Smashboards is Back!

[AlphaZealot]

Smashers,

Today our host managed to get a restore of our database working and we were able to implement additional measures to combat the DDoS attack. We are hopeful these mitigation tactics will hold. No data was lost during this attack and in all the forums were down for 24 days. We appreciate all the patience the Smash community has shown, and if you were wondering what was going on, you weren't following our social media!

• Follow Smashboards on Twitter
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• Like Smashboards on Facebook

While we were down we implemented a temporary frontpage which was well received. We will try to actually get to a frontpage-forum setup like other sites in the near future.

Premium Members: check the disco room for a special gift. If your premium expired during the downtime please send me a PM and I'll get you restored with three months of Premium Membership. It is so early after recovering from the downtime that I'm not sure yet if new Premium Memberships can be accepted and there are likely other kinks as a result of the downtime that will need to be worked out over the next few days.

Thanks Smashers again for sticking with us during this community crisis,
-aZ

 

[GunBlaze]

I'd say thank you, AZ, but you expressed you didn't deserve them...

**** it. Thank you based AZ.

 

[Pacack]

I survived the Great Smash DDOS Attack of 2013.

 

[Karnu]

SB lives on!

 

[Admiral Pit]

It's great to be back!

 

[Sartron]

Thanks a lot Alpha! It's good to have Smashboards back. Facebook just wasn't the same as being on Smashboards.

 

[Strong Badam]

SB lives on!

I'M ALIVE!!!

Chris, please tell us you're making a backup approximately now.

 

[GunBlaze]

I'M ALIVE!!!

 

[Karnu]

I'M ALIVE!!!

I see what you did there!

 

[Dark 3nergy]

smash boards 1 ddos 0 Kappa get out ddos jerk faces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRff565pe7o

 

[Solharath]

Ah, good. I was wondering when I was going to lose part of my life again.

 

[Shadow the Past]

<333333333 victory dance

 

[CyberZixx]

Fantastic news.

 

[Camalange]

I can see clearly now.

TYBAZ

 

[FullMetalLynch]

now if we can stay up itll be lile it never happened.

 

[Orngeblu]

Why would someone target the Smash community? That's what I don't understand, maybe they're just salty 'cause Melee at Evo.

 

[Juggleguy]

Great work AZ!

 

[Kadano]

Take all my love, AlphaZealot.

 

[Kapus]

Wow, this is super great news! I really missed having a neat, organized community to discuss Smash Bros. stuff with. Gamefaqs is not a good substitute!

This news really makes my day! Thank you so much for working hard to bring this site back together!

 

[SN Viper]

i will be getting a premium membership asap to help fight.

 

[Deathconsciousness]

I blame Reddit. They're everything wrong with everything.

 

[Rizen]

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Yomi-no-Kuni]

People online after the first day of the ddos should get a badge for it :D

 

[GunBlaze]

People online after the first day of the ddos should get a badge for it :D

YAY! FREE PRIZES!

 

[Archangel]

Welcome back fellas

 

[Awstintacious]

Yussssssssss. Also TFC results thread?

 

[DRM4R10]

Hey does anyone know why the page still has to load for 5 seconds somtimes?

 

[milligraham]

I'm so glad smashboards is back! I've been checking everyday since it went down to see if things returned to normal

 

[John2k4]

I see what you did there!

I see what you did there too!

 

[Vinylic.]

Hey does anyone know why the page still has to load for 5 seconds somtimes?

Well, it has recovered. Just gotta be patient until it speeds up again.

Speaking of patient, when is this abomination gonna be taken care of?

 

[John2k4]

In response to Vinyl

Spoiler

 

[Coolwhip]

Awesome-sauce! Take that you dirty hacker!

 

[XStarWarriorX]

I missed this place, glad to finally be back!

 

[GunBlaze]

Hey does anyone know why the page still has to load for 5 seconds somtimes?

DDoS protection

 

[GaiusK]

Finally!. I'm glad the page's up and running once again. I didn't know where to go when Peach got confirmed.

 

[FlareHabanero]

Great that the forums are back in action, now lets see if this train wreck can be avoided in the future.

 

[John2k4]

Hey does anyone know why the page still has to load for 5 seconds somtimes?

We have the protection still set on a high setting to be safe, but in the future this will be lowered.

 

[DRM4R10]

We have the protection still set on a high setting to be safe, but in the future this will be lowered.

Oh ok thanks, and for the others too. I appreciate the work that the moderators do for these forums.

 

[SypherPhoenix]

;_;

I was convinced I was going to lose so much work...this is such a relief.

Is Temple Host still being used? I think the last update people got was from a couple weeks back when they said they were migrating the servers, what's the rest of the story?

 

[John2k4]

I can't say for certain. I know we had to move to a temporary webhost while TTH was dealing with the DDoS. I do not know if we have switched back to them, though. Would need to ask AZ.