We've added 16G ram to the number cruncher last Sunday to reduce the amount of "Server too busy, try again later" responses you see. It should also help a bit with the latency around midnight in CET.

There are also some changes/bug fixes on the site, here's the list:

• Fixed idle limit timer not resetting after fighting The Lich King, merging lots of trash and bosses into a single fight.
• Added minimum damage done numbers for the new bosses, made the rules a bit more flexible and added exceptions for bosses like Anub'Arak.
• The ranking info page is extended slightly, added duration check and warn when visibility isn't public (= will not be ranked), rest is still work in progress.
• Fixed dynamic graph not working @ analyze page, assertion worked as intended, sometime calculations of samples needed was wrong.

Fresh from the svn logs:

• Added an experimental plotter for events, it's very static at the moment, but we'll add more options later. (Example, go to the timeline tab + click plot. More info.)
• Fixed the Lich King's end of fight idle timer. The extreme RP takes more than two minutes.
• Changed the fight detector to ignore self-inflicted damage, like Hellfire to stack up the trinkets pre-pull.
• Better Valithria kill or wipe detection and an analyze page graph error with really long raids (8+ hours). Is sleep really optional for real raiders? :P

Good news everyone, Valithria "kills" (or are they heals?) are now correctly recognized, taking the portal should no longer split a fight and Toravon has been added to the bosses. We're now running a check on the 3.4.2 logs to index them correctly, rankings can be inaccurate until the next update at 3 am CET.

Some of you have been asking for rankings for whole guilds instead of players / fights, but reducing all that data into a number is a black art, so that was left on the todo forever. Until now: we're going to supply the data to our partner Allvatar to run contests, both Pro Leagues with 8 confirmed top guilds participating and a Open Tournaments. The guys who hosted the on stage Method vs Ensidia speed run @ GCO Leipzig are going to bring the battle online too, and this time, everyone can join and compete for the title.

The registration phase has started for the open tournament, if you want to join, visit the registration page.

Ninety-nine todos on the wall, Ninety-nine todos. Take guild ranking down, pass it around, Ninety-eight todos on the wall.

If you're reading this, you're seeing one of the 'recent changes' already - the updated homepage! This will make posting stuff a bit easier than hacking a static template :P. The other thing is that the rankings generator have been changed, we're no longer ranking realm groups (US, EU etc) separately. Instead, there's now a global top 200 leader for every spec and boss combination.

Other than this, there's not much to report at the moment. We're still working on some ranking related things, fixing Valithria Dreamwalker's annoying kill condition, adding the new VoA guy and a few new super shiny features (promised my raid leader a beta this week). Keep watching this space for updates.