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Offline Matthew

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #75 on: April 19, 2010, 01:13:26 PM »
I'm still getting redirected, WillyP.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #76 on: April 19, 2010, 01:51:49 PM »
Strange... I'm still not.  :-\
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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #77 on: April 19, 2010, 02:33:00 PM »
Well then in that case start backing up the mission database.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #78 on: April 19, 2010, 03:14:00 PM »
Well then in that case start backing up the mission database.

Why? In this post I showed everyone where they can always go to get ALL of the missions that were available through PD.com ... without having PD.com.

How could I do that?  Do_Checkor is the person that has provided the storage for the missions accessed through PD.com ... PD.com only provided the listing/database of them.  Before PD.com went 'belly-up' recently, Do_Checkor (along with the help of Fischlein) had already made the mission database available from another place.  All I did was announce where that other place was.

Ya' all should remember it, bookmark it, whut-ev-ah ... so ya' all come back there, ya hear?    ;)

Sure, it would be good to have PD.com back and working, but if it doesn't come back  (perish the thought) ... We do have now what we need without it.  Holy crap!  ...  Did I just say what I think I just said??? :o

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #79 on: April 19, 2010, 03:20:53 PM »
Then back up the forums. Back up the profiles. Just do SOMETHING with your astonishing ability to still see PD.com.

Speaking of which, what's your verdict TP? Is it possible he's actually viewing the site, or is it simply his stored version?

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #80 on: April 19, 2010, 06:46:28 PM »
At this point ... not sure.  I don't have confirmation either way ... yet.

When I know for sure, I will let everyone know.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #81 on: April 19, 2010, 06:56:00 PM »
The FTP server doesn't resolve anymore, so I hope the hosted sites had their stuff backed up.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #82 on: April 19, 2010, 07:04:28 PM »
Ouch. At least Archive.org has *some* of the classic stuff. Especially the MPD.


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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #83 on: April 19, 2010, 07:08:28 PM »
Well, that sounds like the very last nail in the coffin.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #84 on: April 19, 2010, 07:30:39 PM »
I actually have an old DB backup that should have the glory days of MPD buried within it. However, the system which hosted the SQL Server that held it is now running Linux. The dump is probably still there somewhere.

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #85 on: April 19, 2010, 10:59:11 PM »
So did you not have any database backups more recent than that older one, then?

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #86 on: April 20, 2010, 03:05:01 AM »
Well, it's gone for me too now... perhaps I was viewing the site on another server or a cached version... who knows. I can't bring myself to delete he bookmark, not just yet, though I don't see any hope.
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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #87 on: April 20, 2010, 08:36:00 AM »
I haven't even dared try to link to the .com yet. Afraid at what I'll see... :(
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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #88 on: April 20, 2010, 08:59:32 AM »
This is more than just PD...from a bit of 2AM exploring last night, it looks like just about all of the Planet sites from no-longer-active game franchises are redirecting to some sort of Gamespy error page.  The original long list of them on Gamespy's site redirects to a newer, shorter list too, and the still existing sites have new URLs of the type, "planetwhatever.gamespy.com."  It looks as though there was some sort of fundamental change in the whole Planet Network.  I still have an e-mail address from the people I was in touch with a year or two ago...I think I'll fire a few e-mails off and see if I get any response.  If they're not planning on hosting the site anymore, one can hope that they at least have it sitting on a server somewhere, so we could get it and properly host it on our own.

(If they really did lop off half the Planet Network without telling anyone first, it was a really b*tch move.)

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Re: PD.com destruction?
« Reply #89 on: April 20, 2010, 09:05:20 AM »
Yes, that is rather rude. Who do they think made GameSpy what it is today? Wait till D4 and Dwii come out then they will be begging us to come back.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2010, 09:12:04 AM by WillyP »
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