Houston... we have a problem.
 

Alright, I'm going to explain this the best I can... and take note that I did not post this at vbulletin.com since I have a million and one hacks installed on my forums. So here it goes. This evening I got a message from my server admin:

Ronald says:
nintendonow is increasing our load average by 300%
Ronald says:
Kill 77772 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 449 NULL
Kill 77876 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 421 NULL
Kill 78002 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 388 NULL
Kill 78472 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 242 NULL
Kill 78786 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 151 NULL
Kill 78796 nintendonow localhost nowforums Sleep 149 NULL
Kill 78941 nintendonow loca
Ronald says:
look at all that

Now um, I have no reason why that is. But if it's increasing their load average by 300% on a server that hosts a ton of sites, then it seems we have a problem. Here are the hacks I know we have installed.

the store hack
Pro Arcade Hack w/ store integration
quick reply
user profile mods
quote in quick reply
users online today
spoilers/quote reply

and I swear there are some more but those are the major ones. If anyone can possibly know what's causing this problem, please email me or reply here.

brian@nintendofire.com

you should install TECK's microstats hack, to see if a site has a great ammount of queries..

especially forumhome and showthread should stay on a lower level