Site Problems Resolved... Sort Of - Sorry For The Inconvenience

schtoofa · 03-06-2007, 02:25 AM

First off, I want to apologize to all you folks who frequently visit the Fortress Forever site. You're the FF blood and guts right now, and you mean a lot to FF's future success. Unfortunately as some of you had noticed, the main site and forums had been down for the last week or so (end of Feb - early Mar).

Some might appreciate an explanation, so here goes: our host machine experienced a data corruption problem that initially destroyed most of the site and the behind-the-scenes database. Thankfully, almost all of the site content and database have been recovered; however, the key words here are "almost all."

So how might you have been affected? Well, we're sad to inform you that our entire forum user profile collection (5,000+ records) has been lost. Although we seem to have recovered all of the threads and posts (and who posted the posts), we've lost all e-mail addresses and profiles that correspond to the user names. In order to let users grab their old names again, we've changed all the "recovered" user names to begin with the prefix "o_" (for old user name). That way you can see who made the post, but you won't be prevented from registering under your original forum name. The hidden and sad bottom line here is that yes, you'll have to re-register on the FF forums.

We are pretty disappointed by this whole bit and we're sorry for the inconvenience it's caused some of you. It's hit us hard, too, and we've taken steps to make sure that this doesn't happen again (moving host machines, better and more redundant back-up system, etc.).

Thanks for your patience, and we hope you'll enjoy fragging away on FF soon! The host migration process might have still a few more bumps on the way, so please bear with us as we finish crossing our Is and dotting our Ts. Some folks have put in a lot of hard work to make this transition as smooth as possible, so a huge thanks goes out to them.

Darkness24713 · 03-06-2007, 02:40 AM

Dang this blows. All 5,000 members are gone. Well here goes post #1.

FrenchToast · 03-06-2007, 02:51 AM

...Back on the track to 6k...

Dospac · 03-06-2007, 03:09 AM

MY POST COUNT NOoooooooooooooooo .. hah?

Yeah sorry it took so long. Glad to have you all back. :0

MrSparkle · 03-06-2007, 03:16 AM

now get back to work, dammit

GambiT · 03-06-2007, 03:17 AM

woot!!!....good to be back....glad y'all got things resolved....no biggy stuff happens....

at least i dont have one of the lowest post counts!

Pixel · 03-06-2007, 03:31 AM

;[

Jinx · 03-06-2007, 03:40 AM

No offense, but I'm getting so tired of waiting for a beta that I almost didn't re-register...

and will an admin fix the case of the I in my name please?

puppychow · 03-06-2007, 03:50 AM

oh snap!

schtoofa · 03-06-2007, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JInx

No offense, but I'm getting so tired of waiting for a beta that I almost didn't re-register...

and will an admin fix the case of the I in my name please?

sorry

and sure!

trepid_jon · 03-06-2007, 03:54 AM

This would have been a much better April Fools gag than the silly goose of a release we have planned.

Wait, what happened? I'm over here now.

Skanky Butterpuss · 03-06-2007, 03:55 AM

oh snap everyone is at 0 postcount again... its like were picking up from where fight club left off!

Lost · 03-06-2007, 03:57 AM

Don't worry Jinx, we're still playing.

And we've been working it too, even though the forums have been down. Found an awesome bug that kills the effectiveness of Jiggles awesome hint system.

VulturEMaN · 03-06-2007, 04:07 AM

Does this mean I no longer have a member number of super super lowdom?

EDIT: lmao....I figured that I could count the # of members in the memberlist to get my number instead...and it's actually lower!

120 vs 36

I still wish you guys woulda done SMF instead....

Lost · 03-06-2007, 04:08 AM

Bah, member number never mattered. Flaming some random person was how you get notoriety around here!

VulturEMaN · 03-06-2007, 04:13 AM

fk u lost ur a homo i hope you catch on fire while playing TF2 YOU BOOGER LICKER!!!!

lmao like that?? :P

I'm also the first of the Yellow Llamas back too

puppychow · 03-06-2007, 04:13 AM

im just happy im no longer yellow

edit, wonder if people are gonna register under long standing forum members names just to be a dick? well, probably now that i went ahead and mentioned it.

shadow · 03-06-2007, 04:20 AM

i dropped the extra digits... sup guys.

Jinx · 03-06-2007, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost

Don't worry Jinx, we're still playing.

And we've been working it too, even though the forums have been down. Found an awesome bug that kills the effectiveness of Jiggles awesome hint system.

Then take that feature out, save it for the next beta, and release it already!

FFS doesn't anyone believe in betas any more?! If I was obsessed with playing a flawless finished game I'd buy a retail one. (Just... not from EA...)

Bah. I'm sorry for bitching, I'm just frustrated, thats all :/

im just happy im no longer yellow <--- don't blame you there puppychow D:

Thanks for the name fix, schtoofa!!

