iSONEWS
General => Off-topic Chat => Topic started by: Dr_Grinch on February 08, 2016, 02:17:41 PM
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Hey everyone (like all 5 of you that are left),
We (the staff) have discussed it, and we're thinking of winding this thing down in June when the next hosting bill comes due. We just renewed this week, but after that we really don't see ourselves carrying it forward.
One of three things can happen here that we see:
1) We kill the forum and just replace the domain with a placeholder screen. This is low cost and we're okay with doing this as a monument long term.
2) We could leave the forum up in read only. We would scale down to a less expensive host and you can trawl this archive of stupidity. The time we would keep this up is variable.
3) Someone on here takes the site off our hands and does what they see fit with it. We would want validation that you actually intend to do something kind of useful with it, either run it as is, revamp it, whatever. You would need to assume hosting costs on your own (our current VPS is kind of expensive for what we're doing), Domain transfer costs, etc.
I'll let Pengy or Shwaggy chime in on anything I may have missed.
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Yes, no reason for you guys to keep paying for it. I say do whatever you think is best considering the expenses.
It's been a great run ...
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Someone let me know what kind of costs we are talking about here.
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Someone let me know what kind of costs we are talking about here.
Sent you a PM.
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Someone let me know what kind of costs we are talking about here.
Sent you a PM.
Could I also have said info?
Thanks in advance.
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Someone let me know what kind of costs we are talking about here.
Sent you a PM.
Could I also have said info?
Thanks in advance.
*RETIRED*
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RIP Isonews :(
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Someone let me know what kind of costs we are talking about here.
I would also like to know this as well - I am not sure we should allow this forum to ever end.
It should be passed down - generation to generation - as a testament to man's folly.
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I'm still here
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Someone finally remembered their 5th alt account password.
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Just signed back in after 10 years...sad to see this place go.
Life has changed and coming back here brought back some good memories.
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Just signed back in after 10 years...sad to see this place go.
Life has changed and coming back here brought back some good memories.
Wait, you haven't visited once in a decade, and yet you're wondering why they want to kill it off?
Duh. YOU killed it genius. YOU and others just like YOU.
Good job, buck-o.
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For sure I would like the classic threads section to stay alive.
I still have a good laugh reading through some of the stuff in there.
It would be great to have the option to export some threads in a fancy format to retrieve the text.
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Can you add a car forum?
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Can you add a car forum?
(http://agilevc.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/01/not_yet.jpeg)
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That kind of closed minded thinking is preventing this site from achieving true greatness
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That kind of closed minded thinking is preventing this site from achieving true greatness
;D
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sad news
p.s.: I had a previous account with the same name that was erased, can't recall why.
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Oh dear Cthulhu, please don't tell that it costs a leg to run this forum with few posts a day ... you can keep this shit running for like $20/month max.
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RIP
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Try posting this site on reddit.com maybe you can put it on auction and sell it for a good price. Don't just give up, this site is older than fasebook.
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the guy just said they don't want to sell this cause it contains sensitive information about the userbase. you derp.
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Sad to see this place go... probably the first forum I ever registered for. But I can understand why.
It was a great run, everybody.
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Dam daniel
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Just signed back in after 10 years...sad to see this place go.
Life has changed and coming back here brought back some good memories.
Same here.
Couldn't believe my luck when I actually logged in first attempt.
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I must say that you have kept this going for far longer then i could ever imagine. It's nice to have a legacy :)
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I must say that you have kept this going for far longer then i could ever imagine. It's nice to have a legacy :)
holy shit, orm in the flesh.
You certainly did create something that had some staying power. It's too bad it's tapering off here. Hope you'll post a few more times before we turn the lights out.
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Holy shit, indeed.
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ahhh so sad..Registered in 2000. Memories have been great and you will always be remembered! Great job back in the days!!
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I must say that you have kept this going for far longer then i could ever imagine. It's nice to have a legacy :)
Hey ormie, good to see you again :)
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maybe marty will stop by and post
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Here's to one more ride on the short bus :-X
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First post here, registered 5.396 days ago. Glad I still made it :/
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First post here, registered 5.396 days ago. Glad I still made it :/
Well, he finally posted guys, time to close up shop.
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It was a good run guys.
So long and thanks for all the fish :)
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First post here, registered 5.396 days ago. Glad I still made it :/
Why the fuck would you ruin a good thing?
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Well, goodnight Isonews. One of the first forums I signed up with.
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Well, goodnight Isonews. One of the first forums I signed up with.
Post one last video of you and your girlish high voice. You've matured a lot. I bet you're quite the ugly young woman now.
