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Title: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 06, 2008, 06:29:53 pm
There are problems with the DNS and/or domain for the forums.  Please watch http://mm.soldat.pl and http://tns.u13.net for updates, as soldatforums,com may soon become unreacahble.

The forums will (at least for now) be forums.soldat.pl, I am working on getting it online now.
Title: Re: forums.soldat.pl domain problems
Post by: LtKillroy on October 06, 2008, 06:35:32 pm
No SF, O NOEZ!

Hrm that's not a good thing, I guess I'll have to actually play the game.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: PQ on October 06, 2008, 08:18:35 pm
I like the lady's smile on soldatforums,com  :-X

(http://pics.kolmic.com/596/masthead-main.jpg)

PS. it took me 10 minutes to figure out that sf.com transforms into forums.soldat.pl
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Blacksheepboy on October 06, 2008, 09:05:55 pm
That made me very confused, as I have not checked these forums in (what seems to me) quite some time. I thought that I had missed some "omg new forumz evrbodi" announcement :o.

Thank goodness Google... I searched "soldat forums" to see if I could somehow find out the problem. Troubleshooting: it never fails :-X
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Leo on October 06, 2008, 11:56:03 pm
Someone forgot to renew the domain ?...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: jrgp on October 07, 2008, 12:03:28 am
Someone forgot to renew the domain ?...
Yeah, and either someone else bought it, MM's brother renewed it in a way which caused a DNS misconfiguration, or the registrar had a measly auto-renewal system which messed it up as soon as it expired (a few days ago, according to whois' records).
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: chutem on October 07, 2008, 12:45:04 am
Quote
This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired.
Please contact the domain provider with questions.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 12:47:12 am
It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: PQ on October 07, 2008, 02:00:05 am
MM we love you for who you are. Couldn't happen to anyone else <3

(no sarcasm)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: SpiltCoffee on October 07, 2008, 03:09:45 am
oh noes!

Hope the domain downtime doesn't last too long! D:
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 03:18:53 am
No! *sniff*
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: echo_trail on October 07, 2008, 05:51:45 am
It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.

So are you gonna, or what's the plan?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: homerofgods on October 07, 2008, 05:59:05 am
isn't forums.soldat good enough?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: bja888 on October 07, 2008, 07:55:48 am
It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.

I hope he gets off that easy. Some who snatch domains want thousands for them.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Laser Guy on October 07, 2008, 08:35:02 am
Eh, that confused me a bit :P Damn domain stealers...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 10:45:53 am
We'll probably just stick with forums.soldat.pl.

Please encourage anyone you know to update their bookmarks, links on their site, and anything else.  It will be a bit before all of the major search engines re-index this site thoroughly, so the number of people on the site and hits/month are going to be very low this month.  We get huge amounts of traffic from google and other search engines because of the amount of information on our site, but as of right now, every single reference to the forums is lost.

Links everywhere need to be updated, and then we'll see the soldat forums start to show up in search engines again.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: EnEsCe on October 07, 2008, 10:47:55 am
I hate this domain, I normally type "sol" and press down and enter and it will take me to the forums, but now I have to sift through 20 other domains to find it :'( boohoo
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 10:48:36 am
If you're using firefox, it'll eventually learn.  You can also just delete old references to the old domain in your history (when the bar drops down, just put your mouse over what you want to delete and hit the delete key)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: SDFilm on October 07, 2008, 10:51:54 am
Wouldn't that make it harder to find? As well as god knows how many links being broken.

I don't totaly know how search engine programs (spiders) work, but at least for now the broken forums is at the stop of 'Soldat Forums' googled. I trust that this 'forums.soldat.pl' domain will only cause temorery disturbance, even if it does stay.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: PQ on October 07, 2008, 11:51:57 am
"soldatforums,com Estimated Worth $15965.1 USD" (http://www.websiteoutlook.com/)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Gotfryd on October 07, 2008, 11:57:52 am
As well as god knows how many links being broken.

I think at least tens of thousands :)

I'm afraid it is impossible to put any kind of redirect information on the page which shows up when old address is entered?

"soldatforums,com Estimated Worth $15965.1 USD" (http://www.websiteoutlook.com/)

Wow!
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: mar77a on October 07, 2008, 02:50:10 pm
Think of all the external links ;-;
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Laser Guy on October 07, 2008, 02:59:02 pm
Ouch, that'll be a pain in the ass (like old quotes and stuff...)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 03:14:24 pm
Oh shit... the forum is screwed.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: ElephantHunter on October 07, 2008, 03:45:05 pm
Oh poo... the forum is screwed.

