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Freedom Force Forums => Freedom Force Discussion => Topic started by: CrashmanX on July 28, 2007, 09:21:49 AM

Title: is it just me?
Post by: CrashmanX on July 28, 2007, 09:21:49 AM
is it just me or is Freedomfans.com DOWN?!??!?!?!
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: The Hitman on July 28, 2007, 09:51:27 AM
Been down for a while, buddy. Pretty much since Take 2 bought out Irrational Games.
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: catwhowalksbyhimself on July 28, 2007, 10:16:34 AM
Actually, last time I checked, and I do so every once in a while, they were still up.  The forums were down, but the site was up.
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: GogglesPizanno on July 28, 2007, 10:55:42 AM
I think they meant the lovely "Bandwidth Exceeded" Message that currently appears on the site.
I guess our sheer numbers have finally brought down the server  :huh:
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: CrashmanX on July 28, 2007, 12:09:30 PM
NOOOOOO i dont  have the hero editor tools for  :ffvstr: i got all the meshes but not the editor stuff what should i do now?
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: catwhowalksbyhimself on July 28, 2007, 01:06:03 PM
I probably have those somewhere.  If I don't, someone else does.  If it stays down, I'll throw them up on the Graveyard.
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: Blkcasanova247 on July 29, 2007, 04:16:36 AM
Modforce is down too! :angry:
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: CrashmanX on August 01, 2007, 02:47:47 PM
WOOTS its back up somebody fixed it HORAH now im getting the tools
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: Epimethee on August 01, 2007, 04:43:52 PM
Bandwidth limit exceeded for July... new month: OK. :)

(Hopefully the source of the problem wasn't that their server haven't been hacked and turned into a zombie, because the problem would then happen again until fixed.)
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: catwhowalksbyhimself on August 01, 2007, 06:13:05 PM
I honestly see no other way that their bandwidth could be exceeded.
Title: Re: is it just me?
Post by: stumpy on August 02, 2007, 04:40:33 PM
They may have decided to buy less bandwidth. Without the forums up and with the probable low hits for mod tools and so on, the site is using lots less bandwidth than it did a year or two ago. They might have undershot in their estimates for bandwidth requirements, though, and that could cause the error we've seen.

Of course, I would have thought that the whole FF site would have been shared on T2's servers, which would have had lots of bandwidth, but it could be they were hosted independently in the IG days and they were never moved...

Realistically, the needed bandwidth should be a very minor cost in the scale of business expenses. So, I can't see where anyone would look to that option as a way to save a couple bucks.

Ahh, pointless speculation...  :P