Pescado, at times during this operation, have you felt ever so slightly like Canute? 

This is complete carnage!   It's not something I am particularly affected by player-wise as the only files I ever downloaded from there were by Squinge, and we know he already has everything safe.   I am not even affected emotionally as I always found the forums a complete turnoff, other than where there was some fight going on, but even they got frustrating as usually someone closed the threads just as it was getting good. 

Eric was the only site owner I have ever known to give out an address where kids too young to have paypal accounts could send their money orders and cash.  To take children's money knowing they didn't need it to keep the site going was very low.

Actually to accept children's money at all under any circumstances was quite low.

Maybe it should not be named insimenator anything, because it was named after Eric's hack.  If we're annoyed with Eric and Kathy, does the new site want to be named as if it is all about one of the very few things he made?   I vote for one of the walt-centred names such as waltless.com

Well have one of the admins helped out by making a complete database backup?

Well I already had done before I understood the plan, and they're still replying.  Oh well...

I only have 5 PMs and if I am meant to be offering refugees web space and finding out what Squinge is doing, I could easily get more than that while I am asleep.  And I can't keep a copy of my outgoing PMs to remind myself what I said in the first place, as that would eat into the allowance even more.

Pescado you horrible old man please can you give us all at least 10 PM slots?

So I can have more if I get constipation?

I have just posted in the relevant thread at Simbology to hold back on the slurping.  Also SublimeSimming has a thread.  Sims2Community does too.  The latter two have no guidance about downloading or buttonmashing.

ETA Who are the powers that be round here?  I implore you PLEASE can I have more PM allowance?  I am missing important communications as my box keeps filling up

Ok, but also ask if he minds his stuff being offered on his behalf *in general* after having been swiped.  He may not have time to deal with it himself right now

Well he ought to know what's going on, yes if you can, IMHO.  He's probably better off with AH's offer, assumung AH uses a forum upload system.  He may not want to make html pages.

That's what Sim Oasis http://forums.sim-oasis.com/index.php is for.  Or if Pescado makes a copy he has already said he will let it continue under its current staff and rules, so 12s can still play.

I didn't notice it!  Pescado must have edited it.

In my case I am objecting on a technicality.  The income from advertising currently exceeds the expenses.  If he accepts one single penny of a donation he is selling the forum content for profit.  He is not allowed to do that without the express agreement of the contributors - and that includes the poeple who post to the forums as that is partly what people were donating in respect of.

The people I am *angry* with are K&E.  Walt seems to be upfront in comparison!

No, I emailed him on the suggestion of Chaavik as I was offering him hosting, but also AncientHighway has extended an invite to him, so he does have options.  However, more than 24hrs later I have not had a response.   I think he tends to come and go.  I wonder how he would feel if someone simply did the hard work of moving his stuff for him, and gave him control over them as and when he re-emerges?