mozzie1 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Just wondering but I’m unable to open up VPinball I think the site has closed down ... maybe just my end.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymoose Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yea sounds like it's gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogo Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yep, looks like he's really got the shits and pulled the pin on the whole site. What a shame. Guess some ungrateful sons of bitches added the last straw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzie1 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yep was a great site uploaded some great games.... been reading on VP forums people’s opinions let’s just hope all that information isn’t lost forever..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloonk Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yeah, I only just joined the other week too :( and yes I hope that this isnt permanent and they just want a break and reset for a bit. All that aside does anyone have links to similar sites please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 moderating a VPinball site is a thankless task 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzie1 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yeah, I only just joined the other week too :( and yes I hope that this isnt permanent and they just want a break and reset for a bit. All that aside does anyone have links to similar sites please? VP forums VP universe both excellent sites in there own ways 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloonk Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 moderating a VPinball site is a thankless task *Any site unfortuantely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 *Any site unfortuantely. Yes, but with emulation sites, you have a handful of contributors, and alot of people just using the site for downloading files then newbies whining about how hard it is to download and get it all working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloonk Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Yeah true enough. Also anyone here?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 A few of us here have been contributors there and other places in the vpin world. Over the years I've noticed a lot of drama happens in the communities. There's usually a few people causing the same problems all the time. Like most online communities.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Yeah true enough. Also anyone here?.... Anyone here what? I don't understand the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 From the message he's posted, seems he's p1ssed about the businesses making and selling pincabs using the games developed by the community for free. The games are so good in visual pinball, better and more flexible / versatile than commercial software. We've had it pretty good in the vpin community with the application and all games developed and provided for free by people doing it for fun... TBH the owner of that site while a great contributor and site owner has caused his own fair share of damage to the community in the past by effectively hunting down and crucifying some of the best table developers in the history of vp, and effectively making them lose so much heart they had to shut down their awesome site. (talking about the TT & Ninuzzo debacle a couple years back). And losing those guys was a huge loss to the community. What's gone on here seems a little bit like karma to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloonk Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Anyone here what? I don't understand the question. to clarify i was asking if it was referring to anyone on this site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted April 5, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 5, 2021 I notice the site is now back. Seems like a bit of a drama queen Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 to clarify i was asking if it was referring to anyone on this site The guy who goes under the name mini pinball australia is apparently behind that site. He is also trying to trademark the words "Virtual Pinball". He joined AA just so he could report me and have a little rant here but hasn't posted anything since. He may well be lurking though I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I notice the site is now back. Seems like a bit of a drama queen Brad What site is back? Vpinball still appears down for me. The guy doing the pack sharing seems to have his site up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Maybe vpuniverse will come back from limbo now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Billy has been doing a heap of work to get VPUniverse working as required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 ...talking about the TT & Ninuzzo debacle a couple years back). And losing those guys was a huge loss to the community... I had no idea. Trying to get my machine back up getting their tables was the thing I was looking most foward to. There work still around at lease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I had no idea. Trying to get my machine back up getting their tables was the thing I was looking most foward to. There work still around at lease? I think some of it is, but I think their stuff is mostly shared amongst (online) friends. If you remember what you want of theirs, I can probably share it with you. I believe they watch the community now, but I don't think they contribute, if they do it's secretly. Their work was always great and I wish their site was still around. G5K also uploaded his stuff to their site and I'm not sure that he's ever uploaded it elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Billy has been doing a heap of work to get VPUniverse working as required. would be good to have another option apart from vpforums, where i got banned for 12 months for mentioning I used a Pin2DMD :lol not to mention the auto-censorship that guy puts into his forum code so you can't post articles about products that compete with his. not sure if this is still the case. i don't download a lot of tables any more, just if I don't have the current comp table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Brad Posted April 6, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 6, 2021 No you're right, because people aren't using actual web site addresses here I got confused and loaded the wrong site :unsure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherRat Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 would be good to have another option apart from vpforums, where i got banned for 12 months for mentioning I used a Pin2DMD :lol not to mention the auto-censorship that guy puts into his forum code so you can't post articles about products that compete with his. not sure if this is still the case. i don't download a lot of tables any more, just if I don't have the current comp table. Yep... VP Forums is crap purely because of that. As far as I know they still do it. One of the Admins on a VP Facebook page calls it the Censorship Forum. Didn't you change your username on VPForums to Pin2DMD at one stage Jed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Yep... VP Forums is crap purely because of that. As far as I know they still do it. One of the Admins on a VP Facebook page calls it the Censorship Forum. Didn't you change your username on VPForums to Pin2DMD at one stage Jed? kind of, after i noticed my simple questions about Pin2DMD got censored by his forum code [because he sells a competing product] i created a new user with the name Pin2DMDrulesOK :lol it got his attention, he banned that username, and he must have looked further into it and found it came from my IP address, as he banned my main account too :blink: Didn't stop me logging in and downloading via use of a private browser window though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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