Author Topic: I am now more than ever convinced that AH needs an independant BB (Read 413 times)

wipass · « **on:** August 22, 2002, 05:39:10 PM »

Having spent 24 hours wondering what happened and having no idea where to get information from.

I am going to set up an independant board, ala agw, not as a regular board (unless you want it) but it will be 24/7 with no registrations, just somewhere to hang out when this happens again.

If you think this is needed or warranted then email

wayne.ballinger@virgin.net

if you think this goes against the grain then email me also,

wipass

nb, I run a software company with a bb hosted in the states and in the uk also, it would be professional site but with simply a one or two forum board for those times when AH is down

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:49:35 PM »

wipass · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:52:02 PM »

LOL!

had the feeling I have been here before

Fancy · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2002, 05:56:34 PM »

I'll third, LOL.

The addiction runs deep.

(If Mommy isn't around we should have a backup Mommy to hang out with.)

Revvin · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2002, 06:11:54 PM »

I think the forums we have now are just fine and are rarely offline, infact these last two instances are the only two I can remember in two or more years, it's just unfortunate they happened close to each other and made it look worse than it is.

As for independant...well I prefer things the way they are now with the community all under one roof. I don't think there is anything to gain by having the possibility of the community splitting like it is in WB over iEN and AGW forums. Personally AGW is not the same place it used to be, it's more like a wild west saloon these days with the sheriff nowhere to be seen. HTC are very liberal with what they allow on these forums, more so than any other publisher I know of. Things have sometimes gone a little too far but careful moderation by HTC has seen the problems stopped and users warned.

wipass · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2002, 06:18:45 PM »

Revvin I agree with your comments entirely, it would have been nice though had AH backed up the user list and emailed every one with a quick note, I called my credit card company just in case it was that that was the problem.

In this day and age, a 24 hour period with thousands of customers not knowing what was going on is not acceptable.

What I propose is a back up, a place to hang out and find out information, not to whine, whinge or make sugestions, if AH put up a mirror site for problems then what I propose would be unecessary,

just trying to help out cuz i like this sim and the community

wipass

Skuzzy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2002, 06:32:44 PM »

Well wipass, I can appreciate what you are saying, but email is not a solution.

With a full DS3, the emails would still be going out today. If they had an OC3, then they could send out the emails in less than 24 hours.

And clogging up another ISP's pipes with that type of mailling would prove to be,..uh,..well,...let's just say they would be able to get them all out.

Outages like this are extremely rare. Under normal circumstances, it is not unreasonable for a problem like this to be solved in less than 4 hours.

The outage before this one was really my fault. I should have seen it coming and planned accordingly.

If I recall,..this was the first major outage (talking about severed links) that HTC has ever had. Not bad for almost 4 years(?).

wipass · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2002, 06:43:15 PM »

skuzzy, consider my suggestion binned, just trying to help, appreciate your comments,

my motives were well intentioned

wipass

easymo · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2002, 07:04:24 PM »

I like the idea of another board. It would be not necessarily have to be an "AH" bb. But, if it is frequented by AH players all the better. AGW was proven to be useful simply because it was independent at one time. I would support it (another bb) at any rate.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2002, 07:12:07 PM »

No problem wipass,..never saw anything but good intentions in your post.

Staga · « **Reply #10 on:** August 22, 2002, 07:25:58 PM »

Quote

Roy "Skuzzy" Neese
neese@hitechcreations.com

???

majic · « **Reply #11 on:** August 22, 2002, 10:20:50 PM »

yeah, me wonder too Staga...

MOSQ · « **Reply #12 on:** August 22, 2002, 10:37:36 PM »

"With a full DS3, the emails would still be going out today. If they had an OC3, then they could send out the emails in less than 24 hours. "

I'm having a really hard time believing this statement, but before I call foul, a question:
How many members are there to send the emails to?

Wlfgng · « **Reply #13 on:** August 22, 2002, 11:02:18 PM »

AKDejavu Wipass and Fancy...I'm not gonna' say it but you know I'm thinkin' it.

(trying to stop snickering)

Halo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 22, 2002, 11:13:56 PM »

Several Aces High player go to the WarBirds bulletin board and post brief concerns and information under the Off Topic category.

I think WB and AH bulletin boards tolerate occasional postings by competitors as professional courtesy.

Whatever, it does provide that vital insight we need when the entire AH appartus is unavailable.

It would be nice if a separate AH link could include a subject such as Aces High Current Outage Status that we could put on our web favorites list for a quick problem info fix.