Clarification on Free Shop + Lag

Just some clarification on the lag and free shop:

We fixed the original problem of the Free Shop yesterday, where the database wasn’t clearing out items that had already been grabbed so there were thousands of rows of phantom items clogging up the DB.

This early morning, however, was a different issue! There weren’t enough users to grab items out of the shop so the shop just kept adding more without eventually clearing like other restocking shops. I cleared out well over 6,000 items when I was able to get on today! We’re working on a solution for this today so it doesn’t happen again tonight.

I know how frustrating this is for y’all, and we’re working as quickly as possible to fix these issues so everyone can enjoy grabbing a cool item or two.

Posted by Amber

01/27/20 10:29 am Leave Comment

Dana 02/3/20 9:32 am

Ow bummer I missed the free shop event -.- will it open again later?

Serena922003 02/2/20 7:18 pm

OML

Chef 01/31/20 6:24 pm

Looks like the pool might be empty again.

EndoKazuki 01/31/20 2:53 am

Purchased

Whoa thank you :heart:

just2b 01/30/20 7:11 pm

thanks for the update, still having "already purchased" comment any time I try. just trying to grin and bear it.

Cassandra 01/30/20 7:55 am

Purchased

I'm so happy that happened. Free stuff is good sometimes. :joy:

indica 01/30/20 12:40 am

Half an hour since the last restock. Did it break again? :(

StarShadow 01/29/20 9:56 pm

Gotten a few valuable items but so far ones I already had. Still looking for the swimming rat. ;)

Amber STAFF 01/29/20 8:36 pm

:) That's beceause items ran out of the pool. That will happen now and again throughout the week, but we'll get the pool filled up again asap.

Linoko 01/29/20 8:31 pm

Same here, witnessed 4 or 5 "Restocked now!" but haven't seen a single item yet.

Sorcerer 01/29/20 8:31 pm

Let's see if it resets at midnight :3

ennui 01/29/20 8:28 pm

Empty with a "restocked now!" message for me as well! :^(

Chef 01/29/20 8:18 pm

@Amber it doesn't seem to be restocking. It says "restocked now" but nothing has been going into the shop. I don't think it's a matter of missing the stock either.

-HyperBlossom- 01/29/20 8:12 pm

I think the free shop is broke again, but no new items are there even when they have restock

Saturnine 01/29/20 8:09 pm

Shop might be empty. Restocking Now but no items

the_beast 01/29/20 2:21 am

still hppening

Diana_Marie 01/29/20 1:50 am

Can I please get some non-main shop items? As much as I love the free shop it's so frustrating to wait for it to restock to just get a normal shop item.

Beren 01/28/20 3:54 am

looks like yesterday, there are bunches of items in and buying out does not work fast enough (Just throwing in)
I love it, since I can get a item every time my CD is away...

Damon 01/28/20 2:09 am

Thank you! :)

Mabon 01/27/20 10:49 pm

I hereby do solemnly swear to do my best to help clear as many items as possible tonight :D I know I know what a hero

(Seriously though, thank you for all you do)

Absinthe 01/27/20 9:07 pm

Bless your heart, Amber. That's a LOT of items. I appreciate your effort <3

Sincere 01/27/20 8:06 pm

@Amber Awesome, thanks haha.

Yikes about weapons! Glad that was solved!

Amber STAFF 01/27/20 7:59 pm

@Sincere I don't add any 170 (battle loot) or 200 (CWs). I also make sure to clear out any possible weapons, after previous years where things like god weapons went out when they shouldn't :x

Sincere 01/27/20 7:23 pm

@Amber

What are the rarities of items the Free Shop? Is there anything that isn't included?

FCoD 01/27/20 7:19 pm

Thanks for this staff. I've gotten some WL items out of it and everything else is just a bonus! :)

Twisted_Pretzel 01/27/20 7:08 pm

I can only grab items at night when nobody is around, works for me!