Not necessarily. The situation still has yet to work itself out. It's possible this is an easy fix, or that we can buy back the old domain for a relatively cheap price. Even if we can't get soldatforums.com back, Google will re-index us under the new domain in a short time.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: DorkeyDear on October 07, 2008, 03:54:12 pm
its gonna take me forever to get used to this change.... im used to typing http://forums.soldat.pl daily... or close to, and pressing down.. usually faster to type.. :'(
i suppose no biggie tho
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 04:40:59 pm
If the company holding the domain hostage thinks it is worth anywhere near $15,000, we're never getting it back
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 04:50:51 pm
Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: jrgp on October 07, 2008, 04:52:04 pm
If the company holding the domain hostage thinks it is worth anywhere near $15,000, we're never getting it back
Where can we find out how much getting it back will cost?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: BombSki on October 07, 2008, 04:59:24 pm
that site PQ quoted wont work for me. i tried another 'domain value estimater' and that said:
Domain Appraisal for domain name only : USD 110


but also:
Valuation considering traffic: USD 4,600

This is taken from estibot.com.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: LtKillroy on October 07, 2008, 05:52:28 pm
Why is it worth so much? I never understood website costs though...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Blue-ninja on October 07, 2008, 06:48:06 pm
I think it's time we appreciated blackdevil's suggestion in the Forum News and Support. ;Q
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: kingkitty on October 07, 2008, 07:32:10 pm
Well this sucks :S
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: KodiakJack on October 08, 2008, 01:18:36 am
So whats the plan? Keeping it the way it is, or attempting to buy it back? How much are they asking, and how much did you used to pay?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: echo_trail on October 08, 2008, 04:24:02 am
Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.

Seems like a start? You should look into this, bricky.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: xmRipper on October 08, 2008, 08:10:01 am
I hate this domain, I normally type "sol" and press down and enter and it will take me to the forums, but now I have to sift through 20 other domains to find it :'( boohoo

Hey just use firefox =)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: SDFilm on October 08, 2008, 09:00:32 am
Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.

Seems like a start? You should look into this, bricky.

Indeed. Plus, what about the Soldat Forums advertisement on the nag screen that unregistered Soldat players get?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: client on October 08, 2008, 09:56:17 am
use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.

Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: EnEsCe on October 08, 2008, 10:46:00 am
Indeed. Plus, what about the Soldat Forums advertisement on the nag screen that unregistered Soldat players get?
Fixed that one up.

I think the emailing of members will be delayed until we know the other domain is definitely not available.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: a-4-year-old on October 08, 2008, 02:03:45 pm
use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.
that is so ugly and plain I'd rather just have the little tiny box.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: blackdevil0742 on October 08, 2008, 02:09:56 pm
use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.
that is so ugly and plain I'd rather just have the little tiny box.
You can do that too. But I prefer to have a few sites so I can just press the number keys to go to each one fast.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: ~Niko~ on October 08, 2008, 07:03:41 pm
fuck 2 days without SF... what a shame, I did not notice about the change, did you posted somewhere else about it? I had to ask the new adress in-game  :|
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Psycho on October 09, 2008, 03:28:45 am
Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 09:16:28 am
Haha, that's nice. No, it's great, SF being down, HAHA. Anyways, when is 1.5 to be released?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: UnknownSniper on October 09, 2008, 09:58:16 am
Haha, that's nice. No, it's great, SF being down, HAHA. Anyways, when is 1.5 to be released?

You really should be banned for asking the question 50 other people have asked, after countless moderators/'admins' have told them to shut the fuck up.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Vilho on October 09, 2008, 10:50:14 am
Well, took some time to realize what's going on.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 11:01:31 am
How about you either answer my question or STFU.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: UnknownSniper on October 09, 2008, 11:08:50 am
How about you either answer my question or STFU.

Okay. Let me repeat for the 51st time what EnEsCe has said 50 times.
"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you? Don't get bitchy at me because you can't read properly.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Sethamundo on October 09, 2008, 12:11:29 pm
How about you either answer my question or STFU.

Okay. Let me repeat for the 51st time what EnEsCe has said 50 times.
"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you? Don't get female dogy at me because you can't read properly.
Taken care of.  EH gave him a two-day vacation!
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 09, 2008, 12:23:53 pm
Keep this thread on-topic or some of you will magically find yourselves banned from posting in the News section.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 09, 2008, 12:24:16 pm
Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.

I will be sending one once I make sure of whether or not we're getting forums.soldat.pl back
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 01:12:58 pm



"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you?

Thank you, you could have said that from start instead of flaming.

Date Posted: October 09, 2008, 02:12:18 pm
Sethhamundo, I gave your mother a vacation.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Laser Guy on October 09, 2008, 01:25:23 pm



"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you?

Thank you, you could have said that from start instead of flaming.

