Ninfora is censored on NS2

[CCH]

I feel like I need to make a bit of a statement here, since I was also involved in the decision to start this new site.

First, as Kodiack has mentioned, we've been trying to get CG's help with the site since before I was on staff.  Even after, there were plenty of cases where we asked for help to fix something, install needed security updates, or just get the mods and addons we needed to keep the site running.  I was often in direct contact with our CG rep, Chris, to try to get updates on the status of the many requests and tickets we'd submitted to CG for support.  Even she expressed frustration with how little CG was doing to support the site, as it often left her unable to do her job either.

You might have noticed how I stopped releasing new skins, and how we stopped adding new medals.  This wasn't because I was suddenly refusing to do my job, or because I was too busy (sometimes that was the case though), but because the updates we wanted to do couldn't be done until CG got us an update we needed.  Almost all the bugs and other problems you guys reported in the "remaining issues" thread were due to CG refusing to install basic security updates to the main IPS software.  (NS2 is actually about 9 versions behind in our software updates, 4 of which are 'critical security updates' to fix potential hacking vulnerabilities)  I couldn't fix the skins or make new ones because we were honestly already using pirated skins that were designed for an older version of the software, all because CG kept being "too busy" to approve the real skin and install the updated version.  Same deal with many of the site addons, like the medals.  That was also an outdated pirated copy of the mod because CG refused to install the real one for us. We were forced to decide to either try our best with what we had, or just sit there and wait until CG gave us the updates we needed.  Why would I want to draw up a new skin based on already bugged code, that might just become even more broken when CG finally got around to updating the IPS core software?

Because of these issues, it was proposed shortly after the IPS4 upgrade that we approach CG with the intention of buying out and taking control of NS2, so that we could handle the maintenance ourselves and try to keep NS2 alive as long as we could.  Things had stagnated with the staff's attempts to get the site back on track, and the updates, then subsequent negligence of CG's tech guys left the site in even worse shape than before the update.  Now, months later, we've gotten fed up with waiting.  We even told CG directly that we were planning on moving on, with or without the NS2 systems.  They more or less didn't respond, and what we did hear back was more or less a "do what you want, we don't care" attitude...so we did.

We continued to try to propose buyout offers, nagged CG Chris for updates on our requests, and eventually got to just sitting around waiting for something to happen...something we knew would lead to the death of the site.  It was considered that we try to force CG's hand by making up some alternative site and promoting it to the NS2 members as an option where we could start fresh, but we didn't act on it initially because we were afraid of the events that are happening now.  However, after more and more silence from CG, it seems Chrom has gotten completely fed up with being unable to do anything and decided to make our intentions public...which of course led to CG coming out of nowhere and banning him.  We all voluntarily removed our staff ranks as a statement to CG that if they weren't going to support us, then we won't support them.  We fully intended on picking up the title again if CG decided to step up and do their job, but instead they decided to ban Chrom and remove posting access from the rest of the staff, even going as far as to try to steal the NS2 Twitter from us, which they technically have no right to do.  This response prompted us to move forward with our plans, much more quickly than we were prepared for, so Kodiack went ahead and paid out of his own pocket to create a new site.  Paid a few hundred USD to get this place going, just to make sure we could continue to provide a site for you guys if CG decided to shut down the site or try to run it themselves.

Now, the future of NS2 is out of our hands, and personally I don't really care what happens to it. If Mao can resurrect that dying forum, then go for it. If not, you guys will always be welcome here.  While we are all former NS2 members, Ninfora aims to be a fresh start, so we're not going to tie ourselves to NS2 in any way.  Former NS2 members will not get special treatment over any new people that want to join down the line.  NS2 isn't closing just yet, so don't expect us to carry over your post counts, medals, or any other accomplishments you made at the other site.  You come here, you're starting from zero, clean slate. This also means that people who had been banned from NS2 will have a chance to show that they've changed here. (Keep in mind that while we are going to look into a revised set of rules, this is not an "anything goes" forum, and bans will be handed out to those that try to harm the site)

Now that we have the chance to have full control over our own site for the first time ever, we intend to make full use of that opportunity.  All the things we wished we could do on NS2, and many other goals, will finally come to pass here.  We only ask for your support.  We did this for you, not for us, so anything we create is only if you want it.

