| Retriever II |
Downloads offline
Nov 24 2007, 10:25 AM
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Hate to spoil the recent update, but game downloads will be offline until December 1st due to a bandwidth shortage. We'll be working to try and avoid this in the future. |
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Thunderbolt Nov 24 2007, 1:28 PM |
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How much bandwidth do you get monthly anyway?
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Shroob2 Nov 24 2007, 2:12 PM |
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well... this... isn't good. If you didn't know that it was bad.
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Toad53 Nov 24 2007, 3:23 PM |
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This sucks. I finally got into MFGG, and now we can't get into any of the games! Oh well, I could just make sprite comics all day...
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Shroob2 Nov 24 2007, 3:53 PM |
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well, you could work on sprites.
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NICKtendo DS Nov 24 2007, 3:59 PM |
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Right after my game finally got up :( Talking about Murphy's Law... |
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Retriever II Nov 24 2007, 4:15 PM |
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The popularity of Mario fangaming as well as this site seems to have skyrocketed recently, so what looked like more than enough bandwidth a year ago ... kinda caught us off-guard.
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Madam Ki Nov 24 2007, 5:04 PM |
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Yikes. Well, we got 5/6 into the month before that happened, so at least you weren't off by much. |
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Grant Nov 24 2007, 5:14 PM |
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It's far from a disaster, really, when you consider that sprite submissions are still fully available for viewing.
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RetroX Nov 24 2007, 5:27 PM |
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Idea: Make it so you need to login to download. And make email validation like the forums. That way less people are just downloading.
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Neslug Nov 24 2007, 5:47 PM |
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There haven't been that much new games that would've been a must download, to be honest. There have been quite a lot of demos and otherwise short games.
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Zero Kirby Nov 24 2007, 5:52 PM |
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Quote (Yoshi_d3d on Nov 24 2007, 9:27 AM) Idea: Make it so you need to login to download. And make email validation like the forums. That way less people are just downloading. That wouldn't solve anything. They'd just sign up, validate by e-mail, and start downloading. Plus they'd make comments. Wouldn't that add to bandwidth usage? Or am I just a net-veggie? |
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Grant Nov 24 2007, 6:54 PM |
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Quote (Yoshi_d3d on Nov 24 2007, 12:27 PM) Idea: Make it so you need to login to download. And make email validation like the forums. That way less people are just downloading. One of the reasons people decide they want to join is that they play fangames and see how awesome some of them are. Not letting them play them unless they sign up would probably end up hurting the site's popularity. |
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Bacteriophage Nov 24 2007, 6:54 PM |
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This mean I can't play games in the admin queue?
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Madam Ki Nov 24 2007, 7:38 PM |
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Quote (BlackRocket 2.0 on Nov 24 2007, 5:52 PM) That wouldn't solve anything. They'd just sign up, validate by e-mail, and start downloading. Plus they'd make comments. Wouldn't that add to bandwidth usage? Or am I just a net-veggie? Actually, considering the number of children that are underage/not allowed to, it would actually help. |
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the real wart Nov 24 2007, 7:53 PM |
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Well this is a bummer. Man, when I first joined the site (not the forums)it was a fine place, then 2.0 came up. Everything went better. I am suprised that this came up.
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Mighty Ripper Nov 24 2007, 8:15 PM |
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Damn, I wanted to play Old SMB D:
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Black Squirrel Nov 24 2007, 8:41 PM |
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Quote (Bacteriophage on Nov 24 2007, 7:54 PM) This mean I can't play games in the admin queue? As long as you don't download them 21479893254 times I don't expect there'll be a huge problem. Besides it gives people something to look forward to ;) |
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Toad53 Nov 24 2007, 8:52 PM |
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Hey guys... Here's a thought... WHY DON'T YOU JUST LOOK FOR THE FILES YOU DOWNLOADED, AND JES' PLAY 'EM AGAIN! |
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MarioFan1 Nov 24 2007, 10:52 PM |
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Quote (Retriever II on Nov 24 2007, 5:15 PM) The popularity of Mario fangaming as well as this site seems to have skyrocketed recently, so what looked like more than enough bandwidth a year ago ... kinda caught us off-guard. it must be super mario galaxy. Galaxy is released, and the public goes mario-crazy. They start searching for mario gaming resources, and, sooner or later, they find MFGG. The biggest mario fangaming resource around. So, they start downloading. And keep downloading. And keep downloading. And they push the bandwidth through the celing. So, we have to expand. and keep expanding. and keep expanding. But we cant always keep up, so we have to take drastic measures like this, just so we can keep the bandwidth at minimum requirement to keep the site up. |
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Nov 24 2007, 11:32 PM |
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WHAT THE **** THIS IS TERRIBLE!
