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Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#1  October 29, 2010, 10:26:45 am
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According to a post at the Madman's Cafe, Infoseek is shutting down its free website service at the end of the month, so there's only a couple of days to seach and save anything from there you might be interested in - invariably, this will include a bunch of Mugen sites...
Much like with Geocities for the west, it's a bit of an end of an age, in a way...

I'm not too sure if archive.org archives japanese websites as well - I hope so, but I'm trying to test with one, but it's currently way to slow to tell...

You might want to go through the Found Releases for interesting stuff hosted there before it's too late...

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#2  October 29, 2010, 10:43:45 am
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Dan in the Boss Borot said, October 29, 2010, 10:26:45 am
I'm not too sure if archive.org archives japanese websites as well - I hope so, but I'm trying to test with one, but it's currently way to slow to tell...

There is some infoseek stuff on the web archive. 
But yeah, sometimes it's slow or hosted files may not be there even if the page loads.  I just downloaded something using it (Tokia's stuff from 2005). 

Thanks for the heads up.  Time to go through those sites I had marked down to visit later I guess.   ;P

One site I can think of in particular on infoseek is HSR's. 
So anyone needing his stuff (Setsuna, Hibiki, etc) should act soon. 
http://wakusei2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Last Edit: October 29, 2010, 11:12:30 am by I Work At Elecbyte

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#3  October 29, 2010, 03:35:21 pm
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Those are bad news. Almost all japanese creators have their websites there, I hope these guys can change their websites soon :sadgoi:

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#4  October 29, 2010, 06:20:45 pm
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MEKA, Type Wild... wasn't MMR on infoseek as well?

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#5  October 29, 2010, 06:35:15 pm
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MMR still in MGBR.net, but dunno if his creations are hosted in infoseek

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#6  October 29, 2010, 08:00:24 pm
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I saw some japanese websites change their URL recently. So that's why...

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#7  October 29, 2010, 08:12:35 pm
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Here's a partial list of creators we are about to lose.

Atusi
AzamiX
Bad Darkness
Be
Brown
Doburoku
Drowin
Gonzo
HiroHiro
HSR
Ibukah
Juke Kisaragi
Laiso 7
Meka
Muteki
Nana
Nao&M
Neat Unsou
NHK
Nobuyuki
Nyan Kiryu
Nyankoro
Nyanryo
Rin&Bat


I suggest you save anything from these guys that you want while you can.

Nanashi_1337

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#8  October 29, 2010, 08:14:12 pm
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I'm sure some of them know this is going to happen, and will change website to avoid it.

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#9  October 29, 2010, 09:22:37 pm
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From the list mentioned by MC, I only know that drowin has prepared himself and made a new website on a different server

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#10  October 29, 2010, 09:54:52 pm
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I think Juke has a new website IIRC.

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#11  October 30, 2010, 06:41:45 pm
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You forgot Umihei Unicorn.

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#12  October 30, 2010, 06:50:07 pm
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Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 06:54:34 pm by devilgenemugen

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#13  October 30, 2010, 07:37:46 pm
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Nyan Kiryu
Nyankoro
Nyanryo
The japs are surely original when it comes to nicknames.

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#14  October 30, 2010, 07:52:13 pm
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#15  October 31, 2010, 12:52:32 am
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Damn I hope sim0n makes a new website.
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tehdevil

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#16  October 31, 2010, 02:35:46 am
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William Keikaku said, October 30, 2010, 07:52:13 pm
The links for Gonzo's characters are still linked to the infoseek website though.
yeah, you are right, he mention that he will fix the link as he is busy with his personal life

anyway, tin alternate website I think: http://tinshiva.ure.jp/ inside have most of his older creation like svcchunli, gunter, god rugal, victor etc but doesn't have his other creation like mukai, shishioh-nbc, dudley etc

Error Err'd said, October 30, 2010, 06:41:45 pm
You forgot Umihei Unicorn.
his new website: http://3rd.geocities.jp/mugen_umihei/index.html
muteki: http://page.freett.com/drinvincible/index.html
Last Edit: October 31, 2010, 02:37:21 am by devilgenemugen

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#17  November 01, 2010, 01:55:00 am
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RIP mugen infoseek websites!

