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    Mafiascene is down

    The long lasting mafiascene.com is down.
    Is just a temporary thing or is it the beginning of the end??

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    Ouch....that'd be sad, hopefully it's just temporary but i can't really tell.

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    I wouldn't worry about it; the site staff have been talking about redoing the site, so that's probably what's going on.

    Let's just hope it's not a repeat of mafia empire.

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    I'm a part of the site staff, and yes, things have been changing.
    I have no idea what caused this, could be a problem with the servers. :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonix View Post
    I'm a part of the site staff, and yes, things have been changing.
    I have no idea what caused this, could be a problem with the servers. :/
    Well, that is certainly reassuring to hear. I thought is was probably just a temporary thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snick25 View Post
    Well, that is certainly reassuring to hear. I thought is was probably just a temporary thing.
    The thing is that I don't know. Worst case scenario is that the host dropped the site because of bandwidth (last time though, they were at least kind enough to keep everything intact for moving the site).

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    Keeping my fingers crossed. Keep us posted though, the site is still down...

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    I am one the staff on MS and have been in contact with the site owner and coder.. can't go into details but.. hopefully it will be up again in a couple of days or so if all goes to plan (now where is that praying smiley) ... will let you know when it is.
    Last edited by Muggy; 02-08-2011 at 02:07 PM.

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    Mafia Scene is/was up again.

    Edit (14:32 UK)... oh! ... we seem to have fallen over again.. the
    good news is that the site was restored and was running again
    for a while, but the server seems to be a bit unsteady on it's legs.
    Last edited by Muggy; 02-11-2011 at 01:44 AM.

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    Mafia Scene is still down.

    I guess not everyone heard the correct news. Not everyone was in the loop

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    Aw Muggy is that you on avatar photo,didnt know that type of mafia exists in London?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Vito View Post
    Aw Muggy is that you on avatar photo,didnt know that type of mafia exists in London?
    indeed .... DV lol

    no news as yet I'm afraid on the state of MS.

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    There is no guarantee that this will be permanent but as of now.. Mafia Scene is back up.. if you are a member, please log in do what you need to.. and if you are still there or the site doesn't collapse around you.. welcome back.. for now

    http://mafiascene.com/

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    Glad to see the site is back. Muggy, let us know if the site needs any help. Mafia Scene is a very important site in the English-speaking Mafia community, especially the mod scene. It would be a shame for it to go down.

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    yeesh ... the server has fallen over again, I am trying my best to get in contact with Riddian, so apologies to anyone who has been
    trying to get into MS.

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    No need to apologize. It's the users who should be thankful for your work. I hope it will be back. Though with all the content intact...

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    thank you Fin4 .. but the hard work in keeping the site up and going goes to Riddian who created and founded Mafia Scene..

    anyway ... fingers crossed we are up again.


    ... and we are down again.
    Last edited by Muggy; 02-19-2011 at 10:11 AM.

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    I'm not worried, I'm sure you guys will get the site back up and running again.

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    Do you guys need donations or something to keep it up? Is it true that Mafia Scene offers mods for this game?

    Whoever your IT is, get rid of him/her...

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    Quote Originally Posted by That Gamer Girl Pwns View Post
    Do you guys need donations or something to keep it up? Is it true that Mafia Scene offers mods for this game?

    Whoever your IT is, get rid of him/her...
    We did have a donate button via paypal on the front page a while back and it was purely voluntary.

    enough of this trying to pacify ... the simple truth is Chris Kempson (Riddian) is considering closing Mafia Scene
    because he doesn't have the time to maintain the site. Plus the site is more or less dead these days most of
    the regular members have all gone now and only a handful or should I say finger full actually logged in.

    This is really sad because it was one of the best Mafia (CoLH) and recently MII fan based sites and forums
    there was.

    I would like to say that we are going to keep going, but as things stand the future is looking rather bleak.
    Last edited by Muggy; 02-20-2011 at 01:58 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muggy View Post
    We did have a donate button via paypal on the front page a while back and it was purely voluntary.

    enough of this trying to pacify ... the simple truth is Chris Kempson (Riddian) is considering closing Mafia Scene
    because he doesn't have the time to maintain the site. Plus the site is more or less dead these days most of
    the regular members have all gone now and only a handful or should I say finger full actually logged in.

    This is really sad because it was one of the best Mafia (CoLH) and recently MII fan based sites and forums
    there was.

    I would like to say that we are going to keep going, but as things stand the future is looking rather bleak.
    Damn. That is bad news.

    It is too bad, MS has (had?) one of the best download sections, not to mention a vast forum (with a special section dedicated to modding) and a wonderful gallery.

    If it does indeed shut down, it will be sad.

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    yeah I know snick seriously I don't want MS to go just like that.. been a member for 6 years and it would be like
    saying goodbye to a dear old friend.. still holding out hope that Riddian gets back in contact with me.

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    is a shame, has always been a great resource for Mafia 1, takes a lot of dedication to keep a site running for so long that's devoted to a very old game.

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    This is truly terrible news.

    Just as we were beginning to get some sort of traction with modding Mafia2 and building up interest int he game again we lose the only active dedicated Mafia modding site on the internet.

    Hopefully we can save MafiaScene, let me know if you guys need any help.

    BTW i am t0ny on MafiaScene.

