So. Thanks.

[Graal]

Great job on carrying the database over. It's nice to be able to access the forum on local bandwidth now. You've saved me a lot of money in the form of airtime.

[Wight]

Whoa Graal! You're pretty fast on that refresh button! ;)

Anyway, its nice to have the forum back. Some sense of normality has been restored to my life.

[Graal]

Meh, just came back from my test and decided to check up on the forums. Great timing. :p

Anyways, is it just my crappy internet, or is the forum a tad slow?

[wir]

Yay.

[Bonezmann]

The NAG forums are back! Now I can live again!

[GhOsT_828]

I thin̤ͦ́͛̕k̊̓̽̉̽ s̷͇ͥo̻̬̝̼̓̐̌̽ͦm̸ͦͪ͑͋̿e̢̠̻̫̅tͣ̑h̢̻̮͇̻̹̥͒ͫͦͭ̆͊̿̃̇͡ȋ ̺̹͈̺̟͑̀̾͐͂̕͢n̤̣ͨ̅̍̓ͣͣ̓ͤ͠g̞͐̃ w̫̥͊̊̈́ͬ̀ͩ̚e͔̰̠͓̳͈̓̂ͫͬ͆̆͒̆̚n̵̺̞̱̐̄̔̓t̡̬͙͚ͫͪͨ͋ͣ͞ w͛͌͗̉̒̔ͯ̎̇҉̴̞͎͇̭̞͙͍̝̺̮̟̟͈́̕ŗ̵̃̋ͭ̓̑̄ͬ̋̒͗̓̆̈͛̽̄̑̚͏̴ ̫̭̗̫̱͔̦͈̻̼̪̦̭̲̻͔̳̺̲͝o̸̰̲͓͈̹̼̻͙̭̝͚̤̠̗̦̹̼̘̒͋̌ͮ̕ͅn̅̿̂ ̢̰͎̪̩͓͙̙͙̟͈̇̑̍ͣ́̓ͬͧ͒͘g̬̹̪̣̥̼̭͇̳ͯ͌͗ͥ͌̕͠

[wir]

I thin̤ͦ́͛̕k̊̓̽̉̽ s̷͇ͥo̻̬̝̼̓̐̌̽ͦm̸ͦͪ͑͋̿e̢̠̻̫̅tͣ̑h̢̻̮͇̻̹̥͒ͫͦͭ̆͊̿̃̇͡ȋ ̺̹͈̺̟͑̀̾͐͂̕͢n̤̣ͨ̅̍̓ͣͣ̓ͤ͠g̞͐̃ w̫̥͊̊̈́ͬ̀ͩ̚e͔̰̠͓̳͈̓̂ͫͬ͆̆͒̆̚n̵̺̞̱̐̄̔̓t̡̬͙͚ͫͪͨ͋ͣ͞ w͛͌͗̉̒̔ͯ̎̇҉̴̞͎͇̭̞͙͍̝̺̮̟̟͈́̕ŗ̵̃̋ͭ̓̑̄ͬ̋̒͗̓̆̈͛̽̄̑̚͏̴ ̫̭̗̫̱͔̦͈̻̼̪̦̭̲̻͔̳̺̲͝o̸̰̲͓͈̹̼̻͙̭̝͚̤̠̗̦̹̼̘̒͋̌ͮ̕ͅn̅̿̂ ̢̰͎̪̩͓͙̙͙̟͈̇̑̍ͣ́̓ͬͧ͒͘g̬̹̪̣̥̼̭͇̳ͯ͌͗ͥ͌̕͠

What is this? W͙̭̭h͏̠̼̬̯̻a͏̻t҉͓̹͖̗̘'͠s͍̭̻̱͍̞̟ ̵̟̜g̩̜͇̗͈͇͇o̠̫i̧n̸̪̥͕̝̺̪g̰̹ ̱͕͈͙̜̼̩͜o͈̱̜n̡̮̫͖͎̲..͈͚̕.̢̼̘