Date Posted: October 09, 2008, 02:12:18 pm
Sethhamundo, I gave your mother a vacation.

http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=30383.0

Erm, did someone make a mistake banning him and banned only for 2 hours?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 01:31:20 pm
I made a mistake getting your wife knocked on. Seriously, I'm not to be banned, only f aggots and m otherfucker would do that.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Laser Guy on October 09, 2008, 01:35:15 pm
You better prepare for an assrape now...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: ~Niko~ on October 09, 2008, 02:30:08 pm
yeah, get lubricant,  ;D
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 09, 2008, 02:43:27 pm
Giplip is now permanently banned.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: xurich on October 09, 2008, 08:23:32 pm
Have you attempted to contact the people who hold soldatforu ms.com yet? I am curious what they're asking for its return.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: KodiakJack on October 10, 2008, 06:03:04 am
yeah, i mean, how much are they asking for
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 10, 2008, 12:18:53 pm
MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: blackdevil0742 on October 10, 2008, 12:45:52 pm
Then why are you still holding in with the mass e-mail proposition? [retard]
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: client on October 10, 2008, 02:01:30 pm
we can find out where those stealers live and kick their asses.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: SDFilm on October 12, 2008, 07:49:30 pm
MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.

What links on Google? The first one that comes up is still the original url, as well as the archives not being accessible. And unless you've sent out a mass email, there are still people who don't know about forums.soldat.pl, and not even that will get through to the ones that may only find the forum by now useless links.

BTW, I noticed that the old url is swear-filtered. Is that something to do with trying to give this url the benefit with search engine bots?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 12, 2008, 08:27:22 pm
MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.

What links on Google? The first one that comes up is still the original url, as well as the archives not being accessible. And unless you've sent out a mass email, there are still people who don't know about forums.soldat.pl, and not even that will get through to the ones that may only find the forum by now useless links.

BTW, I noticed that the old url is swear-filtered. Is that something to do with trying to give this url the benefit with search engine bots?

"what links on google" uh, you just proved my point?  I'm saying that all of the links in google are still pointing to forums.soldat.pl so as of right now google is passing pretty much none of its normal traffic this way.  I will be sending out a mass e-mail, but that doesn't change the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of links out there from search engines and community sites that point to the old domain.  Many of them will never be changed, even after a mass e-mail, so getting the old up and running again is worthwhile even if we plan on permanently using forums.soldat.pl. 

The old domain is swear-filtered because the forum is littered with hundreds or thousands of posts pointing to other threads/posts, none of which will work until the old domain is up and running... so I put in a swear filter to make all of those links work again.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: miketh2005 on October 13, 2008, 06:16:49 pm
Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Blue-ninja on October 13, 2008, 06:24:12 pm
Not sending a mass email message to everyone = Abstinence at its worst. If you know that we're going to probably keep this domain for a year or two, why hold back? Nobody's a little afraid of having a extra email message in their inbox :)
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: tehsnipah on October 13, 2008, 08:38:02 pm
So you guys are telling us that MM's still struggling with renewing the original forum website?
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Wolf_Man on October 13, 2008, 09:17:10 pm
The way i look at it, if someone doesnt have the common sense to get here, they shouldnt be here. I say keep this address and record how many members SF loses.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: FliesLikeABrick on October 13, 2008, 09:42:25 pm
So you guys are telling us that MM's still struggling with renewing the original forum website?

I don't know what is taking so long
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: The Philanthropist on October 14, 2008, 01:33:39 pm
Jesus christ, I find this place a week later after the domain expired o.0 I go on every day, even though I don't post much, I was always absent mindedly clicking this bookmark expecting to see SF and got a ad page >.>

Mass e-mail is probably a good idea.
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: LtKillroy on October 14, 2008, 02:28:03 pm
There is still a link from Soldat.pl, it's not that hard to figure out if you ask me. Not that you lose anything from a mass e-mail...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: Wolf_Man on October 14, 2008, 03:55:00 pm
There is still a link from Soldat.pl

And that, my friend, is the reason i am here.

Congratulations on finding that. You sir, have won..... a cookie!

Go ahead, reach in the cookie jar!
 (http://www.myspaceantics.com/images/funny/cookie-monster.jpg)

Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: homerofgods on October 14, 2008, 05:38:24 pm
aaaah  please!  we got to buy it back! :S   think about all the soldat history with links!  I have allready had 2 incidents of broken links.

or else we are gonna cry about it for ever! fix it now for all eternity!..
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: jeeva on April 30, 2010, 01:14:47 am
I got the domain plan here http://www.thewebpole.com/  at low cost...
Title: Re: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl
Post by: jrgp on April 30, 2010, 01:19:59 am
I got the domain plan here http://www.thewebpole.com/  at low cost...
ugh wtf? Two year old necropost? Locked / warned. Don't do that again and check the dates of posts...