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Why is gametabs down so often ?

Ennea

humhum..

Location: Germany

Joined: Apr 09 2010

And how can we prevent that from happening ?

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 01:28

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Good question !

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 01:40

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

Ash is the only one who can answer, but he's not around very much, and the contact info I had for him doesn't work anymore.

So I dunno. Make sure you back up any of your own tabs you want to hang on to, just in case!

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Auriplane!!

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 02:28

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

Mmmmm indeed. We must drag him back here and chain him up so that he cannot leave!

Should probably update that copyright at the bottom of the page, too. It's now two years behind :P

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 02:35

Ennea

humhum..

Location: Germany

Joined: Apr 09 2010

Wondered if it's a server issue or maybe traffic overload because of the spam bots. In case a server switch would resolve these issues I would totally donate some money to help make it happen.

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 03:50

Unshin8

Joined: Jan 04 2015

I was wondering if there are any more video game tabs out there? I just want to be able to learn some popular or ear and eye

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 04:12

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

dude, open your eyes : "There are currently 6581 tabs from 1429 games on this site."

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 04:42

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

The bot has deleted 33952 spams so far, so there's been quite a bit. (And remember there are occasionally a few the bot doesn't delete, so the real number is slightly higher.)

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Auriplane!!

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 04:47

Re: I was wondering if there are

hslesperance

Location: Walpole, MA

Joined: Aug 10 2008

Unshin8 said

I was wondering if there are any more video game tabs out there?

Like hashel said, you'll find most songs on this site. But you can also try these:

From what I've seen this site has pretty accurate tabs
http://www.videogamejam.com/

UG has a larger selection, but it's not organized that well for VGM, just use the search bar. The quality on that site can be questionable, but most should be fine; it's always bothered me how they don't post text versions of the tab if it was made with guitarpro or powertab.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/misc_computer_games_tabs.htm

A small amount of VGM here mixed with some anime music
http://tabs.animebw.com/tabs.php

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My Original Songs - https://soundcloud.com/hslesperance

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 10:23

Re: Wondered if it's a server

BigHeadClan

Joined: Jan 20 2012

I do recall a conversation I had with Ash when he mentioned the physical server was residing in a Data Center somewhere that host's web services. So it depends if this is just one of many Websites being hosted on a server or if it has a dedicated box/switch.

^ Take with a grain of salt this was a while ago.

But as Ennea said if the site needs help I wouldn't helping out either, I am a Data Center technician for a bunch of Oil and Gas companies and we toss out lots of fairly new and perfectly good gear.

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 11:49

I think I remember him saying

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

I think I remember him saying he put it on a vserver.

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Auriplane!!

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 12:06

It's a problem

Leventhan

Joined: Jan 05 2015

Hmm I signed just to post that as a regular user of GameTabs, I'm quite worried because the site is down so often

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I've been working on this personal project of mine for some time now, it's called SheetHub.
You can check it out at sheethub.co.

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 15:10

Every once in a while in the

ChelseaRare

Location: New York

Joined: Dec 01 2008

Every once in a while in the gametabs group on facebook someone will mention that the site is down and we'll get a response from Ash there. Other times someone will update that it's back up and running with no word at all. Didn't happen this time around though. Actually I didn't even know it was down at all. :)

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Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 15:20

Well i'm Hashel not Ash,

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Well i'm Hashel not Ash, hello ^^
I've put a message on FB the 2nd january to say that gametabs was down :X

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 16:24

Re: Well i'm Hashel not Ash,

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

Hi there, nice to meet you.

Submitted on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 19:22

Shush Hashel!

Pasto

Eat your Pasta ! ! !

Joined: Mar 25 2009

Shush Hashel!

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"Pasta Is Good For You" - The Pasta Guy

Submitted on Tue, 01/06/2015 - 07:38

You, do not shush me.

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

You, do not shush me.

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Tue, 01/06/2015 - 10:22

This is worst and worst :'(

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

This is getting worst and worst :'(

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 07:52

Re: This is worst and worst :'(

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

It's your fault, you know. How will you take responsibility for the consequences caused by your actions?

Submitted on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 08:00

What if i upload a sweet old

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

What if i upload a sweet old feeling Kakariko Village cover? :o
Will i be forgiven ?

