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Post by Da Pwny on May 10, 2008 13:22:55 GMT -5
Ok, this is serious. You know those mysterious missing posts that went MIA from the 'A New Beginning' RP?
Well, now, A New Beginning is altogether missing.
Unless I panicked and skipped over it between pages two and eight of the RP area, its gone. Someone or something deleted it, not just a page of posts; I'm talking about the whole d**ned thing is just up and gone. Until we know what happened, I say we try not to jump to conclusions, because this is serious. The possibility that this is simply a memory issue is now out of the question; only ANB was harmed, and all the other 'current' RPs (ie- anything that's been posted in within the month of May) are still intact, which only furthers this mystery.
Kait, if you haven't done this already, I would contact Proboards admin immediately, or make a post on the main website or something of the like so we can get some counsel on what to do if there's anything further we SHOULD be doing. If this sort of thing continues, it could have serious repercussions in the near future, as well as ruin the reputation that this forum holds. I say we sit tight for a while and hope that this is just an episode or something that's only going to happen once. If it starts happening to other posts, however, backing them up ASAP would be a prime objective so we don't have this kind of loss again... >.<
EDIT: BTW, does anyone remember what the last post count on ANB was? perhaps there's some sort of bug that kills a thread after so many posts/pages? That would be something to record if anyone remembers...
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Post by Kait on May 10, 2008 13:35:17 GMT -5
I'll contact Proboards, mate. And just a tip for everyone... I always back up every rpg I'm in by clicking the "Print" option in the thread and then either doing a "Save As" or copying and pasting into a word document. That way, if Proboards does screw up, I have a copy of everything that's happened and can start a new thread to pick it back up again if necessary.
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Post by Novalyyn on May 10, 2008 15:29:46 GMT -5
Might have to start backing stuff up myself... I've only done that one place previously, and that was so I could work on posts while offline... Mew.
I think ANB was in the 40-page range, and there's 15 or 20 posts per page.
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Post by Kait on May 10, 2008 16:41:18 GMT -5
Wow... Ok... Proboards told me they don't know why it happened but to check the security log... and the security log says that Saturn has been deleting posts and the entire thread...
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Post by Novalyyn on May 10, 2008 16:56:58 GMT -5
o.O But he was the first to complain about having to repost.
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Post by Da Pwny on May 10, 2008 17:18:47 GMT -5
why would he delete his own RP that he's been working for the past two years on (albeit off and on)?
mayhaps his account got hacked? O.o That's the only thing that would make sense in my mind... unless he left it unattended and someone else used his account maliciously just to be an ass, since he uses a public computer (as he's told me before). Dumb question but one i have to ask anyways: do you have times and logged IPs for when he did all of this? Because if its like the middle of the night for him, then I highly doubt it was him (not that I think he'd do such a thing in the first place) and mostly likely his account having been used wrongly. But if its a different time and a different place, then his account would have been hacked from there... at least that's how i think it works x-x
My guess is that, most likely, some ass-child used his account when he left without logging out and deleted all of those posts as a "joke" to entertain him/herself >.> if so, then that person should be smacked, dragged, and whipped for their little "joke" >.>
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Post by Ze on May 10, 2008 17:48:54 GMT -5
I'm jumping a bit to conclusions in saying, that even if it was someone's prank, once you close the site page, bringing it up again it does go to the main page, not ANB. and people post often so that it doesn't show as the most recent to be posted in.
so whoever deleted, not jumping to conclusions here, might have known where to go.
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Post by Da Pwny on May 10, 2008 20:10:39 GMT -5
there IS the history function, you know. Usually, unless one goes till closing time (in which case most places i know of would wipe whatever memory was stored to the hard disk/RAM and not the network itself [like at my college]), that isn't lost when one simply closes a browser. and I know i've come along and seen where other people have gone to simply by opening the browser history.
of course, if you log out, then that completely negates that function. and if you forget to do so, as far as I know, the computer will take you straight back to where it was before whenever you wish. I know that Proboards has a timer on their log-in screen, but that becomes invalid when someone comes along before the time is up and opens it up. That seems to be the most likely conclusion, and one that seems grounded enough (at least it does to me) to hold water...
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Post by Ze on May 10, 2008 20:12:13 GMT -5
if you log in, and only log in on the 6 hour thing, in 6 hours you get logged out, happens to me alot cause I forget to change it to forever sometimes.
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Post by Kait on May 10, 2008 20:30:35 GMT -5
Well all of the deletions were at reasonable times, but yeah, they're from a different IP than another one I've seen Saturn use... Looks like someone may have been hacking... We won't really know until Saturn gets on and can tell us for sure that it wasn't him or one of his friends playing a trick on him... But until we figure something out, I'll remove his mod status so whoever's doing this can't get to any more threads. As for ANB, I'm sorry but I don't think I can get it back...
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Post by Ze on May 10, 2008 20:31:28 GMT -5
oh well, just have to find a new home for my character in that thread. -o-
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Post by Kait on May 10, 2008 20:33:47 GMT -5
I take back the thing about the IP... It's similar to an IP Saturn used on April 11th...
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Post by Da Pwny on May 10, 2008 21:46:23 GMT -5
hmm... i thought something happened around that time some bit ago >.> i think i remember a scare over something about a month ago, but don't count on my memory b/c i could be wrong >.<
he'll be as confused and pissed about this as we are, i'm sure, unless he did it on purpose... which wouldn't match his nature or the fact that he liked that RP. i won't skip to anything till i hear a word from him, though, so until he gets/can get back online here, we'll just have to wait i guess...
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Post by Ze on May 10, 2008 21:47:12 GMT -5
waiting's usually the hardest part -.-
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Post by knightc3 on May 11, 2008 0:06:36 GMT -5
Well, that about covers everything I would have said. So I will keep quiet.
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