Site Discussion Thread

Zeldamaster12 · Postby **Zeldamaster12** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:49 am

tl;dr version of this discussion: Nintendo isn't going to shut down this site.

underFlo · Postby **underFlo** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:44 am

Zeldamaster12 wrote:Nintendo is[...] going to shut down this site.

OMG GUYS CONFIRMED

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:33 am

In the case of SMWCentral, they're simply distributing patch files rather than actual ROMs so there's nothing inherently illegal going on at the site. Sure, to use patch files you have to get a ROM, but users downloading those from other places is not the responsibility of SMWCentral.

I'd say that MightyMerlinStyle is somewhat correct in saying that this site is more likely to get taken down only because there's already legal history between SMBX and Nintendo. However, the SMBX download is hosted somewhere else so that means the only "copyright infringement" going on is the usage of graphics on this site while also having ads. I'm no legal expert but I believe that's the only tangible problem (since having no ads might fall under fair use; again, I don't know). As I've said, though, the likelihood of this site being compromised by Nintendo is (like all other fansites) low.

FanofSMBX · Postby **FanofSMBX** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:23 am

Zeldamaster12 wrote:Nintendo is [...] going to shut down.

finally

CynicHost · Postby **CynicHost** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:04 pm

FanofSMBX wrote:
Zeldamaster12 wrote:Nintendo is [...] going to shut down.
finally

time for sony to take over

Postby **Julia Pseudo** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:34 pm

If I had to guess, the reason that supermariobrothers.org was claimed by Nintendo was probably not because of SMBX, but because it had such a generic name that it was something that Nintendo would specifically want to redirect to their Mario website. SMW Central and SMBX.org do not have domain named that are really important to Nintendo.

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 9:54 pm

SMBX as well as Redigit's YouTube videos and SuperMarioBrothers.org were all contained in the cease and desist. Redigit just didn't decide to finally give up SMB.org until about a year later. However, I suppose it may be possible that SMB.org was desired by Nintendo for a different reason.

aero · Postby **aero** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:02 pm

Joey wrote:However, I suppose it may be possible that SMB.org was desired by Nintendo for a different reason.

Nintendo, and other companies do sweep the internet for domains using their IP so people can't make money off of it through ads. SMB.org was generic too and that didn't help. It's similar to how major companies go out and buy domains extremely similar to their's like Google owning googel.com.

FanofSMBX · Postby **FanofSMBX** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:06 am

Joey wrote:SMBX as well as Redigit's YouTube videos and SuperMarioBrothers.org were all contained in the cease and desist. Redigit just didn't decide to finally give up SMB.org until about a year later. However, I suppose it may be possible that SMB.org was desired by Nintendo for a different reason.

Oh, yeah - is he AWOL again?

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:34 pm

He's probably just busy with stuff.

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:59 pm

Joey wrote:-Snip-

BTW JOE... where is the topic you promised to make bc of Redigit? Has life changed so far that you got the time for it or not?

Quantix · Postby **Quantix** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:06 pm

Tinkerbell wrote:
Joey wrote:-Snip-
BTW JOE... where is the topic you promised to make bc of Redigit? Has life changed so far that you got the time for it or not?

I think he mentioned that it'd be several weeks before he makes it.

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:26 pm

Yeah, it'll happen at some point but I'm just not sure when that will be. Sorry.

as303298 · Postby **as303298** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:34 pm

Redigit Account is confirmed to be a hoax and totally an April Fools Joke!!!

CynicHost · Postby **CynicHost** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:13 pm

as303298 wrote:Redigit is [...] a Joke!!!

I knew it

Quantix · Postby **Quantix** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:44 pm

Did anyone notice the Bad Gateway errors happening on this site a couple hours ago?

PixelPest · Postby **PixelPest** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:47 pm

Quantix wrote:Did anyone notice the Bad Gateway errors happening on this site a couple hours ago?

Yes. It happens every so often.

Joey wrote:

Is there anything you can do to fix this?

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:53 pm

I fix it every time it happens but I'm not certain yet of a long-term solution. What's happening is that the disk space on my server is filling up, so I fix it temporarily by deleting the massive access logs that this website generates. What I need to do is figure out what's actually causing the space fillup.

Kyo Saito · Postby **Kyo Saito** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:28 pm

Joey wrote:I fix it every time it happens but I'm not certain yet of a long-term solution. What's happening is that the disk space on my server is filling up, so I fix it temporarily by deleting the massive access logs that this website generates. What I need to do is figure out what's actually causing the space fillup.

Is it the large amount of bot users that keep registering? I think I may have addressed this issue earlier, but if they are logging in, would that cause any problems?

Postby **Shadow Yoshi** » Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:31 pm

Besides extra lines in an access log and extra entries in the forum database, no, it really doesn't do anything. Those increases are insignificant.

There was a point where bots kept registering on the archive wiki, which I think took up a considerable amount of space. I fixed that problem, though.