PSU Joins MMHell.com

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=884

*Edit* the banner ads will be added to the forums soon.

[Dharkbayne]

Banner ads? NOoOOoOOooOOo!

[Mushnator]

So are titles, avatars, sigs, etc. going to be the same sizes/have the same features or upgraded to Contributor status?

Also, now that we don't need money anymore, will Political Debate be open too?

[Fragmatic]

Congrats :)

[Cryptica]

Yay no more fundraising

[r3d]

Grats PSU!

[Rbstr]

w0ot, for this i can deal with the 2 adds on the front page

[Sputty]

Since there are no ads on the forum I'm happy with it.

[Mushnator]

Since there are no ads on the forum I'm happy with it.

Very good point.

[Incompetent]

Long as there aren't forum ads, i've got no real issues.

[Everay]

Long as there aren't forum adds, i've got no real issues.



agreed.

[Strygun]

Sorry, but the banner ads will be added to the forums very soon.

[Rbstr]

put them on the bottom

[Triggar]

Agreed

[1024]

party:

[Veteran]

Farewell, PSU.

This is thy death-knell.

[Onizuka]

Sorry, but the banner ads will be added to the forums very soon.


Gah...oh well, good deal. No money worries? Nice.

[OfaLoaf]

Farewell, PSU.

This is thy death-knell.
Oh, come on. It isn't that bad.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

PSU loses its indie street cred. Oh well, as the old Once-ler once said "Progress is progress, and progress must grow."

[Mushnator]

Farewell, PSU.

This is thy death-knell.

:boohoo:

:D

[Triggar]

Well, at least Hamma can take a load off, not having to worry about funding anymore!

[OfaLoaf]

... I think I'm going to miss the Public Radio-style fundraising.

:tear:

[Duffman]

hey hamma is pol forums going public again

[Navaron]

Maybe it's just me, but this site barely loaded. Slower than shit on the main page.

[JetRaiden]

Maybe it's just me, but this site barely loaded. Slower than shit on the main page.
same here.

[ORANGE]

Maybe it's just me, but this site barely loaded. Slower than shit on the main page.
it was for me too while AGN was still goin on but now it is fine as for banner ads on other sites I don't notice them that much so it doesn't bother me

[321]

Nice so does this also mean that since we don't contribute money anymore that we can all see our post numbers again?

[Indecisive]

Yeah, site is running uberslow

[OfaLoaf]

Maybe it's just me, but this site barely loaded. Slower than shit on the main page.
I think it was because of AGN. Big crowd today, and all that.

[Rbstr]

yeah the forums are on a seperate server i think

[Hamma]

The slowness was due to extreme traffic from the show tonight, not the ads.

[OneManArmy]

I dont like it but, I'll get used to it. ofcourse unless things start popping up...

but I'm glad hamma wont have to worry about keeping this site afloat.

[Jennyboo]

I'm Happy to see all of Hamma's hard working paying off (also all the staffs hard work ;) ) congrats and believe me it was hard keeping this to myself this whole week :)

[OneManArmy]

yea you really looked like you couldnt contain yourself as you blew away people in nam or PS... ;)

[Strygun]

I think hamma will prevent popups from these ads. At least, I hope so

[Veteran]

Shoot the criminal, shoot the bear, shoot the shark, shoot the terrorist.

Has banner advertisement sunk so low?

PSU we hardly knew ya.

[AztecWarrior]

I don't mind the ads, I just scroll down.

Except the big fucking "SHOOT THE (X)!" I'm not going to fucking shoot the criminal and I'll be damned if they are going to give me a FREE iPod for it. But as I said, I'm cool.

[Ivan]

Hamma has does a great job supporting PSU for a year basically by himself, you all need to thank Hamma. The adds aren't that bad. I didn't notice the Google adds after a while and you won't notice these after a while.

[AztecWarrior]

I don't mind the ads, I just scroll down.

Except the big fucking "SHOOT THE (X)!" I'm not going to fucking shoot the criminal and I'll be damned if they are going to give me a FREE iPod for it. But as I said, I'm cool.
Scratch that. They just showed a fucking SOUL PLANE AD! THE SHITTY MOVIE WITH SNOOP DOGG!












Just kidding. Laughing and scrolling works for me.

[Corrosion]

Does this mean PSU server costs are gone? or just lower? if so, how much lower?

[Hamma]

Gone.

[Piuslxix]

Yeah- it's not the greatest thing in the world, but at least y'all don't have to worry about funds anymore!

[Corrosion]

Gone.
WOW!
They pay all of the $500 monthly?

[Dharkbayne]

Think of how much they make off those banner ads.

[Hamma]

I just wanted to comment on this whole issue before I hit the bed, tired as hell and I have a busy day tomorrow.

I have recieved offers from other networks in the past to host PSU and pick up our costs. These networks however required that we change almost everything about PSU and what we have created. This is something I was not willing to do.

