DS-Scene down? dead?

[Tom Bombadildo]

I bet it's p1ngpong's fault

http://gbatemp.net/threads/r-i-p-nemesis.348837

CONFIRMED OMG

 

[Unagi]

Last I checked domain squatting isn't illegal, if the domain has expired and gone up for sale there's nothing stopping somebody else from buying it, and then offering a personal deal to the previous owner to transfer it.

Also the domain and actual site hosting are often separate things, buying the domain does not give you the site's servers/data.

I stand corrected! Learning something new every day!

 

[Snailface]

Here is Godaddy's policy for expired domains.
http://support.godaddy.com/help/art...s-for-handling-expired-domain-names?locale=en

I guess the next step will be an auction if there is no renewal.
I wonder how much P1ng will bid for it.

 

[BORTZ]

I joined over there a few months ago... The latest thread was from a few weeks ago...

There were like 4 people on when I joined.

 

[Foxi4]

As someone pointed out it seems like DS Scene's domain wasn't renewed:
I'm just wondering if it's coming back soon or if they're really letting the site die?
Despite all you might say about their user base, the owner retrohead is a nice guy with whom I get along quite well.

As far as I remember there were no talks about closing down the site on the Staff forums last time I was there (which was last week) so I'm guessing that retro simply forgot to pay the bills - this has happened before.

I joined over there a few months ago... The latest thread was from a few weeks ago...

There were like 4 people on when I joined.

DS-Scene mostly gets hits from guests - the forums are barren these days.

 

[The Catboy]

Not something that really bothers me. I do mock the site a bit in the same way someone would mock a rival school, but I never hated the site and I do hope they aren't gone for good because I know a lot of people actually do enjoy that site and it's community.
I think this is their facebook page, but it seems pretty dead
https://www.facebook.com/DSScene?fref=ts

 

[DinohScene]

Poor Retrohead.
He seemed pretty nice.

 

[Deleted-236924]

From what I remember it was a pretty friendly site and everyone got along really well

What?
That wasn't the impression I got.
Registered so I could download something from their download center, several days later, banned.

 

[emigre]

DS scene is the place where banned GBAtemp members go to die.

 

[FAST6191]

DS scene is the place where banned GBAtemp members go to die.

Where they go now. There were other places but it seems I can only find traces of some of the sites now (see also GARPland and I think some found their way to high society).

Anyway they had a tight downloads section and visiting their forums always reminded me of the vintage GBAtemp forum names (mainly as they were the same). I must say if there was ever another reason to not use godaddy as a registrar this would be it -- I tend to use a less than brilliant registrar for... reasons and they bombard my email with warnings that my cards have expired, that my domains are due for renewal and domain privacy renewal is due some months before the event. Though I tend to leave autorenewal in place so that does not bother me.

 

[mrtofu]

I used to check that site daily for DS news. Now I go on temp since it's more active.

 

[ComeTurismO]

It took me a week to get an answer to a question I had about my DSi. That forum is dead bro.

 

[Foxi4]

DS scene is the place where banned GBAtemp members go to die.

Banned GBATemp members log on IRC...

Also, according to the local definition of "ban" (meaning extended suspension) it's sort of a TEMPorary state anyways...

 

[Unagi]

nothing to see.

 

[Gahars]

nothing to see.

Just like DS Scene?

Ha ha ha ha oh, I made myself sad.

 

[Costello]

 

[Unagi]

Just like DS Scene?

Ha ha ha ha oh, I made myself sad.

Not just that!

 

[Deleted_171835]

That's what I say every time I read one of your posts.

don't ban me costy.

 

[Costello]

Glad you thought of making that little mention below your image soulx! I was just about to ban you :o

also: the off-topic session has ended!
no more off-topic now please!

 

[WiiUBricker]

Chances are he may have forgotten to renew or the auto-renew of godaddy failed (which does happen). Give it a week or so and the site will be back up.