{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 .....
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Pesky Pole
ID: 06481717 Fri, Jul 17, 2009, 18:58
They will still blame it on server migration and say it is not the games.
30
hills
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
31
BigBobE
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.
"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."
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.
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soetal1
ID: 56301818 Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 19:30
Is TSN message boards still down? What a joke this game has become.
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Pesky 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.
Live scoring back up. Missing a few players though.
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EFerrier
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).
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Dexter
ID: 376211414 Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 23:19
Re 51....What's he mean "by default"?
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IraLives
ID: 23561722 Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 23:33
#51 = Likely troll post... Unless EFerreira can't spell his own name...
54
mojomike
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!
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hills
ID: 76261713 Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 10:51
Anyone able to get on to the site?
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EFerreira
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
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soetal1
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.
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IraLives
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...
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anon
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
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.
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.
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Guru
ID: 330592710 Mon, Jul 20, 2009, 23:07
What'll happen the weekend leading up to the first NFL game?
Set your rosters early!
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Dexter
ID: 376211414 Tue, Jul 21, 2009, 00:32
And just imagine what'll happen when Rotohog takes over......: > (
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.
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deraynman
ID: 4860248 Fri, Jul 24, 2009, 09:00
down again
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IraLives
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?
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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