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« on: April 13, 2006, 04:48:41 PM »
EDIT: Managed to get the old forum working. If you need to look back at it for whatever reason check it out here.

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It begins. Again.

Sorry to do this to you all again but it's beyond my control.

Anyone who tried visiting the site sometime within the last 24 hours might have found the page either redirecting to the webhost's front page or simply not going anywhere.

After the website problem was resolved our forum still had problems. I reinstalled phpBB but it would only give me errors when trying to restore the database. In fact, as a test, I created database backups of the newly installed, and tried to restore from. Even those refused to work. I have no freaking clue what happened to the database restorability of that forum, but whatever.

After a few hours of messing with it and getting pissed off, we're back to square one on a different forum software, SMF. I hope the community regenerates itself.

My first choice alternative would've been a vBulletin forum, but that isn't free and costs a ridiculous sum of money.
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2006, 04:52:39 PM »
I'm happy to see things back, and since the old forums had been a little quiet these last few days, this is a good chance to get more active again. Hopefully.

I love the fact that we can change our display names if necessary, too. :D

[Edit] Whoa, new lower avatar size limit. I better fix mine a bit later.
[Edit2] Yay, it's fixed now. XD 50x50 was waaay too small for most cases. @_@
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2006, 05:15:23 PM »
Activity is good, and this forum reset might indeed generate some.  Anyway, I for one like SMF's layout; I think this should be a good thing.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2006, 05:20:50 PM »
Although it is a shame that the forum crashed, the switch to SMF from phpBB is a bit refreshing...
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2006, 05:34:15 PM »
Yes it is refreshing and the text is big enough not to be an eyestrain to read...
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2006, 05:42:41 PM »
Hmm I wonder how that happened. Hope it doesn't screw up again...
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2006, 05:54:36 PM »
Well, it happens.

This can be also be a great start.  It's nice to have a refreshing start.
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2006, 06:55:40 PM »
Oh dear... I just realized with this crash I lost my list of things games and anime I wanted to get around to watching...

Eh... Please Cless, if possible... if there's any way to access post content from the backups, please retrieve my lists... It's not a big deal if you can't, it's just inconvenient for me...

Anyway it's a painful blow to lose all our old posts, but the transition to this new board shouldn't be so bad.
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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2006, 07:01:03 PM »
I kind of like the new board host ... I think. oO ...

Glad to see the site's back up xD ...
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2006, 07:23:42 PM »
I will lament the loss of the "Big Smiles" thread ;_;

I do hope to get a little more active on this forum from now on. Unfortunately, I feel as if I have precious little spare time of late, thanks to my new job - plus we can't access the net at work. Boo! Sad
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2006, 08:35:53 PM »
Hey, we've been through it before. I won't let it discourage me.
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2006, 09:18:46 PM »
So, isin't this like the 3rd time the boards been redone?
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2006, 10:18:47 PM »
This forum is a bit more restrictive with with settings and such though, oh well.
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2006, 11:47:33 PM »
Quote from: Kogahazan on April 13, 2006, 06:55:40 PM
Oh dear... I just realized with this crash I lost my list of things games and anime I wanted to get around to watching...

Eh... Please Cless, if possible... if there's any way to access post content from the backups, please retrieve my lists... It's not a big deal if you can't, it's just inconvenient for me...

Anyway it's a painful blow to lose all our old posts, but the transition to this new board shouldn't be so bad.

Well. I have a 41MB SQL file backup which was made just before attempting the reinstall(s) of phpBB. Has nearly 400000 lines of text in it. I'm not really willing to go through it line-by-line but if you can remember a line of text written it wouldn't be difficult to search it out.

Quote from: Stahn Ailron on April 13, 2006, 09:18:46 PM
So, isin't this like the 3rd time the boards been redone?

More like the 5th. But few if any of the current day regulars were around during the ezboard and UltraBoard (lived for only about a week before dying) days...
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2006, 12:15:47 AM »
Quote from: Cless on April 13, 2006, 11:47:33 PM
Well. I have a 41MB SQL file backup which was made just before attempting the reinstall(s) of phpBB. Has nearly 400000 lines of text in it. I'm not really willing to go through it line-by-line but if you can remember a line of text written it wouldn't be difficult to search it out.

