Flight Rising - General Discussion

[Lisaara]

Actually after speaking to an actual programmer programs like snap links does cause issues. It is also against the TOS for Dragon cave. Every time a link is open it uses its own separate memory space so if you have many people using it all at the same time it causes memory issues.

Funny cause I've spoken to a few programmer buddies of mine I've met in college(I plan to ask my programming teacher), they say something like Snaplinks can cause memory issues only if the people that created the site screwed something up since websites are meant to handle having more than 1000 people at a time.

Snaplinks, essentially, shouldn't be harming anyone. To back this up, Magistream has people opening not just 15 tabs...try 300 at a time a lot of the time to gain currency in the game. Despite the smaller user populace, the amount of tabs people open it more than surpass the amount of users FR has. Their servers handle it no problem. Overall, this is a problem on FR's server's end but they don't want to admit it. They seem to rather ban people first instead of fixing the problem on their stuff.

So I hope that puts things into perspective a little, especially since the admins of FR were claiming SnapLinks does stuff for you when all it does is the exact same thing as Ctrl Clicking does, just a little faster. They seem to be banning more users that haven't used it at all, however.

[Chimera]

I'm completely fuming over how ridiculous this snaplink ban is *ranted very heavily in the rant thread* I really just don't get it like durrr wtf. And I honestly don't think they're being honest when they say they're finding everything to be working better since the massive decrease of snaplink users cause we're still getting the heavy load errors zzzz.

But w/e I'ma just sit back and watch how things go now that I'm done venting how stupid this decision was xD Right now all I'm concerned with is getting my fuzzy white and black coats/tails, a pair of onyx roundhorns, and a brown birdskull wingpiece cause Marketplace has been horribly stingy for the past several days. AH is just overpriced for these items so I refuse to by from there. I'm hoarding my treasure for when those new primary and secondary genes are released. They were officially revealed which means they'll be live sooner than later!

[Lupis]

Public notice, I can't really deal with this subforum is recently, so I'm going to be taking my leave for a while.

I can still be contacted on FR for dragon sales and the like.

[Syleye]

Guess it's a battle of the experts...go figure.

* In the end it doesn't really matter if people don't enjoy the game don't play, their site their rules and I'm okay with that. They are a young site and I expect hiccups. When it gets to the point where it makes me angry I will stop, until then I just hope they continue to learn and get better.

[Lisaara]

Yeah, go figure.

I'm just more mad they're wildly banning people and a majority thus far havent even been SnapLink users.

[Syleye]

I guess i keep missing where they are banning people. is it in the forums?

[zedxrgal]

I'd be bitterly pissed if I got banned for seemingly no reason. Yes I have snaplinks. Have I EVER used it for FR? No. Not once. Pretty shitty of them to do that if you ask me.

[Lisaara]

I guess i keep missing where they are banning people. is it in the forums?

Yeah there's been reports of it on the forums.

[Lisaara]

Oh, for the love of god.

1. Go get NewRelic if you haven't already. It'll tell you exactly what queries are causing your bottlenecks. MYSQL eating up memory is the number one cause of lag on websites like this, and you're not going to solve that problem by banning users who happen to hit on heavy queries.

2. Go install LiteSpeed onto your server and use their DDOS tools, if you are actually getting a DDOS (which I doubt), to mitigate unwanted traffic attack. If you're using Apache, replace it with Litespeed because Apache is bloated and gross and Litespeed has DDOS tools!


Just for fun I ran Flightrising.com through the Website Optimizer, and here's what it has to say:

Analysis and Recommendations

TOTAL_HTML - Congratulations, the total number of HTML files on this page (including the main HTML file) is 1 which most browsers can multithread. Minimizing HTTP requests is key for web site optimization. Y

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TOTAL_IMAGES - Warning! The total number of images on this page is 30 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Recommend combining, replacing, and optimizing your graphics. Replace graphic rollover menus with CSS rollover menus to speed display and minimize HTTP requests. Consider using CSS sprites to help consolidate decorative images. Use CSS techniques such as colored backgrounds, borders, or spacing instead of graphic techniques to reduce HTTP requests. Replace graphic text headers with CSS text headers to further reduce HTTP requests. Finally, consider optimizing parallel downloads by using different hostnames to reduce object overhead.

TOTAL_CSS - Caution. The total number of external CSS files on this page is 3 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Because external CSS files must be in the HEAD of your HTML document, they must load first before any BODY content displays. Although they are cached upon subsequent requests, CSS files slow down the initial display of your page. Combine, refine, and optimize your external CSS files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed CSS for high-traffic pages) on your pages. You can optimize CSS files using shorthand properties, grouping, and then minify and GZIP compress them to reduce their footprint. Remember to place CSS files in the HEAD and JavaScript files at the end of the BODY to enable progressive display.

TOTAL_SIZE - Warning! The total size of this page is 497308 bytes, which will load in 107.31 seconds on a 56Kbps modem. Consider reducing total page size to less than 100K to achieve sub 20 second response times on 56K connections. Pages over 100K exceed most attention thresholds at 56Kbps, even with feedback. Consider optimizing your site with Website Optimization Secrets, Speed Up Your Site or contacting us about our optimization services.

