30,000 members don't post.

d4nowar

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

I just did a check, and almost 30,000 members have never posted here before. I'm not sure, but the only thing having an account gives you is the right to post and have an avatar and things like that. You can still read as a guest.

The current insane server load is only going to increase as Faction's nears, and if the server gets a bit chunky now, just wonder what will happen later?

Maybe its time to purge like 10,000 accounts that are incredibly inactive and have 0 posts.

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

he makes a point. let it clear up some space and such, and get rid of all those useless accounts

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

We're not in need of space.

Quote:
Originally Posted by d4nowar
I'm not sure, but the only thing having an account gives you is the right to post and have an avatar and things like that. It gives you the right to search too, which is crucial and one of the reasons why I signed up in the first place. (The other was to get a PC, which I never did get, damn you people.)

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

Is the server problem still due to the attacks?

Lasareth

Lasareth

Aquarius

Join Date: Jun 2005

Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place

As far as I've seen the servers have been running well for us now. If you're having problems with them, though, please let us know.

Legion Magnus

Legion Magnus

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Legion Magnus

W/

They have been working better the last few days, but I have been receiving some "unable to connect" webpages Today (auction site).

Also, some Forum "Searching has been disabled" messages, which I will assume is a function of server capacity and current users.

Denny Pace

Denny Pace

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Good Eye Sniper [GeS]

I've had several instances where the site (the entire www.guildwarsguru.com) is not reachable. This has happened on two different ISPs for me, so I'm guessing you guys are having some DNS issues from time to time or perhaps your web server is crashing. In any case, hope you find the problem.

Oh, and while I'm here, don't waste your time making the site work on IE7. A browser that is not standards-compliant isn't worth wasting your time on...

PieXags

PieXags

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Infinite Representation Of Pie And Its Many Brilliances

There are plenty of reasons for people to register and not post, some people have their guild forums here, people need an account to (as has been said) search, people need a forum account for GuildWarsGuru contests, etc. We've no requirement that says "You must post".

d4nowar

d4nowar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/

Just a suggestion.

Also I didn't know you had to have an account to search.

But maybe not the people that don't post... but how about the people that are just inactive? There are probably some people that haven't even logged on since October of last year.

kzap

kzap

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

R/Mo

purging accounts wont make things faster.

Makkert

Makkert

Black Beast of Aarrrrgghh

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

The Biggyverse [PLEB] // Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

I fully support people that don't post themselves, and only search for information. Someone that doesn't post if he thinks it doesn't contribute in anyway is ok in my book.

just my 2 cents,

~ Makk.

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

Why is search down so much anyways? And it always seems to be broken when i want to bump my posts and cant be bothered to go back loads of pages to find it.

Hockster

Hockster

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lasareth
As far as I've seen the servers have been running well for us now. If you're having problems with them, though, please let us know. Last week, almost every night the site would be down for two to four hours. Right around 2 AM mountain time, a couple times down until I got home from work 5 hours later.

sh4ft3d

sh4ft3d

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

Frank Ought To Monk [FotM]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Savio
We're not in need of space.


It gives you the right to search too, which is crucial and one of the reasons why I signed up in the first place. (The other was to get a PC, which I never did get, damn you people.) You dont have a pc lol? I know is shouldnt brag, but.... AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by sh4ft3d
You dont have a pc lol? I know is shouldnt brag, but.... AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! dude PC = pricecheck

kzap

kzap

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

R/Mo

search isnt broken, it just gets disabled when load is high, if lots of people use search when load is high, the server will just crash.