Well, I have a print and PDF subscription of Kobold Quarterly and just received the print copy in the mail today and it is a beauty to behold. 3.5e and 4e in the same package. Only problem was when I started flipping thru the magazine... I realized I read most of it already... in PDF on my DX. I downloaded my copy on sunday ;)
I give the mag a steady 5 for quality... you can pick up any issue and be sure that it will be top notch. DX-abiity is a solid 5.
On a side note, EnWorld is loading... slow as frozen molasses flowing uphill, but loading none the less.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
EnWorld - Its Up, Its Down
I happen to enjoy the EnWorld site. I enjoy it enough to be a community supporter (I'm actually a paying customer). So, what have I been getting recently? This wonderful message:
Traffic is through the roof at the moment. The effect should die down in a day or so, but we've had to temporarily cap the number of users online to 3000 or so in order to keep the site running at all. Once traffic drops down to below 3000 or so users, we'll remove the cap. Apologies for the inconvenience!
So, let me get this straight... when traffic drops below 3000, they'll remove the restriction of the traffic exceeding 3000. Sure, that makes LOTS of sense.
I haven't been able to get into the site for the past few days, and there have been days this summer where I haven't gotten anything but a web page that times out.
All I want for my yearly donation is to actually be able to access the site I've been donating too. Is that too much to ask? Maybe priority login for Community Supporters, or maybe even adding some bandwidth.
Hmmm, is it even technically a donation or more like an optional user fee for additional privileges?
I'm ranting because I can. I'm ranting here because I can't rant on a site I can't even log in to.
Traffic is through the roof at the moment. The effect should die down in a day or so, but we've had to temporarily cap the number of users online to 3000 or so in order to keep the site running at all. Once traffic drops down to below 3000 or so users, we'll remove the cap. Apologies for the inconvenience!
So, let me get this straight... when traffic drops below 3000, they'll remove the restriction of the traffic exceeding 3000. Sure, that makes LOTS of sense.
I haven't been able to get into the site for the past few days, and there have been days this summer where I haven't gotten anything but a web page that times out.
All I want for my yearly donation is to actually be able to access the site I've been donating too. Is that too much to ask? Maybe priority login for Community Supporters, or maybe even adding some bandwidth.
Hmmm, is it even technically a donation or more like an optional user fee for additional privileges?
I'm ranting because I can. I'm ranting here because I can't rant on a site I can't even log in to.
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