At 11:30 am EST today epicnpc.com was hit with a DDOS attack which we've been working to mitigate. The site is back up, however there is an issue with emails which we are working to resolve. At this time no emails are being sent out by the site.
Registration has been disabled until emails are working again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Update Nov 4th - Most likely you have noticed that Epicnpc.com has been down for 5 days. It began with a DDOS attack, which turned into an issue with our old web host as they were unhappy with the fact that we're a regular target of DDOS attacks. They decided to null our server for 3 days and ignore any contact attempts I made to resolve the issue until Monday. This was completely unacceptable and we decided to terminate our service with them. We are now on a new web host that came highly recommended for DDOS protection and we have taken additional steps to harden the server against future attacks. Some of these changes are still being worked on.
The last two days have been spent setting up the new server, transferring the site to it and then setting up the site.
At this time emails and search are still not working, but both should be fixed within an hour.
I apologize for the long downtime and appreciate everyone's patience during this time.
ps. We will be adding 5 days to anyone that had a paid sticky thread or banner ad.
Update 2: Search is now working again. Emails will be fixed soon.
Update 3: Emails are now working. That should be everything. If you notice something broken, please post here.
Update 4: We are still being attacked and are working to mitigate it. At this time emails are no longer working again.
Update 5: We are still being attacked so there might be more downtime ahead. Emails are working again.
Update 6 - Nov 5th: We are having issues with email delivery, PMs and purchases (credits, upgrades). There can be 1-2 hr delays from the time of purchase to when you receive your credits or upgrade.
Registration has been disabled until emails are working again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Update Nov 4th - Most likely you have noticed that Epicnpc.com has been down for 5 days. It began with a DDOS attack, which turned into an issue with our old web host as they were unhappy with the fact that we're a regular target of DDOS attacks. They decided to null our server for 3 days and ignore any contact attempts I made to resolve the issue until Monday. This was completely unacceptable and we decided to terminate our service with them. We are now on a new web host that came highly recommended for DDOS protection and we have taken additional steps to harden the server against future attacks. Some of these changes are still being worked on.
The last two days have been spent setting up the new server, transferring the site to it and then setting up the site.
At this time emails and search are still not working, but both should be fixed within an hour.
I apologize for the long downtime and appreciate everyone's patience during this time.
ps. We will be adding 5 days to anyone that had a paid sticky thread or banner ad.
Update 2: Search is now working again. Emails will be fixed soon.
Update 3: Emails are now working. That should be everything. If you notice something broken, please post here.
Update 4: We are still being attacked and are working to mitigate it. At this time emails are no longer working again.
Update 5: We are still being attacked so there might be more downtime ahead. Emails are working again.
Update 6 - Nov 5th: We are having issues with email delivery, PMs and purchases (credits, upgrades). There can be 1-2 hr delays from the time of purchase to when you receive your credits or upgrade.
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