Yes, the server is *really* fucked up
 

I really don't want to talk about it. We're planning on reinstalling everything over the weekend, and hopefuly we'll be able to limp along untill then with no further problems. Yes, a weeks worth of posts are missing, no I can't do anything about it. Now, for sleep... sleeeeeeeep

Well, good job on getting the board up. Hopefully everything will get resolved.

Ehh everything will work out and it will work eventually if people start complaing just ignore emm cause they are gay

Well, on the bright side maybe this will shut up all the people that seem to think you do nothing for the boards.

There's a week's worth of posts missing? It all looks fairly new to me.

Missed here.

I feel for you WW

Sucks to have something fuck up... Damn

Thanks for getting the board up ww.

I'm down from 100 percent and lost 600 posts though :cry:. There goes my goal of 7k in a year. Oh well.

Note to self: buy more RAM. Trying to open a 460 mb .sql file in wordpad with 256 mb ram = bad idea.

gj for getting board up

Note to chruser: Save backups more often -.-

Thanks for getting things back up, WW and Chruser. You guys own.

How the fuck will that keep the database size down?

Good job, WW :)

The important thing is, you got it back up.

It won't keep the database size down, but it will prevent the loss of a week's worth of posts.

Meh. Do tell us what happened, when/if you get the chance, if you wouldn't mind.

Whoa. Randuin lost over a thousand. haha.

From what I understand, the server went apeshit and damaged the database. Chruser then had to upload the 460 mb database from his computer to the zelaron server, an get it back up.

I was trying to open a 345mb sql file in notepad once and my computer just shut off.

This is a great tool, http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=62149 Hope things get back to normal. Good job WW, and Chruser.

Thank you guys so much for getting the server up. We are all grateful, and please continue in making/repairing this great site.

All that matters is the site is back up.

You know, this worked out a lot better than I expected. The last time(s?) we had a rollback, all I remember is people bitching and whining about losing posts. There's one thread right now, but it seems light-hearted at least.

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate WW putting the work into getting Zelaron back up. It doesn't matter that we lost posts. The only real losses are the conversations that we probably won't continue now and the time that we could have spent discussing things (spamming *sigh*) when it was down.

Personal thanks and props to WW for his work and dedication.

Good job getting it back up, because if it were me, I wouldn't know what the hell to do.

If it were me I would just say fuck it and leave it to die...Thus I'm glad you ppl are not like me and thank you for bringing it back up :D

I like how you gave us updates on the status when Zelaron was down. You must have been really busy getting her back up and its cool that you found the time to let us users know what was going on. Thumbs up. May your weekend repairs go as well as planned. :)

Thanks. About the auto-backup features, they only store the database dumps to the server daily, and when backups are really needed, chances are they have been compromised as well.

Oh, and go idle in IRC if you like.

irc.asylumnet.org
#zelaron

Or, you can use the java client at:

http://www.asylumnet.org/webchat.html

Just be remember to switch channels to #zelaron once you're in.

hey im glad too that the boards are back online... but i had almost 300 posts and i spend hours on this forum to gain them... i know few hundred posts isnt much but for me it is cuz i have waaaaaaaaaay too few now so i wont get anything from the diablo II give-aways and ppl will flame me cuz im 'new'... can it be fixed ? =.=

btw: my big shoulder to Sovereign (and ofc all the other active members) to cry on ;) (well yeh, u lost 600+ post didnt u ??? i know how u feel ;))

Actually, I don't think anyone actually lost 600 posts. You see, whenever postcount is retallied, I have to run a query to add the count from past pruned posts back into the postcount. If I forget, or if someone else retallies them, all the old members' postcounts drop, and they complain.

I wonder why I even bother to save those post counts. They're all from the shitpile, so it could be argued that they were undeserved.

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

IRC is forums in the past

Way to go guys, I would have been lost.

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

thanks for gettin it up :D i was gettin bored -_-

No kidding; good job.

I hope the repairations go well for both of you, Chruser and WetWired. You've done so much, despite the chaos sparked from this. (Forum being down)

I don't even see what the big deal of post counts are, since the invention of the 'Activity' bar.

If you don't care about postcount you can always join the no postcount group like I did.