Theres something farked here. please read mods

Draquish · Post by **Draquish** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:06 am

It was just probably that Ryoko's server couldn't handle the weight, or he just wanted to free up some space

!%^$ posts counts. I'm worried about the actual POSTS that where lost :shock:

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:07 am

wtf is up wit the retribution guy crap. and my thread got deleted on first page without notice.

IguanaRampage · Post by **IguanaRampage** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:28 am

XuChu wrote:
Stallowned wrote:
IguanaRampage wrote:
XuChu wrote:
IguanaRampage wrote:...That much further from elite member status....

>< 940 something to 814

2.4k to 1.7k

omg bake master post count is now 3600 something

wtf?? wasnt he at 4450?!?!?! :shock:

nadare32 · Post by **nadare32** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:31 am

Mmm the more posts you have the better your credibility is?

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:35 am

XuChu wrote:Theres a possibility somethings flarked about the forums security.now its postcount you never know wtf will happen next.

draquish wrote:!%^$ posts counts. I'm worried about the actual POSTS that where lost

Too true.
But I lost my l33tness.

MrJoey · Post by **MrJoey** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:37 am

nadare32 wrote:Mmm the more posts you have the better your credibility is?

More or less. I could post a link to a strange website, and most people would have no problem going there, I've established that I am annoying, but otherwise not a very evil person.

However, if you posted a link to a site no one knows, people would be much more suspect, the post count would be part of it.

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:04 am

I lost about 500posts, and i had just celebrated my 2000ndz post. We are still trying to get in contact with Ryoko to get clarification on the matter. Expect an official announcment soon enough.

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:08 am

as an admin on another phpBB site, i think what probably happened is this: phpBB has an auto-pruning option that can be set for any forum on the site that will automatically delete threads that are so many days old. it seems like the oldest posts in OT are being removed... that explains why my post count wasn't affected much, because i seldom post there. dunno for sure if that's what happened, but it's a possibility.

MrJoey · Post by **MrJoey** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:27 am

That pruner must have went berserk after ages of being inactive, cause it never was there before, and suddenly 2 pages of topics there.

timtam · Post by **timtam** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:47 am

Imagine if the pruner wiped out general discussion. =0

Kenjura · Post by **Kenjura** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:48 am

SuicideGrl wrote:as an admin on another phpBB site, i think what probably happened is this: phpBB has an auto-pruning option that can be set for any forum on the site that will automatically delete threads that are so many days old. it seems like the oldest posts in OT are being removed... that explains why my post count wasn't affected much, because i seldom post there. dunno for sure if that's what happened, but it's a possibility.

I have one too. I accidentally turned on the auto-pruning with weird settings, and then 80% of the posts disappeared. xD Luckily I had backed up the database earlier that day, so everything was restored.

Zypher · Post by **Zypher** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:05 am

timtam wrote:Imagine if the pruner wiped out general discussion. =0

i guess we'd all have to get naked

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:06 am

Zypher wrote:
timtam wrote:Imagine if the pruner wiped out general discussion. =0

i guess we'd all have to get naked

/join

Demarthl · Post by **Demarthl** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:13 am

SuicideGrl wrote:as an admin on another phpBB site, i think what probably happened is this: phpBB has an auto-pruning option that can be set for any forum on the site that will automatically delete threads that are so many days old. it seems like the oldest posts in OT are being removed... that explains why my post count wasn't affected much, because i seldom post there. dunno for sure if that's what happened, but it's a possibility.

might want to go through and make back ups of the guides and other important threads just incase.

meh, i've stooped under 2k posts, cant even remember whati h d before.

doesn't matter, it's the name of the poster that counts

CrazyAztec · Post by **CrazyAztec** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:15 am

Off Topic Lounge

AND I CANT STOP LOOKING AT YOUR SIG! :roll:

Post by **Ryoko** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:38 am

Doesn't look good. And not what you want to hear.

Nope. The admin panel shows all pruners off. I have never enabled pruning on the board.

I pruned screenshots today, but crossover is impossible. They are different tables.

A global mod or admin could do it by hand deleting every thread. Highly doubtfull, no motive, very time consuming and we have trusted mods.

You could speculate a hack, but thats nearly impossible. PHPBB thread stitchings are so intricate, you couldn't cleanly 'delete' threads like that without screwing the entire forum. Threads are associated to posts and posts individually associated with threads, individually associated with authors.

So at this point, Im really not sure. Maybe the board gliched and did prune that section. Can't imagine how, but apparently it has been done.

Looking through backups we have one from end december, the monthly backup. But to 'import' a whole database would mean losing a month of all forum data.

I'll keep looking into a cause.

I understand losing some thousand posts hurts; posts are often looked at a 'social status' or ranking in a community. And the content lost hurts too.

lynxz · Post by **lynxz** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:55 am

I think the important part here is.. what happened to the boobs?????? where did they go from his sig?

SuicideGrl · Post by **SuicideGrl** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:58 am

Ryoko to the rescue :)

In all seriousness, people, mourn your lost posts if you must, but let's just keep doing what we're doing, which is creating the single most read forum on SRO on the intarwebbs ;)

Demarthl · Post by **Demarthl** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:09 am

my boobs are gone? o.o

Rapture · Post by **Rapture** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:31 am

What about the issue of random posts being deleted and replaced by "hacked by Retribution" or "thread hijacked by Retribution" or something that effect?

senapanaga · Post by **senapanaga** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:50 am

i lost over 400 posts and am still 1337 ha nubs

:D:D

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:04 am

Demarthl wrote:my boobs are gone? o.o

That can easy be fixed mate

Just 1 or 2 operations...

<<Image Removed, Inaporopriate>> - KJ

For you!

BlackFox · Post by **BlackFox** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:35 am

o.O Some lost post I see , it's not entire the world if it does it.

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:38 am

Deacon wrote:<<Image Removed, Inaporopriate>> - KJ

yes.

BlackFox wrote:o.O Some lost post I see , it's not entire the world if it does it.

no. (nato anyone...?)

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:39 am

BlackFox wrote:o.O Some lost post I see , it's not entire the world if it does it.

But it means a lot of old post, memories etc..

Vandango · Post by **Vandango** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:50 am

lol wonder how many posts i lost

eh only lost 10 or 20

Project-Dragon · Post by **Project-Dragon** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:54 am

800+ posts and cant even post in the right forum.

that is the problem...

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:05 am

I think the greatest loss was the posts, not the post count.

Zypher · Post by **Zypher** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:06 am

i guess this is where i say i lost about 4000 posts.

now i just look like a nub

jk
ilyall.

[SD]Master_Wong · Post by **[SD]Master_Wong** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:09 am

omg iv lost excess of 700 post count