it's like dial-up here

*reads war and peace while thread is processed*

yeah i'm getting timeout errors about too many connections...

possible ddos?

yeah it's worse than ever

I'll send a support ticket... *sigh*

is watmms new home alot cheaper then?

yeah nice upgrade DUMBASS!

Ok it's getting really bad now, this is just silly. I'm not complaining, this shit costs money, what joyrex should really do is enforce a £5 joining fee, at least, to help run a better server, or just make it obvious on the site that donations can be made.

This is what I do.

  messiaen said:

is watmms new home alot cheaper then?

Yes, a bit less expensive - although that wasn't the reason for the move.

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

yeah nice upgrade DUMBASS!

Be careful; what you're doing is considered flame baiting, and while being the administrator, I take more flack than what I would expect other members to take on here, it does not give you any right to insult me, especially on matters you know fuckall about.

  abusivegeorge said:

Ok it's getting really bad now, this is just silly. I'm not complaining, this shit costs money, what joyrex should really do is enforce a £5 joining fee, at least, to help run a better server, or just make it obvious on the site that donations can be made.

 

This is what I do.

I'd rather not do that, as the cause of this slowness (according to the hosting company) appears to indeed be a DDOS attack. Now, I wonder who would want to do that...

  Joyrex said:

I'd rather not do that, as the cause of this slowness (according to the hosting company) appears to indeed be a DDOS attack. Now, I wonder who would want to do that...

Ah ok I got ya, I though it was just the nature of the host/server, due to the upgrade needing to be cheaper.

yes it is

and yes youre right

also yes be careful

who is behind these mysterious attacks?

Those who were recently banned (I say those because if my instinct serves me right, every 3rd member is a dupe).

what's DDOS attack? kind of like herpes?

*applies zovirax*

Yo...this is insanely great, it's got a 28.8 bps modem!

  Drahken said:

Yo...this is insanely great, it's got a 28.8 bps modem!

P6 chip; triple the speed of the Pentium.

  keltoi said:

what's DDOS attack? kind of like herpes?

 

*applies zovirax*

You need to make sure it gets in every crack of your keyboard, don't leave anywhere vulnerable open to infection, you dirty fingered whore.

  keltoi said:

what's DDOS attack? kind of like herpes?

 

*applies zovirax*

Here, let me Google that for you...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Don't be their slave, Keltax is perfectly capable of googling himself.

http://www.ricedoutyugo.com/forums/

That's how it is in the big leagues.

You see an opening, you go for it.

That dude on the right, Tony Blair?

Dont worry its just WATMM rehab clinic

  Joyrex said:

  messiaen said:

is watmms new home alot cheaper then?

 

Yes, a bit less expensive - although that wasn't the reason for the move.

 

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

yeah nice upgrade DUMBASS!

 

Be careful; what you're doing is considered flame baiting, and while being the administrator, I take more flack than what I would expect other members to take on here, it does not give you any right to insult me, especially on matters you know fuckall about.

 

  abusivegeorge said:

Ok it's getting really bad now, this is just silly. I'm not complaining, this shit costs money, what joyrex should really do is enforce a £5 joining fee, at least, to help run a better server, or just make it obvious on the site that donations can be made.

 

This is what I do.

 

I'd rather not do that, as the cause of this slowness (according to the hosting company) appears to indeed be a DDOS attack. Now, I wonder who would want to do that...

I feel your pain.. I've been admining one of my forums for almost a decade now, every now and then some tool decides to have some fun and try bring the place down. I've been lucky enough though, than I've only had to ban 2 users in about 6-7 years.