Post by Matt on Mar 6, 2006 17:43:46 GMT -5
I believe it is time I tell all of the members the story of how Game Star came to be. It all started way back when on July 30th, 2005. I had just gotten my 1st Msn messenger account and was looking at all the things I could do. I found 1 thing called an Msn Space. I had always wanted a website and decided then was as good a time as any. But 1 thing needed to be decided 1st. What would it be about. Well, I was already extremely addicted to RuneScape, The massive multiplayer online Game by Jagex LTD, and I was a member of many gaming websites ranging from IGN to Gamefaqs. I decided that it would be about games. All day I thought about what it would be called. Then it came to me. Game Star. I loved the sound of it. But next I needed a slogan. Something catchy and easy to remember. I wanted it to rhyme. After a few ideas it came to me again. Game Star - Where The Gamer's Are. It was a great idea and I loved it. The site opened at 7:40:57 PM U.S. Eastern Time.
The community had been going well for a few days and I decided that it would need a message board. So I natuarally Googled it. Proboards came up. I made my message board there. It was at the address www.thegamemaster00.proboards61.com
The community enjoyed many prosperous months as I added new things to it and devoloped new skills. It was alll going well, but on October 24th, 2005, I decided to move the entire site to the message board. It was a good move. Msn space was hardly customizable and I wanted to bring out the best from Game Star. It did
The community went well and gained new members. More and more members came to Game Star. By The beginning of 2006 we had 65 members. But then, the worst and most evil part of Game Star's history happened.
January 11, 2006. I decided I needed a new web address that was easy to remember. I decided I was going to buy www.gamestar.ws and make it automaticly link to here. I was searching Proboards Supports General board in an effort to get the image in my signature that links to here seen. Well I was looking and I saw a member their with a signature banner that said free dot com. So I clicked on it. It was a sudden launch board. Sudden launch is another forum host for those of you who don't know. Wehn I registered I was dumb enugh to make the 1 mistake that would change Game Star forever. I made my password the same as my e-mail password. The board said post 40 times to get 1 free domain name. He said he would purchase it. So I did. There where 2 other people there who I know now. 1 Named Integrity and 1 who owned a board called Sports Central. When the day when we were supposed to get the domain names came, the board went into maitenence mode. I waited and waited for my domain name and it didn't come. I refreshed the page on my website and It was in black and white and said" Guess What? This Forum? CRACKED! By F-5 Designs Register today. So natuarlly I click on the link to there site. I joined and asked why they did it. They said I was the second person that day to say that they had cracked someones board. The other person? The Sports Central Owner. I posted on Probards Support and thye didn't help much. They took so long I was forced to create a new site. This 1. The old one was edited so it would link here. look back at it to see what it looks like if you want. I fixed it up and made it not black and white. Anyways, So I started to peice the peices together. The cracker used the password from his message board to get into my e-mail and have my proboard resend him the pass. He changed my password for msn too.I never found the Cracker, But I know the Free Dot come owner did it.
on January 28th 2006, The new website returned to normal and I rested from it for 2 days. I was exhausted.
on Febuary 16th 2006, A big change happened. I purchased www.gamestarzone.com I made it the way you see it today. It took me a while but I am glad I did it.
My member's acitvity were stopping to fall. Some of my staff never logged In, I needed an idea to bring my members back to activity. I decided that I was choosing my staff all wrong, I shouldn't choose my friends for staff, I should choose the people qualified for the job. So I started searching gaming forums for there Admins, and asking them to come mod my forums. I found several staff while doing this. Game Freak, Bowserman, 0319, ngaiox, and others were aquired. My strategy is still in progress.
Someday I hope to be able to update spaces.msn.com/members/mattcheats so I can return to Game Star's roots again, but as of now, I can't, The e-mail that was cracked was for the msn space account. without the e-mail, The msn space, couldnt be opened. I will someday get it back. If I have to confront Msn Myself, I sware it will be mine again. But now you know Game Star's History, all comments are accepted
The community had been going well for a few days and I decided that it would need a message board. So I natuarally Googled it. Proboards came up. I made my message board there. It was at the address www.thegamemaster00.proboards61.com
The community enjoyed many prosperous months as I added new things to it and devoloped new skills. It was alll going well, but on October 24th, 2005, I decided to move the entire site to the message board. It was a good move. Msn space was hardly customizable and I wanted to bring out the best from Game Star. It did
The community went well and gained new members. More and more members came to Game Star. By The beginning of 2006 we had 65 members. But then, the worst and most evil part of Game Star's history happened.
January 11, 2006. I decided I needed a new web address that was easy to remember. I decided I was going to buy www.gamestar.ws and make it automaticly link to here. I was searching Proboards Supports General board in an effort to get the image in my signature that links to here seen. Well I was looking and I saw a member their with a signature banner that said free dot com. So I clicked on it. It was a sudden launch board. Sudden launch is another forum host for those of you who don't know. Wehn I registered I was dumb enugh to make the 1 mistake that would change Game Star forever. I made my password the same as my e-mail password. The board said post 40 times to get 1 free domain name. He said he would purchase it. So I did. There where 2 other people there who I know now. 1 Named Integrity and 1 who owned a board called Sports Central. When the day when we were supposed to get the domain names came, the board went into maitenence mode. I waited and waited for my domain name and it didn't come. I refreshed the page on my website and It was in black and white and said" Guess What? This Forum? CRACKED! By F-5 Designs Register today. So natuarlly I click on the link to there site. I joined and asked why they did it. They said I was the second person that day to say that they had cracked someones board. The other person? The Sports Central Owner. I posted on Probards Support and thye didn't help much. They took so long I was forced to create a new site. This 1. The old one was edited so it would link here. look back at it to see what it looks like if you want. I fixed it up and made it not black and white. Anyways, So I started to peice the peices together. The cracker used the password from his message board to get into my e-mail and have my proboard resend him the pass. He changed my password for msn too.I never found the Cracker, But I know the Free Dot come owner did it.
on January 28th 2006, The new website returned to normal and I rested from it for 2 days. I was exhausted.
on Febuary 16th 2006, A big change happened. I purchased www.gamestarzone.com I made it the way you see it today. It took me a while but I am glad I did it.
My member's acitvity were stopping to fall. Some of my staff never logged In, I needed an idea to bring my members back to activity. I decided that I was choosing my staff all wrong, I shouldn't choose my friends for staff, I should choose the people qualified for the job. So I started searching gaming forums for there Admins, and asking them to come mod my forums. I found several staff while doing this. Game Freak, Bowserman, 0319, ngaiox, and others were aquired. My strategy is still in progress.
Someday I hope to be able to update spaces.msn.com/members/mattcheats so I can return to Game Star's roots again, but as of now, I can't, The e-mail that was cracked was for the msn space account. without the e-mail, The msn space, couldnt be opened. I will someday get it back. If I have to confront Msn Myself, I sware it will be mine again. But now you know Game Star's History, all comments are accepted
Still you did a fine job with this forum!
