Over Capacity

Yes, this site has bigest resource database and so it is why we simply need it to be functional

BGBkstroke
Almost every major Warcraft III modding site of the past is getting worse. maps.worldofwar.net is having some problems (or has had some recently).

Thats all past behind now, with a new layout and new forums the community is back on track.

As for other sites, hiveworkshop.com and wc3anvil.com are really doign well, I personally have contact with both the website designers of them, and I help out from time to time.

wc3s is still (like said) the most visited, but the loading of the pages, is a real tragic thing, and I think Darky should do some coding or atleast let someone do it for him, cause its quite messed up atm, and I don't think there is alot to fix in order to the page loading at properly speed.

I should say that Darky should have given this site up to someone else a long time ago. It is clear that he didn't have time for this site the last 2 years. And it has been very harmful to this site, these things do need a lot of support, I can't beleive how wc3s could go on with null maintenance for so long. And I was serious the last time this site is required to keep the balance everywhere else.

BGB: I think I like the current less active wc3c more than the old times' wc3c that had a lot of activity, I also can't think it could do better, wc3 is dying anyways.

amen - the search for 'High Quality' there has become more of an arrogance thing, shunning noobs and saying "we're better than you" in a suttle way icon_confused.gif

after all, how did you become good? we were all noobs once, and most of us had someone teach us

hmnn purplepoot, that was exactly my point! wc3c cannot in any way replace search and that's the reason.

Vgsatomithanks vex

No, actually my point with the word balance is that no one of the other sites would survive if they had to take the space currently used by search. There are all the small comminuties with their own, crazy objectives. The forum giant, Thehelper and the downloads giant which is this site.

If the downloads giant would be missing then the other sites would get a load of traffic they can't really hold. The result would be that one of the smaller sites would take this site's position and lose its own identity. And most of them cannot do so.


Don't think thehelper could take the load of space required, they were going ok because they were just hosting forums and some maps. Besides that they aren't supposed to be a warcraft III map anyways.

Then there are the other smaller sites, no one of those sites is able to take this site's place.

An option would be that the load would be split and that would just kill each site a little besides that the lack of a download giant would be harmful.

Talking wc3c, the only reason the guys there can go for quality and flame people if they don't post things good enough is that this site exists ...


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Nasrudin and some other people. As much as you'd like wc3search to change its ways it would be worse if it did. The whole idea behind search was not to have quality control, that's the reason everything is automatic, and that's the reason it has succeeded (you may argue that's the reason it has collapsed but oh well).

Because of its identity this site cannot and shouldn't go for quality control thus it should stay soft like it currently is. And just accept it, the resources aren't that bad. And they got into a good standard after the addition of mods a long time ago.

Anyways VG I do not like it either when some people come to this site to flame, and I try to stop them, the last time was when Linera tried to get an affiliation I think? was there any recent case?

I feel so bad that WC2S is going down...
I began to like this place. A lot. I had some eye-candy projects to upload into the Icons section... I was just getting started
Plus, I spent like 2 weeks on a tool and some Photoshop actions and now...




Is there really nothing that could be done?

Don't start packing yet.The site still has a fighting chance if darky would get off his ass and help the site.

OK, so how long exactly will it take to get this site back up and running? This is where I base most of my work.

What if someone posts a public notice urging people to consider deleting some of their older work to stop the stand still? This way it could at least buy some time until the problem is fixed and people will be able to upload a little.

I don't think you understand that the provider has disallowed any more space to be used. That means even if space is made you still can't upload.

I say we delete everything and start over again. If everyone uploads their best resources that they have on their comp, this site will be up in no time.

Damn, I seriously was predicting this happening. Just a matter of time before this site just collapses underneath itself, I guess...Something tells me I should just go DL everything of good quality (model/skin wise), but that would just cause more stress on the site, causing it to die even faster...

No disrespect meant, but Darky really should transfer ownership to someone else. From what I've read, he seems to not even give this site a look regularly anymore.

XenuI say we delete everything and start over again. If everyone uploads their best resources that they have on their comp, this site will be up in no time.

Nonsense. Why start again and reupload all resources? What it solves?

VG EmblemSomething tells me I should just go DL everything of good quality (model/skin wise), but that would just cause more stress on the site, causing it to die even faster...

another nonsense, there is not problem with downloads

VexorianNasrudin and some other people. As much as you'd like wc3search to change its ways it would be worse if it did. The whole idea behind search was not to have quality control, that's the reason everything is automatic, and that's the reason it has succeeded (you may argue that's the reason it has collapsed but oh well).

It would be worse for who? For you and your site? Having the community splitted in two poles is bad enought, having the extremes fights against each other is even more bad.
Wc3s is dying because the lack of administration more than its quality\quantity policy. And wc3c is digging his own grave too, but in another way. I don't know what would be worse, wc3s closing or the community having to rely more on the new wc3c.

In my previous "science-fiction" suggestions in this thread I tried to implement a relaxed policy regarding quality control.
Nobody said anything about this...

Map Control

For the map section, I would go back about 6 pages, then delete anything without at least 8 downloads.

Vexorian
Then there are the other smaller sites, no one of those sites is able to take this site's place.

I would like to seccond that, I think that maps.worldofwar.net would be able to take that, seeing it was he former holder of the most maps (almost 9000), we even astablished a new server which can hold even more than that amount, and with the new mods section comming up not to long from now, its goign to host models and all others as well.