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Posted by scary_jeff on Mon Oct 20th at 9:49am 2003

Why did they close down the old version so long before the new version is ready? It seems to me that if they leave it too long as a non-functioning website, people will kinda forget about it. Does anybody have any contact with Mustang and have any idea what is going on?



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Posted by mazemaster on Mon Oct 20th at 10:27am 2003

my guess would be that he was waiting for HL2 on sept 30, but when it slipped the release date he kinda gave up.



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Posted by Mustang on Mon Nov 24th at 6:47pm 2003





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Posted by Mustang on Mon Nov 24th at 10:46pm 2003

I should have offered an explanation for this earlier. Sorry I dropped the ball.

In short:

GlobalAssault is moving hosts. Hosting for GA was free. Over the years as the site grew bandwidth hit 30gb/month. This became an issue and they were going to pull the site. So, I snatched the database and all files and put up a splash page. I began researching new hosts and decided to do it myself. I have started a small web development company and have lined up some clients to help with the overhead when the new T-1 comes in. So I emptied my savings and built a datacenter sparing no expense. We are nearly complete and I am nailing down the firewall configuration (very secure) and the backup generator is on order.

GAv6 will be a whole new animal. Previous versions of GA were grown from a small review site supporting my gameserver. V6 is completely new supporting all game types (HL1 & HL2) as well as all MODs for each. A 'proper' structure for a large community site.

I have been up to my eyeballls doing all this on my own for the past few months but I am starting to get back into circulation. It is nice to get back on 'the pit' with like-minded HL gamers





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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 25th at 12:33am 2003

? posted by Mustang

It is nice to get back on 'the pit' with like-minded HL gamers

i do believe, thats the nicest thing i have read in months.

*scans around for a tissue*

good luck tony

[addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Nov 25th at 9:23am 2003

Wow, you really have gone the whole hog Mustang!



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Posted by matt on Tue Nov 25th at 12:12pm 2003

Can't wait!



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Posted by ReNo on Wed Nov 26th at 6:14pm 2003

Best of luck with it mate, looking forward to seeing GA back [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jan 11th at 12:23pm 2004

Now it redirects to Google



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Posted by Leperous on Sun Jan 11th at 12:33pm 2004

Apparently you're wrong Jeff, says me and a certain lurking ex-member



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jan 11th at 2:05pm 2004

Hmm, it only redirects you to google if you aren't using internet explorer



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jan 11th at 2:06pm 2004

wow, looking at all the features of the site, globalassault must cost Mustang a fortune! There doesn't seem to be any reason why it wouldn't work in Mozilla though.. at worst the drop down menus won't align properly, but that doesn't matter



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Posted by DeathMedic3rd on Sun Jan 11th at 2:34pm 2004

sorry for sounding like a n00b but where is the GA site?

and it sounded expensive.

[addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jan 11th at 2:39pm 2004

http://www.globalassault.com



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Posted by matt on Sun Jan 11th at 3:18pm 2004

Somebody let have an account? Please? Anyway, I was inpressed by the new hosting:

? quote:
"Our hosting environment has 4 terabytes of storage space and Dell Poweredge 2650 game servers running Dual P4 XEON processors and 64 bit RAID. All professionally maintained in our private datacenter with particle filtration, backup generator, and climate control"

[addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun Jan 11th at 4:55pm 2004

private datacenter = cupboard
backup generator = batteries
climate control = fan

Not so fancy now, eh?



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Posted by matt on Sun Jan 11th at 5:35pm 2004

? posted by Alien_Sniper
private datacenter = cupboard
backup generator = batteries
climate control = fan

Not so fancy now, eh?

[addsig]



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Posted by matt on Sun Jan 11th at 5:45pm 2004

Look what I found:

Anyone know the password?!

[addsig]



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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun Jan 11th at 6:20pm 2004

I don't think anyone is going to tell you if they do know.



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Posted by matt on Sun Jan 11th at 7:36pm 2004

bastards! [addsig]




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