TWC I think its happened again! -or not?

[hoom]

dudes, check out TWC, EB & RTR forums are blank again

edit: hmm

Greetings TWC,

We are working on SQL and other db things today and apologize for the site going offline a few times. There are also some further security measures being taken to improve and stabilize the forums, so please bear with us. To this end we are also trying to trim down the forum size by moving old and unused threads offline for storage.

Also, apparently one month of the Trivium threads were lost due to SQL errors in the reload. I do believe those can and will be recovered from a back up. We are aware of the loss and are working on restoring that important sub-forum and all its data. Apologies on behalf of the staff and database team for this inconvenience. Any questions you have can be PM'd to me or another staff member or be made here in this thread if they suit the common concerns we might have together.

Thanks,

Smack

I can get into all other sub forums I've tried except EB & RTR.
I don't have an account there but I like to lurk & check the progress

[Antiochus I Soter]

Looks like the SPQR Total War forum is gone now

[eadingas]

Looks like it's TWC: Total War.

[Meneldil]

Heh, I always thought the way TWC was ruled quite silly, and I think I was right.

[Antiochus I Soter]

I though the system was just a bit of harmless fun at first but it seems to be destorying the whole forum its a shame as there are many good mods in development there

[Meneldil]

Yeah, mine as a random example ;-)

[Dux Corvanus]

That's what happens when forum admins start creating thrones, titles, charges and hierarchy trees for themselves: sooner or later they believe all that fantasy stuff, and start acting as nobility factions, doing political manoeuvers and seeking power... it's rather funny.

[jerby]

omg, you cant be serious. those people desparatly need a life

[eadingas]

Well, the attack is more serious right now. More mods gone, and general forum affected too.

[Atheist_Peace]

this sucks, i usually just post on the TWC center forums and now this happens again. And it will cause more internal problems with members giving up their positions of power (or whatever).

[Antiochus I Soter]

omg, you cant be serious. those people desparatly need a life

Each to their own I guess

[jerby]

ok, maybe i was judging to fast. but it sounds weird. its just a forum...

[General_Sun]

That's what happens when forum admins start creating thrones, titles, charges and hierarchy trees for themselves: sooner or later they believe all that fantasy stuff, and start acting as nobility factions, doing political manoeuvers and seeking power... it's rather funny.

What in the world are you talking about? That is totally irrevalent with the recent hacker attacks!

[Simetrical]

Heh, I always thought the way TWC was ruled quite silly, and I think I was right.

As a civitates and Urbanis Legio, I . . . eh, never mind. You're just jealous because I have power over stuff like whether the signature limit should allow for two side-by-side 300-pixel images or not, and you don't.

*hopes Meneldil isn't a civitates, because if he is, Simetrical has just made a fool of himself*

-Simetrical

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

What in the world are you talking about? That is totally irrevalent with the recent hacker attacks!

I think what he meant was that the power structure in TWC left some members who had some power angry that they didn't have more power. They decided to attack the forums for revenge.

I don't know. I only look at TWC because more stuff happens, mod-wise. I like here better.

[hoom]

News for May 30
TWC will be reverting to a backup to restore missing forums hopefully within the next 12 hours. Apologies on behalf of the staff for the rather large inconvenience. We will update the news when we know more.

-Smack

TLM

[Meneldil]

As a civitates and Urbanis Legio, I . . . eh, never mind. You're just jealous because I have power over stuff like whether the signature limit should allow for two side-by-side 300-pixel images or not, and you don't.

*hopes Meneldil isn't a civitates, because if he is, Simetrical has just made a fool of himself*

-Simetrical

Hehe, I really wish I could have power over such useful things.
Well, I must admit it, I'm the hacker. I was trying to promote myself to the civitates rank, but I quite screwed up, and here you go, everything is deleted (except the TSTW subforum for some reasons )

[Lord Tomyris Reloaded]

Personally, I love the intrigue of the TWC forums. I thrive on drama.

[Simetrical]

Plus, civitates get mad big PM boxes. 200 each. ULs get 300. Even basic users get 100—what's wrong with the Guild?

Anyway, looks like TWC is switching over to vB. I've heard that's more secure, so perhaps that will foil the attacks.

-Simetrical

[Dux Corvanus]

What in the world are you talking about? That is totally irrevalent with the recent hacker attacks!

You didn't see many -now deleted- threads yesterday... TWC mod and admin staff were at war. Mutual accusations, old dissensions, dictatorship, rebellion, factions, resignations... Looked like TWC was about to disiintegrate in civil war. And recent attacks have not helped.

[Ab Urbe Condita]

You didn't see many -now deleted- threads yesterday... TWC mod and admin staff were at war. Mutual accusations, old dissensions, dictatorship, rebellion, factions, resignations... Looked like TWC was about to disiintegrate in civil war. And recent attacks have not helped.

Damn! I wan't home yesterday except for like half an hour. What happened?

[Sundjata Keita]

I think they already hit civil war, already some of the civitates are starting a party designed to restore former glory and overthrow power. I know they like history but this is taking it to the extremes.

[Acutulus]

It's not as bad as all that. Siblesz left for the month and power was handed to .Spartan, who did a royal job of screwing things up as far as insulting some older members he shouldn't have insulted goes. It was all in an effort to keep things under control. Some people made a fuss of it, but the majority are keeping a cool head and waiting for Siblesz's return for some order to be restored.

[Legionario]

Hacker attack my a**... it's plain clear that is an internal faction war to get rid of some old_guard staffers and gain control of the Forums by the new band of people who is now in charge of things, simple like that;
that TWC conduct was leading this way was very clear from months....it's been made from internal,the hacker thing is just a fable...
"Martial law"..and all those silliness makes really laugh....someone's ego is probably too big that to see it's name on top of things is worth everything....same old story,from a thousand years so far....
Sometimes people never grow up.... mismatch reality with fantasy....
"Patronicums"..Patricians..Civitates.... great stuff....

[Lord Tomyris Reloaded]

Edit: Link Censored

[Legionario]

Well Tomyris,I was in no way into the "clan" at all,but I came to the very same conclusions all by myself
It was not very hard to see the plan after all
lately people with less than 200 posts have become "promoted" in rank, by the magnificient sponsors...oopsss..Patronums.... without any apparent reason why....
Behind the "democracy" of TWC lied a very close oligarchy, that's it...
either you were a "kiss my ass..." or you were out of heaven...

[.Spartan]

Lord Tomyris - It’s a very cute work of fiction. It should go a long way in fanning the flames of division. But then again you may be doing my secret bidding by doing stuff like that - muhahahaahaha!!!

-Spartan

[deathdoom]

This is deathdoom56 from TWC.

Please keep in mind that we are trying to keep our forum as close to a secret as we can. As entertaining as Tomyris' post is, there are some that may use the link to gain access to our forums.

Since we want to keep our forums filled with the "cream of the crop" if you will (hopefully), we do not want anything that may cause a surge of new members

Please remove the link immediatly.

Thank you for your time

[KingOfTheIsles]

Why don't you join, Spartan. I'm sure some of the ex-staff would be very pleased to see you again, and I'm sure you're big enough to answer the criticism.

[Jebus]

DRAMAH!


*cue 'Neighbours' tune*