Website Hosting Update

[DC23]

Apologies for the recent, prolonged downtime. We have switched to a more stable hosting company (and more expensive plan, offering more resources). We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason as vBulletin is legacy software that is no longer supported and thus creating several bugs that is slowing the server and creating problems. More to come on this. Also, LJ will begin writing offseason and draft related content for the homepage in the upcoming future. Thanks for your continued support to SpursTalk.

PS: For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over.

[JPB]

Trade for a star hamster, enough with the reclamation projects.

3 FRPs + Keldon for Trae's hamster.

[Dex]

I had to go post on SpursReport and immediately got banned

Seriously though, thanks for all of the effort it takes to keep this website and forum running

[heyheymymy]

Thanks for all the hard work getting the site back up

I appreciate it

[Mugen]

Set up a gofundme or patreon tbh. Maybe a ducks OnlyFans. I'm down to throw some money down since I'm banned from pretty much every other Spurs related board :lol

[benefactor]

So are we gonna lose all the classic threads?

[John B]

Thanks for the update.

[Dejounte]

Holy shit I thought that was the end my boys

[couchman]

All you losers will also have your post counts reduced to zero.
Take this as an opportunity to find other joys in life besides your status on this page.

Just kidding! Please keep using your precious lives to give me free Spurs content.

Love,

Couchie

[Ariel]

We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason as vBulletin is legacy software that is no longer supported and thus creating several bugs that is slowing the server and creating problems. More to come on this.
Hope old posts can be migrated as well, it's a huge asset of this board and it would be a huge blow if that was all lost.

[Ariel]

All you losers will also have your post counts reduced to zero.
Take this as an opportunity to find other joys in life besides your status on this page.

Just kidding! Please keep using your precious lives to give me free Spurs content.

Love,

Couchie
Status means shit, but there's a lot of valuable resources in old threads/posts.

[JPB]

I had to go post on SpursReport and immediately got banned

Seriously though, thanks for all of the effort it takes to keep this website and forum running

Went on Reddit where a group of guys were passionately hating on ST.

I join others to thank people in charge for their efforts. I also thought about a DDoS attack, but the site lasting that long on VBulletin is kind of a miracle already. Upgrading the software should do wonders.

[thOOdee]

Thanks for the work and the continued spurs community.

[ace3g]

A movie/TV forum I'm a member of uses

SMF 2.1.4 © 2023, Simple Machines

I like the layout and options.

[spurraider21]

:lmao responds to himself 2 months later

https://i.gyazo.com/30702fe70be1360c95827e31efd6920b.png

[Joseph Kony]

oh, no...

this guy is full schizo :lol

https://i.gyazo.com/ad56e84264787c3a0075d67ef481e6e1.jpg
https://gyazo.com/ad56e84264787c3a0075d67ef481e6e1

:lmao the irony is painful, dude is legit mentally ill (which we all knew already)


Because He Threw A Tantrum And Banned All Opposition.

On lesser Spurstalk, I saw various milquetoast posts from the screen name HemisfairArena that was created before I was even there. None of them were based on being overtly "conservative". But in a panic, Blue Santa Faggs Multi Derp had to assign a screen name of his to be opposition to himself.



LMAO Imagine choosing to only talk to yourself in perpetuity because your ass is getting owned so hard.
LMAO The pain was just too much.

:lol he thinks Boomersfair arena is a fake account lmao

[jeebus]

Went on Reddit where a group of guys were passionately hating on ST.

I join others to thank people in charge for their efforts. I also thought about a DDoS attack, but the site lasting that long on VBulletin is kind of a miracle already. Upgrading the software should do wonders.
The Spurs subreddit is full of the most idiotic and weak assed motherfuckers on the internet. Zero critical thinking skills and zero basketball knowledge. You're better off talking ball with Sons fans.

[DC23]

For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over. Just a new and improved software. There will be an advance notice. Plan is to complete this immediately following the conclusion of the NBA finals.

[The Truth #6]

You think you're out and they keep pulling you back in...

[jeebus]

(and more expensive plan, offering more resources)

sons all you gotta do is post the patreon link and the money will come.

[timtonymanu]

I hope the website crashing led to Mr. Body finally finding somewhere else to post.

[BackHome]

:bobo

[scott]

Feels like the garbage on the political form just invites DDOS attacks. Maybe dumping that forum would help, and get rid of a few garbage posters in the process.

Any financial assistance needed for the upgrade? After 20+ years of enjoyment I'd be happy to pitch in.

[Knoxxx]

Thank goodness, I was in serious withdrawal not having anywhere else I could post the “F” word if I wanted to!

[barakz21]

No more hamster jokes pretty soon

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Hope they went for the G6 package instead of G4 bc 4 gerbils aint enough

[benefactor]

All you losers will also have your post counts reduced to zero.
Take this as an opportunity to find other joys in life besides your status on this page.

For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over. Just a new and improved software. There will be an advance notice. Plan is to complete this immediately following the conclusion of the NBA finals.
Poor fella

[benefactor]

Hey can we get the old school site header back?

