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Yevrah
20-09-2015, 03:50 PM
...what will you do?

Andy
20-09-2015, 03:51 PM
Stay here. This forum is loads easier to use. Just delaying the inevitable if we go back there.

Reg
20-09-2015, 03:52 PM
Stay here.

Going back would be stupid.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 03:52 PM
I'd hope people would do that, but I'm not convinced it'll be the same for all.

Samadini
20-09-2015, 03:52 PM
Don't see any point in going back to the old board.

Magic
20-09-2015, 03:53 PM
Yep. There's no point going back. Redirect it. We can change stuff here. We should get it out on social media and get new members. At least they can sign up.

GS
20-09-2015, 03:53 PM
We need to stay here.

The other forum is going to go down at some point, therefore we're only delaying the inevitable move. We need to make sure that the appropriate links are put up for redirection. It's not as if TTH has been driving new members in and we're suddenly going to lose them either.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 03:54 PM
For those of you that are saying you wouldn't go back, how many of you have tried to see if it's still down since this place started?

Lewis
20-09-2015, 03:54 PM
We should probably just make this work now.

Andy
20-09-2015, 03:55 PM
For those of you that are saying you wouldn't go back, how many of you have tried to see if it's still down since this place started?

Deleted it from my bookmarks yesterday and haven't tried since then.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 03:55 PM
Good man Andy.

GS
20-09-2015, 03:56 PM
I've also deleted the old bookmark and replaced it with this.

Most people have migrated over, it's functioning and we have someone who is actually engaged in making the shit parts of the forum better and more useable. Why the fuck should we go back?

Magic
20-09-2015, 03:57 PM
Lol at 'when' by the way.

Lewis
20-09-2015, 03:58 PM
We definitely need the likes of Floyd/Ital/Taz to come and make the effort though.

Disco
20-09-2015, 03:58 PM
For those of you that are saying you wouldn't go back, how many of you have tried to see if it's still down since this place started?

By accident actually, muscle memory went straight to it on the favourites bar.

I would prefer to stay here, lets use the email database and put some redirection info onto the old TTH if/when it comes back up. Going back would be a definite death sentence for the group, staying here it's only a possibility.

Sir Andy Mahowry
20-09-2015, 04:00 PM
By accident actually, muscle memory went straight to it on the favourites bar.

I would prefer to stay here, lets use the email database and put some redirection info onto the old TTH if/when it comes back up. Going back would be a definite death sentence for the group, staying here it's only a possibility.
This.

Fuck it off, it's actually nice having an overlord who listens (even if it is the wanker Phonics) and is willing to change things for the greater good.

Byron
20-09-2015, 04:01 PM
I won't bother going back. I sometimes accidentally click the old link but it's not running and it'll be replaced in the usual list soon anyway.

Toby
20-09-2015, 04:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKj1EFeU-cM

P_3
20-09-2015, 04:04 PM
Still have it open in a tab at the top. Still telling me that the website is offline. RIP TD. :(

Lee
20-09-2015, 04:06 PM
I'll be sticking here now. I haven't checked the old place since moving over. Old TTH is dead. This place looks better, it's quicker, and most people have come over already. Floyd will come on board, as will Taz.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 04:08 PM
Taz already signed up as 'Don', no?

Danny
20-09-2015, 04:08 PM
Another who went by accident. Just tried it again now. Still down. I think we need to get on there at one point, if nothing else, to post the link to here.

Ian
20-09-2015, 04:08 PM
Still have it open in a tab at the top. Still telling me that the website is offline. RIP TD. :(

Yep, I'm not sure why to be honest. The 'come to this board' posts have already been made so I could probably bin it.

EDIT: Already done, Danny. Phonics done a thread and stickied it and everything.

GS
20-09-2015, 04:08 PM
Floyd will probably cave when he realises there's no going back.

Get the database used to let the rest of them know, if it hasn't been already.

Danny
20-09-2015, 04:09 PM
He has yeah but hes blabbing on the teh fuge about not actually moving.

