.com down?

**Puzz3D** · 01-09-2007, 13:38

Originally Posted by ElmarkOFear

I am getting an ez-board error message saying the page cannot be found.

No great loss.

**caravel** · 01-09-2007, 14:45

I expect it will be back.

"A bad penny always turns up."

It would be a big loss if CA had closed it for good, because all of their resident trolls and spammers will be moving to here and TW Center. Think about it like that.

**7Bear7Bottom** · 01-09-2007, 15:04

I have been noticing a wave of negativity flowing through their forums ever since the release. Even some quite innocent post about reasonable questions about the game are getting topic closed.

Though I understand people's frustration, and telling them they have no right to complain just exacerbate the situation when they have laid 50 plus dollars on a game.

It will be interesting to see if they don't wipe the forum clean and start a new controlled forum.

I think they will be back, but they are up to something because it isn't an Ez-Board type error for maintenance.

**pike master** · 01-09-2007, 15:11

maybe they are planning a nuclear strike.

but id really hate to say it but maybe they outa shut the sega server down to for a day so they can fix some issues on it. i would be frustrated for it being shut down but there are some major problems they need to fix with the server.

**caravel** · 01-09-2007, 15:28

Originally Posted by 7Bear7Bottom

I have been noticing a wave of negativity flowing through their forums ever since the release. Even some quite innocent post about reasonable questions about the game are getting topic closed.

Some of the mods and admins over there are, shall we say, a bit heavy handed. The attitude is kind of "stay, don't complain, don't question the policy or get out".

Originally Posted by 7Bear7Bottom

Though I understand people's frustration, and telling them they have no right to complain just exacerbate the situation when they have laid 50 plus dollars on a game.

The problem is, that it's not CA doing this, well for the most part it's the non CA forum staff, and one CA representitive in particular, that perpetuate the hostility and negativity. Their whole attitude is kind of like, you're one of the 10 years and above target consumerbase, and you're very lucky to be a member at all. And if you don't stop criticising the game, you'll land yourself a "three day ban" " young man".

Originally Posted by 7Bear7Bottom

It will be interesting to see if they don't wipe the forum clean and start a new controlled forum.

Doubt it. It's probably been taken offline for a while. Who knows though. If they are moving to another forums software it's going to take ages for them to be up and running again. All of the restrictions and security fixes will take ages.

Originally Posted by 7Bear7Bottom

I think they will be back, but they are up to something because it isn't an Ez-Board type error for maintenance.

Who knows and who cares. As I've said, so long as their "waste" don't make it in here we'll be ok.

**glances across no mans land, goes back to polishing .50 cal machine gun**

**Lusted** · 01-09-2007, 16:33

As CA liasion at twcenter, i got this email today.

Hi,

Our Forums are temporarily offline at the moment, but please be assured that we are doing our best to get them back online as soon as possible! We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank everyone for their patience as we work to resolve this matter.

Best regards,

Mark O'Connell
www.TotalWar.com

So its just a problem with the forum, nothing more.

**Monarch** · 01-09-2007, 17:45

Originally Posted by Lusted

So its just a problem with the forum, nothing more.

Is it that ezboard has fallen of the face of with earth with no trace?

Just a dream I had.... :

**caravel** · 01-09-2007, 18:05

Yes they really do need to find an alternative to ezboard over there, but I doubt they ever will. The official line is something along the lines of: "ezboard is the best solution at present for managing a board of this size blah blah blah... thread closed". If they sacked everyone and made Elmo the "Supreme Overlord of the Board and Grand Vizier of the Sublime Thonged Ones". I might even go back.

**Yun Dog** · 01-10-2007, 03:49

Originally Posted by Caravel

**glances across no mans land, goes back to polishing .50 cal machine gun**

**Hears Yuns ghostly voice inside his head "Hold until relieved"**

**ElmarkOFear** · 01-10-2007, 04:02

I think the chances I ever go back to mod/admin are slim given the fact I called Ritchie an SOB (or was it a Bastard?) in an email to him and Eradosan, when I resigned from there. hehe It was due to a severe lack of judgement they both made when they decided to cause problems at the old .net MP forums, which led to my ultimately deciding to resign.

The new Mod-Squad crew isn't bad. Some are still finding their modding style, so they may be overly heavy-handed at times, but some of it is also due to CA commanding such things. Unless you have mod/admin'd there, it is very hard to understand the atmosphere. Obake and myself always kept a lid on trouble, but were the first ones to apologize when we made a mistake in judgement. TheShogun could never force his ego to do that, even to this day.

Plus, I might have to shave my buttocks to fit into my old thong. I put on a bit o' weight being on the midnight shift at work for so long. :)

Puzz3D: hehe You were never much fond of the .com, but it wasn't really a bad place, just chaotic and unruly at certain times, though I never went there solely to discuss TW as much as socializing with the community.