[TDMVPDPOY]

if money is a problem..start advertising gay diddy porn

[KobesAchilles]

Life was hard without Spurstalk. I exited my parents basement for the first time in 8 years. I went outside and saw the sun. I even applied to a job. And guess what? They called back and set up an interview. I borrowed my brothers suit and was all ready for the job interview. And while waiting in the lobby of Chik Fila I just checked to see (for the 227th time) if the website was back up and running. And it is!!

Needless to say i didn’t get a job. But it is my pleasure being back here on Spurstalk.

[RC_Drunkford]

much appreciated. This is the only place where I can discuss Spurs basketball, since most people in Germany don't know anything about the NBA

[LeBowen]

much appreciated. This is the only place where I can discuss Spurs basketball, since most people in Germany don't know anything about the NBA

More like this is the only place to discuss Spurs basketball without getting instantly cancelled by blind homers as soon as you point out any actual issues.

[lefty]

RIP Slow-venian hamster

[RC_Drunkford]

More like this is the only place to discuss Spurs basketball without getting instantly cancelled by blind homers as soon as you point out any actual issues.

that too, Reddit is terrible when it comes to criticism

[CorrectCrusader]

A new era for spurs talk, Glorious!

[Knoxxx]

that too, Reddit is terrible when it comes to criticism

It’s a real plague, over moderated discussion boards. Those who can’t stand for any “negativity.”

The tiny ounce of authority, the irresistible urge for deputies to over police.

When the entire BBS system is designed to self moderate, with the active discussion topics stay at the top and the others fade to the bottom. We don’t need no stinkin’ mods making it their mission in life to bully people online.

Spurs Talk is a magnificent experiment in letting the community moderate itself. The result has been a model for others to follow, IMO.

[scott]

It’s a real plague, over moderated discussion boards. Those who can’t stand for any “negativity.”

The tiny ounce of authority, the irresistible urge for deputies to over police.

When the entire BBS system is designed to self moderate, with the active discussion topics stay at the top and the others fade to the bottom. We don’t need no stinkin’ mods making it their mission in life to bully people online.

Spurs Talk is a magnificent experiment in letting the community moderate itself. The result has been a model for others to follow, IMO.

You mean except for all the overt racism?

[Ariel]

You mean except for all the overt racism?
And deranged folk. I really appreciate the ability to speak freely, but there are mentally disturbed people roaming these boards that make the experience a lot less enjoyable, a minimal amount of moderation would be appreciated as far as I'm concerned.

[Knoxxx]

And deranged folk. I really appreciate the ability to speak freely, but there are mentally disturbed people roaming these boards that make the experience a lot less enjoyable, a minimal amount of moderation would be appreciated as far as I'm concerned.

Understood but I just ignore that kind of stuff.

[CorrectCrusader]

And deranged folk. I really appreciate the ability to speak freely, but there are mentally disturbed people roaming these boards that make the experience a lot less enjoyable, a minimal amount of moderation would be appreciated as far as I'm concerned.

Just use the ignore function it's great

[Ef-man]

Just use the ignore function it's great

Some just need a gentle neutering, but some definitely need the loss of thread creation or very limited number of posts per day (for their own well being as they post their gibberish here and other forums).

[Knoxxx]

I haven’t seen anything much more than a few apparent long running feuds between posters flare up occasionally that aren’t particularly interesting. Seems like this community does a nice job of staying on task overall.

[CorrectCrusader]

I haven’t seen anything much more than a few apparent long running feuds between posters flare up occasionally that aren’t particularly interesting. Seems like this community does a nice job of staying on task overall.

It's better than the Low T drama queen teenage girl shit that happens on other forums when people can't scream at each other and get it out of their systems

[scott]

I haven’t seen anything much more than a few apparent long running feuds between posters flare up occasionally that aren’t particularly interesting. Seems like this community does a nice job of staying on task overall.

We are fortunate that most of the garbage stays in the political forum and doesn't make its way here... but it's pretty horrible there.

[SpurSpike]

I hope the new boards keep it real and don't have any form of censorship because I kinda like Spurstalk being the raw dawg of internet fandom. This site has a reputation to uphold, lol!

[lefty]

Automatic embedding of tweets please :D

[DC23]

Automatic embedding of tweets please :D
Yes; Twitter and YouTube will automatically embed on the new software.

[heyheymymy]

Thank you DC23

[Dex]

No Dales allowed plz

[NASpurs]

Yes; Twitter and YouTube will automatically embed on the new software.

This forum is moving to the millennium :hat

[Shaolinstyle]

thats cool that the forums are being updated, it felt nostalgic browsing them this past season again like going back in time lol

[jeebus]

lefty turned me into a gnsf. how do I reverse that?

[tonight...you]

lefty (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=6896) turned me into a gnsf. how do I reverse that?
I know some hard hitting, ummm, representatives with the best of intentions... for you.

[jmard5]

Thanks for putting in so much effort! Cheers and GSG!

