Regarding the the whole V3 being FUBAR business
Oct 20, 2013 12:35:18 GMT -8
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Post by Avaril on Oct 20, 2013 12:35:18 GMT -8
Right, since the other thread kinda became a mess, we figured we should make a new thread. This time with only verified information, and without rumours, false accusations and bad attempts at comedy. Simply put: If you didn't read it in this thread, it's unreliable.
What happened to V3?
The Chaos Theatre forums (V3) are down, and it's unlikely we'll be able to get them back up again.
Why did that happen?
We're still not sure what caused it to go down, but judging from the information we have, we assume the server was infected by malware, and was used to attack another server. They reported this to the host of our server, who then took it then as a safety precaution. It's a bit murky what happened after that, but our experts tell us (and I quote): "Dat shit be fucked, yo."
Are you guys doing anything about it?
Krazier is the owner of V3. That means he's the only one with access to the server, and the only one the webhost can (legally) talk to about matters regarding hosting.
Well, is Krazier doing anything about it then?
Krazier is a very busy person, and has many things that take priority over these forums (like learning how to make people die less). We simply can't ask him to drop all his other priorities and focus on the forums. That would be selfish.
Is this place gonna be permanent?
No. We're planning to make a V4. However, we're still discussing how we're gonna do that, and we don't want to rush it. The more we rush it, the bigger the chance of eventually having to make a V5, V6, V7 et cetera.
Proboards is shit! Can't you make anything better than this?
We'd love to. Thing is, making a website (not to mention keeping it online) costs money. A domain name costs money. (Good) forum software costs money. Both V1 and V3 were solely paid for by Krazier, and we're still discussing what we'll do with V4. Paying a fortune for something that is, at the end of the day, a temporary back-up forum is silly.
I lost my work/signature/avatar on V3, is there any way to get that back?
To some extent, yes. As Coffee Man explains here, you can view the site as it was on the 9th of May, 2013. Beyond that though, sorry.
As a small word of advice though: Forums are not your back-up drive. Things can be deleted from forums, knowingly or not. If you want to save something reliably for an extended period of, keep it on your HDD, use cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Drive, or put it on a site like DeviantArt (or whatever is appropriate for what you made).
I bet it was Protista/Missingno./Bob/Avaril's mum!
Short answer: Shut up. Long answer: Regurgitating tired memes isn't exactly helping, not to mention insulting in the first case. Protista is a real-life friend of Krazier, and blaming him because "hurdihur Forum Fantasy made a funny" is not a nice thing to do.
What happened to V3?
The Chaos Theatre forums (V3) are down, and it's unlikely we'll be able to get them back up again.
Why did that happen?
We're still not sure what caused it to go down, but judging from the information we have, we assume the server was infected by malware, and was used to attack another server. They reported this to the host of our server, who then took it then as a safety precaution. It's a bit murky what happened after that, but our experts tell us (and I quote): "Dat shit be fucked, yo."
Are you guys doing anything about it?
Krazier is the owner of V3. That means he's the only one with access to the server, and the only one the webhost can (legally) talk to about matters regarding hosting.
Well, is Krazier doing anything about it then?
Krazier is a very busy person, and has many things that take priority over these forums (like learning how to make people die less). We simply can't ask him to drop all his other priorities and focus on the forums. That would be selfish.
Is this place gonna be permanent?
No. We're planning to make a V4. However, we're still discussing how we're gonna do that, and we don't want to rush it. The more we rush it, the bigger the chance of eventually having to make a V5, V6, V7 et cetera.
Proboards is shit! Can't you make anything better than this?
We'd love to. Thing is, making a website (not to mention keeping it online) costs money. A domain name costs money. (Good) forum software costs money. Both V1 and V3 were solely paid for by Krazier, and we're still discussing what we'll do with V4. Paying a fortune for something that is, at the end of the day, a temporary back-up forum is silly.
I lost my work/signature/avatar on V3, is there any way to get that back?
To some extent, yes. As Coffee Man explains here, you can view the site as it was on the 9th of May, 2013. Beyond that though, sorry.
As a small word of advice though: Forums are not your back-up drive. Things can be deleted from forums, knowingly or not. If you want to save something reliably for an extended period of, keep it on your HDD, use cloud storage like Dropbox or Google Drive, or put it on a site like DeviantArt (or whatever is appropriate for what you made).
I bet it was Protista/Missingno./Bob/Avaril's mum!
Short answer: Shut up. Long answer: Regurgitating tired memes isn't exactly helping, not to mention insulting in the first case. Protista is a real-life friend of Krazier, and blaming him because "hurdihur Forum Fantasy made a funny" is not a nice thing to do.