Eight days AND added nothing of use to the thread.  It's still bad.

"Ameliiya" is just a big flashing sign that says, "I'm a pretentious prick!"  We must do the proper thing and point and laugh at her.

Necromancy is bad, mmkay?

I like custom fridges but their coding has been borkinated so often it's like, "aldjakldi what's the point?!"  Being able to save meals for later currently trumps custom goodness.

She can call us names all she likes.  It just further proves she has nothing valid and relevant to say.

This is Nathan from UniversalSims.

I'm glad this topic turned from an attack to an intelligent discussion, but there are a lot of questions I need to answer, so bare with me, and if I don't answer some, just ask and I will do my best to answer whatever you want to know.

UniversalSims is hosted by LayeredTech, and managed by Delphy. I pay Delphy directly, the screenshot of the bill was sent directly from him, I don't have access to the billing section of LayeredTech.

UniversalSims has not been shutdown because it is connected to Delphy's LayeredTech account, so as far as LayeredTech was concerned it was just a littler extra bandwidth from say MTS2. As someone pointed out, LayeredTech doesn't shut your down for going over, they just bill you. I was not aware of this, I assumed there was a block of some sort. When Delphy found out about what happenned he did take the site down for a few days to investigate.

Every email sent out, was sent to registered members of UniversalSims. The site has been around for 2 years, so a lot of people may not remember registering. We have over 55,000 registered members, you can verify this by looking at the registered members on our forum, as it's all connected.

I don't know why we were attacked over other sites, may had been deliberate, or may had been random. The site isn't as small as some people said.

Some people are saying they've never heard of the site, but you can check the domain stats, search Google, look at my posts. I've been posting updates here since pretty much the beginning.

UniversalSims is hardly a paysite. 98% of files are free downloads, I do make enough in donations to pay for my regular monthly hosting (sometimes I do pay for it out of my own pocket though). I've kept the site up this long because there are so many free downloads for new and old players alike. I have been creating new content for the site (a more fashionable line)...my first creations for the line were lost last year when my computer crashed so I have been recreating things since. I've been putting off updating right now because I didn't want to risk a bandwidth spike again, at least until were confident something like this wouldn't happen again.

Again, if you have any questions, just ask.

Nathan

and then this one...

tessieroo, I think I emailed you the same reply:

No it's not the communities problem, and I am not blaming them! I am not holding any of you responsible for anything (where did you get that idea?). I asked for help because I have been offering a free service to the community for 2 years, and hoped that some would be willing to offer something in this time of need. I don't make a profit off the site, it's been kept up this long as my gift to the community. I've only emailed members of my site asking for help, not random people from the TS2 community.

Yes, I have an internet connection, I don't see your point.

TammyK

I think I answered all your questions in my post, as well as others who have the facts of the situation.

Sim Realty

I pay Delphy the same amount each month via PayPal. I've never gone over my limit before. Since this bill was an unusual amount I requested a copy of the invoice.

SimGoddessByline

Thanks. Delphy manages my server but is not the host. That would be LayeredTech.

I am going by Delphy's word. I've know him for years, and trust him completely. I would imagine MTS2 monthly bill is much more, there would be no reason to pass their bill on to me. He has shown me the stats, it's a very unusual situation.

As for a laywer, I think it would cost more to hire one, we don't even know who the person is that's reponsible for the attack. Like Delphy said it was a very clever one. It looks like they are free from any liabilities, after looking at their TOS. I personally think they should had shutdown my site as soon as they saw something suspicious but since it was on the same account as Delphy's high traffic sites, they didn't notice anything odd. Delphy didn't get the bill until early March.

Sim Realty

I could move my site and not pay the bill. That would leave Delphy with a hefty bill, and I wouldn't feel right for it.

Echo of the Night

Perhaps your old email is forwarding it? You can see if your new email has an account at the site by logging in. It was sent via the site only to registered members, nobody else.

I smell BULLSHIT!  ^^;

"Elmolovescyclops", go find a hole to crawl up in and stay there.  No one wants your rehashed creations.  The community doesn't want your stuff and certainly doesn't *need* it!

If past behavior is evidence of future behavior then we won't get an explanation out of him that is satisfactory on any level.  If and when this happens again I won't be surprised.

Edited to add:  Remember the big Sapphire Sims snafu?  http://phorum.mustnotbenamed.com/viewtopic.php?t=301&highlight=sapphire+sims

HideTheRum, you're not thinking of the one inalienable truth.  People are stupid.

MtS2 used to have a bar that filled up as they reached the target amount for a year's worth of hosting and then donations would be closed after it was reached but that's gone now.  

We don't know how much money is being given to Delphy and what it is being used for.  What I do know is that when Delphy does try to take a break the site crashes and stays that way until he returns.  He does put a lot of work and time into the site.  

However, that does not mean he's worthy of being given money to without question to where it's going.  I'd rather directly pay the host than give him money and so as a result I will not donate to MtS2 or any site anymore.

After wading through the threads, I've come to a conclusion.  Delphy realized that Universal Sims was a dormant site (up to this point it hadn't been updated for a year) that had pretty much zero visitors and that he could use it for some of the MtS2 server load.  He is the admin for the UniversalSims server.  He certainly has the access and means to do it.  On top of it all he could make someone else pay for it!  It's really a perfect plan.

At this time it's unknown how they got all those email addresses but it isn't a stretch to think that they were acquired from the sites he has admin status over.

Well I haven't read through it all yet but here is the "evidence" that Delphy has given them.

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/070328045327-LT_Switch_Details_UniversalSims.jpg
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/070328045528-Bandwidth%20Accounting%20March%201st%202007.txt

Out of curiosity I checked my email addresses for this spam and I have not received it (yet) and then I checked N99.  They seem to feel the same.  http://p218.ezboard.com/fstarlightsimsfrm51.showMessage?topicID=14601.topic

today's fiasco?  do tell.

Given her very public sharing of a picture just in her bra on s2c, it wouldn't be a stretch to think she has more.  I'm confused as to why someone would find those and choose to blackmail her over them.  Her stuff was mediocre at best.