*breaks out pizza, cheez puffs, steaks & sides, cookies, ice cream, and an open bar - invites overwrought workers*

Bravo, and thank you to all Insim admins/mods and Pescado.  I'm impressed.  Anyone can say what they like about PMBD but I tell you what I saw:  people working towards a common goal without serving their own interests or trying to appear the hero.  None of you asked for anything in return for this, and I saw NONE of these contributers trying to capitalize on Insim's failure by attempting to puff themselves up on other forums.

Yeah, I read ALL the threads, lol.

Kudos, props and extra rum! (I'm a vodka guy myself if anyone prefers that....)

Tempers may have flared a little, that's understandable.  I hope that little bit of drama doesn't drag out, because everyone involved in the headaches and behind-the-scenes scrambling really has done something totally selfness for this community.  That's pretty fucking rare.

Peace & Stuffs!

respectfully...admins...lock the whole board, do what you need to do in peace, get the job done as needed...then reopen the board...

*is patient*

drborken......


*insert marriage proposal*

I agree, and these are all the reasons he's just set himself up for more fail, backup or no.  I just tend to think he's gonna give this a shot merely based on "the numbers." IF he hasn't given up yet.  IF he didn't bork tables screwing around in the ACP.  

Forum Permissions for vB are a pain in the ass, but also fantastic because they're so specific for each usergroup.  Not that bad once you work it all out, but super easy to screw up if you have no clue what you're looking at.  I just imagine him in the ACP like..."hmmm if I do *THIS* I wonder what would happen....."

Aside from the speculation...my guess is that he did damage some tables screwing around.  Tables can be repaired, maybe he's got that happening, along with the new server he said would be up in 3 days or something like that.

Who knows til the sites up and running?

There are plenty of Walt's out there, he's not unique. 

*just adding my op/ed to the speculation pot*

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Even if he does have a backup, it's not that big a deal, unless I'm missing something.  Seeing him bumble through dealing with irate creators yanking their creations off the site would be priceless.  Then again, considering he only made what...12?....posts before he went MIA again, he doesn't seem capable of being a hands-on Admin.  Sims forums die without an active Admin. 

So if insim miraculously reopens, intact....just give him enough rope and watch him hang himself.

Maybe he found a buyer who, like him, doesn't research before they invest, lol.

Or...some Simmer with money to burn...lol (crazier things have happened!)

Gah, all speculation. Considering the sites been almost completely down for the past 24 hours, he either borked it into oblivion, or it's offline until the new server setup.... then we shall see.

I think he's hoping a few hundred protestors aren't going to make a significant dent in his plans, considering there are a few hundred thousand members (even though most of those aren't active).

Has it occurred to anyone he may have already sold it to someone else?  There could have been a taker, you never know.

It wouldn't be surprising at all if he had done backup immediately upon purchase.  It also wouldn't be surprising if K/E provided the most recent backup to him.

Worst case scenario, if he does a full restore, each creator who doesn't want to be there anymore just goes in and calmly deletes all their threads, leaving clear messages for any members still there (or new ones who join) with a link to the new site.  He certainly can't ban every single creator and prevent that from happening.  Well he could but it would only make him look worse (if that's possible!).

This could work out very well btw...great way to spam his forum after the fact with links to the new site  So, I don't have any concerns about him having a backup.  If he doesn't respect creators wishes when they ask to leave or ask for there creations to be removed, his name will be even more mud than it is now.

And yeah, the big IF....if he was screwing around with the DB without a backup, he could be SOL unless he finds someone to repair whatever tables he borked.  IF the domain is just down for a server transfer and it comes back up, everyone can just deal with it then.

Millie, in a nutshell....

K/E to Walt: You wants to buy our profitable website?

Walt: Profitable? Sure.

(sound of money)

(sounds of K/E heading for the hills)

Walt: Hi! I own you. Now you pay me, then pay me more.

Us: WTF???

Walt: Get over it.

Pes: Pffffft.

(sounds of data being copied)

Walt: Now you have to buy me out.

(sound of mass deletion of threads and downloads)

Us: Neener.

Walt:  I have a server team!  *disappears again*

Us:  *macro macro macro*

Pes: ISA cloned, IS clone in progress!

Us: w00t!

Walt: (nothing cause he is still MIA)

(sounds of rum guzzling)

And that's about it, as of now.

I feel your pain, that's gotta be so frustrating....I suggested disabling the board so that visitors wouldn't be overwhelming resources while you worked...

I seriously wish I could help somehow, you guys are working your arses off!

Um....hi! *virgin poster*

InSim Admins...do you have full admin control panel access?  Why not disable the board while you work?

You can also do a mass deletion of each forum in the admin panel Forum Manager instead of going through the front door and working on each thread.

Sorry if this is what you're doing...it would just be far easier that way if someone has ACP access.

Rock on