Actually, it doesn't seem to matter much how many people are on...it's slow most all of the time. In fact, by my reckoning, it's the slowest site I go to. When it gets beyond 1 minute for a page to display, I just X-out of my browser and give up. Needless to say, this bad for vendors because I get frustrated and only look at ones that are intriguing enough to endure the wait for. Or, sometimes, I look at the first page and think, "Well, this has possibilities maybe..." but I don't want to spend the time WAITING for 2 more pages to display. Bad for artists as I have now refrained from voting in monthly contests because I abhor the thought of waiting for 20-40 entries to download (!!!) so I can give every artist a fair chance. Ultimately, it means it's bad for R'City. Oh, and one more thing it leads to: opening R'City in 2 or 3 browsers so you can let one "work" while you are looking or reading one of the others...since my broadband can easily run several "R'City" browsers...it always seems to be "waiting on reply" from them.