[K]

This is wild

[Carl321]

11 minutes ago, CCH said:

statement.

I appreciate all that you guys have gone through. Thanks for the support and effort to keep things going. I feel this site is already a huge improvement in many aspects over the old one and I'm sure it'll keep expanding along the way. It's only been a day and quite a bit has been accomplished so far. Keep it up!

[DLurkster]

37 minutes ago, Carl321 said:

I appreciate all that you guys have gone through. Thanks for the support and effort to keep things going. I feel this site is already a huge improvement in many aspects over the old one and I'm sure it'll keep expanding along the way. It's only been a day and quite a bit has been accomplished so far. Keep it up!

Yeah, tho not all the bells and whistles are applied yet, finally having control of a forum you in-visioned for us shows your commitment to stay true. And we're here help anyway that we can as well.

 

Thank you all, staff.

 

P.S. The forum is blazing fast, you also have that ontop of control.

[Doc Brown]

It's fully blocked now. Even via PM. Tried to let Shulk know best I could.

[Pelord]

2 hours ago, Mao said:

I think I took care of the ip ban issue. Lemme know if you're still having issues accessing the site. 

I also lifted all the bans and posting restrictions I'm aware of. If you want to be unbanned, and I've missed you, just shoot me a PM here or something.

 

Ok, it appears my account isn't restricted there anymore.

 

I would ask about on Twitter as well, but I'm not sure who actually has control over that currently so that might not even be possible at the moment.  (BTW I wasn't the one posting the links to this place on the NS2 Twitter, all I posted there after the move to here was the RETURN OF CHROM tweet and the retweet saying I wasn't staff there anymore)

[Cryptic]

5 minutes ago, Lance's Dragonite said:

It's fully blocked now. Even via PM. Tried to let Shulk know best I could.

Why don't you just use a bit.ly link?

 

http://bit.ly/2d0uKxT

[Doc Brown]

19 minutes ago, Cryptic said:

Why don't you just use a bit.ly link?

 

http://bit.ly/2d0uKxT

 

I don't know how to do those. Did you just go through a site to make one?

[Carl321]

2 minutes ago, Lance's Dragonite said:

 

I don't know how to do those. Did you just go through a site to make one?

should be able to Google bit.ly and do it through the site

either way looks like @Shulk made it

[Spring]

bit.ly's are suspect as hell, i wouldn't click on one of those if my dying mother sent me one as her last dying wish

[Doc Brown]

Just now, chickadee said:

bit.ly's are suspect as hell, i wouldn't click on one of those if my dying mother sent me one as her last dying wish

 

Yea I've seen them around before. I don't trust them either. But at least someone here made it. We know it leads back to us. Not to a junk site.

[Shulk]

2 minutes ago, Carl321 said:

should be able to Google bit.ly and do it through the site

either way looks like @Shulk made it

 

I sure did!

[Mao]

1 hour ago, Pelord said:

 

Ok, it appears my account isn't restricted there anymore.

 

I would ask about on Twitter as well, but I'm not sure who actually has control over that currently so that might not even be possible at the moment.  (BTW I wasn't the one posting the links to this place on the NS2 Twitter, all I posted there after the move to here was the RETURN OF CHROM tweet and the retweet saying I wasn't staff there anymore)

Uhhhh, yeah I don't have access to the twitter as far as I can tell. I haven't been given any login info.

[Lucina]

CrowdGather is shit. I told you they were nothing but trouble. Leaving them is one of the best things you've ever done. Good job.

[Terranort]

Yeah, the only reason I found the url for this site was because I had the thought of checking Nintendo Pipeline, and sure enough, someone posted it there.