Oh my god! We are back! It's been so torturous!

[SangoProduction]

YES! GITP is back! Now to drudge up the 50 thread ideas that all came about when it was gone, but disappeared all of the sudden. Oh! Maybe I can see that dread necromancer guide again. That'd be helpful.

[Lorddenorstrus]

YES! GITP is back! Now to drudge up the 50 thread ideas that all came about when it was gone, but disappeared all of the sudden. Oh! Maybe I can see that dread necromancer guide again. That'd be helpful.

It was fairly torturous. I read random crap here all the time to fill my boredom.. as I was stuck staring at the screen trying to take a break from a project.. realizing I had nothing to go to. What happened anyway?

[flappeercraft]

Ikr, it was the worst. These forums are basically what I do for most of my free time or at least checking some old thread for ideas. Finally now that it's back I almost screamed of excitement

[SangoProduction]

Yeah. I finally realize what WoW players went through on patch day. BUT THIS WAS FOR SOOOOOO LONG!

[Bad Wolf]

I had no idea what to do with my life. I almost considered...going outside.

[digiman619]

I was forced to go to reddit for my forum addiction. It's not something I'm proud of.

[Palanan]

I hardly noticed. Too much else going on.



And I did go outside. In the rain. And loved it. :smalltongue:

[flappeercraft]

Now that I remember, I started using a new server due to the maintenance being so long. It's called Real Life. It has crap gameplay but boi are the graphics amazing

[ATHATH]

Huzzah!


It was fairly torturous. I read random crap here all the time to fill my boredom.. as I was stuck staring at the screen trying to take a break from a project.. realizing I had nothing to go to. What happened anyway?
Pretty much this.

[SangoProduction]

Also, I found out just how much of a majority of the handbooks are found on GiTP.

[flappeercraft]

Also, I found out just how much of a majority of the handbooks are found on GiTP.

Same, I was looking on every other forum and over half of the good ones are GiTP

[Remuko]

Yeah it was bad, I was going insane. I really wish the forum had like a Twitter account or something to keep forum-goers up to date on whats going on with the forums if/when they're down when they will be back etc.

[Dragolord]

Yeah it was bad, I was going insane. I really wish the forum had like a Twitter account or something to keep forum-goers up to date on whats going on with the forums if/when they're down when they will be back etc.

Or something in the News section, like there normally is.

[Remuko]

Or something in the News section, like there normally is.

Yeah I didn't see anything there this time so I didn't know if there usually was or not. But I've also seen instances where the whole site was down so not even the news page was reachable.

[weckar]

Yeah I would have liked if they had dropped something on the front page, but I'm not sure if they are able.

[Inevitability]

Typical: forums are down during my days off, then get back on the moment I no longer have the free time for it. :smalltongue:

[Firest Kathon]

Reason for outage: (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=21995300&postcount=24)

Server crashed, and corrupted every single database in the process to the point that MySQL wouldn't even load. That's why the rest of the site was restored much quicker.

[Endarire]

I found other games, like Dark Souls Item Randomizer (https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/60xu02/dark_souls_item_randomizer_v01_beta_testing/?sort=new).

[death390]

well im glad to see this back!

[Sajiri]

I've been sick most of the past week (had my birthday on thursday, and of course that was the day I woke up sick), havent had to work at all the past 5 days, so I've just been curled up in my chair too sick to even play games while tabbing between the same few sites thinking "I wish GiTP would just come back so I have something to read"

[Bartmanhomer]

I'm just glad it's back online. They should've email everybody about this problem. But I don't think it matters anymore.

[weckar]

I'm just glad it's back online. They should've email everybody about this problem. But I don't think it matters anymore.
You realize the DB was down? So they didn't have our e-mail addresses?

[Bartmanhomer]

You realize the DB was down? So they didn't have our e-mail addresses?

What's DB mean?

[weckar]

Sorry, Database.

[Bartmanhomer]

Sorry, Database.

I realized that their server was down. But to didn't know that the email was connected to the server.

[weckar]

Where else would they store it? :smallconfused:

[Bartmanhomer]

Where else would they store it? :smallconfused:

Good point. Sorry about that. :frown:

[Buufreak]

Yes, yes. Welcome back to all. Now lets all get back to doing what we do best:
creating god sorcerererers who totally pwn all wizhards ever.

[Vizzerdrix]

Yes, yes. Welcome back to all. Now lets all get back to doing what we do best:
creating god sorcerererers who totally pwn all wizhards ever.

Well, anyone who can make shapesand realy.

[jdizzlean]

I'd be interested to see the number of page hits the "forums down" page got...

[Psyren]

I'd be interested to see the number of page hits the "forums down" page got...

Given that all the spambots were smacking into that particular windshield as much as we were, I'd guess a lot :smalltongue:

[ComaVision]

Man, I didn't even realize how much time I spend on GitP until it was telling me I couldn't.

[Lorddenorstrus]

Just shows as much as we argue with each other we all would go insane with out this place to talk to each other and spend our spare time.

[daremetoidareyo]

I did so much political advocacy this week. So, it's not all bad

[flappeercraft]

Just shows as much as we argue with each other we all would go insane with out this place to talk to each other and spend our spare time.

This is true, I was already going kind of insane. I was compulsively and constantly checking if the forums were back up every hour or so.

[Telonius]

Last time it happened, I ended up doing 20-level character progressions (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?257889-Behold-my-Build-inator!) for the cast of Phineas and Ferb. Thankfully I had an actual campaign to prepare for this time, so stir-crazy was minimized.

[Jay R]

No problem. I just randomly sent messages out to random strangers saying, "Your ideas are wrong. The only right way to play is my way."

