Maybe chess.com should shut down for a while until more of the bugs are out of the system. can't get all morning. it's a great idea for a site, but as a Bay Area PR/marketing comm. advisor, might be better to wait to save your reputation.
the new live chess
Sort:
Oct 4, 2009
0
#4
unfortunately there is just no way for us to simulate what it is like to have thousands of people on the server. we tried load tests with 5,000 bots, but it isn't the same...
as for our reputation... yeah, it's hard. but we need to remember that all things are evolving, and it's hard to get it right. fail fast, iterate quickly. in a few weeks nobody will remember this and we'll have a great live chess server. gmail had it's problems. twitter has their problems. vista had it's problems. we all do. :)
Oct 4, 2009
0
#5
remember to breath and take a break , pressure is good to a point, stress makes you get grey hair or makes you bald lol
.
when I try to connect, get the "loading" message forever....
you are right, maybe, after take a long breath and take a break. maybe, i'll come back tomorrow or maybe in 2 days. How much time can chess.com let me play? I'm only need that answer.
erik wrote:
unfortunately there is just no way for us to simulate what it is like to have thousands of people on the server. we tried load tests with 5,000 bots, but it isn't the same...
as for our reputation... yeah, it's hard. but we need to remember that all things are evolving, and it's hard to get it right. fail fast, iterate quickly. in a few weeks nobody will remember this and we'll have a great live chess server. gmail had it's problems. twitter has their problems. vista had it's problems. we all do. :)
haha erik vista did have its problem it was the problem. :D
erik and staff are doing their best with so many are online,with what they have,God be with them.
Oct 5, 2009
0
#10
turtleslayer wrote:
Erik and his hopeless staff should all resign after this mess .. why let 4000 members onto a site that hasn't been tested properly .. I would say the egos are too big which shows through with the moderators
Copy pasta.....
You can't even think of something different to say when you post in a different thread turtleslayer, if you dont want to play chess here, go somewhere else..... no one is going to miss you
keep up ur great work Eric and team,as many a wiseman say'good things take time'and great things take longer..all u complaining call ur selves chessplayers,weres your patients!!.id like to reiterate PATIENTS PEOPLE.
I'm staying.
Oct 5, 2009
0
#13
BigAlex wrote:
when I try to connect, get the "loading" message forever....
Same!!!
The creators of every successful site is responsible for maintaining its "customers". And therfore, every creator can choose to.......
Upgrade the website for the good of everyone but risk the loss of customers
or
Let the website go on as it is.
Looks like chess.com went the second way. That means chess.com took the risk of losing its customers.
Do you think they won the battle?
That, depends on your perspective.
P.S.Actually, I'm just bored and relieving nostalgia......
You mean they went the first way don't you?
Anyway, if they had just let things go on as they were then their servers would have ground to a halt under the strain as more people joined. All successful websites have to go through these painful upgrades.
phillliesarethebest wrote:
maybe chess.com should shut down tommorrow and tonight for the chess.com staff sleep chess.com staff i would suggest getting a lot of sleep tonight because last night you guys were probally awake all night and all yesturday you guys were working nonstop
If that's what it takes, I say go for it.
This is a great site, If I have to do without for a day or two to make it even better the worst that will happen to me is withdrawal symptoms.
I'm not a programming expert, but if a shutdown is required, won't it be possible to leave the forums open?
i just got disconnected after i got the upper hand it always happens that way