Oceans Apart: But now it is your problem, not ours.

Fencer: Please can you tell me how it can be my problem

Oceans Apart: Because its it the communication getting to the Brainking servers, not the Brainking server itself.

Eriisa: So since we all are suffering it is our problem? Doesn't make sense to me. Every country is having the issue but it is our problem?

Rose:

Eriisa: Hmmm. So, if you put your phone off the hook, and someone complains he cannot call you, you also reply with "well, that's not a problem with my phone, it's a problem with the communication between your pnone and mine"?

If you cannot connect to the brainking server, then it may be a problem with the network between you and the server. But I certainly wouldn't rule out the server itself. Specially if one can connect to port 80 of brainking.info (89.250.246.180) without problems, while connecting to port 80 of brainking.com (89.250.246.182) times out.

Blaming the network doesn't always excuse oneself. Certainly, Fencer isn't responsible for the internet at large. But he does control where he places his servers. And the last part of the network *is* under his control.

If you'r going to plan a large event, and people have problems reaching it due to travel, you cannot be blamed for accidents on the highways holding up people. But if you plan your event in a busy city with narrow roads and no parking places, your choice of location could be better, and you aren't blameless.

Note that I'm not complaining about the slowness and other connection problems of brainking (it is slow, and there are connection problems - but it doesn't bother me too much). But I do complain about the ignorance of "oh, it's a connection problem, so it cannot be the server". Well, duh, there are three parts involved in a connection: both endpoints, and the network in between. In a connection problem, any part can be at fault.

Oceans Apart: I don't care who's "problem" it is but it's a fact that I can surf on any site and everything goes fast and smooth except on BK . Problems started about one week ago and it's getting worse .
I understand that some problems can't be solved in a wink of an eye. The only thing we can do is wait and see if it's getting better till the time our memberships expire . At that moment we can decide wheter we renew our memberships or not .

bouncer: I just don't see the point why some people keep posting the same things over and over, like they would believe it would solve something. Furthermore, "it's getting worse" is a nonsense. The only thing which is getting worse is the content of the mentioned posts.

Fencer: nonsense ??? OK ... so we're all liars . You're right . No problems on BK . It's all our own fantasy. Great ..thanks ...subject closed .

bouncer: Great! The problem is solved.

bouncer: The recent events, mostly related to the site performance issues,

This blog entry admits that there are site performance issues. What those issues are is not explained, but they surly exist, and surly include slow load times etc.

For fencer to say that none of our concerns are based on the server side is preposterous, we all know that. But when he probably doesnt know himself what is causing the slowdowns, then it gets frustrating to him to always hear the same complaints over and over.

I think what people want to hear from Fencer is that he is aware of some access problems and is constantly doing whatever he can to correct any that might be in his control, and that sometimes the problems are not in his control to fix.
But when we have zero problems on any other sites except here, and it is many users in many different parts of the world, it is obvious to everyone that it must be somehow related to Brainking, and not just a random computer problem that we all share at the same time!

Fencer: Im on the site off and on all day - and then most of the evening. Ive never had connection problems of any kind. Once in a great while I'll lose the connection between moves and my first action is to reset my wireless connection to my DSL modem. I always reconnect right away. Im not sure you should believe that "everyone" is having this problem and that its something to do with something within your control. I for one haven't had ANY issues....maybe its a connection problem on the user end - maybe its the type of connection - maybe its the hardware capabilities of their systems.... but unless every single BK user can say they are having the same issues - how can it be said its a BK issue? I'm happy - I'm satisfied - and look - im apparently connected just fine as i write this - lets see if it posts too!!!