[GilesTheCleric]

I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.

And, for future reference, you can use Google's cached versions of pages even if the regular site is down. The wayback machine works, too.

[Elkad]

I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.


I went by all of those. I looked at their 2 posts/day and went to the next one. Eventually I ran out of alt-boards, checked the "down" message here again, and then I read a book for a few hours.
Then I did it all again.

[flappeercraft]

I tried using all the other sforums but it just wasn't the same thing

[Âmesang]

To be honest I hadn't noticed things were down until last week… considering I've hardly visited since the middle of April. :smalltongue: Most of my free time has been spent either with Adventure Quest or amateur radio.

[Buufreak]

I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.

And, for future reference, you can use Google's cached versions of pages even if the regular site is down. The wayback machine works, too.

I see those alts as I see passing fads: something to occupy 30 minutes, but inevitably bore inducing and leaving me wanting something more tried and true.

[CIDE]

I had to actually work at work.

[Elkad]

I had to actually work at work.

So did I, but handling dozens of frantic users who didn't care about system security until they saw the news reports about the WannaCry ransomware leaves plenty of time for board-surfing.
I'm just watching a jillion servers patch on the other monitor, and billing emergency rates :)

[2D8HP]

No problem. I just randomly sent messages out to random strangers saying, "Your ideas are wrong. The only right way to play is my way."

:biggrin:


I had to actually work at work.


:annoyed:

I hate it when work interferes with my job!

I also really missed the Forum, I'm so glad it's back.

[Cosi]

I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.

I mean, those forums are very different from GITP. TGD, for example, is much more focused on "game design as a theoretical exercise" than "building and optimizing characters", and the community is very different than on GITP (much more blunt, much more critical of bad design, and political discussions are allowed there). It's worth reading, but if you want a GITP substitute, it's not what you're looking for and doesn't pretend to be.

[RedWarlock]

Minmax was my alt forum of choice, but for passive reading, it has maybe 1/20th the activity level.

Plus my reading here was stuff like Inevitability's LA adjust thread. Ongoing convos.

I was doing twice-a-day checks, on average.

[atemu1234]

Now that I remember, I started using a new server due to the maintenance being so long. It's called Real Life. It has crap gameplay but boi are the graphics amazing

Eh, I don't know if it's just me (it's just me) but I probably need to update my graphics card, everything is blurry (read: I wear glasses, continuously, all day).

[Inevitability]

Eh, I don't know if it's just me (it's just me) but I probably need to update my graphics card, everything is blurry (read: I wear glasses, continuously, all day).

I used to have that problem and briefly used your solution, but didn't like the blurry bars that remain at your screen's edges. Fortunately, there's a screen-filling alternative, you should try it! Lenses for the win!

[weckar]

I used to have that problem and briefly used your solution, but didn't like the blurry bars that remain at your screen's edges. Fortunately, there's a screen-filling alternative, you should try it! Lenses for the win!

I would, but my workplace doesn't allow me to wear fishbowl goggles.

[Inevitability]

I would, but my workplace doesn't allow me to wear fishbowl goggles.

Does it allow contact lenses? :smalltongue:

[LordOfCain]

How long was it down? I knew that it was down but don't remember when I noticed.

[zergling.exe]

How long was it down? I knew that it was down but don't remember when I noticed.

Tuesday at roughly 10:30 PM CDT it went down. Came back up Sunday sometime in the afternoon. So around 5 days.

[weckar]

Does it allow contact lenses? :smalltongue:
Probably, but my personal sense of self-preservation by not putting objects in my eyes may take issue:smalltongue:

[Inevitability]

Probably, but my personal sense of self-preservation by not putting objects in my eyes may take issue:smalltongue:

I used to feel that way about it as well, then I actually tried them. Having a barely noticeable piece of plastic pressed against my cornea was definitely preferable to limited vision, steamed up glasses, and outgrowing my eyewear.

I use soft lenses, though, so that might've helped me overcome my aversions.

[Quertus]

Now that I remember, I started using a new server due to the maintenance being so long. It's called Real Life. It has crap gameplay but boi are the graphics amazing

Link plz.


I'd be interested to see the number of page hits the "forums down" page got...

Well, from me, three times a day, plus a few extra for showing my friends the cause of my distress.


I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.

And, for future reference, you can use Google's cached versions of pages even if the regular site is down. The wayback machine works, too.

Link plz.

Those other sites just... don't do it for me.

[atemu1234]

I was surprised that that nobody moved over to en world or minmax (or the piazza, candle keep, tgd, or any of the other dnd forums) while the site was down. Atemu has a 3.5 reddit that seems dead, too. The main dnd reddit is such a mess that I couldn't tell if anyone was using that instead.

And, for future reference, you can use Google's cached versions of pages even if the regular site is down. The wayback machine works, too.

I'm still surprised people on this site remember me, and even more surprised that that subreddit I created is still remembered. I should check in on that more often, come to think of it, as I am the only moderator.

[Coretron03]

I mean, those forums are very different from GITP. TGD, for example, is much more focused on "game design as a theoretical exercise" than "building and optimizing characters", and the community is very different than on GITP (much more blunt, much more critical of bad design, and political discussions are allowed there). It's worth reading, but if you want a GITP substitute, it's not what you're looking for and doesn't pretend to be.

That reminds me, Cosi, do you have a account on TGD? I swear some of the stuff I read there is simliar to some stuff you say.

On topic, It felt much longer then 5 Days. I probably checked 2-3 times a day, plus a couple more times when I tried to click on a GiTP thread like a guide.