I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

How do you know they are saved?

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

How do you know they are saved?

Great question. It is a true assumption on my part. If they aren't making regular back ups to Yo, then God have mercy on us all. Because they way they struggle to technically support the game, one day they are going to need them. LOL

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

How do you know they are saved?

Great question. It is a true assumption on my part. If they aren't making regular back ups to Yo, then God have mercy on us all. Because they way they struggle to technically support the game, one day they are going to need them. LOL

You gave me hope that they can push a button and give our boards back! I would rather have that the any compensation they could come up with.

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

How do you know they are saved?

Great question. It is a true assumption on my part. If they aren't making regular back ups to Yo, then God have mercy on us all. Because they way they struggle to technically support the game, one day they are going to need them. LOL

You gave me hope that they can push a button and give our boards back! I would rather have that the any compensation they could come up with.

Technically they could restore the last image of Yo prior to "Disable Day". They'd then have to apply every log to every account subsequent to that date. It's doable, but each day is another layer they'd have work through.

I wish they'd have reverted it the day after, permanently locked up all the boards, IDed the ones that needed removal, removed them, banned the players with them, and then let the game move on with no more boards being added and then posting a general warning about paint board content and what happened.

But that milk is spilled all over the barn now and we ain't ever getting it back.

Lainie (124009750) wrote::sad:

I know Lainie. So many wonderful memories of people we can't get back. So many rooms that were off the creative scale - ruined forever. It will hurt for as long as I play Yo.

I never used the paint boards, but I am sorry that so many people lost their art and photos. It sounds like there was a possibility that the paint boards had some sort of security issue. Let's hope that BVG can fix this and restore everyone's art. There was some awesome art on these boards and it would be a shame if they were lost forever.

The more I am reading and thinking about this I have a theory, and it's just a theory. I wonder if someone posted child porn or revenge porn on paint boards. And if that was the case I can understand why BVG acted so fast. We could lose the game totally. They probably had to wipe it fast so they had no time to sort out the good boards from the bad. If this was the case, hopefully once this is sorted out, the good boards can come back.

Mistress Morgana (104170677) wrote:The more I am reading and thinking about this I have a theory, and it's just a theory. I wonder if someone posted child porn or revenge porn on paint boards. And if that was the case I can understand why BVG acted so fast. We could lose the game totally. They probably had to wipe it fast so they had no time to sort out the good boards from the bad. If this was the case, hopefully once this is sorted out, the good boards can come back.

They had NO choice.

Adeline (113719515) wrote:

Mistress Morgana (104170677) wrote:The more I am reading and thinking about this I have a theory, and it's just a theory. I wonder if someone posted child porn or revenge porn on paint boards. And if that was the case I can understand why BVG acted so fast. We could lose the game totally. They probably had to wipe it fast so they had no time to sort out the good boards from the bad. If this was the case, hopefully once this is sorted out, the good boards can come back.

They had NO choice.

Oh I agree

Well, I really hope it was like what you said. We really want paint boards back. Without paint boards, the things we can do on Yo can be limited. The games that I hosted were 100% relying on paint boards. Without them, I cannot host them. I was so desperate when I knew paintboards were disabled.

Mistress Morgana (104170677) wrote:The more I am reading and thinking about this I have a theory, and it's just a theory. I wonder if someone posted child porn or revenge porn on paint boards. And if that was the case I can understand why BVG acted so fast. We could lose the game totally. They probably had to wipe it fast so they had no time to sort out the good boards from the bad. If this was the case, hopefully once this is sorted out, the good boards can come back.

Mistress Morgana (104170677) wrote:The more I am reading and thinking about this I have a theory, and it's just a theory. I wonder if someone posted child porn or revenge porn on paint boards. And if that was the case I can understand why BVG acted so fast. We could lose the game totally. They probably had to wipe it fast so they had no time to sort out the good boards from the bad. If this was the case, hopefully once this is sorted out, the good boards can come back.

Sadly I think the latest theme will surpass the board saga and it will go down in yo history and only brought up when players reminisce

It seems awful strange that all of a sudden after all these years, suddenly there is an "offensive" paint board problem? Can we know what the type of "offensive" content it was? Why would it suddenly become widespread? And was it actually offensive as in p-graphic garbage, or was it a statement someone made that was in opposition to an employee's personal political view? Hmmm. That would be interesting to know.

Peg Bundy (107314105) wrote:It seems awful strange that all of a sudden after all these years, suddenly there is an "offensive" paint board problem? Can we know what the type of "offensive" content it was? Why would it suddenly become widespread? And was it actually offensive as in p-graphic garbage, or was it a statement someone made that was in opposition to an employee's personal political view? Hmmm. That would be interesting to know.

All good questions. I am curious also.

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Robyn VIP (8132649) wrote:

Sentient Poo (126579776) wrote:

Amy Pond (117302962) wrote:I have no idea if our images are ''saved'' somewhere however whatever resolution they find I do hope we can get them back

They are saved in the last back up BVG made of the game before they disabled paint boards.

What they don't know is that by saving game back ups, they are still at risk from the very thing they are trying to dodge. Digital images of any type that fall in that category hold the same risk. It doesn't matter if it's the live instance or the back ups. Although courts have found that having back up copies isn't as serious as having them in the live instance. The access to back ups is much more limited and usually tightly controlled to only internal admins.

How do you know they are saved?

Great question. It is a true assumption on my part. If they aren't making regular back ups to Yo, then God have mercy on us all. Because they way they struggle to technically support the game, one day they are going to need them. LOL

You gave me hope that they can push a button and give our boards back! I would rather have that the any compensation they could come up with.

Technically they could restore the last image of Yo prior to "Disable Day". They'd then have to apply every log to every account subsequent to that date. It's doable, but each day is another layer they'd have work through.

I wish they'd have reverted it the day after, permanently locked up all the boards, IDed the ones that needed removal, removed them, banned the players with them, and then let the game move on with no more boards being added and then posting a general warning about paint board content and what happened.

But that milk is spilled all over the barn now and we ain't ever getting it back.

Likely needed such immediate action that they couldn't plan that far? I wonder if someone complained and demanded immediate action or they would report beyond Yo/BVG?

Peg Bundy (107314105) wrote:It seems awful strange that all of a sudden after all these years, suddenly there is an "offensive" paint board problem? Can we know what the type of "offensive" content it was? Why would it suddenly become widespread? And was it actually offensive as in p-graphic garbage, or was it a statement someone made that was in opposition to an employee's personal political view? Hmmm. That would be interesting to know.

Think on "what content would be so illegal it would be beyond the postings of Toms, Dicks, and Harrys or consensual sexual content. That will get you likely in the correct direction. Also, it has nothing, nothing, to do with politics unless someone was calling for an illegal/threatening and or violent act/ion arising from their political ideology (that might bring the Feds down if it was reported?)

The sad reality, is this action has resulted in quite a few artists leaving the game that were up until now happy supporting players.
This has hurt the game terribly, made so many players sad, and too many walk away and leave.

Vikings took out the FUN thing on this game..... I guess the players started to socialize and forgot to Decorate $$$ lmao