Site Closing

[oz02]

I'm deeply saddened to inform the community that as of April 2 2005, Wc3Sear.ch will be shutting down. All files will be removed off the server and there will be no access to the site.

Unfortunately Darky28 is in deep financial difficulty. As you may have noticed, he has been absent from the site for a number of months because of legality issues. He has attempted to recover the site from its difficulty, but with no avail, and although he has tried to cover it up the site will be shutting down.

On behalf of Darky and all of the staff on Wc33Sear.ch, we wish you great success, and we hope you will be able to find some kind of substitute for this great site.

Sincerely,
oz02 & the Wc3Sear.ch Staff.

 

[Thrall1138]

O god...

This is a very sad day. I love this site, I have used it many times to find great files and maps. I had just joined only recently and now this news comes up. Darky you and your site will be greatly missed. My only hope is that you leave us knowing that your site had made a diffrence in many a map makers life, even thows who waited till the last minute to join.
To all who work on wc3sear.ch, you will be missed and NO site will ever come close to matching the greatness of this site. I am sorry that I was not able to contribute any of my own maps (I was getting around to it).

May the spirits guide your path to a better place, and may all your maps be creative.

 

[IceMage]

Who will win the melee map contest?

 

[oz02]

The melee map contest will be cancelled as of April 2.

 

[lorothrigs]

well this is gay (time to download all models that are cool or will be helpful)

 

[IceMage]

I just want to check if this is an April Fools joke as it is still March 31st in the U.S.

 

[Mantro]

Legality issues?! i mean how the heck could he get in trouble with the law! now no more models and stuff
but you could probably transfer the models to another site and link people to there

 

[lorothrigs]

legality troubles? easy......blizzard gets mad that people are making models for blizzard and posting them saying *give credit for this* or Darky28 claiming to have copy-righted his map *it says at bottom of site*

 

[ElfWarfare]

another site will have to be payed, and as noone is actually using the Peypal we can't do nothing, all of us offered help but there just isn't enought, I am very sorry we had to cover this up from you guys.

 

[Tail Of The Wyrm]

if i could do anything about this, i woul do it now



*stabs himself with a knife*

 

[Mantro]

buster

Buster should get banned because he copied blizzard models and never did some by himself :evil: :evil: :evil: i wonder iffffffffff..............

 

[lorothrigs]

hey im speaking for us all what are these "legality issues"? we wud prolly all like to know

 

[SeaGull1723]

To pay tribute: We learn so much from the community. Big thanks and pleasure to all those who made this community.

 

[lllLSDlll]

is it possible for wc3campaign.com to take all the files back ?

 

[ElfWarfare]

wc3campaigns would newer work with us, as you know we are at war, to say so, I don't know why, as you can see, moderator shining names are removed, soon will be the site too.

 

[VGsatomi]

The domino effect will happen. when this site goes, wc3campaigns, being that this site is their download section, will suffer too, so don't think that they will be the next haven.

As for the downloads, you may want to grab what you can now...wether its maps, models, skins or whatnot.

As for the legality issue, darky has told me he's recieved notices from Blizz in the past regarding us illegally posting official materials on our site, such as official art, maps, and materials for illegal file alteration (namely mods). He supposed the copyright disclaimer at the bottom of the main page would settle that matter but blizz was "less then impressed" from what I hear. Not much you can do when they have their own in-house pencil-pushing lawyers while we have...well....darky.

In case you don't know, blizz has really been cracking down on sites recently, especially since the launch of wow. It was only a matter of time.

Elitist bastards...
-VGsatomi

 

[Dark Dragon]

!-Removed By Dark Dragon-!

 

[lorothrigs]

i was talkiing to the "SecureBot@USEast" in the channel "Open Tech Support" and this is what he said when i told him what VGSatomi said about what was happening
-ME <This is a quote from one of the mods>
-Me <as for the legality issue, darky has told me he's recieved notices from Blizz in the past regarding us illegally posting official materials on our site, such as official art, maps, and materials for illegal file alteration (namely mods).>

-Him <Yes, those Vivendi Unversal lawyers are tough.>
-Him <That's copyright infringement>
-Me <What id they were posted by users and not creators?>
-HIM <That doesnt matter>
-HIM <Users on the site>
-Me <well that's gay>
-HIM <Yup, well like i said, they are tough>
-ME <yup>
-HIM <well now that it is quiet in here, im gonna go get a subway>

 

[Xan_Kreigor99]

I am going to miss this site deeply.

