NEMO.BOFH Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Any chance of an explanation why Off Topic is being closed? Seems like a reasonable enough request.Have you tried behaving like this (not you Rotwang) on Isratrance? Discussion is over about this, decision was taken, and it will not be reversed NOR discussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I doesn't work, you can't force people to talk about trance and let's be honest, trance isn't very interesting atm. Mars, you've probably been listening to this kind of music as long as the rest of us, psytrance is in a creative rut has been so for a couple of years now. You can't blame people for being semi-blase about the music after 10-15 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 I doesn't work, you can't force people to talk about trance and let's be honest, trance isn't very interesting atm. Mars, you've probably been listening to this kind of music as long as the rest of us, psytrance is in a creative rut has been so for a couple of years now. You can't blame people for being semi-blase about the music after 10-15 years? then why be at this forum at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 then why be at this forum at all? I'm just saying how I think it will pan out. Me, I've talked a lot about trance here and contributed reviews etc... Atm there's not many interesting releases/artists out there but maybe that's just me. Oh well, have fun with caffein:me and hordes of 'Hi guys I liek Infected Mushroom, gizza torrents plox' people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 I'm just saying how I think it will pan out. Me, I've talked a lot about trance here and contributed reviews etc... Atm there's not many interesting releases/artists out there but maybe that's just me. Oh well, have fun with caffein:me and hordes of 'Hi guys I liek Infected Mushroom, gizza torrents plox' people. Yeahp, see ya around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiejanet Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 did I miss summat? Actually, closing off topic has been good for me as i now read thru all the other parts of the foum and I`m getting back into the music again.... thanks from me:) xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Off topic is closed? When did that happen, I didn't notice We used to have something in the profile of percentage of posts in the most posted in sub-forum. Whatever happened to this? It was interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 did I miss summat? Actually, closing off topic has been good for me as i now read thru all the other parts of the foum and I`m getting back into the music again.... thanks from me:) xxx +1 I never get to the off topic section anymore, to fast and pointless General is fine, never visited this subforum until the off topic section was closed checking what is going on... glad to see we can still discuss and share trance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosku Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Have you tried behaving like this (not you Rotwang) on Isratrance? Discussion is over about this, decision was taken, and it will not be reversed NOR discussed. I was abroad for a week, and obviously something happened during that time. So could anyone tell me what? At least point me to some threads where this has been discussed. This forum (mostly off-topic, but other sections as well) has been important for me for about six years now, so I think I deserve some information. Please answer or PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Matta Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Edit: Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 I was abroad for a week, and obviously something happened during that time. So could anyone tell me what? At least point me to some threads where this has been discussed. This forum (mostly off-topic, but other sections as well) has been important for me for about six years now, so I think I deserve some information. Please answer or PM me. sending you a pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowball Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 the cultural and tech subforums of the off topic are closed as well.....they didnt deserve it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 the cultural and tech subforums of the off topic are closed as well.....they didnt deserve ittrue that. but thats the way it is going to be for now. dont get me wrong here, I also miss offtopic and the tech talk. maybe it gives some space for thought though, and some time to spend OFF the internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowball Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 true that. but thats the way it is going to be for now. dont get me wrong here, I also miss offtopic and the tech talk. maybe it gives some space for thought though, and some time to spend OFF the internet? ye i know...i dont really care if the off topic closed...i mean i do, but not that much. am not asking u to reopen it...u had ur reasons to close it... right now am pretty much online 9 to 5 (not getting payed though lol) but not just to be online...its cheaper than the phone if u get what i mean.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniël Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Off topic is closed? When did that happen, I didn't notice We used to have something in the profile of percentage of posts in the most posted in sub-forum. Whatever happened to this? It was interesting. hey that would be cool! I'd like to see how some people post on this forum. and cheer up, At least we still have 1 offtopic thread left: it's called "psynews minicity" it's in general though, i don't know the link with psytrance, it's just a gay game for bored people who spend too muh time on the net. perfect for us. :posford: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 pointing fingers is the solution! You KNEW the server was compromised? How did you know? By the symptoms you were getting? good, Plenty of sites with same SYMPTOMS have not been compromised! However you KNEW, so why did you not TELL US what was wrong, if you KNEW it has been compromised. Ack, now I feel bad that I wasn't more proactive! I thought you guys knew what was up and and were working on it. I've been doing a lot of reading into security matters as Ektoplazm has been under near-constant attack for close to two months now. Have you considered that the recent intrusion might have nothing to do with board politics--that this was a non-targeted attack? Generally speaking, when someone has a grudge and makes the effort to hack a site they usually go after juicy data (the database, for example). Inserting a few lines of code redirecting traffic--that sounds more like an automated process, the actions of a bad robot. The Internet is swarming with them. And here you are using Invision, a popular forum software package. Hmm something to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurbs Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 '' off topic is closed ? '' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixiejanet Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 '' off topic is closed ? '' love the pic... we still have 48 for all off topic stuff:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 New age hippie disco fascism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEMO.BOFH Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 New age hippie disco fascism.im only one of those, and it aint New age hippie disco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurbs Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So, off topic is gonna open again or not ? Cause if not thinking of erasing my account. No off topic no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaySatanicHippie Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I havent been up to things here in a while, so let me re-iterate what i understood so far: Someone hacked the server, so the off-topic was closed for one month because it is believed that the hack was due to forum politics and in this month it is enough time for people to calm down. However, many forums were hacked lately so it isnt entirely sure if that was the case or if the hack was completely random. I hope the latter was the case, it would really suck if someone took their online grudges to such an extreme level. But with some of the psychos around, I wouldnt even be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So, off topic is gonna open again or not ? Cause if not thinking of erasing my account. No off topic no fun.What's the need to delete your account? If it's not fun just don't visit as much, then when off topic does open again you can come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniël Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I havent been up to things here in a while, so let me re-iterate what i understood so far: Someone hacked the server, so the off-topic was closed for one month because it is believed that the hack was due to forum politics and in this month it is enough time for people to calm down. However, many forums were hacked lately so it isnt entirely sure if that was the case or if the hack was completely random. I don't think anybody on this forum is smart enough to hack a website. And if it would be hacked by a member it would be easy to spot him between all the bobo's. Just talk about ICT and computer technics and you know the possible hackers: just one i can think of atm: acido But he didn't do it cause he fixed it....Why would you infect something and then spend a night trying to fix it. that would be stupid. I also think it was a bot that hacked psynews, cause it's a trend lately. The last 2 weeks were really "spammy" on a global scale. It was not an attack to psynews but the forum software we are using. But i guess here there is a little paranoia from previous hack attempts and crazy members. completely understandable. so my conclusion: bot attacks forum, nemo contacts Mars, Mars thinks it's the spammers again, but this time it's spammerbot, still off topic gets closed. We just got our asses pwned by a bot gentlemen.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malevol3nt Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 It's all part of googlebot's takeover of the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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