The death of HQ?

[skyknight]

So has Hq up and died and this is the new site. I see Netherspirit is back so I'm sorry if somebody already aked this boss :D Any idea what happened to the old site? Though I do like the chat here very much.

[ninthdoc]

Nobody knows. It just wasn't there yesterday or today.

Thank goodness we have such talented and caring people to get us a new home in such short order. 8)

[skyknight]

I agree, good to see you again Ninthdoc, like the new avatar.

[ninthdoc]

Thanks, I was glad to see you made it over here, too, Skyknight.

[netherspirit]

So has Hq up and died and this is the new site. I see Netherspirit is back so I'm sorry if somebody already aked this boss :D Any idea what happened to the old site? Though I do like the chat here very much.

Use the search button, fool! HAHA.

Like Doc said, no one knows for sure. All I've have heard from GB was that "The HQ is down, and its down hard."

The Chat rocks.

[sigmazero13]

It's always weird starting in a new board. Hopefully either the HQ will revive, or this site will take off.

Though I hope that if we stay here, the skin is changed to something less "generic phpBB"ish :)


Oh, and I wonder if anyone else knows where ninthdoc got this Avatar's pic :) I know where, haven't seen it for several years though :)

[ultradoug]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f348/coolmondoug/banner.jpg

[skyknight]

Yeah I know I found it like two seconds after I posted this thread. I wonder if Glasswalker abandoned the site because of some of the crap talking. I know the dude was having some life problems and trying to keep three thousand people happy. I apprecdiate what he was doing for us and I am not ready to bash him for it, quite the opposite. I hope Hq's comes back up as well. I kinda like the format and I don't handle change well :D . If he does not get it going again though this will be my new home. I also wonder if Glasswalker pulled the plug after he was about to lose his mods. I saw an episode of Soprano's like that where JR's captains were all doing there own thing and he tried to kill Tony. Hopefully GW doesn't have a bad temper :wink:

[ultradoug]

The Death Of Hq.

Some would even say...
its epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIw1EWI9X94

[truth]

Hey guys, I want to apologize on behalf of the HQ staff, we were poorly informed about things like this and have had little to no communication with the site admin. GW was apparently quite tied up elsewhere and it caused the site to fall into decay. We began taking action several days ago with the building of this site. Then before we could announce the site HQ fell. We are trying every means we know to find the stray members and guide them over to here. Now with dedicated members holding the keys, you can trust that this site will be around for a very long time and that we will always cater to the needs of it's members in a timely fashion.

[cbs42]

Here's to hoping that this site is a little less crowded than HQ was.

[truth]

Here's to hoping that this site is a little less crowded than HQ was.

Well I'll be attentive to member needs. If overcrowding becomes a problem I'll look into how other forums have successfully dealt with it.

[MacG]

Here's to hoping that this site is a little less crowded than HQ was.

I agree. The larger the sites get, the less I participate. In the old days, I'd be that settler who keeps moving on every time they elect a mayor.

[gibberish_47]

Phew, I found my way over here from BGG (big suprise :oops:). This new site looks great, though. So the HQ crapped up pretty good, huh? That is too bad, even though it was running slower than my grandma. Oh well, I hope this site does well. Vivo heroscapers.com!!

[Kenntak]

Gee, I am thinking maybe HQ is gone for good--it has been offline for so long.

[skyknight]

I see it three ways, Gw is away on business and cannot do anything, Gw's personal probs got the better of him, or he is pissed at everyone for trashin his efforts at makin a new site. I am voting on number three. I was feeling bad for the dude, people were takin a few shots at him.

[boom]

If that is the case, then it is truly sad. GW stepped up big time when the original .net site went defunct. I wish him well. Now truth, GB, Oog and company have stepped up bigger. This site will do well, yessiree.

[truth]

I see it three ways, Gw is away on business and cannot do anything, Gw's personal probs got the better of him, or he is pissed at everyone for trashin his efforts at makin a new site. I am voting on number three. I was feeling bad for the dude, people were takin a few shots at him.

