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Site News / Spongebob Movie Trailer

« on: November 12, 2004, 06:09:34 am »

Who is interested in seeing the new SpongeBob movie? Just can't wait? Try watching the trailer to relieve your craving. You can now watch the SpongeBob Movie trailer at the Apple website. Three different flavors are available, small, medium, and large. Select one based on your internet connection speed. Please note, trailers are all in Apple's Quicktime format.

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Site News / Server Rampage - Part 2

« on: November 03, 2004, 11:15:59 am »

Today at around noon SpongeZone became very slow again. This seems to have been caused by another attack. I am in the process of putting in place a bandwidth throttler. If anyone recieves errors, including timeouts, images not loading, or other problems, please let me know. Thanks!

Edit by Cmonkey:  Happy Birthday to the admin, Winbindd (aka Compbrain)  Way to be a year too young to vote.

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Site News / Server Rampage

« on: November 01, 2004, 06:50:05 pm »

Erm...so who is this banned member?

He (or she) is not a current member of the SpongeZone forums.

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Site News / Server Rampage

« on: November 01, 2004, 04:27:38 pm »

Tonight many of you may have had trouble getting to SpongeZone, or not been able to at all. We had someone with a program of sorts which constantly attempted to download videos, flushing out our connection. For those who care, the IP of this individual is 209.94.195.58 (those who have access to OC** connections, you know what to do). Anyway, sorry for any problems which may have occured, Please also note that the culpret is still atempting to drain the connection. so things may be running a little slow. Hopefully this will be fixed by tomarrow.

UPDATE: 8:00 PM EST

The above IP has been successfully banned and an e-mail has been sent to their service provider which will hopefully result in an abuse investigation. Everything should be completely back to normal. Thanks to everyone who helped out, including cmonkey and winbindd.

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Site News / Minor Updates

« on: October 30, 2004, 07:50:13 pm »

I would have never known a thread could get so far off topic. Great job!

*shrugs*

*walks away*

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Site News / Minor Updates

« on: October 24, 2004, 06:59:54 pm »

Awesome...you are a very good admin, by the way.

Global mod.

Hehe, nice of you to point that out.

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Site News / Minor Updates

« on: October 24, 2004, 06:36:15 pm »

Nice.

Didn't it do the random thing before?

Yes, it did. I only wanted to confirm that it now did it with the new applet and the new form.

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Site News / Minor Updates

« on: October 24, 2004, 06:26:37 pm »

A few simple updates have been implemented to both the "News" section and the "Chat" section.

In the "News" section, the "View Comments" links under all of the posts previously brought one to the News forum.  Now it brings one directly to the correct topic. For those who do not understand this, it is the difference between [this] and [this].

In the "Chat" section, a form has been added to simplify chatting. One now should enter a desired nickname into the text box and click "Chat". If you do not enter a nickname, you will be give a randomly generated one.

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Site News / Chat Client Update

« on: October 22, 2004, 09:11:19 pm »

super_sayian_spongebob, if you could be more specific about your actual problem, it would make my job much easier. Thanks.

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Site News / Chat Client Update

« on: October 20, 2004, 08:33:06 pm »

Cmonkey predicted it on the 18th, and it seems to have come true...

A new chat applet has been set up for all of you SpongeZone goers. It throws away the old JavaScript interface in favor of a full screen CGI one. Hopefully it will prove easier to navigate and have shorter load times. The new applet also does not require any client-side software, so it should function for everyone!

Let the staff know what you think of the new client by testing it out [<removed>] and posting your comments. (Keep in mind that the link in "The Chat" section still points to the old applet.)

What are you waiting for?! Try it out!

UPDATE: 10/22/04

I have removed the above link, and updated the "The Chat" section. Go there to check out the new client. Cmonkey will update you all on when the next chat session will be. The legacy applet can still be accessed through a link on the bottom of the "The Chat" section.

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Site News / The New Server Guy

« on: October 19, 2004, 07:10:14 pm »

Thanks for the warm welcome... A few things I would like to clear up.

my question how csn a guy with 1 post be a global mod?

He's a friend of one of the admins...thats how.

Ok, ok, sure, I am a friend of Cmonkey's. But let me make sure this is known, I am in a no way a power hundry person who intends to sit at my computer, banning people, editing posts, or any other such tasks. The only real reason Cmonkey made me a mod is so I could easily post in the News sections and let all of you know about technical problems here at United SpongeBob. Please don't anyone worry or fret about me being a mod, you will see me around seldom.

Moving along...

Does CMonkey still wanna punch you?

Well, although I do believe only Cmonkey himself can answer this question, I am almost sure he still does. I mean, if you saw a picture of me, I sure you would also.

And lastly...

can i call you roberto?

Is it alright if I call you Robert?

Absolutly. I did very openly reveal my name, didn't I? Call me "***-*******-****-******" if you would like. I am not too picky. :p

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Site News / The New Server Guy

« on: October 18, 2004, 06:12:24 pm »

Haven't you all been wondering who that idiot was who caused all those problems with the new server? Check it [here], [here], [here], [here], and [here].

Haven't you all been wondering who that Robert Frawley kid is Cmonkey so desperately wants hurt mentally and physically? Check it [here].

Well, the new mod on the block, myself, is this lost soul. In general, I basically wanted to let you guys know that I will be around to update all of you forum goes on the technical side of this site. If there is a server problem, I will be here to let all of you know. I am not an avid SpongeBob fan, I don't believe I have ever watched a full thirty minutes of it, but I am here to stay for some time as the server admin.

And on a more seriouse note, sorry about such a rough transition onto the new server. Now that the site is running smooth, everything should be much more responsive, and all previous bandwidth problems are completely gone. Enjoy, and continue to do whatever it is you do. SpongePost away!