 |
|
Downloads
|
 |
|
|
|
Forum
|
|
| MEMBERS ONLINE | | Currently no members online. |
You are an anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here |
| |
|
|
|
Review of the moment
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Noctis
|
|
Post subject: ROMhacking.net Moves to News Only, Database and File Archive
 Posted: Aug 03, 2024 - 11:31 AM
|
|
Retrohling
Joined: Jun 16, 2009
Posts: 30
Status: Offline
|
|
It’s been a good near 20 year run, but for various reasons it’s time to wind things down. The site achieved almost everything it set out to do, and far exceeded it. We joined hacking and translation communities together for the first time ever. We outlasted and eclipsed ROM hacking sites that came before us. We brought ROM hacking from niche and fragmented to global and centralized. We assembled the largest force of ROM hackers on the planet. We brought learning resources and accessibility to a much wider range of people. We made major progress legitimizing and pulling ROM hacking from underground dark web type material to something much more accepted by the mainstream. We paved a much easier path for all of those that will come after us. No doubt, this site changed ROM hacking forever. It will leave behind the legacy of those accomplishments to remember.
Things sure have changed since the beginning days. I miss the times when I was able to interact with a smaller group of supportive people to collaborate with rather than the entire world. Having gone from an unknown fledgling site to an infinitely growing and globally known one made sustainability very challenging. The site became so busy with 24/7 use, endless queues, and an endless inbox. It’s a very different world than it was in 2005. Copyright pressures increased dramatically with takedowns and legal burden. The site shifted from serving mostly contributing humans to bots and overzealous people abusing resources. They drowned everybody else out. The need for the site has lessened over time. There are now many options for community discussions, open source projects, and file storage across the Internet. For a while, I was looking to find a successor within the circles of site supporters. I asked several potential people, but the stars did not align.
I was finally looking to wind things down at the end of last year. I wanted to provide the site database and file archive to the general public. At that time, an internal group suddenly emerged with an offer to help continue the site. I questioned their intentions, but I thought it could prove to be a more community friendly path forward. However, it turned out to be the opposite. We had a rocky phase 1, moving the downloads into their possession. When I went to startup phase 2, I discovered a most dishonest and hate filled group. I learned that I had been dehumanized for a very long time. My personal details had been given out. Secret deceitful plots had been made to cut me out, and drop a bomb like I am a target to destroy. My family has seen this and after discussion, we are immediately ceasing all related site operations. We are cutting ties to Discord and Twitter social media outlets, and will have no further contact with these individuals. Lines were crossed. I had hoped this community especially would have learned from what happened to Near. This behavior is not OK for handling disagreements, miscommunication, anger, or anything else.
We have released the site database (sans account and/or profile information) as well as all of the files and images to the Internet Archive. In summary:
Internet Archive of Database and Download Files
All Submissions other than News are permanently closed.
All sections of the site will remain up as read only.
Downloads and images will be available for as long as DarkSol, FCAndChill Calico will allow.
Forum will remain up
Twitter and Discord affiliations have ended. Anything further from these outlets do NOT represent myself or ROMhacking.net.
I look forward to seeing what projects will emerge with the site data for the next generation. From what I have seen, it may be a good time to start an open source initiative for a new site. I’d love to hear about what projects you are working on!
I thank all of the many staff and community members whom kept the wheels turning and the lights on over the years. I am proud of our many accomplishments here together. I will carry forward remembering the good times, laughing about the bad times, and knowing she was right for the time, but time has a way of moving on.
This is ROMhacking.net as we knew her signing off
Quelle: https://www.romhacking.net/
Warum Post diesen kein Aus den Forum hier ? |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 |
|
Juttar
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Aug 03, 2024 - 06:09 PM
|
|
Retromeister
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 1.104
Status: Offline
|
|
| Ich hatte es erwogen; nachdem es aber schon bei Kultboy kurz thematisiert wurde, hielt ich das für völlig ausreichend. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Noctis
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Aug 03, 2024 - 07:42 PM
|
|
Retrohling
Joined: Jun 16, 2009
Posts: 30
Status: Offline
|
|
| Die Seite sagen mir nichts und ich kennen Sie nicht. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Juttar
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Aug 03, 2024 - 09:28 PM
|
|
Retromeister
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 1.104
Status: Offline
|
|
| Dürfte die wichtigste deutschsprachige Retro-Videospiel-Seite sein. Dort liegt der Schwerpunkt allerdings nicht auf Emulation, sondern auf Computer- und Konsolenspieletests aus alten Zeitschriften. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
pYRo
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Aug 04, 2024 - 08:05 AM
|
|
Retromeister
Joined: Jan 01, 2006
Posts: 1.123
Location: Deutschland
Status: Offline
|
|
Das ist imho eine sehr gute Variante, die Page auf der einen Seite gegen mögliche Klagen abzusichern und auf der anderen die Downloads verfügbar zu halten.
Allerdings ist es auch ein sehr zweischneidiges Schwert, zum Einen verliert ROMHacking durch den Schritt bestimmt einiges an Laufkundschaft, die nur durch die Downloads angelockt wurde. Zum Anderen sehe ich die Idee, die eigenen Inhalte auf das Archive.org auszulagern auf lange Sicht kritisch.
Es ist zwar sehr bequem, dass dort alles mittlerweile zentral verfügbar ist, aber es ist auch ein single point of failure der nach einem einzigen DMCA-Takedown (o.ä.) einfach abgeschaltet werden könnte. Und dann wäre viel mehr weg, als nur der Inhalt einer Seite :/ |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Juttar
|
|
|
Post subject:
Posted: Aug 13, 2024 - 11:22 PM
|
|
Retromeister
Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 1.104
Status: Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT + 1 Hour
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Register
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
