The new HBGames Archive Board

[Ace_V]

... so what's next? 

[Missing Picture Here]

A very naïve response indeed, Ace_V.

I tried! 

[DerVVulfman]

Well, I have now archived the Resources forum of HBGames under its final arpgmaker.com url. Of this, only two songs were not able to be saved, one of which the composer pulled their own soundcloud account. That could not be helped.

There were a TON of resources by Wyatt which were posted. Oddly, HBGames had a Battler subfolder, but all battler art appeared within the Character Art subfolder leaving the Battler subfolder empty.

I will revisit the site under its previous incarnations to see if any data was lost between URL transitions. But I am aware that it is often the case that topics/threads may be present but not able to be saved.

In the meantime, I'm taking a break from HBGames archiving.

[CarlosDavilla]

Good job! You're the greatest we have, DerVV.

[Remi-chan]

... so what's next? 

[Missing Picture Here]

A very naïve response indeed, Ace_V.

Though not invalid!

Also update on this since DerVVulfman hasn't broken the news about it yet.

While trying to get some downloads for games DerVVulfman encountered this absolute bastard.


If you somehow aren't aware of what this is, it's ransomware. And somehow, it got through noscript!

LIKE FUCK, IT ISN'T EVEN HALLOWEEN YET! THIS IS STILL TWO MONTHS PRE-COOKED! FUNK YOU INTERNET ARCHIVE!!!

Dervvulfman is the hero we need, but not the one we deserve.

Lest you worry, DerVV had a techo resolve the problem in ten minutes, but the fact this shit can happen while trying to archive stuff truly highlights how risky a business something like this can be!

Y'all don't realize the horrors this man has seen and the injustices he has endured to archive all our stuff.

Also sorry for stealing your thunder VVulfy! :(

[Ace_V]

Yikes!  That's the type of screen that could give me a heart attack. Thankfully I've never been hit with ransomware (last nasty virus that struck me was more than 16 years ago on XP, and it got so bad that it bricked my system and forced me to do a full wipe and move to Win7) Since then I've been extra careful and always use several layers of protection, including a licensed AV.

Still, downloading exe files is always risky, and I am very grateful for all the work and sacrifice our fearless wolf-person puts into archiving stuff for us! 

Glad your situation was remedied quickly, DerVVulfman, and thanks for the update, Remi-chan!