Gaming World Forums

General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Bart on January 11, 2008, 03:24:35 pm

Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 11, 2008, 03:24:35 pm
Please make comments and notes about the new server speeds and if you are noticing anything

Known Issues
- GW Uploader will not work or let you login if you were logged off on the old Gamingw.net domain. This will be fixed as soon as these forums are back on Gamingw.net - Fixed, thanks rami
- Some issue with user avatars and permissions, these will be fixed later today.


Coming Soon
- Archives of the forums, less topics/posts on the live version means faster forums. You will still have access to all the old forum material.
- A main site :)
- Much more!



---------------------------

Last night, I decided to finally make the change to a new server, possibly!

I made some calls, and here we are. Anyways, straight to the questions:

BART SOME THINGS ARE BROKEN
Please report anything broken in this topic. If you see a mySQL error hidden away somewhere then tell me!

what is gamecake it sounds yummy
GameCake.net is a domain I registered for fun use. Do not worry about it, ever.

Will GW always now be under Gamecake.net
No, this is only temporary until I move the DNS over, which takes a few days.

This server isn't much faster ...
I AM TESTING THIS SERVER OUT. I dropped some cash on it in an effort to get things going. Think of it as an investment! If this server works well for the GW Forums we will keep it
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Carrion Crow on January 11, 2008, 03:26:45 pm
What are the specs on this baby compared to the old one?
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 11, 2008, 03:28:18 pm
This one is a bit weird and different and it's kind of hard to give exact specs do not worry about that
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: dicko on January 11, 2008, 03:32:00 pm
gamecake is a much better name than gamingw.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: kentona on January 11, 2008, 03:33:44 pm
gamecake is a much better name than gamingw.
it sounds yummy, in fact.  I like it.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Frankie on January 11, 2008, 03:39:05 pm
Actually I sort of prefer it to gaming world.

Gamecake.

G..amecake...



also problem: the warn thing that displays for my own profile box is all jizzed up. But you prolly know that already...  :fogetnah:
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Stadsport on January 11, 2008, 03:39:47 pm
WHY DO SOME OF THE FORUMS LOOK DIFFERENT I HATE CHANGE BART
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Carrion Crow on January 11, 2008, 03:46:51 pm
Well, I hope you have relatively few browntrouser moments in the transition :)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 11, 2008, 03:53:49 pm
Testing uploader

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/1/1745619531443eef8f22348.gif)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Frankie on January 11, 2008, 04:19:53 pm
this new domain name... its... inspiring...

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/23367/gamecake.jpg)

(hes supposed to be nerdy)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kaempfer on January 11, 2008, 04:31:25 pm
I have noticed several things which I doubt are my fault because everything worked find yesterday!

1) Custom icons, like those Mr. Crumply has, are displayed at the wrong location on the page. Right now, his four pac-ghosts are somewhere in your post, Bart, instead of their usual location next to his name. I have noticed this every icon I have seen.

2) No smilies?

3) Cannot login to uploader (although admittedly it seems to be working).
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Alexander Morou on January 11, 2008, 04:33:34 pm
I've also noticed a lot of speed issues, then I was hit with a dynamic database scaling screen and after that it seems to have improved.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jester on January 11, 2008, 04:34:55 pm
Gaming World.. MK2.

also holy shit its linguar
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 11, 2008, 04:36:48 pm
<div style="width:320px"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><marquee><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"></marquee><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif"></div>
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: kentona on January 11, 2008, 04:43:38 pm
I've also noticed a lot of speed issues, then I was hit with a dynamic database scaling screen and after that it seems to have improved.

This?

Dynamic database scaling
in progress...

Please stand by for a few moments. Our database system is currently scaling up to meet the demand of a recent surge in traffic. The site should be operational again in a few minutes. Thank you.

...I got that too. :crazy:
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Drule on January 11, 2008, 04:49:09 pm
(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jayce on January 11, 2008, 04:58:15 pm
Nooooo!
My Precious Bookmarks!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Lord Spillsbury on January 11, 2008, 05:00:25 pm
(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/44757/loader.gif)

Lord Spillsbury writing witty post
in progress...
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 11, 2008, 05:16:47 pm
My avatar isn't showing up, and uploading it again doesn't seem to be working.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Ragnar on January 11, 2008, 05:24:02 pm
There's a Gamefly in my Gamecake
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: JohnnyCasil on January 11, 2008, 05:27:04 pm
It appears that anyone who used "I will upload my own avatar" has a broken avatar.  I just uploaded mine to the uploader and then set it to use that image as my avatar to fix it.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Shadow Kirby on January 11, 2008, 05:31:03 pm
The (game)cake is a lie.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 11, 2008, 05:40:50 pm
It appears that anyone who used "I will upload my own avatar" has a broken avatar.  I just uploaded mine to the uploader and then set it to use that image as my avatar to fix it.

