DCEmulation Update

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:31 pm

Just received this message:

Hello everyone from DCEmulation.com,

My name is 007Cheater and I’m the creator and owner of DCEmulation.com, a
previous staff member has *hacked* the old site by destroying everything on
dcemulation.com and moved it to his own servers without permission. Not
only is this illegal and I will be pursuing legal action if not resolved,
this is extremely disrespectful to me the creator of DCEmu and the willful
host of DCEmu for many years.

I trusted this individual very much and everything he has done is
deceitful, hateful, and disrespectful. I am in the process of bringing the
site back to its original state, if you know anything about this matter or
would like to help please contact me at seany187 (at) seanbryant.com.

The IRC Channel has also been taken over, please visit the original
channel irc.cheatlist.com channel #dcemu, the channel #dcemulation is a
fraud!

Remember: The real URL for DCEmulation is http://www.dcemulation.com

Thank you!

Post by **GSZX1337** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:42 pm

Even though I've never been to this site, it pisses me off to hear that it has been haxored. I used to go to a forum that was near perfect (laid back, no elitism, great place) then one of the members hacked it. Really brought my piss to a boil, I wanted to track that guy down and break his neck.

Nice to know that it's coming back.

Post by **nick944** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:28 pm

Is he talking about dcemu.co.uk?

Post by **CantStrafeRight** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:41 pm

I clicked on a link for that site yesterday, I was wondering why I went to a completely different site.

Post by **nick944** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:48 pm

I just emailed him asking about it and he is talking about dcemu.co.uk. Though I really like the site, it is the best DS (and DC) homebrew site I've ever seen.

Post by **molotovwars** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:29 pm

I hope its back up soon.

Post by **racketboy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:48 pm

So dcemu.co.uk was the one that stole it?
Wow.

Post by **glynnahab** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:45 am

This is an area of monumental concern for me. I just bought a Dreamcast.......

Post by **Caboose** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:10 pm

I think you guys are a bit confused. I go to those forums regularly and have been for a few years now, just to clear some things up:

DCEmu.co.uk has nothing to do with this. There was an argument among the administrative staff about the site creator (who has neglected the site for many years to pursue other things) who put a link to one of his new sites (the site you were linked to before he restored the forum) on the main page. This pissed some people off because the site has absolutely nothing to do with Dreamcast or emulation, so it was removed. It was then put back on, then removed again. You get the idea. I'm guessing that one of the administrators (or someone who can access the forum files on the server) got fed up with the BS and the neglect from the original site creator (the person who's blog article or whatever is quoted in Racketboy's first post) and decided to move the site to a new server so that only the people who care about the site and want to maintain it can access the site. This way, they won't have to deal with the crap anymore and they can take care of the place. I believe that whoever did this did it with good intentions and felt it was what needed to be done so that the remaining members of the community and those who need help can still get it before the site became basically one of those ad websites. That article is extremely biased and makes him sound like a big victim, but now you guys have the other side of the story and can draw your own conclusions.

Post by **Ack** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:58 pm

Well, that's kinda funny, in a sad way. Thanks for letting us know the other side of the story Caboose. Either way, I think all of us want the same thing, for the site to come back and for everything to work out. I guess I can understand both sides, but the link really doesn't make sense if it's not related. Still, if he's still paying for hosting, he does get a say...eh, complicated issue.

Too bad for all the people who visit their forums, though. That sucks.