tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893672819324540584.post5133439071120302678..comments2023-11-28T22:51:43.033-08:00Comments on Welcome to Atom Republic's blog: DevBlog #31 - Managing the Atom Universe ServersAtomRepublichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148760035150263838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893672819324540584.post-29823448605591790502016-08-05T12:14:25.211-07:002016-08-05T12:14:25.211-07:00Thanks for posting this DevBlog Dave. I appreciate...Thanks for posting this DevBlog Dave. I appreciate the explanation from Alex about the connection issues for AU as I have seen that it has indeed impacted users' ability to join the Block Parties every other Saturday (the last one was last Saturday). It has also impacted our Community Meetups which are every Sunday. We did manage to fill a server last Sunday (pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tbaby_84/albums/72157671734533626) but many were saying they were getting errors. We've reported the errors to the forums and via email and so hopefully that will give the devs more information on what is going on because I do see the game freezing and crashing when there aren't many people trying to connect simultaneously too. Of course we understand that we are in Early Access and that issues are to be expected, and we need to continue to load test the game so that it can be made read for full release to the public which would be a lot more people. I recall that in past DevBlogs, it was mentioned that automated tests were being run to test server scaling and so hopefully more of that can be done with various user usage patterns. I have been attending all the Block Parties since they started and still think we should have them. We've been having Community Meetups since the Alpha and think it has been a good event for users to meet others, share info and ideas for the game, talk about bugs/issues, all while having some fun in the process with random chit-chat. To date, we have great attendance for those and then when the Atom Republic Block Parties started a little over 2 months ago (last Saturday was the 7th Block Party) it was yet another event on AU that community members could attend. The difference in times between the 2 events gives more opportunity for people to attend. In any case, thanks to all the efforts of the Atom Republic/Atom Universe team. Keep up the great work! :)Trisha Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447511701068456976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-893672819324540584.post-28460773703468816692016-08-05T12:12:56.524-07:002016-08-05T12:12:56.524-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Trisha Babyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447511701068456976noreply@blogger.com