What's Going On With The FTG Network?
So I guess that some people are wondering about the state of the Forfeit The Game Network, so here is a quick rundown on what is currently happening. The Forfeit The Game Network has been down for about the past 3 months now; this is due to my original hosting company (Datapacket.net - absolute crap - not recommended) messing me about all the time. I decided to drop the hosting when the company changed their servers without prior notice and the websites went down for over a week (Without explanation or apology). They then made more changes to their services violating my rights as a domain owner (Saying that changing nameservers is mandatory or you will be charged), so I decided it was time to leave them. I am currently in the process of obtaining a new, highly reliable and highly recommended server.
The general problem with the Network right now is that I don't have enough time to continue running it in the way that I used to. I have a full-time job working on computers, and when I do get a chance to work on my websites at home, well, it's not always the most inviting task in the world. For the last few months I have also made sure that I do not spend my time as such a recluse, and make sure I go out more with my friends and my girlfriend.
FTG Network / FTG Online Magazine - I still have the domain names, and I still have the websites, currently it doesn't look like either of these will be heading back anytime in the forseeable future though. I am quite saddened about this, as the online magazine was one of my most personally enjoyable websites to run. Though I didn't have a lot of time to constantly write articles for it, the website was really getting off of it's feet and starting to get quite popular. I think that this is probably lost now however, and will make the choice of whether it is worth reviving or not when the time is right.
Forfeit The Game: A Linkin Park Fansite - This is, and probably always will be my main website. I am still very dedicated to it, and am still extremely happy to be running it. It is in the top 3 Linkin Park fansites on the web, and is very popular. The main problem with this one is the lack of time that I get to spend some quality time working on it. As the website has grown, the time taken to update it is getting increasingly longer, as I need to do bigger and more concise updates. On August 23rd, the website will officially be 2 years old, so I will be hoping to do quite a major update then. Also look out for more general changes in the next few days (On the homepage mainly).
FTG Street Team - Another website that I am proud of. A good online comunity that like to promote artists and their releases. This website doesn't need as much input from me as the others, as users are encouraged to do their own thing. This one gets put onto the backburner a bit more for that reason, but I will be aiming to get some Fort Minor promotional materials up soon.
Dead Star Designs - This part of the network is still very much in development, it's nothing major yet, and I wouldn't expect it to be up-and-running for a little while.
Fort Minor Unofficial - Probably the second biggest part of the network, and again a site I am extremely dedicated to and proud of the success of. Because of the nature of the website, there is not alot of updates I can do right now, though I have some sitting ready to be done. I will soon hopefully have a few more artist interviews, images, etc. So look out for those in the near future.
Anything else to do with the network (minus this website) has been put on the backburner until further notice. :o)
This blog entry was posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 @ 09:43 am and is filed under: Miscelleneous.