Is chiptalk dead? (1 Viewer)

[DrStrange]

I wonder if chip talk died this week. Or at least they lost all their data - all the threads and the galleries. I see linked pictures that were hosted on chip talk show up as broken,

For a few days the entire site was missing. Now there is a "no data" placeholder. It does remember my member name though.

Does anyone have information they can share?

DrStrange

 

[Kensco]

Just tried to sign in and got a server error response.

I think this is it.

 

[DoubleEagle]

@abby99 ?

 

[TheBigTater]

Just went through a bunch of my old saved links and all give me a server error. But the forum software is up and running so it could just be a db restore is necessary.

 

[abby99]

@abby99 ?

I messaged Greg.

 

[hdgeno]

As much as I loved that place back in the day, it might as well just die. Most of the people (the reason I continue to visit this forum) moved here anyway, so this is my poker chip home now.

 

[Just1Better]

Love your avatar @hdgeno , go AVS!!

 

[WedgeRock]

RIP, CT.

 

[Poker Zombie]

 

[Josh Kifer]

F

 

[hdgeno]

Love your avatar @hdgeno , go AVS!!

Yep, go Avs! Calgary has such a good team though so it might be a short series.

 

[mike32]

Used to love Chiptalk, I’ll remember the good stuff!

 

[Toby]

Wrong thread, too many tabs open!

 

[ellased]

i don’t frequent the forums as much as in the past but hopefully the knowledge in that forum is retained here in some way shape or form.

 

[TheBigTater]

Don't want to see it die, not due to the current discussions or conversations (which are pretty much not existent), but for the vast amount of chipping knowledge to be found buried within the forums. It will be sad if all of that info & knowledge vanishes.

 

[Mojo1312]

Tried to visit the site night before last. Thought about creating a similar post here, but decided against it. No reason for optimism after last year. Fairly clear it was a matter of time before the lights would go out.

 

[Mac128k]

I did a site suck on it in 2017 so there may still be an archive of it.

 

[hdgeno]

Don't want to see it die, not due to the current discussions or conversations (which are pretty much not existent), but for the vast amount of chipping knowledge to be found buried within the forums. It will be sad if all of that info & knowledge vanishes.

This is true, there was a ton of good info there

 

[SixSpeedFury]

c'est la vie

 

[softchewy]

Yeah, still can't access it..
would hate to see it go as there is a wealth of info and some great pics there
Group Buy?

Wayback Machine's most recent snapshot is from Feb 19th

 

[inca911]

Time to say goodbye to Chiptalk's "pay for lifetime premium" business model. Now officially removed from my bookmarks.

 

[Moxie Mike]

Does anyone know the site admin? It might be worth seeing if the database can be purchased and archived in a content repository somewhere - at least the important posts.

 

[TheBigTater]

Does anyone know the site admin? It might be worth seeing if the database can be purchased and archived in a content repository somewhere - at least the important posts.

The site was for sale sometime last year.

I messaged Greg.

@abby99 is the best chance for communication with Greg.

 

[ChipEnvy]

I haven't even visited CT for a long time now. When I think of CT I think of golden years or 'The Good ol' Days' of chipping...

I had over 10K posts there (user ID: Couga) and wasn't there for the Pharaoh GB, but arrived shortly thereafter. Sure I miss the good stuff, but it had it's time and it was just a shell of it's former self. If it's gone, I'll miss it, but not any more than I missed it the last couple of years.

 

[Poker Zombie]

It wasn't my first informative poker site, that goes to HomePokerTourney, which is also dead.

Chiptalk was good for the time, but everything has been better on PCF... everything. No fees, constant sight upgrades, Tommy's give-a-ways... everything has been better here.

It's hard to miss when the best parts of CT are here (the people), especially when most of the images from CT have been missing for a while.

 

[Payback]

Does anyone know the site admin? It might be worth seeing if the database can be purchased and archived in a content repository somewhere - at least the important posts.

Abby already said she was in touch with Greg who owns the site. She's the best contact for anything CT related.

 

[ChipEnvy]

... Chiptalk was good for the time, but everything has been better on PCF... everything. No fees, constant sight upgrades, Tommy's give-a-ways... everything has been better here...

I don't know... The asshats seemed to be less asshatty back then. On the other hand, I may just be older and grumpier now.

 

[Moxie Mike]

The domain is still active and the site is still live, so there's probably a technical issue. It could have been hacked, the database may have become corrupted, there might be a compatibility issue with the server and the forum software (like an out of date version of PHP). Chances are the server has an archived version of the full site somewhere.

It's also possible that the site has just been completely abandoned by the admins.

 

[hdgeno]

It wasn't my first informative poker sire, that goes to HomePokerTourney, which is now dead.

Chiptalk was good for the time, but everything has been better on PCF... everything. No fees, constant sight upgrades, Tommy's give-a-ways... everything has been better here.

It's hard to miss when the best parts of CT are here (the people), especially when most of the images from CT have been missing for a while.

This is how I feel about it too, here we have a site owner that cares. A big part of this hobby for me is the people, that’s why I check in as much as I do.

 

[Payback]

The domain is still active and the site is still live, so there's probably a technical issue. It could have been hacked, the database may have become corrupted, there might be a compatibility issue with the server and the forum software (like an out of date version of PHP). Chances are the server has an archived version of the full site somewhere.

It's also possible that the site has just been completely abandoned by the admins.

You must be new... Greg is notorious for abandoning the site to the point that it is sometimes been a year or more with him going AWOL. Jeff, a mod here, and Abby who are active still has admin rights, but as they don't own the server they are limited in what they can do.