Sir Andy Mahowry
20-09-2015, 04:09 PM
Taz already signed up as 'Don', no?
Yes and then got lolled to the Refuge because of said name.

Danny
20-09-2015, 04:09 PM
Ah, well then yeah, no point anymore. If and when it comes back up hopefully people see it and move along to here.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 04:10 PM
He has yeah but hes blabbing on the teh fuge about not actually moving.

He can be such a hysterical vag at times.

phonics
20-09-2015, 04:16 PM
Bringing a tear to my eye here lads.

Ian
20-09-2015, 04:19 PM
He's probably still not over his WDYTOE meltdown.

Kikó
20-09-2015, 04:19 PM
The only advantage the other place is, is attracting a few new members. Otherwise, no, it's dead and despite years of hard work, the neglect from Mark has finally killed it.

Magic
20-09-2015, 04:20 PM
Him and Saint donning TR.

:harold:

Lee
20-09-2015, 04:22 PM
What killed the old place in the end? Why was it going down? Presumably it isn't fixable without Mark? Not that there's any point now but it would be nice to know what went wrong.

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 04:24 PM
He stopped giving a shit about it, basically.

His last throw of the dice was [FOOTBALL] and when that didn't make him millions he lost all interest.

Lee
20-09-2015, 04:26 PM
Yeah but what happened technically? Why is it fucked now but wasn't two years ago?

7om
20-09-2015, 04:27 PM
I wonder if he actively ignores the emails the mods have been sending him or it's just a mix up? He sounds like a bit of a wet flannel by all accounts.

Lewis
20-09-2015, 04:27 PM
He should have just given IJ (dork) full control in, what, 2009?

Yevrah
20-09-2015, 04:27 PM
Board software not being updated I think.

CJay
20-09-2015, 04:34 PM
I check to see if the original site is back up, but I prefer this place already.

Kikó
20-09-2015, 04:34 PM
Board software is ancient apparently. The site itself couldn't be updated or controlled by those who were willing to graft. They rightly gave up and left.

Browning
20-09-2015, 04:37 PM
Yea, I keep checking the old one but only because I can't be bothered to update the bookmark on my phone and I keep forgetting it's to the old one. On my laptop I've deleted the old one. I won't go back if it comes up, but I'd like to make sure this place is clearly sign posted for other people.

Mike
20-09-2015, 04:38 PM
Seems alright here like.

leedsrevolution
20-09-2015, 04:42 PM
There is no point going back. Least here we have people that want the best for the community etc, instead of Mark. Taz will come over soon and no doubt he's reading everything.

Disco
20-09-2015, 04:47 PM
The old place may have had more profile to attract new members but registration was a nightmare and only a fraction made it to TTH, so what are we actually losing?

phonics
20-09-2015, 05:07 PM
What killed the old place in the end? Why was it going down? Presumably it isn't fixable without Mark? Not that there's any point now but it would be nice to know what went wrong.

Basically the board software was so old that you have every spam bot in tge world getting through ths defenses. We consistently floated 300 guests and at an estimate id say about 10% of those were real. So you have 350 bots hitting every page constantly. Probably would have saved him bandwith cost to fix it but meh.

This fotum was created when it went down last time. Mark was given an outline 3 weeks ago. Not even a 'Seen by Mark' in that time. Its past not caring into actively hurting the place.

leedsrevolution
20-09-2015, 05:08 PM
Basically the board software was so old that you have every spam bot in tge world getting through ths defenses. We consistently floated 300 guests and at an estimate id say about 10% of those were real. So you have 350 bots hitting every page constantly. Probably would have saved him bandwith cost to fix it but meh.

This fotum was created when it went down last time. Mark was given an outline 3 weeks ago. Not even a 'Seen by Mark' in that time. Its past not caring into actively hurting the place.

That fucking award though :face:

phonics
20-09-2015, 05:19 PM
That fucking award though :face:

Im on mobile atm. Fuck trying to use that AdminCP on a phone.

Pepe
20-09-2015, 05:27 PM
I'll be posting on both.

Offshore Toon
20-09-2015, 05:27 PM
Stay here.

leedsrevolution
20-09-2015, 05:28 PM
Just deleted the bookmark. Fuck The Dugout. Long live TTH.

