I was planning to have a quick lurk over at them, but the page isn't available to me. Is anyone else having trouble accessing their forum pages?
Won't load for me, Boggit. Wonder what's up?
The magazine went under a few months back. Half way through my subscription-- of course. I'm guessing that's why the site's down. Too bad, I really liked the mag and the forum items.
they were folding it into MHQ, I thought
odd that it wouldn't redirect somewhere
found this on Facebook from this morning
https://www.facebook.com/groups/7534074420/permalink/10153810868374421/
hhhmmmm......
New management? Someone on the FB page said they had new management. What does that mean?
OK, I did some poking around on the web.
The parent company for ACG and other mags used to be Weider History Group. Now it appears to be World History Group. Same initials, but slightly different name. Perusing their About Us and Contact Us pages (http://www.historynet.com/contact-historynet-and-world-history-group) three things pop up. First, the location seems to have moved from when I last visited a few years ago. Building looks entirely different, though I forget the address.
Another thing that pops out is that there is no masthead. I cannot find a single name of an editor or manager for the entire portfolio of magazines.
Last thing that stands out: Armchair General is no longer part of the portfolio. Every other mag that used to be part of Weider is there, just not ACG.
A bit of history: IIRC ACG started on its own. Then Eric Weider had the opportunity to buy the portfolio of flagging history magazines and suddenly MHQ, Vietnam, WWII, American West et al were under Weider History Group. So there is a precedent for selling the portfolio minus ACG. Where that leaves ACG is another question. Right now their servers can't be found - no front page, no forums. Nada. I guess we'll see what that means shortly.
I'm poking around a little
EDIT:
from someone with some inside knowledge
QuoteI don't think they shut it down. I think they just don't know how to fix the server its running on.
2nd EDIT:
confirmed from their datacenter that the server hosting the ACG site is down, but it doesn't seem like anyone there gives a flip
ACG Honored the remainder of my subscription with MHQ mag which was a disappointment but fine but their note to me was the magazine was no more. :'(
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 10, 2015, 10:10:52 AM
ACG Honored the remainder of my subscription with MHQ mag which was a disappointment but fine but their note to me was the magazine was no more. :'(
I have always liked MHQ. Sad to see ACG go.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 10, 2015, 09:07:52 AM
I'm poking around a little
EDIT:
from someone with some inside knowledge
QuoteI don't think they shut it down. I think they just don't know how to fix the server its running on.
2nd EDIT:
confirmed from their datacenter that the server hosting the ACG site is down, but it doesn't seem like anyone there gives a flip
I wonder if they have a new hire named.....Curtis? That would explain a lot ::)
Brant needs to get on the ACG Facebook page and throw out the Welcome Mat.
Quote from: LongBlade on December 10, 2015, 10:33:28 AM
Brant needs to get on the ACG Facebook page and throw out the Welcome Mat.
uh...
you know how to work Facebook, too ::)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 10, 2015, 10:37:25 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on December 10, 2015, 10:33:28 AM
Brant needs to get on the ACG Facebook page and throw out the Welcome Mat.
uh... you know how to work Facebook, too ::)
Yes, but I never go there anymore.
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 10, 2015, 10:10:52 AM
ACG Honored the remainder of my subscription with MHQ mag which was a disappointment but fine but their note to me was the magazine was no more. :'(
I had subscriptions to ACG and MH mags. I liked MH much better. What I REALLY liked was MHQ. That is, until they started putting them out in soft cover rather than hardcover. I let my subscription lapse after that.
I've always preferred the LnL forums to ACG.
:o
I haven't been able to log on to the Armchair General Forums (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/) since the day before yesterday.
Thanks for starting this thread, Boggit. It saved me the trouble of starting one myself. O0
You're welcome Grey, but Boggit actually posted first. But I'm always happy to help-out a brother Grog.... or take credit for their work. Whatever furthers the Cause. ::)
Oops! I'll edit my post. :-[
Oh wow. I hadn't been to ACG in a couple weeks, so very surprised to see this happened. Wonder if they'll get their server issues fixed, or if they're down for good.
Quote from: Martok on December 12, 2015, 06:54:14 AMWonder if they'll get their server issues fixed, or if they're down for good.
kinda depends on who you ask ;)
I figured. :P
I wonder if we'll get an influx here at all.
I doubt it. Totally different crowd over there. Of course, if they do, they are certainly welcome.
The Armchair General Forums (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/index.php) are back up.
Wasn't a DDOS - seems to have been internal benign neglect. It went down by accident, but it seems like the overlords left it off for a few to see if anyone gave a crap. Turns out they do, so it got turned back on.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on December 15, 2015, 11:19:07 AM
Wasn't a DDOS - seems to have been internal benign neglect. It went down by accident, but it seems like the overlords left it off for a few to see if anyone gave a crap. Turns out they do, so it got turned back on.
Good. I occasionally lurk there, and have some interesting posts.
Quote from: Greybriar on December 11, 2015, 09:57:35 AM
I haven't been able to log on to the Armchair General Forums (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/) since the day before yesterday.
Thanks for starting this thread, Boggit. It saved me the trouble of starting one myself. O0
No worries Greybriar. I know a few of us spend some time over there, and it seemed a kinda odd situation. I'm glad for the sake of their forum members that they are back up, as they have put a lot into their community too.
Quote from: Boggit on December 15, 2015, 09:35:49 PM
Quote from: Greybriar on December 11, 2015, 09:57:35 AM
I haven't been able to log on to the Armchair General Forums (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/) since the day before yesterday.
Thanks for starting this thread, Boggit. It saved me the trouble of starting one myself. O0
No worries Greybriar. I know a few of us spend some time over there, and it seemed a kinda odd situation. I'm glad for the sake of their forum members that they are back up, as they have put a lot into their community too.
You guys might consider putting up a flare over there.
I can't speak for Grogheads but I don't think anyone here wants to poach readers over there. However, if a more permanent outage of some sort were to occur there, they would be welcome here (and are in any event). There isn't much of a historical section here (yet) but the mods are responsive and would create whatever structure a bunch of new, enthusiastic readers would like to see.