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News FileFront to close down next week

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 26 Mar 2009.

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 26 Mar 2009
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  2. p3n

    p3n What's a Dremel?

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    Was a nice site, not awesome on the speed front when USA were awake though; theres loads of file sharing sites poping up usually begging you to subscribe so you can 'download multiple files' etc - dont really recall filefront doing this.
     
    p3n, 26 Mar 2009
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  3. 1ad7

    1ad7 What's a Dremel?

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    wow its a sad day in the internets
     
    1ad7, 26 Mar 2009
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  4. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    damn shame tbh, FF was nice as it was one of the only few big DL sites that didnt force you into registering for its usage.
     
    Gunsmith, 26 Mar 2009
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  5. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Always wondered how they made any money, their wasn't much advertising and there bandwidth bill must have been enormous.
     
    steveo_mcg, 26 Mar 2009
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  6. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    The news story has been updated.
     
    CardJoe, 26 Mar 2009
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  7. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Well that is certainly something I wasn't expecting.
     
    liratheal, 26 Mar 2009
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  8. p3n

    p3n What's a Dremel?

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    Im not sure I trust my "BC Files" to Ricksal0224,random bloke has downloaded them; what do they plan on doing next? Making filefront.org torrent tracker? :>
     
    p3n, 26 Mar 2009
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  9. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    ..That is actually not a half bad idea.

    Consent given by contributors, and job done.

    A nice, mostly free, torrent tracker. Which tracks legal content.
     
    liratheal, 26 Mar 2009
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  10. Bauul

    Bauul Sir Bongaminge

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    i did always wonder how someone like FileFront stayed solvent. The bandwidth alone must have been a huge financial weight around their necks.
     
    Bauul, 26 Mar 2009
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  11. DragunovHUN

    DragunovHUN Modder

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    Whenever i was looking for a patch for an old game, guess where i found it? Filefront. Now i'm worried, lots of patches and mods for old games will simply disappear. This is especially bad considering many of these old games aren't supported anymore, either their official site closed down or the developers went out of business completely.
     
    DragunovHUN, 26 Mar 2009
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  12. Guest-23315

    Guest-23315 Guest

    Indeed a sad day for the inter webs
     
    Guest-23315, 26 Mar 2009
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  13. docodine

    docodine killed a guy once

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    :(

    nothing else really to say

    RIP filefront
     
    docodine, 26 Mar 2009
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  14. DarkLord7854

    DarkLord7854 What's a Dremel?

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    Yup, I'm with you there.



    This would be rather gay if it's an April fool's joke.
     
    DarkLord7854, 26 Mar 2009
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  15. wafflesomd

    wafflesomd What's a Dremel?

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    Well, there goes one of the few great hosting sites.

    Now we have to deal with fileshack and all those other worthless places.
     
    wafflesomd, 26 Mar 2009
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  16. Zurechial

    Zurechial Elitist

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    ****.
    Filefront's [gamename].filefront.com sites were great little mod communities in their own regard, this is a big blow to the modding scene.
     
    Zurechial, 26 Mar 2009
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  17. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    ow frack!!!!!!
     
    DXR_13KE, 26 Mar 2009
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  18. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    anyone got must-have mods on filefront that they'd like to share within this last week?
     
    wyx087, 26 Mar 2009
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  19. knyghtryda

    knyghtryda What's a Dremel?

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    damn... this was a great site when you didn't want to wade through the stupid sites like fileshack or gamespy. I wish the employees luck.
     
    knyghtryda, 26 Mar 2009
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  20. Zurechial

    Zurechial Elitist

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    Check this out:

    http://welcome.filefront.com/

    Epic win. Major kudos to them. :)
     
    Zurechial, 3 Apr 2009
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