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    • #3902
      thesandeman
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,652 thesandeman
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      [Deleted User] wrote: »
      m.boards.ie

      I forgot that was even a thing.

      Feckin' Hell. Same as that. Clicked on it for the look. That's what I was using when I started on Boards.


    • #3903
      [Deleted User]
      Posts: 18,046 [Deleted User]
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      Planes_trains_and_automobiles.jpg

      Is it just me who has to do captcha twenty times a day and click those three things? When I switch on my Singaporean or Lithuanian VPN, I don't. But on my two Vietnamese WiFi IPs and 4g, I do.


    • #3904
      New Home
      Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,117 New Home
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      It's been running very smoothly for me these past few days (thanks guys, BTW :)), but I'm not using ant VPN.


    • #3905
      [Deleted User]
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      Deleted User wrote: »

      Is it just me who has to do captcha twenty times a day and click those three things? When I switch on my Singaporean or Lithuanian VPN, I don't. But on my two Vietnamese WiFi IPs and 4g, I do.
      Your choice of ISP must be triggering the DoS protective system used by Cloudflare.


    • #3906
      Seve OB
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,374 Seve OB
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      Deleted User wrote: »
      Planes_trains_and_automobiles.jpg

      Is it just me who has to do captcha twenty times a day and click those three things? When I switch on my Singaporean or Lithuanian VPN, I don't. But on my two Vietnamese WiFi IPs and 4g, I do.

      Well maybe if you didn’t mess around with things and just used you regular Irish ip you might be fine


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    • #3907
      [Deleted User]
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      Seve OB wrote: »
      Well maybe if you didn’t mess around with things and just used you regular Irish ip you might be fine

      I obviously live in Vietnam if I say I have Vietnamese 4G.


    • #3908
      un5byh7sqpd2x0
      Closed Accounts Posts: 1,852 un5byh7sqpd2x0
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      Here we go again...

      You could set a watch by it at this stage.


    • #3909
      Leg End Reject
      Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 21,794 Leg End Reject
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      Justin Sparse Rugby wrote: »
      Here we go again...

      You could set a watch by it at this stage.
      Yep, 503s, database errors, too many connections errors, double posts and the thanks button only working intermittently. It's going to be unusable in an hour.

      Touch site again.

      https://forumofgames.com/



    • #3910
      charlietheminxx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 charlietheminxx
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      Trying to send a PM to pay for my Spotify family and I’ve tried 12 times unsuccessfully. Actually sick of Boards going down every weekend. Surely the website must be losing significant traffic from it at this stage?


    • #3911
      charlietheminxx
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,579 charlietheminxx
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      Trying to send a PM to pay for my Spotify family and I’ve tried 12 times unsuccessfully. Actually sick of Boards going down every weekend. Surely the website must be losing significant traffic from it at this stage?


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    • #3912
      ACitizenErased
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,802 ACitizenErased
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      Sunday night database errors, right on time


    • #3913
      [Deleted User]
      Posts: 7,852 [Deleted User]
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      Maybe it’s just to make us all go to bed and be fresh for work tomorrow.


    • #3914
      Justin Credible Darts
      Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 Justin Credible Darts
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      you would think that during the early hours of the morning with less users on line and less traffic, the forum would work better.


    • #3915
      This is it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,185 This is it
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      If manual intervention is required to keep the site going you need to outsource the dev work to get it resolved, leaving it like this over the weekend isn't ideal. Whatever ad revenue you gain normally, this can't be doing the numbers any good. And I'd be very surprised if your userbase isn't dropping off more significantly than it already was due to the errors.


    • #3916
      This is it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,185 This is it
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      Justin Credible Darts wrote: »
      you would think that during the early hours of the morning with less users on line and less traffic, the forum would work better.

      It's 9.25pm in Ireland... Probably the sites busiest time.


    • #3917
      Justin Credible Darts
      Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 Justin Credible Darts
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      I meant in the early hours after 2am, that was when the problems first started happening weeks ago and site would be down for all those nightshift workers, nighthawks etc...


    • #3918
      JP Liz V1
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,272 JP Liz V1
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      503 errors again

      No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



    • #3919
      New Home
      Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,117 New Home
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      Got a few consecutive 503s a few mins ago.


    • #3920
      RobertFoster
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,438 RobertFoster
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      503 errors on search for me this morning, no where else (desktop site).


    • #3921
      Boards.ie: Mark
      Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3 Posts: 5,461 Boards.ie: Mark
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      Hi RobertFoster,

      Thanks for the heads up. This seems (to me at least) to be the only thing producing 503 errors right now. Hopefully we can get that cleared up soon. Sorry for the ongoing disruption everyone.

      How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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    • #3922
      Boards.ie: Mark
      Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3 Posts: 5,461 Boards.ie: Mark
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      That search issue should be sorted now.

      How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



    • #3923
      Cookie_Monster
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,645 Cookie_Monster
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      What about the barely functioning at the weekend problem?


    • #3924
      Overheal
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 Overheal
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      Cookie_Monster wrote: »
      What about the barely functioning at the weekend problem?

      Seemed normal for me this past weekend?


    • #3925
      suicide_circus
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 suicide_circus
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      Was getting a 521 this morning from 6.30-8.00


    • #3926
      This is it
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,185 This is it
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      Down for a while for me too


    • #3927
      Gaoth Laidir
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,262 Gaoth Laidir
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      Me too. It's annoying when you've typed out a big long post on the phone, including links, etc., only to find you've wasted your time yet again...


    • #3928
      McMurphy
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 McMurphy
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      Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
      Me too. It's annoying when you've typed out a big long post on the phone, including links, etc., only to find you've wasted your time yet again...

      Back > select all text > copy > clipboard > paste and post later when site is back working.


    • #3929
      Boards.ie: Mark
      Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3 Posts: 5,461 Boards.ie: Mark
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      Sorry all for the disruption, but as you're aware there was a period of outage this morning. It looks like normal service is resumed.
      Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
      Me too. It's annoying when you've typed out a big long post on the phone, including links, etc., only to find you've wasted your time yet again...

      I understand the frustration. Unfortunately, in times when the site is showing itself to be less stable, the best thing to do is to copy the post before posting.

      How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



    • #3930
      Headshot
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,055 Headshot
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      It really feels like boards is on it's last legs and all that the developers/staff are doing are just put bandages on the issues just hoping they can go another day without issues but quite obvious boards needs a big fix or maybe a major upgrade....


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    • #3931
      RobertFoster
      Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,438 RobertFoster
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      503ing on desktop site the last few minutes.


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