Time to ban guests

[m7mcfc]

fuck guests if your not a member then fuck off lurking bastards who are probably rags or red dippers

 

[Bozzie]

I agree, lurking cunts.

Nothing wrong with a bit of lurking!

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Nothing wrong with a bit of lurking!

Lurking is ok only in real life

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Lurking is ok only in real life

@andyhinch is our resident wrong un, he knows all about lurking, stalking and is also a bit rapey.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Yes I always notice there are too many guests than the members every fucking day . It would be nice to make bm members only.

 

[Ric]

Regarding banning guests, they're not really the problem. They're mainly served cached pages so it has relatively little impact on the server. The lag comes when loads of people try and post on the same topic at the same time, as it causes the database to lock.

I appreciate it can be frustrating, but things are much better than they were. In the past the site would regularly go down if we had 1000 people online at once. Yesterday we had over 2800 people online (a record) and the site didn't go down - it was just taking pages around 8 seconds to load.

It's not ideal, I know, but it's only for a relatively short spell immediately after a big match. To give an example, the average time for a page to load over the last 24 hours is just 0.3 seconds.

We're constantly looking at ways to improve performance, but sometimes it's not a bad idea to just to put the kettle on/pour a drink when the final whistle goes, and give it 5 minutes. It tends to be people all posting things like "yuuuuuuurrrrrrsssssss" when we've won (or "fuck off" when we lose) all at the same time that compounds the problem.

 

[Sir peace frog]

There's that many rags on here never mind guests bluemoon has imo gone in the direction of quantity rather than quality the whole forum seems to be a whinge fest

 

[andyhinch]

There's that many rags on here never mind guests bluemoon has imo gone in the direction of quantity rather than quality the whole forum seems to be a whinge fest

Stop whinging:-)

 

[Why Always Ste]

Regarding banning guests, they're not really the problem. They're mainly served cached pages so it has relatively little impact on the server. The lag comes when loads of people try and post on the same topic at the same time, as it causes the database to lock.

I appreciate it can be frustrating, but things are much better than they were. In the past the site would regularly go down if we had 1000 people online at once. Yesterday we had over 2800 people online (a record) and the site didn't go down - it was just taking pages around 8 seconds to load.

It's not ideal, I know, but it's only for a relatively short spell immediately after a big match. To give an example, the average time for a page to load over the last 24 hours is just 0.3 seconds.

We're constantly looking at ways to improve performance, but sometimes it's not a bad idea to just to put the kettle on/pour a drink when the final whistle goes, and give it 5 minutes. It tends to be people all posting things like "yuuuuuuurrrrrrsssssss" when we've won (or "fuck off" when we lose) all at the same time that compounds the problem.

Which is why I've suggested many times BM introduces a live chat box before/during/after matches (closing at a set time after the final whistle)
This for me would reduce the amount of venting posts as people would be able to quickly do it in the live chat.

The downside to this however is not as many advertising views.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Stop whinging:-)

Haha foxes attacked my bins cats been sick all over the house I needed a little whinge

 

[Centurions]

Would it help to have more than three posts per bloody page? Feels like all I do on here is hit load next page! Surely cant be good if everyone is hammering it.

There's always 10 posts per page unless you've got lots of folks on your 'ignore' list. Of course if I'm on your 'ignore' list then you wont see this post ;)

 

[BlueTG]

I think Ric's explanation gives a good perspective and a reasonable suggestion.

It's alright suggesting X and Y but it's not us who have to put it into place. The forum is ever improving and if anything it'd save a few hairs from turning grey if we all took 10 minutes off after a pasting.

 

[Damocles]

Damocles had a baby, he's neglected this one, that or Ric needs to put another 50p in the meter

Been away for a few months properly with the lad and that. How we doing on performance? Are we whinging in the moment or is there something I need to look into?

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Been away for a few months properly with the lad and that. How we doing on performance? Are we whinging in the moment or is there something I need to look into?

I was joking mate, there have been a few outages when traffic has been high at certain points, however, as Ric said in his post overall things are much better than they were.

I hope fatherhood is agreeing with you buddy, I liked your post that you seem to be ingraining City into the little fella.

 

[Damocles]

I was joking mate, there have been a few outages when traffic has been high at certain points, however, as Ric said in his post overall things are much better than they were.

I hope fatherhood is agreeing with you buddy, I liked your post that you seem to be ingraining City into the little fella.

Haha thanks mate. "Ingraining" probably isn't the word - "forced indoctrination" might be closer to the truth!

We do end of season maintenance and change things around a bit so hopefully we can drive more performance from the site this summer again.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Haha thanks mate. "Ingraining" probably isn't the word - "forced indoctrination" might be closer to the truth!

We do end of season maintenance and change things around a bit so hopefully we can drive more performance from the site this summer again.

You certainly seem to be doing a fine job, personally I just had a big brother to tell me who to support and I agreed.

 

[Guardiola's Disciple]

Don't agree. Most people lurk for a long time before they become active participants. They want to get a feel for the forum before they commit.