or2ak.com: I dont think telling people to do something else solves Brain Kings problems.
If you use your hide button you dont need to read posts from ceratin users who are giving their opinion in order to make the site better.

Andersp: Maybe not, but it's better then sitting there waiting for a screen to load.

... pogo is good and offers uk residents a chance to win free stuff when bk plays up.

Jules: I know...but if my car is dead it wont be better if im using a bike :)

Andersp: Oh yes it will. You'll get more exercise.

Andersp:

I disagree, using your bike is better than a car 
Excersize and environment 

Andersp:

That was part of my "point" in the post.  Its NOT a BK problem all the time.  Its users ISP and their own PCs that prolly need upgraded.   As for certain users opionions U speak of, its the same 5 people over and over that complain.  I dont see any new people complaining of slowness.  I live in the middle of nowhere and have very few issues with the site.  All I was saying was the WWW is full of places to visit, if BK is slow then go visit another site for a few minutes or even an hour. 

If a person just sits on BK all day and wants to play games, thats a waste of time and brain waves, find something better to do. The internet is an awesome place to explore...

or2ak.com: You don't see any new people complaining because everyone else has seen how you get treated if you say something on this board about the slowness and they don't want to risk raising the ire of the site owner.

And we keep coming back here because this used to be our favourite game site and we keep hoping in vain for a return to the days when it was good and fast and the site owner seemed like a nice guy. I can't play Frog Finder anywhere else and I just want the site to work so I can enjoy my favourite game.

And PS. Most of my complaints recently have been about the way people have been treated on this board. Not about the connectivity. That only comes into it because the abuse dished out is to people who mention the connectivity.

TarantinoFan:

Although I do agree that Fencer has no tact in his responses  LOL  (I'm guilty of that also sometimes)  But what gets old is hearing about the slowness of the site.  I dont see it nor do I know very many users that do. So if its just a select few then maybe its not a BK issue?  Its the PC you use.  I know this for a fact as I have mentioned lots of times that my desktop is slower loading pages here but on my laptop its lightning fast.  I have also used the PCs at a library and some friends homes, all load BK pages slower and faster.  My wife just got back from China and said it was taking her 2-3 min per move.  Is that a BK issue since at the same time she was on I was on my laptop cruising fast as can be...

There are lots of things that can make a PC a little faster, not just clearing cookies and your cache but U can also defrag your RAM (not your hard drive, RAM)  I defrag my ram when PC gets a little slow and next time I load my browser I'm going so fast I cant keep up  LOL

Also, check your bandwidth when it seems slow  Bandwidth Test 

or2ak.com: Thankyou. Another couple of helpful suggestions that we can try.

I have never heard of defragging RAM. Could you tell us computer dummies how to do it please?

Another thought I just had was to compare if the people who are running slow are using external styles. I am going to turn mine off to see if the tracert gets a more direct route without that.

And Fencer, a suggestion. Sticky posts on boards. So that when people come in the first thing they read is the helpful posts on clearing and speeding up the site. I know there are good ones from coan.net about stripping back your BK settings and Gordon Shumway posted about cache size and settings and this most recent one from or2ak is another good one. Other discussion boards have sticky posts. It may save you some grief.

TarantinoFan:

I use system mechanic Here...
Its worth every penny... 

or2ak.com: Thanks. Will have to see if I can find an Australian equivalent.

TarantinoFan: i also use the no fonts settings

maybe someone can setup a poll somewhere (i think you can do it at yahoo or maybe even at facebook?) to ask people wether bk is fast or not for them and wether they use external stylesheets or a standard one or the no fonts

btw yesterday bk slowed down a bit at the end of the evening, but not 'slow' yet ... just 'not fast' .. hotmail and hyves were slow though .. slower than bk .. so i guess it was my connection at that time :)

Hrqls: That could also provide good information for Fencer
More like a survey, which country you are in, type of connection, font setting etc etc... in fact anything we can think of that may involve pc, connection or site performance issues.

Maybe we can find a common denominator

We have a poll system here (well we did lol), maybe Fencer could modify that

MadMonkey: .. It might also be common to certain internet providers.

Jules: Yes anything we can think of along these lines

or2ak.com: I do a lot of things on Internet, if BK was the only Internet site i shouldnt pay for any Internet connection, believe me :)
We have 5 desktops and 2 laptops in the house, same BKspeed on each. So now someone will say that the network is slowing down BK. Then shouldnt it slow down other sites too?
4 or 5 "certain users" who are complaining? No sir..there are many many more but as someone said, they dont want to be "snapped of" by Fencer.

Its the site owner who is responsible for giving each customer the same service, even if they live in USA or Australia.

A "satellite server" in USA maybe is the soulution...
Volvo doesnt sell cars in USA from Sweden, Nokia doesnt sell USA-phones from Finland.

or2ak.com: Do I count as new
I have been having problems with brainking for weeks with various things on and off including videos taking forever to load and some settings not working right. The slowness of the site is not consistance but varies from one extreme to the other from slow slow quick quick slow to a tango to getting booted off for even attempting to move in a game. At the risk of boring everyone by repeating what certain users have said it is only happening on this site to me.
I do play some people from Checz and have noticed that one in particulier moves in a game with what seems like the speed of light so it is obviously not affecting everyone as you say but it does not mean it is not happening.
Anyway, no worries, as you say there are other things to do and I have my bike to get out on when I can,t get on here (yes I really do have a bike)
Anyway its no big deal to me and I,m done moaning so Good morning everyone and have a nice day.