*Festive* Dependency on AGS Forums Revealed... *Ho Ho Ho*

[Ali]

In the last few days a fog descended on the UK, seemingly engulfing the AGS forums. It made me realise that I check the boards embarrassingly frequently.

I hope the rest of you used the down-time as an opportunity for reflection and quiet meditation.

[m0ds]

Here come the forums.. OF CRACK!

quiet meditation

+1

But no, I got very drunk*.

Welcome back  

* Edit don't let it fool you I did still do plenty of AGS stuff  8)

[Peder 🚀]

I've been close to death because of the downtime!
Luckely though I've been pretty busy working on AGS Archives

[Snarky]

I was committed to a padded cell within twelve hours. Couldn't let me out until the forums got back up.

So... kinda?

But yeah, is there no way we can stop this from happening?

[Dualnames]

I committed suicide. No jk, lololololololo.

I mean, I didn't really care THAT much, but I certainly clicked on the bookmark around 20 times.

[Chicky]

It's been a hard weekend without you guys. Group hug!

Has anyone else found production on their AGS project increase? I'm not sure why, but i felt the need to push pixels all weekend.

Oh and AGS, don't mind Dualnames, he's still a bit sore. I care, a lot. Don't break down again x

[Ghost]

Has anyone else found production on their AGS project increase? I'm not sure why, but i felt the need to push pixels all weekend.

Second that, it *helps* focussing, but I still missed that soothing blue screen!

[Matagot]

Hi there!!! 

I'm new to the forums!
I thought I'd make this my first post in this thread since I completely freaked out at the forums 'downtime'.

Here I was, weeks ago, checking out the AGS website, filled with excitement and enthusiasm at the prospect of finally achieving one of my biggest goals in life: To make an adventure game!

So off I went, writing down as many ideas of what kind of game to design, looking at how to use AGS and checking out other peoples excellent games and so on.

Then the downtime came.....



..... UTTER DESPAIR!!!!! My dreams slipping through my fingers!!!!! OH THE PAIN! THE PAIN!!!! :o :o :o

But anyway.
I'm kinda glad other users are experiencing the same thing and that it is not my computer laughing at me.

But I'm more than glad to finally post here 


Hoping to eventually share my ideas with you guys!!!!

Matagot

[Dualnames]

Matagot, welcome aboard, and yeah forum downtimes are kinda like m0ds. You never know when and where he's gonna pop up from.

[DBoyWheeler]

Man, has Ad Avis cast a spell to screw with the forum or something?   

[Tabata]

Nice to see you all again

How to survive hard times without the AGS-family?

When the Forum is down we all have hard times!
It always make me terrible headaches:

                 

What do you do (if you don't wear tight leather pants, being busy with baking sweets ) not to get crazy during those times?

Any good ideas or experiences about substitutes?

[Snake]

Welcome Metagot!

Yeah, I've been missing the forums pretty badly. I've checked and checked this place about... actually, there is no way I could make any sort of estimate. I checked A LOT. A couldn't stop.

I committed suicide. No jk, lololololololo.

LOL!

[Domino]

I am also guilty of checking to see if the Forums were back up and running constantly.

Welcome back for now. 

[LimpingFish]

Without the forums, all I had left to occupy myself with were the voices in my head.

[LUniqueDan]

We're all addicted. At least I am.

[Nikolas]

Even if I don't post, I checked every hour to see if the forums are back... (Plus they are still my homepage after a good number of years...)... Welcome back forum and people I've known for the past 7 years or so...

[LUniqueDan]

Wow an ATOTK avatar ! That was so 2000's. 

[Nikolas]

Wow an ATOTK avatar ! That was so 2000's. 

hahaha!

I think it might be true...

Once Resonance is released I'll switch to my avatar for the 2010s...

[Vince Twelve]

Once Resonance is released I'll switch to my avatar for the 2010s...

Yeah, like that'll ever happen.

[Igor Hardy]

Wow an ATOTK avatar ! That was so 2000's. 

And all this time I thought it's a picture of Saint Nicholas.

[DrewCCU]

*sigh* go ahead and add me to the list of people who clicked the refresh button 20 times per hour for the past few days. I sure hope we get to enjoy the boards a little while before they decide to go down again.

Maybe we should have a backup forum we can all temporarily retreat to if such an unfortunate event should occur?

[Tabata]

Maybe we should have a backup forum we can all temporarily retreat to if such an unfortunate event should occur?

How about simply hijacking meeting in an other forum during such a period 

(and start a thread for lonesome AGS-ers over there)

[Grim]

Oh, thank God, the forums are back!

It felt like there was a hole inside of me I couldn't fill...

Strange, considering I don't post often... But I read others posts all the time.

During this downtime I found myself reading Skyrim Wiki. At least now I know how to join the Dark Brotherhood! ---> Unsuspecting folks of Skyrim- beware!