If Darky is having THAT many problems financially, maybe the site should be closed down so Darky may retreive his life.

The Warcraft ocmmunity will suffer a great loss from this...

 

[Goliath the God]

OK, if this isn't a April Joke - Hope not cuz this hurts

This is the best site ever for user submitted stuff for warcraft, it is a great community. It's just great. I will surely miss it

Hope I see you another time people. Good luck on your work, get greater :roll:
*Trying to hide the tears*

 

[Daveman]

is this wut u guys ment when you said to afroknight "Did sansui tell you our other moderator secret?" in the "Goodbye ya'll" thread by afroknight? If not, please tell us what you ment since we wonjt ever see each other again

 

[Crisse]

I've been a passive member for to long and now the site is shutting down. HATE BLIZZ for this

 

[Blade.dk]

I just became member a few days ago, but this is the best site on earth will really miss it.

BEFORE THE SITE IS CLOSED I WOULD THANK THE STAFF FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY HAVE DONE...

- Blade.dk

War3 will probably die together with this site...

 

[LoDown]

NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Doesn't anyone want to buy the site from darky and keep it up??? Oh no this is terrible, my map makeing days are over ='.(.

 

[player_72985]

~cry~ ~cry~ ~cry~ can't you guys at least like back all the files up on you own computers? If not, I got more than enough room on my computer! this is just terrible for all those GREAT models and skins and cinemas to just go to waste! I can hold all the models in my Gmail inbox for you guys until something can be done! [email protected] - Will help keep alive the great models!! ~cries more~

 

[Max_Cola]

darky should post the script so the site might have a chance. Or are there problems with that?

 

[rob]

WHY

 

[Daveman]

Yea! im with player! send all you models to [email protected] also to store them until theres a new substitute for wc3sear.ch! WE MUST CARRY ON DARKYS SITES DREAM! HOORAY?

 

[jameslk]

Please let this be a aprils fool joke. If not could someone back up all the filse on another server until a substitute for this stie can be found. If they wern't all in seperate files I'd do it myself. I don't suppose a mod(or whoever can) wants to compress all the files into one massive package.

I'm guessing I'll be at the Hubb from now on. If it would help I'm sure everyone would be willing to donate.

 

[Daveman]

yea.... NO NOT GJ U MADE ME CRY!
lol jkjk. ur lucky ima good sport. if it wasnt for wc3c i wouldnt have even known

 

[sorlorg]

This....this..is like when someone you love dies

This....this..is like when someone you love dies.i really hope that it is a april joke but i cant tell if it is cus i dont know anything about this illigal thing so im praying that it is only a joke or that all the files will be stored on a safe server.
If this is no joke i promise that i will go to church every sunday and pray for this site and that Darky will recover from this loss


actually shutting down this site could make me stop sitting in front of the computer all the time which prevents me from focusing on my education. So 60% of my brain says to keep the site and 20% says to shut it down the rest of my brain says "dont care as long as you dont hit yourself in the head with a hammer."


I cant emagine how my life would be without this site it has made me glad it has made me sad and it has mede me fell like i was important. But back to the reallity.Still this is wierd i have a felling i will never find a site that offers so great a help at mapmaking which makes me even more sad but i know that it is Darky who must be the most sad of us all.


if you,Darky ever sees this post know that you will always be remembered as a hero by me.


Christian Egebro Grønning a true fan of WC3SEAR.CH

 

[Blade.dk]

if you,Darky ever sees this post know that you will always be remembered as a hero by me.

And me...

 

[darkmaster24_7]

if you,Darky ever sees this post know that you will always be remembered as a hero by me.

And me...

i think by everyone on the site aswell. if it wasnt for this site my warcraft card game map wouldnt have been downloaded over 300 times and id wouldnt realise people liked it and would be in the reject bin right now with my other maps.

so if this isnt an april fool, ill miss this site

 

[Dark Dragon]

Oops... i forgot it was 1st april, this is a joke. if it wasn't darky should have wrote this.

