ok - this is odd....
firstly 1) if sgw game is slow AND forums slow at same time, it cannot be the server, or the 'table locking' which i initially thought it was....the 2 are on different servers, different database servers, etc... -- this points to client side...
2) if it happens 'randomly' i cannot blame a piece of code for locking tables too long...
3) it is not the server. it is fine and not hitting capacity, or close...
4) i still think it is a table lock....although - with the reports to date, it, and the fact that opening a new window makes it fast again, it might be apache session issues (either yours expiring, and not telling you, or some sort of limit being hit on the server with number of connections....this does not mean the server is at capacity - just one of the settings that is not high enough) -- looking at issues #2 - concurrent connections - now..
5) a table lock is when some action causes a lookup or change in a table -say on your own account - then it has to finish before the next one can begin...anything that affects all items in a table (like turn update) can take a few seconds while everything else waits... this was the case with alliance updates. i will look for more that might tie up a table (like the one with player details
) for too long....
advice in meantime: if it is slow, close that window, open a new one from main page after re-logging in. this resets your 'session' which may be the issue...
I hope something can be done soon as gamepay is a struggle for me tonight.
havn't even bothered to go farming, sorry about that 
