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===July to September=== | ===July to September=== | ||
Towards the end of July, a [[SBC Hacking Summer 11|series of attacks]] on the Community created chaos. Mass searches were conducted on SpongeBuddy Mania and iNick Online, two neighboring sites, in an attempt to find the hackers. Those behind the attacks were never found, and several threats made by the hacker prompted the site to consider alternative hosting options. It was announced SBC would move to a paid host with vBulletin as V7 Clownfish. However, the transition onto the new site was handled sloppily. Hundreds of bugs were reported, with many users unable to even log into their account. Problems plagued the site well into September, and an | Towards the end of July, a [[SBC Hacking Summer 11|series of attacks]] on the Community created chaos. Mass searches were conducted on SpongeBuddy Mania and iNick Online, two neighboring sites, in an attempt to find the hackers. Those behind the attacks were never found, and several threats made by the hacker prompted the site to consider alternative hosting options. It was announced SBC would move to a paid host with vBulletin as V7 Clownfish. However, the transition onto the new site was handled sloppily. Hundreds of bugs were reported, with many users unable to even log into their account. Problems plagued the site well into September, and an invasion of spambots furthered issues on the new site. Users also complained of noticeably slower speeds in comparison to that of Forumotion, slowness that stayed until the site finally moved to IP.Board with [[Orca]] in June 2012. | ||
===October to December=== | ===October to December=== | ||
October brought [[Octerror Fest]], which brought activity up a bit, but ultimately flopped because of the few amount of people that participated in games. Several features were added, and it appeared that SBC may pick back up to the pre-attack days. Meanwhile, unknown to the community, small fights were occurring in the | October brought [[Octerror Fest]], which brought activity up a bit, but ultimately flopped because of the few amount of people that participated in games. Several features were added, and it appeared that SBC may pick back up to the pre-attack days. Meanwhile, unknown to the community, small fights were occurring in the Staff Lounge, foreshadowing larger cracks in a staff that had previously brought the site up to its highest peak in its history in June and July. | ||
In November, the community was upgraded to the newest version of vBulletin, unleashing a whole new wave of bugs. Sparks began to fly in the Staff Lounge as tvguy and 70s arguments progressively worsened. Eventually, after yet another fight, 70s decided to take a break from the Community. Not too long later, [[SBC Renaissance 2|tvguy de-admined 70s]]. This started a whole other slew of fights, mainly between 70s and tvguy. When CDCB and Steel were fired, more arguments and fights occurred, leaving nearly all of the boards on the site in flames. This series of fights and arguments over power is speculated to have killed off more than half the board's activity, leaving the Community with a flimsy 10 users still posting and logging on, a drop from the 30+ users they'd garnered back in October. Not too long later, tvguy staged a rally that ridded the site of the M.A. position, which had been his goal the entire time. Many users supported him solely to end the flame war, which had been dragging on from November 23, 2011 to December 6, 2011, when 70s was re-admined and the Main Admin position was gone. | In November, the community was upgraded to the newest version of vBulletin, unleashing a whole new wave of bugs. Sparks began to fly in the Staff Lounge as tvguy and 70s arguments progressively worsened. Eventually, after yet another fight, 70s decided to take a break from the Community. Not too long later, [[SBC Renaissance 2|tvguy de-admined 70s]]. This started a whole other slew of fights, mainly between 70s and tvguy. When CDCB and Steel were fired, more arguments and fights occurred, leaving nearly all of the boards on the site in flames. This series of fights and arguments over power is speculated to have killed off more than half the board's activity, leaving the Community with a flimsy 10 users still posting and logging on, a drop from the 30+ users they'd garnered back in October. Not too long later, tvguy staged a rally that ridded the site of the M.A. position, which had been his goal the entire time. Many users supported him solely to end the flame war, which had been dragging on from November 23, 2011 to December 6, 2011, when 70s was re-admined and the Main Admin position was gone. | ||
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* [[SBM/SBC Feud]] | * [[SBM/SBC Feud]] | ||
* [[SBC Hacking Summer 11]] | * [[SBC Hacking Summer 11]] | ||
* [[Spambot Invasion]] | * [[Site Incidents|Spambot Invasion]] | ||
* [[Site Incidents|The Second SBC Renaissance]] | * [[Site Incidents|The Second SBC Renaissance]] | ||
* [[Stop_What_You_Are_Doing_(SWYAD)|Stop What You Are Doing (SWYAD)]] (5-7) | * [[Stop_What_You_Are_Doing_(SWYAD)|Stop What You Are Doing (SWYAD)]] (5-7) | ||