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 08:14

RIP Gametabs. It's been a fun

ChelseaRare

Location: New York

Joined: Dec 01 2008

RIP Gametabs.
It's been a fun ride
Tehe

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Submitted on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 08:24

Re: What if i upload a sweet old

Lloyde_Sorrow

Joined: May 16 2014

Hmmm... it's possible. No promises on that, though. :P

Submitted on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 09:16

If you'll ever need

gudz

Location: Italy

Joined: Nov 14 2012

If you'll ever need donationns for new servers/hosts, just ask. People will gladly help :D

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 07:55

Well let's wait some message

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Well let's wait some message from Ash, maybe.

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 07:59

Ash doesn't go on the site

hslesperance

Location: Walpole, MA

Joined: Aug 10 2008

Ash doesn't go on the site often and when I send messages he never responds :(

Do we need someone else to help with maintenance/programming if he is too busy for it?

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My Original Songs - https://soundcloud.com/hslesperance

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 10:10

I guess that would be nice to

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

I guess that would be nice to have someone who "cares" a little bit more.
But i know no one with that kind of skills (programming, not carring)

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 10:32

I'm sure there are some

hslesperance

Location: Walpole, MA

Joined: Aug 10 2008

I'm sure there are some programmers on the forum who would like to help.

For anyone who wants a tab while the site is down, you should try searching the word Gametabs with a song title on google. Then click the green arrow next to the link URL and choose Cached for a snapshot of the page.

Another option is to use this link

http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gametabs.net

This will direct you to an archived version of the site. Just pick the most recent archive date and navigate the site like normal. Some links might not work, but you should be able to find most content on the site.

An alternate way of using the archive is this link with the game title you are looking for

http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gametabs.net/chrono-trigger/*
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gametabs.net/legend-zelda-oc...
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gametabs.net/final-fantasy-v...

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My Original Songs - https://soundcloud.com/hslesperance

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 10:42

Dear humans, Apologies. Life

Ash

Joined: Dec 10 2011

Dear humans,
Apologies. Life has been manic recently. I'll try to explain a little bit about what's been going on. The server gets absolutely hammered with many spambots constantly trying to create accounts and get through captchas etc. This creates a good amount of load on the server and it creates a lot of logs through various pieces of software. These logs on occasion have filled up the disk, causing problems. I've been updating some software recently which has changed some configurations which means that the level of logging is sometimes accidentally changed. Sometimes various bits of software just crash. Every time it goes down, it's something slightly different to the time before. When I have time, sometimes I put in a proper fix so that particular thing won't happen again but often I'm just too tired/busy/lazy and end up just smacking the server into good enough shape that it'll start working again. I need to get more disciplined at stabilizing this thing and I apologize for that :(

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 14:04

On a completely unrelated

ChelseaRare

Location: New York

Joined: Dec 01 2008

On a completely unrelated note, Ash, may I ask what kind of hat that is in on that mushroom plushie? I'm just assuming that it's not a random image off the internet hehe

I'm something of a beanie collector xD

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Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 14:13

Re: On a completely unrelated

Ash

Joined: Dec 10 2011

It's an old Ignite beanie. I just found an expired ebay auction with one that says it's a Peru. But the current Ignite Perus look nothing like that.

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 14:31

Good to have some news from

hashel

Location: Liège (Belgium)

Joined: Mar 04 2008

Good to have some news from you!
Even if you can't, for any reason, set some problemes it's nice for us to know you still check the site
and care about us :)

Hope you'll find solutions.
Cheers !

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I do VGM covers and stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/hashel

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 14:33

Well, isnt there a way to

Ennea

humhum..

Location: Germany

Joined: Apr 09 2010

Well, isnt there a way to prevent the spambots from targetting gametabs in the first place ? Deleting the countless threads has been working out more or less but it clearly puts a lot of stress onto the server.

Submitted on Sun, 01/11/2015 - 15:18

No that I know of. We already

Ash

Joined: Dec 10 2011

No that I know of. We already have two levels of software to help deal with the actual spam but I don't know what I can do to block them from being able to physically communicate with the server. There are thousands of them and their IPs change all the time. Probably botnets. There are plugins that block them from performing functions on the site but I don't know if you there is a way to dynamically alter firewall rules based on a up to date IP blacklist. Maybe that's worth looking into. Ideas, Auri?

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