Last week MMOGHell approached me with an offer to host PSU, we worked through this offer and finally setteled on what we have now. This allows us to remain as PlanetSide universe, the site you have known for the past 1.5 years. It allows us to remain hosted where we are now, on our existing servers and ISP. This means that we dont have to worry about money anymore, put yourself in my shoes and then look at the big picture. You would have done exactly as I have for this. Those of you who have donated in the past several months do not fear, your money is still around and it will be used to upgrade psu's existing servers to support more traffic. Right now the servers are home built jobs and they are pieces of crap.

So now you understand why I want a new layout, I want to fit in these adverts seemlessly so that they look like they are part of this page. I also ask that you offer MMOG hell some respect, they have brought allot to the table and I look forward to working with them.

[AztecWarrior]

They're fine. However, I never want to see a Soul Plane ad again.

[Hamma]

:lol: I wish I could remove that one haha

[Dharkbayne]

I just got a AOL 9.0 ad. **shudder**

Is there any way you could not have the flash ads, though? Those things are annoying as fuck

[AztecWarrior]

Disable images.

Seriously, you don't even have to look at them when reading the post.

[Dharkbayne]

But then I can't see the sigs and avatars, :(

Or the edit, quote, reply, etc. buttons

[Veteran]

Funny how the 'terrorists' are brown-skinned in those Flash banners.

Wouldn't it be better to accept that Sony is trying to eliminate PlanetSide by making it unavailable, failing to support it, etc.?

I think Sony has proven that they want nothing more to do with PlanetSide.

[AztecWarrior]

Funny how the 'terrorists' are brown-skinned in those Flash banners.

Wouldn't it be better to accept that Sony is trying to eliminate PlanetSide by making it unavailable, failing to support it, etc.?

I think Sony has proven that they want nothing more to do with PlanetSide.
I don't think Sony would pay upwards of $10,000 a month to support every single PS fan site there is.

[THrONeBeaST]

Go soul plane

[Peacemaker]

Grats hamma. Even though there are ads now it does not make a diffrence. I think PSU will be MUCH better off with this. Plus it loosens up all the payments you have to make out of your pocket to keep the site running.

[Everay]

you know, in all honesty, i was hoping the message was better. IE Jenny got her Visa and she already married hamma, or something to that effect.

[Hayoo]

So now you understand why I want a new layout, I want to fit in these adverts seemlessly so that they look like they are part of this page. I also ask that you offer MMOG hell some respect, they have brought allot to the table and I look forward to working with them.

You know you've got my respect, Hamma. :) Congratulations on finally getting the support PSU deserves. Hell of an Ask the Dev's tonight. Nice job guys. :cool:

[Peacemaker]

Lol look at Hayoo... he hates it I know it! But Hamma hosts him!

J/K

[Red October]

Just logged in, I was busy putting together a bar-b-que (barrel) and patio furniture, never had a chance to see what the big news was untill now.....well this explains why I got nailed with a gazillion prompts about third party cookies. But none the less, do whatcha gotta do. Rather see PSU up and running than slowly bleeding to death due to lack of funds.

[martyr]

actually, disable flash - avant browser has a button on the toolbar for that.

anyway, good move hamma - i'm happy

[Acaila]

This is a good thing. Anyone who has been admin for a large community site that also offers downloads can appreciate how astronomical the costs can get. PSU isn't particularly large, but the costs are still significant and have to be paid for by someone. Think about it, no more concerns about PSU closing, the actual value of the website is increased thanks to the low operational costs and Hamma will now be more relaxed knowing that PSU has a safe future. He will now be a more effective and happier admin, with triple the bannings we have come to expect and twice the smile!

[Jaged]

This is awsome. The adds are worth it. Just think, we are no longer doomed.

[Zatrais]

Ey hamma or whoever, what happens to the money that people already have contributed for the now out of date server costs?

[Incompetent]

Those of you who have donated in the past several months do not fear, your money is still around and it will be used to upgrade psu's existing servers to support more traffic. Right now the servers are home built jobs and they are pieces of crap.

[Piuslxix]

Meh -- I'll survive having to watch the Soul Plane banners. At least we don't have to worry about PSU vanishing!

[Mag]

Does this make anyone else more willing to contribute?

[I Hate Pants]

Does this make anyone else more willing to contribute?
:doh: You do't get it, do you?

[Mag]

I get it, we don't have to contribute now. But god, they banner ads, they burn.

[Jennyboo]

you know, in all honesty, i was hoping the message was better. IE Jenny got her Visa and she already married hamma, or something to that effect.
:love: I wish and I know Hamma's wishes too :P~ all in good time ...and much money later i will be here :).....Congrats again .. This is big and great :) PSU will live for many and many years to come

[Rayzer]

http://www.avantbrowser.com

;)

[Heavygain]

Yes, with avant you can disable flash animations, thus, none of those "shoot the hobo" adds.

[Kylian]

I just wanted to say hello to the PSU Fan base.

