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Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Little Faith - 01-28-2004
Well, the venerable Diabloii.net one of the few other serious Diablo 2 forums have just recently had an accident of rather large proportions.
Basically it has been completely wiped of all posts and threads. Even the backups were corrupt.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - NiteFox - 01-28-2004
That's funny, I was just browsing through DIInet and it all looked fine...
Uh... Why is everyone staring at me? :blink:
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Little Faith - 01-28-2004
Try to open any thread that is older than a day and you will learn.
Basically their database decided to delete itself and all their backups were corrupt.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Lady Vashj - 01-28-2004
It's true. No members were deleted (I don't think; I wasn't), and everyone still kept their old post count, but no posts more than a day old can be accessed.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - [wcip]Angel - 01-28-2004
Well thank God the postcount is intact!!
:unsure:
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Nastie_Bowie - 01-28-2004
Lady Vashj,Jan 28 2004, 10:22 AM Wrote:It's true. No members were deleted (I don't think; I wasn't), and everyone still kept their old post count, but no posts more than a day old can be accessed.I wonder if it was a cost cutting measure.
I know they took a big hit, when they dropped the google ads.
I see a couple of threads about people donating, today. I guess the War III forum is on the block for lack of participation, also.
Best of luck to them!
NB :rolleyes:
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Archon_Wing - 01-28-2004
I just posted there like two days ago. (I almost never post there anymore.) Must be a conspiracy.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - niomosy - 01-28-2004
What's worse is that it appears to have gone down again today. Looks like the same errors as yesterday. Hope the database tables didn't get hosed again (and that they have a good backup this time...)
<geek>
Maybe it's time to invest in a DLT drive or something? I've had very good luck with them over the years.
</geek>
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Occhidiangela - 01-30-2004
This is the internet, where all things are ephemeral. Saving posts on dii.net beyond a few days is like saving navel lint: Pointless, but of value to some few folks.
Their guides, on the other hand, are hopefully still up. There are, or used to be, a few decent bits of info in some of the guides there.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Nastie_Bowie - 01-31-2004
Occhidiangela,Jan 30 2004, 06:52 AM Wrote:This is the internet, where all things are ephemeral. Saving posts on dii.net beyond a few days is like saving navel lint: Pointless, but of value to some few folks.Very true, for the most part. This applies to all forums as a general rule. There are those unusual threads, though.
Don't the guides hit here first? ;)
NB :lol:
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Omega - 02-02-2004
Nastie_Bowie,Jan 31 2004, 10:27 AM Wrote:There are those unusual threads, though.http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/messag...ageid=936561995
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Lady Vashj - 02-02-2004
Nastie_Bowie,Jan 31 2004, 05:27 PM Wrote:Very true, for the most part. This applies to all forums as a general rule. There are those unusual threads, though.The Community Poem. By the time of the forum dump, basically the only active thread in the FFF. Thank God that it was mostly saved...
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Guest - 02-02-2004
Unless I've got a really bad memory, they have cleared/changed forum software like 10 times, so this isn't much of a deal.
The bigger tragedy is the design on the forums is among the worst I've ever seen (I'll refrain to using a hundred insults, which I think it deserves :().
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Nightwind - 02-03-2004
adamantine,Feb 2 2004, 03:33 PM Wrote:Unless I've got a really bad memory, they have cleared/changed forum software like 10 times, so this isn't much of a deal.and add the fact that throught the site it links to varrous discussions on the forum, but when you clit it, it woln't let you READ them...
The bigger tragedy is the design on the forums is among the worst I've ever seen (I'll refrain to using a hundred insults, which I think it deserves :().
ther should be an anomyus, read only, guest acount configured through those links.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Omega - 02-03-2004
Nightwind,Feb 2 2004, 07:56 PM Wrote:but when you clit it, it woln't let you READ them...Nice Freudian slip there :D
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - kandrathe - 02-03-2004
Quote:and add the fact that throught the site it links to varrous discussions on the forum, but when you clit it, it woln't let you READ them...
ther should be an anomyus, read only, guest acount configured through those links.
Did you mean not to spell check, or preview? : And -- Through out -- various -- click -- wouldn't -- There -- account -- anonymous -- not mentioning sentence structure.
30% error rate is pretty high. Maybe you need less gaming time and more study time.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Occhidiangela - 02-08-2004
That was a nice walk down memory lane. :)
I had not seen this fellow in a while.
Quote:April 9 2001 at 6:23 AM Spiderdrake (Login Spiderdrake) from IP address 206.47.244.60
I'll give you a 7 for drama, an 8 for a style, but a 2 for substance
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Omega - 02-10-2004
Occhidiangela,Feb 7 2004, 07:36 PM Wrote:That was a nice walk down memory lane. :)He's still a regular poster over at SA.
I had not seen this fellow in a while.
Quote:April 9 2001 at 6:23 AM Spiderdrake (Login Spiderdrake) from IP address 206.47.244.60
I'll give you a 7 for drama, an 8 for a style, but a 2 for substance
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - whereagles - 02-11-2004
Damn... I was hoping the disaster was like a complete shut down of their ISP. Too bad it's just a few files missing lol! Such a bunch of retards.
Disaster strikes Diabloii.net. - Nastie_Bowie - 02-11-2004
whereagles,Feb 11 2004, 09:46 AM Wrote:Damn... I was hoping the disaster was like a complete shut down of their ISP. Too bad it's just a few files missing lol! Such a bunch of retards.And what do you say about the Lurker Lounge in other forums?
NB :angry: