AlexPSDB
Pinball Player
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2022
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Hello guys,
I am Alex, the pinsimdb & gopinball server administrator. First of all, I'm very sorry for all the mess and the lack of info, but it just wasn't possible. I won't give you details but my private life was terrible for a few years. That's all I'm willing to say, so please be respectful.
We had to stop the gopinball site because the forum was completely spammed and towards the end, we had suspicions of server hacks with the technical impossibility of updating it. The data is not lost, we have backups.
Regarding pinsimdb, we will also stop it in a few weeks (At the end of July - we will not renew the domain name). It's not a problem of money, we no longer have the desire or the time to take care of it (btw, we started the adventure in 2006 - 16 years!).
What I am going to do :
I will then make 2 large archives (probably split in multiple parts): one for pinsimdb and one for gopinball.
I think I'll take care of this the weekend of June 18/19.
I can be reached at the address fprelease _AT_ free.fr (replace the _AT_ by an at sign).
Stay safe & be cool
Alex
I am Alex, the pinsimdb & gopinball server administrator. First of all, I'm very sorry for all the mess and the lack of info, but it just wasn't possible. I won't give you details but my private life was terrible for a few years. That's all I'm willing to say, so please be respectful.
We had to stop the gopinball site because the forum was completely spammed and towards the end, we had suspicions of server hacks with the technical impossibility of updating it. The data is not lost, we have backups.
Regarding pinsimdb, we will also stop it in a few weeks (At the end of July - we will not renew the domain name). It's not a problem of money, we no longer have the desire or the time to take care of it (btw, we started the adventure in 2006 - 16 years!).
What I am going to do :
- put a message on the site in the banner stating the closing date. Adding tables and comment are going to be disabled too.
- make backups of databases and clean them of sensitive and personal data. For example: only the login will remain in the database (email, name, first name, ... will be wiped).
- make backups of files (forum attachments, tables/overviews of pinsimdb).
- make backups of sources and clean them of sensitive data (server password and other)
- I would also put the start of a new (functional) version of pinsimdb made with express (server-side javascript) and Elasticsearch as a database for anyone who wants to try the adventure or get inspired.
I will then make 2 large archives (probably split in multiple parts): one for pinsimdb and one for gopinball.
I think I'll take care of this the weekend of June 18/19.
I can be reached at the address fprelease _AT_ free.fr (replace the _AT_ by an at sign).
Stay safe & be cool
Alex