SongSparra 01/27/20 5:20 pm

As I said in the other Free Shop topic, it's all good and a little disruption is OK (PITA for you I realise) I mean hell this is FREE! Grateful for what ever and when ever I get something and again I say... BEST.FREE.SHOP.EVER!!!

TheCryptKeeper 01/27/20 5:00 pm

Muchly appreciated, and thanks Amber. ????????

Muerte 01/27/20 4:39 pm

I cannot believe you cleared all those items and didn't think to just give them all to me.
This is, frankly, reverse sexist.

Duane 01/27/20 4:39 pm

Thanks @Amber have staff take as long as needs to completely fix it we'll all still will be here when it is ready to go back online ... But hurry just kidding

Cerelin 01/27/20 4:30 pm

Free shop told me I have too many items in my inventory when I only have two items.

BoaConstrictor 01/27/20 4:17 pm

... and the Free Shop killed the whole site?

BoaConstrictor 01/27/20 4:15 pm

"There are no items stocked :("
Just like I said: empty or slow restocks in the afternoon/evening, not accessible in the morning.

Straywillow 01/27/20 3:51 pm

Thank you!

Galadriel 01/27/20 3:06 pm

Thank you so much! Ngl, the lag can reeeeally frustrating, but having you communicate what’s going on makes it much more understandable on our end. I think everyone would be a lot more understanding about site issues if you kept up this communication about everything!

Thanks for the Free Shop, even with the lag. I haven’t nabbed a ton of nice items, but I’m super grateful for the ones I have gotten.

Nanny 01/27/20 3:01 pm

@Stiles thankie so much ... ater i posted i saw it loaded i they drop tge time rom 5 to 3 mintue wait it wouldnt back up ...so thankie again huggles

LilyValentine 01/27/20 2:54 pm

I should've known something was wrong when I was actually able to grab stuff from the Free Shop! Can't remember the last time that happened.

Stiles 01/27/20 2:27 pm

@Nanny 2nd** sorry.

Stiles 01/27/20 2:26 pm

@Nanny don't want to speak for the mods but sometimes it can be empty for a bit but things will restock. It doesn't stay stocked 24/7. And they'll announce prob when it's closing & there's a date on the front page that tells you it ends Feb 4th.

Nanny 01/27/20 1:16 pm

so since nothing is restocking i assume the free shop is closed thankie it was fun

Georgie 01/27/20 12:37 pm

@Amber
I don't want you to think I don't appreciate the information as well as the effort put in to this. Just, my first reaction is always a smart mouthed reply :x
Thanks for keeping us informed.

lull 01/27/20 12:20 pm

When there are problems I definitely feel less stressed if I know what is going on so thank you very much @Amber for keeping us in the loop ^_^

Reaper 01/27/20 12:06 pm

Not nearly as frustrating or irritating as still not having the csc + GA membership renewal cleared up 4 days after y'all took my money and also still not having the "supervisor" staff member it was reassigned to not even reply.

I just love giving y'all $20 for 0 CSC. But it's all good because the free shop got hand cleared again -_0_-

Lisrax 01/27/20 11:29 am

Thank you for all the hard work :)

PiinkSparkles 01/27/20 11:27 am

if it wasn't taking out the items that were taken why did it say no items in the shop most of the time?

~~whale~~ 01/27/20 11:25 am

thank you for taking the time to fix this for us ♥

chookie 01/27/20 11:15 am

thanks for the info, good luck fixing the issues :heart:
and lag and errors aside, thank you for opening the shop!

Amber STAFF 01/27/20 11:04 am

As of right now, I don't determine how many items restock at once @Chocolate! It randomyl chooses, like any other restocking shop. Sometimes I see like 50~ items restock, sometimes I see like 300. Right now looking at the database there are 235 from this past restock.

Hamda 01/27/20 11:02 am

Sounds frustrating. You can dump all 6000 items into my inventory if you like. I don't mind >:-)

dbkate 01/27/20 10:57 am

Thanks! I was starting to twitch without being able to feed my Subeta addiction. :D

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