S͕̣̿o̡̥͍̬̊m̓ͯḛ̹̘ͪẗ̹̟̹̭́̄ȟ̳͍̖̥͉̩̔́͂͘ͅi̶͉̣̼͐̔̿̎̋͆̓ ̝n̨͚̺͎̗̳ͩ̎ͪͣͫ̚ͅg̷ͧͪ͋͐̉̌̔ ̦͎̝̞̦ͦ́i̤͔̫͐̆͛̋ͩ̂ͩsͩͭ͑̂̋ͦ͟ ̤̼͚͕̓t͚̙͕̟ͣͨ̃ͯͭ̅͋e̓ȓ̑̈ͨ͏͎̰͙ȑͯͧ̿͐̽i̫͉͛̄ͥ̽͋ͤͭ͡bͦͭ̒ ̻̾͊̀l̼̪͙̲͚̅ͣͮ̅͆̒͘y̋͆͆̄̑̋̕ ̵̣͚͈̃̐͌̑w͍̩͓̄ͪr̛̪̘͚̖̥̹͐ͥo̤͕͂̾͌ͨn̺̪̜͖̥ḡ̦͎̻̇!̂͋ ̻͕̳̱


O̹̮͍͍̟̜̲͊́͘h͊͒̍ͣ̊͏̳̘͕̼͎͢ͅ ͊҉͓̳̠G̛̝̉͋̏͋̏͂͑ȍ̵̤̭̟͒d̶̬͇̟̟̏͋͂̿ͮ̀̚


H̷̫̘̳̰̤̼͚ͭ͆͑ͤ̓ͥͮ̉͋̂̏̽͌ͪ͟E̛ͭ̀̑ͩͪ̃͐ͫ͋̆ͤ̒̑̽̚̕͏̛̲̪̠̘̰͞ ̗ ̴͗̿ͣ̂ͣͨ̾ͫͫͪ̕͏̯̳̱̠̲̣C̡̎̋̆̿̀͐͛ͮ͆̿̓̈́̿ͨ̊͐͌̓̀͏̴͎̖̘̱̻̼̠̺ ̝̞̯̹O̷̺̥͕͔̦͙̳̓ͨ̋͑̾́́͠͠M̷̨̘̝̫͓̠̤̰ͤ̀̈́̓̒̊́̇ͤͯ͑ͦ̑͗͐ͤ̅͡ ̗̭E͛̏͑ͪͮ̇̉̽҉̤͉̪̲̼̱̟͙̙͉̪̗̖͔̬̦ͅS̷̨̘̞̖̑̿ͪ͗̑̍̒̇̔ͤͬ̈́̄̚͘ ͓̲

[McDangerous]

YAAAAAAAY! Man, I'm actually really glad the forums are back. I've missed this place!

[GeometriX]

What is this? W͙̭̭h͏̠̼̬̯̻a͏̻t҉͓̹͖̗̘'͠s͍̭̻̱͍̞̟ ̵̟̜g̩̜͇̗͈͇͇o̠̫i̧n̸̪̥͕̝̺̪g̰̹ ̱͕͈͙̜̼̩͜o͈̱̜n̡̮̫͖͎̲..͈͚̕.̢̼̘


S͕̣̿o̡̥͍̬̊m̓ͯḛ̹̘ͪẗ̹̟̹̭́̄ȟ̳͍̖̥͉̩̔́͂͘ͅi̶͉̣̼͐̔̿̎̋͆̓ ̝n̨͚̺͎̗̳ͩ̎ͪͣͫ̚ͅg̷ͧͪ͋͐̉̌̔ ̦͎̝̞̦ͦ́i̤͔̫͐̆͛̋ͩ̂ͩsͩͭ͑̂̋ͦ͟ ̤̼͚͕̓t͚̙͕̟ͣͨ̃ͯͭ̅͋e̓ȓ̑̈ͨ͏͎̰͙ȑͯͧ̿͐̽i̫͉͛̄ͥ̽͋ͤͭ͡bͦͭ̒ ̻̾͊̀l̼̪͙̲͚̅ͣͮ̅͆̒͘y̋͆͆̄̑̋̕ ̵̣͚͈̃̐͌̑w͍̩͓̄ͪr̛̪̘͚̖̥̹͐ͥo̤͕͂̾͌ͨn̺̪̜͖̥ḡ̦͎̻̇!̂͋ ̻͕̳̱


