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Suggestion Relating to Diamond/Pearl Traffic in the Evenings

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Shuko

Pippi! Pi!
I'm not entirely sure if you (the admins at Serebii) are able to track the traffic you guys get around here in the evenings (beginning at around 4:30 CST for me...) but it seriously lags the site down and sometimes makes it impossible to even view it.

I was wondering if creating a new forum (maybe even on a separate server) strictly for Diamond and Pearl trades and help would alleviate most of the headaches? Since I don't know what percentage of the overcrowding is due to this, I don't know how practical it would be. But I do know that it gets frustrating for me (as I'm sure it does for you) that the site seems to take a nose-dive during the prime trading hours of the day. xD

Are there any fixes in sight for this? I know you can't help it if the servers get backlogged due to uncontrollable amounts of traffic. But it'd be nice to hear about a possible way of siphoning off this excess. ^^;
 
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Shuckle

Guest
Well I'm not an admin as such [Look at me, I'm SHUCKLE ;_;] but i know that ceating a new forum would take a bit of time and/or money. And/or effort.

There are in fact other forums other than serebiiforums (I know I'm not meant to advertise them, so I won't name them xD) Which are purely for D/P trades/Wi-Fi stuff.

:p
 
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Veggie

Well-Known Member
Another forum? Wouldn't that require many more moderators, money, etc. etc.? And also, if this would happen, everyone would start demanding more forums for other things.
 
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Shuckle

Guest
Well if what Virtual Headache said is correct then yes, it would just be the same.

Probably.

Not that I know loads about duh internet :p
 
S

Shuko

Pippi! Pi!
Virtual Headache said:
Well, if there was another forum, it would most likely be hosted on this server, so it wouldn't really make any difference whether the users are here or at the other forum.
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Yeah, that's why I suggested using a separate server. =x The load on this one is just too heavy during the evenings. I can't even come to the main site, much less the forums. T_T

It was more or less wishful thinking, lol. Oh well. :p
 
Wolf Goddess

Wolf Goddess

~Lupo Di Autunno~
It'd be a mess, anyway; people would be making a single thread for a single Pokemon.
 
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Kal-El

Mush! Mush!
Did it ever occur to you guys that Serebii could just use another host like Invisionfree if he wanted? But something tells me he won't bother since in a few months the D/P forums would have died down a little.
 
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