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General Discussion / Re: New Years 2021? What happenin'?
« on: December 27, 2020, 09:50:01 PM »
We really need it this year, more than ever. We need to show that there are lots of people that still play this game.
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 25, 2020, 08:29:30 AM »i may have the hostr.co version, what's the difference between the two?
The one on DropBox has only 7 weapons, and is more of a Tier Tactical version. The guns have basic names like "sniper rifle," "assault rifle," and so on.
The one on Hostr.co is the one most people use, with weapons that actually exist, such as the AUG, M16A3, M60E4, and more.
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 24, 2020, 06:00:40 PM »kenkos archive has build saves of a crpg i hosted when i was 12
Crazy to think about.
Anyways, I noticed Kenko's archive has only one version of Weapon_Package_HK. There are two of them, one on Hostr.co, and the other on DropBox. The one on Hostr.co is the one most people use. I'm wondering if Kenko could somehow get his script to work with more than just MediaFire and DropBox.
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 24, 2020, 03:02:58 PM »
I took a look at it, and I was able to find the frag grenade that HellsHero and Khain made, which I had been looking for. I was even able to find the Combat Biplane and Combat Bomber vehicles I saw on that one dogfighting server. I couldn't believe all these rare and obscure add-ons were there.
Unfortunately, the last update to the archive appears to have been on February 15th, 2020. We'll have to contact Kenko and get him to update it before January 11th.
Unfortunately, the last update to the archive appears to have been on February 15th, 2020. We'll have to contact Kenko and get him to update it before January 11th.
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 24, 2020, 02:24:23 PM »kenkos archive includes almost literally all the addons posted to the forums, so its unlikely he doesnt have addons hosted on mediafire. and iirc mediafire was a pretty much only used between 2008 and 2012 as post 2012 we had rtb and mediafire download pages went to stuff with ads, so people used sites like MEGA until glass came out.
probably can bug kenko to run through his forum archive with a script and download all mediafire links.
I knew Kenko had a save archive, but I did not know he had an add-on archive. It sounds incredibly helpful.
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 24, 2020, 01:40:33 PM »aint like half the addons there on the archive anyway
I'm assuming you're talking about the RTB archive. Not every add-on made when RTB was still alive was posted there, for various reasons. After it shut down in 2014, many people started using MediaFire. That would mean that almost 7 years worth of add-ons are on MediaFire.
What's worse is that some add-on creators have left blockland, but left their add-ons on MediaFire. It's possible their accounts will be deleted due to lack of activity.
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General Discussion / Re: Anyone just remember an old name and wondered what happened to them?
« on: December 18, 2020, 09:57:29 PM »
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General Discussion / Re: Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 18, 2020, 09:16:47 PM »
I stumbled upon this news when I was searching for an archive of old Cartoon Network flash games I used to play as a kid, such as Harum Scarum. I had heard Cartoon Network had removed many of their old flash games, due to the fact that Adobe Flash will no longer be supported after December of this year. I then discovered this topic:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/kfk455/psa_many_old_files_on_mediafire_will_be_deleted/
The topic linked to this twitter post:
https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1339625133363912706
I quickly logged in and made a post as soon as I could to spread awareness.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/kfk455/psa_many_old_files_on_mediafire_will_be_deleted/
The topic linked to this twitter post:
https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1339625133363912706
I quickly logged in and made a post as soon as I could to spread awareness.
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General Discussion / Add-ons may be lost - Mediafire sends warning emails
« on: December 18, 2020, 09:03:23 PM »
This is an urgent message to all Blocklanders that post their add-ons to MediaFire.
On May 11th, 2020, MediaFire updated their data retention policy.
"To be exceedingly clear, if you access your Free registered account from our Web or Mobile platforms, or any service using the MediaFire API once per eight (8) months, your account will never be considered abandoned or removed. Free unregistered accounts may be considered abandoned after fourteen (14) days of inactivity. Paid accounts, such as Personal, Professional, and Business customers, are never considered inactive while maintaining an active subscription.
Content is retained in accounts based on account activity and not individual file activity. What this means is your data does not have to be shared for your account to be considered active. Data is only removed when the account is considered completely inactive for a period of time.
If we are considering a registered account abandoned, we will send 2 emails, an initial and final notice, over 15 days urging the user to access their account. Accessing your account at that time through our Web or Mobile platforms, or through any MediaFire API enabled service will prevent removal. It is not possible to notify unregistered account users since no contact email address exists."
Data Retention Policies. (2020, May 11). Retrieved December 19, 2020, from https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data_retention.php
To summarize, MediaFire states that free registered accounts will be considered "abandoned" if no activity is detected for 8 months. They will send 2 warning emails over 15 days requesting that the user access their account. If the user does not, the account is deleted, along with its content.
