Welcome back! Outage information here.

[Piratecat]

And we're back!

Around noon yesterday our server suffered a malfunctioning motherboard. We went down like a poleaxed steer as a result. Unfortunately, that happened on a Sunday... so it wasn't until this morning that Cyberstreet could diagnose the problem and swap in a replacement. $100 of equipment later (along with a lot of time spent repairing the databased that crashed when the motherboard went), we're up and running as normal. Our apologies for the outage, although there isn't much that could have been done differently.

Hey, buy a Community Supporter membership for a friend, and we'll name the new motherboard after you.

Many thanks to Adlon of mortality.net for helping diagnose and fix the problem, and to Thomas Heretic of Nothingland for his repair of our databases. You guys are the best.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Good to be back...feels so strange without having ENWorld around.

And thanks PCat for the update over at Monte's board! Heh, I even checked that old 'backup' ENWorld but nothing there since the last problems(January, I think)

 

[beeber]

it's so scary w/o enworld around

i forget how much time i spend here until something like this happens (this past time, and the hurricane). gotta start saving for that community supporter membership. now if i can just stay away from ebay. . . .

welcome back!

 

[FireLance]

Maybe we should have some designated alternate board to get info and updates when ENWorld goes down. Nutkinland/Nothingland used to be a good place for that, but it seems to have become unfriendly to casual users recently.

 

[jester47]

I would say either Monte's Board or the Necromancer Boards as they are both run by EZ board and there is a lot of population crossover between those two and EN World.

Aaron.

 

[buzz]

Well, I went striaght to RPG.net, and, lo, there was a thread about ENWorld. The community loves its waterin' hole, yes it do.

Thanks for the hard work P-Cat & Co., and for keeping various boards updated.

 

[Nifft]

Yay! We wuv you, new motherboard!

-- N

 

[Halivar]

I tried searching both RPG.net and Nutkin/Nothingland boards for hints as to what happened. After about thirty seconds of looking at unfamiliar territory, I became lonely, despondant, and closed my browser.

Hooray! Welcome back, ENWorld!

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

I know Cyberstreet's been good to us in the past and all, but even my cheapo webhost has 24/7 technicians. If a motherboard blows on a Sunday it gets fixed on Sunday. Cyberstreet doesn't have technicians on Sundays? Is it just like a dude in a garage in Florida or something?

I'm not morally outraged or anything, just wondering.

 

[Xath]

Hey Piratecat, thanks for keeping us updated at Randomling's boards. I never realize how much time I spend here until the site goes down.