Why have the forums load-time slowed down?

[HRBaker]

The last couple weeks(?) I've noticed that although the various posts in the forum tend to be quick loading, the attachments seems to take about 5 seconds to load when they use to be almost immediate.

Server issues or is it just me?

[rwd59]

I posted about this same issue yesterday.

[HRBaker]

Got a lot worse this morning...

[Brad K]

Unlike a manual, forums aren't something that can be expected to be provided by a game company.

Anyway, some possibilities for the problem are

If you have a physical connection to your modem your cat has frayed the cable.

If you're on WiFi, half the neighborhood is using your signal

And, in the tradition of standard OOTP answers, the third possibility is you won't get the results you want unless retire according to history is set to yes.

[Baby Ruth]

I get the impression that the company that owns OOTP doesn't give **** all about this forum or how outdated and slow it is.

[Brad K]

Aren't message boards kind of a done deal? From what I can tell young people prefer the system where the enter key sends the message rather than makes a paragraph.

[Baby Ruth]

Originally Posted by Brad K

Aren't message boards kind of a done deal? From what I can tell young people prefer the system where the enter key sends the message rather than makes a paragraph.

One of the reasons that I shake my head when I look at today's young people.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Baby Ruth

One of the reasons that I shake my head when I look at today's young people.

For me it's their complicated shoes that gets my head shaking.

[Baby Ruth]

Originally Posted by David Watts

For me it's their complicated shoes that gets my head shaking.

For me, it's their verbal and written forms of communication that give them a barely literate and barely educated appearance.

[Reed]

It’s only this forum that is slow. It seems to happen 3 or 4 times each year. I think it has something to do with their server.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Baby Ruth

For me, it's their verbal and written forms of communication that give them a barely literate and barely educated appearance.

Patience is a virtue. Boy, I sure have to be patient with the sluggishness of the OOTP website.

But on second thought, we do have it... eventually... something is better than nothing... thank goodness we still have an OOTP website.

EC is old curmudgeon, not too impressed with the younger generations.

But on second thought, I have to give the current generation much credit. They are much more tolerant of others that look different from them, that live a life and lifestyle different from them. They are far more tolerant than my 1950s generation is... far more tolerant to people that travel to the beat of a different drum.

I have learned this from the current generation. Thank you, young folks.

Here is what most of us think about the youth of today.

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers".

Written by Socrates 400 B.C.

[Eugene Church]

To stay on topic, I too, would like the website to function better. I have no trouble on other website, just this one. So I think it is OOTP's problem to fix.

Having stayed on topic, I now digress a little bit as I often do.

I learned a lot this morning on this website, so I will share it with all of you.
When looked up this Socrates' quote this morning, I also found other quotes by Socrates and was enlightened.

10 Quotes from Socrates:

Be as you wish to seem
Beware the barreness of a busy life.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
I know that I am intelligent, because that I know nothing.
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing and that is I know nothing.

I will now gracefully close this topic digression -- so I don't get a warning -- with the wisest words ever spoken by the wisest man that ever lived - Solomon.

"Respect for God is the beginning of wisdom".

'nuff said.

EC

[Matt Arnold]

We're aware of the issues, and are looking at solutions to help.

[Baby Ruth]

I agree with Socrates, but I disagree with Solomon. People give too much credit to their gods for their own achievements and enlightenment. Everything you learn and all wisdom you gain is because of your own desire, based on your personal decisions in your existence. I have no respect for any gods because, if they existed, they would have to earn it, just like any other person.

Oh, and the habitual ****ty performance of this forum is just another reason I doubt I will ever buy anything past OOTP 25. It's become as much of a self parody of itself as the Rolling Stones have.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

We're aware of the issues, and are looking at solutions to help.

Ah, the OOTP "Good Guy in the White Hat, Riding on a White Stallion" has arrived and come to my rescue again.

Matt Arnold, Lukas Berger, Andreus Raht and T. C. Dale are my favorite OOTP people. Over the years, they always help me when I need help.

Thanks, Matt.

[Brad K]

There isn't anything wrong with the communications formats that have a low character limit and use the enter key to send. The problem is not adapting to formats that allow more characters by using paragraphs.

Eugene is right about the tolerance of younger people. And for those who criticize young people, can you imagine how silly the people who think they can turn the calendar back to 1955 must look to them?

[Baby Ruth]

Originally Posted by Brad K

Eugene is right about the tolerance of younger people. And for those who criticize young people, can you imagine how silly the people who think they can turn the calendar back to 1955 must look to them?

I'm not in favor of turning the clock back to any time. I just wish they would learn how to speak and write in language that makes them look like they at least finished grade school, regardless of medium. Ending every sentence with 'LOL' just makes them look stupid and...common.

[jksander]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Ah, the OOTP "Good Guy in the White Hat, Riding on a White Stallion" has arrived and come to my rescue again.

Matt Arnold, Lukas Berger, Andreus Raht and T. C. Dale are my favorite OOTP people. Over the years, they always help me when I need help.

Thanks, Matt.

T.C. Dale is my longest-lasting OOTP friend ... and I didn't even meet him on here, it was on the forums for the now-defunct .400 Software Studios, which was run by Arlie Rahn.

[Brad K]

I'll put up with some LOLs in exchange for their understanding of acceptance and fairness.

[jksander]

Originally Posted by Baby Ruth

I'm not in favor of turning the clock back to any time. I just wish they would learn how to speak and write in language that makes them look like they at least finished grade school, regardless of medium. Ending every sentence with 'LOL' just makes them look stupid and...common.

All I could think of after you said "stupid ... and common" were these lyrics ... I hesitate to lol, but screw it ... LOL

She came from Greece
She had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I caught her eye

She told me that her dad was loaded
I said, "In that case I'll have rum and Coca-Cola"
She said, "Fine"
And then in 30 seconds time, she said

?I want to live like common people
I want to do whatever common people do
I want to sleep with common people
I want to sleep with common people like you?
Well what else could I do?
I said, "I'll, I'll see what I can do"

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why
But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there

I said, "Pretend you've got no money"
But she just laughed and said, "Oh, you're so funny"
I said, "Yeah, well I don't see anyone else smilin' in here
Are you sure?

You wanna live like common people
You wanna see whatever common people see
Wanna sleep with common people
You wanna sleep with common people like me?"
But she didn't understand
And she just smiled and held my hand

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some [ANTIQUATED TERM FOR CIGARRETTES] and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school

But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do whatever common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just get you through
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along even though they're laughin' at you
And the stupid things that you do
Because you think that poor is cool

Like a dog lyin' in a corner
They will bite and never warn you, look out
They'll tear your insides out
'Cause everybody hates a tourist

Especially one who thinks
It's all such a laugh
Yeah, and the chip stain's grease
Will come out in the bath

You will never understand
How it feels to live your life
With no meaning or control
And with nowhere else to go

You are amazed that they exist
And they burn so bright
While you can only wonder why

Rent a flat above a shop
Cut your hair and get a job
Smoke some [ANTIQUATED TERM FOR CIGARRETTES] and play some pool
Pretend you never went to school

But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
Watchin' roaches climb the wall
If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what common people do
You'll never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And dance and drink and screw
Because there's nothin' else to do

I wanna live with common people like you
I wanna live with common people like you
I wanna live with common people like you