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    終焉をもたらすもの Zerathos986's Avatar
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    Applause all around for what has already been noted as an improvement on owner response to site situations. It is greatly appreciated that we're being informed of the dealings occurring behind the scenes. It does worry me what has happened to Gem, though, but hopefully it's nothing more than paranoia or that he was the victim of foul play this time. When you finally reach him, I hope it'll all be resolved.

    A suggestion, though, but perhaps automatic backups don't have to be the only thing used. I'd say to make a backup per large scale hack update. That way, the moment there's a problem, we'll have the most resent site changes ready to be uploaded. Of course, I don't know if there's any additional costs involved in that. However, knowing that your contact information was so easily obtainable, I apologise for not thinking of such an action sooner. My suggestions at the time had always been to seek out Gem or even speak to admins.
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    QuoteOriginally Posted by Uncle Hank View Post
    I think with the recent news, this thread needs a more upbeat title.
    Stayin alive?

    Thanks for the update and all the work you've put in...usually when things like this happen the members are kept in the dark so good to know. Now we can go forward with the assassinate Derek plan. =P

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    I have been talking to Derek via email over the last few days.
    I don't think Derek id anything evil or that he is evil I think he just got caught up in a bad situation at a bad time.

    Derek joined our forums about a month after I did. Since then he has never tried to hurt the site so again I think the timing was bad when the forum went down.

    As far as the other stuff like the selling games and not delivering and/or not refunding VIP memberships that was all just bad luck some bad decisions and bad timing. I just think Derek wasn't exactly sure how to handle the situation.

    In terms of backing up the backs etc. none of that will be an issue. The biggest problem was knowing the time line in which things happened. There were deleted files which would have told us when and what happened. If someone was working on a file and then stopped and someone else came and made other changes to the file unbeknown to the first person and then the first person came back and uploaded the file or something like that then it could have been corrupted and screwed up something else. Something had a domino effect on other parts of the site however we don't know what caused it.
    If we are handing the site we know what is being worked on and all hacks etc are added systematically. Notes are kept to explain what is being changed and when and what the changes will effect.

    This is what Mark does every day. Literally, every week day Mark is in his office working on our websites. Everything from Wordpress blogs to ecommerce sites to writing scripts and administering sites. Currently he is working on 2 large projects. One is to integrate a custom POS (that stands for Point of Sale not the other abbreviation :p) software with Quickbooks enterprise and the other is a directory script which pulls descriptions from websites in certain niches by state. Both pretty involved projects. If the first one crashes it would cost us tens of thousands of dollars if we didn't know the second it happens.

    So I hope Derek ends up coming back. I think he will once he is able to pay everyone back and the dust settles.

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    I'm glad everything has been settled and cleared up. Never expected this site to ever go away so it's nice to see that it's still kicking even through all the crazy stuff.

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    QuoteOriginally Posted by .A² View Post
    No point keeping anyone in the dark. No-one knows wtf's going on, the owners are nowhere to be seen, but this surfaced today:

    Okay, next time, ASK before using my LOCKED TWEETS. 'kay? Thx.


    Oh, Derek. *facepalm*








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    Psh, take it up with @daniellking.
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    Hah, when I visited for the first time in months and it wasn't working, I thought it really was the end of this place. Good stuff though on getting it back up and running. Thanks
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    O.o

    I've seen the forum down for weeks, thought ffx2 was over

    Glad the real owner fixed things, this forum is special.

    And Derek, WTF ????





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    ^Exigo awaits, m'lady.

    This forum's been on the brink for quite some time, but as long as we're abound, it will never die. Facebook has both an SF community and at least my Exigo group, which doubled as a pseudo-forum while the forum was down. =p
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    I poked my head in a while ago to see if this place was still around and the page wouldn't even load. Must've been during one of those times when the forum was down. Glad to see everyone and everything is still here!

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