Disco
20-09-2015, 05:33 PM
I for one welcome our new Malian overlords.

Giggles
20-09-2015, 05:49 PM
I've checked a few times but I hope this place is it now.

With any luck Taz and the Australian have a change of heart.

leedsrevolution
20-09-2015, 05:50 PM
Why hasn't Jimmy come over yet?

Giggles
20-09-2015, 05:55 PM
Probably doesn't want another owning from Lewis on a whole new forum so he's sacked it off.

We can hope :yn:

Mazuuurk
20-09-2015, 06:40 PM
He should have just given IJ (dork) full control in, what, 2009?

Then we'd all be having bi-annual evaluation talks about our general behaviour and contribution to the workpl...ahem board.

Spoonsky
20-09-2015, 06:59 PM
Phonics, do you know if there's any way to download / export old threads from the Dugout, should it come back? I've got some mega stories from the Manager's Diary I wrote when I was 12 that I'd like to keep, if possible.

Giggles
20-09-2015, 07:07 PM
I think he mentioned before that there isn't. Could you copy and paste to a doc?

phonics
20-09-2015, 07:28 PM
Phonics, do you know if there's any way to download / export old threads from the Dugout, should it come back? I've got some mega stories from the Manager's Diary I wrote when I was 12 that I'd like to keep, if possible.

Short of copy pasting them i cant think of a great system

Ian
20-09-2015, 07:37 PM
Even if you could get at the database porting it over would be more trouble than it's worth.

Unless the software has some sort of 'export thread' thing built in.

Dquincy
20-09-2015, 07:41 PM
I'll be a sheep. baaaah!

Alan Shearer The 2nd
20-09-2015, 07:47 PM
Another who went by accident. Just tried it again now. Still down. I think we need to get on there at one point, if nothing else, to post the link to here.

It would be handy, I had to rely on Magic of all people to send me this link. Wasn't sure if the original was properly fucked or not.

Luke Emia
20-09-2015, 07:55 PM
Fuck it. Not worth going back now.

Magic
20-09-2015, 08:00 PM
It would be handy, I had to rely on Magic of all people to send me this link. Wasn't sure if the original was properly fucked or not.

Did you give me referral points? :drool:

SvN
20-09-2015, 08:01 PM
Someone put the link here:

https://www.facebook.com/TheDugout.net?fref=ts

Demerit
20-09-2015, 08:03 PM
Stay here, TD will be dead now, any floaters (lol) will have assumed it's gone forever and probably won't return and anyone who cares is here.

Reg
20-09-2015, 08:22 PM
Would 'Save As' in your browser be better if you want to keep the replies and usernames etc?

Disco
20-09-2015, 08:37 PM
The refresh rate is trolling me hard, I'm used to being able to check a few other things before it's finished.

phonics
20-09-2015, 08:53 PM
The refresh rate is trolling me hard, I'm used to being able to check a few other things before it's finished.

In a good way or a bad way?

I ask because I have a feeling the optimizer I installed on the forum saves a lot of stuff serverside for you on your first few uses of the site making it very slow and then goes at full pelt for the rest of time (that's what happened to me) or is it like the servers are bad?

Disco
20-09-2015, 08:56 PM
No it's fine as is, it just used to take the old place ages.

Magic
20-09-2015, 08:59 PM
It's deliciously fast and quite excellent on mobile. To think most forums are probably like this is annoying.

phonics
20-09-2015, 09:00 PM
Its when I find a way to embed vines that this place kicks into gear.

Giggles
20-09-2015, 09:01 PM
Having the mobile version really is brilliant.

phonics
20-09-2015, 09:01 PM
Would 'Save As' in your browser be better if you want to keep the replies and usernames etc?

I just tested this and yes it still works. I unplugged my internet and the text was still there but some of the images didn't load.

Mazuuurk
20-09-2015, 09:20 PM
I'm starting to feel like an old fart who just learned how to use an iPhone or something here.

