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Leviathan Mist

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Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« on: June 22, 2009, 12:34:27 AM »
So I logged into my Geocities account today, only to be greeted with the following message:

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Important Announcement

After careful consideration, Yahoo! has decided to close GeoCities later this year.

You can continue enjoying your GeoCities service until then — we just wanted to let you know about the closure as soon as possible. We'll share more details this summer. For now, please visit the help center for more information.

Well that's just great. Are there ANY reliable free hosting services left?

By the way, now might be a good time to grab mblock129's FF3us patches, since I don't think they're available anywhere else and will be gone soon.
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2009, 01:04:41 AM »
I suggest someone snag those patches and host them (with the author's permission) along with other FF3us/FF6 patches.  There really needs to be one central site for FF2us/FF4, FF3us/FF6 and FF5 patches.  And only those patches.   :laugh:
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2009, 01:08:24 AM »
Yeah, we've already lost cklein0001's patches when AOL closed their hosting service... I really liked the 24-bit HP patch too.
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2009, 01:10:55 AM »
Didn't assassin make a 24-bit HP patch?  I know I manually did it on one of my now defunct FF3us hacks.  *shrugs*
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2009, 01:13:16 AM »
Quote from: JCE3000GT on June 22, 2009, 01:04:41 AM
I suggest someone everyone snag those patches
Way ahead of ya. :happy: Also, fixed. :wink:

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and host them (with the author's permission)
That might be complicated. Is mblock129 even around anymore?

Quote from: Leviathan Mist on June 22, 2009, 01:08:24 AM
Yeah, we've already lost cklein0001's patches when AOL closed their hosting service... I really liked the 24-bit HP patch too.
I wish I still had that one. :sad:
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2009, 01:15:54 AM »
Quote from: Lenophis on June 22, 2009, 01:13:16 AM
Quote from: JCE3000GT on June 22, 2009, 01:04:41 AM
I suggest someone everyone snag those patches
Way ahead of ya. :happy: Also, fixed. :wink:

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and host them (with the author's permission)
That might be complicated. Is mblock129 even around anymore?

A solution might be to go ahead and host the patches and put a clear disclaimer that you are archiving them without the author's permission but would respect the author's wishes if they contacted you and wants you to remove them.  That's what I would do.   :happy:

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« Last Edit: June 22, 2009, 01:20:44 AM by Lenophis »
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2009, 02:12:28 AM »
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That might be complicated. Is mblock129 even around anymore?

he's posted on the FF3us Gamefaqs board within the past month or two.  just a couple posts.  an "Attn: mblock129" topic would probably get deleted fairly quickly.  he's logged into mnrogar.com as recently as Jun 17, 2009, so try PMing him there.

also, the 24-bit HP patch wasn't me.  as mentioned, CKlein0001 made one.  the Pandora's Boxers might be making an improved one.
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2009, 02:16:44 AM »
as for free webhosting, i've been pleased with Brinkster:

http://www.brinkster.com/FreePkgLanding.aspx
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2009, 02:18:31 AM »
Quote from: assassin on June 22, 2009, 02:12:28 AM
he's posted on the FF3us Gamefaqs board within the past month or two.  just a couple posts.  an "Attn: mblock129" topic would probably get deleted fairly quickly.  he's logged into mnrogar.com as recently as Jun 17, 2009, so try PMing him there.
I did so about 20 minutes ago (as of this post). I'm counting on him seeing it or him reading his email to see that PM notification that the board sends out.

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also, the 24-bit HP patch wasn't me.  as mentioned, CKlein0001 made one.  the Pandora's Boxers might be making an improved one.
PB has an improved version of the patch, but I do not know what the plan is with it, or if we even have a plan for it. :isuck:
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2009, 02:29:42 AM »
Quote from: assassin on June 22, 2009, 02:16:44 AM
as for free webhosting, i've been pleased with Brinkster:

http://www.brinkster.com/FreePkgLanding.aspx


I can't believe I didn't try this one out before, been to your site many times.  :isuck:

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Quote from: Lenophis on June 22, 2009, 02:18:31 AM
PB has an improved version of the patch, but I do not know what the plan is with it, or if we even have a plan for it. :isuck:

I'd like to see this patch myself, but I know a lot of features are for PB-only and aren't to be released to the public :P
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2009, 03:29:53 AM »
All of this Geocities talk got me into nostalgia mode, so I sifted through my bin to see what I had up there. There wasn't much, just some old WIP screenshots of PB with broken damage, a Winamp generated playlist, one of the sigs I had a ZD long ago, bloopers of the "most recent file" mod not quite working in the patches/NSFE pages, apparently an issue I had with FF2usME, a blooper reel of Jade's map editor, and two images of PB a week after the project started:

« Last Edit: June 22, 2009, 03:37:03 AM by Lenophis »
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2009, 06:44:17 AM »
I remember that sig. :laugh:

My Geocities account just redirects to Dbi (though I forget if I updated it after EP blew up or not), I think I have one or two photos saved there from back when I was still in school, but that's it. I don't remember my username or password anymore, so I can't check and see if I had anything else there.
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2009, 12:57:26 PM »
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2009, 01:58:14 AM »
The date has been set. October 26 will be the day it dies. Long live Geocities?
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Re: Geocities closing - need a new free hosting service
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2009, 09:11:21 AM »
but where will all the animated gif sites of the interwebs call home now?
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