Mahz's Dev Journal

[Hank]

<Snipped quote by Ellri>

Funny how when someone goes offline for a few days the automatic thought is usually, "Are they still alive? :P

@NuttsnBolts

For a few days that's a little excessive, I agree, but Mahz hadn't logged in for over a month when I decided I wanted to know if he was still alive.

@Hank Yeah, I think I'm the only one that has been in contact with him at all, for the most part. Besides you doing so now, of course.

Just a heads up to you guys, if anything else in the future happens while Mahz is away, emailing him won't work; I told him about what you guys suspected was a DDoS and that was the first he'd heard of it so presumably he either hasn't been checking his email at all, or does so infrequently. He said he pretty much depends on me for guild news at the moment, so I guess it's safe to say that no other way of contacting him will work at this point. So I guess just bring up anything important that happens here, and I'll make sure he knows about it?

[LegendBegins]

@Hank Yeah, I think I'm the only one that has been in contact with him at all, for the most part. Besides you doing so now, of course.

Just a heads up to you guys, if anything else in the future happens while Mahz is away, emailing him won't work; I told him about what you guys suspected was a DDoS and that was the first he'd heard of it so presumably he either hasn't been checking his email at all, or does so infrequently. He said he pretty much depends on me for guild news at the moment, so I guess it's safe to say that no other way of contacting him will work at this point. So I guess just bring up anything important that happens here, and I'll make sure he knows about it?

@TheMaster99

Will do.

[Hank]

@Hank Yeah, I think I'm the only one that has been in contact with him at all, for the most part. Besides you doing so now, of course.

Just a heads up to you guys, if anything else in the future happens while Mahz is away, emailing him won't work; I told him about what you guys suspected was a DDoS and that was the first he'd heard of it so presumably he either hasn't been checking his email at all, or does so infrequently. He said he pretty much depends on me for guild news at the moment, so I guess it's safe to say that no other way of contacting him will work at this point. So I guess just bring up anything important that happens here, and I'll make sure he knows about it?

@TheMaster99

I know for a fact there's at least one other way of contacting him, unless we're both using the same method. Either way, sounds like a good plan.

[Ellri]

What about when something unimportant happens, @TheMaster99?

@Ellri Then pester Mahz's e-mail as much as you like!

...More seriously, I guess making a list of things that aren't significant enough to trouble him with while he is working wouldn't be a bad idea?

[Ellri]

We think we PM'd him one a while ago.

We just had to ask to see your reaction.

[LegendBegins]

Could someone with contact with Mahz possibly make him aware of the crashing issues the Guild has been experiencing, and ask him to confirm the causes?

[MarshiestMallow]

I cannot get my subscriptions to come on, it just goes to "not found"

@LegendBegins What crashing issues?

@Caits Works fine for me, so it's probably something on your end. No idea what it could be, though. Do you know when it started happening?

[Ellri]

guild was down earlier today,@TheMaster99. around 5-7 in the morning CET.

@Ellri Wasn't aware. Will let him know.

[LegendBegins]

@LegendBegins What crashing issues?

@Caits Works fine for me, so it's probably something on your end. No idea what it could be, though. Do you know when it started happening?

@TheMaster99

guild was down earlier today,@TheMaster99. around 5-7 in the morning CET.

@Ellri

^This. I assumed it was an attack again, but it didn't behave in the same way. Everyone was instantly cut off, and then it slowly restored. First the home page, then the topic pages, then the topics themselves, then posting was restored. It's possible it was a stronger botnet that worked inversely to the last. The first attack began slow, as each host accessed and flooded the site, but retracted immediately when it was shut down. This one began instantly, but began teetering off very slowly. It's always possible that these are all server issues, but it wouldn't make as much sense, considering they behave the way they do.

[Draconilian]

The way Mahz works with long periods of time completely MIA and long periods of time working here makes me think he does something like work in a Gulf Coast oil rig for part of the year and do fuck all at home the rest.

or he's running with a huge drug gang and uses his mexican coke money to fund the website, spending large portions of the year covering his tracks.

[LegendBegins]

The way Mahz works with long periods of time completely MIA and long periods of time working here makes me think he does something like work in a Gulf Coast oil rig for part of the year and do fuck all at home the rest.

or he's running with a huge drug gang and uses his mexican coke money to fund the website, spending large portions of the year covering his tracks.

@Draconilian

Mexican Coke is the best Coke, because they use real cane sugar to make it.

[Hank]

or he's running with a huge drug gang and uses his mexican coke money to fund the website, spending large portions of the year covering his tracks.

@Draconilian

or he's running with a huge drug gang and uses his mexican coke money to fund the website, spending large portions of the year covering his tracks.

@Draconilian

Way to blow his cover! Now the cops are going to be after him

And his gang will be after you. Better hope the cops get them before they get you

[Ellri]

@Draconilian has it all wrong,@TheMaster99. Mahz is running a Coca Cola cartel, not a Drug cartel. Everyone knows there's more money than is healthy in coca cola, while drugs is simply dangerous to play with. You don't normally get shot over disagreements in cola distribution.

[Captain Jordan]

@Draconilian has it all wrong,@TheMaster99. Mahz is running a Coca Cola cartel, not a Drug cartel. Everyone knows there's more money than is healthy in coca cola, while drugs is simply dangerous to play with. You don't normally get shot over disagreements in cola distribution.

@Ellri

inb4 coca cola has used to have cocaine in it.

[LegendBegins]

@Draconilian has it all wrong,@TheMaster99. Mahz is running a Coca Cola cartel, not a Drug cartel. Everyone knows there's more money than is healthy in coca cola, while drugs is simply dangerous to play with. You don't normally get shot over disagreements in cola distribution.

@Ellri

Maybe you don't.