[lefty]

Yes; Twitter and YouTube will automatically embed on the new software.
Thank you DC23 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=54434)

Twitter resident ace3g (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2345) must be super thrilled about that :lol, finally gonna upgrade to ace5g

[lefty]

lefty (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=6896) turned me into a gnsf. how do I reverse that?
:lol sorry brah

[Trainwreck2100]

Sad all the og bnsf will be forced into the same basket as gnsf without having some way to illustrate our obvious superiority

[jeebus]

Sad all the og bnsf will be forced into the same basket as gnsf without having some way to illustrate our obvious superiority
lol exactly. actually I dunno what happened, one day I logged in a few months ago and couldn't post anywhere, like I was banned. I messaged our overlords and an hour or so later, I could post, but was banished to the grey realm

[Leetonidas]

I'm still salty that they took the original member Spur icons under our usernames away from us

[Dex]

I'm still salty that they took the original member Spur icons under our usernames away from us

Remember the Arcade? And the Piston forum?

SpursTalk had some wild times

[benefactor]

Remember the Arcade? And the Piston forum?

SpursTalk had some wild times
I want the arcade back dammit. I got high score I'm one of those games but I can't remember which one

[Leetonidas]

Remember the Arcade? And the Piston forum?

SpursTalk had some wild times

Don't forget the Kings forum

I played the fuck out of that Resident Evil game in the arcade :lol haven't been able to find it anywhere else

[ace3g]

Yes; Twitter and YouTube will automatically embed on the new software.

What about Instagram posts?

[Seventyniner]

I want the arcade back dammit. I got high score I'm one of those games but I can't remember which one

Was it worth all the malware?

[emmo]

Thanks for upgrading!

[manufan10]

Remember the Arcade? And the Piston forum?

SpursTalk had some wild times

Man, I forgot all about the arcade! Good times.

[Rocalcio]

I don't know if it's related to the update, but for the last two weeks my access has been blocked, and I need to use a VPN to come here. Is there any moderator/member here who can change this please ?

[Trainwreck2100]

I want the arcade back dammit. I got high score I'm one of those games but I can't remember which one
I went to war with someone on tetris for the high score so much so we were accused of cheating

[lefty]

What about Instagram posts?
Those frenchies, never happy

[Bruno]

I don't know if it's related to the update, but for the last two weeks my access has been blocked, and I need to use a VPN to come here.

I have the same issue.

[scott]

What about Instagram posts?

only relevant if we trade to get DJM back, tbqh

[jeebus]

I have the same issue.

This place could use more admin/mods tbh to keep all of this running smoothly

[Dex]

This place could use more admin/mods tbh to keep all of this running smoothly

I offered to help mod once and SequSpur laughed at me :cry

[jeebus]

I offered to help mod once and SequSpur (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=38) laughed at me :cry

son you've grown so much stronger since then

[Dejounte]

Site is being a pain in the ass to load again, can’t wait for the upgrade

[jeebus]

Site is being a pain in the ass to load again, can’t wait for the upgrade

imo I'm surprised it works as well as it does. it's running on vbulletin 4 software, which came out 15 years ago and was put out to pasture in the late 10s lol

[Seventyniner]

Only Relevant If We Trade To Get DJM Back, Tbqh

fixed

[thiste]

So it appears as though my IP has been banned these past few days... I have no idea what I did :wtf

Is there an admin I could talk to?

[lefty]

Is there an admin I could talk to?
Yes but you would have to go to Dobec

[jeebus]

So it appears as though my IP has been banned these past few days... I have no idea what I did :wtf

Is there an admin I could talk to?

Try the "contact us" link on the bottom right when you scroll down on the main forum page. That's what I did when I was banned or whatever happened to my account. They either read it and fixed it, or it somehow unfucked itself.

Still waiting on lefty to bold me.

[lefty]

Still waiting on lefty to bold me.
Patience.

[thiste]

Try the "contact us" link on the bottom right when you scroll down on the main forum page. That's what I did when I was banned or whatever happened to my account. They either read it and fixed it, or it somehow unfucked itself.

Still waiting on lefty to bold me.

Thank you, message sent! :)

[azarel]

I don't know if it's related to the update, but for the last two weeks my access has been blocked, and I need to use a VPN to come here. Is there any moderator/member here who can change this please ?

Same here. Was hoping to find a solution around it as it makes hard to access the site during work hours haha.

[CorrectCrusader]

I don't know if it's related to the update, but for the last two weeks my access has been blocked, and I need to use a VPN to come here. Is there any moderator/member here who can change this please ?

Whats the error say?

[thiste]

Same here. Was hoping to find a solution around it as it makes hard to access the site during work hours haha.
Same here as stated earlier. Haven't received a response yet.


Whats the error say?
It's just a large "You've been BLOCKED". I can only access the forum through a VPN like Rocalcio.

[BacktoBasics]

Whats the error say?

It says your a pussy hiding behind a screen.

