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Something tells me that Mike and others had a "better way"of keeping the GK system antibugged and or did not leave "enough instructions"to keep the system going better or how to make GK up and running faster.I am not so sure that it is a "cloud issue".That may be just an excuse by GK or a guess by others.But this downtime is much more frequent than it was since I was here back in 2005!My one opponent has about 10 conditional moves which I am pretty certain he will accept. I do this often now,with all of these outages.So during the downtime,the ball was in his court,not mine. Expect more downtime.Its coming.Expect more "disconnects"from the GK blitz rooms!!! I already had a taste of that!!And in the old days,I can NEVER remember even one disconnect temporary or otherwise in the Blitz rooms!Why now?Better technology and the cloud? Well,forget the newest technology...for it is full of holes like swiss cheese!! |
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@sound-studio_pro The message error note I received was from "cloudflare" it happens when the server doesn't recognise us trying to log in .... 'Fundamentally, Cloudflare is a large network of servers that can improve the security, performance, and reliability of anything connected to the Internet' .... not my words I copied it from their sponsored site .... it's so good... no one can connect!!! |
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And as I said,disconnects while there is NO preventive M going on in the blitz rooms is another issue that has NEVER occurred before like it has recently.Something is amiss.Its not all just preventative M...that is an excuse and a weak excuse. Is that the new technologies?If so,give me a black and white TV with those old dusty tubes in it. As a kid,I was content watching all the scary movies in black and white with only 3 channels!! For color,we had a 3 layered color plate to attach to the front of the TV screen!!And yes,corded phones of decades past had a "better quality"voice on both sides without cell tower out of range disconnects.All this new tech stuff?Forget it.I can live without a smart phone and right now,my TV channels are free with a huge antenna on my roof.I get about 70 channels all for free and good enough for me.I laugh at many staring at their smart phones for hours a day. There are many studies calling it a health hazard!Today,at the gym,I had this idiot staring at his smart phone,while sitting on the shoulder pree machine for over 15 minutes!!! About 10 other people wanted to use the machine...but the smart phone ruled!!! Utter dumbness being addicted to some of these technologies. As to GK...I do care about Preventative M,like I did in manufacturing machines where I worked in the 1970's...but something is a "amiss"with all of this.GK should atleast announce in everyones PM that therir will be downtime and give an approx duration of downtime.Then openly stipulate added time to all in their games.Have they done that every time?I do not think so. |
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The outage isn't a connectivity/CloudFlare problem. ping gameknot.com traceroute gameknot.com (or use "tracert gameknot.com" if running Windows) Both tests indicated that the gameknot.com server was up and running which means it was not a connectivity/CloudFlare problem. My guess is that GK's Web services were unavailable given that their server was still connected and their network was running. It seems that since the "Live Chess" option was added to GK that things have been less stable. |
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I suppose only GK can answer the questions.They will probably respond in a few days. |
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Had a time-out which was covered by the emergency postponement feature. Hopefully this will also be 'reimbursed' so I can save for an actual emergency on my side. |
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charger2752 17-Oct-23, 07:03 |
outage again |
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Down again |
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Down again It was more than a few hrs for me nearer 10 longest yet I will fill out the site problem form .... again not holding my breath for a response |
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I cannot remember in all those years ever having as much as a rare tiny level of site downtime in as much as I have seen on GK in the last few months. Perhaps just coincidence,but ever since Mike has left GK and sold it,something is "rotten in Denmark" as the saying goes.Whatever the issue it,it needs to be addressed more seriously,upgraded or more.GK may pass on the blame to others who represent them,but I do not believe everything I read.Perhaps a better,stronger,more $$ invested system with them or others who handle GK's site.All those things from weather to war,I do not accept as a valid excuse. Why?Because I go online with other chess sites and about 20 other sites from Ebay to Amazon,Google and other sites and never have any downtime issues. In a way,that is one of the reasons I keep my gameload down low.Even given an extra 24 hours(?)is still not enough to make up for the issues. |
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I've just sent a message via the report a problem link at the bottom of the page ....If enough people complain they have to respond .... don't they ? .... lol... probably not |
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are two different scenarios of reality,because I "heard"those words before from GK. I have complained to GK about other issues from one or two "retards"entering my PM or a blitz game chat where they began their insults(like a little child)and GK did little.I do not even think the same blitz gameboard#info exists anymore to write down with the time and chat to complain properly to GK.All seems lost.I have given up and will let you guys wave the protest flags. In the meantime,I will just go on other chess sites or drink another margarita on the beach in St Barts while this site disintegrates,including the rated blitz which has issues. When I begin to lose rating points in a blitz game and no moves were made on either side and I did NOT resign....THEN I know this site is going south,not north. |
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yon_cassius 17-Oct-23, 08:38 |
I could play Chess elsewhere... but a game against some random person I've never played before, and may never play again... doesn't mean as much as a game against a rival from many games. And I haven't seen Chess Ladders of the Chess League anywhere else... (absence of evidence does not necessarily signify evidence of absence, of course). |
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that need to be addressed.And its much more than just "downtime". |
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catdad 17-Oct-23, 12:48 |
Deleted by catdad on 20-Oct-23, 09:52.
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catcad Money....Get back....I'm alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack 🎶 |
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kingdawar 17-Oct-23, 13:16 |
catdad |
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ping and traceroute/tracert While the Cloud Flare message makes one think it's someone else's problem, I think it's something on GK's end. Each time the outage occurs I've used "ping" and "traceroute" to gameknot.com and as far as these two diagnostics are concerned, GK's server is online and reachable but that it's web interface is down, i.e.: ping gameknot.com traceroute gameknot.com (or "tracert gameknot.com" if using windows) |
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kingdawar 20-Nov-25, 00:55 |
GK down 18-Nov-25 |
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Cloudflare outage www.cnet.com |
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