Server Status

[BouncingHitman]

A sidebar on website that shows ENT's server status
e.g


________________
: DOWN
--: UP
--: UP
--: UP
--: UP
--: UP
________________

--: UP
--: UP
--: UP
--: UP
________________
: UP
: UP
________________

[aRt)Y]

How does that help the public? uak fixes it anyway and 2 pubs more posting about a server being down doesn't speed up the process at all.

[BouncingHitman]

How does that help the public? uak fixes it anyway and 2 pubs more posting about a server being down doesn't speed up the process at all.

Didn't quite understand what you were saying however, Server Status just lets our players know what is happening. We can prevent so much forum spam of pubs saying "omg bots down guyz" by implementing a feature that checks if the bots are online or successfully connected to the server, then sets Up=True and shows the green light. This will also prevent people from spamming the host queue when there aren't any bots online.

[karasu.]

Personally arty I think it's a fantastic idea, he's right. We won't have people spamming the forum and if they're confused or wondering why the servers are down this is a good idea. Granted there are people with language barriers but perhaps there can some kind of coding to put it in other languages. It gives the moderators less to deal with and helps the public alleviate confusion.

Granted we all have our opinions but I'm more than for this suggestion.

[nabo.]

People will still spam, because people are blind. The idea was good, however since our entire website is forum based, it's a bad idea.

If forum based, we cannot put server/bot online status somewhere on the main forum page?

[aRt)Y]

Well, adding it doesn't hurt anyone, I guess. But..

People will still spam, because people are blind.

We could add it to the wiki depending on how uak makes it.

[karasu.]

I mean yeah we have the few who can't read but it would cut down on the spam from those who do. I don't see any harm in trying this out I mean if people actually read it then it'll put less of a load on game mods. I mean objectively I like forum work, it's one of the main responsibility of game/forum mods but at the same time lessening the load would help a bit too.

[TimmyTheTauren]

Unless it is added to the home and/or a forum sidebar, very obviously, it will not be effective. No one will go to the wiki to check.

Of course, there still will be posts, it's enevitable. You could also have a message that says the staff is aware of the problem when someone with a post count below 20 is trying to create a new post when the servers are down. Or atleast to check the server status.

And there is no reason to have so many things, if there were to be a sidebar, all you need is Server Status: Up/down/maintenence/resolving issues/experiencing problems etc

[eldryan]

Yea, unless it's on the main page kind of useless. No one will go to the wiki/know where to look. Would be nice to have an "eta" on the message as well, so players know if they should just log off or can wait a few minutes.

[uakf.b]

Something to monitor it would be more useful than this so that it can be fixed in a few hours instead of a day. But the current monitor system sends 100 emails per day about random shit so I don't look at it.