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SUBSIM: 25 years on the web !

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On Jan. 26, 1997, Subsim debuted on the world wide web. That was twenty-five years ago. :Kaleun_Cheers:

Clinton was president. Bill, Clinton.
Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule from UK rule.
Princess Diana called for an immediate international ban on land mines.
Tony Blair became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear (ouch!)
Steve Jobs returned to run Apple Computers
Internet Explorer version 4 released
The first book in the award winning Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling was published.
Titanic, Jurassic Park, & Men in Black were the big films.
South Park and Buffy the Vampire Slayer began

Our first webpage :cool:
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In 25 years over 182,000 people have signed onto our forums, making over 2,500,000 posts.

3,101,390 mods downloaded

The Story of the Web's #1 Sub & Naval Resource
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Here's where I thank the people who made this happen:

Thanks to the moderators who help keep the forums sane.
Thanks to the game modders who work tirelessly to make the games even more fun.
Thanks to the donors, supporters, and contributors, you make the whole thing possible.
Thanks to the members who regularly take part in discussions, help other members, welcome new members, and make this place a home.
Thanks to the game developers who created the submarine and naval sims: we would be adrift without you.
Thanks to everyone who drops in, even for a single post. You count.

Looking forward to another 25 years, on to the year 2047! :Kaleun_Cheers:

Onkel Neal
SUBSIM
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Congratulation to SubSims 25 years celebration

Being a member for almost 20 years it has been a real joy to be part of this great forum.

I hope SubSim will be here for another 25 years.

The Meetings we had was really interesting and funny to be a part of-Those I toke part in(Netherland and Copenhagen)

My friends I got here is also a wonderful part of this forum.

Markus

Kudos to each and every one of those who are an integral part of our fine community :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::Kaleun_Applaud::Kaleun_Cheers:

Thats quite a share of a human's lifetime, isn't it, around one third of that span? :Kaleun_Applaud:
I am aboard since one or two years before the year mentioned in my avatar, I think around 1999, maybe even 1998, but I think it was 1999. Quite some of the long time members have actually that time gap, are members since 1 or 2 years longer than their avatars say. Wasn't there some switching thing with the forum back then that led to this time shift, gap or whatever it was? Anyway, I was already here since one or two years when I still lived in Osnabrück - and I started to move to Münster in early 2020.

Time is fleeting. Where have all these years gone? Memories floating in the mind like a breeze blows vague forms of mist throug the the air. Jane's 688. Sub Command. Falcon 4 RP. SimHQ. Frugals World. MicropProse. Subsim.com. Sounds of names echoing in the mind. It were good gaming times, weren't they!? Technically things weren't perfect. But there still was the magic. The fascination. Thinfgs wer goit used to today and think of as "standard", were nto to be granted, were not to be imagined. We got them, yes, but the perfection came at a cost, me thinks. Something got lost a bit. Forgotten. Or did I just grow older?

And who is still around of those ^ names, and in strength...? :up:

Congratulations Neal on a great achievement.

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Congratulations, That's quite the achievement
Thank you for hosting such an enjoyable and educational site. :salute:

... also for putting up with all of us over the years. :o

Congratulations to Subsim on it's 25th anniversary. Thanks as well, Neal, for having the vision and drive, to put Subsim together where everyone can share their passions with everything nautical and just about anything else.

Thanks as well to the moderators who keep everything running on an even keel and who contribute behind the scenes as well.

Thanks as well to the many and varied modders who have worked tirelessly to enhance games and simulations and also share the fruits of the labors with the Subsim community. Where would we be without you ?

Thanks to all of the great people here who share their passions, experiences and expertise on many varied subjects to make Subsim the great community it is. I think it's awesome that people from different countries can come together here and celebrate not only our shared differences but also our commonalities and similar interests.

Congratulations to Subsim and the great community here. My hopes for at least another 25 years here and many years beyond. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up::Kaleun_Applaud:

Congratulations to Subsim on it's 25th Anniversary!!!:Kaleun_Applaud:
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Congratulations Neal!

Congratulations for a quarter of a century. lets see if we reach half of! :Kaleun_Cheers::Kaleun_Salute:

Happy Anniversary: Ode 2 A Quarter Century!

:Kaleun_Salivating: :Kaleun_Cheers: :Kaleun_Applaud: :Kaleun_Party: considering erstwhile hurricanes, longhaul trucking careers, & feral hog attacks...a considerable accomplishment!:Kaleun_Salute:

Twenty five years. No small feat. :Kaleun_Salute:

Old Sailors say all ships have souls it just takes awhile to commune with it
its like that here at Subsim.

