Hello everyone! I've gone back through every supporter and have tried to chase up anyone who has ever donated to RA to make sure that everyone has their Patreon Supporter's badge, and I'm certain I will have accidentally missed a few people out. If you don't already have your badge, please messag...
2023-10-03 14:33:50 +0000 UTC View PostHello guys! We have an exciting announcement, the site has had a major upgrade! Managed by luchaos, Jamiras and WCopeland, supported by many others, we have a bunch of upgrades, improvements and optimisations to help get the site running smoother than ever!
For more details, please see this...
2023-07-07 16:04:15 +0000 UTC View PostPS2 Achievements are here! Launched today on RetroAchievements. 93 games supported on day one. So proud of the RA community <3
Get the *nightly* PCSX2 qt build from here https://pcsx2.net/downloads/#nightly-anchor
Has anyone tried out the new PSP achievements?
http://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=41
Hi everyone, I have expanded the number of patrons that will be able to access the first tier, I didn't realise it was full! I don't think I'm allowed to retroactively apply the tier to existing patrons (odd) but I'm told there is a way to assign yourself a tier via the dashboard on Patreon. If n...
2021-04-06 09:26:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, just wanted to say thank-you so much again for your support, I know it's just the same message over and over but RetroAchievements doesn't exist at all without all the dedication, hard-work and financial support you've given to the site. I promise to keep RetroAchievements around for as...
2021-03-02 14:01:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, just a quick update to give you numbers on the server costs, bit of transparency, sorry not particularly exciting:
AWS -> 85.99GBP/ 105.63USD
DO -> 51.78GBP/63.60USD
Current total cost: £137.77/$169.23
2020-05-20 13:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, just a quick update to let you all know we're still alive and kicking!
October 2019 looks like this:
Amazon Hosting (S3): £56.13 ($71.97)
Digital Ocean (cpu): £49.63 ($63.60)
Total: £105.76 ($135.57)
2019-11-07 14:23:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
Thanks to all your contributions, we're about to move to a new server on a faster host! So in order to celebrate, we have decided to simplify our Patreon (which if I'm honest, was a bit of a mess. Sorry)
All patrons are invited to take advantage of the Super Ultimate 20...
2018-07-09 10:51:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey, everyone else is doing it!
We take data protection seriously at RetroAchievements, and we have in place steps to improve our security, including adding https, and improving the server hashing algorithm to better store your data (see 2018-05-25 16:27:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys! One of the biggest problems plaguing RetroAchievements is the occurrence of cheaters. RA is not a closed platform. It's not unthinkable for a hacker to edit and build the entire toolset and award themselves every single achievement. Or they could simply inject their own packets to the serve...
2018-01-08 17:57:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are the account details and costs for November 2017
2018-01-08 17:38:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all, have attached October's server cost invoice. The spike at the start of the month was confirmed to be a glitch that may be fixed by now (possibly due to initial integration with completionist.me? Also check out http://completionist....
2017-11-06 17:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, sorry for the delay! Password Reset feature has been fixed finally, now if you forget your password you can have a password reset link emailed to you.
http://retroachievements.org/resetPassword.php
2017-10-30 12:38:43 +0000 UTC View Post
It looks huge, but it's not really! The 50% purchase for 12 months of the t2.medium server is in there, and as a result the actual running costs are LOWER than previous months, so don't worry!
2017-10-06 09:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostCode notes should be fixed
Achievement promotion fixed
Badge upload fixed
Search/lookups fixed
Should help patch up some of the issues caused by the migration to the new bigger, better servers. Old server officially retired.
2017-09-13 14:05:49 +0000 UTC View Post
-ish. We are now on a t2.medium rather than a t2.small. This gives us twice the CPU, twice the memory and a fresh new start on a fresh new server. There are a few teething issues I'll be fixing now. Attached is the old server struggling with CPU credits, to the point of not being able to serve or ho...
2017-09-11 11:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Billing is a touch cheaper this month since we managed to block users from hammering the server. Looking to switch over to a slightly more powerful server, but offsetting the cost by paying for it all up front. Upgrade forthcoming
2017-09-05 15:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
I've made a few changes to ticket management to assist developers manage achievements that are flagged as either not working or working incorrectly.
Looks like we've finally found the culprit, fetching ./RA_Integration.dll over and over was causing issues (old clients). Looking forward to slightly cheaper bandwidth over the next few months.
2017-08-09 13:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Master System and N64 are now referenced in the download page and in the Site Pages sections. The links currently point to the same ones referenced on the homepage.
2017-08-09 13:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
New filters added to ticket manager
We now automate a message when a ticket is r...
2017-08-09 12:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostThankyou so much Patreons for your inspiring patience, you haven't been forgotten! I have made some adjustments in order to be able to make some more progress on site features, I can't guarantee any new features just yet except to say watch this space! Don't forget we have a Discord server to discus...
2017-07-25 07:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Just to clarify - there was a bump in traffic (and cost) for some days in May, I've isolated it to being some very old clients that got stuck in an update loop, requesting RAIntegration.dll over and over 4-5 times a second, essentially draining the site of bandwidth. These holes have been patched no...
2017-06-01 11:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all, providing a May statement to keep you up to date. The bandwidth totalled around 960gb over the month, with a few spikes due to mis-configured remote clients. This should now be fixed.
2017-05-31 17:07:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys, just wanted to make sure to touch base with you all and make sure you know I haven't gone anywhere :) this is a Patron-only post, as will many of the forthcoming posts be.
RAP64 can be downloaded here: h...
2017-05-31 17:03:47 +0000 UTC View Post
