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0 Subject: TSN Site

Posted by: Dexter
- [376211414] Tue, Jul 14, 2009, 15:21

Anybody else having trouble getting into their site and message forum?
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24Pesky Pole
      ID: 06481717
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:48
Can't get into Ultimate, Challenge, or forums.
25hills
      ID: 76261713
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:48
D&T is working but I can not access Ultimate
26hills
      ID: 76261713
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:50
Must be bringing the games back 1 at a time--I can now also access golf
27Pesky Pole
      ID: 06481717
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:51
Probably stock car next.
28deepsnapper
      Leader
      ID: 017103420
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:55
{20} I was able to get into my team page and all the way to the "Buyer List" page, but when I input parameters to look at "P", it started the Loading, please wait... and it just keeps trying to reload the damn page to no effect w/o me trying so I end up with dozens of pages logged in my history.

I don't know why I'm surprized, it's been this way at the MLB ASB this millenium .....
29Pesky Pole
      ID: 06481717
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:58
They will still blame it on server migration and say it is not the games.
30hills
      ID: 76261713
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 19:03
Maybe they should clear their cache & cookies--thats what they always tell us to do--ha ha
31BigBobE
      ID: 3630217
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 19:54
From tsn

Unfortunately, due to system problems, Salary Cap Baseball Challenge Season 2 had to be taken down indefinitely. We are honoring all escalation requests that were filled out correctly and sent by 7:15 eastern time. We realize this is disappointing, but it is vital in order to get the site stable for the rest of the season. The price update will still take place even if the game is not up. Because prices will be changing, we will not be taking escalation requests for tomorrow. We hope to resume trading at some point tomorrow. We sincerely apologize for this and are doing everything we can to correct it.
32 harrb2
      ID: 516151719
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 20:15
Tsn crashed their site by diverting servers for fantasy football which does not start for 6 weeks.
jmo
33Pesky Pole
      ID: 26301719
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 20:30
"Tell your friends how season 2 will start smoothly after all the corrections were made to enhance features like live scoring"
34Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 23:14
Guru...please, please save us!!!! If you would just come up with a new game site yourself......
35eMets
      ID: 206201717
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 23:29
another TSN response, from moderator "bernieh" on his blog:

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/bernieh/195290

and again SSchrager's blog has "updates":

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/SSchrager/195157/

it's not good

"Our Director of Technology and Systems Administrator booked
a last minute, early morning flight to Virginia this morning in
order to recover all of the old hardware. The server that handles
the baseball database that runs that game didn't react well to
the upgrade. We tried for 24 hours to fix the problem remotely.
When that didn't work, we decided to take drastic measures. As
we speak, they are on the road, in a rented truck, driving back to
Charlotte with 40 servers from Virginia. This way we can have all
of the hardware here.

They got a later start, but they will be back tonight and will try
and get the baseball server up ASAP. The plan is to have
everything back up very early tomorrow, but as you can see,
$#!+ happens.

We are moving heaven and earth to make this right. Stay tuned. I
know the Fantasy guys are also working round the clock and
have been posting updates."

Pathetic, if you ask me. A RENTED VAN?????


36money4later
      ID: 2111213116
      Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 23:43
I can see it now as they pull up to the building in that rented van. The doors fly open and one guy gets out and says, "Hey bud, let's party!". LMAO
37IraLives
      ID: 23561722
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 00:22
I'm guessing that TSN's "Director of Technology and Systems Administrator" position will be advertised sometime this fall...
38Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 00:22
They say reality is stranger than fiction. These "Keystone Kops" prove that! LOL
39Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 00:28
Anybody else miss Smallworld?
40reebbertxx
      ID: 4629181
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 02:29
Guru...please, please save us!!!! If you would just come up with a new game site yourself......

We can only hope.

41deepsnapper
      Leader
      ID: 017103420
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 10:39
Interesting though, when I was able to see my Season 2 team page yesterday, I had 5 trades in a no trade league. Do you think the system blew up because they can't make a 5 into a 4 equal out? It's always the simple things that bite you in the butt.

42soetal1
      ID: 56301818
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 19:30
Is TSN message boards still down?
What a joke this game has become.
43Pesky Pole
      ID: 26301719
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 19:44
They are probably keeping the message board down so we can't post all our complaints as it might crash the server.
44 RogueWing16
      ID: 26381819
      Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 21:03
Boom there goes the dynamite. Can't imagine the fireworks on the TSN baseball boards once they come back up. It's gonna be ugly.
45Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 00:22
This is unreal! How can SN expect to have anybody playing their games after this latest disaster?
46deepsnapper
      Leader
      ID: 017103420
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 08:09
Message boards are still down, but the games are up via The Sporting News Fantasy Baseball page
47Pesky Pole
      ID: 26301719
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 13:20
No live scoring. TSN is crap.
48mojomike
      ID: 50621913
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 14:02
Hahahah SN is the best!!!
49money4later
      ID: 2111213116
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 14:13
I wonder if their rented van broke down...
50RogueWing16
      ID: 26381819
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 17:13
Live scoring back up. Missing a few players though.
51EFerrier
      ID: 50621913
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 21:16
Go tell all your friends, the game will be stable for season 2 as it was the last two months of season 1.

