Forum problems

fishercob · Post #1 » by **fishercob** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:36 pm

Are others experiencing frequent outages? It seems like it's been going on for weeks. Getting to be pretty frustrating.

AFM · Post #2 » by **AFM** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:39 pm

Yes. Like I said in the other thread, this site is apparently hosted on a casio wrist watch.

closg00 · Post #3 » by **closg00** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:41 pm

Seriously, WTF is happening? This isn't draft night or the playoffs where there is heavy usage.

fishercob · Post #4 » by **fishercob** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:44 pm

I'm getting pretty close to giving up.

Post #5 » by **bondom34** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:45 pm

AFM wrote:Yes. Like I said in the other thread, this site is apparently hosted on a casio wrist watch.

My Casio works fine.

benb331 · Post #6 » by **benb331** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:47 pm

On top of the availability issues and runaway ad scripts, mobile RealGM is a tragedy. There are page shifts after 3 seconds, 6 seconds, and 10 seconds on average: yes, at least 3 times, the page MOVES. So you want to click a particular link? Nope, sorry, you accidentally clicked one of the 7 ads. Speaking of mobile ads, how about a sliding ad that can't be closed and is a pain to "minimize" - you likey?

phpBB for one of the largest sports sites in the world? Are you kidding me? This isn't some anime fan fiction forum from 2002.

This site is ripe for a solid competitor to emerge.

closg00 · Post #7 » by **closg00** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:53 pm

Yup, the RealGM app is shite right now.

Post #8 » by **montestewart** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 3:55 pm

closg00 wrote:Yup, the RealGM app is **** right now.

I don't even use the app, but whether on desktop (home or work) or smartphone, it always sucks now, especially when it makes the window flash and I just have to give up and close it. Is this the ghost of hands?

DCZards · Post #9 » by **DCZards** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:04 pm

I've been having issues as well...thought it was my computer or Firefox at first but then I realized it was really only happening when I was in RealGM.

dobrojim · Post #10 » by **dobrojim** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:14 pm

the runaway ad scripts are really getting annoying. Locks up your whole dang computer

MikeTheKid · Post #11 » by **MikeTheKid** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:40 pm

Yeah I could hardly get on the forum the last 20 hours, was really bummed out

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #12 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:01 pm

Yeah, the problems I thought were with my iPhone. Frustrating.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #13 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:05 pm

dobrojim wrote:the runaway ad scripts are really getting annoying. Locks up your whole dang computer

When hands11 got permanently banned one rationale offered was that he was driving away high value customers.

The ad scripts are annoying to me but I'm not sure if high value customers notice those.

They HAD TO notice the site problems at the start of the NBA season. Much more offensive than any post by anyone IMO.

Post #14 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:16 pm

Guys, site admins have been alerted and are working fixes. Hang in there!

Dat2U · Post #15 » by **Dat2U** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:10 pm

benb331 wrote:On top of the availability issues and runaway ad scripts, mobile RealGM is a tragedy. There are page shifts after 3 seconds, 6 seconds, and 10 seconds on average: yes, at least 3 times, the page MOVES. So you want to click a particular link? Nope, sorry, you accidentally clicked one of the 7 ads. Speaking of mobile ads, how about a sliding ad that can't be closed and is a pain to "minimize" - you likey?

Preach, those page shifts are sooooooooooo incredibly annoying. Countless times I've ended up clicking on a mod's profile.

Post #16 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:13 pm

Dat2U wrote:
benb331 wrote:On top of the availability issues and runaway ad scripts, mobile RealGM is a tragedy. There are page shifts after 3 seconds, 6 seconds, and 10 seconds on average: yes, at least 3 times, the page MOVES. So you want to click a particular link? Nope, sorry, you accidentally clicked one of the 7 ads. Speaking of mobile ads, how about a sliding ad that can't be closed and is a pain to "minimize" - you likey?

Preach, those page shifts are sooooooooooo incredibly annoying. Countless times I've ended up clicking on a mod's profile.

YES! Bwahahaha. The secret plan is working.

:nod:

Post #17 » by **montestewart** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:35 pm

pineappleheadindc wrote:
Dat2U wrote:
benb331 wrote:On top of the availability issues and runaway ad scripts, mobile RealGM is a tragedy. There are page shifts after 3 seconds, 6 seconds, and 10 seconds on average: yes, at least 3 times, the page MOVES. So you want to click a particular link? Nope, sorry, you accidentally clicked one of the 7 ads. Speaking of mobile ads, how about a sliding ad that can't be closed and is a pain to "minimize" - you likey?

Preach, those page shifts are sooooooooooo incredibly annoying. Countless times I've ended up clicking on a mod's profile.

YES! Bwahahaha. The secret plan is working.

Yeah, we all have this memorized now:

pineappleheadindc

Favorite Color: Pink and maroon stripes. That counts, right?

Favorite Movie: Bad Ronald

Favorite Book: School Rules! Mad Libs Junior

Likes: Very short walks on the beach

Dislikes: Non-Kleenex brand facial tissue

Quote: "Were it not for color, I would be forced to dream in black and white, which I do anyway, but still…"

Hypnotizer · Post #18 » by **Hypnotizer** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:52 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
When hands11 got permanently banned one rationale offered was that he was driving away high value customers.
.

hands11 is banned? What for?

Induveca · Post #19 » by **Induveca** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:58 pm

It's the ancient technology. The fact they are still using PHPBB is a security and code bloat nightmare. Much of the code was written 15+ years ago. It's slow, and generally trash.

They should really migrate to BurningBoard or XenForo, for an operation this large to still be running PHPBB in 2015 is lazy. Both of the companies above have schema maps to migrate the forums. The main issue is RealGM has hacked PHPBB to death with the news feeds etc. They're just complacent with the ad revenue. Bad sign.

Post #20 » by **montestewart** » Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:01 pm

Hypnotizer wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
When hands11 got permanently banned one rationale offered was that he was driving away high value customers.
.

hands11 is banned? What for?

See if you can figure it out. I gave up.
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1401498#start_here