27th September 2015
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Sad OldCP News

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Daymen
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27th September 2015, 06:13 PM

I've been a very rushed person for years, doing things under time pressures during events and finally my #1 most dreaded mistake has happened,

I accidently got some code wrong which caused everyones username to be overwritten beyond repair. And I realised I hadn't backed up oldcp's users since 2013 which was a completely different userbase all together.

All 200,000 (almost 300k users) were all ruined so had to be deleted since they became useless. It's important to register your wanted names.

You will all get very small IDs the lower you register and in about two years we'll have the same amount again.

This is sad news, oldcp will be back when all the mods are done.
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+1 by user44, rami, Mink, Sled and 33 others

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27th September 2015, 06:14 PM

Wait, what do you mean, "when all mods are done?" I really feel bad :(. It also makes me upset that this happened on the day of the wedding.
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jdg
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27th September 2015, 06:14 PM

It's okay Damen, everyone makes mistakes, you're still the one who made all of this.
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Still Mink
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27th September 2015, 06:15 PM

Damen Drake wrote on 27th September 2015 06:13 PM:
I've been a very rushed person for years, doing things under time pressures during events and finally my #1 most dreaded mistake has happened,

I accidently got some code wrong which caused everyones username to be overwritten beyond repair. And I realised I hadn't backed up oldcp's users since 2013 which was a completely different userbase all together.

All 200,000 (almost 300k users) were all ruined so had to be deleted since they became useless. It's important to register your wanted names.

You will all get very small IDs the lower you register and in about two years we'll have the same amount again.

This is sad news, oldcp will be back when all the mods are done.


This is pretty sad, and it's on your wedding day and the day you became emperor too! ;(
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Vampire Knight Is Awesome!
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27th September 2015, 06:17 PM

That's really sad! I didn't want to remake my account. Plus, I can probably try the username I want now! :D
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27th September 2015, 06:17 PM

Sam4 wrote on 27th September 2015 06:14 PM:
Wait, what do you mean, "when all mods are done?" I really feel bad
When all mods register

Also, sorry that you've made this mistake Damen. But don't worry, several other CPPS owners before you have done it too. You've just been more careful than them. At least this is a fresh start for people who wanted a username that has been taken by an inactive user.
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+1 by Jacobg627

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27th September 2015, 06:17 PM

Its okay Damen :( None of us are perfect, bro in my eyes your awesome. Its okay. :)
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+1 by Banshee

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27th September 2015, 06:18 PM

Wait,Damen Can we still Use are account names from before like mine was Goldenone
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27th September 2015, 06:18 PM

Sam4 wrote on 27th September 2015 06:14 PM:
Wait, what do you mean, "when all mods are done?" I really feel bad


When he gets all the mod accs back.
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27th September 2015, 06:18 PM

Aww.
Damen, it's okay. We all make mistakes. Trust me, I've embarassed myself by mistake many times [not saying that you're embarassing yourself] , and now we can claim whatever name we want. Hooray! :P
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+1 by Damen

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27th September 2015, 06:19 PM

oh. depressing news. well im going to try to get my name. oml hopefully no one gets it
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27th September 2015, 06:19 PM

Its okay Damen, Its not your fault its no one's fault. Making a website is very hard and things like this happen. We all understand and we will do anything to help out :)
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27th September 2015, 06:19 PM

Its okay damen, Lots of people wanted new usernames, Its not your fault, Dont read what mikey said. You made the website, You made videos about the website (which btw i had on high volume because you have a little British accent <3) So no reason to say sorry c:
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27th September 2015, 06:34 PM

Oh, everyone has to register again?
That's ok! We all make mistakes!
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27th September 2015, 06:41 PM

This is sad that such a tradgic thing happened on the best wedding yet.Its not your fault though.Everyone should be forgiven through their mistakes.I understand its an accident.Everyone should forgive you.I forgive you Damen.


~Mal
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