What's with Hungercity again?

[direwolf-pgh]

this thread needs more music

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[jabulon]

Originally Posted by direwolf-pgh

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current web page says:

HUNGERCITY UPDATE - 27TH JULY, 2013 (11:00AM EST)

AS MENTIONED MANY TIMES BEFORE, IF DONATIONS (WHICH PAYS FOR THE SERVER COSTS ETC) ARE NOT PAID IN FULL EACH MONTH, THE SERVER WILL BE TURNED OFF UNTIL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MET.

THE CHOICE IS NOW YOURS. IF YOU THINK, HUNGERCITY SHOULD NOT DIE SUCH A SAD DEATH, PLEASE DONATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

AS THE DONATION PAGE CANNOT BE ACCESSED, PLEASE SEND ALL DONATIONS TO : [email protected]

HUNGERCITY WILL BE UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS

PEACE & LOVE TO ALL!


- SHAREEF

[aikowolf]

their like the Mafia - you don't REALLY need them, but you'll be sorry if you don't pay them

good riddance I say

[vladsmythe]

"IF YOU THINK, HUNGERCITY SHOULD NOT DIE SUCH A SAD DEATH, PLEASE DONATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"

Uhm, excuse me. A child dying in a car crash is sad. A tracker paying too much for server costs each month, and it's members getting tired of constantly footing the bill, so it "dies", is not sad. It's inevitable.

Hopefully the members who so generously share their content at HC will find another venue (without the never-ending monthly donation solicitations) to continue the good work.

[direwolf-pgh]

agreed. things come / things go

Originally Posted by vladsmythe

"IF YOU THINK, HUNGERCITY SHOULD NOT DIE SUCH A SAD DEATH, PLEASE DONATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"

Uhm, excuse me. A child dying in a car crash is sad. A tracker paying too much for server costs each month, and it's members getting tired of constantly footing the bill, so it "dies", is not sad. It's inevitable.

Hopefully the members who so generously share their content at HC will find another venue (without the never-ending monthly donation solicitations) to continue the good work.

What's sad is folks like you, that have done so much to harm Hunger City, are so quick to dance on it's grave.

You will find that your dance is premature.

[direwolf-pgh]

I believe what vlad is saying is they were too greedy. it doesn't cost $400/month to run a tracker/dedicated server.
selling karma points is ..hmm, shall we say an interesting concept It seems many 'free trade sites' are aggressively hustling. 2¢

[vladsmythe]

I'm not dancing. I uploaded 200+ videos there, and downloaded as many, if not more. Never tried to harm the site, but, like you arfarf, I would not give money to them. I enjoy donating $$ to TTD, because they never ask me to. And the monthly cost was $600+ dollars per month (not $400).

[direwolf-pgh]

Originally Posted by vladsmythe

And the monthly cost was $600+ dollars per month (not $400).

damn $600?!! Here are GoDaddy prices and there are many cheaper alternatives

Originally Posted by vladsmythe

I'm not dancing. I uploaded 200+ videos there, and downloaded as many, if not more. Never tried to harm the site, but, like you arfarf, I would not give money to them. I enjoy donating $$ to TTD, because they never ask me to. And the monthly cost was $600+ dollars per month (not $400).

Just to be clear, I don't donate money to any site, because I have none to give, so lumping us together as to why we don't donate there is inaccurate.

You wouldn't give them money, I can't, two different things.

I'm surprised to see you say you "Never tried to harm the site." The mind boggles as to what harm you could have inflicted there had you really been trying.

[daddyray]

some people do not see the forrest for the trees and there is no sense trying to alert them. just a scientific fact.

[vladsmythe]

Originally Posted by aikowolf

their like the Mafia - you don't REALLY need them, but you'll be sorry if you don't pay them

good riddance I say

They aren't dead yet aikowolf. According to the thread at Lossless Legs, HC will be back up "In a couple days".

[paddington]

sounds like petulant children, to me


I'm not aware of 'reconnect' charges for a web host being incurred when down less than 30 days or any days, really.


Either they are dumb and need a new host or they are crooked and lying in a pathetic attempt to extort money from the users. Fell free to post the 3rd possibility.


Generally, you need active hosting service to host that MS-Word extortion / money begging "notice" they posted. I don't know of any host who shuts you down but allows you use the server to beg for money. So, it seems they likely still have active hosting (funded by previous donations) and are using it to extort more money instead of running the site.
Had I previously donated, I'd be unhappy about that.

$600/mo?

[daddyray]

shit this thread is as weak as a political thread there.

show us your tits!

[vladsmythe]

They have known for years that there are much more affordable hosts. The PMs asking for money, or else they will shut down the site, are usually sent out around the 20th of each month. Then they send out a "We really mean it!" notice a few days before the threatened shutdown. Somehow, it works, because they usually make up a two or three hundred dollar deficit in the final 48 hours. Either that, or Jameskg is onto something.