[heyheymymy]

Spurs Talk upgraded the servers just in time for the draft lottery

https://imgur.com/gallery/pT4eJAohttps://i.imgur.com/1VfbdzC.mp4

[CorrectCrusader]

It says your a pussy hiding behind a screen.
you're*

[BacktoBasics]

you're*

Even autocorrect still says u r a pussy.

[CorrectCrusader]

Even autocorrect still says u r a pussy.

I think it's pretty funny and ironic that the "official personal life coach" is the most emotionally unstable guy here

[BacktoBasics]

I think it's pretty funny and ironic that the "official personal life coach" is the most emotionally unstable guy here

Coming from a maga retard I find that analysis funny.

[ElNono]

Hopefully we're moving to Discourse, tbh...

Like scott said, reach out if you want us to pitch in a few bucks for the update.

[Degoat]

Denver absolutely collapsing!! Joker getting dominated by Reid and Gobert

[scott]

Feels like the site's about to go down again?

See you all on the other side.

[GAustex]

SpursTalk is loading slow
Feed the hamster

[thiste]

My IP is still banned... :cry

[Tyronn Lue]

Kudos on the new platform, it's so much better.

[Ef-man]

Kudos on the new platform, it's so much better.

Sure, ST response time seems faster, stable, old posts/threads are still there, and searches work but what else is there under the hood of this new platform?

[Tyronn Lue]

Sure, ST response time seems faster, stable, old posts/threads are still there, and searches work but what else is there under the hood of this new platform?
Probably phishing our emails to send us offers for weight loss products.

[Ef-man]

Probably phishing our emails to send us offers for weight loss products.

Joey could use some advertising on how to win friends and influence people without wishing death upon them.

[lefty]

offers for weight loss products.
:lol

[wildbill2u]

Why is this posting still open?

[scott]

Site is getting slow again on draft day eve... any reason to be concerned?

[spurraider21]

Site is getting slow again on draft day eve... any reason to be concerned?
https://media0.giphy.com/media/jTkDNgIVpwMhfgk0uC/200.gif?cid=6c09b952m22prwmuc9jff3k5u1114jcu3jebqd txgdv22lut&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200.gif&ct=g

[BacktoBasics]

Site is getting slow again on draft day eve... any reason to be concerned?

Until you see a visually different interface I’d expect it to be slow tomorrow.

[jeebus]

Until you see a visually different interface I’d expect it to be slow tomorrow.

Yup, and if you really wanna be sure, just scroll to the bottom and look at the version of the website. Anything version 4.xxx is about 12 years out of date.

[Obstructed_View]

For God's sake, give the hamster some more cocaine. Go, little guy, go!

[Ice009]

Is the hamster/s up for this one? Are they ready to go?

[scott]

Hamster had a stroke, and seemed to be on life support for a minute there :lol

[scott]

Save the $50.21 prize and buy some extra server power for 24 hours tbh

[Ef-man]

Hamster had a stroke, and seemed to be on life support for a minute there :lol

Stop the lies, you know it was a rat (not a hamster), it died, and was replaced by another rat!

lmdeadhamsterao!!!!

[thiste]

My IP is still banned, please do something Spurstalk admins... ����������

[jeebus]

My IP is still banned, please do something Spurstalk admins... ����������
timvp

[azarel]

My IP is still banned, please do something Spurstalk admins... ����������
Same here. Singapore ip is still banned..

[Philthemage]

Hey need help on this as well. I've been unable to access ST from Hong Kong for the last few months. I have only been to access now that I'm back in Canada for vacation.

I've been stuck with reddit and the idiots on the spurs sub reddit don't know shit.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't know the cause of the problem but if you're having problems connecting from a certain country the Opera browser has a built in VPN you can set for the US.

[FrankieS]

Finlands IPs are also still blocked. Help needed, please.

[scott]

Was this just an April fools joke, or were we waiting on a Lauri trade first?

[lefty]

Was this just an April fools joke, or were we waiting on a Lauri trade first?

:lol

[ace3g]

Any updates on the update?

[jeebus]

Any updates on the update?

:pop: "We like what we have" :pop:

[scott]

What an epic troll job this was. Bravo.

[jeebus]

We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason.

:lmao

[exstatic]

:lmao

Technically, four more days until training camp and the end of the official offseason, but probably not.

[Trainwreck2100]

:lmao

maybe they meant the winter olympics offseason

[Ef-man]

:lmao

maybe they hired everyone’s favorite computer repairman from Yuma

[exstatic]

Players report today, and do media, so offseason is officially over.

https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/grthfsh.gif

[buttsR4rebounding]

Players report today, and do media, so offseason is officially over.

https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/grthfsh.gif

Damn, something on the internet isn't true...:pctoss

[Dejounte]

The page is loading like shit again

[Splits]

this can unpinned like, now

[exstatic]

this can unpinned like, now

I almost never agree with Splits, but yes. Unpin this bitch. Ain’t nothing happening to this forum.

[benefactor]

.