HQ was down before he knew anything about this. He hasn't been around for months at a time. I HIGHLY doubt he knows that HQ is down right now, even though I've emailed him. I'm glad for what GW did in time that he did it. But when he did it he didn't know he was going to be opening his own bussiness. Unfortunately the bussiness left us by the wayside and something had to be done to keep the community from falling apart due to lack of attentivness to community issues by the administration.

[reapersaurus]

I see it three ways, Gw is away on business and cannot do anything, Gw's personal probs got the better of him, or he is pissed at everyone for trashin his efforts at makin a new site. I am voting on number three. I was feeling bad for the dude, people were takin a few shots at him.BULL(pucky).

This entire community has been nothing but understanding of GW's death-by-inattentiveness.

Hero made a decision. GW did it by inattention.

Same result.

The community, and the fans, get screwed, and their efforts lost.

Show me one post on HQ that was remotely rude or that was not totally deserved.

Oh, that's right - you can't- :x

because he never bothered to come back and put any time in for the site, even though I explicitly pointed out this likely problem to him when he first volonteered his server and bandwidth space.
He assured me this wouldn't happen.
Well, guess what - it did, just about exactly how I described to him it could.

GW's not a bad guy, and I'm not mad at him for having RL concerns trump all of ours.
I AM disappointed in him, though, and surprised he left us so in the lurch and on our collective asses even though I made him aware of this exact possibility, and he was very aware of the problems yet didn't come through on any of his statements or promises.

[ultradoug]

What Reaper said.

[Kenntak]

Good post Reaper and I do remember you voicing concerns about GW being able to handle everything. Unfortunately, it turned out GW did not have the time to run the site. That is understandable, but possibly losing all of those posts is very hard to stomache.

[gibberish_47]

How many did you lose, Kenntak? I know it was more than 5,000, and you were the top poster on the HQ.

[Joah]

Gee, I am thinking maybe HQ is gone for good--it has been offline for so long.Yeah, I'm affraid it happened so quick, some may have a hard time finding the "source".

[StarSlayer]

I'm really glad to see there is a new camp again, Tavern, now we just need a good fast food joint to keep us going all night.

I do hope we can get things working really well this time.
HQ really was good for a while, hard start up, changing servers and all. but it did work well for a time.

I hope to see a good solid core of people make it over here. I hope some of the trouble makers get lost and don't find us for a long, long time.

[EyeOfSauron]

Frustrated with the continual "cannot find server" results I hopped over to BGG and quickly joined the Yahoo! group only to see Grungebob's "goodbye HQ" email....

I am crossing over! :)

[skyknight]

Show me one post on HQ that was remotely rude or that was not totally deserved.

Oh, that's right - you can't- :x


I can and I will if HQ comes back up. Also I browse someother heroscape sites and even moreso on those sites I watched, people were trashing the dude. Iv'e already watched people on this chat room call him a dumbass yesterday. All in all though I am glad that we have more active Adminstrators now, that was a big prob with HQ's. I am not saying that I agree with abandoning us over on HQ, Hell I lost five hundred posts and a ton of custom work :cry: . I was not trying to get your hackles up Reaper but I think if we leave Hq's it needs to be in more of a Hey thanks for trying GW kinda attitude, not a you screwed everything up for us. Truth has done the best job of explaining GW's inattentiveness without one cross word, or without coming down on the guy. He has merely stated the facts, those you cannot change. Thank you Truth. I guess all I am saying is that I refuse to smoke the dude for this. I will gracefully move on, more like a gentle breeze and alot less like a thunderstorm. Hq's was a fun site and I appreciated my time there.

[InfinityMax]

Skyknight, that's sort of my attitude. I don't have any kind of animosity toward GW, and if I were him and had seen some of the crap people were chucking at me, I would have shut it down, too. Only since I am a lot less friendly than GW, my 'this site is shut down' notice would have included the phrase, 'because you can all bite me.'

[skyknight]

Me too Infinity, I have that knack sometimes of telling people to scrog off. It's good to see you back brother.

[Annerios]

HQ is back up, so if anyone wants to start salvaging their stuff, you can begin!

Who knows how long it will stay functional?
:evil:

[netherspirit]

Hopefully it will stay up until I get home from work :?

