Where in the world is Killer Cabs?! UPDATE

Brain Slug · Post by **Brain Slug** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:12 pm

Evening all. I wondered where everyone had been hiding.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:20 pm

were spread out at the moment but sit tight dude.

invzim · Post by **invzim** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:25 pm

Since it's been a week, which is a sure sign of "something not promising", i've registered and set up a site on:

http://killercabs.org
http://killercabs.net

I'm currently enjoying a bottle of red, and setting up forums. If it's not working in your browser, it's because DNS is not updated yet.

Should be up this evening.

I will 100% for sure need help if this is going to fly, as the stuff I know is infrastructure - not running forums.

Brain Slug · Post by **Brain Slug** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:41 pm

Nice one Zim. I reckon we should all have a meet-up somewhere when everything gets sorted. Go to Trocadero for beers and games, unless someone's up for hosting something at their cab filled mansion?

I'm enjoying a few bottles of Stella and a big bag of quality bud whilst contemplating if Last Blade 2 really is better than the original. Also, why the hell isn't Bionic Commando: Rearmed out on the UK PlayStation Network?

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:04 pm

lb1 > 2

bionic commando _is_ out on uk psn now :p

invzim · Post by **invzim** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:15 pm

Ok, everything should be more or less up now:

http://killercabs.org/forum

I need moderators, a design person and general help!

Brain Slug · Post by **Brain Slug** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:17 pm

kernow wrote:lb1 > 2

I do believe you are correct, Sir.

kernow wrote:bionic commando _is_ out on uk psn now :p

Yes, it is isn't it. I'm sure it wasn't there earlier when I checked, or I'm just blind :p

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:29 pm

prrole wrote:Ok, everything should be more or less up now:

http://killercabs.org/forum

I need moderators, a design person and general help!

is using the killercabs name such a good idea since its kinda belongs to tone?

Brain Slug · Post by **Brain Slug** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:35 pm

Lordstar wrote:is using the killercabs name such a good idea since its kinda belongs to tone?

Good call. Maybe we should go with ArcadeOtaku instead. Start fresh and all that. But it would be nice to get all the original KC posts back.

At least there's a working forum up though.

invzim · Post by **invzim** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:37 pm

Lordstar wrote:
prrole wrote:Ok, everything should be more or less up now:

http://killercabs.org/forum

I need moderators, a design person and general help!
is using the killercabs name such a good idea since its kinda belongs to tone?

Who cares, it was not registered.

Point here, IMO, is that "killercabs" is bigger than "tone", "lordstar", "invzim" or whoever has the domain registration.

If you leave a very active forum blank with a 404 message for a week, you have pretty much spelled it out that you aren't going to be doing anything with it. A simple "technical issues, working on it, will be back in XX days" would be sufficient.

My motivation is simply that I have the means, and miss killercabs.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:55 pm

your right!
"killercabs" is bigger than "tone", "lordstar", "invzim" or whoever has the domain registration

but whoever has the domain get a large chunk of control. you have a pm anyway.

xenepp · Post by **xenepp** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:53 am

I reckon we should all have a meet-up somewhere when everything gets sorted. Go to Trocadero for beers and games, unless someone's up for hosting something at their cab filled mansion?

Like a wake? Game on. I'll bring the DOJ, who's bringing the Pink Sweets?

-Joel

Flazh · Post by **Flazh** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:14 am

Will be awaiting the new forum, when it comes about. Shmups and WPG are all well and good, but I always liked the cab orientation of KC.

Retro_Boy_G · Post by **Retro_Boy_G** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:00 am

Hey, It's probably about time i joined here... Am i the only person with any communication with Tone then?..

to anyone who doesn't know me.. I'm the guy at KC that didn't do much..

Hello SMHUPSSSSSSSTERS!

poolchamp · Post by **poolchamp** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:50 am

Retro_Boy_G wrote:Hey, It's probably about time i joined here... Am i the only person with any communication with Tone then?..

to anyone who doesn't know me.. I'm the guy at KC that didn't do much..

Hello SMHUPSSSSSSSTERS!

well hello g where the fuck have you been ,seems you are the only one with contact with the tone ,whats the verdect ,is it a tech problem or cash or just pull the plug one .is everything saved or lost .

ps grant relayed your messages wanna trade bf with £££ for something

xenepp · Post by **xenepp** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:09 am

Am i the only person with any communication with Tone then?..