[spurraider21]

whether its going to happen or not, it certainly doesnt need to be pinned

[LeBowen]

whether its going to happen or not, it certainly doesnt need to be pinned

Actually got unpinned. :lmao:lmao

[jeebus]

Bump. Don't forget to update the forum software before the 25/26 season starts.

[jeebus]

Bots posting and not being banned, timvp abandoning the site, no moderators to speak of, Slovenia going to be overrun by Russia....any bets on when this website dies and we're stuck posting on Spurtacular's free forum?

[scott]

Bots posting and not being banned, timvp abandoning the site, no moderators to speak of, Slovenia going to be overrun by Russia....any bets on when this website dies and we're stuck posting on Spurtacular's free forum?

Please have some respect, timvp literally gave his life for this site - died trying to upload the new code (RIP)

[KingKev]

RIP. Scott and I are still accepting donations for a gift. We were thinking a Devin Vassell jersey as they seem to be on clearance throughout the city.

[Mark Celibate]

Bots posting and not being banned, timvp abandoning the site, no moderators to speak of, Slovenia going to be overrun by Russia....any bets on when this website dies and we're stuck posting on Spurtacular's free forum?

sons this sh1tty forum will never die. It is pretty funny. No updates in like two decades, they’ve banned new user sign ups, Russian/Jewish bot pop ups etc

it’s hilarious to think of all the sites that have come and gone over the last 20 years yet this one has stood the test of time :lmao

[Mark Celibate]

AI Timvp still writing those game day threads though

[Splits]

Could be worse, I was milliseconds away from buying the domain 10 years ago. Guess the price

[jeebus]

sons this sh1tty forum will never die. It is pretty funny. No updates in like two decades, they’ve banned new user sign ups, Russian/Jewish bot pop ups etc

it’s hilarious to think of all the sites that have come and gone over the last 20 years yet this one has stood the test of time :lmao

Truth fwiw. you can still get better content here than the team subreddits (though the nba and circlejerk subs are clutch). I think this place has had one software update since I first signed up and all it did was block the best forums in here (spam/kings/pistons/etc forums).

timvbot and KorAI still chugging along like you said, though they're running on internet explorer

[scott]

Don't know about anyone else, but feels like the site is about to go down again.

Where we headed next? Or do we just all say goodbye?

[spurraider21]

is this running painfully slow for everybody else?

[exstatic]

is this running painfully slow for everybody else?

Yup. I got the cloudfire timeout an hour or two ago.

[CorrectCrusader]

is this running painfully slow for everybody else?

It's horrible the past hour or so

[exstatic]

Maybe they need to defrag that Windows for Workgroups server.

[scott]

This may have been the greatest Troll post of all time, tbh

[Robz4000]

Someone feed the hamster ffs.

[spurraider21]

Tariffs on Slovenia already being felt here tbh

[LeBowen]

This may have been the greatest Troll post of all time, tbh

It actually is, tbh.
Account registered in 2019, hasn't posted anything other than that "update" in years and everyone unquestionably accepted it. :lol
Probably got us with the LJ mention.

I bet it's an alt account of one of the regular trolls, has to be.

[spurraider21]

pls

[scott]

I still like to imagine that the website got completely upgraded and that is where timvp is posting all his game grades, not realizing that they never updated the link from the homepage so no one knows about the updated forum :lol

[jeebus]

Apologies for the recent, prolonged downtime. We have switched to a more stable hosting company (and more expensive plan, offering more resources). We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason as vBulletin is legacy software that is no longer supported and thus creating several bugs that is slowing the server and creating problems. More to come on this. Also, LJ will begin writing offseason and draft related content for the homepage in the upcoming future. Thanks for your continued support to SpursTalk.

PS: For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over.

It's been approximately 516,960 minutes since this post happened . . . and, honestly, it hurts. It's a pain deep in the soul that I probably won't ever shake. To be that close to such a great moment -- only to see it slip through the fingers -- is still devastating. Somehow, it seems to have hurt more and more as the year progressed as the realization set in regarding what exactly was at stake.

Sure, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't mean much. It's not something real. It's not a death or some other sort of real life tragedy. But given that following Spurstalk is my only hobby in life, it's painful. I'm not going to even try to lie. It hurts.

I've tried getting away from it all to try to forget about it. But there I was, in the middle of the Pacific on a cruise ship in a pitch black room trying to fall asleep, and all that I can see are that bullshit lie of a post replaying again and again.

Logically, I know the pain doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's just a forum. And Spurstalk already has a solid Slovenian server. And going into last year, an updated forum server and software would have been seen as a great success. Hell, going in with 2 hamsters running things, I thought getting the forum to load was a success.

Logically, what Spurstalk did last year was a great accomplishment. A year ago, if you told me Spurstalk had an admin that actually gave a shit, I would have been thrilled.

But damn.

This pain doesn't compare to anything else I've experienced in my Spurs fandom. Yeah, 8 sucked. Losing the spam forum was tough to swallow. Lakaluva was unpleasant. Mono spamming the Luka shit wasn't fun. Watching Jeff Errors get run time sucked. But all of those don't even register compared to this.

