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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 8:17 am
The response time for posting and refreshing threads was very slow last Thursday, largely due to intense interest in the HOH endurance competition. We have been looking into ways of preventing these slow downs from happening and Draheid has been making a number of changes that should work to improve board speed. However, there are also things that we all can do to ease this situation. Rather than continuously refreshing the board to see additional posts and results of an endurance HOH competition, why not join us in the Chat Room for these big competitions or maybe even for some of the live eviction shows. Chat is perfectly designed for this sort of situation. No refresh is required and there is no strain on the board. Sure the posts fly by in chat but you can always scroll back to see past posts. There are two ways to get into the TVCH Chat. One way is through a Java Client and the other is by using a separate chat program that you install on your computer (like mIRC). That sounds more complicated and painful than it is so just try the following. Click on the following link to start the java client and enter the Chat Room: http://www.tvclubhouse.com/chat/ Please be patient while the chat loads. The first time you do this you may have to wait a couple of minutes and then click agree. Don't worry. It is perfectly safe as it was created by a trusted developer, who is well known by the TVCH Moderating Team. After it works the first time, it will be relatively fast to load. When you are finished chatting, click the little box near the top middle of the chat screen to Disconnect and then close the window. If the board is slow and that link is not working, please try the following link: http://www.draheid.com/chat/ If you are a chat pro and already have an IRC chat program on your computer (like mIRC), the IRC server is irc.webchat.org port 6667 and the chatroom is #tvclubchat Most of the time the chat room is empty as people tend to prefer the permanence of posting on the board. However, it is great for HOH endurance nights or any time there is a lot of activity and the board is slow. Important: Please remember to bookmark both of those links so that you have them readily available. And feel free to post any questions about this in this thread. Thanks!
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 8:29 am
Thanks Draheid and Jimmer. I went into chat last Thursday and no one was there. I hope folks will join in if we have a slow night again. I won't be around tonight. I appreciate all you do.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 8:48 am
Thanks Debra! I'll admit that it is kind of lonely if you go into chat and there is no one there. However, it is a bit of a catch-22 in that someone has to be the first one there. So as a general suggestion to everyone, if you go into chat and you are by yourself or there are only a few people there, stick around for a few minutes and maybe others will join you. LOL - It's not like it costs money. So enjoy it. 
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:04 am
Thank you so much for everything our Mod team and Admins do!! This is a timely reminder indeed! I usually just read in the chat rooms anyways, since I;m not agile enough with the language. But I do have one question: I had a nic in the chat last season. Do I have to try to remember that, or would it just allow me in w/o a password? I forgot how it was. Maybe I should click and see first. ...
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Fan3
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:14 am
maybe you could post a note if the boards do slow down tonight and remind everyone about the chatroom? I forget we had one. thank you
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:15 am
If you had a registered nickname, then you would use that password for that nickname. However, it has likely expired if you haven't used it for a while. The only reason to register a nickname is so that it is yours and no one else can use it or if you do something as an Op. Otherwise anyone can just go in with whatever name they choose. If you sign in using the Java link up above, then it will probably just be your TVCH name with a TVCH_ appended to the front of it.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:18 am
We'll bump this thread up, Fan3. Also, people should bookmark the links to the Chat in advance so that they can go there directly if there is a problem accessing the board. As I mentioned, Dra has been hard at work making changes to increase board speed so hopefully it won't be much of an issue tonight, but it never hurts to be prepared.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:24 am
I got in and put in my screen name, it showed up on the guest register. I could not post anything. I was never asked to register..where do I do that?
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:25 am
I took a trip in there. It's very nice and easy to work with. Thank you for your effort! Except the size of the print is soooo very small I had to set "bold" to even be able to read my own. (All the years of them "beansprouts" reading has caught up with me, I have to use the largest print any where I go!) But it'll be impossible to ask every one else to use bold and that's too many steps to even start chatting. I guess I'm lucky I'm on the EC. ...
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:28 am
EM, I forgot to say, Scoot taught me about that. All you had to do is to type in -/nick- w/o the - - sign. THX Scoot! It didn't ask me for password. I guess I could go in every time, get a different #, change it to my own user name, assuming no one else wants to post as Chy???? 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:29 am
That's great if worked for you, Chy (sorry the prints small). EM, You don't really need to register. You can just go in and chat as a guest. However, if you do want to change your nickname to something everyone knows, you just type the command: /nick Earthmother and it will change your nickname to Earthmother. You post (or do the above command) in the little line below the screen. Just type and hit enter.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:30 am
Your welcome Chy!!!
