Is the site...broken?

UnusualStranger

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Recently, about two days ago, I could not get on to the escapist.

Apparently, the link I was attempting to use was broken, even though I typed in the address.

The next day, I managed to finally get on, but it seemed something was wrong. I randomly stopped being in a group I just posted in, and then was in it again a few minutes later.

Not only that, I am beginning to see double posts like crazy. Ordinarily, I wouldn't care, but it seems that everywhere I look there is a second post saying the exact same thing as the first.

Problems only go worse from there. Posts randomly disappearing after refresh, then later reappearing, the forum claiming nothing had changed, when apparently plenty of other people ran about doing whatever.

The point I'm getting at is simple. Is the site broken? Doing a server switch, or perhaps infected? Have you experienced anything remarkably odd in the last couple days on this site?

Not trying to be annoying or anything, it is just odd how all this strange stuff keeps happening, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had any problems.

EDIT: Everyone keeps claiming its march madness, yet I see just the one thing. Is that it? One thing is causing all the problems? I just find it a little hard to believe.
 

Azaradel

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You're not alone.

from time to time, forum pages magically disappear for me and my profile won't let me update my settings in what I assume is an attempt to make me throw my laptop off the balcony.
 

AvsJoe

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I couldn't get on a couple of days ago either. I always thought that the double posts were just an increase in carelessness and the load times were my computer being slow... again... so I'm not the only one experiencing it, eh?
 

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Swollen Goat said:
I have as well. My favorite threads in Forum Games give no indication of new posts, pages take FOREVER to load (worse than usual), and I've seen many of these double posts you speak of. Don't know why it's happening....SAVE US ULTRAJOE!!!
At least someone realizes this thread exists! I was worried it wouldn't show up, and I'd be wasting my time.
IS THERE NO ONE TO SAVE US?
 

ZZoMBiE13

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I'm having trouble loading up certain older videos as well. Some old MovieBob vids and such. I hope it's just an aberration.
 

Avatar Roku

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It's March Mayhem guys. The site is seriously overtaxed with all the new people. Happened last year too, if memory serves. Give it a few days.
 

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The site seems to be having some problems, yes. It's been loading very slowly (if at all) for the past couple of days, and just now the friends list display was glitching some (online friends do not show up in green). My recent posts also don't seem to be updating.
 

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Azaradel said:
I'm pretty sure your laptop is out to get you anyway.

AvsJoe said:
That is what I thought...until I began to see it everywhere. Sometimes, people are careless, and other times, it happens to often to be happenstance.

ZZoMBiE13 said:
I haven't tried to do any older videos yet. But some of the newer ones are not even loading properly.
I also hope it is just them fixing things up, or doing some background maintenance. Just wish they could of announced it or something.
 

Kuchinawa212

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I think the taint of chaos is attemping to overtake it, and its fighting back as hard as it can

really, sometimes I've noticed the escapist pretttttty much just sneezes and things lock up, messages are gone, threads are gone. then come back in a hour -POW there they are
 

Macgyvercas

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I think the site is suffering an overload of users coming in to vote on March Mayhem...at least that's the best explaination I can think of.
 

Souplex

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You're not alone. Compooters are interesting, sometimes they break for no real reason.
 

Soulgaunt

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Oh God! It's the appocolypse!
OP: And I thought it was just my computer.
Hahahaa.....Fuck.
 

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orannis62 said:
Uh....What exactly does March Madness do to this site, exactly? Is there some basketball thing I am missing or something?

A random person said:
You too huh? Yeah, it is another thing I noticed. I decided to make a topic on it because I was just getting concerned that either the site was off, or I had changed some options on my computer that may have tampered with something.

IdealistCommi said:
Ahh, but I said two days ago I could not get on. Before ZP came out. And things have gotten slightly better after ZP was released. I can at least get on now....and in my time zone, it is Thursday, not Friday, just to make sure.

Macgyvercas said:
Same as I said before. What does March Madness do to this site? I don't get it.

Souplex said:
Computers can break for no reason, but I have a feeling a couple servers keep this thing going. And those don't break unless you just start messing with things without proper testing.

Soulgaunt said:
Is it time to panic yet? I need to know so I can run around waving my arms in fear.
 

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UnusualStranger said:
Haven't noticed all the March Mayhem stuff on this site? To coincide with the basketball tournament, the escapist holds a tournament every year wherein people vote on their favorite dev. Causes a huge influx of users and makes the site unstable until the Tech Team can compensate.
 

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It happens occasionally. Usually around peak usage times, too. I'm gonna hop on the bandwagon and say it's due to March Madness overtaxing the servers.

That being said, I was having trouble, too...