Downtime + Banning Glitch

[Faltzer]

Alright then, here's the beef. We ran out of bandwidth on vglan.com, and so, I had to devise an escape plan basically. If you want to know what really caused the bandwidth exceeded outage was Episode 7. 8 MB .swf file. Times that by the Unique Hits per day (http://extremetracking.com/open?login=ndsgsmbz), and you basically have a shitload of bandwidth down the drain. I seriously should consider hosting these .swf files elsewhere, so it doesn't drain any vital bandwidth from now on. By the way, I won't restore the wiki and the other subsections of the site until later on. DON'T TELL ME THEY'RE NOT WORKING, BECAUSE THIS WAS INTENTIONAL.

This all leads us to here, which is a sort of temporary solution (Will be permanent after I get my hands on the vglan.com domain and have it under my name), and not everything may work on the forum.

Right now just enjoy it, and post any errors in this topic. Any jackassery will be deleted, I'm really not in the mood to be dealing with BS right now.


UPDATE:

Wiki is back: http://vglag.com/wiki/Main_Page
Restoring Music Archive as we speak.

[Moon]

OK. SMBZ boards are closed.

[Quiet Attrition]

Had to make this account so i could get in

[Moon]

Had to make this account so i could get in

http://i33.tinypic.com/evck1w.jpg

[Quiet Attrition]

boooooooo

[Quiet Attrition]

Ok, I'm back.

[PKMN Trainer Gold]

So who do we blame this time?

[Quiet Attrition]

The SMBZ fans.

[PKMN Trainer Gold]

Typical.

Do we burn them or just throw them to the fag prison with NessMasta?

He's been lonely without Samster.

[WildGamer]

Anyone who clicked on the swf file is to blame.

You might get thrown into a cell with nessmasta if you talk to quickly, goryu.

[General Blaze]

So that's why I couldn't get to the site. Heck, if I didn't check my email account to open an account on Gamestop for the Walkthroughs I never would have know. Thanks Faltzer.

[Dre]

Why am I a newbie?

[Faltzer]

Because that's what your post count's indicating..

[Quiet Attrition]

Anyone who clicked on the swf file is to blame.

You might get thrown into a cell with nessmasta if you talk to quickly, goryu.

Not many of us knew that we could see the epsiode on the site anyway. Most of us woould have the common sense to see it on Newgrounds anyway.

[Quiet Attrition]

Because that's what your post count's indicating..

That's fucked up too

[Dre]

Because that's what your post count's indicating..

50 posts count as a typical member.

[Faltzer]

Holy fuck, you're right, Typical Member is missing. I'll restore it in a sec.

[::CMG (UTOPIA)::]

Music Archive section is pretty much a bust too. Can't wait till that's back so i can submit my NES remixes again.

[Quiet Attrition]

Music Archive section is pretty much a bust too. Can't wait till that's back so i can submit my NES remixes again.

Last i heard, your not supposed to upload remixes.

[Faltzer]

Hey, yeah, I just noticed that part in his post.

[Mouse Pokémon Pikachu]

I found the wiki to not be here. Fix it please.

Also, this event should go in the VGLan timeline, since Ep. 7 was out for download and SMBZ fans wasted the bandwidth on here.

[Faltzer]

I found the wiki to not be here. Fix it please

Please read the first post. I'll restore it later on when I can, but not now.

[The Magician]

Ok, now I understand. Problems with too may people getting on all at once.

[Eric B. (Shnoogums)]

Hmm. So the banning was yet another glitch, eh? That's typical. Glitches happen in all sorts of places.

Anyway, thanks for fixing the problem, Faltzer. And don't worry. i'm not blaming you for this. Just the damn glitch that has happened.

Sounds like my stay has been extended yet again, until this problem gets fixed. Man, what was supposed to be a stay for two weeks turns out now to be for... who knows how long.

And to brighten your mood, Faltzer, i did promised you my Game & Watch Gallery blog, so here it is, in case you haven't read it already. That'll cheer you up, man. Just check your RSS feed for that.

[bolmedias14]

Why do you even need to host the .swf if it's on Newgrounds? If it's gonna bring down the site and all, just don't host it.

[Faltzer]

Why do you even need to host the .swf if it's on Newgrounds? If it's gonna bring down the site and all, just don't host it.

