Refuge for displaced HWC'ers.... club?

n-ster · May 28, 2012

W1zz would be even better if he were Canadian :rolleyes:

stoanee · May 29, 2012

Well our home page is up again....now if it will stay...... :cool:

Fudd Rucker · May 29, 2012

Hello all, another HWC refugee. Like CM ive been missing my daily HWC fix, and ive always checked out the main page here for the reviews and news articles. Decided I would check out the forum a bit myself.

Kreij · May 29, 2012

Welcome to TPU, Fudd. :toast:

Enjoy your stay !

chriskwarren · May 30, 2012

Hey CM..hows the weather today in mtl?

n-ster · May 30, 2012

disgusting, it was pouring like crazy and some pretty big thunders too

CMetaphor · May 30, 2012

Fudd Rucker said:
Hello all, another HWC refugee. Like CM ive been missing my daily HWC fix, and ive always checked out the main page here for the reviews and news articles. Decided I would check out the forum a bit myself.

Welcome welcome! Please wipe your feet as you enter, this is quite a nice (and extremely active) forum.

chriskwarren said:
Hey CM..hows the weather today in mtl?

n-ster said:
disgusting, it was pouring like crazy and some pretty big thunders too

What n-ster said. Worst part is that was 30 degC or so and crazily humid, so all around wet and sticky for everyone... horrible.

In other news, the forum is still inaccessible - this is taking far too long in my opinion, and with each day (or should i say week?) that passes, im getting more and more concerned that our PMs were compromised or something else beyond the official story happened. Only time will tell...

stoanee · May 30, 2012

CMetaphor said:
In other news, the forum is still inaccessible - this is taking far too long in my opinion, and with each day (or should i say week?) that passes, im getting more and more concerned that our PMs were compromised or something else beyond the official story happened. Only time will tell...

Does not look good, I have emailed the HWC contact info, no reply yet. I hope the site will come back some day.

W1zzard · May 30, 2012

stoanee said:
Does not look good, I have emailed the HWC contact info, no reply yet. I hope the site will come back some day.

any ideas why it's taking so long? there's not that much data to check after a breakin.

or just reinstall and import the databases with content and re-generate the security relevant ones

cadaveca · May 30, 2012

Wow, no reviews, or anything live. :eek:

CMetaphor · May 30, 2012

W1zzard said:
any ideas why it's taking so long? there's not that much data to check after a breakin.

or just reinstall and import the databases with content and re-generate the security relevant ones

No idea whatsoever W1z. The delay is ridiculous and unexplained, and I find it a unprofessional in how it's taking. Without traffic the site will die, and there is certainly next to no traffic now for the past few weeks.

Guess I might be taking up permanent residence here.... you guys have a 4P guy? If not, im calling "Quadfather" here

pretty sure it was a TPU article I read all those years ago that ticked me off to the point of making an affordable 4p server. Hehe.

Tatty_Two · May 30, 2012

CMetaphor said:
No idea whatsoever W1z. The delay is ridiculous and unexplained, and I find it a unprofessional in how it's taking. Without traffic the site will die, and there is certainly next to no traffic now for the past few weeks.

Guess I might be taking up permanent residence here.... you guys have a 4P guy? If not, im calling "Quadfather" here pretty sure it was a TPU article I read all those years ago that ticked me off to the point of making an affordable 4p server. Hehe.

If your stayin..... we need cookies and beer monthly

CMetaphor · May 30, 2012

Tatty_One said:
If your stayin..... we need cookies and beer monthly

Whats this Taxation? haha.... I'd keep the beer for myself anyways, so maybe you can have some cookies or something...

Sinzia · May 30, 2012

Damn, I always liked the video reviews for cases HWC did, this is disturbing.

CMetaphor · May 30, 2012

Sinzia said:
Damn, I always liked the video reviews for cases HWC did, this is disturbing.

To be perfectly honest I wasn't a huge fan - most everything in the video reviews seem to be put in too good a light or the reviewer can't bring himself to say something truly negative about the products he's reviewing. Also... New-clee-aarrrrr Wessels!

Sinzia · May 30, 2012

CMetaphor said:
To be perfectly honest I wasn't a huge fan - most everything in the video reviews seem to be put in too good a light or the reviewer can't bring himself to say something truly negative about the products he's reviewing. Also... New-clee-aarrrrr Wessels!

True, but they did show off the case itself well. Video-production wise they were excellent.

Arinoth · May 30, 2012

Hey guys, just popping in here to let you guys know that the site is being worked on. Sadly I can't say more (don't know a lot more then you folks). It should be alive and kicking soon, but actual ETA is out of my hands.

CMetaphor · May 30, 2012

Arinoth said:
Hey guys, just popping in here to let you guys know that the site is being worked on. Sadly I can't say more (don't know a lot more then you folks). It should be alive and kicking soon, but actual ETA is out of my hands.

And there is the problem. No one knows and it's been weeks. Awful.

bogmali · May 31, 2012

CMetaphor said:
You guys have a 4P guy?

I used to play with them when I had mine, PM F150 Raptor I believe he still plays with them.

FreedomEclipse · May 31, 2012

CMetaphor said:
And there is the problem. No one knows and it's been weeks. Awful.

Awful??

Hey man, you have been granted refuge at one of the best tech sites on the interwebs! I wouldnt call it awful. Id call it fate now you can form part our collective here! now prepare to be assimilated!!

bogmali · May 31, 2012

FreedomEclipse said:
Awful??

Hey man, you have been granted refuge at one of the best tech sites on the interwebs! I wouldnt call it awful. Id call it fate now you can form part our collective here! now prepare to be assimilated!!

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070629192357/zh.uncyclopedia/images/f/f4/Bush_borg.jpg

Calm down Mate :laugh:

I believe he was referring to the uncertainties at HWC

Fudd Rucker · May 31, 2012

But I dont wanna be assimilated (said in a whiny seinfeld voice like in the puffy shirt episode)

FreedomEclipse · May 31, 2012

Fudd Rucker said:
But I dont wanna be assimilated (said in a whiny seinfeld voice like in the puffy shirt episode)

Its your call of doodie son!

odis · May 31, 2012

At first I found how long it was taking to get this fixed disappointing, but this is getting ridiculous. Its obvious that the site has grown significantly over the past few years, but the backup/recovery procedures have not kept up. At this point in time, it would probably be worth it to stop having a "guy that's good with computers" screwing around trying to get the site up, and hire an expert to get this done. I suspect the hit to the site in the form of loss of advertising revenue, and members settling in on other forums, are mounting; not to mention the site's reputation.

Thanks TPU for the warm welcome, I've been a longtime lurker

FreedomEclipse · May 31, 2012

odis said:
"guy that's good with computers" screwing around trying to get the site up, and hire an expert to get this done

the way i look at this is as if they have the engineer from TF2 clubbing away at the server with his spanner.

and welcome to the forum! :toast:

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