That's the first thing I tried, but it didn't work.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: JohnnyCasil on January 11, 2008, 05:43:48 pm
Did you upload it to the actual GW Uploader, and set your avatar to be the web address of the uploaded file?  I wasn't very clear in my post.  Because it worked fine for me.  If it didn't, the uploader may be broken for some, but it works fine for me.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 11, 2008, 05:46:02 pm
Yeah, I had to upload my avatar in the uploader and then set avatar by URL in the Profile Options, but it worked fine for me.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on January 11, 2008, 05:48:15 pm
Did you upload it to the actual GW Uploader, and set your avatar to be the web address of the uploaded file?  I wasn't very clear in my post.  Because it worked fine for me.  If it didn't, the uploader may be broken for some, but it works fine for me.

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/57278/b7472ae701af9bb76d858d97021d0091dd0a2b60.jpg)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 11, 2008, 05:50:10 pm
Did you upload it to the actual GW Uploader, and set your avatar to be the web address of the uploaded file?  I wasn't very clear in my post.  Because it worked fine for me.  If it didn't, the uploader may be broken for some, but it works fine for me.

I tried all of that, still no go.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 11, 2008, 05:53:10 pm
I tried all of that, still no go.
Here, post your avatar here I will see if I can fix it.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Dale Gobbler on January 11, 2008, 05:53:25 pm
When I click on the Uploader it ask me to log in (even though I'm logged in) and then it takes me back to the index.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 11, 2008, 05:53:47 pm
Here, post your avatar here I will see if I can fix it.

(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/36282/kelvin_1.jpg)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 11, 2008, 05:54:56 pm
It is bigger than 150px by 150px that is why.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 11, 2008, 05:55:51 pm
Ah, I see; not something that was an issue before the server change, unfortunately. I'll have to fix that. Thanks for your help, Jeff!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kole on January 11, 2008, 06:46:39 pm
When I uploaded my avatar, which is within regulation size I got this message:
"The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved."
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 11, 2008, 06:49:13 pm
When I uploaded my avatar, which is within regulation size I got this message:
"The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved."
Again, use the GW Uploader.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kitsune Inferno on January 11, 2008, 07:10:17 pm
Most of the problems I noticed have already been stated by everyone else. However, I did have to reassign my time offset.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Sarah on January 11, 2008, 08:04:15 pm
s...so little lag


i'm impressed.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: HL on January 11, 2008, 08:58:33 pm
love it already

must become gamingw asap

edit: oh yeah when i saw i had been logged out i logged in, then i noticed it was www.gamecake.net and was like

SHIT I SOMEHOW GOT TAKEN TO A FAKE GAMINGW WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING???





then i read this topic and went *phew*

oh yeah, and emotes are broken.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: bonzi_buddy on January 11, 2008, 10:19:28 pm
am i the only one who like the name "gamecake"
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: mkkmypet on January 11, 2008, 10:44:36 pm
i saw the url and that i wasn't logged in as i usually am, and i was like "ooooh someone's out phishing but this little fishy knows what's up"

EDIT: ehehe the emoticons are all words, so my signature has "foget naughty" over that ASCII body xP
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: DS on January 11, 2008, 10:49:09 pm
am i the only one who like the name "gamecake"
no but you are the only one who didnt read the replies!

so grats i suppose......
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Madolah on January 11, 2008, 10:49:45 pm
wow...

This is / can be great news ... and as of now its actually pretty speedy. . .
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: `~congresman Ron paul~~ on January 11, 2008, 10:50:06 pm
i also like gamecake a lot more than gw honestly
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: bonzi_buddy on January 11, 2008, 10:54:46 pm
no but you are the only one who didnt read the replies!

so grats i suppose......
read the replies??HEH, READ THE REPLIES? boy i can tell you alot of things about reading replies! my word still stands u achieved nothing u ba*a.
temporary or not, it's ... it's good.

i also like gamecake a lot more than gw honestly
qed! ad infinitum!!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: cowardknower on January 11, 2008, 11:00:59 pm
yeah i like gamecake too
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kole on January 11, 2008, 11:08:05 pm
changing the name to gamecake will only assure GW6's delay by another 4 years, as leafo would have to go and change all the logos.

all jokes aside.  I would have to say this new server is more reliable than the previous one.  It's faster and i've yet to receive any errors from it.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Ryan on January 11, 2008, 11:17:08 pm
i prefer gamecake too, tbh
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Nessiah on January 11, 2008, 11:17:36 pm
I like Game Cake Name too :x
But If it will delay GW6 Screw ittttt!!!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bill Murray on January 11, 2008, 11:19:18 pm
gamecake

so kawaii
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: ATARI on January 11, 2008, 11:21:53 pm
is anyone else having problems with no images loading at all

like no images at all
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Madolah on January 11, 2008, 11:22:00 pm
WiiBuu WeeBoo  however you spell it, GameCake is very WIIBUU !
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: DS on January 11, 2008, 11:25:00 pm
is anyone else having problems with no images loading at all

like no images at all
this is because you arent on irc......
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Beasley on January 11, 2008, 11:45:49 pm
man i agree. game cake is a way better name.

but so far so good, forums seem to be going quick!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Cheshire Cat on January 11, 2008, 11:55:41 pm
Gamevvake?!

