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Old 06-04-2017, 06:03 PM   #1
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We're going to lose like 75% of the posters, right?

With the new URL, I assume a number won't find it.

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Old 06-04-2017, 06:04 PM   #2
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Yeah...I'm surprised they didn't just nuke the entire forum. So the fact that it exists at all is probably..a small miracle.
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Old 06-04-2017, 06:39 PM   #3
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Between the abrupt URL change, along with the need (at least for me) to reset my password to log back in to the "new" site, along with the fact that the email they send with a link to the password reset page having the old broken URL (if you substitute the new format it actually DOES work however) ... yeah, OS handled this like a bunch a drunken chimps.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.
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Old 06-04-2017, 06:48 PM   #4
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Wow. I had no idea this was happening. How did y'all find this? I only found it because someone posted the link at one of my MP leagues.
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Old 06-04-2017, 06:50 PM   #5
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Good find on whomever found it. This could be very bad to an already slow forum.
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Old 06-04-2017, 06:55 PM   #6
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I thought FOFC was a goner.
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:08 PM   #7
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I'm back in on the old URL. I hit refresh, and it loaded back up.
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:11 PM   #8
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I'm back in on the old URL. I hit refresh, and it loaded back up.
Heh. I sent a rather nasty email a few minutes after finding out about the new URL. Maybe a redirect was the response to that?
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:12 PM   #9
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I'm not sure about internal links and those redirecting. Checking that now...
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:48 PM   #10
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So I'm going to assume Russian hackers shut the site down?
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Old 06-04-2017, 07:48 PM   #11
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Wow. I had no idea this was happening. How did y'all find this? I only found it because someone posted the link at one of my MP leagues.

I came here to see what was going on. Then I got redirected to the new OS forum with their shiny new Fox Sports sheen. Then I logged into my OS forum account and saw the forum.operationsports URL and then just figured I'd try to do FOFC and voila.
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Old 06-04-2017, 08:06 PM   #12
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Ok. I've now confirmed that a redirect is fully active for internal forum links as well. With that having happened, this should be a low/no-impact event, but I've given them an earful about letting us know ahead of time. (My guess is that they think FOFCers check the main OS site much more often than is actually happening.)
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Old 06-04-2017, 08:54 PM   #13
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(My guess is that they think FOFCers check the main OS site much more often than is actually happening.)

Ah, the joys of being delusional I guess.
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Old 06-04-2017, 09:10 PM   #14
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Glad things got sorted out.
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Old 06-04-2017, 09:13 PM   #15
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Who or what is "OS"?
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Old 06-04-2017, 11:12 PM   #16
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I musta been redirected because when I landed I was logged out and was prompted if I wanted to save the password when I logged in.

Wasn't forced into a PW change, but perhaps I should change it anyway.
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Old 06-04-2017, 11:22 PM   #17
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Who or what is "OS"?

Operation sexy

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Old 06-05-2017, 11:26 AM   #18
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I've updated the links on the Facebook Group and the Reddit page... for what it is worth.
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Old 06-05-2017, 11:28 AM   #19
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Gamespy would have shut the forums down years ago...
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Old 06-05-2017, 05:17 PM   #20
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Gamespy would have shut the forums down years ago...

GameSpy shit down Sportsdigs 2 weeks ago, fwiw.
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Old 06-05-2017, 06:38 PM   #21
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GameSpy shit down Sportsdigs 2 weeks ago, fwiw.

I bet that was a mess
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Old 06-07-2017, 08:26 AM   #22
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We're going to lose like 75% of the posters, right?

If we're losing posters, I'm saving this one:

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Old 06-14-2017, 07:27 PM   #23
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Heh. I sent a rather nasty email a few minutes after finding out about the new URL. Maybe a redirect was the response to that?

FYI, the old link DOES NOT work http://operationsports.com/fofc/forumdisplay.php?f=6 goes to Operation Sports, not the forum, same for http://operationsports.com/fofc/

So they might have fixed it when you thought they did, but it no workie now.
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Old 06-14-2017, 10:41 PM   #24
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FYI, the old link DOES NOT work http://operationsports.com/fofc/forumdisplay.php?f=6 goes to Operation Sports, not the forum, same for http://operationsports.com/fofc/

So they might have fixed it when you thought they did, but it no workie now.

If you add the `www.` it works. I think they just didn't apply the redirect on the subdomain-less url.
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Old 06-17-2017, 08:53 PM   #25
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If you add the `www.` it works. I think they just didn't apply the redirect on the subdomain-less url.

It's not working with the www for me anymore.
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Old 06-17-2017, 09:32 PM   #26
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Yup, old URL is dead for me too. Which is fine, just need to update bookmarks on a few devices
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Old 06-19-2017, 09:31 AM   #27
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That is very weird. I have been using the same bookmark the whole time, never had a blip: Off Topic - Front Office Football Central
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