[Bobbo]

I think that we could all learn a valuable lesson about backing up our data from this. After .net I saved everything anyone did that I wanted to save to my local hard drive. I'm not suggesting that this site is going down or anything like that, but it is still worth thinking about in the future. I haven't been over to the gallery yet, but I ceratinly hope it allows multiple uploads like .net did, or reposting all this could take awhile.

[Kenntak]

Yes, please save your critical data, posts, pictures, etc.

[django]

i'm glad too see that familiar faces showed up here i thought i got banned from HQ for something? this place feels fresh hq is kinda like a dungeon compared to this place.

[Barfodor]

Ya. HQ was a big place but i was finally settling in. Now we all have to start all over again. Why couldnt we just have our old .net again. :cry: That place was great. However, im not gonna be left behind this time. Thats why i have joined quickly. Just need to bring all the other stuff here now. I still think that if HQ were to remain, that would ba a little better. But who knows, one thing for sure, this site is faster. :D I think i might repost my Batte Report here with the pictures and everything. Yes, i will do that when i have time. :D

[DoesntCompute]

Very nice, I'm one of the top posters here! This is good!

[django]

is the posting rank coming back? i just made it to charos!

[dickflea]

And now we have to start the custom dice thread again......

[geddy lifeson]

I have not seen anyone taking any personal shots towards GW. The facts are that HQ has suffered as has the community by the inattentiveness. I am thrilled to see that this site is up and many of the hardcore have crossed over to contribute to making this a success. I have not abandoned HQ completely, but I am not one to put all my eggs in one basket...the signs are showing, the demise of HQ is inevitable. I appreciate GW stepping up and helping as he did, but for the site to thrive and the community prosper, there must be an active response to serious issues. I have said it numerous places, it is nice to have this site up and know it will be properly maintained!

by the scapers for the scapers!

[reapersaurus]

Also I browse someother heroscape sites and even moreso on those sites I watched, people were trashing the dude. ummmmmm... where?
I'm very curious to read when anyone has been attacking GW or not acknowledging his creation of the site.

Everything I can remember reading was respectful, and simply accurately describing the situation, regrettably.

[Fallen Templar]

Well ya take the bad and you take the good I remeber reapers warning to gw and unforturnately It came to fluition :(

[SyvarrisX]

The HQ was a good place. I had to warn my brother when this place came up. I am still low on posts but I can see that will soon change.

-Syv

[noodles]

So this is .net v3.0?

[ultradoug]

So this is .net v3.0?

hey noodles is back ... again!

[Miniature Geek]

This site is too bright, it hurts my eyes.

LOL, I'm kidding, although I probably won't be posting much in the mean time, (real life is kickin' my ass) I am glad that I won't have to worry about not being able to get on because the site is down.

Now for the long task of getting my stuff from HQ.

Are the middle threads back yet, or are they still MIA?

[reapersaurus]

So this is .net v3.0?

hey noodles is back ... again!good one. :thumbsup:

[SyvarrisX]

I was never around for .net but I have seen some of the threads there from google caches.

[Fallen Templar]

I was never around for .net but I have seen some of the threads there from google caches. .net was a browsers paradise but the color of the Forum was butt ugly. That'll be the only complaint heard from me. While on that subject did Hextrip register on this site

[jcb231]

Forum color here is a bit wonky too.....so harsh with the whiteness.

I know I've mentioned that a lot, but ouch....I turn down my brightness on the monitor everytime I stop here, and still....so bright.

A darker background would be fantastic.

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

I was never around for .net but I have seen some of the threads there from google caches. .net was a browsers paradise but the color of the Forum was butt ugly. That'll be the only complaint heard from me. While on that subject did Hextrip register on this site

hextr1p signed up early #9, but havn't heard anything from him.

I know he is in the process of moving from LA to Arizona. :cry:

[hextr1p]

I was never around for .net but I have seen some of the threads there from google caches. .net was a browsers paradise but the color of the Forum was butt ugly. That'll be the only complaint heard from me. While on that subject did Hextrip register on this site

Eh? "Butt ugly"? Surely you're referring to the infant vomit yellow color of .NET's early days, and NOT the calming blue color scheme I helped incorporate just weeks before .NET's demise.

