Blitzbasic.com Website Down?

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  1. JGOware

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    The site has been doing weird things lately. Now I'm getting nothing but a server message. Anyone have any info what's going on?
     
    #1 JGOware, Feb 27, 2009
  2. Sybixsus

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    Yes, the server was hacked. Mark said so himself on the Max3D discussion group.
     
    #2 Sybixsus, Feb 27, 2009
  3. JGOware

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    !@#% jeesh...that sucks.
     
    #3 JGOware, Feb 27, 2009
  4. Game Producer

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    Oh crap. This sucks...

    Looks like it's still down (at least the community part). Hopefully they get things recovered.
     
    #4 Game Producer, Feb 27, 2009
  5. Chroma

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    Dang...

    And MonkeyCoder.co.nz is down too. All 3 sites are. WTH...
     
    #5 Chroma, Jun 21, 2011
  6. Desktop Gaming

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    That's odd - BlitzResearch (whoever that really is) on Twitter said it was due to a hard drive failure. HERE.
     
    #6 Desktop Gaming, Jun 21, 2011
  7. Indiepath

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    Man, I hope he did some backups this time!!
     
    #7 Indiepath, Jun 21, 2011
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    It would be nice to see a link to this. If the sites have been hacked then people might want to do some house-cleaning of passwords and the like.

    Edit: Doh... I didn't see that this was a zombie'd thread. At least that means there's no reason to assume any hacking.

    Considering that the sites went down early in the morning NZ time (I was posting a forum reply at the time) and the Twitter notification didn't come until the UK morning time, I think the Twitter accounts are run by the guy in the UK (Simon?) -- I also believe that he deals with the web stuff in general.
     
    #8 mwtb, Jun 22, 2011
  9. therevillsgames

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    BTW Sybixsus post was posted on the 27th of February 2009 - regarding a previous downtime. ;)
     
    #9 therevillsgames, Jun 22, 2011
  10. Grey Alien

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    I'm missing it. Gotta game to post in the showcase! Hope they can fix it soon and it's not too serious. Been a lot of hacking going on recently.
     
    #10 Grey Alien, Jun 22, 2011
  11. Desktop Gaming

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    Me too, almost! Mine made it to beta late last night! :D
     
    #11 Desktop Gaming, Jun 22, 2011
  12. therevillsgames

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    Don't worry Dave... I'll put it back in Alpha in no time :p
     
    #12 therevillsgames, Jun 22, 2011
  13. Grey Alien

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    I'll smack it back down to prototype ;-p
     
    #13 Grey Alien, Jun 22, 2011
  14. Desktop Gaming

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    I hate you all.
     
    #14 Desktop Gaming, Jun 22, 2011
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    they do it for the lulz. UMAD fellow devs?
     
    #15 loki, Jun 22, 2011
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    #16 therevillsgames, Jun 23, 2011
  17. Grey Alien

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    Just think Desktop Gaming, soon you can double the length of your ...



    signature.
     
    #17 Grey Alien, Jun 23, 2011
  18. Desktop Gaming

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    Aye, when therevillsgames stops breaking it. :D
     
    #18 Desktop Gaming, Jun 23, 2011
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