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OMFG You turd burglars still post up in this shit?
Oh, wait...
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Let's just be honest with the fact that the only reason this site is still up is to see if Falk comes back. We're just close to giving up.
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I will outlast everyone. And when this domain gets deleted, I will re-register and redirect to pr0n affiliate site. Cos I know most of you wankers will keep on checking.
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Had some great times on here, some great people over the years and a lot of shitlords as well... :p
I barely check here anymore so I guess that's telling, but I will still miss this place.
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Let's just be honest with the fact that the only reason this site is still up is to see if Falk comes back. We're just close to giving up.
http://isonews.ytmnd.com/ (http://isonews.ytmnd.com/)
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I always liked dropping by every other year or so. But like others have said - it seems uncessesary for you guys to pay out of pocket at this point. It was a good run, after all. I don't think anyone really thought this place would still be around in 2016.
Happy trails good people.
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Nice to see old names on the way out...
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Seeya.
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Randomly thought of the site today, glad to see it's still here! And sad to see it go :(
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Totsiens, tsedesoutiun, Joi Gin, Dovidjenja, Na shledanou, Farvel, Tot ziens, adiau, Au revoir, Shvidi, Auf Wiedersehen, Antio, Le hitra'ot, slan agat, Arrivederci , Sayonara, Alu tapahadasi minang, Uz redzesanos, Zai Jian, hagoone' , Do widzenia, Ate' logo, La revedere, Do Svidaniya, Na svidanje, Adios, Kwa heri, hejda, paalam na, Do pobachennja, Hwyl, Do vidjenja!!!
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Randomly thought of the site today, glad to see it's still here! And sad to see it go :(
I still don't understand why it was sold on to a stranger and not the staff...
Anyways, thanks for dropping by. Be sure to turn the lights off on the way out.
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I was recently thinking about this forum and i'm glad to see my 2001/2002 contributions, i'd hate to lose them.
Will you provide an archive (containing the entire forum) link?
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It's still alive! Well probably my last post here then. It was a good run for a forum. Bye bye all
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We will be archiving the site in read-only mode as of August 1. We've made that decision. I'll see if maybe we can leave Chat active if that's possible.
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bye bye
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Wait, why can't we pay to keep it going?
I know I would.
Serious.
Staff or Admin PM me?
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Farewell.
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Logging in after many many years to say good bye.
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Logged in to say goodbye! Thanks for the memories!
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Goodbye!
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Registered almost 16 years ago.
Damn. Time flies.
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bye everyone!
thanks for this place while it lasted
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This is my oldest forum account on the internet. It was really fun for a while there back in the day. Sad to see it go but life moves on...
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Some iSONEWS nfo art to look at:
http://www.srrdb.com/release/details/KARATE_PLUS-iSONEWS (http://www.srrdb.com/release/details/KARATE_PLUS-iSONEWS)
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Damn. Just dug out one of my old isonews t-shirts and thought I'd drop by. Sad news. Like many others here, this is probably one of my oldest accounts on the internet
Hope everyone is well and enjoys the rest of life. Except Fro. ;)
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Will miss ya! Looks like most of us are a lot older since joining. Good bye.
No sure why is says I joined in 2012, it was many years before that. Oh well.
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Sad, to see this site go, I remember the good old days.. When RIT and Utwente ruled supreme :)
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Bye.
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Good night and good luck.
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fuck isonews and #theshortbus its about damn time
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Goodnight sweet prince.
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Oh man.
All those countless hours lying sleepless trying to come up with clever one-liners for nothing.
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All those countless hours lying sleepless trying to come up with clever one-liners for nothing.
Was that ^ your clever one liner, or are you still working on it?
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His mom is working on my cock right now
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I hope she's improved from the last time I had her. Jesus. Toothy fucking BJ's are no way to go.
Well, at least your girlfriend Kilobyte is learning to leave his rotten teeth out of the Beej, huh?
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Who is going to turn the lights out on the way out?
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The first forum i made an account on too bad all good things come to an end eventually.
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Later nerds
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The forum isn't going anywhere. Pay attention.
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Crap... I thought I was going to get the last word.
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Nope.
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iSONEWS will continue to live on :)
For now.
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This can not, and should not, ever die.
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Rumours of iSONEWS' death have been greatly exaggerated ;)
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Just logged in to wish you fucks a nice Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas.
Have a nice day. :)
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LONG LIVE THE ORANGE MUTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!
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If Colton posts have a nice day one more time I'm going to be very mad
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You guys are still alive? Holy shit.
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still here ;D
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still here ;D
Last to arrive and last to leave. Very stylish.
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This site has probably spent more time in dying-mode than active.