I remember a couple of lines. Try searching for these:
Bout of insaneness
Shame they never made a Tales game for Dreamcast
Suikoden II (US)
Samurai Champloo (J)
Melty Blood ReAct Final Tuned v2.501b (J)
Yokushin Gigawing Generations (E)

Those are for my game list. For my anime list, search for these:
Midori no Hibi
Tenchi Muyo
School Rumble
Full Metal Alchemist

I don't remember my exact punctuation for those quotes, but those are things I'm sure that are unique to my lists... Thank you so much if you can retrieve the lists.
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« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2006, 01:19:58 AM »
I don't know how complete this is but extra garbage was also inserted.

Quote from: phpBB SQL backup
k, bout of insaneness over...

Just want to know what people are playing now. I also want to use this as an excuse to track what I\'m playing as well... I\'ll edit when I add stuff and remove stuff to my list...

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Dreamcast[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Capcom vs SNK: Millenium Fight 2000 (US)
Capcom vs SNK 2 (J)
Dead or Alive 2: Limited Edition (J)
Giga Wing 2 (U)
Ikaruga (J)
Jet Grind Radio (US)
Last Blade 2: Final Edition, The (J)
Marvel vs Capcom (US)
Power Stone (US)
Power Stone 2 (US)
Sonic Shuffle (US)
Space Channel 5 (US)
Space Channel 5 Part 2 (J)
Spider-Man (US)
(Sad that they never released a Tales game for Dreamcast. It could have been ownage)

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Game Boy Advance[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel (US)
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman (US)
Mega Man Zero 4 (US)

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Gamecube[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes (US)
Sonic Heroes (US)
Tales of Symphonia (US)
Viewtiful Joe 2 (US)

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]PC[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Melty Blood Re-Act: Final Tuned v2.501b (J)
Typing of the Dead, The (US/UK)

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Play Station[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Final Fantasy VII (US)
Rival Schools: United by Fate - Evolution (US)
Strider 2 (US)
Suikoden II (US) <- recommended by friend, still seeing if I like it
Tales of Destiny II (US)
Tales of Phantasia (J)

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Play Station 2[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Capcom Classics Collection (US)
Guilty Gear XX #Reload (J)
Katamari Damacy (US)
Kingdom Hearts (US)
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (J) (If I feel I like KH1 enough)
Kingdom Hearts II (US)
Last Blade 2-in-1, The (J)
Mega Man X7 (US)
Mega Man X8 (US)
Mega Man X Collection (US)
Namco x Capcom (J)
Rumble Fish, The (J)
Samurai Champloo (J)
Shadow the Hedgehog (E?) (Loading times are pissing me off. Going to get the GCN version soon.)
Simpsons: Road Rage, The (US) (I\'m a sad sad man to be playing this...)
Sonic Riders (US)
Soul Calibur III (US)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (US)
Street Fighter EX3 (US)
Tales of Destiny 2 (J)
Tales of Legendia (US)
Tales of Rebirth (J)
Tales of the Abyss (J)
Tekken Tag Tournament (US)
Ultimate Spider-Man (US)
We Love Katamari (US)
Yokushin: Giga Wing Generations (E)
Waiting for: Street Fighter Alpha Anthology and Melty Blood Act Cadenza

[b:efa8cbfecc][u:efa8cbfecc]Super Nintendo[/u:efa8cbfecc][/b:efa8cbfecc]
Bahamut Lagoon (J w/English patch)
Chrono Trigger (US)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (US)
Terranigma (E)

[b:4cccd079eb][u:4cccd079eb]Watching[/u:4cccd079eb][/b:4cccd079eb]
Chrno Crusade (Have it, but don\'t know if I\'ll watch.)
Full Metal Alchemist
Ichigo Mashimaro
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Mahou Sensei Negima
Midori no Hibi/Midori Days
Natsuiro no Sunadokei
School Rumble

[b:4cccd079eb][u:4cccd079eb]Reading[/u:4cccd079eb][/b:4cccd079eb]
Love Hina (Re-reading =p)
Onegai Twins
Samurai Champloo
Tales of Destiny
Tales of Eternia
various Zelda manga

[b:4cccd079eb][u:4cccd079eb]Want to watch[/u:4cccd079eb][/b:4cccd079eb]
DearS
Doki Doki School Hours
Excel Saga
Koi Kaze
Tenchi Muyo
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