Subeta -

January 27, 2009 4:25 pm

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for bearing with us as we work to perfect this latest upgrade to the site. I know that initially it seemed like it was causing more problems than it fixed, but I promise you in the end it'll all be worth it.

To reduce the number of problems happening while we transition to this new system, we'll be scaling back on the queries that we send to the slave server, and Keith and I will be selectively picking queries that can run on the slave, rather than splitting all of them. This will solve problems that occur randomly due to timing issues, like the wizard giving out quests with insane time limits (unfortunately, that is a bug, and not just the wizard going senile).

That said, there will be some downtime (probably 15 minutes worth) tonight at midnight, Subeta time, to synchronize database servers.

-Alex

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you for the warning, it was a real saver for me. But, I've come across a few problem. At about 5:40 subeta gave me a list of at least 6 different problems. It then closed itself down and I wasn't able to get on until about now. So I've come to the conclusion that trying to search shops is a bad thing for me at the moment.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for letting people know in advance about the forthcoming downtime. Much appreciated.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you so much for the heads up, it is always nice to know when the site is going down.

And thank you for all the hard work you are putting in, and sorry for all the bitching that has been happening

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I was wondering about that whole 39-years-to-complete-quest business.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

we love you guys! <3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the update and best of luck! Thank you for all the hard work you guys do for us! hugsquish

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

15 min = infinity infinity = more down time

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the update!

...and I must say that the site has been running much more smoothly as of late. Well done!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

You're doing an awesome job and very quickly too, I might add. I know how time consuming script and bug fixes are. Thank you for your attention and I have barely noticed a lag except at peak times. Great job!! Keep up the good work.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Man, I was really hoping they'd lock up the Wizard in a mental institute. Oh well, life's not perfect. But I'm glad. There really has been a lot of improvements since I've joined the site, and I'm glad you guys are going to the trouble to improve more. Thanks Alex and Keith, you guys rock! 8D

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

will quests be affected with the downtime at 12 subeta time?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I've been hearing this since I joined the site... I'll believe it when I see it

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

yay for our staff members^^ it's good to be told what is going on, so big thanks for your hard work!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

But I liked the loco Alzhiemers Wizard. Oh well. Thanks for the update.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Alex, You're a prince! I really appreciate the way you keep us informed! Thanks!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

can you please do it a bit AFTER midnight so the chron can reset I don't want to wake up in the morning and find quests have not reset.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I love the wacky Wiz times! It's all.. oh, phew, I have just under 40 years to do this. No need to rush.

Keep up ze good work!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

"Unfortunately, that is a bug, and not just the wizard going senile."

falls out of her chair laughing

Thanks for all your work, and your wonderful sense of humor!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

thanks so much for your work! :*

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks Alex and Keith for all the work you do!! (though it was pretty funny to see that I had 32 hours to get the quest done)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh.... it was a very funny bug while it lasted. :c

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

LOL Ok thanks, cause yesterday Pete gave me 39 YEARS to get his quest items back to him I found that rather interesting lol

Hope everything works out

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Alx said the Old Wiz is going senile?! ~ Oh rereads! ~ Okay!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I want to start/join an Alx fan club, groupie type thing. Anyone else, lol?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Its always a pleasure to see that a site actually cares and does something to better improve their site. Thanks for all the updates and keep up the great job.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the info. As always YAY for Master/slave servers talking correctly to eachother! At least they will be here shortly when you are done

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you for the heads up

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the warning!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the info and thanks for doing all of this.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you.That a little mre helpful.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the info. I was wondering what was going on. ^^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Keep it up you guys!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Keep up the great work!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you for always keepting us updated! ♥

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the heads-up, and for all your hard work. With the downtime happening at midnight, is that going to affect the Wiz and other quests being reset?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

thank you

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the ever-consistent updates. It's nice to see a site so well-handled. Also, I've noticed a major decrease in issues I've encountered between last night and today, so that's positive!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for the heads up alx --- you really do a wonderful job!

When you put the site back up could you please check the crons - I ask only because they were forgotten quite often in the past

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks for keeping us imformed!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Awww, I was really hoping the WIzard was going senile.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Dude! How much longer is this going to go on?? I keep getting gipped when I find this awesome expensive item and then there's a gateway timeout! Just how much longer is this going to take?? TT___TT

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by