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This is specifically addressed to admins, but maybe some other users can support my observations.

I've stumbled across sc2sea some 2 weeks ago, since it is probably the only forum my workplace IT people don't block. Nice website, cool content, cool people and everything.

However...

In week 1, starting may 10th and up to may 13th, the site consumed 420 Mbs of traffic. This might not be that much in the modern world, but other websites (like WSJ) only consumed 3-4 during same time span. In fact, last week 80% of my traffic was sc2sea. The pattern of usage is the same. I'm a messy and disorganized person, and I always have over 20 different pages opened, even if I'm not browsing the web anywhere close atm. sc2sea gets refreshed much more often, pages load 999 times slower than other websites, and in general the web structure seems to be heavier.

I just came back from lunch and forgot to close sc2sea. In 40 mins the site consumed 70 Mbs of traffic.

I smell either website inefficiency, or some freaky config on my side. Some help?

Browser: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.200, no add-ons
OS: Windows XP SP2
Hardware: Intel Core 2Duo E7500, other specifications are unknown to me (workplace computer)
Type of connection: I assume my company has a high-speed corporate plan from an ISP. It's also a commercial bank, with insane security and firewalls. Go figure.