We have a new host!

blade · Post by **blade** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 9:55 pm

*edited 6/7

I'm sure many of you were always so thrilled with all the forum down times. You have deals in the works and then the forum is down. You need tech help, and the forum is down.

While server problems can of course happen to the best, the hosting we had was clearly not as dependable as we would have liked. They did as well as they could and are some nice people. I'd like to thank them for getting us this far and for all the help they did provide.

*Now we have a new host. They are the <a href="http://www.worldogl.com/main.php">Online Gaming League</a>, or OGL for short.

Many many thanks to Nash aka MoFo on the forums for helping with this. He works at <a href="http://www.quakecon.org/">QuakeCon</a> and recommended us to OGL and to Brian aka tapper, who owns OGL and is top man at Quakecon. With the recommendation from Nash, Brian ok'd hosting for us. Bandwidth is provided by <a href="http://www.speakeasy.net/">SpeakEasy</a>

Thank you VERY much guys! <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/ ... /smile.gif"> <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif">

Ok, so we get the new hosting approved. Now we need help getting it all going and the forum database imported. I have zero clue how to do most of that and thought it may take a few weeks at least to do it all.

Well, here comes anthrax to the rescue. The same day OGL approves us for hosting, he emails me wanting to get started on the move. I expected problems. Nash tells me thrax is "the master", and well, he is RIGHT! anthrax is the Chief Information Officer.

In no time he imports everything over and even the forum database! Is he human, or from another planet?

Once moved over more problems on my side turned up and thrax and MoFo helped me get over them with relative ease. Things like setting up our ftp (don't ask about my stupido mistake) and other things.

We ARE on a more dependable host and one that has similar likes. Hey, we all love Quake. <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/ ... ingrin.gif">

Thanks again goes out to OGL, SpeakEasy, QuakeCon, Nash, anthrax and tapper. <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/ ... /smile.gif"> <img src="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif">

Snelski · Post by **Snelski** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 11:18 pm

Excellent work - thanks for the news blademeister!!

Post by **sbp** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:46 am

Great work guys. :up

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:13 am

Yes thanks guys! #@ :up

Insane Morphius · Post by **Insane Morphius** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:39 pm

Super work fellas,

Thanks a bunch!

Snelski · Post by **Snelski** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:32 pm

I have to say that for me the forum loads way faster - I've had DSL for a long time now, but it's never loaded this quick for me. In the past it loaded quite a bit slower than some *other* forums and now this is as quick or even quicker.

Thanks again blade and all the others for the great job of keeping our forums alive!!!!!!!

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 7:29 pm

My thanks to all that were involved, you guys are the best!

LoneWolfX1X · Post by **LoneWolfX1X** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 1:06 am

wow I didnt even know OGL did hosting

Good to hear though...I may not be the most active poster but I'm still here

Gand1 · Post by **Gand1** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 10:34 am

It's alive!!! How awsome is that! A big hug and thank you to Blade and everyone that has helped keep this place alive and what it is!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
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