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Evil. Tis Truely Evil.
Topic Started: Jun 23 2005, 10:57 PM (477 Views)
Typhoon Omi
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Not sure if this should go here or not-but seems to be the best place a thread of this sort can go. :arr: Well, this is gonna be a SOB story. So, please cover your eyes, unless you want em' to bleed. Because yup, it's long-and it's full of me whining.
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NOW...a good year or so ago, I first got into running forums. Of any type. Didn't know how to code, didn't know HTML-didn't know what HTML was. XP I knew nothing. And of course...luckileh, Invisionfree(tm) was there, and soon, I was less of a newb. :P

The reason why I first ran a forum, was to make a place for some friends of mine from G4 [the site/forums] to come to. Because that place was just sucky.

Welp, for a long time, things were good. My Invisionfree forums, "The Dead Zone", were moderately successful. But then...something good and bad happened.

I found another host. One that gave more of IPB's original features, so it said. And so, after some serious work on it..I made "Dead Zone II". And true, at the time, it had more features, and was an over-all betterly managed board, just because I was a little more experienced with IPB Software.

WELP..a few months ago, the real troubles started. One of it's servers [fate hates me, for it's the very server I was on..] was screwing up. To the point where mySQL errors were flashing every 5 seconds. STILL DO, actually...

Well, needless to say, I was PO'ed. And..I'm 15. I have no..Paypal..my family's against credit cards..so that threw paid hosting away. :rory:

THAT IS WHEN I found another host that was pretty damn good-full FTP access, mySQL access, etc.etc. And it was a reliable service..so, I went there, and've been there for a long time.

There, "Renewed Magick" was made. And our official website was made there, a few custom codes were made by mehself, and a lot of other things. I even tried some other forum softwares out besides IPB, like IceBB, TuvaiBB v1.4, Acmlm, etc...

...WELL, all good stories come to an end. The guy who runs that hosting gave a huge speech about how he was still young and wanted a life..and basically pulled the plug on everyone. No warning-just no more forums.

Luckily, I had a backup of everything..but from there, I've been screwed. I tried another real nice host-but, as soon as I signed up..they said they were accepting no more applications for a long time.

I've been sorting through this host and that host and..blah, no luck. :ph34r:

So, I now come back to Invisionfree...and....

Omeh
 
SON OF A %**%%@ MOTHER %(%(%%% PIECE OF LITTLE-


..Aherm. Yeah. Glad there's still a reliable host out there. XP But this means that after all that..all those posts, codes and modifications, etc..all that's left, is a lil' backup on my PC. Sad. :'(

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Postulate-ZNS
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That's too bad, Omi, a lot of rotten luck there. But rest assured that IF will never turn its back on you like that. It is the one true service, and so it shall remain.


:huggle: Until death do we part, InvisionFree.

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Typhoon Omi
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Thank ye. XP But still, gets me mad. I had a lot of work put into both the website and the forums-and en'.."poof".
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Anesthesia
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Wow. Just wow. Do you know what I'm refering to?
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I'm sorry but you should of stuck with Invisionfree....
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Hmm, two morals could come from this:

'Don't leave IF, we have the power to break others. :ph34r:' or 'Don't ever start a forum.'

I've adopted the latter. I'm just here for the cookies. :/

But in all seriousness, that sounds extremely sucky. >_<
I've moved from place to place (I fit in at first and then boom, I'm ebul), from phpBB to PB, MSN to IF and so on but this is the only place I've found...I guess security could be the right word. I seem to break hosts all the time, so I'm surprised IF has lasted this long. :blink: Of course, I didn't break MSN - not that I didn't try :r - but meh.
It's the main reason I gave up on making websites/forums. You do a lot of hard work and then bam, someone decides to be a monkey and pulls the plug somehow.

Something I hate is when people say they are not accepting applications. I've never understood why people who want to be a forum or web host don't actually plan ahead. Might just be me being over cautious, but I'd check all the prices, decide on servers and so on, and I'd save up enough money to at least keep me safe for a year (probably 3 knowing me) and only then would I bother to begin it. I know it's not always possible to plan ahead (server problems and such can be unforeseen) but sometimes I think, particularly with the ones that are now dead, people don't contemplate these things happening so when they do occur, they scream blue murder. :wacko:

Hmmm. Maybe I should do that. Start up Ocelot Hosting or something and then, when I've gained £100 or so, I can pull the plug and claim I'm young and in need of a life. :ph34r: Not that I'd have to make much of a claim I guess. :rofl:
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Arkane
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IF is a reliable servise, not some stupid hosts that dont listen to you
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Typhoon Omi
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JamesWC
June 23, 2005 10:18 PM
I'm sorry but you should of stuck with Invisionfree....

Fo' real? :ph34r:

And thanks for the comments guys. :P Ocelot Hosting(tm), eh? Sounds good. =P

But yeah, this really does kill meh'. When that one host decided to "get a life" [he really must need one. :arr:], that killed...everything I had on there, basically.

I mean, without meh FTP and meh mySQL access..so many things art lost. And I know of no way to getting another board of that sort up, much less applying the mySQL backup I have. :r

So, there went my Kenka RPG System, the IBProArcade with high-score systems and tournements, the tens of thousands of posts the community had going, the roleplays and stories originated there, the pwnage that was the 4 skins I had on there, with two others I actually made, the website [Magick Online(tm), or it was to be called], the ability to have Add Reply options in yer Fast Reply, the...friggin'..Random Sig "Generator" [long story, but Omeh liked]..etc...etc...etc..

..Ah well. Invisionfree'll do in a pinch. :eh: Just gotta take the old "Dead Zone" and empty the forums on it, re-order everything and apply the new default skin for my newer forums and the banner, get a domain setup [well, not neccessarilly a domain..but No IP's servehalflife works. :ph34r: ], etc. Eet'll work. Just hope IF2.0 has some sort of file manager..

...Welp, now to cry some more. :'(
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