Farewell TS :(
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Farewell TS :(
Pasting their last announcement here:
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The End ?
Writing what will likely be the final news item here at TorrentShack does not come easy.
We have had many ups and downs over the years but have always come out on top. This time however it appears we are fighting a battle that we have little response to.
After nearly 6 years we have done what many people said could not be done. We started a Ratio Free site and made it work ! The odd retention issue aside, we had a system that for the most part worked pretty well. It allowed those with lesser connections access to content without having to fork out for seedboxes to keep a steady ratio.
We managed to hit the top of the pile in racing releases. We remained number one for a good few years before deciding that we had proved our point. What made it more satisfying was doing it on a shoe string budget, proving that you don't need to fleece the userbase for thousands as an excuse for being number one.
We overcame being taken down by F.A.C.T, the loss of various PayPal accounts and yet kept on fighting.
All of these were tough, but we came through. What we are struggling with as of right now, is people to run the site. We have lost many talented people to Real Life during the course of this journey but have always had people to fill in and take over. Now we are about to lose another and we simply do not have anyone to fill those shoes.
This leaves us with the options of struggling on and be unable to fix things when they go wrong, as has been the case recently with the ipv6 issues and other connection problems. Or hand over the site to someone else, not knowing who they are or what their intentions are.
The security issues with this second option is a total non starter. The site will NOT be run by an unknown person(s). Your security and details are to important for us to let that happen.
Whilst we will still try and sort this issue, you should be aware there is a very real possibility of us going offline for a good deal of time. Perhaps never to return.
Should this happen, I have a list of those that have donated and I will make every effort to try and return funds to those that kindly donated to keep the site running. The server has been renewed for another month, but at the end of January we lose our last coder/Hardware guy to "Real Life" and have no options on a suitable replacement.
Sceneaccess is down.
SCC down?
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Originally Posted by dion09529
It was giving an HTTP 502 error when you posted, but it seems to be working now.Quote:
Originally Posted by M_SJAH
SDBits is down.
wonder what wrong with demonoid?? been gone for over 30 days mybe them have delite that site no more, not suprice me at all
See https://filesharingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=459536Quote:
Originally Posted by norway
is waffle gone for good ?????
https://filesharingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=3793202Quote:
Originally Posted by tony1328
Last thing we heard. A comeback seems less likely with each passing month, however...
PTN is down ?
TBZ network sites seem down, anyone have news? thx
The IRC is also down ... I fear the worst :(
Waffles is back up, see https://filesharingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=3796181 for more info.
Thankfully back up:)Quote:
Originally Posted by TankGrrl
Demonoid back!!!
TehConnection has been down for a couple of days.
Nice :) In case anyone forgot, their latest domain is demonoid.pw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnum
It's working for me as of this writing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scavenger
Thanks, looks like its just me.
This is good news, I newer did get into some of the new sites .Quote:
Originally Posted by anon
TBZ down for almost 2 weeks ... Any info, anyone ?
Thanks.
Anyone hear any word on theempire.bz ? It's been down almost 2 weeks.
SCC is not working.
Anyone got any news about the TBZ websites being down so long? Thanks!
Yeah, go and read.Quote:
Originally Posted by yourguyjay
See https://filesharingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=3796751
They have changed to a .click TLD, and are open for signups right now.
Thank you, that's great
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Originally Posted by dion09529
https://sceneaccess.eu still down for me, I thought it was my VPN.....
It's been down here too for a few days now. The old trick of adding "www." doesn't work either.
Anybody have any news on why GGn seems to be down? Connection timeouts on my end, but not through a web proxy to reach the site...any tips?
And yeah, SCC still down here too...
Try adding this to your hosts file.Quote:
Originally Posted by bamboo
Code:104.25.72.107 gazellegames.net www.gazellegames.net
APOLLO is down?
Indeed. I get a 502 error.Quote:
Originally Posted by dion09529
It's working again now.Quote:
Originally Posted by anonIndeed. I get a 502 error.Quote:
Originally Posted by dion09529
SCC still down here... !
Any idea what is going on with demonoid? I know they have been down for a while and have read the reddit post just wanted to know if anyone has an update?
T.I.A.
http://demonoid.pw/
Works for me.
Thx man, that worked, something prolly borked with my browser, after messing around with DNS settings a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by anonTry adding this to your hosts file.Quote:
Originally Posted by bamboo
Code:104.25.72.107 gazellegames.net www.gazellegames.net
still down for me.any word yet or news?:mellow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixer
SCC is working again! :)