thedarktower.net

[herbertwest]

Just wondering what's happening with the site now...
definitively down ???

[wizardsrainbow]

Just wondering what's happening with the site now...
definitively down ???

I do not know. I have given up on trying to post to that site. My hope is that we can get the few remaining collectors from that site to commit to this one. We have a really great start here so far.

Wiz

[Ari_Racing]

Several already started to post here.

[Ruthful]

Obviously the work of anti-Ron Paul saboteurs.

DAMN THEIR HIDES!!!

*shakes fist impotently*

[jhanic]

I've been trying since yesterday and cannot even get onto the site. Before, I at least was able to get on once in a while, and even post sometimes. No more.

John

[Storyslinger]

I haven't been able to get on in the last week

[funky dredd]

I gave up on trying to post there.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I've NEVER been able to get on that site! Gave up and came here instead

[Storyslinger]

I've NEVER been able to get on that site! Gave up and came here instead

Wow, that is bad

[Ari_Racing]

Carlos has to start posting here..

[herbertwest]

yeah, I was also was thinking about him ;-)
guess everyone

[sarah]

I can't get on either and I've been trying to for three days.

If it is gone, then I'm really sad. It was my first internet home.

[herbertwest]

cannot access since one week or more...

[Matt]

It will be sad if its gone but don't lose hope you guys, could be it is just having a glitch and trying to be fixed.

I won't lie and say that I am overly upset about it but I do understand people feelings towards the place and I hope no one is too hurt by what seems like its demise.

[Odetta]

I can't get on either and I've been trying to for three days.

If it is gone, then I'm really sad. It was my first internet home.

It was mine as well.

[Rjeso]

I will be bummed - I'd not been there even a year when it started having major, major downtime problems, but a lot of good things came out of my membership there, including the best thing ever. So yeah, I will be upset if this is how it goes down, without proper notice and just kind of slinking out of the picture. Sigh.

[Ruthful]

I can't say that it was my first foray into online message boards, but it was the first site devoted to an epic work written by the master of horror, which I found myself drawn to. When I first discovered that there was not only a major website but a Web forum-with hundreds of members-devoted to one of my deepest attachments in the world of literature I did a metaphorical backflip. Although, as others have alluded to, I don't think this is the end of the world, and I do think a lot of the continuity from that community persists in many different forms, including this magnificant website.

Has anyone thought of contacting Josh via e-mail and asking him what's up with the site?

[Letti]

I really love to read your thoughts, Ruth.

[Jimmy]

I will be bummed - I'd not been there even a year when it started having major, major downtime problems, but a lot of good things came out of my membership there, including the best thing ever. So yeah, I will be upset if this is how it goes down, without proper notice and just kind of slinking out of the picture. Sigh.

This is how the .net ends, this is how the .net ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.

It makes no sense to me. Didn't IW pay money for the site? How is that any way to handle such an investment, both with his cash and our time. I never paid but I know some of you did. This must be terribly frustrating for some of you.

Once again, a big thanks to the .com people for keeping the family together.

[Randall Flagg]

Has anyone thought of contacting Josh via e-mail and asking him what's up with the site?

I have sent an e-mail, and a voicemail, but there has been no response.

[Ruthful]

I really love to read your thoughts, Ruth.

Likewise.

[Matt]

Once again, a big thanks to the .com people for keeping the family together.

Thank you, I really appreciate that and I am sure the staff does as well.

I know from word of mouth that many of the admin on the site have been trying to talk to IW to no avail but that is just hearsay, so I don't know for sure.

For my part, he and I talked a lot when I launched tdt.com. I wanted to make sure it was all above board and he was really one of the first people me and Aaron told we were going to do this.

I also reached out to the staff but we must remember, this was all about a year ago now because we were building the site (ideas, business plan) for about 4 months before it launched.

[Daghain]

Quote:
Once again, a big thanks to the .com people for keeping the family together.

Thank you, I really appreciate that and I am sure the staff does as well.

Yes, yes we do.

AFAIK, .net has been dead for over a week. It's a bummer, but frankly the downtime was really getting to me.

[Jimmy]

Thank you, I really appreciate that and I am sure the staff does as well.

Credit where credit is due good sir.

In my eyes the .com has already surpassed the .net.

1. You can see who else is online here.

2. It's a lot more organized structurely.

3. You have great contests and fun stuff.

5. The Arcade.

6. A staff that makes their presence known through interaction rather than just showing up to smack down a bad thread or a fight or somesuch.

7. Greater book reference guides.

8. It just seems calmer here.

I met Rjeso there, so it'll always hold a special place in my heart, but if she and I met at a bar or a bookstore and that place closed down, I'd probably be feeling the same as I do now. I got what I needed out of there, and I hope everyone else did too.

[Daghain]

What Jimmy said.

I wasn't on .net very long, but .com is just visually much nicer, more professional looking, and easier to navigate. And, there IS a lot of cool stuff here. Which is why I volunteered to work on this site - I like people who make the effort to do things right.