Finally! Forums are fully functional!

[Xzin]

Sorry about the downtime folks! We are taking steps to ensure this doesn't happen again.

[Dawnstone]

;( ...withdrawel... it hurts... safe now?

[Khazrael]

/Cheer

Dunno what all the trouble was, but glad that everything is back in working order. I gots to get my multibox fix while I'm bored at work.

[Eteocles]

Oh sure NOW you fix 'em at the end of the work day...do you know the horrors(and boredom) I've been through?! *sobs over-dramatically* :p

[Havelcek]

Those darn dirty multi-boxers......

[SlayerX]

Ya, same here. was bored at work.. wanted to troll the baords some. glad its back up now:)

[Skuggomann]

Wohooo

[Zaelar]

Be careful with that alt+f4 broadcasting around the servers.

[Eteocles]

Be careful with that alt+f4 broadcasting around the servers.I lol'd.

[Tehtsuo]

Was it an update that got rolled back? I was on for a bit before they seemed to crash, saw a lot of flashy new features that looked rather tantalizing. Or is that titillating? Whatever it is, it made me wet.

[Ellay]

Ya stressful 24 hours, not sure what caused it - possibly hacked or... *shrug. Either way making the necessary backups now so this doesn't happen in the future even if hacked.

Hats off to Majestic Clown for who was not well and off work sick who took time out dying to rattle his brain against it, and to Wilbur and LoS for trying to help as well.

[Ellay]

Was it an update that got rolled back? I was on for a bit before they seemed to crash, saw a lot of flashy new features that looked rather tantalizing. Or is that titillating? Whatever it is, it made me wet.

What kind of updates did you see? ><

[Eteocles]

Yeah it was woltboard3 or whatever it's called...I think we're on 2 again, it had ratings for each thread and at the bottom of eage thread's page it showed Similar Threads...not particularly useful but neat I guess...

I still heartily stand by the "Don't fix what ain't broke" mentality though; I'd be happy on the old forums still and I JUST got used to these damn things, quit changing it so much ;p

Edit: Ellay, it looked like a board upgrade...it had an announcement at the top that said due to database issues to use the Password Reset function(not ENTER your pass, just hit "Reset password" link and it would email you the new one); I had to leave for work before I got my mail though and obviously my old login still works as the original cookie I had saved automatically logged back in when you guys reverted it

[Tehtsuo]

Umm, a new graphic at the top, some kind of post rating system with 1-5 little 3d bubbles.... Actually, a lot of stuff that used little multi-colored 3d bubbles.

[Chorizotarian]

You guys rock. I have no idea how to administer anything like this and can't even imagine how you find time. /cheer admins!

[Tehtsuo]

Yeah it was woltboard3 or whatever it's called...I think we're on 2 again, it had ratings for each thread and at the bottom of eage thread's page it showed Similar Threads...not particularly useful but neat I guess...

I still heartily stand by the "Don't fix what ain't broke" mentality though; I'd be happy on the old forums still and I JUST got used to these damn things, quit changing it so much ;pYeah what he said. It was Burning Board 3, and had the ratings and similar threads.

[keyclone]

i'm guessing Ellay, MC, LoS and Wilbur could use a beer right about now...

good job bringing back online guys. :thumbsup:

[Ellay]

Ahh, this was after it went down which was about 5~ ish pm EST on Sunday. That was repeated attempts to fix it. All those flashy items are features of this software product that are turned on by default. A lot of them were disabled on the transition from phpbb2 to this forum layout as I wanted minimal impact on people's eyes when making the switch.

[Eteocles]

Ahhh I see...yea the ratings are just a silly extra that we don't need and those Similar threads didn't look too similar to me...better to save the processing algorithms with 'em off lol

[Tehtsuo]

Ah, gotcha. Both ratings systems and similar posts seem kinda useless really. The pretty, shiny buttons were enough to get me excited, that's all.

[Los]

Omg @ willies voice, omg i say! Props for putting in the effort mc will and ellay, i just was on vent, hearing sexeh voices

[Tehtsuo]

Ahhh I see...yea the ratings are just a silly extra that we don't need and those Similar threads didn't look too similar to me...better to save the processing algorithms with 'em off lolYou're in my mind... stealing my thoughts! :cursing:

[Eteocles]

We are the Boomkin. Resistance is futile. Your forum trollingness will be added to my own and you will be moonfire spammed.

[Eteocles]

That's why I said spam, not just moonfire. :p

[opt]

one of the most boring days in my life yesterday.
thankfully we're back online, thanks dB admins

[Poolboy]

yeah i was starting to get a little emo there, the boards down for too long and i was contemplating /wrists!

(good job Ellay & crew. I'm sure it was a frustrating ride.)

[Stealthy]

I rate this thread 10/10! :D

[Wilbur]

Thanks to:
Majestic_Clown - sleep deprevation.
Los - The man.
Xzin: For causing mass panic and hysteria.

[TheHamburglar]

I think it might have been a hack, I saw a post when the just before or during one of the times you guys tried to bring up the boards from new poster that said he wanted to speak with and admin about a possible exploit within our boards. But I don't see the thread anymore.

[bodefeld]

Good job bringing the site back up! I'd like to thank all those involved for their effort.

[Basilikos]

I think it might have been a hack, I saw a post when the just before or during one of the times you guys tried to bring up the boards from new poster that said he wanted to speak with and admin about a possible exploit within our boards. But I don't see the thread anymore.\

IF it was a hack (and that's what I thought after I saw that thread w/ the guy having only 1 post), I'd like to know what they got and when. Over the weekend, the email address I used to use here (up through the weekend, no less) was hijacked and used for spoofing in spam mails.

I wasn't happy with my inbox contents this morning...

Just a thought.

[Diamndzngunz]

Man, I was tripping when I came to the forums. At first I was like damn another update, then when I saw it said back online but no users. I was like DAMN HACKED!

Glad to see it back up.

[Emo?]

Thx to the admins for dooing a perfect job. I was really bored yesterday in school when i coudnt read the forum xD