Is there any reason after 6 pages of "WTF?" you haven't told us what's up then?

-Joel

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:16 am

I'm not even a member of KC, but what's the story here? When 2dgaming.net went down temporarily due to a server problem, I immediately set up a replacement forum to keep everyone informed. That's how it should be done.
You don't just go offline without a word; especially if a large community relies on you. Bad show.

Chi_Ryu · Post by **Chi_Ryu** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:40 am

Flazh wrote:Shmups and WPG are all well and good, but I always liked the cab orientation of KC.

Wot he said. I miss having a good library of tech information in one place - often problems I encounter with owning cabs/PCBs/whatever have happened before and I just need to do a forum search to discover the answer...

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:23 am

I've had a few pms so I'll just reply here.

Lets stop farting about guys, if I pay for some hosting and figure out how to transfer the arcadeotaku domain could you set up phpbb zim/xenepp and we can take it from there?

I'd certainly feel uneasy about using the name killercabs and leeching cached information.

invzim · Post by **invzim** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:43 am

Yeah, enough with the f'in PMs - if someone is scheming something grand - let's hear it. I registered the .org/.net, and only then was something surfacing - but I still don't know who or what, apart from that grantspain wants to be a part of it, and thought the new forum would hurt the cause - whatever that is.

Superpang: I'm up for it, and no need to pay for hosting.

I don't want to set up something that competes with another site, but involving a lot of people, making a whole big "political" structure, and it taking a long time to set up is imho not a good idea.

A forum with a simple accompanying site about arcade cabinets and their insides is, and this is the big part, NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!

What I miss is:
a) Something simple that loads in a couple of seconds
b) Something with archive quality
c) something that can be transfered in minutes in case of personal and or technical outage

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:54 am

Thanks for the hosting offer zim but I would like to keep this on its own host to avoid any future unforseen problems. I'm happy to pay for year one and stick it on my credit card and accept donations when were up and running.

I'm keen to get this going but don't want to do it and find Tone restores KC in a few days.

markedkiller78 · Post by **markedkiller78** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:01 pm

SuperPang wrote:Thanks for the hosting offer zim but I would like to keep this on its own host to avoid any future unforseen problems. I'm happy to pay for year one and stick it on my credit card and accept donations when were up and running.

I'm keen to get this going but don't want to do it and find Tone restores KC in a few days.

Well I'm happy to donate something. I had no idea hosting was as expensive.

IMO a new name, new start could be a god thing.

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:05 pm

Hosting isn't expensive unless you do it bloodflowers way

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:11 pm

I'd say just hold fire .

markedkiller78 · Post by **markedkiller78** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:25 pm

kernow wrote:I'd say just hold fire .

For how long? Do you know something we don't?

I'm getting the impression that it's not coming back online. Don;t get me wrong this is all second hand, but from what I understand Gianni is the only one in contact wth Tone & he hasn't heard anything about it getting restored (or not for that matter)

As people have said, a holding message via another forum, KC or even Gianni would suffice, but there isn't one.

Nakano · Post by **Nakano** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:35 pm

I bought my first cab because of KC, hope you guys can come up with something.

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:36 pm

Leave it with me...

Post by **system11** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:36 pm

SuperPang wrote:Hosting isn't expensive unless you do it bloodflowers way

To put it in KC terms, the method I used is like buying an Egret 29 and importing it from Japan, instead of using a slightly knackered woody from Ebay

markedkiller78 · Post by **markedkiller78** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:50 pm

bloodflowers wrote:
SuperPang wrote:Hosting isn't expensive unless you do it bloodflowers way
To put it in KC terms, the method I used is like buying an Egret 29 and importing it from Japan, instead of using a slightly knackered woody from Ebay

The elusive E29. There was one in the UK, god knows if well see another

It's top of my wanted list

Shmups deserves the E29 treatment

invzim · Post by **invzim** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:04 pm

Yeah, you could be on the glorious dedicated kirurg.org server for free, but went with the basement garbage servage is - at least I'm not to blame when it goes down or is hacked

have fun, password in pm.