jetset Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 (edited) Yep. they're down an awful lot lately... Heres thier Yahoo group for what its worth. You can check there sometimes they update whats going on when they're down. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/classicvideogames/ Edited March 17, 2006 by jetset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64squares Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 (edited) DP seems to be going down a lot lately in the evening. Are they doing some sort of maintenance on it? Edited April 26, 2006 by 64squares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 DP seems to be going down a lot lately in the evening. Are they doing some sort of maintenance on it? http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 DP seems to be going down a lot lately in the evening. Are they doing some sort of maintenance on it? http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84510 I can't read that because they're down right now. (well, duh!) It would have been nice if you'd given a one-line description of why, instead of a blind link to a site which is going down like a movie theater running a Titanic marathon. Last week I tried accessing it, and I got a slow response indicative of a DDoS attack. So I guess someone's got a chip on their shoulder about DP, rather than this being just an automated PHP 'sploit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I can't read that because they're down right now. (well, duh!) They're up and looks like they have been all day. But anyway, here's the post. Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject: Why is Digital Press down so much? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may have noticed Digital Press being down quite a bit lately. You're not alone -- we've noticed it too! We've got several scripts running on the server behind the scenes trying to fix things up. We're compressing files, cleaning up databases, and doing a dozen other things. Unfortunately, sometimes random combinations of these things are locking up the server. Each time this happens, we learn a little bit more. We're actively searching the log files after every lock up and are determined to get the site up and running 110%. Trust me when I say there is no one more frustrated about the lock ups than those of us who have poured our hearts, words, and sweat into this site. Bear with us while we get things straightened out. The hang ups are temporary. Gaming is forever. (Was that last line too cheezy? Sorry.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 DP seems to be going down a lot lately in the evening. Are they doing some sort of maintenance on it? http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84510 I can't read that because they're down right now. (well, duh!) It would have been nice if you'd given a one-line description of why, instead of a blind link to a site which is going down like a movie theater running a Titanic marathon. DP was up when I posted that link. It's a sticky thread explaining why DP is down so frequently. It's more complicated than I can explain, hence the link. Sorry it wasn't working for you when you tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) Again? I haven't been to DP in a while but I came across a game today and didn't get much help seeing the value from ebay so was hoping to see what the DP rarity is and the value it gives. Has it been down a lot lately again? What a bummer DP is.....AA have NEVER been down when I click it. Edited July 31, 2006 by SpendTooMuchOnAtari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Again? I haven't been to DP in a while but I came across a game today and didn't get much help seeing the value from ebay so was hoping to see what the DP rarity is and the value it gives. Has it been down a lot lately again? What a bummer DP is.....AA have NEVER been down when I click it. Its up now digitalpress Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject: This Weekend's Outage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the forum outage folks. The user table got corrupted and had to be patched up. I have no skills in this area, John P came to the rescue and solved it in about ten minutes. If there are SQL (MySQL in particular) and/or database "experts" amongst us, please get in touch with me - I'd really like to avoid lengthy outages like this and we should pool our skills! In the meantime I'm going to be looking into improving the hardware as well. We simply have too much traffic on too small a box right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Down again captain. She's been going under and resurfacing all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I need to get an address out of my PM's over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I doubt that's traffic taking them down constantly. Granted they do a good volume, but unless it's running on a P100 I don't think it's the problem. Got to be their choice of software combined with a grudge holder, or leagues of script kiddies. Maybe there should be a 'DP is Up' thread instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Still down as I write this on Sept 8 -- seemed to be down yesterday, too. If I were to point fingers, it would be at their heavy tweaking of the off-the-shelf bulletin board software. Wish I could help, but keep that SQL far from me, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 I thought I read somewhere that they were upgrading the message board software. Anyone hear that? Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Yup, they're changing to vBulletin, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Yep the board has been "down" (technically a manual close) the last 2-3 days because it's being switched over to a new software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Yep the board has been "down" (technically a manual close) the last 2-3 days because it's being switched over to a new software. whats the problem now? more new software? a few days ago i could pull up the mainpage but now i get nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Yeah they're down and out. It's too bad as it's been out for the entire console launch experience! Here's hoping they come back sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) Yeah they're down and out. It's too bad as it's been out for the entire console launch experience! Here's hoping they come back sooner than later. heh i think i know the day they started having problems AtariageMost users ever online was 1,941 on Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:43 PM edit oh and this ive never seen so many guests 121 guests, 99 members 6 anonymous members Edited November 21, 2006 by Lemmi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 So what are we, the brainchild of Digital Press now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 So what are we, the brainchild of Digital Press now? Don't know what you mean by that, but there is definitely a large cross-section of forum members in both sites. Myself included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Are they going offline for good or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Are they going offline for good or something?If they did, I don't know how we'd know the difference; it seems they've had more downtime than uptime lately. I think they need to get themselves a competent administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Are they going offline for good or something? I think what is happening is they are updating the boards nows from what I've read a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think what is happening is they are updating the boards nows from what I've read a few days.There are ways of doing software upgrades without bringing the whole site down for days at a time. There's got to be more to it than that ... like somebody not knowing what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Are they going offline for good or something?If they did, I don't know how we'd know the difference; it seems they've had more downtime than uptime lately. I think they need to get themselves a competent administrator. I almost hate to agree with you since we may be statrting a flame war but for almost the past year they've been constantly up and down. I only go there to check for stuff to buy but particularlly in the last six months even if I did see something I wanted I wouldnt bother fo fear of not being able to contact the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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