vinylweatherman
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- Joined
- Oct 14, 2004
- Location
- United Kingdom
This weekend has been a NIGHTMARE!!!
WTF have Microgaming done
I have never had so many technical issues in so short a time before, and some are just weird.
I am finding it hard to connect to many MG casinos, and many lobbies just crash (the windows "casino game launcher has encountered a problem and has to close"), and then reappear after a short delay. Something has gone wrong, and I suspect that now some of my installations might be corrupt.
The tournaments at MG have also been throwing off errors I have not seen before, and one event will run fine, yet I switch to another and it is just so full of lag that I just give up without playing.
I have now had a problem with Intercasino misbehaving, not responding to the mouse, and then freezing and giving a server error.
Each time I have tested the internet, and it is up & running (I am posting here), so this has to be an issue with the big server farms that host most of these casinos. Surely, having a small number of big server farms will create bandwidth bottlenecks, yet for years this model has persisted, and it seems it doesn't take much for the whole lot to seize up.
It is about time the industry considered the playing experience to be an important issue, perhaps more so than what bonuses and promotions they can offer. I often bring this issue up, and the industry just as often ignores it as though it will just "go away" of it's own accord. I doubt it, as usage of the internet increases, and more non-US players join casinos, the general load will steadily increase, and when something destabilises the system, the player experience will be worse than before.
WTF have Microgaming done
I have never had so many technical issues in so short a time before, and some are just weird.
I am finding it hard to connect to many MG casinos, and many lobbies just crash (the windows "casino game launcher has encountered a problem and has to close"), and then reappear after a short delay. Something has gone wrong, and I suspect that now some of my installations might be corrupt.
The tournaments at MG have also been throwing off errors I have not seen before, and one event will run fine, yet I switch to another and it is just so full of lag that I just give up without playing.
I have now had a problem with Intercasino misbehaving, not responding to the mouse, and then freezing and giving a server error.
Each time I have tested the internet, and it is up & running (I am posting here), so this has to be an issue with the big server farms that host most of these casinos. Surely, having a small number of big server farms will create bandwidth bottlenecks, yet for years this model has persisted, and it seems it doesn't take much for the whole lot to seize up.
It is about time the industry considered the playing experience to be an important issue, perhaps more so than what bonuses and promotions they can offer. I often bring this issue up, and the industry just as often ignores it as though it will just "go away" of it's own accord. I doubt it, as usage of the internet increases, and more non-US players join casinos, the general load will steadily increase, and when something destabilises the system, the player experience will be worse than before.