[Stupot]

Missed you guys, but I did seem to get a fair bit more uni work done this week than usual.
Maybe just a coincidence.

Also, I finally got around to starting Telltale's Sam and Max Season 1 which I bought yonks ago on steam.

[blueskirt]

Dear AGS Forums,
Plz stay online forever.

Your best buddy,
-blueskirt

[Domino]

We could also create a Facebook AGS Forums page and all meet in there..if the forums go down again.

Just an Idea...

[mkennedy]

Hopefully whatever caused the forums to go down has been fixed. It would be sad if they were to go down again. So does anybody know what happened and why they were down? 

[LUniqueDan]

We could also create a Facebook AGS Forums page and all meet in there..if the forums go down again.

There's one actually. Last update : August 5th 2010

[Wyz]

Productivity has been up, morale has been down.
I've been going through withdrawal the past few days. 

[Ponch]

We could also create a Facebook AGS Forums page and all meet in there..if the forums go down again.

But I'm not on the MyFace webs!

[Baron]

I say we form a secret society of AGSers to raise funds for a new AGS server.  Here me out, friends: reliable up-time, the fuzzy feeling of helping your community, and I'm sure we could throw game-making in there somewhere.  Who's with me?

[Ghost]

Baron: Absolutely! Great idea! Why has no-one thought of that before! Count me in! I already got some leather pants too! We could, like, SELL GAMES WE'VE MADE!

How about simply hijacking meeting in an other forum during such a period  

AGS Anonymous... now on 4chan
"Hi. My name's Ghost, and I'm making these low-res point and click adventures."
"!!lulzyour names goasts!! lurk moar! i herdyou lik mudkipz!"

AGS Anonymous... now on DeviantArt
"Hi. I got filter powers!"
*lens phlare!!!*

[Ponch]

Fantastic idea, Baron! Someone should give you an award for extreme cleverness! 

[Baron]

How about simply hijacking meeting in an other forum during such a period 

Here are some candidate sites:

The Any Given Saturday (AGS) Forum

The Association of Georgia Surveyors (AGS) Forum (actually, through some sort of parallel irony, this forum is also down at the moment)

The Alagille Syndrome (AGS) Alliance Forum

The Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) Forum

And my personal favourite......

The American Gerbil Association (AGS) Forum

See you there next time BigBlueCup isn't BigBlueUp!

[Peder 🚀]

And my personal favourite......

The American Gerbil Association (AGS) Forum

See you there next time BigBlueCup isn't BigBlueUp!

I'll definitely see you THERE!

[Dualnames]

I prefer any given sunday. So yeah.

[Snarky]

I guess all you productive supergeniuses never need to look up a coding issue on the forums? I usually can't go more than an hour of programming without a "now how am I supposed to...?"

[Anian]

I guess all you productive supergeniuses never need to look up a coding issue on the forums? I usually can't go more than an hour of programming without a "now how am I supposed to...?"

Ha ha ha pitiful meatbag, can not remember all code.

[Matagot]

I guess all you productive supergeniuses never need to look up a coding issue on the forums? I usually can't go more than an hour of programming without a "now how am I supposed to...?"

Ha ha ha pitiful meatbag, can not remember all code.

Heh! Not being able to ask how to achieve certain codes would be a real nightmare without these forums 

It's fantastic at what you can achieve with a game when you know how 

Gotta keep our spirits up!

[Bulbapuck]

*hugs computer*

Don't you ever, EVER, make me so worried again :,)

[tzachs]

And my personal favourite......

The American Gerbil Association (AGS) Forum

See you there next time BigBlueCup isn't BigBlueUp!

I'll definitely see you THERE!

Since I'm also a fan of American Gerbils, it's like killing two birds with one stone!

[Ponch]

I guess all you productive supergeniuses never need to look up a coding issue on the forums? I usually can't go more than an hour of programming without a "now how am I supposed to...?"

Tell me about it. I actually had to sit down and figure out how to do something myself over the weekend instead of just looking it up in the technical forums. I had to write actual code... from scratch! It was awful!  :o

I don't ever want to have to do that again!

[Dualnames]

I guess all you productive supergeniuses never need to look up a coding issue on the forums? I usually can't go more than an hour of programming without a "now how am I supposed to...?"

Tell me about it. I actually had to sit down and figure out how to do something myself over the weekend instead of just looking it up in the technical forums. I had to write actual code... from scratch! It was awful!  :o

I don't ever want to have to do that again!

I found an AGS Engine bug. I WIN ALL OF YOU BY DEFAULT. FOR EVER. PERIOD.

[cat]

I was copying code from my previous games. And then, when I had a question and could not proceed - just when I went to the chat to ask, the forums were back and the search gave me a post of Ghost that answered it all - thanks forums, thanks search, thanks Ghost!

