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Should we switch servers?
Yes Switch! 2 (50%)
No, Stay Here! 2 (50%)
Total Votes: 4
[Archive] Switching Servers (Poll!)
Topic Started: September 5, 2011, 12:12 pm (392 Views)
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Rawr
As most of you probably know, were on Server 4. Server 4 has been experiencing lots of problems lately (Over 6 hours of not being able to log on yesterday being the worse) . I've been able to get us a forum on Server 13 (The newest Zetaboard server) and I've been moving important things over to it so we don't lose important data.

The question is, Do you guys wish to stay here or move to server 4?

Good things:
Less chance of a crash
None of this server 4 problems
Less chance of a few people getting banned at the ZB support board (Long story on this one)
Featured Site will become Featured Member

Bad things:
Members would have to re-register (But you will have your post count back!)
Old posts and topics will have to be reposted
No more AiO as it's registered to this board (We will have auto promote for upgraded accounts)

If you have any questions before voting please let us know. We want the best for Forum Chat and it's members. Server 4 however I don't care about what it thinks.

If we do switch servers we will leave this board open for a week or two for members to switch over their favorite topics and what not. After that I will place an auto re-direct link to the new board. The domain is also coming with us. This board will automatically re-direct to the server 13 board so non of the advertisements will need to be changed.

I do recommend members like us on Facebook in case of another server 4 crash. It's one of the best ways to keep in contact with the staff.

~ Forum Chat Staff
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Swim
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I vote to stay here. I would hate to start over and repost everything, which, as I said in the admin forum, is essentially starting from scratch.

Also, another great way to contact us is at the support board (if.invisionfree.com). :)
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Rest in peace Salt.
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Swim
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I vote to stay here. I would hate to start over and repost everything, which, as I said in the admin forum, is essentially starting from scratch.

Also, another great way to contact us is at the support board (if.invisionfree.com). :)
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Rest in peace Salt.
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Boston Pitty
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Here's the thing, I've been moving over topics. Were also going to have the correct board post count as well. As long as members post we can re-build fairly quickly.
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Definitely switch. I hate s4. :)
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Boston Pitty
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Are you willing to help get topics moved?
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Nimor
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I'm willing to do anything for the good of FC. But actually, I didn't quite realize that this meant starting from scratch, so I'm not so sure anymore. :-/
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I vote to stay. This forum is epic.
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Boston Pitty
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Okay. We'll stay on server 4. We just need to stay connected when the server goes out though.
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SandyC
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I agree in that S4 has been a PITA, but once they've managed to stop the attacks on this server, everythings good again.

I'm admin on an Invision forum on S15, we went through a good few months of the same thing there and nearly shifted the forum to another server with a redirect on the old forum. After thinking about it and talking with the staff I have in there, we decided to stay put, we figured once they'd figured a way to stop the attacks on the server, we'd be better off for it and that there was no gaurantees the same thing wouldn't then happen on the new server and we'd be thinking about moving again.

It would've been a real mission trying to shift over 330 members and over 44,000 posts too, or even the beginnings of them. Looking back on it, we were pretty p**** at the time, but glad we didn't shift because we've got a better server for it now, so I think putting up with the grief was worth it, and knowing our luck, the same thing could be happening again if we had gone to a new server ..
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