[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by zoomzoom

It is a great accomplishment that AHS has become what it is, I dont think many other stars out there has such a great forum. But it's sad whats happening.

Eventually, if it doesnt get any better, I think the problems are going to result in people looking elsewhere. AHS has been crappy for some time now, with no improvement and AHS is only what the initiates make it. People can go to talk about ayu where ever they want.

It also seems like the mods do not want any help at all. "We pay, so shut up" seems to be the attitude. You don't have to accept a crappy product, just because it's free. It's not like AHS is the only free site out there, it just happened to gather the most people, which is why people stay here - the replies are fast.

Think outside the box and fix the problem. Obviously, if server space is the problem, get donations (like ayunite), sell t-shirts (like ayunite) or whatever. As for vbulletin, you can just go to www.vbulletin.com and get an idea of the prices. Why it has to be a secret, I dont know.

It sadly seems like AHS is going down hill and what's more frustrating than the problems, is the way the mods are handling it. No info or anything is given. Maybe the reason of all the complaining is that people have no idea what's going on. Only the holy mods know. For all people know, the mods are sitting around, doing nothing. No info is given.

After 2 days of maintenance, with AHS down, no info is issued. Maybe 6 hours before the closing of AHS, they could have given a heads up about it. And maybe when AHS returned, they could have shared some info about what was done, what worked and what didn't. But hey, they choose to operate in the shadows, letting people speculate and develop their conspiracy theories.

It seems like they need help, because the problems are still here. No change. So why don't they ask for it? Why so secretive about what's going on?

I believe people care about the situation of AHS just as much as the mods. The way people are brushed off, because they don't pay, is just ignorant and kinda dictatoric. We are all part of the community.

Sometimes I think some people either don't read or just chose to blind themselves from what has been said. It's very easy to criticize the staff because people are unsatisfied with how AHS' server has been running lately. How many times do I need to repeat that, even though I'm a moderator, as a regular initiate here, I'm also having issues and finding this problem really annoying? It's extremely pathetic to even think we, the staff, are happy with this situation and to think we want to maintain this forum the way it is right now. How many more times is it needed for me to repeat that this is not a SIMPLE issue. The problem of this forum is not MONETARY, this is one of the reasons why donations wouldn't help in any way. The staff is working on this issue, but we don't have to post how administrative matters of the forum are run, because such matters in any forum you go to are supposed to be confidential. Exposing the possible reasons wouldn't help either, as regular initiates wouldn't be able to set things up anyway.

People with conspiracy theories really need some psychotherapy or a change in their lives, because they probably really have a very low self steem. It's ridiculous to have to repeat over and over and over that we are working on the matter even though no concrete solutions have come yet. It's also ridiculous to assume that the fact no solution has came up yet immediately implies that nothing is being done to solve this problem. If there was an immediate solution for each and every issue/problem we have in life, world society would be totally different than it is nowadays.

I was supposed to have replied something here after the forum came back, but because of the server issues, I ended up not being able to post it at all. Sorry to break it to you, but this problem is not affecting only the initiates who have persecution paranoia. How many more times is it necessary for me to repeat that this issue is annoying me and causing troubles for me to post and read posts as well? i'm not happy with this and just like most of the iniotiates here, I do want this forum to run smoothly again...if there was any magical formula, rest assured, it would have already have been used.