News regarding GoS: An update

[nymphy]

Ok this is an update with information regarding GoS’ downtime. If you have read the edit in jen’s DW then you will have already seen this, but if you are unaware why GoS is down then please read any of these previous entries on the matter.

We have some good news! As GoDaddy pulled the site on April 29th, we were entitled to a refund as we had paid the fees for May, and Liegen has succeeding in getting one. This means that Liegen has the $120 that our generous members donated for the upkeep of the site for May, and can use it for moving to a temp host.

Due to technical reasons, we are unable to move the forum to the cheese server and have to wait until these problems are resolved. After which we will be moving to the cheese server permanently as Pescado has indeed offered us hosting. It has been suggested by him, and we believe this is the best course of action, that we move to a temp host in the mean time while these issues are resolved.

This means that we will be moving to a new temp host while cheese issues continue. Under GoDaddy, we had a dedicated server of 1GB RAM, 1500GB of bandwidth a month and have 40GB traffic a day, so you can understand that we need to ensure that the temp host can handle us, basically. So if anyone would like to suggest a temp host then please do so in the comments here or somewhere where a mod/admin will definitely see it.

We would like to take the time to thank everyone who did donate to the site for May, as, by TSR pulling this fuckery at the end of April, we are able to get a refund and move to a temp host. So you really, really have supported the site and you have our thanks. Otherwise, we would either be looking to move to a temp site and have to raise all the necessary funds, or be down until the cheese server is ready for us. You guys are awesome!

So the end note is this: we have been given a full refund, will be setting ourselves up on a temp host and then moving to the land of cheese. Thank you to everyone for your support over this and spreading the word. Hopefully most of our members and visitors are now aware why we are down and know that we will be coming back as soon as possible.

Comments

[nett]

I've been watching this avidly and am rather disgusted with GoDaddy's lack of professionalism.

I wanted to pipe up with a recommendation of: http://www.surpasshosting.com/

We use them for our business (I work for an Advertising/Marketing company - hosting our clients and onselling of space etc) and they've always been fantastic, VERY fast and thorough with their support and communication and are incredibly affordable.

If you contact them FIRST and explain your situation I'm sure they'd be really accommodating.

GOOD LUCK! And I hope this all can be resolved quickly. Its just utterly and completely ridiculous.

[nymphy]

Thank you for the link, I have passed that on to Liegen (:

[curiousb]

Just wanted to say thanks again, to you and Jenfold, for the regular updates on the situation, and for the hard work all the admins/mods are clearly putting in to resolve it. I'm so pleased to hear that GoS will definitely be back, as I am missing the place far more than I would have believed! Best of luck with it.

[the_baroness]

Thanks for the update! I think everyone appreciates the great job you and jenfold are doing of keeping the community updated.

What I honestly don't get is...why would TSR do this? It just doesn't make sense. Surely, they know that GOS is going to come back. If they were trying to "send a message", I think it backfired miserably. :\

Then again, common sense in community relations was never a strong suit over at TSR.

[deestar]

I will post this at Free Sims Finds Nymphy thanks for the update

[alexis]

I use eleven2.com hosting for my sites which gives me a plan of unlimited space and traffic for $6 a month.

[alexis]

PS

They also only charge the first month in advance.

[nymphy]

Thank you for the link. That deal is for a shared server, and so we may get too much traffic for it..am not sure. Have sent it on to Liegen anyway for her to consider :)

[jesslove]

I'm afraid I don't have any useful information, but I wanted to say thanks to you and Jenfold for your guys' dedication to keeping us updated. I'm glad to hear that there is a bit of good news and I hope Liegen finds better host! :)

Best of wishes to you all.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I'm a long time lurker, but I would suggest csoft.net for a temporary host. Here's a list of all they offer: http://www.csoft.net/index.html.en

[erinmblair]

I found this site via downforeveryoneorjustme.com, it's called Site 5. Here is their URL: http://www.site5.com/hosting/ Of course, I don't know about their policies if TSR even dares to do this again.

I agree that Pescado is great for the long haul.

[(Anonymous)]

I personally would suggest a simplemachines forum. It's a great hosting site; both Insimenator and TwoJeffs Simbology run on that. Of course, from what I have seen there doesn't seem to be much in the way of formatting ability, and I am also unsure of the cost.
I also know of a free forum host, namely Proboards, though I am unsure of the bandwith/storage capacity.

Good to know GoS will be back soon!

Sincerely,
Misery

Thanks so much for the updates,

[supadupageekygirl]

You and Jenfold have been awesome in keeping us updated in all the behind the scenes stuff. I have 3 sites hosted with GoDaddy and I'm dropping them as well as advising everyone that I serve as an IT go to person to drop them. I had no idea how much time I spent at GOS until now. If I can be of any assistance let me know.

Thanks again for you guys and all that you do for the community.

[(Anonymous)]

Just thank you for the information: it's a shame that your wonderful site is down because of this. I'm afraid I can't suggest any host (I totally don't know about it), but I really hope that you will find soon a new "home"... we already miss you.
With best regards,
Giulia

[(Anonymous)]

I really don't understand this at all; don't creators at TSR use GOS creations & then 'redistribute' them? How is that any different? TSR actually host the files themselves, and GOS doesn't. And GOS creators do a huge amount of work for their uploads, especially recolour/retexture uploads, which is more than I can say for some of the stuff at TSR.

You've probably already seen this, but if there's anything you can salvage from TSR's argument in their 'myths' article to use in your defense (particularly the pay-site part with the EA legal quote), see here:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/articles/myths

All of this is quite ironic considering that (supposedly) 'TSR was created with an ethos to "Create & Share"'. I guess that disappeared when they decided to have subscriptions.

This whole thing just confuses me, but it's completely outrageous. I hope it's all sorted out soon, GOS is one of the best content sites there is, if not the best. You all do a really great job.

- Trepie22 (From Sim Oasis, but another frequent GOS lurker!)

Possible other host

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if they're as dumb as godaddy about folding under false accusations, but they've always seemed friendly and professional:

http://www.asmallorange.com/

Keep it up..

[(Anonymous)]

I've always been a long time lurker, as I lack the creativity and skills necessary to create my own sims stuff, but ever since I found the GOS I have been in -heaven-. I just want to thank all the creators and members for all their hard work, and for making my game play so much more fun. I don't really have suggestions for sites, but again thank you all so much for being so up to date with keeping us informed, and I hope TSR realizes that this is a battle they're going to fail miserably in. Thanks once more! :)

-Starwind

[(Anonymous)]

I use host gator and love it.
http://www.hostgator.com/