2012-02-21: Site going offline temporarily later today

[infoxicated]

Thanks Vinny... you haven't said if it works okay in Netscape 6 this time, though - to be honest I haven't checked the site in anything except Chrome!

[vincoof]

haha you sound like a girlfriend. you never forget stupid things other people have done, do you ?

I'm pretty sure you can "browse" the site logs and already know I'm not using N6 anymore. You're so mean to remind many the good old things that existed over the Internet !

I'm currently working on a web plugin which will be deployed broadly and we test many, many browser/OS compatibility, so I guess I could test WoZ on a wide variety of browser/OS but... believe me or not, Netscape 6 is not on the list And worse... Netscape 4 isn't either ! One told me that the end of the world was near, and it's probably one more proof of it x_x

[infoxicated]

I don't know why I remembered you giving positive feedback. I think at the time I was getting a lot of comments that folk didn't like the smilies or the colours or whatever, and you posted with a positive comment and it just stuck in my mind.

When I'm finished with the main site I'll test it in different browsers - probably I'll go back to IE8 and test it in all the other modern ones. IE7 & 6 won't get a look in.

Funny to think that, back in the day, I swore by IE 5.5 because it got the box model absolutely right in principle. Then IE6 came along and making stuff for the web got a lot more complicated.

I don't think I've used a Microsoft browser as my main browser for seven or eight years, now.

[apemax]

I'm glad to see the site is back up. I got bit worried when the website address was redirecting to the Facebook page. Well done to all involved.

[Darkdrium777]

Well here's how it looks on Opera Mobile.
It's fine. I think you'll only have to test if you edit the default thing. The default should have already been tested by the VB team.

[Frances_Penfold]

Well, for what it's worth, I like the new motif of the site. Thanks as always for keeping this place up-and-running, Foxxy

So, uh, is the "multi-quote this message" function new? 'Cuz that is cool as all heck.

[Darkdrium777]

No, it was in the old one too. It used this icon.

[Sausehuhn]

By the way: My old bookmark still linked me the facebook page. That’s why I thought WOZ was down for about a week. Was it a cache issue or is there still some bad linking?

[Darkdrium777]

Most likely cache. The redirects were working instantly for me as I kept clearing it after the relevant facebook posts.
You can go three ways to here right now:
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/index.php
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/

[Sausehuhn]

Okay, it must have been a cache issue then. Great to see the site back online. Kudos!

[Darkdrium777]

Well it was actually redirecting to Facebook for about a week too, so if you are talking about that time then it was fine.
I assumed you meant it had just done it to you five minutes before you posted. In that case that wasn't fine.

[Amaroq Dricaldari]

Will someone please tell me what the 'ranks' on this forum are, and how many posts you need for each rank?

[stin]

0-9 New Pilot
10-49 Vector Pilot
50-149 Venom Pilot
150-299 Rapier Pilot
300-599 Phantom Pilot
600-1499 Extreme Pilot
1500-2999 Zone Pilot
3000-4999 Veteran Pilot
5000-9999(?) Legendary Pilot
10000+ Purist

stevie

[Amaroq Dricaldari]

What? No Flash? Sure, it wasn't introduced until Pulse, but it is an essential speed class.

[UnleashSonic]

So is the site ever going to be back up to it's legendary former self?

[infoxicated]

Yeah, at some point. It's on my to-do list.

[Lance]

"0-9 New Pilot
10-49 Vector Pilot
50-149 Venom Pilot
150-299 Rapier Pilot
300-599 Phantom Pilot
600-1499 Extreme Pilot
1500-2999 Zone Pilot
3000-4999 Veteran Pilot
5000-9999(?) Legendary Pilot
10000+ Purist
"

Oh, man, I don't think I'm ever gonna get to purist, considering my recent posting record.

[MegaGeeza22]

Its nice to see a legend return to the forum! especially one who was before my time!
You should join a few bling brigade events if you still have Wipeout HD and have a few hours to spare... You will soon reach 10,000 posts lol.

[Lance]

With a name like MegaGeeza, perhaps you are quite antique as well?

I never had Wipeout HD, one of the reasons I drifted away. No PS3, no PSP, etc. Just an accumulation of factors that gradually distanced me from the beloved WZ, which I've always considered to be the finest gaming site on the internet. My hours tend to be spent on writing, or playing tinwhistle or harmonica, or just sleeping or watching TopGear on YouTube, or something equally non-creative. The last games I really spent time on were Forza 3 and SoulCalibur 4.

[vincoof]

So is the site ever going to be back up to it's legendary former self?

Short answer :

I'm still shooting for the end of this month.