Armory down again!

[srjdsmith]

I don’t remember my numbers- year I joined, # of posts… and I can’t even get to a landing page to check. I got nothin’

About 5 years ago, though. I joined as a wet-behind-the-ears AR builder and Augie (RIP) and TackleberryMCS patiently answered my naive questions, so I stayed. Now I mostly just ask naive reloading questions.

[speedy]

The owner/s should have the decency to inform members of its status and/or remove its existence all together. Have seen reference to "owner" or person of significance having health / personal / whatever problems. Not an excuse imo. To those former members, hope you were able extract archived data if desired. There was plenty of time for that.

[Snake46]

Amen, brother..remember the site has/had all of our email addresses and notification would not be difficult..as a trooper said in a training session on drug interdiction, “first you gotta’ want to”..

[smb5769]

Its a damned shame to lose all of that, with no explanation, no request for help, matter of fact seems that offers of help were rejected. I don't know whether neglect killed it, or whether the site was "murdered".

[tommag]

I tried, pretty much serving as the go between for Neil and Woodsman. For some reason, they weren't communicating directly.
I offered to front the costs figuring others would help pay me back. Evidently, I posted either too much or too little info on the armory about the situation, throwing Woodsman under the bus. At that point I withdrew my $ offer and backed away.
I miss a lot of the members there, and wish a few more would've migrated here, but such is life.

[smb5769]

I tried, pretty much serving as the go between for Neil and Woodsman. For some reason, they weren't communicating directly.
I offered to front the costs figuring others would help pay me back. Evidently, I posted either too much or too little info on the armory about the situation, throwing Woodsman under the bus. At that point I withdrew my $ offer and backed away.
I miss a lot of the members there, and wish a few more would've migrated here, but such is life.

Don't blame yourself for that. I think we could all tell you were trying to not do a full transcript of every call you made. I don't know where his butthurt flow came from where the armory is concerned, but what little bit of internet snoopery I was able to do indicates he's a pretty old feller who lost his wife in December, so maybe it just hit a nerve with all of it. The fact that two people who seem to have a whole lot of control over the direction of the armory weren't in comms with each other and had to use a go-between wasn't a good sign at all.

[speedy]

As I have gone back to the site recently for a status check, I read the "above and beyond" offers (tommag} of help and the aftermath. No good. Like a burning ship, for better or worse, let it sail off across the horizon and sink into the abyss.

[specops56]

As I have gone back to the site recently for a status check, I read the "above and beyond" offers (tommag} of help and the aftermath. No good. Like a burning ship, for better or worse, let it sail off across the horizon and sink into the abyss.

Only problem with that is it's carrying valuable cargo with it.

Terry

[tommag]

I got a couple texts from Neil today. Surprised me! He was talking to Woodsman on the phone. He asked, I told him with my limited knowledge what I knew. Sounds like progress? I don't know much about the web, but if it rises from the ashes I imagine old bookmarks won't work, probably have a new dns address under the old name? I'll not comment further, but if it gets up and running again I'll post the new link here.

[specops56]

I got a couple texts from Neil today. Surprised me! He was talking to Woodsman on the phone. He asked, I told him with my limited knowledge what I knew. Sounds like progress? I don't know much about the web, but if it rises from the ashes I imagine old bookmarks won't work, probably have a new dns address under the old name? I'll not comment further, but if it gets up and running again I'll post the new link here.

Thanks brother! I didn't delete it from my bookmarks just in case.

Terry