[JawsDad]

Easy answer: to keep you from buying more than 1 bow every 2 minutes.. :nyah:

 

[Southern Boy]

lol
good thing cause i got an inharadence comeing

 

[MoNofletch]

Easy answer: to keep you from buying more than 1 bow every 2 minutes.. :nyah:

Do I sense some ENVY? :greenwithenvy: LOL! Really Why?

 

[Jomas]

I've seen more than one post about this...is it really that big a deal to have to wait 120 seconds?

 

[tlzimmerman]

Reduce server load

I assume its to reduce the load on the servers. Searching is one of the most server intensive things you can do, especially when the search has to run on the huge number of posts generated on AT. Simply put, increasing the time between searches reduces the number of searches and frees up server resources so there is less slowness and downtime.

Its not fixed, but I have noticed that its running better since the 120 was implemented. I wouldn't mind if it was 5 minutes myself if it made the site work better. Its not like you don't have plenty to read while you are waiting .

 

[ScottyD]

Its a commonly used method to ease the load on servers, particularly database servers, as a search is a very DB intensive activity.

 

[JawsDad]

Do I sense some ENVY? :greenwithenvy: LOL! Really Why?

No envy.. I've learned the art of self control. I haven't bought a new bow in almost a month. :wink: Easy to do when you spend all your $$ on tuition..



Honestly though, the engine behind the vbulletin search is bad.. scratch that... it's horrible. Allowing it to run more frequently just degrades performance even more than it already is.

 

[deathXbroadhead]

Why do we have this......it sucks BAD!

my computer on this site will just lock up and not work at all. everything else is fine.....i don't know why but it happens alot... i don't like it either

 

[IGluIt4U]

I assume its to reduce the load on the servers. Searching is one of the most server intensive things you can do, especially when the search has to run on the huge number of posts generated on AT. Simply put, increasing the time between searches reduces the number of searches and frees up server resources so there is less slowness and downtime.

Its not fixed, but I have noticed that its running better since the 120 was implemented. I wouldn't mind if it was 5 minutes myself if it made the site work better. Its not like you don't have plenty to read while you are waiting .

Bingo.. :cheers: