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Post by sonic332 on Jan 30, 2010 14:56:28 GMT -5
Just wanted to ask when/if the site's going to be back up. I keep getting a 'maintenance' message every time I try to visit. Which is a shame- I've never gotten to see the site in all its glory!
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Post by Michael Jones on Jan 31, 2010 14:38:56 GMT -5
Unfortunately none of us know exactly what is going on and when/if the site will be back up. Things such as the forum background and the smileys for the board were also hosted on the site so until the site is up again I wouldn't expect any of those things to come back.
The only person who can answer any of our questions is Mitch, the owner of the site and forum. Unfortunately it's been a while since we've heard from him and he hasn't even replied to any of the e-mails that I've sent him (the most recent one was sent in December).
So until Mitch gives us an update on what's going on none of your questions will be able to be answered...
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Post by sonic332 on Jan 31, 2010 15:54:03 GMT -5
Ah. Well, thanks for the answer!
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Post by Michael Jones on Jan 31, 2010 22:43:42 GMT -5
Awesome job Syko! The only problem is that moderators don't have to power to edit things such as the background or smileys so things are still going to have to stay the same until we hear from Mitch. Hopefully he still has the rest of the images so that he can fix them .
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Post by Matt on Feb 1, 2010 18:00:19 GMT -5
This isn't something I take any joy in saying whatsoever, but we may need to face the possibility that Mitch isn't coming back. I hope he is, but I just checked and he hasn't been online in over two years, and he's obviously not replying to his email. So what's the options? Someone starting a new forum? Milking this one as long as we can? What do you guys think?
I know I'm not the most active user on here, but I definitely don't want the forums to die...
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Post by shinigamihedgehog on Feb 1, 2010 18:10:12 GMT -5
As long as I've been here I have never EVER seen somebody named MITCH posting here. Maybe he just deserted this place, or is working on something that drags all of his attention away from this place. I don't want this place to die either. (I feel like it barely just revived!)
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Post by Matt on Feb 1, 2010 19:42:17 GMT -5
Dang, I didn't even realize that actual C-Island website was down. I thought you just meant the message at the top of the forums. This is a bit troubling.
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Post by Michael Jones on Feb 5, 2010 15:40:13 GMT -5
Well here's something interesting... After I replied to this topic and then read Matt's reply I also started to question whether Mitch would ever return. It was at this point that I remembered when Mitch linked to his website a long time ago and I figured that if he had updated it recently then it would mean that he hadn't vanished off of the face of the planet. So I went and looked through Mitch's posts in search of the link to his website and eventually I found this: www.mitchworks.com/sketches/3.jpg (original post that the link was taken from: startropics.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=stsprites&thread=224&page=2#3966 ). At first I thought that maybe his website had been taken down (it has been about 5 years since he posted the link to it after all) but if you remove the "/sketches/3.jpg" part from the link you should find something rather interesting. It appears that Mitch is alive and well and is still updating his site (or blog I suppose). The fact that he still uses the same e-mail address (which can be seen from the main page of his site) makes me wonder why he hasn't replied to my e-mail. And even though his Startropics website is down he still links to it from his blog (look at the links on the left). Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be going on?
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Coralcola
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Forget the Hollywood mess. If I was host, I'd have Wheel tape on C-Island. :)
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Post by Coralcola on Feb 7, 2010 14:02:06 GMT -5
After I replied to this topic and then read Matt's reply I also started to question whether Mitch would ever return. I've questioned that for two years now, lol. I have some ideas though. Lemme go to work and do some things and we'll see if something happens. P.S.: MJ, what options do you have as an admin? I have plenty of spaces online to upload pic files, music files, ANY FILES, etc. If nothing else, we might be able to get the background pic and the Mike smileys back up if you had a way to go about that. I have the pics themselves, on my desktop, so I can upload them anywhere, but there's no need if there's no way to get them to work again on here... P.S.S. Missed the post above, shoot. I'll try to figure out other things then...
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Post by Michael Jones on Feb 8, 2010 15:01:57 GMT -5
This is what I can do as a global moderator: img705.imageshack.us/img705/9835/moderatorpanel.pngIn addition to that I can modify and delete posts, modify and delete threads, sticky topics and create announcements. Unfortuneately none of those are going to be able to help us . If I had the ability to do more I definitely would, I love this place and I don't want to see it die off .
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Coralcola
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Forget the Hollywood mess. If I was host, I'd have Wheel tape on C-Island. :)
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Post by Coralcola on Feb 8, 2010 15:59:26 GMT -5
That doesn't seem like much, not compared to mods on other sites I know at least... /Glad to see you're using Firefox though MJ. //Still trying some things on my end.
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Post by shecolakitty on Mar 16, 2010 21:43:11 GMT -5
Well, that explains why I can't access the main website at all. I'm definitely going to have to do what I can to keep things lively around here.
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gellin
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Post by gellin on Oct 9, 2010 14:27:00 GMT -5
I received an email from Mitch (around the same time MJ did) and here's part of what he said: Since it won't be coming back - and the fact that the message board on my site doesn't really get much action - it might be worth considering combining the boards. Especially since MJ has super board powers now. We could use my site to host the board images as well. Just an idea, not sure how well it would work but it would be nice to have my site and this board linked together in some fashion
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Scotty D.
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Roll Initiative!
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Post by Scotty D. on Oct 10, 2010 8:31:08 GMT -5
I'm all for it...if someone has originals of all these pics (MJ is that you??) to make the transfer.
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Post by Michael Jones on Oct 10, 2010 13:15:13 GMT -5
I actually really like this idea, I would have no problem with letting you make this the official board of ST HQ, just as long as everyone else is alright with it. A folder with all of the forum images is attached to this post (hopefully I got them all in there) so if you want to host them on your site then you're more than welcome to. If you wanted a category for ST HQ related discussion that can also probably be arranged (maybe a section for your website and then another section for ST III discussion or something like that). So if there are no objections then suppose we can start merging. Attachments:
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