TOTAL_SCRIPT - Warning! The total number of external script files on this page is 7 , consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refactor, and minify to optimize your JavaScript files. Ideally you should have one (or even embed scripts for high-traffic pages) on your pages. Consider suturing JavaScript files together at the server to minimize HTTP requests. Placing external JavaScript files at the bottom of your BODY, and CSS files in the HEAD enables progressive display in XHTML web pages.

HTML_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of this HTML file is 6885 bytes, which less than 50K. Assuming that you specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH of your images, this size allows your HTML to display content in under 10 seconds, the average time users are willing to wait for a page to display without feedback.

IMAGES_SIZE - Warning! The total size of your images is 464861 bytes, which is over 100K. Consider switch graphic formats to achive smaller file sizes (from JPEG to PNG for example). Finally, substitute CSS techniques for graphics techniques to create colored borders, backgrounds, and spacing.

SCRIPT_SIZE - Caution. The total size of your external scripts is 10172 bytes, which is above 8K and less than 20K. Consider optimizing your scripts and eliminating features to reduce this to a more reasonable size. You can substitute CSS menus for JavaScript-based menus to minimize or even eliminate the use of JavaScript.

CSS_SIZE - Caution. The total size of your external CSS is 15390 bytes, which is above 8K and less than 20K. For external files, ideally keep them less than 1160 bytes to fit within one higher-speed TCP-IP packet (or an approximate multiple thereof). Consider optimizing your CSS and eliminating features to reduce this to a more reasonable size.

MULTIM_SIZE - Congratulations, the total size of all your external multimedia files is 0 bytes, which is less than 10K.

Look into the optimization warnings too, because these are problems with your layout, which is loaded every time the user views the page.

I thought you guys might wanna see this.

[Bowno]

I don't understand any of that computer lingo o_O

[Ana]

Public notice, I can't really deal with this subforum is recently, so I'm going to be taking my leave for a while.

I can still be contacted on FR for dragon sales and the like.

Huggles to lupis.


Also i noticed that well she is not alone in feeling what she does.. about the site i mean...

edit fyi i dont the reson why Lupis feel this way .. i was just talking about a general feeling of sadness from ppl ive talked to

so lets try to make an effort to comment eachother dragons.. not everytime.. but just once in a while comment on the last page (or two ?) instead of just saying pretty dragons all

Makes us all feel better when ppl praise our dragons.. eventhough they dont got room


edit this is not my own dragon i mean im good just some of the ppl i talk to sometimes express feelings like this

[Bowno]

I usually don't praise them because there are so damn many of them o_o I can't keep up and if I forget to mention one I worry someone will be upset.


On a totally unrelated note. Insert screaming here.

[cowmuflage]

Public notice, I can't really deal with this subforum is recently, so I'm going to be taking my leave for a while.

I can still be contacted on FR for dragon sales and the like.

Huggles to lupis.


Also i noticed that well she is not alone in feeling what she does..

so lets try to make an effort to comment eachother dragons.. not everytime.. but just once in a while comment on the last page (or two ?) instead of just saying pretty dragons all

Makes us all feel better when ppl praise our dragons.. eventhough they dont got room

But saying something like "Pretty dragons all" is the saver way of doing it. Because it's complimenting every one and not singleing out people. That could hurt someone more quite frankly.

[Ana]

heh i usualy switch between the two just editet my post above so my meaning is more clear

i never feel singled out if/when ppl forget me btw

Somedays i feel like commenting on the last two/last page of dragons.. sometimes i dont

[cowmuflage]

I do a lot of times. So I think saying something like "all your dragons are pretty guys" is a good thing and to me better then just commenting on one persons.

Infact it's one of the reasons I stopped posting my dragons here because no one said anything about them

[Ana]

hehe i know a few who feel the same way you do

I looooove posting my dragons here nomatter if ppl comment or not and i looove to see other ppls dragons eventhough i dont comment on them individually everytime

[Dewclaw]

I try to remember to make mention. Will try harder.

[Lisaara]

I comment sometimes but I understand how she feels. Dragons that aren't coatls recently seem to be overlooked. Mine usually got shoved to the side cause everyone was posting these fancy iri/shim/gem coatls and I can't afford these awesome scroll changes.

[Vephriel]

I haven't been checking the FR subforum here much because I'm not sure if I'm interested in the game anymore. Sometimes new releases spark my interest for a bit, but that's lasting less and less each time. I went a couple weeks without doing much on the site while I was on vacation, and I think that made me realize I'm just kinda bored with it right now, so I'm probably taking a break until something big changes.

I don't think there's ever much conflict here that requires a minimod, but feel free to...I don't know, vote me off if there's someone who'd be a better fit. Just let Wain know, I realize I'm not active enough to catch something that would require mod attention (again, not that I think that even happens here, but just in case!)

[Chimera]

Success *cheers* I got the Smoky Bantam Fangar from the Marketplace for 12k (w/o discount) instead of the 17k+ (which has been the lowest I've thusfar seen EVER when searching them up) on AH.



Both Sootypaws and Cinderpaws have their precious orange-eye'd fuzzy kitties to go with their equally orange-eye'd and fuzzy selves <3