Jason 786 Posted May 16, 2012 Dear Syndicate Gamers,Due to unforseen circumstances we are quite sorry to inform all of you that we have been forced to rollback certain parts of our community around 8 months. Around the middle of the night last Monday (May 7th), the forums and many major sectors of our community went into a period of unplanned downtime. At first, we thought it was a DNS error and it would be an easy fix, it was later discovered that a HD Failure in one of our dedicated boxes was the cause of this downtime. As many Minecraft players will know, this is the second one we have had this month. The first one was an offsite server where the majority of our backups were stored. With this recent failure, we lost a set of hard drives that contained all our databases for the community, and despite sending the drives out, the data was unable to be recovered - being lost forever.We are extremely sorry for this and we know that this could have been prevented if we had taken some more precautions on our (my) part. But we need the community to bear with us, because what is done is done and there's no point in crying over spilled milk.The affected Syndicate Gamer Services are:- Forums (Member Registrations, Account Passwords, Ranks, Recruitment, Forum Topics, Forum Threads, Post Counts, Join Dates, Reputation, and everything forum related has rolled back)- Sourcebans (Bans and Admins)- Minecraft (Certain database-dependent resources have been rolled back, not all is lost - the server as it stands was largely unaffected. The minecraft department has more details on this.)Once again we are extremely sorry for the loss of data on our part. We have taken measures to make sure a data failure of this scale never happens again. What we plan to do now is pick up the pieces, rebuild the community to its previous standing before the crash and carry on. We promise the community that we, the staff, will be coming back from this rollback in full swing - we will be doing a lot of things to make sure the community will grow and prosper as we continue into the next chapter for our community.We need your support throughout all of this, because as you all know - we as staff are volunteers here, none of us get compensated or paid for the work we do, we put our own time and money into creating a community where everyone can play games and have fun. All we're asking from you is your continued and everlasting support.Once again, I give you all the biggest apologies for this mess - if there was anything I could personally do to make any of this better, I would. But we're stuck with what we have right now.Regards,JasonChairman of Syndicate Gamers______________________________________________________________________________________________________________To all members affected by the rollback:- Clan Recruitment, Clan Ranks, Clan Benefits (Clan Admin), Staff AccessPlease contact Mitch | mitch@syndicate-gamers.net OR through Forum PM- Admin Subscriptions, Supporter Packages and other Financial Related IssuesPlease contact Marvin | through forum PMTo all members:- If there are ANY issues regarding the forum (e.g. you are missing the ability to do something, you're able to do something that you shouldn't be able to do, or any other bugs/glitches) or SourceBans (not enough access as before, someone needs to be re-permabanned, any other bugs/glitches):Please contact Mitch | mitch@syndicate-gamers.net OR through Forum PM- Forum Posts and Reputation is not going to be restored, we have determined it is best for everyone to get a fresh start on reputation and it would be fair if everyones' post got rolled back appropriately. Post waivers will be given out a little easier however.- We have also attached a poll for the forum theme. Please vote for which theme you like more and think should be the default for the community (we know that neither has actually changed, we just want to know). - If you would like to help support us, and the things we do, please feel free to donate using the button on the sidebar of the main page, we would greatly appreciate any support you can give us. 10 3 Papa, ZogeloyalfCal, Mitch and 10 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mimic 3307 Posted May 16, 2012 First. Orange all day. 3 Jungle Fever, Tanner and ROFL reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 786 Posted May 16, 2012 Please keep in mind that the forums are not complete as of yet, and a lot of things do need to be reworked (subscriptions, donations, sourcebans, etc). These will be accomplished tomorrow. 1 Tanner reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fetterolf 33 Posted May 16, 2012 If you guys ever need any help feel free to contact me on steam I am very proficient with IPB and its systemSteam: Prysm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitch 2111 Posted May 16, 2012 Welcome back everyone, sorry for the downtime.Jason and I have been working nonstop for the past three nights and have put many manhours into getting the forums back up.Hopefully everything else will be running smoothly soon.Enjoy,Mitch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sandy Balls Posted May 16, 2012 I am nigerian prince, if you send 1 million us dollars, I will send back 2 million nigerian dollars. Thank you. 1 Sketchmaticx reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justice 69 Posted May 16, 2012 Nice to have the shit back anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dojima 7619 Posted May 16, 2012 Engraved is best. I'm assuming that even if orange wins that we'll still be able to use Engraved? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mitch 2111 Posted May 16, 2012 Engraved is best. I'm assuming that even if orange wins that we'll still be able to use Engraved?Yes sir. 1 Dojima reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dojima 7619 Posted May 16, 2012 Can't wait 'til GT finds out about the reset rep. 1 UnknownLegend reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jopo 369 Posted May 16, 2012 OH MY GOD IM SO CLOSE TO MITCH'S REP LVL!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmo 1272 Posted May 16, 2012 OH MY GOD IM SO CLOSE TO MITCH'S REP LVL!!!!Me 2!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jopo 369 Posted May 16, 2012 I don't have the access to the 18+ section anymore.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmo 1272 Posted May 16, 2012 There's nothing to see there anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobVosh 0 Posted May 16, 2012 Tsk tsk to whom it may concern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noobzilla 185 Posted May 16, 2012 So far im liking the new forums, easy to use on mobile. Idk if it's any different on computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Super Novacaine 2228 Posted May 16, 2012 Shit, gonna have to get my old avatar back. Gotta keep reppin' the octopus. I feel naked without it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesbian Dad 555 Posted May 16, 2012 noooo! not all my posts! 2 UnknownLegend and Dojima reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detective Nom Noms 1033 Posted May 16, 2012 Welp... Gotta get back to 100 posts.Also Orange. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkPredator 1193 Posted May 16, 2012 I don't have the option for engraved? I just have Mobile and OrangeAnd I know everything will be back in time, but in case it wasn't mentioned yet, the BF3 forums is goneOh and 18+ please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loading 249 Posted May 16, 2012 i need to be purple :l Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mimic 3307 Posted May 16, 2012 i need to be purple :lDone. 1 loading reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beefwipe 11 Posted May 16, 2012 I need to purple as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesbian Dad 555 Posted May 16, 2012 oh yeah ... are custom titles still available? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites