I had intended to avoid this sort of complaining post during all of the FileFront host service fiasco. And I think I did fairly well. But now they’ve irritated me.
Pardon any typos or errors. I’m actually very tired and need to go to bed. But I wanted to make sure that I both explained the issues with the Resource Depot forum and our broken file download links… and to complain about how sorely out of touch FileFront has become.
I received an email today, warning that I had files about to be deleted. I had four days to request that my files remain, starting at nearly 11:00 pm on the 8th of June.
I only received the email today, but I jumped into action and followed the link to save my files. The only problem is, the link was outdated already. All of my files… the custom re-skins, the maps, the old GargArena FGD and prefabs… everything… had been deleted.
It’s all gone. Wiped out by a process that Google reveals to be fairly common. Particularly of interest were statements that indicated that logging in could be a prerequisite. Specifically, if you don’t log in often enough, you could loose everything.
But I also found a number of gamers that had a similar experience. I could now go into just what I think of our former host, their communication skills, and their current state of service.
However, I’m tired and don’t feel like being so negative. So I’ll just leave my coments to the important statement… the downloads are all down. And worse, I have not had occasion to update a few of my file backups.
Files such as Devil1’s Young barney re-skin, and the GargArena FDG are all gone. For now, none of the links work.
I will be using my ModDB account for some of the fileage, as soon as it
EDIT:
I told you I was tired. You can’t tell by the post, but the Soprano’s style ending was not the only error. I’ve just corrected some of the spelling mistakes. I also made many mistakes that I caught while typing the original post. I was trying to go to sleep at the keyboard, so random words would pop-up or my text would degenerate into letters and garbled words.
Anyway, the point was that our download links are all down and I will be using ModDB to post some of the files when I get around to it. I also have plans to possibly use the forum software’s attachment options for smaller files.
As for FileFront, I have no intention of trusting them with my files again. Not until such time as they clean up their act. When I tried to host videos there, they would last days at best and then be deleted because fifty or so views weren’t enough.
None of the issues I’ve experienced or described are terribly new. And many people have had these problems before. But since the entire April Fools incident, this has become more common practice as the company tries to save money by alienating their users.
Good Job folks!
