Hi everyone,
As most should know our server was upgraded. This will ensure for a faster and smoother experience on Sycophant Hex. It was decided to uprade the server because the site was going down almost every 30-45 minutes, which is not what SH wants to be known for. So, with the decision of getting a new server, a call was put out for donations to help fund the project. With the help of generous donors our hosting costs are covered for the next two months; I will still pay as much as possible so the donations do not dry up that fast though. I personally cannot say thank you enough to everyone who donated! As a simple way to acknowledge the donations names have been added to our
Supporters list, if I don't have a name then I put "Anonymous". Please take a look, it's quite impressive over the last few days alone. The list has been kept for the last two years.
To keep up with demand on SH we must keep the server so a new habit is going to be formed (which in the past I have hated to do) that is to ask for donations regularly. We are going to be looking in other ways to raise money to support SH and its new server.
For information on donating please click here (the option of donating directly to our host is available).
Because the server was upgraded there were problems for people connecting to SH, but those should be resolved now for almost everyone. Basically the computers (DNS servers) around the world had to update their data to the new location of the site before the users in their area could access it. At times it could be a few hours or can take up to 24 hours or even 48 (though rarely have I heard of that) to update the DNS servers.
But since there was some confusion and the upgrade was sudden with only a few hours of warning, I am reminding everyone that if there are any future problems with SH to please
visit our LiveJournal (LJ) for updates as to what is going on. It is open to everyone, anyone can post there as long as they have an LJ account, and replies to entries can be made by non-registered users. All are welcome to visit. Majority of the SH staff have LJs and try to keep the
SH LJ up-to-date. The
SH Yahoo group is another source of site information, but is limited to members only.
Thank you again everyone,
Metamuse
PS -
Thank you again to those who donated! :)