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Barrthnine
02-26-2008, 01:50 AM
Hey guys. As the title suggests, this is a two-part post.
First, the question. When I try to update games in My Achievements, I'm having a ton of problems with the site timing out. For example, I check the box for a new achievement that I've earned and I click "Save Changes" and then the page just tries to load for several minutes and then says that the page failed to load because the server stopped responding. If I refresh it a couple of times, it usually eventually loads, but if I hit stop and go back to the main My Achievements page, it says that I have no achievements in that game. Is this a problem with my internet or my computer or something with the site? I don't have a problem with any other aspect of the site, so I can't figure out the problem. This is one of my favorite aspects of this site, so I'd love some help to figure out what the issue might be.
Second, my suggestion. As a caveat, I don't know anything about web coding, bandwidth, or anything of the sort, so if this is impractical, I apologize. As I said, I love the My Achievements feature. You can already sort by ascending or descending point value and hide completed achievements, which are great options. My suggestion would be to add the option to sort by single-player and multiplayer/co-op achievements. I'm not sure how much work this would entail. Clearly, someone would have to go through and categorize every achievement, so I'm not sure it would be easily implemented, but please tell me what you think.
Thanks for running an awesome site. This is easily my favorite site and I spend a ton of time here, so I appreciate the effort that goes into it. Cheers!

Shinobi273
02-26-2008, 02:35 AM
You realize that you are a subscribing member and can submit this there where DW or RX will see it right?

I have this problem too, it gets worse with games with more achievements.

Barrthnine
02-26-2008, 02:42 AM
You realize that you are a subscribing member and can submit this there where DW or RX will see it right?

I have this problem too, it gets worse with games with more achievements.

I didn't even think about that. I suppose it would be bad form to post the same thoughts in two different threads. I was wondering if maybe the problem was the fact that I had 20+ games on the list, but I like to use the site to keep track of my completion percentage, so I really don't want to delete the few games that I've beaten 100%.

Shinobi273
02-26-2008, 02:46 AM
I suppose it could be related to the number of games as well... I like to keep my 1000s up there so I can get an accurate completion percentage.

slavetojones
02-26-2008, 02:57 AM
great. : )

so i'm not alone in feeling this should be fixed. i really like the idea of using the site to track my achievements, but this is making it terribly hard.

DrMc63
02-26-2008, 04:12 AM
yea when i click on the "my checklist" button it comes with a bunch of symbols and stuff i dont understand....am i just stupid or is there something wrong?.....im new to the site so im not really sure on how things work yet

daewezzy
02-26-2008, 04:35 AM
yea when i click on the "my checklist" button it comes with a bunch of symbols and stuff i dont understand....am i just stupid or is there something wrong?.....im new to the site so im not really sure on how things work yet Yeah, sorry, you're pretty stupid..

Nah I'm joking, what kind of symbols do you see?

The Pants Party
02-26-2008, 02:03 PM
It's weird that so many people are having checklist problems lately... I have like 100 games in mine and can still update no problem. But, obviously it's happening... I've asked Routine to take a look, so hopefully he finds some faulty code to clean things up.

As for the other part, we would need to go in and "tag" each achievement first and I'm not sure how that would be done. If we could tag them, then they could be sorted. I'll have a chat with RX later and see what he thinks.

Barrthnine
02-26-2008, 04:31 PM
Thanks for looking into things. I don't know if I could be helpful with the whole process of sorting and tagging the achievements, but it sounds like it might be a lot of leg work. If there's anyway that I could help, I'd be happy to.

Rashaka1
02-26-2008, 11:14 PM
Has there been any type of update on this? I've always had this problem as long as I've been a member to the site. It didn't bother me as much in the past because it was only in the "My Achievements" section, but now that section has been added into the guide as well... so when I click on the guide to figure out how to get an achievement I have to wait up to 5 minutes for the page to load. If I log out of my account or turn off the achievement function, the lag goes away.... so it's something with the achievement function itself. I use both IE current version and Firefox current version. Same problems on same pages with both.

DrMc63
02-26-2008, 11:49 PM
Yeah, sorry, you're pretty stupid..

Nah I'm joking, what kind of symbols do you see?

wow im sorry i feel really stupid...i should've checked the faq thread first...again sorry

AlphaXGamerXDad
02-26-2008, 11:59 PM
Does anyone with this problem connect wirelessly? I get it occasionally, but I always assumed it was my connection.

Rashaka1
02-27-2008, 12:10 AM
I have the same problem with both my laptop and my desktop, one is wireless and the other isn't... It's the same problem on both wireless N and wireless G.

Barrthnine
02-27-2008, 01:25 AM
I've had the problem on my desktop (wireless), my work computer (wired), at my friend's house (wired laptop), and on my girlfriend's laptop (wireless), so I don't think there's a pattern there.