Because it's more consistent. Now we see how that went.. :[

I suppose hotlinking isn't such a bad idea either.

[Eric B. (Shnoogums)]

And to brighten your mood, Faltzer, i did promised you my Game & Watch Gallery blog, so here it is, in case you haven't read it already. That'll cheer you up, man. Just check your RSS feed for that.

On second thought, let me give you a shortcut:

http://shnoogums.multiply.com/journal/item/72/The_Game_Watch_Gallery_Series

[Faltzer]

Hmm. So the banning was yet another glitch, eh? That's typical. Glitches happen in all sorts of places.

Anyway, thanks for fixing the problem, Faltzer. And don't worry. i'm not blaming you for this. Just the damn glitch that has happened.

Sounds like my stay has been extended yet again, until this problem gets fixed. Man, what was supposed to be a stay for two weeks turns out now to be for... who knows how long.

And to brighten your mood, Faltzer, i did promised you my Game & Watch Gallery blog, so here it is, in case you haven't read it already. That'll cheer you up, man. Just check your RSS feed for that.

OH, that's what I missed last night. OK, will read.

[bolmedias14]

Because it's more consistent. Now we see how that went.. :[

I suppose hotlinking isn't such a bad idea either.
You want consistency? Wait another year for episode 8 to come out, host the file, and watch as VGLan is brought down again...

Or just host the files on VGLag.com so that the main site doesn't crash.

[Faltzer]

You want consistency? Wait another year for episode 8 to come out, host the file, and watch as VGLan is brought down again...

Or just host the files on VGLag.com so that the main site doesn't crash.

vglag and vglan both were on the same server before this. I'll just leech off NG then for the next time.

[Mud Fish Pokémon Swampert]

Heh, so it was SMBZ7? That sucks, and olol @ Vglag.

[bolmedias14]

vglag and vglan both were on the same server before this. I'll just leech off NG then for the next time.
I wonder what Fulp will think of that...nah, he won't mind (probably).

I'd love to see SMBZ take the NG servers down.

[Dr. Weirdo]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/319047856_dbf1ef3e92.jpg

[Tiny Mouse Pokémon Pichu]

lmao bandwidth exceeded

well this forum is basically the same exact thing so no harm done

[Big Horn Pokémon Stantler]

Finally Back

[Faltzer]

Also, the wiki is back up now:

http://vglag.com/wiki/Main_Page

[Quiet Attrition]

UPDATE:

Wiki is back: http://vglag.com/wiki/Main_Page
Restoring Music Archive as we speak.

YAY

[Big Horn Pokémon Stantler]

Wait....


What happened to my Advanced Member Status?

[Faltzer]

Wait....


What happened to my Advanced Member Status?

You don't have 1000 posts.

[Big Horn Pokémon Stantler]

I Did Though.


And Now They're Gone

::(:

[I-Rock]

Yaaay we back on.

[I-Rock]

My boss works sooo good.

[Tiny Mouse Pokémon Pichu]

lol wut?

[I-Rock]

lol wut?

You my Boss for everything, I work for Khriz as a secretary.

[Bullseye]

Heh, so it was SMBZ7? That sucks, and olol @ Vglag.

Appearently, both that and the number of people who saw it on VGLan instead of Newgrounds. Freakin' blows, man. Well, at least the forums are back on. The only part I really cared about.

EDIT: I found a minor problem. Nothing really big, though. I had quotation marks in my custom title. When I logged on, the quotation marks were replaced with "&quot". It's nothing really big, because I fixed it myself, but maybe if there's a tiny glitch that's causing this, ya can get rid of it.

EDIT 2: When did you add the "last edited" link on the bottom of this post? Pretty interesting.

[Faltzer]

It doesn't need fixing.

[FlameBee]

Hihi! I was scared, why I became this message

[Rawk Hawk]

you know the arcade is down right?

[FlameBee]

yes i know

[Faltzer]

you know the arcade is down right?

Yes. I don't know what went wrong with it, really.

[Rawk Hawk]

Darn...

[Neth]

So this is why VGLAN had this? Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
Apache/2.2.8 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_jk/1.2.25 PHP/5.2.5 Server at vglan.com Port 80
:(

[Big Jaw Pokémon Totodile]

I was enjoying a stiff drink for 4 days until I found out VGL was back (temporarily) of course. lol. Nice job, Faltz.