I've had an extremely busy summer. Life is great -- never better. But it continues to haunt me.



Hopefully hunting for a decent NBA draft topic tonight will provide some sort of relief. The great thing about sports is there is always tomorrow. For now, at least, the pain of yesterday outweighs the excitement of tomorrow. I'm hoping that changes. Starting sometime this decade.

[scott]

Bravo, jeebus

[scott]

Starting to get hit with malware warnings, presumably from some of the ads that run on the site.

I'll continue to push for a viable alternative to this site. I think a private subreddit might be the best...

[Dejounte]

Starting to get hit with malware warnings, presumably from some of the ads that run on the site.

I'll continue to push for a viable alternative to this site. I think a private subreddit might be the best...

Whatever you start, you gotta get everyone on there. Or else you’ll just end up coming back here. I’ve seen this happen before. This place is running shitty but it’s familiar and “home” and people come running back when they see people still posting here. It’s gotta be all or nothing.

[scott]

Whatever you start, you gotta get everyone on there. Or else you’ll just end up coming back here. I’ve seen this happen before. This place is running shitty but it’s familiar and “home” and people come running back when they see people still posting here. It’s gotta be all or nothing.

I agree, but tbh I'd want us all to come back... the private subreddit would just be a backup plan for while the site is down. As soon as it's back up, we come back here.

[Ice009]

I agree, but tbh I'd want us all to come back... the private subreddit would just be a backup plan for while the site is down. As soon as it's back up, we come back here.

Missed you reply when you said that. Yeah, I think it's a great idea. If the server is struggling now, I am a bit worried about it when the traffic starts picking up. I think it's good to look for an alternate backup now rather than later.

[scott]

Good to see the site acting like ass again in the lead up to the draft and free agency.

[RC_Drunkford]

timvp is giving zero fucks :lol

[John B]

It’s been shitty for awhile now. It takes a real Spurs fans to be patient navigating this site, really

[SpursFan86]

Yeah this shit has been borderline unusable the past couple of days. Can’t wait for us to make a huge draft day trade and have no way for anyone to post about it on here :lol

[exstatic]

This thread is the greatest troll job in the history of ST. He’s the TSpence of site management.

[Ice009]

So is the site going to run OK for the draft, or are we screwed? Do we need to look for an alternate place to go beforehand just to make sure in case this place crashes?

[scott]

I’m happy to set up a private Subreddit for everyone to use ***only as a backup for when the site is down***

I have zero interest in setting up a ST alternative or competitor… but I’d miss you crusty old fucks if we got seperated

[Dejounte]

I’m happy to set up a private Subreddit for everyone to use ***only as a backup for when the site is down***

I have zero interest in setting up a ST alternative or competitor… but I’d miss you crusty old fucks if we got seperated

I think you have enough clout that people would follow you if you made a real competitor… you’ll have henchmen like me advertising folks to move over and once they see it’s managed better, they’ll go too… do it scott…

[Ariel]

This thread is the greatest troll job in the history of ST. He’s the TSpence of site management.
This thread was pinned though. A regular poster can't do that.

[scott]

I think you have enough clout that people would follow you if you made a real competitor… you’ll have henchmen like me advertising folks to move over and once they see it’s managed better, they’ll go too… do it scott…

My forum would run even worse than this one because I wouldn't know the first thing about maintaining it :lol

[scott]

Private Subreddit created. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpursTalkRefugees/

I'd love to have some additional Mods.

Again... this is only for use in times when ST is down.

[BacktoBasics]

I don’t understand what the problem is. A number of us would be happy to donate money to improving this place. What is the real reason they don’t lay out what needs to be done and attempt to correct it.

[scott]

I don’t understand what the problem is. A number of us would be happy to donate money to improving this place. What is the real reason they don’t lay out what needs to be done and attempt to correct it.

Is anyone even able to get in touch with the people necessary to do what's needed?

[mo7888]

My forum would run even worse than this one because I wouldn't know the first thing about maintaining it :lol

That's my issue as well. There are various, more modern, platforms that are better than V bulletin that are tied to the cloud that are reasonably priced. I just have no idea how to go about managing them in a business minded way.

[jeebus]

This forum is over 20 years old. Pretty much anyone that's anyone has been here a minute and (theoretically) has some sort of steady income. We could easily all pitch in 5-10 bucks to upgrade this piece of shit server/software and make it run nicely. The people in charge refuse to even speak up.

[NASpurs]

Private Subreddit created. https://www.reddit.com/r/SpursTalkRefugees/

I'd love to have some additional Mods.

Again... this is only for use in times when ST is down.

Thanks for the add.

I rather be there with 10 ST members than 300k /r/nbaspurs insufferable sniffers.

[mookie2001]

Any time I can’t get on now I think we got Durant.

[Ice009]

Man, what is Timvp doing. It's so frustrating waiting for it to load up. I'm also going to say that I am sure most of us can chip in $10-$20 dollars (money is a bit tight for me right now as I have a lot of upcoming expenses, but I'll still chip in what I can) if needed to help with the necessary upgrades.

