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CocoT

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 599 Location: Belly-Gum
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject: IGN Decides To "discontinue Free Hosting Services" |
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http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=60337
Do you think it might be a good idea to start listing sites and make sure we don't "lose" anything? I'm worried about older sites (those like AI Cafe) whose owners have disappeared or simply have stopped checking the email account under which they registered their site...
This might be pretty catastrophic, if only because such a large quantities of links will then lead to dead ends... _________________ http://www.planetcocot.net/ |
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MauveBib

Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 602
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I got this email myself today, it's a hassle. My site's been on planetquake since 2000 and now I'll have to find a new home Not to mention the huge amount of stuff I've surrupticously hosted on their bandwidth over the years. _________________ Apathy Now! |
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CocoT

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 599 Location: Belly-Gum
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | Not to mention the huge amount of stuff I've surrupticously hosted on their bandwidth over the years |
True... I hadn't even thought about that aspect yet...
Jeez, this is a little insane... _________________ http://www.planetcocot.net/ |
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MeTcHsteekle
Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 397 Location: its a secret
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:22 am Post subject: |
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"looks like you're up shit creek" _________________ bah |
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leileilol

Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1321
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 8:47 am Post subject: |
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IGN's closing Modcenter too, which is also another free hosting service for mods.
AI Cafe must be saved at all costs. _________________
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Willem
Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 73
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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You guys should look into getting a Dreamhost account. I have all of my sites hosted there (including shub-hub and Quaketastic) and I have tons of storage and tons of bandwidth and I'm paying $15-$20 a month for it. They are incredibly great. _________________ www.wantonhubris.com |
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MauveBib

Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 602
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:38 am Post subject: |
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15-20 dollars a month is 15-20 dollars more than I'm spending now. _________________ Apathy Now! |
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Spirit

Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 476
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CocoT

Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 599 Location: Belly-Gum
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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From the FAQ:
"Can I pay to keep my IGN hosting?
Sorry, no hosting services, free or otherwise, will be offered."
"free or otherwise"?? Does that mean that basically ALL contents from the Planet sites (and the planet sites themselves) are going down the drain, then? Or are they become mere news sites?
This is starting to sound like a bad dream... The email was somehow re-sent this morning, and it does come from the gamespy network. I'm also surprised none of the planet sites have been reflecting this in their news so far. Weird. _________________ http://www.planetcocot.net/ |
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Willem
Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 73
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | 15-20 dollars a month is 15-20 dollars more than I'm spending now. |
I understand that but I'm trying to present realistic options. Holding your breath and waiting for another free host isn't likely to be productive.
Besides, most of us piss away that much on stupid crap each WEEK. It's not a big deal to anyone with a job.  _________________ www.wantonhubris.com |
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Lardarse

Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 243 Location: Bristol, UK
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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leileilol wrote: | AI Cafe must be saved at all costs. |
Yes, as long as we don't have to save the fact that it has a lot of broken links because of backshlashes in some link addresses. (I think this almost certainly means that a web spidering service would not be able to save it.
I'll save this one myself. |
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scar3crow Inside3D Staff

Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 837 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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I believe FrikaC, Coffee and Kryten would be fine with storing AI Cafe here. I don't mind fixing broken backslashes and hard linking for such venerable sites as AI Cafe, the SPQ Level Heaven and similar.
What all of the classic 96-97 comedy stuff is still on PQ? I'm thinking things like New Vore Times and Dank & Scud.
Agh, this gets to me in so many many ways. I'm more than a tad angry right now... ...and I'm not even hosted there.
Willem; I concur, not necessarily with the host (no opinion on them), but I know I spend a good $20 a week on snacks and random crap that I could go without... In the meantime though, I think its important to store as much locally as we can. Quake is too big to be directly harmed by a site hoarder like IGN. _________________ ...and all around me was the chaos of battle and the reek of running blood.... and for the first time in my life I knew true happiness. |
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FrikaC Site Admin

Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 947
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Could always move to Geocities. Oh wait, nm. |
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metlslime
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Spirit

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