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supermariobrosx.org is dead. First the forum had an SQL error, now the whole website has an ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE. Whoever owns it needs to know their website is dead. They need a better server. Now nobody can download SMBX (except for people who look up mirrors). Even isup.me says it's down. Will anyone fix this?
 
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my whois request said:
$ whois supermariobrosx.org
Domain Name: SUPERMARIOBROSX.ORG
Domain ID: D170480472-LROR
WHOIS Server:
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2015-12-17T03:22:11Z
Creation Date: 2013-12-19T22:47:14Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2016-12-19T22:47:14Z
Sponsoring Registrar: eNom, Inc.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 48
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: renewPeriod https://www.icann.org/epp#renewPeriod
Registrant ID: 6c2cae8fafdcdef2
Registrant Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Registrant City: Panama
Registrant State/Province: Panama
Registrant Postal Code: 00000
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.8365503
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +51.17057182
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Admin ID: 6c2cae8fafdcdef2
Admin Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Admin Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Admin Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Admin City: Panama
Admin State/Province: Panama
Admin Postal Code: 00000
Admin Country: PA
Admin Phone: +507.8365503
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +51.17057182
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: [email protected]
Tech ID: 6c2cae8fafdcdef2
Tech Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Tech Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Tech Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Tech City: Panama
Tech State/Province: Panama
Tech Postal Code: 00000
Tech Country: PA
Tech Phone: +507.8365503
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +51.17057182
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS3.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS4.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS5.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-12-18T22:46:32Z <<<

"For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp"

Access to Public Interest Registry WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Public Interest Registry registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry for informational purposes only, and Public Interest Registry does not guarantee its accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to(a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Registry Operator, a Registrar, or Afilias except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All rights reserved. Public Interest Registry reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy.
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So the whois data is hidden. You can try the contact info there as many times it will go to somewhere not in the domain system.
Alternatively you could try the usual email addresses that people set up for this -- webmaster@ admin@ abuse@ , however as the website is unable to even connect then that is not so hopeful -- I am guessing here someone forgot to pay the hosting bill or something.

In these situations you can also try things like https://web.archive.org/web/*/supermariobrosx.org to bring up old versions of the site to see if people left contact info.
I eventually got to https://web.archive.org/web/2015050...php?f=48&sid=540cb468de6c94945b3403c5272724cf
The admin there appears to be named joey , most people have a name like that as an email for the site. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228174148/http://www.supermariobrosx.org/wiki/User:Joey does not have much more other than a few aliases you might try.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150501231752/http://www.supermariobrosx.org/wiki/Community mentions some other places but http://knuckles96.prophpbb.com appears to be disabled at present, and later versions of https://web.archive.org/web/20150425125658/http://knuckles96.prophpbb.com/? would suggest it got hacked (not a particularly shocking turn of evens for a small PhpBB hosted forum but hey).

And finally the not so hacker/web way
Thanks to the archive page I know the one responsible for it goes by Joey Miller so I typed in Joey Miller smbx into a search engine and it spat https://www.facebook.com/supermariobrosx/?fref=photo back at me.
the facebook page said:
Super Mario Bros X
Yesterday at 13:05 ·

Sorry about the forum downtime, everyone! Please don't hesitate to join us on the Chat, and also you can now follow SMBX on Twitter!

http://www.twitter.com/smbxgame
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Oh and I forgot to say, as someone that has seen this many times over the years do take your own backups of little hacks/fan projects/info pages.... as they seldom stick around and have a nasty habit of being DMCAed or something.

Also the "someone [that] knows" seems to be the owner of the domain and administrator of the site in question.
 
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FAST6191 said:
Oh and I forgot to say, as someone that has seen this many times over the years do take your own backups of little hacks/fan projects/info pages.... as they seldom stick around and have a nasty habit of being DMCAed or something.

Also the "someone [that] knows" seems to be the owner of the domain and administrator of the site in question.
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Yeah... but the new domain is better than the original "SuperMarioBros.org" which Nintendo got mad at them for.
 

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