[SpurSpike]

Its kinda weird in that the site runs ok when on a computer but runs like shit on my phone.

[LeBowen]

Its kinda weird in that the site runs ok when on a computer but runs like shit on my phone.

It always ran like shit on mobile devices, at least for me.


Since noone got my joke in that other topic, I'll leave it here. :)

Spurstalk is Warhammer 40k and timvp is The Emperor.

The whole idea of the Emperor is that you don't know whether he's alive or dead. The whole Imperium might be running on superstition. There's no guarantee that the Emperor is anything other than a corpse with a residual mental ability. It's got some parallels with religious beliefs and principles.

[scott]

Its kinda weird in that the site runs ok when on a computer but runs like shit on my phone.

Because looking at the internet on your phone was the stuff of science fiction when this website was coded :lol

[stnick2261]

Because looking at the internet on your phone was the stuff of science fiction when this website was coded :lol

I remember when I got internet on my flip phone specifically so I could read SpursTalk and follow the Correy Maggette rumors.

[SpurSpike]

It hasn't always been this bad on my phone though but its really, really slow the last week or so now. Wonder if its any better with a different browser? Iv just been using chrome on my android. Maybe ill download another and give it a try?

[RC_Drunkford]

it's not your browser fam. The spurstalk server is ass

[jeebus]

Man, what is Timvp doing. It's so frustrating waiting for it to load up. I'm also going to say that I am sure most of us can chip in $10-$20 dollars (money is a bit tight for me right now as I have a lot of upcoming expenses, but I'll still chip in what I can) if needed to help with the necessary upgrades.

Pretty sure he's done with the site. He usually has 3 big boards out by now as well as draftee breakdowns or trade ideas. He either has stuff going on with life or doesn't give a squirt of piss about the site anymore.

[scott]

Pretty sure he's done with the site. He usually has 3 big boards out by now as well as draftee breakdowns or trade ideas. He either has stuff going on with life or doesn't give a squirt of piss about the site anymore.

I know there are people who have expressed an interest in buying it off him and Kori. They may have Danny Ainge-like demands though.

[Ice009]

Pretty sure he's done with the site. He usually has 3 big boards out by now as well as draftee breakdowns or trade ideas. He either has stuff going on with life or doesn't give a squirt of piss about the site anymore.

I wonder what is likely going on. Is his health OK? If it's not a health thing, then why doesn't he sell, or at least get someone to run this place. Isn't there enough traffic here with the Spurs on the rise to keep this place going?

If he can't do any of that, why not sell it to someone who can. Maybe he's after a big offer, which is fine, but at least get this place running properly.

I don't know if it was a rumor or a joke at the time, but didn't Mark Cuban try to buy this place back in the day (early 2000s?)?

[Dejounte]

I read it takes 10000 or more users to make a forum profitable. I don’t think he’s making anything off of this website.

[Ice009]

Darn, well then, this place isn't profitable then :(.

[exstatic]

I read it takes 10000 or more users to make a forum profitable. I don’t think he’s making anything off of this website.

To get to 10000, I would think registrations should be open.

[LeBowen]

I read it takes 10000 or more users to make a forum profitable. I don’t think he’s making anything off of this website.

Just saying 10000 doesn't mean much.
10000 active users?
10000 views of every post?
10000 interactions per day?
10000 visitors per day?

You can get a good forum hosting package for a couple hundred a year, there's no way google ads don't cover for that amount considering the number of just guests spurstalk gets, let alone active users.

[SpursFan86]

Yeah it’s just hard to imagine it costs that much money to have a halfway decent forum in 2025. Even if there is no revenue whatsoever, this board clearly has a community willing to prop it up. Multiple people have offered to chip in money to help out.

Going to be embarrassing if Spurs return to contending and we can’t even discuss playoff games because it takes 10 minutes to get a post to go through :lol

[Guru of Nothing]

Adding my name to the long list of users who will gladly toss a couple of dollars at this. Shirley someone could set this up on a hosted site such that it could self-sustain on the ad revenue alone, and maybe pocket a few extra dollars along the way for the effort.

Moderation is a whole nother topic.

[Guru of Nothing]

Bueller?

[jeebus]

I wonder what is likely going on. Is his health OK? If it's not a health thing, then why doesn't he sell, or at least get someone to run this place. Isn't there enough traffic here with the Spurs on the rise to keep this place going?

If he can't do any of that, why not sell it to someone who can. Maybe he's after a big offer, which is fine, but at least get this place running properly.

I don't know if it was a rumor or a joke at the time, but didn't Mark Cuban try to buy this place back in the day (early 2000s?)?

I know some folks/groups have tried to buy it in the past, from something he mentioned years ago, but he never did. But now in the days of discord's hilariously shitty layout and reddit's thin skin, that's still the thing to do as they don't pay for servers. Not like the server this site runs on is worth a fuck.

[bluebellmaniac]

Someone check on the hamster powering the website. Time to update with a fresher one

[scott]

For real… is there anyone with the ability to even get in touch with timvp? There are more than enough people here willing to chip in to pay for an update to the software and more reliable servers.

