Topic: PD.com destruction?

[D2Disciple]

I doubt GameSpy really cares at this point. It's now pretty IGN with a green theme now. Not to say that I don't like IGN - I do think they have the fairest reviews (as evidenced by the number of fanboys that hate the site) - but this is ridiculous.

[Scyphi]

Wait till D4 and Dwii come out then they will be begging us to come back.

And then we'll say NO! Mwahahahaha! 

[-<WillyP>-]

I doubt GameSpy really cares at this point.

Exactly my point! The numbers aren't there for them. But if a new Descent came on the market, they would see the dollar signs light up and want a piece of that pie.

[Scyphi]

Hmm...I'm getting a lack of a PD.com when I visit as well...just a whole bunch of IGN ads on what appears to be their homepage. XP

I guess we'll see what responses TopGun's emails get before assuming the worse, but it does look like PD.com is no more for the moment.  :'(

Dang it...there goes my record breaking post count...

[Matthew]

Dang it...there goes my record breaking post count...

And my shot at catching you.

[D2Disciple]

Can someone add an extra 3000-something posts to Scyphi's count, please?

[TechPro]

Naw, my son is going to have to earn them again. 

... but you could give you lots of powerups,  if you wish.

WillyP, we need a good Evil/Devil smiley on this forum.  Can we get one?

[Top Gun]

We all know that Scyphi was a royal spammer.  I was there for over nine years and never hit 3000 posts.

*adds salvaging PD's smileys to wish list*

[D2Disciple]

I wouldn't exactly describe him as a spammer. Just a definitely over-achieving internet presence, I'm afraid. 

[Matthew]

We all have something special about us... His was a need to reply to any and every topic made

[DarkWing]

Perhaps so, but he was always good to keep his comments relevant, contributing, and usually supportive (except when really annoyed at someone).

I wouldn't call that spam at all.

[D2Disciple]

I was on PD.com for roughly the same length of time and only racked up around 1150 or so posts. Of course, I had not visited/posted on the site much at all for the past year due to nursing school (to which I must say that studying is what I should be doing as I write). I have, however, been highly active on these boards because, while I do have a soft spot for PD.com, I am quick to transition and a proponent of change (if it's for the better). I felt PD.net had a much better opportunity for community involvement by offering super-easy file hosting in the gallery. Reactor is only adding that community-centric atmosphere.

I feel like PlanetDescent has always been a small community of gamers primarily focused on providing a friendly atmosphere that encourages creativity, discussion, and above all, fun. The forum bugs and limitations of PD.com stifled that atmosphere, IMHO, so I moved on here and love it, despite having to use the groan-worthy SMF boards.  

That's not to say I didn't at all like PD.com. On the contrary - I loved the board design. I would kill (robots, of course) to see the board design recreated for this website. Not having the rest of the site around, as well, pretty well bites hard. Besides missions, are other downloads (such as patches, music, random junk like reticles and ship mods) still available from Do_Checkor, or are they gone?

[Kaizerwolf]

From reading this topic: Does anyone know what malware/trojan was on PD.com? I did some Anti Malware scans and found a password stealer and some other nasty things after Planet Descent stopped working right, but I dont know if those are it.

I'm sad. But it'll make me visit this place more often... this is my new homepage.

[TechPro]

... Not having the rest of the site around, as well, pretty well bites hard. Besides missions, are other downloads (such as patches, music, random junk like reticles and ship mods) still available from Do_Checkor, or are they gone?

Good question.  I'll see if I can find out.

I do know that from the http://d3fischlein.de/ site that you can also get listings of Tools, Mods and stuff like that, but it doesn't seem to be the same stuff PD.com listed at all.

For now, you might want to use the Web Archive: PlanetDescent.com on the WayBack Machine and stepping through some "hoops" you can still get/grab a lot of stuff.

You're welcome to grab stuff and help upload it here (be careful not to duplicate what others upload ... and document well, PLEASE).

[Thunderbird]

Wouldn't be looking for this, would you?