CivFanatics' Forums not viewable

CivGeneral · July 11, 2002, 16:12

I tried to veiw a Forum in CivFanatics.Com at 2:30pm EDT , only to realize that a message that does not normaly happens comes up. Here is the Message it said.

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There seems to have been a slight problem with the Civilization Fanatics' Forums database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience. -CivFanatic's Forum

Anyone Who visits Civfanatc's Forums or Members of that forum. Do you see this message when you try to access a Forum

? I have already E-mailed there Tech Staff about it.

P.S. I dont know what subject to post this thread belongs in. I just felt that the Civ3-General is the more approprieate place to post.

CivGeneral · July 11, 2002, 16:29

I just viseted ther forums just a few seconds ago. I can Post new forums but cannot view the actual forums

. I have not submitted any. I just hope the Moderators have notice a proplem too

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miccofl · July 11, 2002, 16:30

Uh - Houston, they have a problem there! Glad I'm here and not there!

Marquis de Sodaq · July 11, 2002, 16:32

I can view the forums, but not any threads.

A problem with the database, indeed...

Several people have posted in the last hour, tho, judging from the times listed in the forum page. There was at least a 6 hour gap between those and the previous posts.

CivGeneral · July 11, 2002, 16:34

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Uh - Houston, they have a problem there! Glad I'm here and not there! - miccofl

Thank Goodness that Apolyton's Forums are in top condition. I guess (Some Where in the Forums) it mentoned that the same thing happened in the past.

dunk · July 11, 2002, 16:36

They'll fix it soon enough. I got that error earlier as well.

Matt_G · July 11, 2002, 18:39

This has happened every single day this week at CivFanatics. I usually try to get on in the mornings. (I have the time then). Every day this week I've gotten that SQL error message. Looks like this will be my new home.
I like the forum there, but if it's down all the time, whats the point.

CivGeneral · July 11, 2002, 18:47

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This has happened every single day this week at CivFanatics. I usually try to get on in the mornings. (I have the time then). Every day this week I've gotten that SQL error message. Looks like this will be my new home.
I like the forum there, but if it's down all the time, whats the point.

-Matt_G

Strangly it does not happen to me. Although there was a couple of SQL errors from time to time and then returned to normal (Possibly Bandwith problems)Mostly the error has more information than the one I posted above such as connections, etc. But this error mesage just had the message posted above. No more, no less. Just strange

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Willem · July 11, 2002, 18:48

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Originally posted by Matt_G
This has happened every single day this week at CivFanatics. I usually try to get on in the mornings. (I have the time then). Every day this week I've gotten that SQL error message. Looks like this will be my new home.
I like the forum there, but if it's down all the time, whats the point.

Hey, you're talking about computers here, and the Internet. Things tend to go wrong from time to time, so there's no point in getting frustrated about it. Apolyton had it's share of problems awhile back as well. They'll get it fixed eventually.

CivGeneral · July 11, 2002, 19:01

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Forum Downtime posted by thunderfall at 5:25pm (CDT i am assuming -civfan01)

Our forum server is having some problems and is not accessible (probably since 12 PM EST).

We'll try to get it fixed asap. Please be patient.

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Hey, you're talking about computers here, and the Internet. Things tend to go wrong from time to time, so there's no point in getting frustrated about it. Apolyton had it's share of problems awhile back as well. They'll get it fixed eventually. - Willem

And possibly others have been lucky and advoided the problem(Since they have eather a job, life, school, etc.)

Case · July 12, 2002, 04:22

CivFanatics has been slow and cranky for the last few weeks now

Solver · July 12, 2002, 04:45

I've been there yesterday, it was pretty slow, and then kept getting this error all the time... nah, a shame.

VJ · July 12, 2002, 05:11

Those poo-brains. If I've understood correctly, the problem is not with TF
(Thunderfall), it's with Tf (Telefragged), the server host.

Solver · July 12, 2002, 05:15

And at the moment, I just can't connect to the site. Our uptime is better than theirs

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Skanky Burns · July 12, 2002, 05:21

Apolyton was going through the same sorts of problems before we moved to our new (dedicated) server. Definately sucks when you can't get access to the server, but at least Apolyton has got these issues sorted.

It explains why we are being invaded by Civ Fanatics though.

Skanky Burns · July 12, 2002, 05:23

Editing here still has problems though.

Mr. President · July 12, 2002, 06:20

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It explains why we are being invaded by Civ Fanatics though.

Perhaps the fact that CivFanatics is ugly-colored and populated by illiterate twelve-year-olds has something to do with that as well.

Scouse Gits · July 12, 2002, 07:04

You mean we now have to tolerate even more ugly coloured illiterate twelve year olds

SG[1]

zulu9812 · July 12, 2002, 11:24

latest update:

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Forum Status Update (7/12/02 11:15 AM EST): The forum server is still down. Our host, Telefragged, said the remote server (to reboot the server manually) is down along with the server. And, the person who is available to reboot the server is out of town. Guess we just have to wait a bit longer.

Level · July 12, 2002, 11:29

I have always come to both places and liked different parts of both.
The big problem is CivFanatics had the best creation forums, now it is like our creation studio is being fumigated and we all had to leave every thing behind and move here, some of us did have backups here though.

Alex · July 12, 2002, 12:45

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Originally posted by Mr. President

Perhaps the fact that CivFanatics is ugly-colored and populated by illiterate twelve-year-olds has something to do with that as well.

Daddy, there is a Mr President saying that I'm ille... illitra... iletro... whatever! You'll pay for this!

muxec · July 12, 2002, 13:00

Trouble

anarchywrksbest · July 12, 2002, 13:18

There is definitely something wrong with CivFanatics, TF just posted this message on the main site:

Forum Status Update (7/12/02 11:15 AM EST): The forum server is still down. Our host, Telefragged, said the remote server (to reboot the server manually) is down along with the server. And, the person who is available to reboot the server is out of town. Guess we just have to wait a bit longer.

You might want to play this month's Civ3 GOTM while you wait...

Level · July 12, 2002, 13:52

Hay i can read i just cant tipe

Chris 62 · July 12, 2002, 14:08

It will be fixed when it's fixed, no sense complaining about it.

H Tower · July 12, 2002, 15:30

can all of makes jokes about how CFC's server goes down more than a hooker now?

that's what they always said about poly's server when we had all that trouble a couple months ago

Caligastia · July 12, 2002, 15:33

Yep its down, oh well, I guess youll all have to find something else to do...

CivGeneral · July 12, 2002, 21:31

Just a few seconds ago I visited the CivFanatic's Forum. The Forum is back online

. I just hope this does not happen again

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Hydey · July 13, 2002, 05:03

Who cares if civfanatics goes down.

notyoueither · July 13, 2002, 05:48

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Originally posted by H Tower
can all of makes jokes about how CFC's server goes down more than a hooker now?

that's what they always said about poly's server when we had all that trouble a couple months ago

They very graciously hosted a Poly is down thread. It was revived many times. Not many sideways comments in there (a few).

I don't see why we can't return the favour without slagging them.