EFerrier,

General Manager of Sporting News Fantasy games (by default).
52Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 23:19
Re 51....What's he mean "by default"?
53IraLives
      ID: 23561722
      Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 23:33
#51 = Likely troll post... Unless EFerreira can't spell his own name...
54mojomike
      ID: 50621913
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 01:29
I was just quoting what Eric of SN said before the season started...figured everyone would have a good laugh, didn't think people would miss the sarcasm and really think it was the GM.

Dexter-

They have a new GM each year at SN, it is a short-lived job. First it was Jeff G. a couple years ago, then kings33 lasted about a year, now Eric is in. Soon it will be Darnott!
55hills
      ID: 76261713
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 10:51
Anyone able to get on to the site?
56EFerreira
      ID: 16662011
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 12:06
Announcement:
Since everyone here at SN is trying so hard and we are so proud of ourselves, we will not be enabling the message forums again this year. This will prevent any whiners from posting anything negative about TS. If anyone has any complaints about Season 2 startup, live scoring or any other issues, go f yourself. Eric
57soetal1
      ID: 526142011
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 12:14
I just got this from the real 'Eric'

"We completely understand and are sincerely apologetic. However, getting the games to where we need them is a higher priority right now. When we feel comfortable, we will bring the boards back up.

Sincerely,
Eric
SN Member Services"

Still not having message boards up there is a big bs.

58IraLives
      ID: 57443170
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 12:24
Team pages are accessible for Ultimate, at least mine are, but the forums (of course!) are still offline. At this point one gets the sense that TSN is not planning on enabling the forums any time soon. Actually, not much to be gained (for them) if they do. They will be bashed unmercifully in the baseball forums the moment they come up, with a lot of people saying they are done with TSN forever. If that's the case, no need for them to risk the server load on people who won't be back. Not saying it's the smart thing to do, but I could see the reasoning...

Actually, Ultimate without the standard message board manipulation that goes on is quite a different game. I sort of wish they was a way to play it without the boards all the time. I'm sure someone like Kevin Correia, for example, would have never gone above 2% ownership if it wasn't for the message boards...
59anon
      ID: 45611915
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 13:52
Ultimate has around 6000+ teams, with an average of 4-5 teams for each owner , so it is something like 1300-1500 Owners playing the game.

I do believe ( as an active TSN ultimate forum user) thar around 200-300 owners use the forum, so it is less than 15% owners...

I believe it is not enough to manipulate the market with trends that comes from the forum


60tsn veteran
      ID: 176312012
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 14:10
>59 obviously a newbie.
61Guru
      ID: 330592710
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 14:18
If 15% of owners went in a similar direction, the price change would be very large.
62BigBobE
      ID: 3630217
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 14:56
The folks found out they could tell TSN to f-off at the 411 Blog

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/SN_FantasyGame

TSN turned it off...
63KrazyKoalaBears
      ID: 721308
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 15:57
PR Nightmare in 3, 2, 1...

I used to play a fully simulated soccer game online and, occasionally, they'd have some MAJOR issues. To me, they did two things right in EVERY instance.

1. They refunded all paying members an amount equal to the amount of downtime. So, if you paid $30/month and the service was down for 3 days (which happened), you got $3 credited to your account. Seems trivial, but the fact that it was done automatically and you didn't have to ask for it actually made me feel good about their customer service.

2. They CONSTANTLY added updates about what was going on. They explained the issues, what the plan was, and if things got messed up, they'd regroup and explain the new issues and new plan. They were smart about it and, on several occasions, I actually felt bad for them and wished I could help.

Maybe TSN could learn a few things...
64soetal1
      ID: 526142011
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 16:45
message boards up & running
65 harrb2
      ID: 596262021
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 22:27
down again
66eMets
      ID: 536552021
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 22:55
You can't make this stuff up!! 5 hours of full functionality, followed
by a full system meltdown. You'll never see the forums up ever
again. They can't chance it on the server load. Pathetic.

67Guru
      ID: 330592710
      Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 23:07
What'll happen the weekend leading up to the first NFL game?

Set your rosters early!
68Dexter
      ID: 376211414
      Tue, Jul 21, 2009, 00:32
And just imagine what'll happen when Rotohog takes over......: > (
69deepsnapper
      Leader
      ID: 017103420
      Tue, Jul 21, 2009, 15:33
It's been slow since noon CT. I keep getting the "server's are busy message". It has to be people joining football as the first game isn't until 7PM ET.

[67] You're right and I think there's Thursday & Saturday games along with 2 MNF games so the whole 1st weekend is going to be crazy.
70deraynman
      ID: 4860248
      Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 09:00
down again
71IraLives
      ID: 57443170
      Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 16:47
And down all weekend! How will I find out who the next best 3 start hold is? Or whether the masses will continue to trade in their Sandovals for a Mitsubishi Montero?
72thebonesmuggler
      ID: 06232618
      Sun, Jul 26, 2009, 19:23
"This isnt related to rotohog" sure...
73deraynman
      ID: 1175019
      Sat, Aug 01, 2009, 10:50
Is it me or is it impossible to access your teams? I go to my teams or ulitmate and my team is not listed.
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