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mamaluigi Nov 25 2007, 12:16 AM |
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Quote (galaxyguy-159 on Nov 24 2007, 11:32 PM) WHAT THE **** THIS IS TERRIBLE! to put it straight, yes. Yes it is. |
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Thunderbolt Nov 25 2007, 12:50 AM |
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Quote (Mighty Ripper on Nov 24 2007, 8:15 PM) Damn, I wanted to play Old SMB D: You can still download it at BGF's site here. |
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Xgoff Nov 25 2007, 1:38 AM |
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holy hell guys it's only a week you'll live |
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EggmanDr Nov 25 2007, 2:32 AM |
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Quote (Toad53 on Nov 24 2007, 1:52 PM) Hey guys... Here's a thought... WHY DON'T YOU JUST LOOK FOR THE FILES YOU DOWNLOADED, AND JES' PLAY 'EM AGAIN! I like how that has nothing to do with the problem of bandwidth storage. |
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Elyk Nov 25 2007, 2:37 AM |
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Quote (Xgoff on Nov 24 2007, 8:38 PM) holy hell guys it's only a week you'll live No they won't, its like drugs to them. |
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Grant Nov 25 2007, 3:44 AM |
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Quote (MarioFan1 on Nov 24 2007, 5:52 PM) it must be super mario galaxy. Galaxy is released, and the public goes mario-crazy. They start searching for mario gaming resources, and, sooner or later, they find MFGG. The biggest mario fangaming resource around. So, they start downloading. And keep downloading. And keep downloading. And they push the bandwidth through the celing. So, we have to expand. and keep expanding. and keep expanding. But we cant always keep up, so we have to take drastic measures like this, just so we can keep the bandwidth at minimum requirement to keep the site up. Actually, you know what I think it is? People are probably doing Google searches for the words "Mario" and "Galaxy", since SMG was released very recently, and guess where they end up? |
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Retriever II Nov 25 2007, 4:09 AM |
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Quote (MarioFan1 on Nov 24 2007, 5:52 PM) it must be super mario galaxy. Galaxy is released, and the public goes mario-crazy. They start searching for mario gaming resources, and, sooner or later, they find MFGG. The biggest mario fangaming resource around. So, they start downloading. And keep downloading. And keep downloading. And they push the bandwidth through the celing. So, we have to expand. and keep expanding. and keep expanding. But we cant always keep up, so we have to take drastic measures like this, just so we can keep the bandwidth at minimum requirement to keep the site up. Actually, Galaxy's release didn't have a drastic impact .. demand just hasn't really dropped off much since August, which it was supposed to do. I suppose you could argue that Galaxy's pending release may have also boosted numbers, but either way the growth was catching up with us. |
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demon_masta Nov 25 2007, 4:36 AM |
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Quote (Madam Ki on Nov 24 2007, 7:38 PM) Actually, considering the number of children that are underage/not allowed to, it would actually help. What do you mean by, not allowed to? |
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Neslug Nov 25 2007, 9:45 AM |
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If downloads were only available to registered members, there wouldn't be as many downloaders...
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Retriever II Nov 25 2007, 10:05 AM |
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There is no age restriction.
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mamaluigi Nov 25 2007, 4:01 PM |
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Quote (Retriever II on Nov 25 2007, 10:05 AM) There is no age restriction. And if their was, this site would probrably have 30% or more less people. |
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jumbojet555 Nov 25 2007, 4:40 PM |
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if downloads were only for registered members we would have more people downloading and downloading
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Eggman249 Nov 25 2007, 5:28 PM |
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I finaly get something that will let the games work, than this happpens!!!
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Nicholas Ainsworth Nov 25 2007, 5:39 PM |
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Quote (jumbojet555 on Nov 25 2007, 11:40 AM) if downloads were only for registered members we would have more people downloading and downloading Not necessarily. |
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Shroob2 Nov 25 2007, 6:02 PM |
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um... wouldn't it be better if we like banned linking directly to the sprite/game pages? That would save some bandwith, no?
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Bacteriophage Nov 25 2007, 6:23 PM |
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Quote (Shroob2 on Nov 25 2007, 11:02 AM) um... wouldn't it be better if we like banned linking directly to the sprite/game pages? That would save some bandwith, no? We already do. |
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Shroob2 Nov 25 2007, 6:24 PM |
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no, I mean, where you can choose to download them/comment. I've tried it and you can link there.
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Xgoff Nov 25 2007, 6:52 PM |
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Quote (mamaluigi on Nov 25 2007, 10:01 AM) And if their was, this site would probrably have 30% or more less people. imo this could be a good thing |
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Black Boo Nov 25 2007, 7:12 PM |
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Ya know what? This ain't to bad... I mean you can survive for one ****ing week, cantcha? In the meantime, you can do things that don't involve advertising! Like looking at Phage's sprites! Yeah!
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Shroob2 Nov 25 2007, 7:40 PM |
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Just wondering, will the updates to the site be on hiatus due to this shortage? I mean, sprites use up bandwith, don't they?
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