[acpm]

RichardCQ posted:

You think that was part of why everything jumped ship? Were the IRS going to do anything?

No. Paying off the company's debts is apparently the issue.

The IRS was never involved.

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SL1CHAOS posted:

$93,000

I don't really no much about the history of the company accept that JWJ was kicked out but who ever was the owner, JWJ should take him to court unless there was some other circumstances I am not aware of.

The company was never signed over. We have doubts about the legality of the transfer of everything. Everything at the business was always done so unprofessionally, regardless of the staff being able to take care of things in ridiculous professionalism all while still treating folks like bros.

[Centic]

Good because after not giving me my domain, closing my account and implementing malicous scripts on my site for everyone who used it you fucking deserve it

[acpm]

iSnubWaitWhat posted:

Finally.

Thanks for your statement, I can no longer pay for college.

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certified posted:

By "reclaimed" what do you mean? Repo'd, sold, confiscated, ect?

Confiscated is pretty accurate I suppose, our servers are physically owned by Softlayer and Hetzner, if we cannot pay them off, they're "reclaimed", formatted, and reevaluated for others to use.

[certified]

Eh, shouldn't you ex-Brohoster guys be calling your lawyers right about now if Matt took the money that was supposed to be payed to you guys?

And if Brohoster, or Club Uptime (Typical sounding faceless corporation name, eh?) were in debt, then I bet some corporate whore somewhere is blowing his top.

[Rocko's]

amcfaggot posted:

Thanks for your statement, I can no longer pay for college.

How do you expect to pay for your college now?

[Trumple]

Well, fuck

Most of my backups were stored locally, but all my configs were on there
A. Serves me right for not backing up on my computer and B. Well fuck

[acpm]

Combine_dumb posted:

Cool, and I never got the EPP code to my domain.

So now I'll be talking to ICANN.

Don't pin that on Brohoster, web services haven't been around since Jake was. Everything that was web service related or VPS based fell under Club Uptime's jurisdiction, not ours. None of the staff knew a thing about that. Our TeamSpeak stuff had also went neglected, as Jake was kicked out and we never knew how to maintain them because he did that all himself. I never touched that stuff. No one was trained.

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Centic posted:

Good because after not giving me my domain, closing my account and implementing malicous scripts on my site for everyone who used it you fucking deserve it

Fuck you. Read my post above.

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certified posted:

Eh, shouldn't you ex-Brohoster guys be calling your lawyers right about now if Matt took the money that was supposed to be payed to you guys?

And if Brohoster, or Club Uptime (Typical sounding faceless corporation name, eh?) were in debt, then I bet some corporate whore somewhere is blowing his top.

Lawyers? Do you mean to say any of us have any money right now? It's not like legal action is anything we're all worried about anything, no one in the business or even the parent company is in any position to sue.

[ButtsexV3]

to be honest, the entire thing was handled unprofessionally and was bound to fail almost from the beginning.

for the first few weeks everything was ostensibly good but it went sour fast.

[acpm]

Rocko's posted:

How do you expect to pay for your college now?

I don't, yet.

[Dominik93]

Great, I just renewed my TS server a few weeks ago and you know, I kind of thought about not doing it because Jake left.

Sad to hear that you just lost your brohoster job though.

[acpm]

Trumple posted:

Well, fuck

Most of my backups were stored locally, but all my configs were on there
A. Serves me right for not backing up on my computer and B. Well fuck

Anyone who owns a server should always back up things locally, no matter who you're with, but you should be able to impart some confidence that your host company won't leave within 5 minutes at any given time.

[Pascall]

amcfaggot posted:

I don't, yet.

If you're independent and live in the States, you could always try financial aid. Might get lucky.

[CommanderPT]

Aaah shit. I just signed up for to move to Lithium hosting. I sure as hell hope it isn't too late and all of my stuff is now gone.

[Intoxicated Spy]

amcfaggot posted:

Thanks for your statement, I can no longer pay for college.

Man, that must really fucking suck, Have any ideas how to get your money back? or is there no way?

[RichardCQ]

amcfaggot posted:

I don't, yet.

Perhaps if we rate you with enough hearts you could sell them in an organ market to pay for college.

[acpm]

ButtsexV3 posted:

to be honest, the entire thing was handled unprofessionally and was bound to fail almost from the beginning.

for the first few weeks everything was ostensibly good but it went sour fast.

Brohoster has always been unorganized, since day 0 to now. Communication has always been poor, and its staff members have never been properly utilized. That's for another discussion. I may or may not bring that up later.

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Pascall posted:

If you're independent and live in the States, you could always try financial aid. Might get lucky.

I'm going to do so.

[certified]

amcfaggot posted:

no one in the business or even the parent company is in any position to sue.

'Cept for Matt of course. I bet he breached at least 7 US federal laws if he just took all the money like that.

[acpm]

CommanderPT posted:

Aaah shit. I just signed up for to move to Lithium hosting. I sure as hell hope it isn't too late and all of my stuff is now gone.

My sites are hosted with Lithium Hosting, our parent company Club Uptime, LLC offered employees free webhosting, but I didn't want to be involved with my own company at the time.

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Intoxicated Spy posted:

Man, that must really fucking suck, Have any ideas how to get your money back? or is there no way?

No, and there isn't.

Edited:

RichardCQ posted:

Perhaps if we rate you with enough hearts you could sell them in an organ market to pay for college.

Thanks.

[HatredViral]

I've got a server with them, or at least I had, what's going on with money and such?

