USPits gone forever...

>"Darus" > wrote

<snip>


Yikes Jan. Well, websites can't last forever, it's a shame that all the
script kiddies and other lamers of the net have pushed you that far. Just
shutting down the Forums would have been enough, no?






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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:16:43 GMT, "rms" >
wrote something like:

>>With RSC in limbo the
>> race sim community looks to be flying apart at the seams,
>
> Well, the error msg implies they will be up as soon as they can. Did
>they suffer a catastrophic data loss or what?

They certainly suffered a catastrophic something... the message has
been the same for weeks.
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:00:33 -0800, Darus wrote:

<snip>

I can't belive it! I have been using the Pits since my first 2.4 modem on
my first PC!

You will be missed, Do a search on google for anything race sim and all
the links are through the pits.

Thankyou for your sevice..

Scott
Green Flag Racing
www.green-flag.com

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:52:14 GMT, Scott Rixon wrote:
>
> Thankyou for your sevice..
>

Same here, the pits were a great site. What strikes me as odd though
is that seemingly they did not look into some new volunteers willing
to take over and maintain the site, and just pulled the plug like that
instead.

Burn-out is a common syndrome in webmasters esp. after over nine
years, but why not allow some highly motivated newcomers a head start
by passing on what you've created, if you don't care about it enough
anymore? Just a thought.

All the best,

uwe

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Of course Don, it had nothing to do with you and Huggins being a couple of
hacks and cheats that your sham didn't last..lol

"Don Wilshe" > wrote in message
m...
> 100% agree.. Been there done that.. about 6 years at the IVGA and
> all the crap from thankless people. I dont blame you Jan you lasted
> 5 more years that I.. you are a great sim person..
>
> Don Wilshe
>
>
> "Darus" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> Quoted from their website forum:
>
> "After 9 years, 1 month, and 11 days, we had finally had enough.
> Sometimes you just have to say "that's it!" We did. We decided we were
> going to put up with it no more. The file areas, the archives, the
> tools, the forums...gone. And 90% of it will not return. Ever. Period.
>
> Why? We finally grew too tired of the bitching, whining, complaining,
> bashing, and so on. We work for free here. We do this because we like
> to. We want to enjoy editing and racing, and when ingrates and
> crybabies start their incessant griping, it gets very aggravating. We
> get to where we don't enjoy this and it becomes a tedious job.
>
> For those of you who have been great members of the sim racing
> community...we apologise that we've decided to take this action.
> However, all is not lost. Many of the editors and league admins will
> not lose our support. We are not just going to take our toys and go
> home. Over the next few weeks, we'll be bringing some stuff back
> online, and the tutorials will remain up. We will put our N2003 mods
> back online for racing leagues, the Ferrari 330 mod will also be
> reposted.
>
> But our focus on N2003 is gone, and will not return. We have a few
> things that are still being worked on that will probably be posted, but
> that will be about it. When we fully reopen down the line, it will be a
> very streamlined editing-only US Pits that you see, and with tools and
> toys for a much different mod...
> Cheers!
> _________________
> »» jan kohl «« "
>
>

buster wrote:
> The real baby is Jan what a pussy who is scared to face the realities of
> life


All at once I understand why the Pits shut down.


Don McCorkle

Woodie83 wrote:
> buster wrote:
>
>> The real baby is Jan what a pussy who is scared to face the realities
>> of life
>
>
>
> All at once I understand why the Pits shut down.
>
>
> Don McCorkle

Bingo! That one little post by buster explains it all.


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Uwe Schürkamp wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:52:14 GMT, Scott Rixon wrote:
> >
> > Thankyou for your sevice..
> >
>
> Same here, the pits were a great site. What strikes me as odd though
> is that seemingly they did not look into some new volunteers willing
> to take over and maintain the site, and just pulled the plug like that
> instead.
>
> Burn-out is a common syndrome in webmasters esp. after over nine
> years, but why not allow some highly motivated newcomers a head start
> by passing on what you've created, if you don't care about it enough
> anymore? Just a thought.

Just a quick note.....we do care about the people who have used us as a
resource over the years, Jan did a complete backup of the site before it
was deleted, including the archive site, nothing has been lost
permanently so there's no need to rush out and grab whatever you can
from various other sites, same goes for the info that was in the editing
sections of our forums

All of this will most likely be made available through various other
sites once the dust has settled, AFAIK several people have already
stepped forward, the editing forums will most likely be brought back in
read only mode once we've cleaned them up a little


Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

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Goy Larsen wrote:
>
> Just a quick note

Thanks so much USPITS & crew for providing such a great site and
resource for NR2003 especially. I don't blame you for pulling out
after what I've read. Its a shame. Anyway, if anyone has a good link
to the aerowar88 mod I'd appreciate it if you post it here. I did a
complete reinstall and can't find my backup disks.

NC_Creeper

NC_Creeper wrote:
> Anyway, if anyone has a good link
> to the aerowar88 mod I'd appreciate it if you post it here. I did a
> complete reinstall and can't find my backup disks.

As Goy alluded to, they will be uploading their mods (A88, TPTCC,
Ferarri 330, etc.) again in the near future along other select files.

-jde