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donsr
 member, 2021 posts
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 16:20
 msg #1
problems
  i keep getting a  white screen saying  the   site  times out...

 i have to shut the machine down hot to get a couple posts in..my ciookies are set to allow RPOL..is  this  just me?  any one else having pronbems?.. i have a Very  activte  set of games.. i need to be there for them?
SunRuanEr
 subscriber, 312 posts
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 16:23
 msg #2
problems
It's not just you. The site's been timing out, refusing to load at all, or my favorite from last night - half-loading a page of posts (like, cutting them off in the middle) while I was trying to preview posts to post them. Started about 13 hours or so ago, and while last night it was just still working, but super slow, so far this morning it's been mostly not working at all.

Although it's up right now, so maybe it's fixed! =)
Sotalia
 member, 187 posts
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 16:24
 msg #3
problems
Rpol has been up and down for me timing out for most of last night and this morning. It's not just you having issues. Hopefully they can (or have) figured out the issue 'cause I wanna write!
bigbadron
 moderator, 15914 posts
 He's big, he's bad,
 but mostly he's Ron.
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 16:46
moderator post | [quote] | [reply] | msg #4
problems
I've been having similar problems for most of today.  My wife was having no problems accessing the site from her computer at the same time I was locked out.  Seems to be okay now.
donsr
 member, 2022 posts
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 17:04
 msg #5
problems
i feel better knowing i didn't do something stupid, ebcause i  know, just enough tech, to break things!

 i had 3 posts  from early this morning  Until about noon( my time) that were timed  out. but showed up..including an answer  for a forum topic before.

 I know the site is well taken care of.. my? this is my main hobby, so i worry when goofy things happen!!
ShadoPrism
 member, 1332 posts
 OCGD-Obsessive-Compulsive
 Gamer-Disorder
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 21:02
 msg #6
problems
I use this site as my home page. So when it starts to time out I get nervous that something has gone wrong with my internet - I then check my quick links to be sure before panicing.
donsr
 member, 2023 posts
Sat 22 Aug 2020
at 21:36
 msg #7
problems
I have this in my favs, so if it doesn't show up right away when i click, i know something is wrong
cithindril
 member, 76 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 01:56
 msg #8
problems
Hey!  We're back!

I was unable to get the site to load for about a day and a half and was very concerned.  Thanks for getting us back online!
drew0500
 member, 198 posts
 D&D Gamer
 Eclipse Classless
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:02
 msg #9
problems
We all hung out on the RPOL Discord to keep each other company as we awaited updates. It was pleasant.
Bruiser419
 member, 20 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:03
 msg #10
problems
Ah, didn't know they had Discord.  Not that I'd know what to do anyways haha.
cheezeoflegends
 member, 11 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:16
 msg #11
problems
It's times like these I kinda wish the site had more of a social media thing so they could just throw up a notice of what's going on real quick.
Bruiser419
 member, 21 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:17
 msg #12
problems
In reply to cheezeoflegends (msg # 11):

Yah, I have no idea what happened and only knew it was back up when I got the notification email of messages.
donsr
 member, 2024 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:20
 msg #13
problems
we have a little FB group for my space game, a couple or  us  and some former players... and I was getting Emails from one of my players, 'updating' me  fromdiscord
cheezeoflegends
 member, 12 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:21
 msg #14
problems
In reply to Bruiser419 (msg # 12):

Apparently (second hand information here) it was mentioned on the discord that it was the server host doing a data migration thingy. I don't know specifics.

Hopefully the process is complete.

This message was last edited by the user at 02:21, Mon 24 Aug 2020.

Bruiser419
 member, 22 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:22
 msg #15
problems
In reply to cheezeoflegends (msg # 14):

Ah.  You would think that that would've been disseminated beforehand, but who knows.
cheezeoflegends
 member, 13 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:25
 msg #16
problems
Yeah, I can tell you from past experience running sites that sometimes hosts spring things like this on you. Don't know if that is the case here of course.

This message had punctuation tweaked by the user at 02:25, Mon 24 Aug 2020.

Imladir
 member, 42 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 02:32
 msg #17
problems
cheezeoflegends:
In reply to Bruiser419 (msg # 12):

Apparently (second hand information here) it was mentioned on the discord that it was the server host doing a data migration thingy. I don't know specifics.

Hopefully the process is complete.


Not a data thing, it was an hardware upgrade (CPUs to be precise) gone wrong.
SunRuanEr
 subscriber, 313 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:03
 msg #18
problems
Darn hamsters. You'd think they would have them trained better by now!

So glad we're back. Yay! \o/
drew0500
 member, 199 posts
 D&D Gamer
 Eclipse Classless
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:07
 msg #19
problems
quote:
Per jase: Don't know why I didn't think to message here earlier -- the server's host "in the process of finishing Ryzen migration which is causing this issue".  That's the last thing I got from them 10 hours ago.


That was the official word from jase.
cithindril
 member, 77 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:22
 msg #20
Re: problems
drew0500:
We all hung out on the RPOL Discord to keep each other company as we awaited updates. It was pleasant.


Ah. I didn’t realize there was a Discord channel. Where can I find the link?
cheezeoflegends
 member, 14 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:33
 msg #21
Re: problems
In reply to cithindril (msg # 20):

On the normal older site view it's in the Chat link just over the date in the right corner.

On the newer site view clicking Chat doesn't seem to bring it up, but I might be looking at it wrong.
evileeyore
 member, 378 posts
 GURPS GM and Player
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:43
 msg #22
Re: problems
There is also a facebook page, RPoL Fangroup.  I run it, mostly the only time it sees traffic is when RPoL goes down, but I also post announcements there when I find them here or off the Discord (which I only think to check when RPoL goes down).
nauthiz
 subscriber, 666 posts
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 03:53
 msg #23
Re: problems
cithindril:
Ah. I didn’t realize there was a Discord channel. Where can I find the link?


Here.

https://r.rpol.net/display.cgi?gi=1&ti=54&date=1560006645
ladysharlyne
 subscriber, 2767 posts
 You get out of a game the
 effort you put in it !!
Mon 24 Aug 2020
at 13:32
 msg #24
Re: problems
and the Facebook group is https://www.facebook.com/groups/2478037965758317
Cygnia
 member, 297 posts
 Amoral Paladin
Tue 1 Sep 2020
at 15:47
 msg #25
Re: problems
Looks like the hiccups came back for a bit. :-/
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