Board Problems, Suggestions and Updates

[KnightMario]

It sucks how people do that though. A brawl hacking forum? Oh that's sucks lets ddos it!

[Akeno/Archer]

It sucks how people do that though. A brawl hacking forum? Oh that's sucks lets ddos it!

^This

[Nezha B. Rose]

He's still repeating it for a reason no? What if we just ignore, make absolutely no comment of it and  the person will become tired afterward? I mean, for what other reason he or she continues this assault?

"Do not feed the trolls."

[Gamma Ridley]

I don't think it was ever even confirmed that we were DDos'd.

[KingJigglypuff]

I don't think it was ever even confirmed that we were DDos'd.

It's kind of a joke, Gamma.

There seems to be a trend that the Forums face some sort of issue at least once every month.

[Gamma Ridley]

It's kind of a joke, Gamma.

There seems to be a trend that the Forums face some sort of issue at least once every month.

Yeah, I know that, but I think people think we're getting DDos'd right now, which I'm pretty sure isn't the case.

[Puraidou]

It's probably just traffic causing it, nothing bad.

[Segtendo]

Well, the blog HAS been getting more traffic, according to Miacis.

[Nezha B. Rose]

Ah! I misunderstood, but how can you tell apart traffic and DDoS? is it a different number as 404?

[Miacis]

Ugh. Ugghh. So much ugh.

Ocasional 503 errors are mostly traffic. A DDoS will produce effects similar to an increase in traffic, but is normally something that lasts a longer time (at least a day).

We can't really have any proof about whether the long periods of 503s are just our server being stupid or a series of attacks. However, I do find it strange that our recent downtimes always coincide with Smashboards collapsing as well.

Also, KJP?

[18/01/2014 6:08:33 PM] Miacis: I've reached the point where I'm like: "Oh hey, we're down... Wait, Smashboards is down too? Eh, no need to worry then."
[18/01/2014 6:08:50 PM] Miacis: "It's our monthly DDoS attack"

When I make a joke in a Skype chatroom, could you avoid reusing it out of context? In threads where people ask honest questions and will take your answer seriously? That'd avoid a lot of confusion for me to clear up. Thanks.

[KingJigglypuff]

Also, KJP? When I make a joke in a Skype chatroom, could you avoid reusing it out of context? In threads where people ask honest questions and will take your answer seriously? That'd avoid a lot of confusion for me to clear up. Thanks.

[JamietheAuraUser]

I have noticed that most instances of 503s here coincide with connection problems over at Smashboards. Hence why I continue to assume that it's a DDoS.

[KnightMario]

It looks like somebody screwed up when missing with awards or stars. I assume it was the blog curator star thing. But now the small stars are replaced by one of the renowned hacker awards or something like that.

[Puraidou]

It looks like somebody screwed up when missing with awards or stars. I assume it was the blog curator star thing. But now the small stars are replaced by one of the renowned hacker awards or something like that.

You're being awfully vague.. Do you have a screenshot or anything?

[Akeno/Archer]

You're being awfully vague.. Do you have a screenshot or anything?

I think he meant that the stars above the number of posts was replaced by the reowned hacker award...