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So, it's been almost two weeks and Warseer is still down. Is it truly dead for good, or are they just having major issues? Does anyone know what's happening?

Rumour is that GW C&D'd the 'seer.

GW didn't do anything, they are having a complete server blow up,. The person who owns Warseer isn't a wargamer anymore from what I have been told, so it really is about motivation to bring it back, but I think it is dead.

According to 4chan wiki:

UPDATE: As of 2016 (and a C&D by everyone's favourite lawyer squad), Warseer is currently offline.

Was there aynthing going on there that might warrant a C&D? Last I heard it was just server issues and TBs of data to transfer.

So GW C&D'd the site by blowing up the server?

Seriously though, considering how hard that site used to work in kissing GW's ass that would be somewhat ironic.

Always a bad thing for a community to be lost like that though, hopefully they will get back online or else Dakka will welcome some of the incoming new members.

Warseer is dead? Not a real loss.

Interesting to see how many new members Dakka picks up.

Also, it'll be interesting to see how any ex-warseer chaps react to the most excellent News and Rumours mishmash. I'm expecting a few posts in Nuts and Bolts over the coming months (Why are other wargames getting posted in the GW News and Rumours thread, can you get rid of the kickstarter posts, etc etc)

Warseer has had extended periods of downtime before I think, right?

Hopefully it's not dead. But then maybe some of the posters from there will come here and contribute to our site if it is.

 Dark Severance wrote:
According to 4chan wiki:

UPDATE: As of 2016 (and a C&D by everyone's favourite lawyer squad), Warseer is currently offline.

It's database related issues.

Hopefully it comes back up soon. While I can't say I've been a fan of both Warhams subfora, the GW General and the entirety of Painting were excellent. It would be a shame to see all those plogs go, they've been a well of inspiration, more than Dakka's with its all-in-one painting forum which makes combing for particular systems and armies nigh impossible.

Though I must say the sheer hatred, as well as incessant shilling, for AoS did detract from the board as a whole in the past months.

DarkSoldier wrote:
Rumour is that GW C&D'd the 'seer.

What would they do that for? From what I've heard the Warseer mods would do anything GW told them to.They wouldn't infringe on anything GW owned.

I 'hope they get back up. Even if most of the forum was not the nicest place to be. The painting and modelling section was great, better than here on Dakka imo and I love going there for insipration. It would be a shame if they won't get back up.

 Dark Severance wrote:
According to 4chan wiki:

UPDATE: As of 2016 (and a C&D by everyone's favourite lawyer squad), Warseer is currently offline.

4chan is not exactly a reliable source.

I joined Portent literally in the last millenia so in a way it's sad to see it finally die. On the other hand I won't miss Warseer.

No big deal. I still think the warseer forums are a paradise of freedom compared to Advanced Tau Tactica. Which should say something.

I don't buy the C&D. Warseer should be the last place to be hit with that as they've honored most GW demands, even those they've no legal obligation to.

While more or less the only point of Warseer these days is the painting logs, that''s a pretty big point so I'd be sad to see it gone forever. I don't know any place that has a remotely similar selection of great and inspirational logs.

There's some grand stuff on Dakka as well but as long as everything is mashed together in one big pile and with no functional way of searching, it's just un-navigational.

I at least hope it goes up for a while so I can make a backup of my own logs.

Considering that the Warseer mods deleted one of my posts and gave me a warning for insulting one of GW's trees, I agree with the consensus that they wouldn't be eating a C&D.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Considering that the Warseer mods deleted one of my posts and gave me a warning for insulting one of GW's trees, I agree with the consensus that they wouldn't be eating a C&D.

How dare you, the indignity!

It's not a C&D. Besides what the mods who know mods I trust them it's a database issue, and Warseer was very much not having any of that posting as violations...but there's just no way a C&D in these times (I sound old) stays quiet anymore. Not guessing, but an actual document and communication. It just doesn't, especially given the overwhelming hatred for anything GW seething off that site.

I have to admit there are specific things I'll miss about Warseer... well... ok maybe only Harry and Hastings.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Considering that the Warseer mods deleted one of my posts and gave me a warning for insulting one of GW's trees, I agree with the consensus that they wouldn't be eating a C&D.

Did you bough down to their power, or did you just leaf?

@Kilkrazy insert joke rimshot here

Now 8 weeks into my experiment (adventures in forums, I'm calling it) and Warseer was the first I tried because it gets a lot distaste by game company employees I know. Since it's all purely elective and I'm not invested I can leave at any time but decided to stick around because despite the negativity there were some great people and things happening there. But part of giving forums a try is just how fascinating it is to watch the venom of so many of these guys/girls. Dakka is far far less toxic IMO and I've already seen a few posters who like me use the same name. Hoping to boosts enjoyment of the hobby for those who come over.

 Pacific wrote:
Seriously though, considering how hard that site used to work in kissing GW's ass that would be somewhat ironic.

After such an incredible and prolongued rim job, getting killed by an apocalyptic fart would certainly be delicious irony

It's probably a technical issue however. I guess they'll be back sooner or later.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
4chan is not exactly a reliable source.

I never said it was reliable. Just what I found on the interwebs in speculation. If the mods say it is database trouble then I would trust them more.

-DE- wrote:more than Dakka's with its all-in-one painting forum which makes combing for particular systems and armies nigh impossible.

Zywus wrote:
There's some grand stuff on Dakka as well but as long as everything is mashed together in one big pile and with no functional way of searching, it's just un-navigational.

zedmeister wrote:(Why are other wargames getting posted in the GW project logs thread, can you get rid of the Bolt Action posts, etc etc)

(With apols to Zedmeister)

It's been a while, but weren't Warseer project logs basically arranged by sci-fi (i.e. little but 40K), fantasy (i.e. little but WFB), and 'everything else'? Or a slight variation thereof. Not exactly Hermes Conrad levels of pigeonholing.

AlexHolker wrote:Considering that the Warseer mods deleted one of my posts and gave me a warning for insulting one of GW's trees, I agree with the consensus that they wouldn't be eating a C&D.

Pff. Lightweight.

Whineseer wont be missed. Nor many of the people on it to be fair. Awful place.

Paint logs were cool but that's about it.

Long may whineseer stay dead and lets hope any new members here aren't the dead weights from there

Bit harsh?

 Vermis wrote:
Bit harsh?

Probably not.

Not a place to stay for long. RIP

 Vermis wrote:
Bit harsh?

Not at all.