Fjorn · 03-06-2007, 04:32 AM

Ahh, its good to be back

03-06-2007, 03:54 AM	#11
trepid_jon Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Class/Position: D Civilian Gametype: Rocket Jousting Affiliations: EAFD Posts Rated Helpful 78 Times	This would have been a much better April Fools gag than the silly goose of a release we have planned. Wait, what happened? I'm over here now. __________________ Support FF: Trepid steamcommunity.com/id/trepid_jon/

03-06-2007, 04:08 AM	#15
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	Bah, member number never mattered. Flaming some random person was how you get notoriety around here! __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

03-06-2007, 02:25 AM	#1
schtoofa Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Site Problems Resolved... Sort Of - Sorry For The Inconvenience First off, I want to apologize to all you folks who frequently visit the Fortress Forever site. You're the FF blood and guts right now, and you mean a lot to FF's future success. Unfortunately as some of you had noticed, the main site and forums had been down for the last week or so (end of Feb - early Mar). Some might appreciate an explanation, so here goes: our host machine experienced a data corruption problem that initially destroyed most of the site and the behind-the-scenes database. Thankfully, almost all of the site content and database have been recovered; however, the key words here are "almost all." So how might you have been affected? Well, we're sad to inform you that our entire forum user profile collection (5,000+ records) has been lost. Although we seem to have recovered all of the threads and posts (and who posted the posts), we've lost all e-mail addresses and profiles that correspond to the user names. In order to let users grab their old names again, we've changed all the "recovered" user names to begin with the prefix "o_" (for old user name). That way you can see who made the post, but you won't be prevented from registering under your original forum name. The hidden and sad bottom line here is that yes, you'll have to re-register on the FF forums. We are pretty disappointed by this whole bit and we're sorry for the inconvenience it's caused some of you. It's hit us hard, too, and we've taken steps to make sure that this doesn't happen again (moving host machines, better and more redundant back-up system, etc.). Thanks for your patience, and we hope you'll enjoy fragging away on FF soon! The host migration process might have still a few more bumps on the way, so please bear with us as we finish crossing our Is and dotting our Ts. Some folks have put in a lot of hard work to make this transition as smooth as possible, so a huge thanks goes out to them. __________________ schtoofa Fortress Forever Team Cheerleader

03-06-2007, 02:40 AM	#2
Darkness24713 Another Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Dang this blows. All 5,000 members are gone. Well here goes post #1.

03-06-2007, 02:51 AM	#3
FrenchToast The 1337est D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Omagosh Canada. Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	...Back on the track to 6k...

03-06-2007, 03:09 AM	#4
Dospac Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	MY POST COUNT NOoooooooooooooooo .. hah? Yeah sorry it took so long. Glad to have you all back. :0

03-06-2007, 03:16 AM	#5
MrSparkle UGC Fortress Director Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	now get back to work, dammit

03-06-2007, 03:17 AM	#6
GambiT Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Baton Rouge Class/Position: Spy Affiliations: -=DoM=- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	woot!!!....good to be back....glad y'all got things resolved....no biggy stuff happens.... at least i dont have one of the lowest post counts!

03-06-2007, 03:31 AM	#7
Pixel if(0>1){printf("broked");} Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amerika Class/Position: O Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	;[

03-06-2007, 03:40 AM	#8
Jinx disgruntled mapper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ohio Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	No offense, but I'm getting so tired of waiting for a beta that I almost didn't re-register... and will an admin fix the case of the I in my name please?

03-06-2007, 03:50 AM	#9
puppychow Arf! D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	oh snap!

03-06-2007, 03:55 AM	#12
Skanky Butterpuss Beware the Hammer D&A Member Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: Sabotaging your shit. Affiliations: :}\|, mimic, /KBN/ Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	oh snap everyone is at 0 postcount again... its like were picking up from where fight club left off!

03-06-2007, 03:57 AM	#13
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	Don't worry Jinx, we're still playing. And we've been working it too, even though the forums have been down. Found an awesome bug that kills the effectiveness of Jiggles awesome hint system.

03-06-2007, 04:07 AM	#14
VulturEMaN Overlord of Pineapple Soda Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Does this mean I no longer have a member number of super super lowdom? EDIT: lmao....I figured that I could count the # of members in the memberlist to get my number instead...and it's actually lower! 120 vs 36 I still wish you guys woulda done SMF instead....

03-06-2007, 04:13 AM	#16
VulturEMaN Overlord of Pineapple Soda Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	fk u lost ur a homo i hope you catch on fire while playing TF2 YOU BOOGER LICKER!!!! lmao like that?? :P I'm also the first of the Yellow Llamas back too

03-06-2007, 04:20 AM	#18
shadow Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	i dropped the extra digits... sup guys.

03-06-2007, 04:32 AM	#20
Fjorn Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Ahh, its good to be back

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