Quoted from Mrhide

if it bleeds, we can kill it


(my wife was zapping on TV and I heard *one note* of the music and knew which movie it was ... she couldn't believe it )

No kidding... same here. When I played Future Pinball for the first time at Loafer's, we played Dead Hunters and in it is the Predator theme... frickin awesome. Unmistakable music!

I wish good luck for your move to the new domain!

George

Quoted from Pharoah007

any chance we will be able to keep our posting #'s ?

The Eblah site as we all know it will stay as-is, with the posts counts etc... BUT, it will be read-only and used as an archive eventually.

The plan is to move to phpBB for the real forum. However, i will move the Eblah first and we will use it until the other one is ready.

If the errors are gone, then i will see no points in switching.

Step 1: Move the current Eblah to the new server. (work in progress)
Step 2: Update the dns to point to the new domain.
Step 3: Use it like we always did... and step 4 if it crashes..
Step 4: Move the phpBB version (http://futur.maaca.org) as the main board and keep the Eblah for archives (read-only).

Quoted from Pharoah007

any chance we will be able to keep our posting #'s ?

Despite popular belief, I couldn't care less about post counts..

Here's a different thought.  How 'bout we just hide them entirely?  

Well apparently i couldnt get anything done today, maybe tomorrow.. current MAACA has over 46000 files  

Quoted from Vengeance

Bah, just delete them, who cares they are just numbers anyway

I kinda like it, just me I guess tho.

MADNESS!

No one really cares about post counts, come on.  Sure it adds a little something to the comraderie and chiding that goes on here (all in fun), but seriously, who cares if we start from ground zero - let's just get on with it (when Azatotht is ready, of course).

The only merit I see in retaining post counts is that it is a way for newcomers to identify those who might have been in the hobby longer and might possibly have a stronger presence when seeking advice/info. Also, they can identify people who are known and established when doing any type of transactions. It's  tough asking for references for someone relatively unknown and with few or no posts here.  It might help keep the Stephen Anderson type people from popping up to rip people off.

Other than that, it is a way to identify the Chatty Kathys out here...

I disagree Wayne, I like the post numbers for the exact reasons that wbradley said.

Quoted from wbradley

The only merit I see in retaining post counts is that it is a way for newcomers to identify those who might have been in the hobby longer and might possibly have a stronger presence when seeking advice/info. Also, they can identify people who are known and established when doing any type of transactions. It's  tough asking for references for someone relatively unknown and with few or no posts here.  It might help keep the Stephen Anderson type people from popping up to rip people off.

EVERYTHING will remain as-is, post counts included. The board is just moving to another host and will eventually be made read-only for archive purpose.

The NEW phpBB forum will start fresh (already started actually in test mode), i have no interest writing a conversion script to convert 46000 files of user accounts, posts, etc.. into the phpBB format   Unless someone is willing to pay me for it  

That beeing said, the new host might solve the crash issues so who know if we will at all move to phpBB, but my understanding is that sooner or later, there will be a problem because 46000 files just aint right to me ! So first we move to the new host... then probably start the new one up.

Quoted from Azatotht

EVERYTHING will remain as-is, post counts included.

Kewl