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[Grundy]

is that site down or somethin? i was looking through icons and all of sudden it just froze up and now when i try to go back i get "The page cannot be displayed"

 

[W1f4r3]

Work for me

 

[darkmaster24]

its just your pc, it works for me fine

 

[Sargon]

It's not the pc. That site has some strange issues. Just keep refreshing it.

 

[Sud]

The site suffers from bandwidth issues. It really can't handle the load it's placed under. So you'll get all kinds of weirdness from it. Par for the course.

 

[darkmaster24]

bandwith issues? that would explain alot, why it always takes so long to load and stuff

 

[Sud]

I think part of the issue is their site design. They typically have around 80 people logged into the site at any given time, and when they're searching for stuff like models they typically put the view on "all" which causes EVERY image in the database to load. It's probably a load on the SQL server or whatever is running their database app.

 

[Grundy]

yea it finally started working again, but man... that site is so slow i cant stand it. i wish there was another site that had all those icons. and i dont think it's too much pressure on the sql because even when you have all icons it only shows you a limited number of icons at a time you have to go to different pages and stuff. i think who ever made it is just a noob and rushed through it just to get it done instead of making it the right way. what they should do is just allow people to upload icons/maps/spells/skins/models/etc... whenever they want but dont actually show it on the site untill.. whenever, like once or twice a week (or once a day during slow times) update the database and do a quick sort on everything and then when people search do a binary search instead, that would make things a lot faster.

edit: nevermind i guess that wouldnt work. the only way that would work is if people typed in the beginning of the icon, if therse an icon called BTNSpell_Holy_Protectionofstatima and someone couldnt rmember the full name and just typed protectionofstamina then a binary search wouldnt work

 

[Sud]

You can set it to display ALL icons in the database on a single page. Most people who don't want to put up with the lag of the site on a page to page basis do that, but it probably further lags the site.

 

[Axe.killer]

its not the bandwidth issus or anytin like that. That site probably stores maybe 1.5 gigs of memory, on the net. Not sure if thats a correct # tho

 

[w/e]

yeah, all of those maps, models, skins, etc. must take up a hell of a lot of space.

 

[sqrage]

its not the bandwidth issus or anytin like that. That site probably stores maybe 1.5 gigs of memory, on the net. Not sure if thats a correct # tho

that is banwidth in a way cuz it has to xfer all those files

 

[PB_and_J]

Ya that site has tons of stuff, downloads, tutiorials,faqs etc.