SFM Box dead?

[Kibōchen]

SFM Box was not responding recently, and saying Good Chrome could not connect to it or saying "this page is down".

[Eucatastrophic]

Works for me with firefox.

[R234]

It happens sometimes, seems their servers are a bit unreliable or something.

[Pte Jack]

Either that or natural disasters effecting the servers!!!

[Nexture]

Sfm appears to be completly gone, ive checked Google, Firefox, Yahoo, and even internet explorer, Its gone, so is Garrysmod.org.

[Pte Jack]

SFMbox.com is back, or will be shortly. I just logged into it and found the following banner there.


New Resources Every Tuesday!


Site will be offline Friday August 9th. We are moving to a faster server!

[Pte Jack]

garrysmod.org is online as well. I do know that it has been up and down like a yoyo lately. Probably having server problems as well.

[raptornx01]

I'm wondering how long SFM box is going to be up. updates have been sporadic lately. even going weeks without a new addition.

[Pte Jack]

Might not be any new stuff going in... The upload a map file is misleading, is there a separate method for submitting models??? If so, where is it. I was going to send the queen that way.

[raptornx01]

I honestly don't know how to upload models. and I think they all just go to Dominic anyway.

[☺]

Now is dead

[Pte Jack]

Yup, it's a pity. I really liked SFMBox, but I can understand his reasoning too. It's a big commitment to fullfil the demand and meet the quality controls he set on himself. It was a top notch site as far as I'm concerned. It is a resource that will be truly missed.

[raptornx01]

I was thinking for some time, especially seeing the huge gaps in updates, that that simply isn't the kind of site one person can handle on their own. I mean, looking at the "maps to convert" folder alone shows how much work needed to be put into getting content out. I understand wanting quality control and having models/maps/etc go through a review process, but having that burden land at the feet of a single individual is a bit much.

Thankfully though, i don't think it will die completely. there are people looking into a replacement. Would need web developers though. We are seeing if we can pull strings.

[Pte Jack]

Uh-ah, I ain't doing it... No way, No how... at least for one year anyway... I haven't caught up with HTML5 and the latest php and javascript routines... So, sorry, nope uh-uh!! (lol)

[Captain Cronut]

Yeah. I've been debating if I'd rather focus on actual animation, or try to carry the torch myself. I work for a hosting provider. Animation is supposed to be my escape. The good thing, if I decide to do something, is that I get pretty deep discount on web services.

[MOSS]

http://sfmbox.epic-win.com/ has all the old models <3