Site issues before games, during games and after games.

[Justin Bieber]

Great work mate. Appreciate it.

[Colliwobblers]

I am sorry all, this is the first time I have seen this thread.

To be honest, I don't check the forums on weekends and I have always assumed that you guys didn't much either, because the focus of the site naturally turns to the live score pages and live chat... or so I thought. It appears that you have made the forums so popular that it is overloading the site when games are on. I never designed the site to have an active forum while games are on. This is one of those things which I was not expecting, but of course I have to deal with now.

The solution, obviously, is to move the forums to a separate server so it doesn't interfere with the normal running of other parts of the site. This will be an extra cost for me, but it will be worth it and I apologise for not having moved to do it sooner.

I will work on getting that set up this week. Hopefully it will be up and running for next weekend's game. Again, I apologise for not getting on top of this earlier.

well why don't you make us all fell bad for whining :)

tried to keep my cool...

SUGGESTION - why don't you have a DONATE button / option / facility.

you might be surprised how much us "forum" people appreciate your site.

[Mr.Craig]

Thanks for the reply m0nty.

As mentioned previously in this thread the issues have been occurring for some time, going back into last year. There certainly is a desire by many users to be active on the forums during game time. Some like myself would much rather talk about active games using the forum rather than chat/elite chat. Obviously we'd like to have the opportunity to contribute to any of the other pre-existing threads during these times too but it's just not possible with the current setup.

It certainly would be for the best to have a separate server. In terms of growing the forum I think it's a necessary move and will hopefully pay off in terms of the increased traffic it would allow.

[Grazz]

Cheers m0nty, thanks for the update and willingness to sought it, much appreciated.

[kilbluff1985]

so happy this is being taken care of thanks mOnty

[ossie85]

Brilliant :)

[Ringo]

Thanks Monty Great work here.

Site has gone from Strength to Strength on the 2 years I have been on.  Personally I prefer the forum to live chat as well so hence the frustration when site was down especially when trying to get sub details with SC rolling lock outs.

Thanks for the update and we appreciate it - As colli has said maybe give forum members the option to donate to server move to assist. Would hate to see you suffer financially due to the popularity of the site.

[m0nty]

I have always had the opinion that I should be able to make enough money not to need donations. Happily, that is now the case.  8)

[Grazz]

I have always had the opinion that I should be able to make enough money not to need donations. Happily, that is now the case.  8)

Glad to hear it mate and good for you, hope you and the site go from strength to strength well into the future.
Now if you can just unban Dudge from the live chat all will be good in the world again. :P

[PowerBug]

before m0nty's first post:
"F U where are you i'm leaving this is totally unacceptable!"

Afterwards:
"ily m0nty we believe in you keep up the great work"


Was just interesting reading the contrasting comments before and after haha. I've also found the connection problems annoying, but only really when i've hit reply to make a post. :P

Glad to see that something is being done about it. :)

[Fireballz]

before m0nty's first post:
"F U where are you i'm leaving this is totally unacceptable!"

Afterwards:
"ily m0nty we believe in you keep up the great work"


Was just interesting reading the contrasting comments before and after haha. I've also found the connection problems annoying, but only really when i've hit reply to make a post. :P

Glad to see that something is being done about it. :)

Haha it's like standing around bad-mouthing your boss and then he walks passed and everyone's like "G'day mate how ya goin!"

Personally, I'm still heated I've never been unbanned from chat (still refuse to create another account). Will use FF forum to share advice with everyone and use this site for live scores unless it continues to happen and then I'm switching. But doubt anyone will care  :P

[Fireballz]

But props for getting back to us and hopefully fixing the issue m0nty. At the end of the day, the site you've made is awesome for fantasy footy lovers.

[Colliwobblers]

But props for getting back to us and hopefully fixing the issue m0nty. At the end of the day, the site you've made is awesome for fantasy footy lovers.

+1

appreciate the response and genuinely love the site and support it. do a lot to try to keep new faces around and contribute.

glad you make enough money to not need donations, however given what the site gives to its members not a big stretch to have the option for members to give back.

if it is not required then credit to you for not entertaining the idea, but i for one and i am sure many others would be more than willing to contribute to a site that a lot of us basically live at ( maybe we should pay rent) :)

hopefully offence was not given to you Monty, by any of my or others comments, it is just the love of the site and respect of it that caused the frustration at the unavailability of it for the time the issues were prevalent.

I might have to ban myself from posting when the Pies get their pants pulled down, generally I am not my usual positive self on those RARE occasions :)

[Toga]

Better not come on this weekend then CW ;) :P



But yeah, thanks m0nty! Was getting so out of hand I didn't even try come on on the weekend! But good to hear it will be resolved, thanks for your work 8)

[m0nty]

I have been on the other end of this situation, believe me, when you're so much of a fan of the site that you're more passionate about it than the owner himself. It's frustrating. But I know what it feels like, so it's all good. :)