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**reds8n**

Some sad news from elsewhere..

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/

The Bolter & Chainsword is currently Offline.

On Friday 12th the Bolter & Chainsword appeared to suffer a hard drive failure, replacement drives were purchased but failed to remirror correctly when added to the server. Eventually after much testing it was discovered the server hardware was causing the problem and it appears we will need to purchase a new server. Given the age of the server (10yrs - it was installed in 2003) this was expected to some degree and we have some funds from previous donation drives saved for this.

However the timing for this event is not good, Brother Argos who pays for the B&C and is also the technical admin has for the last 6-9 months been fighting severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy, had numerous operations on his eyes and unfortunately has lost a significant amount of his sight. We had hoped he would be recovered enough after his last operation to help us move to the planned new server, however given the timing of the current scenario this will not happen.

We have found a technical resource, who can rebuild and move the B&C to a new home, however this will be chargable. As it currently stands the Bolter & Chainsword needs to raise around $800 - $1000 in addition to the funds we currently have put by to make this happen.

Brother Argos has funded the B&C to the tune of $18,000 dollars over the last 10 years, so that we could all enjoy our community, he is not in a position given his illness to rescue us now.

It is your community, if you wish it to survive you need to raise around a $1000, if we raise more it will all help get a better server for our new home.

There is a paypal button below which sends money to donations@bolterandchainsword.com, if you have enjoyed visiting the Bolter & Chainsword click the button below and show us.

As and when we get more information you can find us at Our Facebook page we will also update this holding page.

Remember the words of Roboute Guilliman Primarch of the Ultramarines - "to admit defeat is to blaspheme against the Emperor"

Awful news there indeed, let's hope Mr. Brother Argos gets better soon and that they're able to get their site up and running again ASAP.

**Just Dave**

Ooof, sorry to hear this: I wish them the best of luck.

I've always quite liked B&C, but just didn't have the time/motivation to browse two forums at once. Hope it turns out OK for them and Brother Argos.

**Alpharius**

Just Dave wrote:
Ooof, sorry to hear this: I wish them the best of luck.

I've always quite liked B&C, but just didn't have the time/motivation to browse two forums at once. Hope it turns out OK for them and Brother Argos.

Same here!

With all that I'm up to here, I almost never have the time to go there, but I wish them all the best of luck in getting back on their feet as they are certainly a great resource for 40K stuff, especially of the Space Marine variety.

Also, here's hoping for a speedy and successful return to health for Brother Argos as well!

**MajorTom11**

B&C was my first 'home' online from about 2002-2005, back when I only worked on marines. It is a great site and home to some very talented people, both past and present, I'm gonna end a few bucks over, if you ever enjoyed it, so should you!

**Slayer le boucher**

Made a donation, one of my fav boards.

**cyphertheory**

Small donation made, hope both the forum and Brother Argos recover

**jah-joshua**

well, that answers my question of why i couldn't get on the site the last few days...
bummer...
at least they can just chuck a few squids at the problem, and get some new gear...

sad to hear about Brother Argos being ill...
losing any amount of vision is a bad thing, especially in a hobby of painting little guys...
i hope he recovers soon, and doesn't get any worse...
stay strong, Brother...

cheers
jah

**MajorTom11**

Donated, best to Brother Argos and B&C!

**RiTides**

Nice show of support, guys! Really good to see online communities pulling for one another like this.

**Ouze**

I don't regularly visit either site, but as someone who has had to resolve RAID nightmares I feel their pain; donated.

Always nice to support the CCCommunity.

**AgeOfEgos**

Donated---nothing worse then finding out backups fail--when you need the backups. Best wishes to Brother Argos

**Arschbombe**

Donation made.

I haven't been active there in a long time, but they provide a valuable resource.

**Stormphoenix**

I really like B&C, they have a positive outlook and are a very friendly bunch. Hope it works out

**Mr. Grey**

Damn, that really sucks. Apparently B&C shared a server with The-Waaaagh, so I'll probably donate a couple bucks later tonight, it would be great if the community rallied and got them both back up.

**StraightSilver**

That is definitely a shame, great site and a nice bunch too.

I will be donating a little bit of cash (funds are tight) but my work might be able to help out with some hardware if they need anything donated?

When our grants end each year we chuck out loads of stuff so if that would help let me know.

**Manchu**

+++ Donated +++

I haven't read B&C for a long time but I remember some good content there. It's a community worth saving.

Good to see Dakkanauts taking an interest in our digital neighbors.

AT

Donated as well. B&C was my very first online forum of any kind. Very well moderated, and a surprisingly mature community. The PC&M board was a constant source of inspiration, back when marines were the default game & army.

**dienekes96**

B&C is a good one. Hope they meet their goals and then some. I also wish Brother Argos well.

**Gobsmakked**

Donated.

The Waaagh! was my first home-away-from-home online and remains a great community and very inspirational. Absolutely worth supporting, as is B&C.

Best wishes to Brother Argos, too.

**Dozer Blades**

Best wishes and God bless Brother Argos and B&C!

**djphranq**

BnC was one of the first places I ever checked out 40k stuff. I've barely touched the site but I think communities like it (and like dakka) are important for the hobby. I'll definitely be making a donation.

**Kolath**

Donated $25. I hope Brother Argos and the whole team get thing in order soon.

Courage and Honor, Brothers.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Never been a member of either site as far as I can remember, would have to dig out my forums list, but have donated $10 regardless.

Hope they get back up soon.

**Byte**

They run cool member based painting challenges. Great to see the Dakka board sending some love. Best wishes.

**MajorTom11**

Jeez they should make their server $ just from us! Good for you guys, really makes me happy to see the generosity of Dakkaites towards another, very worthy and longstanding brother-forum.

Makes me proud to be part of the community

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**Snrub**

What a rotten little scrote. You gotta be pretty low to pull a stunt like that.

Here's hoping the B&C get back on their feet and Brother Agos gets well.

**d3m01iti0n**

I spend all my time there. Great group, and in depth tactics from the BT forum has kept my Boys in Black surprising people every time. Sent em a few bones. Best of luck!!!

**Slayer le boucher**

From the facebook page.

Brother Argos here ... I have spent most of the day trying to organise a new server and the tech team who will configure it and get our data back. I ended up feeling a bit useless not being able to do the work myself and was getting frustrated.

However as I was just about to go to bed I decided to check the donations@bolterandchainsword Paypal account to see how we were doing and was completely amazed / stunned.

We have raised just over $4000 in less than 18 hrs or so.

This will let us get a very good server for our new home and help considerably with our running costs. We can now afford the linux server guru I want to use to do the work I cannot. After a pretty bad weekend with no server and diminishing hope, my faith in the basic good nature of humanity (gamers especially) is restored.

Looking at the results, I think we need to thank you all for your contributions. No matter how big or small you stood up and were counted. We got donations as large as $500 - $1000, all the way down to $1 or $2.

I am going to leave the donations page up, as the more we get will help with further costs. In the morning I will purchase a new server for us, and let the Techmarines who don't require bionic eyes get down to work.

Well done everyone who donated ...

The Emperor Protects!

- Brother Argos

**Blacksails**

B&C is indeed a great site, probably the best MEQ resource available. Posted several times there while developing my own chapter.

I made a donation and I hope everything works out for them.

**Mr. Grey**

That's incredible. Funding goal raised or not, I just added a couple bucks to the total. Best wishes to them in getting everything back up and running.