You've Been Fucked.

[ComNerd]

I think this has happened before...


Quote from WIKIPEDIA:

Among the spammers that assaulted the site after the administration change, the one
that stood out the most was a group calling themselves VigilantePunishment.
They like to think that no one knows who they are, though many people believe a former member named Punkid,
who had often been vocal against any sort of change on the forums, and a couple of his friends were the ones responsible.
They talk like Anonymous, and have a clear dislike toward everyone on the administration team.
The RMXP.org administration does not take this group seriously, and sees them as nothing more but spammers.
To display this, on April Fools 2008 the administration staged a fake take over of the website by VigilantePunishment,
where all the mods and admins where fake banned except for one, who was to act as a traitor, while others made fake accounts to
be part of the "Revolution". Members took the joke far too seriously however, and the joke was canceled. Later in the day, a different prank was staged with the help of Gaming World.

Since the joke, very little has been heard from VigilantePunishment, and it's believed that they moved on to someone that would actually be bothered by their immature pranks.

 

[Ellie]

I find it amusing he's let us all shitstir for five pages while he's just sat there and said and done nothing.

 

[xRythx]

then im not trying any more shit to help this situation :P
it must be a joke. NOW LAUGH AT ME FOR STAYING UP ALL NIGHT.
^__^
I will stay updated though.

 

[ComNerd]

The question is:

When will the site become normal again?

Well, as WIKIPEDIA said, the other admins made new accounts... Sooo, there have to be new members, right?

So if I'm right, an admin must have posted here...

 

[berka]

First April ?
Lol :grin:

GG guys !

berka

 

[ComNerd]

Nah, that would have been no fun...

Maybe tomarrow... Or once everybody finds out, or maybe if we all stop hatter

 

[harbino]

I find it amusing he's let us all shitstir for five pages while he's just sat there and said and done nothing.

Because he knows its true

 

[Perihelion]

I don't know where everyone is, none of teh staff have attempted to contact me in hours. It's getting frustrating! I guess they're all busy or something

--teh pictures are hosted on my site?? He's hotlinking?? motherfucker..... >:|

gah if I'd known that I would have torn them down earlier. Though I guess teh animations would still be there, not much I can do about that. now I have to wait until I can get to a comp that allows ftp access.

I didn't realize that either because it seems so obvious that he'd just upload them elsewhere so you wouldn't have access. I didn't even think to check, but maybe he really is just that dumb! But they'd be reposted as soon as you deleted them, so it's not like it really matters. :\

Anyway, kids, everyone stay calm! Shadow's account has not been compromised as far as we know, nothing has been deleted, and we've been making nightly backups for months now. This occurred at a terrible time for all of us on staff (I personally have been totally hosed with school this week), but it will be fixed and no permanent damage done, I assure you. Shadow has been busy irl with school and work but will return and restore access to the proper people. In the meantime, please be patient!

 

[Perihelion]

By the way, all this talk of going to Onideus's house and beating him up or whatever is uncalled for. If you did that, you'd be no better than him. We're all mature adults here, and we're going to handle this in a mature, adult fashion without sinking to Onideus's level. Again, please be patient, and we sincerely apologize for the delay in restoring the site.

 

[xRythx]

I didn't realize that either because it seems so obvious that he'd just upload them elsewhere so you wouldn't have access. I didn't even think to check, but maybe he really is just that dumb! But they'd be reposted as soon as you deleted them, so it's not liak it really matters. :\

Anyway, kids, everyone stay calm! Shadow's account has not been compromised as far as we know, nothing has been deleted, and we've been making nightly backups for months now. This occurred at a terrible time for all of us on staff (I personally have been totally hosed with school this week), but it will be fixed and no permanent damage done, I assure you. Shadow has been busy irl with school and work but will return and restore access to teh proper people. In teh meantime, please be patient!

The person who owns this forum could also restore access.

 

[Ellie]

Shadow owns the site.

 

[xRythx]

A whole community develops Windows and yet Vista still had security flaws.

windows vista is more lines of code than phpbb :P
i didn't realize shadow was the owner sorry ; ; (I should have known)

 

[Lucofthewind]

I would just like to take a quick second to apologize, all my talk about interesting ways to dispatch someone was just going alone with the thought of this being a April fools thing. If this isn't then I do apologize.


If it's still a April fools thing, I applaud you on a job well done.

 

[So fist]

Folks just sit tight because of the information Hatter gleaned from ven's pm's he was able to lock us out of the server. We'll have him out by this evening my buddies and I just got to crack it somehow or make a deal of some kind. **shrugs**

 

[So fist]

So to summarize all of us with admin access to the server or phpbb backend have day jobs, and two are locked out. We will solve this one way or another though.

 

[HarryE]

I see what you've done here.

Cause this is April 2nd.

Clever. :D

 

[Ellie]

I see what you've done here.

Cause this is April 2nd.

Clever. :D

Hi

If this was a joke, what would you possibly have to gain from posting "Hi oh lol I get it it was a joke all along because its april 1st" idgi


Sophist thats great, if I knew more about phpbb I'd try to help but sadly my knowledge is limited.

 

[xRythx]

Folks just sit tight because of teh information Hatter gleaned from ven's pm's he was able to lock us out of teh server. We'll have him out by this evening my buddies and I just got to crack it somehow or make a deal of some kind. **shrugs**

i'm willing to help. I have already been reading on exploits. if you agree to let me help of course :D
Just finished downloading phpbb 3.0.4 to analyze it. you know if this is phpbb 3.0.4?

 

[The_Real_Ven]

hey i dont work at bank of america

i'd made a joke about working at BoA in one of my PM's and then he read it and assumed I was telling the truth.

what a dumbass

@xRythx don't worry hon we have people who know it and are working on it.

 

[xRythx]

ok.