tfu.info suspended [Archive] - TFW2005

Moroni Prime

07-23-2008, 12:38 AM

http://www.tfu.info/

Not sure if he hasn't been paying his bills, but the site is down.

The only way I'm able to access anything is through the wayback machine internet archive: Welcome to www.tfu.info - TFU.INFO Magazine Issue #11 - www.tfu.info (http://web.archive.org/web/20051220192159/www.tfu.info/index.htm)

The archived versions are not up to date, and doesn't have any of the new movie stuff. I hope someone has most of this backed up someplace just in case the site is down for the count.

Runamuck

07-23-2008, 12:51 AM

Damn. I hope it's not permanent...or for very long. I use that site a lot.

squirrelcar

07-23-2008, 06:00 AM

He just started doing a massive update, didn't he? Seems like he wouldn't not pay if he was trying to get back into it.

But I'm pretty sure some of the staff here knows him. If he decides to get outta the web stuff, I would love it if TFW absorbs him.

Joe Moore

07-23-2008, 06:23 AM

I couldn't imagine us "absorbing" him or his site since we have our own resources section to tend to.

RKillian

07-23-2008, 11:09 AM

This couldn't have waited for another week or two when my replacement would've been live?

Aberration

07-23-2008, 12:39 PM

If he decides to get outta the web stuff, I would love it if TFW absorbs him.
That just gave me a really creepy mental image :p

I'm hoping this is just a minor snafu and that it'll be back soon. I never did take the time to look through his last big update.

grock35

07-23-2008, 12:42 PM

Damn. I hope it's not permanent...or for very long. I use that site a lot.

same here.... :(

Grade-A-Prime

07-26-2008, 05:52 PM

Wow, now it seems the llink that my cousin, Moroni Prime, posted doesn't work anymore either. I used it a couple times yesterday, and now nothing. Arrgghh!

Anyone got an update to Anthony's status with the site??

G.A.P.

btw, Moroni isn't REALLY my cousin, but the same rank...lol.

G.A.P.

Switchblade

07-26-2008, 06:08 PM

I'm wondering if maybe someone was downloading a bunch of the images from the site and used up its bandwidth allotment for the month. I've seen that happen at sites before. If that's the case, it should be back up around the start of August.

Omegatron1

07-26-2008, 07:41 PM

if he decides to get outta the web stuff, i would love it if tfw absorbs him.

that just gave me a really creepy mental image :p

ONE OF USSSSSSsssssss.....

dark69

07-27-2008, 04:32 PM

this sux i use it alot hope its back soon

jason jupiter

07-27-2008, 07:30 PM

hope it comes back soon, i know a lot more people use the site than have posted. wasn't there a thread about tfu.info a couple months ago, about the owner looking for someone to take over?

Mospeada

07-27-2008, 07:52 PM

Lance Halberd

07-27-2008, 08:25 PM

Bummer. I loved their minimalistic approach; it was so well organized and easy to navigate with minimal clicking.

I hope it's back up soon.

xZAOx

07-28-2008, 01:30 AM

Tfu.info pays for X amount of bandwidth a month. Many times throughout the years I've seen it not be available at the end of the month. I mean, something else *could* be up, but I'm fairly confident it's just another case of the bandwidth getting used up early.

For those who need it - as much as I love tfu.info, for American G1 stuff, I'd recommend transformerland.com instead. There are several errors on tfu.info, unfortunately (and it's cost me money at those times, either buying or selling wrong parts). For anything other than American G1, then yeah, definitely go to tfu.info.

Grade-A-Prime

07-28-2008, 12:35 PM

that's a good theory that xZaox has, but it makes me wonder...
IF the site is down due to lack of bandwidth, what happens when it comes back up and everyone starts to use it again? Afterall, he just did an update and I would imagine with the number of tfans out there that use it as a resource like I do, that the won't last long once it's up again. I wonder if this is the case, if he would pay for more bandwidth/memory and help the server from crashing.
I still think it could be due to the "help" he got with friends...perhaps a patch of sorts after the update screwed up the site. Wish we could get ahold of Anthony to find out. This is a HUGE bummer.
I've been using Transformerland.com for a while now, even when tfu.info was up, and its not bad, but has a LOT of holes. I've tried using tfw2k5 as a resource, but there's even more holes in its database, especially when it comes to parts pics(I'll be glad to help with that when I'm done). I'm currently packing away all my pre-animated tf's(I moved and don't have the display room I once had), and its been a real difficult time sorting thru everything. Well, I guess I shoulda kept the parts with the bots as I got them, but when your a kid, you don't worry about stuff like that. I must have over a dozen missiles that I have NO idea who they belong too...even after using all the reference sites like here, tfland, seibertron, and allspark. There's another site I used to use, bwtf.com, but its been down for ever. I hope something good comes of al lthis and we don't lose the best reference source for tf's on the net forever.

G.A.P.
wow, that was a long post, sorry.

Neo-Bombshell

07-28-2008, 12:51 PM

I hope they will come back soon. The site got a very nice update before this.

Grade-A-Prime

07-28-2008, 06:01 PM

I don't know how , but tfu.info is back. I just tried it for the hell of it and BAM!! Right back to normal, with the current update!! Thank God!!

Now we're getting somewhere. I sure hope it stays up forever!!!

G.A.P.

Moroni Prime

07-29-2008, 02:19 AM

hey tfu.info! don't EVER do that to me again. I was lost without you. *hugs database*

Wow, now it seems the llink that my cousin, Moroni Prime, posted doesn't work anymore either. I used it a couple times yesterday, and now nothing. Arrgghh!

Anyone got an update to Anthony's status with the site??

G.A.P.

btw, Moroni isn't REALLY my cousin, but the same rank...lol.

G.A.P.

not only do we share rank, but state as well. PM me.

Joe Moore

07-29-2008, 06:15 AM

Ok it's up.