[bicilotti]

thanks Ghost!

Everyone should thank Ghost.

Thanks Ghost!

[Scarab]

I haven't posted here since about halfway through the creation of Project Crowdventure...
Even though I stopped posting, I still didn't realise how much I lurk here until I find myself faced with an 'unavailable' page every time I power up the Internet...

[Snakette]

It says alot that your post is on the first page, Snakie  .... Just sayin'

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays AGS Board Members!

[Dualnames]

Merry Christmas to you too, Snake. Wait. Wait a second. There's something eluding me here.

Dualnames makes teh conxion

OMG OMG OMG

[Snake]

Merry Christmas to you too, Snake. Wait. Wait a second. There's something eluding me here.

Dualnames makes teh conxion

OMG OMG OMG

I think you missed something, Duals

And Merry Christmas from me too...?? I didn't think this was a Christmas thread...

[Ali]

What are you talking about? Of course it's a Christmas thread!

Merry Christmas!

[Ponch]

Merry Christmas! 
(And Happy Hanukkah! -- Don't want Tzachs and Noavana to feel left out!)

[Domino]

Happy Festivus!!!

[miguel]

Merry Christmas to all AGS members!

[Tabata]

[Ponch]

Happy Festivus!!!

Let the airing of the grievances begin! 

[m0ds]

Merry Chris-Jones-mas!

Siiiiiiighhhh  :

Have a fantastic time folks!

[Darkdan]

Merry Christmas!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Just in time for the Christmas season, Limey Lizard pops in with a bunch of random stuff he's found scattered all over his ship.

One mans' trash is another mans' treasure, right?

[Ponch]

In these dark and uncertain times, we need a good laugh (and a frustrating maze sequence ). The AGS Community needs a sequel, ProgZ. We NEED one. 

I cast my vote for Limey Lizard II in 2012. 

[Chicky]

'All i want for Christmas is my two fron-  to release an adventure game!'

I warn thee, AGS folk, i shall bring merry drunken greetings to all, upon this festive season!

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

...and a frustrating maze sequence

With such warm and loving feedback like this, is there any reason I shouldn't make another? 

[Ponch]

...and a frustrating maze sequence

With such warm and loving feedback like this, is there any reason I shouldn't make another? 

Exactly! Now merry whatnot and get to work. 

[Dualnames]

I've been meaning to do this for a long time. And since, well I've always been having economical problems during Xmas for some weird fucking asshole reason that always comes up.

I take thee chance to start a new forum trend. Against XMAS avatars. BLADE RUNNER.

[Stupot]

Blade Runner Xmas Avatars!
Great idea Dual!
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[Dualnames]

STUPOT, BEST AVATAR EVER. Deckard the halls, AHAAHA. OMG.

[m0ds]

I love the Dualnames bandwagon!!1 Merry christmas! Still!

[Tabata]

A special one for Dualnames

[Khris]

Thought this would fit here best:
are the forums slower than usual for anyone else? I'm pretty sure it's not my connection since it says how long it took to create the page at the very bottom and I'm getting times up to 10 seconds or more.

Is something wrong with the server or is it just used to capacity?

[Ali]

It's slow here as well, sounds like you're right.

[Ponch]

Running slow for me as well. Someone should ask CJ if he needs a new server and if there's any way we can help.  :

[Tabata]

For me it's not only slow
... it always stucks and gives me „FastCGI Error“ about a server problem every now and then  :'(
and if the site comes up, it needs „hours“.

[Gilbert]

... it always stucks and gives me „FastCGI Error“ about a server problem every now and then  :'(

Yeah, actually I'm getting that too, for quite a long time already.

[Ghost]

Today it's especially bad. I can brew me a nice cup of tea before my PMs open, if at all. I'm getting 505's occasionally, too.

[Khris]

Running slow for me as well. Someone should ask CJ if he needs a new server and if there's any way we can help.  :

Heh, right, I completely missed the connection since it only got slow for me a few days ago. I thought the downtime was due to a database crash or something.

Anyway, the Bake Sale is a superb idea and I'll gladly fork out some cash for the site I visit the most

[miguel]

Pretty slow to me here as well, it's not something new though,
count me in if there's a way(money) to contribute for a new server.

[cat]

Today it's especially bad. I can brew me a nice cup of tea before my PMs open, if at all. I'm getting 505's occasionally, too.

Especially PM are terrible today. I sent one three times, I hope they don't mind  :

[Stupot]

It's all my fault :o
It always seems to happen after I've done a forum search...

[Ponch]

Miguel and Khris: We started the bake sale to buy CJ a new server,  but he swears he doesn't need one. So now we're going to raise money for Child's Play instead.   

Stupot: Please stop breaking the forums. The search function is a luxury we can no longer afford.