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    I would really hate to lose touch with the people who were doing some very fine work with modding on Mafia II over at Mafia Scene. There was very regular and active work being done by a handful of people, and active discussion. Now I don't know where to go for updates or discussion of those mods. Also, Mafia Scene had a great Wiki for scripting in Mafia II, and after Mafia Empire was lost, finally some work was being done at Mafia Scene and a significant amount of important info was gathered there. Now all that info would be lost again.

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    I really hope it does come back. Without MS how am I supposed to continue to fight to keep Mafia 1 alive with the new story mod I am making!? (its about 35/40% done at the moment)

    This is now the second time (to my knowledge) that the site has gone down in about 2 weeks. On top of that I was also having talks with Riddian about him making me a staff member.

    Come on Riddian, you can get the site back up. I know it

    *RubyDragon949*

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    Hi at all
    this is not a good news for MS. I not worked on FR JA since MS is down.
    we must save MS

    Relight, i have all IMG of Wiki.

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    eXistenZ34, glad to see you stopped by here! I didn't know how to contact you. I'll send you a PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubyDragon949 View Post
    I really hope it does come back. Without MS how am I supposed to continue to fight to keep Mafia 1 alive with the new story mod I am making!? (its about 35/40% done at the moment)

    This is now the second time (to my knowledge) that the site has gone down in about 2 weeks. On top of that I was also having talks with Riddian about him making me a staff member.

    Come on Riddian, you can get the site back up. I know it

    *RubyDragon949*
    lol if he picks you he made a mistake.You have made loads of lies about stuff,you would be a horrible mod.
    EDIT:I contacted Riddian and he said he knows nothing of what your saying.

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    Doesn't matter whether he picks me or not, thats his decision.

    And what do you mean horrible mod? Do you mean a horrible admin? (cos if you do then you'd need not worry, I would steer well clear of the Mafia II forums and just stick to cleaning up the Mafia: TCoLH ones ) or are you saying that the Mafia mod I am making is horrible?. Sorry for not understanding you properly. If you are acusing my mod of being horrible then please do look it up if Mafia Scene ever comes back

    As for accusing me of lies. They are not lies, I am still searching for the alternate ending video I saw and the Eddie Scarpa death thing was a fact about the beta (at least as said on Mafia Wiki) believe it if you want, I personally do not trust info on wiki's as for the video. I know what I saw and I believe all here should see it too. So I am still searching for it for you all to see

    Good day fellas

    *RubyDragon949*

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    Guys, get back on topic. Try to keep drama from another board off of this one. Thanks

    This really sucks about Mafiascene though. All the talk of game mods over here was starting to get me interested in modding my copy of Mafia. I hope whatever problems you guys are having get sorted soon.

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    Codex,

    Should you need any help with modding Mafia 1 then let me know. I believe I am quite a highly skilled modder. This has also been said by several of my mafia modding students who I teach

    Regards

    *RubyDragon949*

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    @Codex, yes we are having problems trying to sort out hosting and our current hosts are being rather obstinate in helping
    Chris Kempson (Riddian) is still waiting for them to get back to him. This may take a long time, but I hope we can get things
    sorted.. not only because of the mods, but the whole site and forums.

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    We appear to be back, but for how long I have no idea

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    Quote Originally Posted by RubyDragon949 View Post
    Doesn't matter whether he picks me or not, thats his decision.

    And what do you mean horrible mod? Do you mean a horrible admin? (cos if you do then you'd need not worry, I would steer well clear of the Mafia II forums and just stick to cleaning up the Mafia: TCoLH ones ) or are you saying that the Mafia mod I am making is horrible?. Sorry for not understanding you properly. If you are acusing my mod of being horrible then please do look it up if Mafia Scene ever comes back

    As for accusing me of lies. They are not lies, I am still searching for the alternate ending video I saw and the Eddie Scarpa death thing was a fact about the beta (at least as said on Mafia Wiki) believe it if you want, I personally do not trust info on wiki's as for the video. I know what I saw and I believe all here should see it too. So I am still searching for it for you all to see

    Good day fellas

    *RubyDragon949*
    You said you know of sites where ex-devs of M2 come and show cut content,but you wouldnt post links because apperantly we treat M2 like gods greatist gift,you are obhiously lieing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muggy View Post
    We appear to be back, but for how long I have no idea
    It's so nice to see the site online again! I hope it can stay

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    ... ahem well I did say
    for how long I have no idea
    ... and yep we are down yet again, will keep you posted as usual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muggy View Post
    yeah I know snick seriously I don't want MS to go just like that.. been a member for 6 years and it would be like
    saying goodbye to a dear old friend.. still holding out hope that Riddian gets back in contact with me.
    Those of us who hung on, hung on because of the promise of Mafia II. With great hope and anticipation we awaited the sequal, many many years. Perhaps we expected to much, but what we got, killed the interest. And in me, aroused bitterness that took quite a while to swallow.

    I and a few others are still modding, you can see us on you tube. Thank you Mafia Scene , Chris, Muggy everyone.....it was a hoot. I will miss those days
    Last edited by Matteo; 02-27-2011 at 12:52 AM.

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    Well said Matteo my friend, well said.

    It too, took me a while to swallow and get my head around the bitterness of Mafia II. These 2K bastards really destroyed it .

    I am still modding, when I punch out my new mod (and the many that'll no doubt follow) I will be sure to let those who still play Mafia: TCoLH know about it.

    Regards to all

    *Ruby*

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    Hey. Guys, we should urgently come up with a meeting place. I hope that mafiascene return, but if not, we will lose a friend - a friend. Who has a site, open forum and invite modders. You can not abandon modinga mafia 2.

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