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#1 ᗅᗺᗷᗅ

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Posted 28 March 2015 - 08:39 PM

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As the more astute among you will no doubt have noticed, this site has been down for a couple of days. This is because the registration for the domain name "cn-invicta.com" expired, and through a perfect storm of errors and bad luck could not be renewed. Here's what happened:

 

The domain name was registered way back in the dawn of time, and no one could remember the password to log in. We could not retrieve the password because we did not know 1) our customer number, and 2) the PIN number set up for just such an emergency. We could have a recovery password sent to the email address we gave, except that the email address we gave was webmaster@cn-invicta.com. You know, the site we can't access? So yeah, basically a Möbius strip of fuckuppery.

 

After several lengthy and exasperating telephone calls to customer service, the bottom line was that the best they could do was have me fill out a legal form requesting control be handed back over to me, the legal owner, and included me providing a scan of my driver's license. Since, like most normal people, I didn't happen to have a scan of my driver's license handy when all this finally became clear last night. And today I found out that Staples will not copy identifications. Ha ha, everybody laugh.

 

I ended up going into the school, digging out my old scanner, and hooking it up just to get the damn image. All the paperwork has now been submitted. I am advised that it takes about three days. And I assume that means three business days.

All this, when all I was trying to do was GIVE THEM MONEY.

 

As Nas can attest, I was in a murderous rage. But it's all over now. All over...

Anyway, expect the regular domain to be back up next week.





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Posted 28 March 2015 - 09:33 PM

Sounds like what you need is to remember passwords better :P



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Posted 28 March 2015 - 10:44 PM

I didn't set up the domain name registration. It was either Sir Glen or Nas, each of whom thinks it was the other, and neither of whom knew the necessary information. My recollection is that Glen set it up initially, but we later changed the password. This was later confirmed when Nas found the password. Unfortunately by then the account had been locked due to too many attempts to login. Guess how you get it unlocked? See previous post.

 

Bottom line: It's one of those situations that is really nobody's fault, yet are all the more maddening because of it. It would be better if there were someone to be angry at!



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Posted 28 March 2015 - 10:48 PM

I blame the management.



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 07:11 AM

Thank you for your efforts. It's good to see the Lord Protector of the Realm doing some work for us plebes. :P

 

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Posted 29 March 2015 - 12:00 PM

We will be setting up steps in the future to avoid this. For one I plan on talking with Jorost and have 46 days have elapsed, transferring the domain to my NameCheap account where we can more easily access it and can give others "control" of it (like Phate has control over all my domains to do changes).

 

Another is we're not going to use the webmaster@cn-invicta.com as the backup email :P



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 12:44 PM

Good to know I wasn't secretly shadow banned and this wasn't all some elaborate hoax against me. :P



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 02:38 PM

Thanks for tying!!



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 02:58 PM

Damnit, who told Manoka where we moved to  :P



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 03:04 PM

Damnit, who told Manoka where we moved to   :P

The whole world is conspiring against me! :ninja:

 

Everyone is in on the conspiracy but me!

 

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Posted 29 March 2015 - 05:54 PM

We will be setting up steps in the future to avoid this. For one I plan on talking with Jorost and have 46 days have elapsed, transferring the domain to my NameCheap account where we can more easily access it and can give others "control" of it (like Phate has control over all my domains to do changes).

 

Another is we're not going to use the webmaster@cn-invicta.com as the backup email :P

Good plan. Don't use Jorost@cn-invicta.com either.



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Posted 29 March 2015 - 06:52 PM

In short Legion did Roll our Forums. It make an excellence DOW.



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 12:21 AM

This may be the best CB in the history of CN. Roll Legion 2015 commences. 



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 03:50 AM

I think this thread should be pinned or something. The majority of it is pure comedy gold.



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 05:43 AM

I'm just happy I could like posts again, and that our top men were handling this.

 

Note that I didn't touch a damn thing.

 

I wouldn't get in the way of our top men.



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 07:35 AM

I'm just happy I could like posts again, and that our top men were handling this.

 

Note that I didn't touch a damn thing.

 

I wouldn't get in the way of our top men.

Nas always tell me I'll get to be on top next time. ;(

 

He's always like "Some day, when you're older..."



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 10:22 AM

I manage 30  + sites never happened with me .. Use Lastpass bythe way helps to keep everything in place ...



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 11:54 AM

I'm just happy I could like posts again, and that our top men were handling this.

 

Note that I didn't touch a damn thing.

 

I wouldn't get in the way of our top men.

 

TOP.

MEN.



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 03:43 PM

I like this forum at this state. It got a certain charm to it.



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Posted 30 March 2015 - 11:57 PM

I like this forum at this state. It got a certain charm to it.

 

Daniel pls.



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