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#18  November 01, 2010, 12:11:07 pm
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Bad bad news some websites will probably never come back, such as MEKA's who has abandoned his site for 5~8 years now. He certainly doesn't care anymore so I don't see him coming back.

infoseek be cursed for not giving everyone the time to back up, it was so sudden I bet a lot of creators didn't even expect it. Hopefully for them they had a backup of their website so they don't have to restart from scratch.
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#19  November 01, 2010, 12:34:37 pm
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isn't it your job to archive them?
Live up to your sig

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#20  November 01, 2010, 04:20:19 pm
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HAHAHAHAHA ZING

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#21  November 01, 2010, 04:21:21 pm
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Blade Art

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#22  November 01, 2010, 08:45:10 pm
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Kyojuu Tokusou Navetsea said, November 01, 2010, 12:34:37 pm
isn't it your job to archive them?
Live up to your sig
OK you derailed thread first remember K?

web 2.0 implies it's everyone's job to archive what they want
we just provided a platform for that purpose

youtube would be nothing without users contributions
mugen archive is nothing without users contributions, for now we are nothing and we will start to exist only when users start uploading massively.

I just performed a search on the key word MEKA and it seems we don't have anything MEKA has done unfortunately. Some of his stuffs were pretty good so it's a shame. I happen to have the original untouched archives of MEKA's ANJI, OLOF and ONI, they were sleeping on my hdd for 5 years. I will upload Olof and Oni in the next couple of days, but I don't know about his 80% low res Anji, we already have two 100% hi-res Anji, I'm not sure anyone is interested in a 80% low res Anji.
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#23  November 01, 2010, 08:50:37 pm
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^ Too late...

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長年ご愛顧いただきありがとうございました。
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#24  November 01, 2010, 08:54:57 pm
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It just says that Infoseek went down at the end of the month.
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Jesuszilla

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#25  November 01, 2010, 08:57:58 pm
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isweb Light service, as of 10/31/2010, has ended.
Thank you for many years of use.



In other words, it's kinda like what happened to Geocities. They're still providing hosting, just no more FREE hosting.
Last Edit: November 01, 2010, 09:02:18 pm by Jesuszilla

Blade Art

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#26  November 01, 2010, 10:13:19 pm
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The best host I recommend to our japanese fellows is free.fr

All hosting is free, no premium, you don't pay anything so no service interrupted.
Support for php 4 or php 5 with .htaccess
Optional (and free) myqsl or postgresql database, phpmyadmin and similar web softares to maintain your sql database.
You can do any modern website/forum, not just limited to piss-poor html site.
Very fast servers, unlimited bandwidth, 10 Go free space.
Free services: free and fast support by newsgoups for troubles, free email, free anti-spam solutions, phpmyvistites stats, manage mailing lists...
Has been running for 10 years free and won't stop anytime soon.

Why do they offer free and high quality hosting:
The more free.fr domain is visited the more free.fr domain value increases on the domain market.
Visit the first and the only "web 2.0" warehouse of the internet: MUGEN ARCHIVE
A warehouse by the community, for the community. If we join our efforts, we could preserve MUGEN forever!!

