Scary BD Problem - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rumil · 02-01-2011, 06:51 PM

Hi all,

I don't know if anyone else had the same thing but this evening (Tuesday 1st Feb) the Barrowdowns seemed to be totally offline. I got a link to a webpage that said 'please email the site administrators' and thought I'd wait a bit and see if it all turned out OK, which thankfully it has.

Keeping fingers crossed that it was a one-in-million sort of thing!

Inziladun · 02-01-2011, 09:00 PM

It wasn't only you by any means, Rumil. It's been quite a long time since I've seen the site go down that way. Glad things appear to be all right now.

Glirdan · 02-01-2011, 10:12 PM

Definitely not just you Rumil. Everyone involved in this round of WW went and messaged Rikae via facebook to ask for an extention on the day because of the problems.

Estelyn Telcontar · 02-02-2011, 06:59 AM

It was a site problem, so everyone experienced the same handicaps. The server was upgraded at short notice, which is why no announcement could be made in advance. Everything should be working now - should you experience further problems, please post here and we'll check them out. Thanks!

Glirdan · 02-02-2011, 09:20 AM

Oh, Esty, in case you haven't heard, some of the Finns have still be having trouble.

Galadriel55 · 02-02-2011, 09:28 AM

Hopefully that trouble won't last too long!

Pitchwife · 02-02-2011, 02:58 PM

Wow, that was pretty scary. For the last 24 hours, every attempt to access the forum landed me on some Default Website Page, which may or may not have been the same one Rumil mentions. Finally I thought of googling "barrowdowns forum", clicked on the first thread link that came up, and voilà! My old bookmark still didn't work, I had to set a new one, but now all is well again. Phew! Made me realize what a nasty hole the Downs would leave in my life if they ever went down for good one dark day

... thank Eru and the Valar (read: BWH & Admins) that Dagor Dagorath still seems to be comfortably far off!

Galadriel55 · 02-02-2011, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

Made me realize what a nasty hole the Downs would leave in my life if they ever went down for good one dark day

My feelings exactly!

Thinlómien · 02-02-2011, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glirdan

Oh, Esty, in case you haven't heard, some of the Finns have still be having trouble.

...we are?

It's all fine here.

Rumil · 02-02-2011, 04:02 PM

Great to hear that all is well,

C heers Esty, all the mods and the BW!

Galadriel55 · 02-02-2011, 04:48 PM

They say you don't know how much you need something before you lose it. Luckily, we haven't lost the BD, but the feeling came rather close. I'm still a bit of a newcomer here - my corpse has been rotting in the ground for only...4 months, I think - but I got rather attached to this place. Thank you BW and mods!!!

*breathes sigh of relief*

Aganzir · 02-02-2011, 05:19 PM

For a time, I was afraid it was going to be something like the major blackout of 2008 (for those of you who weren't dead yet, the forum was down for something like a week)...

Good that everything is working again.

02-01-2011, 06:51 PM	#1
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Scary BD Problem Hi all, I don't know if anyone else had the same thing but this evening (Tuesday 1st Feb) the Barrowdowns seemed to be totally offline. I got a link to a webpage that said 'please email the site administrators' and thought I'd wait a bit and see if it all turned out OK, which thankfully it has. Keeping fingers crossed that it was a one-in-million sort of thing! __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

02-01-2011, 09:00 PM	#2
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	It wasn't only you by any means, Rumil. It's been quite a long time since I've seen the site go down that way. Glad things appear to be all right now. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

02-01-2011, 10:12 PM	#3
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Definitely not just you Rumil. Everyone involved in this round of WW went and messaged Rikae via facebook to ask for an extention on the day because of the problems. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

02-02-2011, 06:59 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	It was a site problem, so everyone experienced the same handicaps. The server was upgraded at short notice, which is why no announcement could be made in advance. Everything should be working now - should you experience further problems, please post here and we'll check them out. Thanks! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

02-02-2011, 09:20 AM	#5
Glirdan Energetic Essence Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where Lark Nor Eagle Ever Flew Posts: 3,285	Oh, Esty, in case you haven't heard, some of the Finns have still be having trouble. __________________ *I'm going to buy you a kitty, I'm going to let you fall in love with the kitty, and one cold, winter night, I'm going to steal into your house and punch you in the face!* Fenris Wolf

02-02-2011, 09:28 AM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,407	Hopefully that trouble won't last too long! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-02-2011, 02:58 PM	#7
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Hallelujah, i Downs entúliër! Wow, that was pretty scary. For the last 24 hours, every attempt to access the forum landed me on some Default Website Page, which may or may not have been the same one Rumil mentions. Finally I thought of googling "barrowdowns forum", clicked on the first thread link that came up, and voilà! My old bookmark still didn't work, I had to set a new one, but now all is well again. Phew! Made me realize what a nasty hole the Downs would leave in my life if they ever went down for good one dark day... thank Eru and the Valar (read: BWH & Admins) that Dagor Dagorath still seems to be comfortably far off! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

02-02-2011, 04:02 PM	#10
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Great to hear that all is well, C heers Esty, all the mods and the BW! __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

02-02-2011, 04:48 PM	#11
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,407	They say you don't know how much you need something before you lose it. Luckily, we haven't lost the BD, but the feeling came rather close. I'm still a bit of a newcomer here - my corpse has been rotting in the ground for only...4 months, I think - but I got rather attached to this place. Thank you BW and mods!!! breathes sigh of relief __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-02-2011, 05:19 PM	#12
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	For a time, I was afraid it was going to be something like the major blackout of 2008 (for those of you who weren't dead yet, the forum was down for something like a week)... Good that everything is working again. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.