Home is where the Heart is aint it just heres to the next 25 years Onkel

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That truly is something! Congratulations! I feel old now. :hmmm:

I think I signed up in 1999 but lost my login stuff after a few years doing other stuff and came back as Rockstar. My old email was mindspring.com

What I remember about when I first signed up was everyone marveling that Skybird had over 2,000 posts when most barely broke over 500. He’s also toned it down some too, remember when people would get ticked off at him because his responses to anything would always contain days worth of reading. :haha:

For those who weren't aware of the near disaster in Oct 2020, I have updated the SUBSIM History with a summary, starting October 2020.

:k_confused: TL:DR It was really stressful! :k_confused:

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Oct. 12, 2020 - Neal and other users get a Malwarebytes warning of a possible issue when accessing the site. Neal shuts down the site and contacts Steven Ciaburri, System administrator and owner of Rack911, the service used for the SUBSIM servers since May 2012. Although Steven was a server ninja and always managed to fix any hairy problems in the past, over the last few years Steven had become less and less responsive when contacted for support. In this case, 48 hours pass without action and Neal engages another server security firm to do a full scan of the server. The third party security team spends 6 hours checking and gets Malwarebytes Security involved. It turns out to be a common false alarm, there was never any kind of hazard or risk for users of the site. Both the security team and Malwarebytes gives the server a 100% secure rating.

Oct 24-30, 2020 - Neal decides that Steven Ciaburri has mentally checked out and is obviously no longer professionally involved with his company and customers. Neal decides it’s time to move the site to a more active and reliable host before something happens that cannot be recovered. After a lengthy evaluation, he chooses Liquid Web and a complete migration is performed. The forum is upgraded to the latest 3.8.11 version by Dave at technidev.com and all functionality restored.

Since the legacy Content Management System is no longer supported or updated and will not function with the newest php, Neal converts the main page to the standard WordPress system and moves the news and forum archive to a satellite site, subsim.site.

Oct 31, 2020 - After a week of intensive work the migration and upgrades are complete.

Nov 3, 2020 – After two weeks out of communication, Rack911 replies to the support ticket entered in mid-October:

Sorry for the issues. Where do we stand here?
Regards,
Steven Ciaburri
Sr. System administrator

Neal replies that it is no longer an issue since Subsim is now hosted on Liquid Web and wishes Steven well....

Nov 18, 2020 – Two weeks later, Neal receives this email from Rack911:

Rack911 Customers,

I regret to inform you there has been a fatal accident involving Steve, some of you are already aware and some of you may not be. My name is Jon Juliano I have been a friend of Steve’s for many years so I’m taking this task to reach out to all of you to ensure your transition is as smooth as possible whether you have hosted servers or strictly server management. Steve was a very talented individual and well respected in the hosting industry so it would be a tough task to find his replacement, that being said I have chosen an individual with equal respect and talent in the hosting industry that would be able to provide you assistance if you choose. I will leave my contact info below as well as Scott Mcintyre with admingeekz.com. Please don’t hesitate to reach out for any concerns or questions. As for servers hosted with Rack911 this is a very time sensitive issue we do not have control over the Inter connects so all migrations need to be done ASAP.

Best Regards,
Jon Juliano

Scott Mcintyre
www.admingeekz.com

It appears the disaster and lack of support from Rack911 was a blessing in disguise since it prompted Neal to migrated SUBSIM from Rack911 a few weeks before Rack911 went under. Can you believe it?

Steven was a tremendous individual whose server skills were unmatched. He had apparently lost interest in Internet management and had become a serious diesel truck performance enthusiast. On Nov. 11, 2020 he was killed in a vehicle accident. He was 33. No other details can be found. While his lack of support at the end was regrettable, Steven had managed several crucial assists to the SUBSIM Team early on. He will be missed. RIP Steven.

Two years later and the Rack911 website is still up although it is no longer a business.

https://web.archive.org/web/20001018...ww.subsim.com/
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At that time it seems my forum name was Kai, after a website change (where all names were lost) i became Fish, and after another forum change Fish was taken by some dutch guy, so i changed it to Catfish.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000816...n.olm.net/ssr/

I guess my first 'Login' must have been at 1997 or so. Or a bit earlier, at deepdomain/olmnet?