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And it's awesome how preoccupied everyone is with that fact :)
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Time sucks. The internet sucks now. I miss mom's basement. Being 15 and playing a rip of Dark Forces II and talking shit on isonews and Efnet. I'm still on Efnet. Guess I'm not on isonews anymore.
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Man, was wondering if this site was ever going to die. Last time I was here there wasn't much talk about games anyway.
I believe I announced the birth of one of my kids
oh yeah, search still works:
http://www.theisonews.com/forums/index.php/topic,12823.msg88765.html#msg88765 (http://www.theisonews.com/forums/index.php/topic,12823.msg88765.html#msg88765)
and this lol
http://www.theisonews.com/forums/index.php/topic,13347.msg93525.html#msg93525 (http://www.theisonews.com/forums/index.php/topic,13347.msg93525.html#msg93525)
@xanmoth....I don't think Colton has ever changed his sig...
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Oh man, this site was the shit!
Anyways...how about changing the forum into something else? I've been looking for sites that discuss stocks and other financial stuff. Something like the most (I)mportant (S)tock (O)bservation site ever. Since other sites have really crappy forums you would win on this, and perhaps gain some popularity.
The most (i)mportant (s)tock (o)bservation news. That would be awesome.
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Oh man, this site was the shit!
Anyways...how about changing the forum into something else? I've been looking for sites that discuss stocks and other financial stuff. Something like the most (I)mportant (S)tock (O)bservation site ever. Since other sites have really crappy forums you would win on this, and perhaps gain some popularity.
The most (i)mportant (s)tock (o)bservation news. That would be awesome.
Thanks for the suggestion, spaz.
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Piracy enthusiast news site to a stock-trading news site. Sounds good.
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It cant get any worse than right now. Might as well try something
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As mentioned before, we'd be happy to revamp/reinvigorate the site. However, none of the current staff are webdevelopers/-designers.
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I'll be sad to see this place go. I grew up on this forum. No matter what happens, I'll never forget the people I've met and the fun times we've had over the years. It's nice to still see some familiar faces around here.
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It's garbage. You're better off in whatever twitter war you end up in.
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Another suggestion: the IMDB message boards have been removed.
There is no more a place where people can spoil movies, spread their movie hate, discuss how stupid Matt Damon looks - how hot Scarlett Johansson is - how much surgery Nicole Kidman had - and so on.
Time for ISOnews to fill in the gap.
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And it's awesome how preoccupied everyone is with that fact :)
;D thats the spirit!
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The only reason I gave up this shitfest forum is because I never could afford to upgrade my computer to play new games.
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It took me awhile to log in because i didn't expect my password to be only 4 characters..... my account is too old.. maybe it's best it goes away. The last useful info i got out of this site was reading about xbox 360 or wii piracy (i think?). I guess the only people left are the off topic people. If Half Life 3 comes out maybe this site will live again? (so never). Adios.
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Wow! How time flies. Feels like yesterday when we were coming here to share game cracking information.
What have I been up to? Well, I'm 50 years old now. Married, no children (my choice. no regrets). My wife and I love playing online multiplayer games together.
Currently, we play the new DOOM, Zombie Army Trilogy, and Left for Dead 1 & 2. My home theater hobby keeps me busy too.
This place was a wonderful experience. Great times and plenty of laughs. I miss the good ol' days.
You guys take care and hang in there.
Have a nice day. :)
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We're a bunch of old farts now. No forum has ever equalled this one for me, and I've tried a lot of them.
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How's this place still alive
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I'm still around. Just downloaded the new Wolfenstein game and playing it on my Alienware r17.
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Glad to see this place is still kicking! :)
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I was thinking of this site the other day after waking from a dream. I sat there for hours trying to remember the name for some reason. All I could remember are the colors. Happy it's still here.
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Ah memories. Those days were amazing while they lasted. 2 part .asf vcd's and dreamcast among other things! lurked since 1998 but finally made an account in 2001.
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Created my original account while anxiously waiting for Morrowind release. My first post is a thread about that game. Got yelled at by Fro because you were not supposed to create threads about unreleased games back then? Anyways, I have fond memories of bashing my F5 key until I could see the blessed names of Deviance, Fairlight or Razor1911 appear at the top of the forum listing.
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I love how this place is ostensibly dead, yet the forum still exists and operates, and once in awhile I see a random new post.
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So ... When is Half-life 3 gonna come out?
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So ... When is Half-life 3 gonna come out?
Once this site is dead
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take it out of it's misery.
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I hope this site never dies. It should be archived :( So many memories.
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20+ years & still kickin'
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sup gay boys