[Aaron]

I just now looked through my e-mail. So I'm back.

[PKMN Trainer Green]

Ah, I should have seen this coming...

Good job Faltz, I hope you get things back to normal soon... actually I know it will take at least a month...

[Mud Fish Pokémon Swampert]

I actually got the link to here and the message speaking of the ban glitch at the same time.

[Gym Leader Lt.Surge]

AT FREAKIN LAST.

Kudos to E123 and Moon for their assistance. NO THANKS TO FALTZ. :P

So where have I been and how did I get here?

I was at CFAW (College for a Weekend) at Liberty University in West Virginia last weekend.

When I returned, VGLan was down.

I got the email saying the site was down, and told me to go to vglag.com. I tried it, and for some reason, I still got an error message. I assumed it was due to the overload of members/SMBZ n00bs trying to get there from the old site, so I waited to see if it would get fixed within a couple days.

And waited.

And waited...

Until I finally asked E123 over MSN where everyone went. He pointed to VGLag.com, which I said wasn't working for me..yet it worked for him.

He couldn't help, so he tried to get Faltz to help. He apparently wasn't there.

Then I called Wild and Moon in. Moon said to use a proxy, and here I am.

Also while I was gone I finished my SMBZ No Dialogue Series. Check it out!

[The Consultant]

heh, been a week and im just now learning why the og site was down hahaha, man im slow.

[Gym Leader Lt.Surge]

On that note..Is this issue any closer to being fixed?

[Elite 4 Member Bruno]

It'll probably be fixed sometime in November...

[The Consultant]

yarp, pretty much what it said in the error message.

[Faltzer]

Novemeber, it can't be any earlier than that.

[Rawk Hawk]

Oh well about 2 more weeks then we can resume the Glitzpit.

[Luigio]

Well shucks, I leave for two weeks and the shit hits the fan. Maybe I should stick around more

[bolmedias14]

And then VGLag.com went down briefly...

[chaoman45]

*BUMP*

Yes, I'm alive. I clicked on the old VGL and it said "bandwidth limit exceeded blah blah blah~". Oh well, I guess I needed some time away so I can focus on an actua job down at the warehouse now.

[Tiny Mouse Pokémon Pichu]

I was wondering what the fuck happened to you

Faltzer should really send a forum wide email telling everyone that the site actually works now

[chaoman45]

Hahaha, well I don't check my e-mails often. I admit I can become a recluse and hard to find

Anybody other than Yoshio and I-Rock miss me?

Probably not... oh well.

It's nice to be back anyway.

[Shellfish Pokémon Kabutops]

Hahaha, well I don't check my e-mails often. I admit I can become a recluse and hard to find

Anybody other than Yoshio and I-Rock miss me?

Probably not... oh well.

It's nice to be back anyway.

It is very good to have you back sir. Believe me, your intelligence was greatly missed.

[chaoman45]

It is very good to have you back sir. Believe me, your intelligence was greatly missed.

Many thanks. It couldn't have been THAT bad without my intelligence. Xan was here, right?

[Shellfish Pokémon Kabutops]

Many thanks. It couldn't have been THAT bad without my intelligence. Xan was here, right?

Okay so maybe I exaggerated a bit. >>;

And no, I haven't seen him in weeks.

[Tiny Mouse Pokémon Pichu]

no I don't think Faltzer sent an email telling people that all the problems are over

he really ought to because I bet there's alot of people out there who still think the forums are down

[Faltzer]

Yay, chaoman.

By the way Yoshio, I did bulk e-mail. You might not have gotten it because some jackass reported our mails as SPAM and now we've been blacklisted on some e-mail services. Hotmail might be one of them.

[chaoman45]

Hi Faltzer. How has it been since two/three weeks ago?

[Faltzer]

Boring as hell. :{

[chaoman45]

Well, when bandwidth issues like this happen, it gets boring I guess. It's going to be worse when Kim leaves.

[SF65]

finally

[Faltzer]

Well, when bandwidth issues like this happen, it gets boring I guess. It's going to be worse when Kim leaves.

Believe me, shit will.