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Sep 25, 2009#1

Dave

Okay, here's the rundown of what happened as best I know.

Sometime today the site was futzing out. I contacted Arvixe who said they were diagnosing server issues. Then I tried to come back in here and got that "account suspended" message. I immediately called them back and was told that our site caused the server to crash repeatedly. Not knowing why that would happen I went to Google Analytics, which informed me that today our traffic spiked 6209.88%!

I still don't know why.

We looked in the cPanel user logs and AWStats and found that we were not experiencing anything special. But the heavy traffic load from....somewhere....roached us bad.

So here's what's going to happen. I won't be able to get a detailed list of from where the hits came until tomorrow so we're going to keep an eye on things. If we spike again they WILL suspend us again until we either move to a more expensive server or block the offending site.

I hope it's not going to happen again but holy crap!

Sep 25, 2009#2

strawman

I suppose I shouldn't have set up the conquest bot net just to win the forum game...

-Adam

Sep 25, 2009#3

Covar

DAMN YOU TOM BRAZELTON!!!!!

Sep 25, 2009#4

Dave

Here's what I saw:

Sep 25, 2009#5

Rob King

Sheeeeegooooooo!

Sep 25, 2009#6

phil

Kanye West aint too pleased with what we have to say about him. He's targeting us.

Sep 25, 2009#7

Dave

So ronery.

Sep 25, 2009#8

Shakey

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God!
:aaahhh:

Sep 25, 2009#9

strawman

Please... please make the hurting stop...

-Adam

Sep 25, 2009#10

Zappit

Boy, I always miss all the crazy stuff.

Sep 25, 2009#11

Philosopher B.

We're here, we're here, WE'RE HERE.

Sep 25, 2009#12

Rob King

Franklin D(ave). Roosevelt said:
Today, September 25th, 2009 — a date which will live in infamy — Halforums.com was suddenly and deliberately attacked by DDoS forces of the Empire of ... fuck if we know.

Sep 25, 2009#13

strawman

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! We're going down! Abandon forum! Women and avatars first!

-Adam

Sep 25, 2009#14

strawman

YO, DAVE, DAVE I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMM'A LETCHA RESTART YOUR FORUM, BUT SCOTT KURTZ HAD THE BEST FORUM NUKE OF ALL TIME! OF ALL TIME!

/insert Kanye west image over 403 error of forum

-Adam

---------- Post added at 05:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:02 PM ----------

I can taste my spleen!

-Adam

Sep 26, 2009#15

Covar

I saw glimpses of this forums future.

Sep 26, 2009#16

bhamv3

Yay, we're back again!

Sep 26, 2009#17

Rob King

Artist's impression of yesterday.

Sep 26, 2009#18

Shegokigo

Those responsible have been flayed, mauled and eaten. :devil:

Sep 26, 2009#19

Shawn

Shegokigo said:
Those responsible have been flayed, mauled and eaten.

And if not I would like to know why.

Sep 26, 2009#20

Rob King

Kanye West said:
I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO Dave AND Everyone FOR crashing THE Forum. I SPOKE TO Everyone RIGHT AFTER. DAVE IS VERY OLD !!........... I'M IN THE WRONG FOR INTERRUPTING AND CRASHING YOUR FORUM !!!!!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT HALFORUMS. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO DAVE 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF MEMES!!! YOU NECKBEARDS KNOW!!! BOOOOYAAAWWWWW!!!!!! SHIT, I GAVE MY RESPECT TO FORUMITES WHEN THEY DESERVED IT... THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST BEING REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!!MUCH RESPECT!!!!!

Sept. 26th, 2009

Via Kanye West Apology Generator

Sep 26, 2009#21

Hylian

yaaay!

were alive again

Sep 26, 2009#22

Fun Size

I'm just glad it wasn't me. I was worried that taking out that ad promising hot, naked lesbians on Halforums.com had caused all of this.

What? I don't know what they wear when they post. It could be accurate.

Sep 26, 2009#23

Iaculus

Mein Gott, thought this place was a goner.

Sep 26, 2009#24

Espy

The best response to this?
Well, yesterday I was recording most of the day so I wasn't around, late last night I asked on twitter what was up and Zen sent me this gem:

\"@ZenMonkey\" said:
@halcyon7(me): @halforums (dave) went all @pvponline on us and shut down the forum. We're going to regroup at www.quarterforums.com

Sep 26, 2009#25

Shegokigo

*bookmarks*

Sep 26, 2009#26

bhamv3

Espy said:
The best response to this?
Well, yesterday I was recording most of the day so I wasn't around, late last night I asked on twitter what was up and Zen sent me this gem:

\"@ZenMonkey\" said:

@halcyon7(me): @halforums (dave) went all @pvponline on us and shut down the forum. We're going to regroup at www.quarterforums.com

Click to expand...

Bwa ha ha ha, nice!

Sep 26, 2009#27

KenjiFinster

Can we still blame Kanye?

Sep 26, 2009#28

North_Ranger

Six THOUSAND percent? Okay, did someone set up a link saying "Hot Sexy Chicks With Low Standards Over Here" to Halforums?

Sep 26, 2009#29

Andromache

i dunno. maybe it's a sign.

Sep 26, 2009#30

Shegokigo

Crone said:
i dunno. maybe it's a sign.

http://tinyurl.com/65lqgm

Sep 26, 2009#31

AshburnerX

North_Ranger said:
Six THOUSAND percent? Okay, did someone set up a link saying "Hot Sexy Chicks With Low Standards Over Here" to Halforums?

People were hotlinking to and from our Kanye West thread. That's why the traffic went through the roof, while we didn't get an increase in unique visits.

Sep 26, 2009#32

Andromache

Shegokigo;263261][quote=Crone said:
i dunno. maybe it's a sign.

http://tinyurl.com/65lqgm[/QUOTE]

Sep 26, 2009#33

HoboNinja

Shegokigo;263261][quote=Crone said:
i dunno. maybe it's a sign.

http://tinyurl.com/65lqgm[/QUOTE]

I am not ashamed to say I love that song. I had that as my ring tone for awhile

. I miss the nineties

Sep 26, 2009#34

Cuyval Dar

Well, Dave did say he wants to find new ways for bringing in traffic.
Better be careful what you ask for.

Sep 26, 2009#35

ZenMonkey

Cuyval Dar said:
Well, Dave did say he wants to find new ways for bringing in traffic.
Better be careful what you ask for.

Sep 26, 2009#36

figmentPez

It's a conspiracy backed by the cruise ship industry! Holland America Line is pissed off that we took their forum name!

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