That said... yes, I am here. But barely. I don't even have an avatar yet! ;)

Don't look for much from me until the middle of next month. As Oog mentioned above, I did move from Cali to Hellizona and my wife and I are still getting unpacked, settled, and adjusted.

I haven't had a chance to look at many posts here, but this site looks to be what .NET hoped to become. I mean, wow, we already have a chat page! This place is in GREAT hands with Truth at the helm, and supported by excellent mods, both old and new, as well as legacy .NET and HQ.com members.

I can't wait to get to a little bit of normalcy here with the rest of the 'Scapers.

[SyvarrisX]

yeah, I saw the vomit yellow. This forum has a nice look.

[NiteRaider]

What exactly happened! I leave HSHQ for one minute (or four months, depending on how you keep track of time) and now Site #2 has fallen and we now have Site #3 going.

[gibberish_47]

*glass(walker) shatters*

[NiteRaider]

Oh NO! GW has fallen! (picks up his sword and shield) I will a(Burnout re)venge you! (hops on dark motorcycle and looks to avenge his fallen friend)

[gibberish_47]

Niteraid, this is what the HQ says now:

Hello All. The winds of change are upon us!

The time has come for me to step down as the community leader for Heroscape. I have neither the time or resources to continue this project and manage it in a fashion that this community deserves.

There is a new community site up and running at http://www.heroscapers.com/ this site should now be considered the new main community site for heroscape.

The info contained here at HSHQ is not lost, and is here to be recovered if needed... For more information on my stepping down, please see my post at heroscapers.com: Glasswalker's Post

I hope to see you all over at the new site, as I Will be at the very least a member there, and since I won't be worrying about owning/operating the site anymore, who knows, I might actually be active again!

See you all there!

[NiteRaider]

Yeah, I saw that when I tried to get on the old new site. I followed the link to this site where I registered.

[Miniature Geek]

So I have a silly question, does this site format offer the ability to have different skins? And if so, are any of the highly talented people working on making some, less bright skins. I liked the darkness of HQ, it didn't kill my eyes when I spent hours sitting infront of my comp.

[Fallen Templar]

Yes Hex Trip I was reffering to the early days of vomit yellow :wink:

[skyknight]

While we are on the subject I had a site question, I love the scroll at the bottom of the screen. Is there any way we can make it so that if we click on that link we go to the last post instead of the first post, this is kind of annoying, to upload the first screen just to upload the last screen.

[shakey_snake]

So I have a silly question, does this site format offer the ability to have different skins? And if so, are any of the highly talented people working on making some, less bright skins. I liked the darkness of HQ, it didn't kill my eyes when I spent hours sitting infront of my comp.something like this (http://www.phpbbstyles.com/viewtopic.php?t=10253) would be sweet.

[Miniature Geek]

So I have a silly question, does this site format offer the ability to have different skins? And if so, are any of the highly talented people working on making some, less bright skins. I liked the darkness of HQ, it didn't kill my eyes when I spent hours sitting infront of my comp.something like this (http://www.phpbbstyles.com/viewtopic.php?t=10253) would be sweet.

Do I download that or do the site runners need to download something like that?

[netherspirit]

I will point you to Truth's post on the very subject, in the thread called Board Styles. :P Do I have to say it?

http://heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=8152#9012

Okay, I will say it.......search :P


This is my 962nd post. 39 more and someone will win some Wave 1!!!!

[shakey_snake]

Truth would need to install it.

I'm working on some Heroscape-y graphics as we speak...
I like the Red. Very utgar-ish.

Truth, Interested?

[netherspirit]

Truth would need to install it.

I'm working on some Heroscape-y graphics as we speak...
I like the Red. Very utgar-ish.

Truth, Interested?

See my post above.

This is my 963nd post. 38 more and someone will win some Wave 1!!!!

[shakey_snake]

just keep adding to that postcount nether.

[netherspirit]

You too.

This is my 964nd post. 37 more and someone will win some Wave 1!!!!

[Miniature Geek]

I will point you to Truth's post on the very subject, in the thread called Board Styles. :P Do I have to say it?

http://heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=8152#9012

Okay, I will say it.......search :P


This is my 962nd post. 39 more and someone will win some Wave 1!!!!

Man, went through an entire site before I had you say this to me, I feel so ashamed. :oops: