Announcements of leave and return

[SeanWolf]

I'm back!

Sorry for the long absence. I pretty much got busy with doing game reviews for Gaming Furever (Still going strong there!) and, sorta, rebooting myself mentally so I can have the energy and kick to do my writings again, like HousepetZ, as well as the RPs I'm a part of.

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

With everybody coming back, I hope it means good news for a certain other someone coming back. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to sit here and refresh the comic page over and over again instead of writing.

[HiraokaNettoMichio]

Just needing a break from Housepets since I couldn't think of anything at this point for quite some time.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Sorry that you felt like that Hiraoka since I know that writer's block can be hard for people who are creative but it looks like it didn't last long since you are back already! Because of that I am sure that something probably gave you the spark you need to inspire you again!

[HiraokaNettoMichio]

I had it with getting greeted with the 502/504 errors as to the point where I would not be returning to the Forums until much later.

I know the mods and admins are trying to sort things out but it was just 'Too Little, Too Late' for even the fanworks here.

And like Super Sentai ending with Gozyuger to take a massive break while Metal Heroes take their place, at least I would consider returning after a long time when Super Sentai returns with a brand new entry.

But if the problems aren't sorted out to where the Forums are able to get stable by the new super sentai entry then the Housepets series are as good as dead.

[Welsh Halfwit]

Hugs Hiraoka. Nicks their wallet so they have to return.

[NHWestoN]

I'm treating the Gateway grind as "patience training" that I can apply to other things ... like living in the "Twenty-Worst Century".

[HiraokaNettoMichio]

I don't know why I keep coming back but at least this place is more sane than the others. I'll have to see what I can do in particular since there's far too much stuff to actually inspire fanworks.

[Amazee Dayzee]

You know that as much as you say that you are leaving you can never stay away from us for too long because we are your family and will be here for you. But at times I'm not sure how sane this place actually is. LOL

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

Why should this place be sane? That's boring. I'd rather be crazy.

[NHWestoN]

In the twenty-worst century, life is roilong with contraditions - sanity, for example, is proven to be a primary vulnerability to contracting insanity. Like Alice's Wonderland, consider Housepets! both refuge and treatment center,

I do.

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

"You know, there are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives. It is up to people like you and me who are out of our tiny little minds to try and help these people overcome their sanity. You can start in small ways with ping-pong ball eyes and a funny voice and then you can paint half of your body red and the other half green and then you can jump up and down in a bowl of treacle going 'squawk, squawk, squawk...' And then you can go 'Neurhhh! Neurhh!' and then you can roll around on the floor going 'pting pting pting' ..."

-- Graham Chapman, Monty Python's Flying Circus, episode 21, Archaeology Today

[GingaDensetsuAleu]

It's back up this is not a drill!

It took me like 6 minutes just to log in but it IS back!

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am back from my enforced hiatus I had to go on because of the server outage and I have a lot of topics I need to catch up on and stories to read. Here is hoping that it is finally stable enough for me when I get access to it in my free time.

[HiraokaNettoMichio]

Thank god the forums are back. But for how long?

...I better not dawdle when it comes to writing.

[Amazee Dayzee]

I am hoping that they stay up for a few months at least and that we don't have to deal with the attacks again. This is me being paranoid but whenever I report a spam bot (because I usually am the one that does it), I SWEAR the forum gets knocked offline as retaliation.

[HiraokaNettoMichio]

Since the forums are up for a short time before another attack of the 502/504 variety, I'm going to work on projects that doesn't require the forums to work with, and one of the possible names is "Offline Overdrive." Because I'm fed up with these constant DDoS attacks that would ruin everyone's fun.

[NHWestoN]

Hi, Hira! That's all I dare write.

[NHWestoN]

Okay, I'm pressing my luck with the BadGateway Band so I'm signing off. Be well, all, and best to your families, your friends, and your animals.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Obviously we are all back now because the forum is back up though for how long no one knows. I am sure it will be a watershed moment when the server is finally completely moved and we don't have to deal with any of this anymore.