MartinSAFC
20-09-2015, 11:08 PM
I'm just going to be posting here from now on. As others have said, its pointless going back to The Dugout again.

The Merse
20-09-2015, 11:43 PM
Redirect it and stay here.

I thought I'd despise a clean, modern look like this but it turns out I quite like it.

Mellberg
20-09-2015, 11:47 PM
It's a shame it came to this. Was a good site back when it was properly maintained. Didn't people offer to buy it from Mark? Why watch it die instead of making a few quid?

Anyway, we need to start a 'Rodgers Sacked' thread about two days before he gets the bullet. Did we get any new users back with McLeish and whoever else it was (Dalglish?)? The Postma video, too. Get that on here.

Luca
21-09-2015, 12:39 AM
In a good way or a bad way?

I ask because I have a feeling the optimizer I installed on the forum saves a lot of stuff serverside for you on your first few uses of the site making it very slow and then goes at full pelt for the rest of time (that's what happened to me) or is it like the servers are bad?

I noticed this as well, but wasn't sure what the reason for the initial slowness was.

ScousePig
21-09-2015, 06:10 AM
I've also deleted the old bookmark and replaced it with this.

Most people have migrated over, it's functioning and we have someone who is actually engaged in making the shit parts of the forum better and more useable. Why the fuck should we go back?

Me too.

Took some guts mind.

ScousePig
21-09-2015, 06:11 AM
Quite a few people going back 'by accident' I see.

Is that like when you 'accidentally' text your ex-girlfriend?

ScousePig
21-09-2015, 06:14 AM
I'm not sure we need to be advertising our whereabouts to everyone, by the way. There's a link in the old TTH; if people want to find it, they will.

Mazuuurk
21-09-2015, 07:27 AM
Well I maean, the old forum seems to hardly ever be up anymore now.

Not that I have any connections to anyone anymore. There used to be some people on my skype, but I don't have any anymore. Not sure if I changed my Skype or something.
Lewis - am I still on your Skype list?

Mazuuurk
21-09-2015, 07:28 AM
Oooh nice, doing @ + username actually seems to ping that person.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 07:39 AM
Quite a few people going back 'by accident' I see.

Is that like when you 'accidentally' text your ex-girlfriend?

I always just hit t, tab, enter in my browser to go to TTH before so I've done it by accident a few times. I've to hit tab twice to go to this one, but like fuck am I deleting all my history/cookies and have to enter password on everything again.

wullie
21-09-2015, 09:00 AM
What's happened, is TTH being shut down? I only noticed it back up a few mins ago for the first time since last week and saw all the links here.

Weaver
21-09-2015, 10:54 AM
I've just nicked back onto TTH there, with Wullie saying it was back up... Who is actively working on fixing it, out of interest?

Solid effort from Phonics to get this up and running.

phonics
21-09-2015, 10:58 AM
Who is actively working on fixing it, out of interest?

Lol

SvN
21-09-2015, 11:24 AM
Everyone needs to go and grab their avatar while it's up.

Benny
21-09-2015, 11:31 AM
Would be nice for the archived threads to be carried over to the new forum, but I know it's wishful thinking.

Henry
21-09-2015, 11:38 AM
Someone could go on a cut and paste spree at least.

Benny
21-09-2015, 11:54 AM
The Photoshop threads were always good for a laugh, could save those at least.

phonics
21-09-2015, 11:56 AM
Theres no way of doing it automatically. If you wanna copyy paste threads over ill make an archive forum to put them in.

Sam
21-09-2015, 12:01 PM
If the majority stay then may as well lurk here, it's always a solid lunch time read so I doubt this will change.

Pen
21-09-2015, 05:30 PM
Just changed the bookmark to our now Malian home. No going back now.

Giggles
21-09-2015, 07:54 PM
This place is busier than old TTH was in around 18 months :thbup:

leedsrevolution
21-09-2015, 07:54 PM
This place has gone nuts. No doubt it will simmer down again but we should just keep pushing to get new people on board.

Pleb
21-09-2015, 09:15 PM
So just recently had a peek at the other site and it's still dying.

Stay here peeps.