[game_preservation] And the archives lump of coal this year goes to...

[Devin Monnens]

IGN.

They decided at the last minute to delete all the Fileplanet files from
hosted sites without letting anyone know about it ahead of time. Thankfully
I have everything backed up in a safe place (multiple places actually), and
our new server can handle the traffic, but this was NOT something I wanted
to deal with on Christmas week. I'm curious to see whether they will be
offering to send all the files via internet transfer or over DVD.

Thoroughly displeased.

-Devin


We are contacting you as at one time you were an IGN Hosting user.

>

> Before retiring the service, we indicated that files uploaded to FilePlanet

> would remain downloadable even after the retirement of the IGN Hosting

> service. Unfortunately, we are unable to continue maintaining this service,

> and are having to disable these download pages. To clarify, these are all

> the download pages that have URLs beginning with "

> http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx?/hst/" (that is, files uploaded

> via ftp://fphosted.gamespy.com/). *This does not affect Planet site files,

> only hosted site files.*

>

> If you need a copy of your files, please send an e-mail to

> oysterhelp at rt.ign.com *within the next seven days*, clearly stating your

> old FTP username (which can be found from the URL of a file, for example,

> the username associated with

> http://www.fileplanet.com/hosteddl.aspx?/hst/p/h/phrozenk/file.zip is

> "phrozenk").

>

> We apologise for having to stop supporting this service, and also for the

> short notice. Please can I stress that you contact oysterhelp at rt.ign.com*within the next seven days* should you need a copy of your files, as

> automatic snapshots of the directories are not kept for much longer than

> that.

>

> Thanks,

> IGN Hosting

>


-- 
Devin Monnens
www.deserthat.com

The sleep of Reason produces monsters.
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