Sept 2013 Stats: 5135 files in 222 categories - 60,167 unique visitors, 292.24GB of bandwidth
And still no ad! :sugoi:

If you have a copy of Fighter Factory 3 Linux, pm me, you will be rewarded, thanks
Last Edit: November 01, 2010, 10:18:41 pm by Blade Art

tehdevil

Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#27  November 02, 2010, 02:41:58 am
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#28  November 07, 2010, 03:42:31 pm
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#29  November 07, 2010, 04:10:13 pm
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Blade Art said, November 01, 2010, 10:13:19 pm
The best host I recommend to our japanese fellows is free.fr

All hosting is free, no premium, you don't pay anything so no service interrupted.
Support for php 4 or php 5 with .htaccess
Optional (and free) myqsl or postgresql database, phpmyadmin and similar web softares to maintain your sql database.
You can do any modern website/forum, not just limited to piss-poor html site.
Very fast servers, unlimited bandwidth, 10 Go free space.
Free services: free and fast support by newsgoups for troubles, free email, free anti-spam solutions, phpmyvistites stats, manage mailing lists...
Has been running for 10 years free and won't stop anytime soon.

Why do they offer free and high quality hosting:
The more free.fr domain is visited the more free.fr domain value increases on the domain market.

Why would you recommend a French host to Japanese people?

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#30  November 07, 2010, 10:16:08 pm
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Any news about NAO&M ? :???:

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#31  November 07, 2010, 10:42:27 pm
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He (they?) has(ve?) been gone for years.

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#32  November 07, 2010, 11:09:06 pm
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#33  November 30, 2010, 09:48:14 pm
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Le bump. Where do you find y.y's characters?

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#34  November 30, 2010, 11:18:08 pm
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I could get some by using archive.org
and simply repair(whatever it's called in winrar) a file if it's broken
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#35  December 01, 2010, 02:48:16 pm
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did someone know about nyan kiryu's site?

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#36  December 04, 2010, 02:00:44 pm
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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#37  December 06, 2010, 08:54:31 am
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Infoseek is reviving??
#38  May 26, 2011, 01:15:49 am
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Sorry for the revival, but this is important about this case:

Recently Infoseek has came back about the hosting for their old websites. Or more than that, it's going to get back some of their old webpages in the INFOSEEK ARCHIVE, giving the chance to authors' pages would be online again. Just changing the .co.jp for .sk extension. Just like:

http://dala.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ -> http://dala.hp.infoseek.sk/

As you see in the last link, explains something about this (translators needed, plz) and get the link to Infoseek's Archive twitter. But the only MUGEN author I found that restored his website is Bad Darkness, I tried with a lot of other MUGEN creators with pages in Infoseek, but BD is the only one avaliable again (but something similar than Web Archive, no downloads yet).

More info in the official pages (needed translators, too)
http://www.infoseek-archive.com/
http://twitter.com/infoseek_sk
Last Edit: May 26, 2011, 01:29:22 am by Basara Reid

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#39  May 26, 2011, 01:25:57 am
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y.y's page is back and the downloads are working. :sugoi:

Basara Dandy

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#40  May 26, 2011, 01:30:18 am
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I tried to make work BD downloads and nothing yet :sadgoi:

Great for y.y's page, I hope some other websites are back, too :D

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Re: Infoseek is going down at the end of the month
#41  May 26, 2011, 06:44:35 pm
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Unfortunatelly, Tokei's stuff like Comet will remain off-line. I wonder if he want to return...
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Re: Infoseek is reviving??
#42  May 26, 2011, 10:56:03 pm
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Basara Reid said, May 26, 2011, 01:15:49 am
Sorry for the revival, but this is important about this case:

Recently Infoseek has came back about the hosting for their old websites. Or more than that, it's going to get back some of their old webpages in the INFOSEEK ARCHIVE, giving the chance to authors' pages would be online again. Just changing the .co.jp for .sk extension. Just like:

http://dala.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ -> http://dala.hp.infoseek.sk/

As you see in the last link, explains something about this (translators needed, plz) and get the link to Infoseek's Archive twitter. But the only MUGEN author I found that restored his website is Bad Darkness, I tried with a lot of other MUGEN creators with pages in Infoseek, but BD is the only one avaliable again (but something similar than Web Archive, no downloads yet).

More info in the official pages (needed translators, too)
http://www.infoseek-archive.com/
http://twitter.com/infoseek_sk

I wish geocites had done this.
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