Hm, it shouldn't cause the lag but if the lag's there, I know what's causing it. Either I'll have to disable tickets or disable the web-based portal to view the tickets. Most likely I'll end up doing the latter until Alex does a little task for me to fix it.
As for the multiple falls, that's most likely caused by lag. Perhaps tied with the ticket request lag?
edit:
The web portal for viewing modreq tickets will _not_ be updated until further notice. Alex and I will be fixing the lag issue ASAP.