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Does the LEGO Pirate Forum take too long to load? A chance to offer feedback

Poll: How does it perform? (36 member(s) have cast votes)

Does the Pirate Forum take too long to load?

  1. Yes, much too long (10 votes [27.78%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.78%

  2. Yes, but the graphics are worth it (3 votes [8.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  3. The load time is reasonable (8 votes [22.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 22.22%

  4. No, loads quickly for me (15 votes [41.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 41.67%

How fast is your Internet connection?

  1. Less than 128K or dial up (2 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  2. 256K (1 votes [3.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.57%

  3. 512K to 768K (9 votes [32.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.14%

  4. 1500K (2 votes [7.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  5. Greater than 1500K (14 votes [50.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

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#1 User is online   Mister Phes 


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Posted 25 September 2008 - 10:37 AM

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Does the LEGO Pirate Forum take too long to load?


One of the things that concerns me is the amount of take it takes the LEGO Pirates Forum skin to load. The first time it loads on my system (i.e. after a fresh Windows install) it may take a little long, but after the images are cached it's not too bad, of course this may not be the case for everyone else.

The main loading hazard is the background with the sky, horizon and sea, remove that image and the forum skin will load noticeably faster but the downside is it won't look as nice.

And yes, the eBay Advetisements may add to the load time but they can be turned off at any time.

So now it's your turn, share your thoughts on the load time of the Pirate Forum skin.

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 11:28 AM

I delete my cache sometimes, and I don't think that's long to load, I never had to wait, It takes 3-5 seconds when the template is not cached, when it is, it takes not enough times to count :P

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 11:36 AM

I've notice that the last couple of weeks there seems to be a lag when refreshing the Pirate Forum. Also, the threads where you post the eBay finds seem to take much longer to load. I'm sure most of the lag comes from members that post images that are too large.


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Posted 25 September 2008 - 12:00 PM

Mine loads as fast as i can click so no problems over here...Off course I must say both my computer (Quadcore 2.66/4Gigs Superfast 1333Mhz Ram, 2X1024Mb graphic cards in SLI mode , 10.000RPM HD's,...) AND my internet connection (20Mbps, the fastest non-professional broadband we can get in Belgium) are quite fast! (HEY MY BRO OWS A PC-STORE :pir-devil: )

Sorry, I just couldnt let the oportunity pass by to bragg about my desktop :pir-blush:

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 12:05 PM

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Sorry, I just couldnt let the oportunity pass by to bragg about my desktop
Arg I missed mine^^ I also have a good computer, I owned a Pc-store in Marseille, when I closed the store definitively , I took the best parts for myself :P

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 12:46 PM

View PostGuss, on Sep 25 2008, 02:05 PM, said:

Arg I missed mine^^ I also have a good computer, I owned a Pc-store in Marseille, when I closed the store definitively , I took the best parts for myself :P


You Darn PIRATE !

I checked: it took 0.2029 sec to load this page!

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 01:08 PM

I find it seems to take a huge amount of time when refreshing, but other than that it is fine for me.
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Posted 25 September 2008 - 01:16 PM

TO HIS MAYESTY: THE FIRST ROYAL-IMPERIAL-SUPREME-LORD-ADMIRAL-FIST MARSHALL OF THE STATE-MISTER PHESS:

Cant we all post our loading times that show up down here??

Could that be a manner to determine how fast everything loads? Or does this only show some things?

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 01:16 PM

It takes a long time here in Australia. :pir-oh:

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 01:42 PM

View PostGen. Knowledge, on Sep 25 2008, 09:36 PM, said:

I've notice that the last couple of weeks there seems to be a lag when refreshing the Pirate Forum. Also, the threads where you post the eBay finds seem to take much longer to load. I'm sure most of the lag comes from members that post images that are too large.

Large pictures will slow down the loading in any forum, so base your conclusions on the time it takes the main Pirate Forum to download.


View Postzorro3999, on Sep 25 2008, 11:16 PM, said:

Cant we all post our loading times that show up down here?? Could that be a manner to determine how fast everything loads? Or does this only show some things?

A precise loading time probably isn't necessary, but then again it could help. What may be helpful is if users included their Internet connection speed.


View Postfurious, on Sep 25 2008, 11:16 PM, said:

It takes a long time here in Australia. :pir-oh:

Well Australia is about 5 years behind in Internet technology so what do you expect? :pir_laugh2:

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 01:48 PM

View PostMister Phes, on Sep 25 2008, 11:42 PM, said:

Well Australia is about 5 years behind in Internet technology so what do you expect? :pir_laugh2:



Hey watch what you. sa... Oh. You're in Australia too. Never mind. :pir_laugh2:
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Posted 25 September 2008 - 02:00 PM

I've got a DSL line of 4M and everything loads very fast.
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Posted 25 September 2008 - 03:11 PM

View PostBonaparte, on Sep 25 2008, 04:00 PM, said:

I've got a DSL line of 4M and everything loads very fast.


20.000 ! but i cant vote anymore, cause I voted earlier on.

ive got Telenet Turbonet: thats a cable connection of 20Mbps and 1Mbps Upload
we have our own server :-) so every one of my pc has these speeds!

And as said: it loads faster then i can read it :pir-grin:

Where is the server located BTW?

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 04:29 PM

This is weird: I click on the forums tab on the classic-pirates.com frontpage and I get this error: Firefox can't find the server at forum.classic-pirates.com.

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Posted 25 September 2008 - 05:19 PM

It's not just the Pirates forum; all the Eurobricks forums are slow. Let's face it; Eurobricks's server or ISP sucks. Just loading this page took several minutes, and the site fails to load at all about 50% of the time. I'm on a fast fibre connection and can download torrents at over a megabyte per second, so the problem's not on my end.

My daily browsing habit is:
1. Try refreshing the Eurobricks main page.
2. Go have coffee.
3. Open interesting Eurobricks forum threads in tabs.
4. Read all my other websites.
5. Go back to see if the Eurobricks forum pages have finally finished loading.

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