[Dejounte]

He doesn’t care and that is that. The community here has to decide whether it’s moving on or not. It’s going to take effort and collaboration, so nothing will probably happen. Folks here are willing to tough out if it means they can stick with something nostalgic tbh

[NASpurs]

For real… is there anyone with the ability to even get in touch with timvp? There are more than enough people here willing to chip in to pay for an update to the software and more reliable servers.

https://www.spurstalk.com/contact-us/

Just use the DMCA email address about people posting copyright OF porn in the subject title and I'm sure that'll get his attention :lol

[scott]

I got the sense that perhaps ChumpDumper is IRL friends with timvp and Kori? Yo Chump… you got a way of reaching this dude in the afterlife? Will he let us pay for some upgrades? Or let someone buy the site?

[Ice009]

I know some folks/groups have tried to buy it in the past, from something he mentioned years ago, but he never did. But now in the days of discord's hilariously shitty layout and reddit's thin skin, that's still the thing to do as they don't pay for servers. Not like the server this site runs on is worth a fuck.

I haven't really used Discord much. I assume that has a pretty big user base these days? And when you say "reddit's thin skin" are you talking about the users there are sensitive, or are you referring to the layout? I've sort of started going to reddit a little bit these past few years (mostly for stuff other than sport, though).

[cutewizard]

There are times when it's very hard to post......

[jeebus]

I haven't really used Discord much. I assume that has a pretty big user base these days? And when you say "reddit's thin skin" are you talking about the users there are sensitive, or are you referring to the layout? I've sort of started going to reddit a little bit these past few years (mostly for stuff other than sport, though).

Thin skin as in butthurt mods. They're fans of certain teams and they'll go on a deleting spree if their team gets their shit kicked in. They banned one guy who was posting non stop highlights....for no reason. They realized they fucked up and unbanned him a couple days later. But yeah, they're bitches. Typical mods of a large community.

[NASpurs]

Bruh the site is just not usable anymore. This place sucks.

[scott]

Backup private subreddit, only for times when the site goes down for prolonged periods, found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpursTalkRefugees/

[SpursFan86]

It’s weird, I actually felt like things had gotten better over the past couple of weeks. Then the last day or 2 it just went back to complete shit :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

I could vibecode a better backend than what's going on on spurstalk rn

[K...]

I saw 13k non registered users trying to get in today, not sure if its thats just random transient demand or people really care about summer league enough to come here

[ismael-robert]

If Tim's writing articles why dont yall pm him or even comment on his articles to get his attention n offer him a few pesos

[scott]

Apologies for the recent, prolonged downtime. We have switched to a more stable hosting company (and more expensive plan, offering more resources). We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason as vBulletin is legacy software that is no longer supported and thus creating several bugs that is slowing the server and creating problems. More to come on this. Also, LJ will begin writing offseason and draft related content for the homepage in the upcoming future. Thanks for your continued support to SpursTalk.

PS: For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over.

Speak to us DC23. WTF is going on?

[NASpurs]

Apologies for the recent, prolonged downtime. We have switched to a more stable hosting company (and more expensive plan, offering more resources). We will also be upgrading the forum software this offseason as vBulletin is legacy software that is no longer supported and thus creating several bugs that is slowing the server and creating problems. More to come on this. Also, LJ will begin writing offseason and draft related content for the homepage in the upcoming future. Thanks for your continued support to SpursTalk.

PS: For those asking, there will not be any data loss. All historical content, profiles, avatars/signatures will transfer over.

https://i.imgur.com/tq44em7.gif

Brother, ask for your money back

[Guru of Nothing]

Oddly, site is ad free now.

[ambchang]

Just charge every secondary account $1/year and we can cover the costs 10x over.

[koriwhat]

Just charge every secondary account $1/year and we can cover the costs 10x over.

No one is going to pay if we're being honest here. Most would be paying $30+ a yr tbh.

[koriwhat]

Btw FT must not be configured on the server...

[spurraider21]

No one is going to pay if we're being honest here. Most would be paying $30+ a yr tbh.
i got your membership fee for next year brah

[SpursFan86]

I’d easily pay $30/year to have a usable forum :lol I guarantee we could get 10-20 people here who would gladly prop things up so others don’t have to pay.

[exstatic]

i got your membership fee for next year brah

Please don’t. He’ll only spend that money on more calf tats.

[exstatic]

i got your membership fee for next year brah

Please don’t. He’ll only spend that money on more calf tats.

[koriwhat]

i got your membership fee for next year brah

If it's just alts, I'm not apart of that demo so...

[koriwhat]

Please don’t. He’ll only spend that money on more calf tats.

Still bitter... Good! :tu

[exstatic]

Still bitter... Good! :tu

Still can’t read for context.

[koriwhat]

Still can’t read for context.

Oh, I got the context. You thinking you're a comedian is funnier than anything on my legs.

[spurraider21]

Boy Who Cried “Upgraded Servers”