Hello everyone,

We've all noticed that the server is extremely slow in the evenings when there's LDC, VFFA, league cup and other matches.

Why do the cups have to be played at 8pm? Wouldn't the server cope better with matches being played at random times like in the league?

Kev

It's a certainty that the server would be better able to cope with a schedule split.
We could either consider playing at 2 different times (18:00-20:00) or even 2 different days or, as a last resort, have these competitions played equally throughout the season, such as the Entente Championship - IS Cup - Classic Championship.
Because, apart from actually changing the timetable individually for your own match if you agree with your opponent and you're a VIP, there's nothing you can do about this bug, no repairs can be made, because there are some people for whom this bug smiles, but there are others who suffer the full force of it.

The 6pm-8pm double shift doesn't seem too crazy to me.
There will always be special cases where it doesn't work, but for server load, it's always better than 8pm only.

Azby: Le double horaire 18h-20h me parait pas déconnant.
T'auras toujours des cas particuliers pour qui ça ne colle pas, mais pour la charge serveur, ce sera toujours mieux que 20h uniquement.

Yes, clearly, but then there are others for whom 20 hours is not suitable and it's been like that for years ^^.
In any case, we need to find a solution, because it's going to cause a lot of frustration for a lot of clubs.

Up up up

Socrate: C’est une certitude que le serveur supporterait mieu un dispatch sur les horaires.
On pourrait soit envisager de jouer sur 2 horaires différents (18h-20) ou même 2 jours différents ou dernier recours que ces compétitions soit joués également sur tout le long de la saison comme le championnat des ententes - Coupe IS - Championnat classique.
Car la effectivement apart changer l’horaire individuellement de son propre match si accord avec l’adversaire en étant VIP, tu ne peux rien faire

Yes, it's high time, and not just for the server load, to play the official cups throughout the season and not in the pre-season.
PSG v Inter was played on 31 May 2025, not 12 September 2024!
The pre-season is far too long. I feel sorry for the clubs that get knocked out of their official cup(s) very quickly, with at least 2 weeks of friendlies on the horizon. It's tough, especially for clubs just starting out
No wonder the infant mortality rate for new clubs is so high.

Of course, first-time clubs dream of playing their cup games between league matches 😆.

Not to mention that if they get knocked out early, well, spreading the games out over the whole season won't make any difference to them. On the other hand, once they were no longer involved in the official cups, beginners' clubs had access to beginners' cups. Unfortunately, I don't think there are any more.

What you're proposing only goes in the direction of one type of club: clubs that don't train anyone and play competitive matches every day with around thirty competitive players. For all the others, trying to perform in two competitions at the same time is physically impossible. Putting the cup mainly at the start of the season gives smaller clubs a chance to perform well.

Why is it materially impossible? You just have to think about it and realise that it's better to focus on endurance than NG.
Unfortunately, a lot of clubs have become unaccustomed to the game's poor training settings (not to mention the loopholes for loan players coming and going), which have enabled some clubs to build up a squad of 30 NG 99 players, but that won't be the case tomorrow, so if some clubs continue to swear by the quest for the big NG, they're in for a disappointing experience

Outside of certain very specific periods of the game, training players to play every day at 50 stamina is economic suicide. I don't think beginner clubs can afford it.

And if you want to take the subject further, I'm playing Socrate tonight, one of the few people who saw the last good time to do this type of training. You can go and ask him what he thinks of such training today.