Larry what in tar nation is going on with RC?? ?

[JMCAquarium]

It's taking me 3-4 minutes just to get into RC and open a thread. What used to take me 3-4 minutes to check 6-7 threads takes me 20 now. You guys still having IP address issues or am I on the "Slow" side becuase im not a prem. member ?
Thanks:headwalls:

 

[Nibrown9]

Same over here, even on my work computer I can't even load pics at times cause its so slpw

 

[Stolireef]

check the feedback forum. The admins are aware of the issue and apparently have a fix but it's going to take time.

 

[DgenR8]

You're not alone, everyone is dealing with it. Premium members do get higher priority, but I don't know if it makes any difference in the current climate.
Honestly, I'm not a tech guy, the problem has been explained to me as has the fix, but I didn't understand a lot of what was said. What I do know is that the guys that do this stuff are on it and a fix is on the horizon. I don't have an exact timeline, but it's safe to say that one day very soon we're all going to see RC zipping along in a way that it hasn't in quite some time.
Hang in there, you won't regret it.

 

[Dino]

What Larry said .

The hamsters we had got old and arthritic. So we're switching to cyborg chipmunks with lasers. They're still in training though.

 

[Merrell056]

Honestly this site is horribly slow in the first place. I didn't realize there was block for non premium users.

 

[Nibrown9]

What Larry said .

The hamsters we had got old and arthritic. So we're switching to cyborg chipmunks with lasers. They're still in training though.

HAHA Austin powers just came to mind lol, they deserve a warm meal too you know :hb2:

 

[DaddyMav]

Are they big hamsters with normal sized lasers, Or regular sized hamsters with tiny lasers? It can make a big difference you know.

 

[Willow01]

Honestly this site is horribly slow in the first place. I didn't realize there was block for non premium users.

Funny thing is in one of the threads about the speed issues recently they said that paid members and non paid get the same speed as each other.

Now from what I know about vBulletin, you can throttle how many posts at a time certain members make, or PM's but even with mods (modifications) on the backend there wasn't a way to actually throttle users speeds themselves.

 

[JMCAquarium]

I've been keeping up to date on the RC facebook page so I knew of the issues and that they were being corrected I just wanted to make a thread for those that were aware of FB or the sites to get the needed info. Dont want the new folks to think that Rc is always this slow cuz if it was I wouldnt bother using it cuz it's driving me nuts esp. knowing how fast it normally runs.
Ty Larry for the honest update
Merrel Prem. memebers dont get "faster" speeds they get put at the head of the line when searches are made. If i understand it correctly if 1,000 of use are making random searches on RC and 20 of those are prem members and we all look for the same thing at the same time the site will push them to the front and allow the site to search for them while we have to wait. the speed is the same they are just given the first chance. And they have a wider search area than we do as well. other than that they nothing more than a "hey I paid to support RC, thus paying Larry and Dino" to perform experiements on chimps and aging hamsters.
Where do think Larry's Eagle came from he hatched it himself you know.

 

[JMCAquarium]

And Larry when did you become an admin? What changed in your basic job ?

 

[DgenR8]

Honestly this site is horribly slow in the first place. I didn't realize there was block for non premium users.

Please don't put words in my mouth. There is no "block" for non premium members. Premium members are given higher priority access to the search engine. I'm not sure how that translates to regular page loads. I know my priority is set higher, and I'm still suffering with slow page loads.

And Larry when did you become an admin? What changed in your basic job ?

I've been an Admin for 4 years or so. Just some behind the scenes stuff that requires Admin access. I don't do anything too technical.

 

[Willow01]

I'm just hoping for new server hardware on the other end

 

[Frick]

Whatever happened seems to have work. Let's hope it stays this way.

 

[dc]

It's a temporary fix until the guys get the permanent one set up.

 

[Willow01]

All I know is this is the fastest RC has ever been for me.......I'm scared

 

[macboat]

wow, am I riding rollercoaster?

 

[DgenR8]

Doug and Jason found something that fixed something, but that's not putting a stop to the planned improvements.

 

[JMCAquarium]

WHOOPIE SPEEDY RC IS BACK I can go back to trolling at 230am when the server comes back online from its nightly down time YES !!

 

[Frick]

Any idea when everything will be done?