January 11th, 2021 marks 8 months since the changes took place.
Many add-ons may potentially be lost.
Not all add-ons are posted to Blockland Glass. Some authors only post their add-ons to MediaFire. Those that do should receive an email warning that their account may be terminated if they remain inactive. Even so, there is no guarantee the owner of the account will respond in time.
If you have any add-ons on MediaFire, please backup your add-ons, and do at least one of the following:
I can already think of a few accounts that would probably be deleted, such as the one that hosts some rare and obscure add-ons by Str4tofortress.
A reminder to anyone who has created add-ons or anyone who is currently creating add-ons:
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES!
On May 11th, 2020, MediaFire updated their data retention policy.
"To be exceedingly clear, if you access your Free registered account from our Web or Mobile platforms, or any service using the MediaFire API once per eight (8) months, your account will never be considered abandoned or removed. Free unregistered accounts may be considered abandoned after fourteen (14) days of inactivity. Paid accounts, such as Personal, Professional, and Business customers, are never considered inactive while maintaining an active subscription.
Content is retained in accounts based on account activity and not individual file activity. What this means is your data does not have to be shared for your account to be considered active. Data is only removed when the account is considered completely inactive for a period of time.
If we are considering a registered account abandoned, we will send 2 emails, an initial and final notice, over 15 days urging the user to access their account. Accessing your account at that time through our Web or Mobile platforms, or through any MediaFire API enabled service will prevent removal. It is not possible to notify unregistered account users since no contact email address exists."
Data Retention Policies. (2020, May 11). Retrieved December 19, 2020, from https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data_retention.php
To summarize, MediaFire states that free registered accounts will be considered "abandoned" if no activity is detected for 8 months. They will send 2 warning emails over 15 days requesting that the user access their account. If the user does not, the account is deleted, along with its content.
January 11th, 2021 marks 8 months since the changes took place.
Many add-ons may potentially be lost.
Not all add-ons are posted to Blockland Glass. Some authors only post their add-ons to MediaFire. Those that do should receive an email warning that their account may be terminated if they remain inactive. Even so, there is no guarantee the owner of the account will respond in time.
If you have any add-ons on MediaFire, please backup your add-ons, and do at least one of the following:
- find an alternative hosting service (such as Blockland Glass)
- keep your MediaFire account active
I can already think of a few accounts that would probably be deleted, such as the one that hosts some rare and obscure add-ons by Str4tofortress.
A reminder to anyone who has created add-ons or anyone who is currently creating add-ons:
ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR FILES!
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Games / Re: minecraft CAVE UPDATE
« on: October 17, 2020, 08:08:34 PM »
This is the best part of the updateI would start playing Minecraft just to have this little guy as a pet.
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General Discussion / Re: Anyone just remember an old name and wondered what happened to them?
« on: October 17, 2020, 04:23:01 PM »
African American Pickle
Bdarty
BioAce
Darkendays
Death11
Death12 - all "Deaths" are apparently cousins/family members, as they admitted
Death15
Dinoshaw
Cloudovdeath
FinnTheHumann
general guneric
InhumanThree1
Jakeonwind
Mister Cheese
ObsidianDragon/Astronaut
ProtossZealot/Zealot
Rhydic
THEslimysquash
If any of these players are still active, my apologies.
Bdarty
BioAce
Darkendays
Death11
Death12 - all "Deaths" are apparently cousins/family members, as they admitted
Death15
Dinoshaw
Cloudovdeath
FinnTheHumann
general guneric
InhumanThree1
Jakeonwind
Mister Cheese
ObsidianDragon/Astronaut
ProtossZealot/Zealot
Rhydic
THEslimysquash
If any of these players are still active, my apologies.
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General Discussion / Re: things you regret doing on blockland
« on: October 17, 2020, 04:03:40 PM »
Not saving other people's amazing builds when I went on their servers.
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General Discussion / Re: things you regret doing on blockland
« on: October 17, 2020, 04:01:35 PM »
Not backing up saves and screenshots until around 2016, a couple years after I started playing.
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General Discussion / Re: Haunted Mansion Mystery
« on: October 17, 2020, 03:52:10 PM »
Definitely an excellent build, but it seems the main critique from players is waiting in line.
cHeEsEpIzZa2 already said it, but I was thinking that you could have several different mansions so that more than one person could play at the same time, if your computer can handle all the bricks.
You could also limit the player count so that the amount of people waiting in line is never more than 4, or some other low number that's more manageable.
cHeEsEpIzZa2 already said it, but I was thinking that you could have several different mansions so that more than one person could play at the same time, if your computer can handle all the bricks.
You could also limit the player count so that the amount of people waiting in line is never more than 4, or some other low number that's more manageable.