 

[darkmaster24_7]

Oops... i forgot it was 1st april, this is a joke. if it wasn't darky should have wrote this.

he might be upset?

 

[Daelin]

The reason is unknown but it is clear that he didn't enter on the site for quite some time. You may wonder into the same way: "WHY?". And the answer would be like... "Oh, he is far too busy to do this". But come on, checking 5 minutes every day doesn't mean too busy. He may have other reasons and we can't blame him for anything. Even for not giving these news himself. So stop blaming Darky... Or blaming oz02 for telling the news. It was his duty as the second in grade after Darky.

Yes, VGSatomi has the same status but still, oz02 has been for much longer our super mod.

~Daelin

 

[Dark Dragon]

Yeah, WHY? thats:WHY did it happen to this joke day?

 

[Daelin]

Umm... Dark Dragon. This why stuff is sooo nooby. If the site would've closed for christmas, you would've put the same question? Well, no. It probably past (as I said before) a couple of months since Darky didn't pay and I suppose that its beginning of month => Vbbulleting was probably something like: "Get your luggages and leave." I don't know all the details. If you want more info PM Oz02, or why not, Darky!

~Daelin

 

[ElfWarfare]

Why on april 1st? beacuse its the end of the month, beggining of a new one, and a end of Darky's month payment, they have given him time till april 2nd to shut the site down.

 

[DarkLord]

Well, if this was a joke, the site isn't down tomorwo. So we will see... If this isn't a joke we have big problems, theres no other big site that allows to upload Tools, Ai, Jass, Modells/Skins/Icons...

 

[DeadDogNoGoWoof]

I say. this is a complete load o' bullshit. first. why wouldn't Darky post this instead of 'Happy Easter Holidays!' second. Why isn't Darky posting it now. say he got on AIM and told oz02 this. and then to post it. why wouldn't he just do it himself. I'd imagine the most important news post on the site would deserve an admins attention. hmm?. third. What would the mod nameplates being un-shined have to do with ANYTHING! that's a color. it's probably just a two-time to this dumb April Fools joke.








i hope.

 

[Greatchickenman]

...If it wasn't an April Fools joke then they wouldn't have posted it on April first, so that people didn't think that it was an April Fools joke.

Therefore, its an April Fools joke, and you guys are evil for making all of these poor, innocent people so scared.

 

[SnaKy]

It is a April Fools joke..I saw someone was deleted posts with fact.

I think meaning of this joke is only the appreciate of this great site.

If someone found evidence, that will be deleted..by mods ofcource, so nice try for joke 8)
(if mods aren't needed, so why u still deleting posts,lol)

 

[MapKing]

Oh THAT'S IMPOSIBLE WHY !? it's seems like we need to download the models and skins now becouse there is only FEW DAYS OR FEW HOURS TO DEATH ! Sorry ! I Will Cry ! :!: :!: :!: :!: But... THANKS TO ALL !!!!

 

[Twar3Draconis]

this site is probably what drag me back into war3 im gonna miss it...

 

[-Vindic@tor-]

If this is a joke, then it's a good one, if not, then it's sad... we'll see :roll:

 

[Taur]

i only read the first page, but you guys are sooo thick, APRIL FOOLS, (right?) (please)

 

[Mantro]

I t was just a coincidence that it was posted on apri the first sniffffffffffff by the way did darky create wc3campaigns.com or what :?

 

[-=Emergenzy=-]

Hmm thats sad i had worked many weeks on a diablo 1 campaigns, but now i can delete my campaigns, cuz there is no site i can upload it


This is Blizzard biggest mistake, no one will make custom maps. No one will play costum maps on B-net cuz now one make em.

Maybe this is Blizzard point. They dont want to update Warcraft III they will only work on WoW, so they kill the best warcraft 3 site.

Goodbye peopels, Goodbye Warcraft AND GOODBYE BLIZZARD.

And ofcause goodbye Darky

 

[Baraccuda]

I suppose it`s only a first april joke. If Darky was in trouble, the page would be degrading....