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:30 am
ok,I dloaded java for the new PC and fixed up the Chat ,added it to my favs,"See" yall tonight!
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Lori32
Member
07-04-2008
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:32 am
great,I set up my nickname.Thanks Jimmer!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 9:33 am
Glad it's working for everyone. Remember Lori that you'll have to change to your nickname again the next time you go in. But it's pretty quick to do. 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 10:02 am
I hate when everyone goes to chat! We have no record of any of the comments and miss out on everyones opinions. Can the mods put a copy the chat into the threads?
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 11:52 am
Thanks Jimmer. It made it near impossible to post spoilers at the end of that episode!
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 12:08 pm
Jimmer, I have one more question about the "traffic". When Leaf is doing the "proper" spoiling, would it help if I don't jump in and comment? Or does it matter? Leaf does a great job spoiling. I think her posts need to get through. I could save my comment and post later. Is that necessary, Jimmer?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 12:22 pm
I think you have to judge how the board is working.. tonight is a live show so we'll have traffic but since it is not likely to be another endurance competition, it shouldn't be as crazy as last week. But in any week if the board really S-L-O-W-S down.. then the fewer strictly comments, chit chat and similar posts, the better.. and also try not to refresh too often as that just slows things down even more. And of course chat can be fun and informative. Chy if your comments are part of the spoiling, that seems important as long as the board is moving along.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 3:14 pm
That's very considerate of you Chy. I think Sea summed it up well. People get pretty excited on the big HOH endurance nights and it puts quite a strain on the board so the fewer refreshes the better. However, we love to hear everyone's comments and contributions (that's why we have a board) so please keep posting where possible. I don't expect that the board will slow down anywhere near to the point it did on last Thursday. There won't likely be an ongoing HOH competition and Dra has also made some adjustments. But chat can be fun if anyone wants to do it and it is a good alternative. By the way, in answer to Dipo's question, if the chat gets going fairly well, we will log it and post a transcript sometime after the chat finishes so that everyone on the board can see it.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 3:48 pm
Thanks for answering! So I'll check and see if it's busy by then. I still think it might be heavy traffic when the Wizard(for lack of a better name) is revealed and just before live-vote when Julie check and see if the Wizard wants to utilize the power. Wait, we also want to pay special attention and see how the two sides "cheat" with HOH. (hehehe) That's from the middle to the end of the show I guess. I'm not sure how many will be on the edge of the sofa waiting for Julie to chat Jordan up.... Well, guys, I say be prepared for a busy night again. 
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-22-2003
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 5:57 pm
Psssst...I'm all alone in Chat! Who's watching the HOH Comp? Please come chat with me, I need to know what's happening!
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 5:59 pm
Aww thanks Chy! I really appreciate it I like the commentary provided by folks like you. I think it had alot to do with people trying to see results of endurance too quickly.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, August 06, 2009 - 6:05 pm
The board was working so great tonight. Thanks for all the extra efforts put in to make it so!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 2:18 pm
We hope the board will be working fine but with all the excitement tonight, if the board gets a bit slow, feel free to try the Chat room. The instructions are in the first post of this thread. You might want to bookmark the two links to the java chat in advance because you might have trouble getting to them if the board is slow. Main link to chat: http://www.tvclubhouse.com/chat/ Alternate (if the board is slow): http://www.draheid.com/chat/ Also Chat is fun anyway. We had a good time last week! Please note that if there is some chatting we'll post the transcript so that everyone can read and refer to it later.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:06 pm
Just a reminder about chat for the live show tonight! Bookmark the links in advance. 
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:10 pm
I hope I'll be able to make it for the show tonight! As always, thanks to the mods/admins for the superb work you do!
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 3:31 pm
Set up for the endurance comp tonight. Thanks Jimmer for the reminders. I'm usually trying to find those links when the board is dragging and timing out. Not much help, then...lol
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Reenie
Member
06-24-2006
| Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 7:36 pm
I totally didn't know we had a chat room and was wondering where everyone was...LOL
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 11:52 am
Just a reminder that we should consider chat for the live show tonight! Please bookmark the links in advance so you have no trouble getting into chat if the board is slow.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 2:39 pm
Since there is probably a live endurance HOH competition tonight, the board will likely be extra busy. Chat is always a good option. Remember to bookmark the links in advance (they are the top of this thread) so you have no trouble getting into chat if the board is slow.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 5:50 pm
I don't expect the boards to get jammed... it will be over soon, at least as soon as Jordan drops.
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 6:32 pm
bumped for tonight's show!
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