Link to the old forums

[Dralyn Montsier]

I just want to start out by giving mad, huge, INSANE props to Defen. We thought that the information would be irretrievable, but he managed to go in and recover a good bit of it. There may still be the occasional missing user or post or PM, but he managed to recover a lot of what went missing in the crash. Thank you, Defen, for doing that for us!

We have turned off the ability to post on this set of forums. You can still see the same forums that you could previously (or should be able to; if you can't, it's likely because of the corrupted data). You can still send PMs, but only because we couldn't turn off the ability to send PMs without turning off the ability to see PMs that are currently there. Please don't use the old forums to send PMs - we don't want to screw things up further.

This is the version that will remain up for archival purposes. It has all information up until the crash date, minus anything that was corrupted irretrievably and minus the information that occurred during the two days between the crash and the new forums.

http://archive.tarvalon.net/forums-corrupt/

 

[Serenla Tamowith]

Thank you so much Defen!! :joy :bow

 

[Azi al'Thone]

Should there not be a way to dump the database from the old forums and import it into the new ones? The forums and posts, at least? That would be FAB.

 

[Dralyn Montsier]

Nope! The forum structure is different enough, the data corrupted enough, and us with not enough time and volunteers to do so!

 

[Lenore Carvoe]

Thank you, Defen! :bow

 

[Vivianna L'antreau]

Thank you, Defen!

 

[Lenore Carvoe]

Can that thread "Pack your bags" or so be posted again there? People, who probably stumble by accident over the old forums, won't understand what happened. I've just seen a registered member right now there, which hasn't been on there for months or so.

 

[Enya Tawarwaith]

You guys are awesomefantastic!

 

[Onis O'Leia]

Defen, you are THE man for doing this. Thank you so much! I've now been able to retrieve my summoning to the Accepted test PM.

 

[Jeffan Caliarthan]

:joy :joy Thanks so much, Defen. You're *totally* awesomeness personified.

 

[Tian el' Nvidia]

There just aren't words, so.......

:bow

 

[Reniel Killan]

This is outstanding!! Thanks so much for all the hard work in recovering those archives.

 

[Nandi el'Shahir]

Just wanted to add my thank you to the growing pile.

Thank you for your hard work!

 

[Kariada Kunai]

Lenore, I'm not sure how people would stumble over there. The URL is completely different....old links and bookmarks won't take you there. Actually, pretty much the only place this link is available is in Dralyn's post in this thread.

 

[Bryce al'Mara]

Thanks Defen. You are amazing.

 

[Dralyn Montsier]

Yeah, the only public link is the one I just posted. However, I'll definitely go post in Site Announcements and AtWT over there about it; no harm in it!

 

[Relinya Ryviarra]

Elliot you are so awesome! you must come to my new house so I can cook you dinner or something! <3

 

[Rhianna Solstice]

Thanks Defan, you are like an IT god or something!!

 

[Zimone Zarasri]

:joy So glad everything wasn't lost.

 

[Jermaine Shiuan]

I exist again!