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thorns

Banned
wtf happened? most online today was 1302
before that it was around 700s.
900 ppl alone are viewing the gaming forum.. something to do with halo 2 maybe?
 

All Hail C-Webb

Hailing from the Chill-Web
It must be because Gamespot linked to GAF in the Halo 2 story. The majority of them are guests, I hope they don't try to register, we already have too many Junior members.
 
Everyone's been a junior member here before, in fact, all of you since the new server, so stop with the elitism. I say, the more the merrier, so we don't need to hit any more people up with donations.
 

duderon

rollin' in the gutter
Most users ever online was 1324, Today at 10:04 PM.

The fun doesn't stop!!


IGNXbox also linked to the forum i believe.
 
Ah, yes, max_cool, until people come to the stunning realization that 95% of you make yourselves out to be way cooler than you really are. After that, the novelty of elitism falls flat.

Actually, the more traffic the better, as we must prepare for E3!
 

Lonestar

I joined for Erin Brockovich discussion
It could be because:

I have Returned!

Or..something entirely different and non-consiquential.
 

jenov4

Member
deadlifter said:
same here, where would we all be without GAF??!!!

OA - There I said it! It happened in May/June when GAF crapped out.

Also thx for the links to the articles. ;)
 

yoshifumi

Banned
how is this forum affording the server costs anyways? i thought we were going to have some sort of donation system up by now
 
yoshifumi said:
how is this forum affording the server costs anyways? i thought we were going to have some sort of donation system up by now

That was done back in May, and we raised enough to cover about a year's worth of expenses. Google Ads are shouldering some of those expenses, and we're looking into some other possible revenue streams. I'm speaking for myself, and not the other mod/system admins, but I would hate to rely on users to solely fund the forums through donations. That's really the last straw...

As we move forward, you'll see more announcements. In the meantime, it's kinda nice to get the plugs from some of the heavy hitters, this is a nice stress test.
 

duderon

rollin' in the gutter
WasabiKing said:
That was done back in May, and we raised enough to cover about a year's worth of expenses. Google Ads are shouldering some of those expenses, and we're looking into some other possible revenue streams. I'm speaking for myself, and not the other mod/system admins, but I would hate to rely on users to solely fund the forums through donations. That's really the last straw...

As we move forward, you'll see more announcements. In the meantime, it's kinda nice to get the plugs from some of the heavy hitters, this is a nice stress test.

How big do you think E3 will be Wasabi? I'm guessing around 3-4000. Can the server handle that kind of traffic?
 
I'm saying that anyone who links to Gaming Age from GameFAQs or IGN boards should be temp banned for bringing 100+ new, idiot members over.
 

duderon

rollin' in the gutter
They were links from the sites themselves, not from the boards. Plus there can be usefull new members, contrary to popular belief ;)
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
What I want to know is how well the server was running with that amount of users.

WasabiKing said:
That was done back in May, and we raised enough to cover about a year's worth of expenses. Google Ads are shouldering some of those expenses, and we're looking into some other possible revenue streams. I'm speaking for myself, and not the other mod/system admins, but I would hate to rely on users to solely fund the forums through donations. That's really the last straw...

As we move forward, you'll see more announcements. In the meantime, it's kinda nice to get the plugs from some of the heavy hitters, this is a nice stress test.
Eh, upfront costs were a tad greater than expected... talked with EviLore recently about actual cash in the account.
 

explodet

Member
Hitokage said:
What I want to know is how well the server was running with that amount of users.
I was here when the number of visitors was just over 1000 and it seemed to be running okay.

There were a lot of people just lurking - perhaps the server becomes really slow when a lot of people try and post at the same time? That wasn't happening this time.
 
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