O̹̮͍͍̟̜̲͊́͘h͊͒̍ͣ̊͏̳̘͕̼͎͢ͅ ͊҉͓̳̠G̛̝̉͋̏͋̏͂͑ȍ̵̤̭̟͒d̶̬͇̟̟̏͋͂̿ͮ̀̚


H̷̫̘̳̰̤̼͚ͭ͆͑ͤ̓ͥͮ̉͋̂̏̽͌ͪ͟E̛ͭ̀̑ͩͪ̃͐ͫ͋̆ͤ̒̑̽̚̕͏̛̲̪̠̘̰͞ ̗ ̴͗̿ͣ̂ͣͨ̾ͫͫͪ̕͏̯̳̱̠̲̣C̡̎̋̆̿̀͐͛ͮ͆̿̓̈́̿ͨ̊͐͌̓̀͏̴͎̖̘̱̻̼̠̺ ̝̞̯̹O̷̺̥͕͔̦͙̳̓ͨ̋͑̾́́͠͠M̷̨̘̝̫͓̠̤̰ͤ̀̈́̓̒̊́̇ͤͯ͑ͦ̑͗͐ͤ̅͡ ̗̭E͛̏͑ͪͮ̇̉̽҉̤͉̪̲̼̱̟͙̙͉̪̗̖͔̬̦ͅS̷̨̘̞̖̑̿ͪ͗̑̍̒̇̔ͤͬ̈́̄̚͘ ͓̲

You people make me think I'm on crack.

So, yeah, I'm glad that we've finally made the move over to local. All it took was time, and that time is now right. If you guys do have any issues with speed or the like, let me know. Personally, it seems faster to me, but that might just be the crack talking.

[Graal]

I'll let you know tomorrow once I get my new international bandwidth.

But it is a lot slower for me. Takes about 30 seconds to load a page, where usually it was instantanious.

[Azimuth]

Must be your tronz. It's loading superfast on my side.

[Zat '43]

Oh man the new forum looks just like the old one. But I gues it's good because then SA'ans can get it on their local cap (I'm not sure how the cap works in SA tbh).

[McDangerous]

It's going faster than it did before for me as well.

I'm a bit disappointed too, I was expecting to see a bit of a visual revamp, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it I guess...

Still, I wouldn't mind having a prettier forum, seeing as the current one is rather dull and plain.

[GeometriX]

An upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 will be coming soon, possibly with some visual fluff, but I just wanted to get this mission accomplished first.

[Graal]

Restarted both my PC and router, is slightly faster now, so it's definitely something on my side.

[Domanskip]

Wow... it actually is loading way faster. I was about to moan about what a waste of time relocating was and start hurling abuse at the Geo because I was left staring dismally at my blank browser window for a week but it seems to have been worth the wait.

[NecroWolf]

I've been looking over all the stuff I've missed from just before the forums moved and the combination of zat '43, Azimuth and the banees (I just made that up), I had a REALLY good laugh. Now I remember why I stayed on these forums.

[Machine]

aahhhh, a sigh of relief. Good to see the forums are back up and running.

...back to lurking...

;)

[GeometriX]

An update on the "all hard links will be broken" thing that I mentioned before the move: they won't break. It's a bit of a tatty solution, but it works. We're going to keep the tidemedia domain for probably a very long time (mostly for emails), so I've just set a redirect that will figure out where you want to go on the old domain, and point you here, on the new domain. That means all incoming links as well as hard internal links will still work, like this: http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/sh...ad.php?t=13014. The only real catch is that the redirect itself happens on Hetzner's side, so that brief link is international. To remedy this, I'm going to go through the database and change any internal links, but at least the game.devvers will be safe with their external links.

[McDangerous]

An upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 will be coming soon, possibly with some visual fluff, but I just wanted to get this mission accomplished first.

Awesome, good to know.

It's not a huge issue, and I applaud you for going through all this kak. Job well done. Remind me to buy you a beer at rAge! :)