OnlyGround moving to a PRIVATE SERVER

This place is BOOMING, and apparently booming = EXPENSIVE.

Discourse recently hit me up asking for up to $12.5k per MONTH due to our high traffic. Those numbers are not even in the same universe as the ballpark, so we will hopefully be moving to a new server shortly.

I have never done this kind of transfer before, which is why I have my trusted Professional Swedish Webman on the job.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU and the rest of the OG is that we will probably be losing some posts/threads during this transfer.
Discourse has to get me a FULL BACKUP of the site, then we have to upload that backup to the new server. I believe they have already started packaging the data, so I advise you to hold off on your next big blockbuster thread for now.

theonlyground.com
Add this URL to your bookmarks!

Please be patient as we wade into uncharted waters. Some stuff may be fucky at first, but I will get it all fixed ASAP.
I’m ultimately excited to be untethered from any parent service, and beholden only to maritime law.

If you’re enjoying the site and you aren’t a supporter, please consider joining up and grabbing your badge. We will certainly need your help as this place evolves!

Thank ye all!

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Let’s do it!

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Stop being a jew and just pay the $12.5 monthly

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No pressure and not trying to be a jerk, but would you consider doing the one time donation/contribution method again ?

I procrastinated last time and there was plenty of advance notice provided, I was just slow.

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If I do, it will be around August like last time.

It’s hard to keep track otherwise as I have to set each of those subscriptions up manually because the system is convoluted for non-monthly subs.

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@King_Canuck

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When are we pausing for backups???

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You just HAD to have those fucking blinking Christmas lights at the top of the thread and now we’re in it for $12.5k a month!

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Damn.

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That’s out of my hands, unfortunately.
As I said, I think Discourse is packaging the data NOW, so all of these posts may be lost. I’m not 100% sure though.

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See, I KNEW I was making too many ultra-entertaining high-value posts. Now everyone wants a piece of the action. I can try to dial it back a bit to slow down the traffic increase if it will help.

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What will the url be after the transfer?

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Why are you on Discourse in the first place? Isn’t it a social media thing?

theonlyground.com

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Did they happen to say what was the source of the bandwidth? Not text posts but media I imagine. Is there an alternative way to set it up? Possibly like I was saying before, only paying subscribers get the convenience of uploading and kids have to hotlink? Just spitballing.

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Because it was the same software the old forum was on and it made the transition seamless so we lost less users.

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I understand that The OG.UG was Myspace level of remedial crap but if Sherdog and TMMAC manage a level of forum ness without paying through the nose why can’t it be done here?

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They seem to be more concerned about pageviews than the actual storage data, and we’re majorly exceeding all of the non-astronomical plans they have.

I think we’re one of the more active boards on the service based on the others I’ve seen.

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You see their numbers and how awesome we are comparatively? Exactly. :joy:

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