Just a simple question

  • coenmcj
    20th Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Is it just me or has the general section just been really slow recently?

     

    It might just be since the holidays are approaching and everyone is studying hard (Hopefully) but well you never know until you ask.

  • The-Con
    20th Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    @coenmcj (View Post)

     hmmm. To me, everything has been going slow for months... I monitor this forum all the time when I have my browser open (all the time :P), and there is rarely anything as interesting as there was last year...

     

    Exams don't take that much time out of the internet, do they? I just finished my semester 2 exams (final ones are still 4 weeks away, and then it is off to university) and still had plenty of time for the internet :P

  • firefreak11
    20th Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    what? exams already? school just started for me we havent even had tests yet.

  • Poorsoft
    20th Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    It's different for other people. The countries like Aust. and NZ, and other ones maybe, don't have that big Murrikan Summer holiday. Its mainly, for almost everyone else, when at the end of the year, you have the big exams.

  • mniip
    20th Sep 2012 Developer 0 Permalink
    we just recently had test exams, to approx determine what will we get in final exams
  • jacob1
    20th Sep 2012 Developer 0 Permalink
    I almost never check any sections, I just use the recent topics list on the main page,so I never notice if a section is slow. Most of the topics in that list seem to be from the general section though.
    Normally, there's 1-2 pages of new topics. I remember when it used to be 3 new pages, there are a lot less topics now, because tpt has less users than it used to (I think a lot of people left last winter). Also, summer ended, and that slowed down tpt (and probably most games) even more. I think tpt went over twice as fast last year, based on the number of new saves and threads, both have slowed down a lot.

    I don't think exams really take much time out of me posting on the forums, but I don't really study for exams much at all. One time it did make me discontinue my mod for about 2 months when I had AP tests (also a tree fell on my house...), and I have gone on irc way less because of school.
  • jenn4
    20th Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I just don't find these forums as interesting as they used to be. My activity on here has dropped a lot, because I posted over 100 posts a day at when I was most active. I also come to IRC much less than I used to. I can't say why, but I guess that my artwork takes now more time than ever, and I must concentrate for much more than before, so I just don't have the time.
  • Dawgie
    21st Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @jenn4 (View Post)
    That's the same with me all I do is come to see if there any new updates or something.
  • Citopow
    21st Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink

    Another thing I noticed is a lot of threads getting locked. Maybe the holidays brings a surge of the idiotic-ness in people.

  • Niven
    21st Sep 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    Personally, I've been using tpt less in general for a few months now. Mainly because I ran out of ideas for creations and there just don't seem to be any new creations that interest me enough to use more than just once anymore. Also, I never study for anything, even when I have exams, which I had this week. I had to take midterms, the pre-PLAN, and some unit tests.