Improving the "Server is down" message

NickyJ · Oct 15, 2011

choxorn said:
Because they're like, out to get you, man! They have this massive, like, conspiracy to control everyone with computer brain waves and spy-robots hidden in modpacks! But, like, no effect on me, because I have this tinfoil hat and it reflects the brain waves and stuff.

That's, like, so, like, true, bro. I like, think that explanation is, like, far out, dude.

Cutlass · Oct 19, 2011

uat2d said:
Things won't get to that, will they?

There's just so much content in here, it can't just go down because the admin is unavailable.

Admin not available isn't quite the same thing as bill payer not available.

choxorn · Nov 28, 2011

So, can you do something like this or not? Even if you don't fix the problem, making a change like this could at least show that you care about the problem.

GenMarshall · Nov 29, 2011

choxorn said:
So, can you do something like this or not? Even if you don't fix the problem, making a change like this could at least show that you care about the problem.

That would be nice to know, instead of leaving us in the dark with these constant "Server is too busy" messages.

To be honest, I'm getting tired of looking at them that I don't think we need to improve the message, just improve/upgrade the servers!

W|M · Feb 16, 2012

I think that with the Server being so busy nowadays, a better error message would still be nice, as well as for periods in the future where there are a lot of ''Server is Down'' messages.

GenMarshall · Feb 16, 2012

Nope, that's like flying smiley balloon over a traffic jam.

hoplitejoe · Feb 16, 2012

I like smiley balloon. It wouldn't do any harm and it may make people less irate .

choxorn · Feb 16, 2012

I agree. It's better than just the plain old "The Server is Busy" message. There's a reason why I made that the title of the Rants thread in Off-Topic. It couldn't take that much time or effort to do, could it?

GenMarshall · Feb 16, 2012

Unless the message is hardcoded into Vbulleten.

azzaman333 · Feb 16, 2012

As I said in October...

azzaman333 said:
Also, fixing the server would be vastly preferable to amusing server is down messages.

hoplitejoe · Feb 16, 2012

I am sure the situation is either the message is changed or the sever is fixed :rolleyes:

azzaman333 · Feb 16, 2012

Only if we're lucky. At this rate it's neither.

Terrance888 · Feb 16, 2012

Server goes down right when I'm about to post a massive wall text of beautiful info.

This constant server downage is decreasing the quality of our community! You owe it to us to cheer us up when our large post gets eaten up by the beasts.

shadowplay · Feb 17, 2012

I recommend a picture of "The Scream" as a replacement.

aimeeandbeatles · Feb 17, 2012

Terrance888 said:
Server goes down right when I'm about to post a massive wall text of beautiful info.

This constant server downage is decreasing the quality of our community! You owe it to us to cheer us up when our large post gets eaten up by the beasts.

I recommend this which has saved my hide several times
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/

uat2d · Feb 17, 2012

aimeeandbeatles said:
I recommend this which has saved my hide several times
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/

When I get a message error I just refresh the page every couple minutes till the server is back up online and then the post is sent successfully.

Improving the "Server is down" message

NickyJ

Retired Narrator

Cutlass

The Man Who Wasn't There.

choxorn

Watermelon Headcrab

GenMarshall

High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent

W|M

Immortal

GenMarshall

High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent

hoplitejoe

Top fun-poster

choxorn

Watermelon Headcrab

GenMarshall

High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent

azzaman333

meh

hoplitejoe

Top fun-poster

azzaman333

meh

Terrance888

Discord Reigns

shadowplay

your ad here

aimeeandbeatles

watermelon

uat2d

ಠ_ಠ

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