03-18-2019, 03:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2019, 08:25 PM by DavidCaruso.)
Glukom linked me to another thread here, and I realized that I actually never delivered for you guys. So here's a Dropbox folder containing an unorganized dump of everything I have from MFGG3, on this laptop: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x4yan2g6s0ywc...DYTSa?dl=0
Formatting/images aren't preserved, unfortunately, and I had to save each page separately so it's a bit annoying to navigate. But either way, with these highlighted threads, you get an entire narrative of MFGG3's collapse, from the never-before-seen perspective of the internal staff boards:
![[Image: loungeAccess.png?dl=1]](https://www.dropbox.com/s/z0wpzqpwsi7a9vf/loungeAccess.png?dl=1)
What the hell kind of drugs was I taking back in 2010?
(Disclaimer: I don't know if anyone who originally posted in these threads still cares about the contents a decade later, but if anyone wants me to take anything in this archive down, then I will.)
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Anyway... Does anyone happen to have a copy of the fangame I submitted to NCFC 2010? Super Mario Legend? I have the source files on the desktop I used in high school, along with probably a gigabyte of other MFGG miscellany, but the problem is, that PC doesn't turn on anymore lol. I've been procrastinating on retrieving the HDD for 6-7 years; if I ever get access to the GMK, maybe I'll clean it up and submit it to the mainsite as a scrapped game.
Also, I have to ask: is there any progress on recovering the MFGG3 archives? Does anyone else care? I remember talking to Guinea circa 2014, and he said that the archives had been completely lost during some sort of server transition. And I vaguely remember Vinny confirming that to me somewhere, slightly more recently (a couple years back?) Personally, I find it hard to believe that NO ONE made a backup of MFGG3 at any point -- though not impossible, since, you know, MFGG3 -- but even an incomplete archive would be better than nothing. I know I'd spend hours poring over it, reliving my high school days, and so would Glukom, and probably many others. Say what you will about it, but it was a really unique point in Internet history.
Formatting/images aren't preserved, unfortunately, and I had to save each page separately so it's a bit annoying to navigate. But either way, with these highlighted threads, you get an entire narrative of MFGG3's collapse, from the never-before-seen perspective of the internal staff boards:
- April Fools 2010 drama [1] [2]
- The MFGG improvement initiative*
- Ineffectual debates on "stricter" moderation
- Ineffectual debates on "serious forum games"
- People are getting promoted to admin and no one knows why
- Yoshiman resigns
- I participate in an MFGGIRC forum raid despite being an active mod
- RII resigns
- Everyone resigns
- The board splits in half
- Passive-aggressive goodbyes
What the hell kind of drugs was I taking back in 2010?
(Disclaimer: I don't know if anyone who originally posted in these threads still cares about the contents a decade later, but if anyone wants me to take anything in this archive down, then I will.)
____________________________________________
Anyway... Does anyone happen to have a copy of the fangame I submitted to NCFC 2010? Super Mario Legend? I have the source files on the desktop I used in high school, along with probably a gigabyte of other MFGG miscellany, but the problem is, that PC doesn't turn on anymore lol. I've been procrastinating on retrieving the HDD for 6-7 years; if I ever get access to the GMK, maybe I'll clean it up and submit it to the mainsite as a scrapped game.
Also, I have to ask: is there any progress on recovering the MFGG3 archives? Does anyone else care? I remember talking to Guinea circa 2014, and he said that the archives had been completely lost during some sort of server transition. And I vaguely remember Vinny confirming that to me somewhere, slightly more recently (a couple years back?) Personally, I find it hard to believe that NO ONE made a backup of MFGG3 at any point -- though not impossible, since, you know, MFGG3 -- but even an incomplete archive would be better than nothing. I know I'd spend hours poring over it, reliving my high school days, and so would Glukom, and probably many others. Say what you will about it, but it was a really unique point in Internet history.