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Underground Gamer is no more. =(

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 2:32 pm
by Flarp
Not sure what happened exactly.. or if they got sued? But they are apparently done if you go to their site.

A sad day indeed.

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 3:13 pm
by Tubbs3622
Very sad indeed, although there is still a chance the site may return apparently. If what I have read is correct then we can thank EA for it's closure. :evil:

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 5:36 pm
by Hidron
Having serious withdrawal issues right now......

What really bugs me is the stupid corporations that force these shutdowns because of a tiny amount of content. Most legitimate sites, UG included, will remove content if requested to do so by the copyright holder.

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 8:12 pm
by OX
Bugger, even more reason for us to have our own private D/L site now. :(

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:04 pm
by hardmanm
Gutted, most of my Gamebases where on it, makes spreading larger ones more difficult.

Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:15 pm
by Seiya
it's time to find other sites.
better to use torrent :)

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:12 pm
by Vicman
in the case that UG will be down forever...
an alternative torrent community could be pleasuredome....

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:17 pm
by Hidron
Vicman wrote:in the case that UG will be down forever...
an alternative torrent community could be pleasuredome....
I wish seeding credit was a bit easier there. Too many people with fast connections. I have had to get most of my upload credit from Folding@Home.

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:06 pm
by neil324
Never liked UG. Sure the content was second to none, but trying to get a ratio up from 0 was impossible. Other people in the swarm was always given priority and I always just sat there not uploading, got banned in the end, after uploading 0.

Pleasuredome all the way for me. Free torrents and no problem building a ratio.

Usenet is always overlooked for some reason.

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:27 pm
by Hidron
UG was probably my favorite tracker. Being my 1st private tracker, I fell into the 0 ratio hole my 1st few days, and ended up donating to prevent myself from being banned when I wasn't sure I could fix it in time. I agree it would be hard to pull out of a huge GB deficit though in the 28? days they gave you.

It was just about the easiet place to build ratio for me mainly due to the freeleech torrents, and I have a really slow connection too.

I have not looked into newsgroups much since my ISP stopped carrying them years ago. Are there any free servers available?

Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:14 pm
by neil324
Hidron wrote:
I have not looked into newsgroups much since my ISP stopped carrying them years ago. Are there any free servers available?
http://www.xsusenet.com/

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:38 pm
by Hidron
I just saw on another tracker that Gazelle Games apparently shut down too. Its getting hard to find places to go.

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:31 pm
by Pizzaface2000
Ohhh no :x :x

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:20 pm
by Nekto
UG members should to visit Refugee Board.

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:11 pm
by Vicman
A link would be nice....
Google sent me to an "Immigrations-Board" of Canada :?