Talk:Home of the Underdogs/Archive 1

message: The article says that the domain name expired, but last I heard this was incorrect.  According to Underdogs herself in the site's IRC channel:
--> Underdogs (Underdogs@ppp-124.120.224.150.revip2.asianet.co.th) has joined #Underdogs 
<Underdogs> sigh. 
<Jim9137> UD! 
<Underdogs> www.the-underdogs.info 
<Underdogs> can you guys broadcast that ;/ 
<Stuffness> Oh no. 
<Underdogs> have trouble with Register.com :((( 
<Stuffness> UD, what possible trouble? 
<mrfwagon> underdogs! 
<Underdogs> they told me they just SUSPENDED the domain but now some guy just seemed to get it :/ 
<Stuffness> It's just a little domain name. 
<Jim9137> Underdogs: I heard you're an outlaw these days? 
<Underdogs> mrfwagon: hey!! 
<Underdogs> :D 
<Underdogs> Jim9137: yes! :) 
<Jim9137> Underdogs: Explain! 
<Frosty840> Underdogs: Thailand got on the BBC TV news. The story was really badly reported, though. Sorry. 
<mrfwagon> why'd they suspend it 
<Underdogs> I've been going to political rallies to oust our Prime Minister now 
<mrfwagon> how are you, by the way? ;) 
<Underdogs> and we're heading toward a bogus election on 2 April :/ 
<Underdogs> mrfwagon: oh, they couldn't contact me 
<Underdogs> and I lost my password 
<Underdogs> so they suspended my domain and asked me to fax ID proof 
<Underdogs> I actually paid through Feb 2007 :/ 
<Jim9137> I'll go edit Wikipedia. 
<Underdogs> it shows up in their records. 
<Underdogs> that's ONE MORE year from now :(
I'm not sure what should go there instead, though...  --Aquillion 03:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Aquillon. I've changed "due to the domain name expiring" to "due to problems with the domain name", which is less inaccurate but rather vague. Could anyone who gets more information put it in the article or on this page, please? Cheers, CWC(talk) 06:57, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Expiration

message: There's templates like  and . Could we create one of these? That way, we could just refer to games like  and it'd expand it to "Betrayal at Krondor at Home of the Underdogs".
Good sides:
* Universal title format
* It'd be much easier to deal with URL format changes, cases like this domain expiry situation
Bad sides:
* Umm... could be viewed as endorsement of abandonwarez?
So how about? --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 10:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Already created --> :Template:Hotu. --MindlessXD 11:56, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Excellent, thanks for the pointer. This sort of things should be mentioned in the article's talk page, otherwise they're pretty hard to find =) --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 19:24, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template? 

message: you can still visit the site here: http://209.120.136.195/
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Riphal (talk • contribs) 
:Technically, yes, but that's no longer necessary and will make it impossible to download anything, since your browser won't be sending the proper referrers.  Use http://www.the-underdogs.info instead. --Aquillion 01:04, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone got a rough idea of when we'll be able to access the-underdogs.info without fiddling with hosts file? I've tried to view HOTU from two computers and both times get error message "the-underdogs.info could not be found [..]". When you try the-underdogs.info now are you successful ? (the 209.120.136.195 address works for me) --EarthFurst 03:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I not even known what is the host file thingy. But just click on link in this article work for me. Don't try to download anything yet, but the link to manual of game work fine.L-Zwei 06:41, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Another way to access it