) are still asleep. YMMV.

Brad K · 09-15-2023, 09:46 AM

We need a thread "Forums fast for you too?"

Cod · 09-15-2023, 10:36 AM

No problems here.

Sweed, if you keep having issues, run a trace route from your machine to see where the slowdown is. You can do this in the command prompt with tracert forums.ootpdevelopments.com to see each hop. For reference, I go through 10 hops and the slowest, single point takes 13ms.

Sweed · 09-15-2023, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cod

No problems here.

Sweed, if you keep having issues, run a trace route from your machine to see where the slowdown is. You can do this in the command prompt with tracert forums.ootpdevelopments.com to see each hop. For reference, I go through 10 hops and the slowest, single point takes 13ms.

I haven't had the issue since the last fix.

Thanks for the trace command, I didn't know one could do that. I'll add that to my bag of tricks.

snarls200 · 09-16-2023, 02:10 PM

i do have this issue at times but usually somewhere between 2-5 AM EST

BaseballGOAT · 09-17-2023, 02:31 AM

Hasn't happened lately for me but last month there were quite a few times it was super slow . Weirdly it's usually late night early morning for me. I'm in South Carolina so I'd assumed there wouldn't be much traffic at 3am or so in the Eastern time zone

Rain King · 09-17-2023, 02:36 AM

It is pretty standard to run server updates/maintenance in the middle of the night like that, which would probably cause some temporary slowness.

snarls200 · 09-17-2023, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain King

It is pretty standard to run server updates/maintenance in the middle of the night like that, which would probably cause some temporary slowness.

that what I figured the slowdown was

Pelican · 09-18-2023, 04:03 AM

Maybe the slowdown from 0200-0500 EDT is all of us users in Europe (me, temporarily) logging on at once?? That would be 0900 to noon for me in Crete. Like now!

09-05-2023, 10:00 AM	#1
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,746	Forums dead slow for you too? Seems we're in a slow forum time again. Half the time it won't come up at all after letting it spin for a few minutes. Then once in it I hit reply to post the issue and it took 3 to 5 minutes to get to where I could post. Who knows how long it will take for this message to post when I'm done?

09-15-2023, 05:11 AM	#5
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 3,042	Subject to the local limitations on wifi and Internet in rural Crete, the forums seem to be loading just fine for me. Then again, I’m seven hours ahead of Eastern Time in the U.S., so my usage is mainly during slack periods when U.S. users (and some Western Europeans) are still asleep. YMMV. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

09-18-2023, 04:03 AM	#13
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 3,042	Maybe the slowdown from 0200-0500 EDT is all of us users in Europe (me, temporarily) logging on at once?? That would be 0900 to noon for me in Crete. Like now! __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.”

09-05-2023, 10:11 AM	#2
aaronblrt1 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 9	Going fast for me. Loaded instantly.

09-05-2023, 10:26 AM	#3
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,746	Thanks for the reply. It's now getting a bit better at 5-10 seconds to open a thread. Feels like we're in one of those "hit and miss" times where the board goes down hill until the powers that be come in and tweak whatever the cause is. Figured I'd get the ball rolling right away and find out what others are seeing. Sure it could just be my IP that is having problems, though if it is it's only with OOTP's forums. Every other site I've visited is instant as normal/expected. Thanks again.

09-05-2023, 11:14 AM	#4
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,231	Yes they're slow again.

09-15-2023, 09:46 AM	#6
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	We need a thread "Forums fast for you too?"

09-15-2023, 10:36 AM	#7
Cod All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,128	No problems here. Sweed, if you keep having issues, run a trace route from your machine to see where the slowdown is. You can do this in the command prompt with tracert forums.ootpdevelopments.com to see each hop. For reference, I go through 10 hops and the slowest, single point takes 13ms.

09-16-2023, 02:10 PM	#9
snarls200 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 519	i do have this issue at times but usually somewhere between 2-5 AM EST

09-17-2023, 02:31 AM	#10
BaseballGOAT Banned Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,373 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Hasn't happened lately for me but last month there were quite a few times it was super slow . Weirdly it's usually late night early morning for me. I'm in South Carolina so I'd assumed there wouldn't be much traffic at 3am or so in the Eastern time zone

09-17-2023, 02:36 AM	#11
Rain King Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,157	It is pretty standard to run server updates/maintenance in the middle of the night like that, which would probably cause some temporary slowness.