I think most people that still post here are mods or former mods, and have seen this already, but just in case:



So yeah, I've had no problem paying for the server bill out of my own pocket for the past year or so, but I just can't realistically keep it up. So, with that said, we've come to the consensus of switching our hosting to a cheaper version. I don't know exactly how, if at all, this will affect performance on the site or not, but whatever the outcome, I think it's better to give everyone a heads up.

The Center Network is relocating to a new host/server. We'll be in the process of moving everything over the course of the weekend and hopefully it will all be finished over the next few days. Please bear with any minor complications and/or downtime as we move the databases and switch the DNS over to the new server. This new host will provide more disk space and bandwidth and should allow us to begin a new period of growth.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Don't know how many of you actually view the main page on a regular basis, or take note of things that've changed on it, but if anyone has, they might notice an extra addition under the "Around The Network" section. I've taken some initiative and have decided to take advantage of the fact that I live in Southern California, a hotbed of talent in the fighting game community. A lot of the top players in the country live in SoCal, and i've decided to do my best to give this region the coverage it deserves. I've started going to tournaments, and have been taking videos of a lot of the fights...and that's just one of the many things i've done and have planned for this site. So, without further ado, head on over to the new site and give it a look. Let me know what you think!

There is a long convoluted issue going on now with our domain names. To make a very long story short, there was some miscommunications with our hosting company about some stuff and now our domain names are pointing to the wrong place and we cannot change them because we don't have the password to get in to the domans at Dotster. This basically means we are going to be forced to use dbzcenter.com for a while until we can figure something out. Fortunately I'd kept DBZCenter.com pointing to a 3rd party nameserver just in case something retarded like this happened. So just know that we'll be using this site from now until I can figure out how to access the domains again.

Worst thing that could happen here I guess is that we aren't going to be able to run Narutochuushin.com anymore and we'll go back down to shared hosting. I'm more concerned about the forums and whatnot so if we end up not being able to do Chuushin...well....oh well. Shit sucks. If you see any other members online, let them know we're using DBZCenter.com now, please. Thanks guys.

Hello everyone. I'm just throwing up this topic now so no one freaks out if the site goes down for a bit or gets out of sync. They are going to be moving all of our shit to a new server and there are a few things that could happen while this is going on:

• Things with the forums will get out of sync when they switch over from the old server to the new one. Why? Because when the switch takes place, you will have been posting on the old server while the new one had an older version of the database running. This could obviously be somewhat of an issue. I'll figure out what I'm doing with that...especially since people's DNS is going to update at different times...we may see half the boards on the old server and half on the new at one point. The only real solution to the out of sync issue would be to take the board down for a couple days, but I doni't really want to do that so...just be prepared to potentially lose a couple posts this day.
• The site may go down for a little while. I'm going to be making some changes to our hosting account while they're making this move and this apparently requires them to unbind all our domain names for some retarded ass reason. This means that the domains may poof, go away, or nothing may happen at all if they keep the site directing to the old server long enough. We'll just have to see.
• Something might get copied wrong or something might get fucked up. If you see error messages, don't freak out too much. It may simply mean I'm working on something. If nothing I'll put a page up somewhere in the forum directory to tell you what's going on and when it'll be back. Don't panic. If you see an error and it's not going away, it wouldn't be unwise to drop into the chat and let me or MT know. Or IM one of us. I don't forsee this happening though, so you should be fine. This hosting company has been good to us and I highly doubt they're going to fuck anything up in the server transfer.

So why is this happening? I'm not entirely sure...as far as I know it's just a better server with more updated software. I doubt it'll make a huge difference but you know...whatever. It's always good to get a new server. We're not switching hosts...they're just moving us to another server of theirs. If you have any questions or concerns here, do not hesitate to ask.