Fucking hell!
This seems pretty ok , Bart.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: The Magi on January 11, 2008, 11:56:28 pm
This speed increase can only mean good things. I was told by people still on dialup that the speed issues made it almost impossible to even access GW at certain times of the day. Nonetheless, cheers
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kole on January 12, 2008, 12:04:13 am
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but... I got an error.

"Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 12, 2008, 12:24:00 am
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but... I got an error.

"Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."
Over the next few days while we make adjustments and the server itself gets "used" to GW (I explained it in irc .. ask someone) there will be spurts of downtime or slowness and all that jazz

Give it a week or two before making your final decision thanks :)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Kole on January 12, 2008, 12:38:49 am
Over the next few days while we make adjustments and the server itself gets "used" to GW (I explained it in irc .. ask someone) there will be spurts of downtime or slowness and all that jazz

Give it a week or two before making your final decision thanks :)

I see, but regardless this new server definitely faster than the previous one.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Luvdisc on January 12, 2008, 02:48:18 am
(http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/23367/gamecake.jpg)

LMAO.. it looks like Sponge Bob while I'm on an Acid Trip!!!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Feldschlacht IV on January 12, 2008, 03:38:17 am
Finally, this is excellent news. Not only is the server noticeably much faster, I've looked at our stats and we're getting more posts at a faster rate as well.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: HL on January 12, 2008, 03:40:29 am
2 quick questions:
1- does this mean we can get the older better search back?
2- any plans on that whole Premium 2 thingy
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 12, 2008, 03:46:17 am
2 quick questions:
1- does this mean we can get the older better search back?
2- any plans on that whole Premium 2 thingy

1 - We will have search back in some capacity yes, but the forums will be divided into archives .. archives may have to be restricted to certain member types (Archives will either be posts older then 6 mo, or 1 year .. deciding still)

2 - Nothing yet
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Ciel on January 12, 2008, 04:45:05 am
This is pretty rad. And to think just last night DS and Rami were about to sell all their possessions to buy us a new server. That's what I heard, anyway...
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Jeff on January 12, 2008, 04:49:10 am
1 - We will have search back in some capacity yes, but the forums will be divided into archives .. archives may have to be restricted to certain member types (Archives will either be posts older then 6 mo, or 1 year .. deciding still)
If we decided to do premium 2, I'd say regular members should have access to non-archived searches, premiums should have access up to 3-6 months and premium 2 should have access to all.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Timothy Musclerash on January 12, 2008, 07:58:38 am
I just made a post and it went through instantly. This is great.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: mar77a on January 12, 2008, 02:15:24 pm
The forums load really fast, even with all the images and considering I'm pretty far from it (and i've a 512kbps connection). Kudos :)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: dom on January 12, 2008, 02:24:20 pm
DOGG I GOTTA KNOW

1. who is this Johnny
2. who drew that
3. did they also draw this (http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/56420/johnny2.jpg)
(http://files.casiotone.org/lol/zybourne.jpg)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on January 12, 2008, 06:35:40 pm
DOGG I GOTTA KNOW

1. who is this Johnny
2. who drew that
3. did they also draw this (http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/56420/johnny2.jpg)

go to the Comedy Goldmine and click the Johnny.jpg thread.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 13, 2008, 01:41:33 pm
GW Uploader now works for anyone who wasn't logged into the old GW again.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Randy Moist on January 13, 2008, 01:53:49 pm
Man Something Awful forums suck because it's 60 pages of image quoting with YESSS or Laughing So Hard or just nothing at all.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: dom on January 13, 2008, 08:32:34 pm
Man Something Awful forums suck because it's 60 pages of image quoting with YESSS or Laughing So Hard or just nothing at all.
theres like one or two new images per page and that only happens in forums like fyad, byob, ycs and lf (???)
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bill Murray on January 14, 2008, 07:24:50 pm
the google search goes through gaming worlds so when you click the link you end up at gamecake.net/forums/ and not at your destination!!

figured i should mention it
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bujiro on January 15, 2008, 05:26:21 am
gamecake, more like gaymecake.

actually, gamecake is a fucking awesome name.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: SW on January 17, 2008, 02:18:52 am
No more cake... ? :\

I also think the name was pretty catchy.
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bart on January 17, 2008, 02:58:56 am
Cake will be in your lives too, do not worry!
Title: BART WHAT IS THIS NEW SERVER
Post by: Bondo on January 17, 2008, 08:48:20 am
Cake is ALWAYS in my life.

Always...