[GameDev]

Shame to hear AMC. At least you can get back to HL2:SB, but I hope you find employment elsewhere.

[acpm]

Dominik93 posted:

Great, I just renewed my TS server a few weeks ago and you know, I kind of thought about not doing it because Jake left.

Sad to hear that you just lost your brohoster job though.

Sorry that you lost your money, man. And thanks.

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HatredViral posted:

I've got a server with them, or at least I had, what's going on with money and such?

There is none.

[FPtje]

Sucks for you and everyone else dude!

[acpm]

GameDev posted:

Shame to hear AMC. At least you can get back to HL2:SB, but I hope you find employment elsewhere.

Thanks GameDev, you'll probably see more of me in WAYWO now.

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FPtje posted:

Sucks for you and everyone else dude!

Yeah, sure does, man. I'm not mad at anyone though, I always considered Brohoster entirely unstable, so I never looked at it as a reliable source of income. I think I did make my parents proud that I was able to pay off college entirely for two seasons, though, at least.

[HatredViral]

Alright, cheers AMC, I'll be relocating to LethalDrive now.

[SL1CHAOS]

I wish there would be some sort of way I could help. Unfortunatley the innocent ones always suffer. I suppose I can only wish you luck AMC. I can help out with some web hosting and that's about it.

[CommanderPT]

amcfaggot posted:

My sites are hosted with Lithium Hosting, our parent company Club Uptime, LLC offered employees free webhosting, but I didn't want to be involved with my own company at the time.

Edited:



No, and there isn't.

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Thanks.

So I take it that my transfer to lithium will fail and nothing can be moved? I sure hope I at least get to keep the domain since I do have the EPP code.

Still, this fucking sucks. I hope you find another source of income Andrew.
You were always there fixing everything whenever I broke my website and for that you rock.

[acpm]

HatredViral posted:

Alright, cheers AMC, I'll be relocating to LethalDrive now.

Tell Jake to do shit right this time around. He never fully utilized his staff because everything was headfigure oriented. He can read this from me here, but I'll never say it to his face because he was always so good to me.

I'd never say shit about him, but at one point in time the entire staff was pissed off at him because he wasn't organized and shit, and communicating with the staff efficiently. This is a big part of why he got fired, and no one talks about it. The most you'll hear about it was because of him smokin' weed err' day.

[reecematee]

JWJ 1 Matt 0

but this is bad for the decent members at brohoster, being without a job and all, I hope you guys find one soon.

[JWJ]

i'll be hiring the entire team back for LethalDrive whenever they want. may not be paid at first but I'm pretty sure we can get up and running quickly due to the fact that 4000 servers just got wiped out.

[acpm]

SL1CHAOS posted:

I wish there would be some sort of way I could help. Unfortunatley the innocent ones always suffer. I suppose I can only wish you luck AMC. I can help out with some web hosting and that's about it.

You, and everyone else can help by holding Jake to high standards for his future company. And thank you so much, I really appreciate everyone's kind words here.

[dbk21894]

I hate to say it, but I saw this coming from a mile away. I sat back and watched the whole thing play out, and I'm honestly not surprised that this is the outcome.

[acpm]

CommanderPT posted:

So I take it that my transfer to lithium will fail and nothing can be moved? I sure hope I at least get to keep the domain since I do have the EPP code.

Still, this fucking sucks. I hope you find another source of income Andrew.
You were always there fixing everything whenever I broke my website and for that you rock.

I love people like you who always stuck around and were legit bros. Thanks man.

[CommanderPT]

Is it just me, or is Club Uptime also down?

[RichardCQ]

dbk21894 posted:

I hate to say it, but I saw this coming from a mile away. I sat back and watched the whole thing play out, and I'm honestly not surprised that this is the outcome.

I'm surprised it lasted this long to begin with.

[Dlaor-guy]

CommanderPT posted:

Is it just me, or is Club Uptime also down?

Heh, more like Club Downtime then

[HatredViral]

On paypal just now:

Message from Your Seller
Your satisfaction is our top priority at Club Uptime. If you have a problem with a transaction or believe your card has been charged incorrectly, please let us know and we will work with you to resolve the issue. You may contact us by emailing billing@clubuptime.com if you are an active customer or abuse@clubuptime.com if you do not recognize a charge on your credit card. You may also call us Monday through Friday at 877-248-4401, 10am to 6pm EST with any questions you may have. Please Note: Third-party fraud protection software is used during signup and checkout at Club Uptime. If you are found to have made an order and are attempting to charge it back fraudulently, legal action will be taken to the fullest extent of the law.

I can't stop laughing.

[EDDY TT]

Not surprised this happened.

[SL1CHAOS]

amcfaggot posted:

You, and everyone else can help by holding Jake to high standards for his future company. And thank you so much, I really appreciate everyone's kind words here.

Any webhosting needed, just ask. I also got some spare dedicated servers I can lend you until you get back on your feet. They are hosted in the UK though. I can get something up in the US if your interested.

[CommanderPT]

amcfaggot posted:

I love people like you who always stuck around and were legit bros. Thanks man.

You too, you and your lovely hair.

[acpm]

JWJ posted:

i'll be hiring the entire team back for LethalDrive whenever they want. may not be paid at first but I'm pretty sure we can get up and running quickly due to the fact that 4000 servers just got wiped out.

Reminds me of how we used to work in the past. That shit was golden. I'm cool with working under similar conditions compared to BH's early days. You think we can have a LethalDrive Steam staff chat thing again? No one liked jabber at all. The current immediate old staff has been talking in Steam the last few days, kinda like how we used to operate.