I am Kylian - the Network Manager for MMHell.com

I just wanted to reassure the community that PSU is going nowhere, nor is it going to change. It would not benefit me to have PSU join me, just to change the name and have it lose all identity.

We added a couple ads to the site - they may be a lil eye sores - but they do pay the bills. Now as PSU grows and funds become that much greater, we will actually start removing those ads. Not anytime soon, but sooner or later you can probably expect less ads, or at least less intrusive.

This was a great move for PSU, and a great move for MMHell.com I hope the community can learn to see that.

Hamma and his great team can now stop focusing all their time in Fund Raising - and can start focusing on expansion and making PSU even that much better. This would be a perfect time in my mind, to start asking Hamma and his team for certain features on PSU that you would like to see, that they never had time to implement in the past.

Maybe more Webcast servers - or a Tactics Page (hint, hint :D )

I look forward to seeing you all in the forums and IRC.

Kylian
Network Manager
MMHell.com

[Indecisive]

Hello, and welcome to PSU. Just wanted to say thanks for getting everyones mind off of whether or not PSU would even be here another year :p

[SilverLord]

This is very good news to all of us. I can deal with the ads so it doesn't matter to me, as long as PSU is still alive and kickin.

[HunterKiller]

runs fine for me.

[Everay]

Hamma and his great team can now stop focusing all their time in Fund Raising - and can start focusing on expansion and making PSU even that much better. This would be a perfect time in my mind, to start asking Hamma and his team for certain features on PSU that you would like to see, that they never had time to implement in the past.

Maybe more Webcast servers - or a Tactics Page (hint, hint :D )



how about....NSFW THREAD!!!!!!!!

[Hamma]

The fundraising money is still here, I will keep it for a month or two while we get underway at MMHell then decide if we should purchase a new server.

[OfaLoaf]

*cough*openpoliticaldebatetoall*cough*

[Navaron]

Man, I'm getting popups. Anyone else? Maybe it was a fluke?

[Strygun]

I have been noticing it too. It only happens on certain ads.

[OfaLoaf]

Man, I'm getting popups. Anyone else? Maybe it was a fluke?
I got one or two.

[Hamma]

As Fyrn said - if you get a popup note the ad and post it here.

[Ivan]

only got one so far, forgot to note the ad.

[Navaron]

Site's slower than a fat man in maple syrup on a cold January day. Took me like 2 minutes to get here to post this. Everywhere else is fine. Banner quick loads, bars load, stops............................................. ............ads load. Something to do with the ad loading is slowing it down. Not bitching, just trying to help point it out.

[Hamma]

np - the issue is with the adverts. Those are the only things external on the paeg and the only things that can cause it. Hopfully we can work it out asap

[Ivan]

I personally have not noticed any slow down what so ever. That's just my end though.

EDIT: I just got my second pop up. It was from questionmarket.com I believe.

[Navaron]

Yeah, it's from questionmarket.com

[AztecWarrior]

You peons refuse to utilize Netscape/Mozilla, and thus suffer from the wrath of the pop-up advertisement.

I think it's a tad slower, but not enough to annoy me.

[OneManArmy]

http://pie.undead.net/stuff/popup.jpg

[Indecisive]

http://amch.questionmarket.com/static/help500-240x240-1l-eng-usd.gif

^pop up

[Ivan]

Yup same one I got.

[Ghryphen]

I don't think Sony would pay upwards of $10,000 a month to support every single PS fan site there is.
Also, there would be a ton of leagal issues if they were to support this site. There would have to be a lot of changes made.

[Hamma]

That questionmarket advert has been reported

[Ivan]

I've only got it 3 times, I know that isn't bad. But if we're not supposed to have any then I don't want any. :)

[Indecisive]

I also have this one issue with an ad that causes my getright to want to download it when I load the page, but then it says that it dosent exist. Ill see if I can track it down

[Ivan]

I also have this one issue with an ad that causes my getright to want to download it when I load the page, but then it says that it dosent exist. Ill see if I can track it down
That might be some type of spyware you might have on your computer.

[Indecisive]

From PSU? :p

Thats the only place I get it.

*runs ad aware again*

[Hamma]

Run Spybot S&D also.

[Milo]

Good on ya

[Ivan]

I'm getting that pop up more now but now, but Ad-Watch blocks it now. It didn't before.

[Ivan]

Getting a new pop up from same place...

http://www.tridot.net/images/stuff/PSUpopup.jpg

[JetRaiden]

I forgot whats going on, but this is the 100th post on the thread. :cool:

[OneManArmy]

you were 101... you lose. please turn in your penis to the front desk.

[Ivan]

you were 101... you lose. please turn in your penis to the front desk.
Indeed, you've lost your penis privileges. Plus I win cause I had the 100th post. :p

[Mag]

Getting a new pop up from same place...

http://www.tridot.net/images/stuff/PSUpopup.jpg

That is quite possibly the greatest pop-up ever. "Your Opinion matters!" And the only choice is Yes... :lol: