Merlin's Portal is down

[swoop101]

Yep looking good for a new home

[Rone]

Originally Posted by soup dragon

as far as i remember he was actively discouraging donations the last few months, but if he has decided to call it a day i wouldn't blame him after the abuse given, following the issues the site had, from some leechers

At one point he was, then it seemed he was saying if you dont "buy" elite status [while the problems were happening] you would'nt see much of anything.
Now you cant see bu@@er all.

[swoop101]

well if he has 'run with the money' as you say then why was he actually RETURNING donations?

[soup dragon]

Originally Posted by Rone

At one point he was, then it seemed he was saying if you dont "buy" elite status [while the problems were happening] you would'nt see much of anything.
Now you cant see bu@@er all.

I thought it was only current donators that were allowed access not asking for donations to gain access

[Rone]

Well he did'nt return any of my money, so i assume you got yours back?
Personally i'm not too bothered as like most i probably got my "money's worth".

Depends on how you read things, like i said i'm only reporting what was said in another rather "unhappy" forum.
There's always speculation about this or that, i was hoping someone like Zing would come along and say what actually happened rather than leave everyone guessing [assuming someone actually does know].

[swoop101]

No he does not know, we have moved on for now.
I have heard that Merlin has just started a new job so is out of the loop for now.
I am sure that if he can get things fixed and has the will to do it he may return.
That is his choice.

OK

No one has spoken to Merlin since the site went down so no one knows whats happened or why.

Merlin spent a hell of a lot of time and money running that site but as time went by it was getting harder and harder for him to keep it going. I do not know if the database was hacked but chances are it was and it was just like he was banging his head up against a brick wall

Then on the counter side of that he was getting a lot of abuse from leechers and other faction of the membership who were constantly slagging him and the site rules off for no reason. We often would see members who gave nothing back to the site just leeching nzbs then complaining when they hit their 20 in a day limit but never post a single nzb or offered any thanks in a thread at all just leech leech leech

If and I am not saying this is the case but if Merlin has had enough of it due to the above then I for one can understand

There is a new site being run by Merlins members but its going to take a while to get anywhere

[Rone]

Thanks for clearing it up a bit, i read a lot of the flack he was getting and i'm not surprised he got fed up, any normal person would.

Oh well if he ever reads this, thanks for all the hard work lots of us did appreciate it and think it was worth chipping in for.

[merl1n]

For The Record

Thought as always i would break the mold like most owners of a site that just vanish.

Most important thing and first thing is to say thankyou to all merlins portal staff past and present, mostly past as without them and there hard work in the early days merlins portal would not have became the site it did, the present site staff at time off going for there unselfish and dedicated work.

Reasons Why?
As zing mentioned above most of the reasons but the final nail was indeed the constant abuse daily for a service we all worked hard at to make it work, database was the major issue in the end and it finally went tits up after throwing massive amount of my own money, countless sleepless nights the decision had to be made to close it. This decison did not come lighlty and after much sole searching and a few chats with trusted friends and staff i let what has my baby go.

I put my life and sole and in the end almost put my marriage of 24 years at risk as did others into merlins portal for almost 5 years and it was time to move on.

In the final days i did transfer money from my own bank account and returned 100+ donations going back as far as six weeks but with all the expenses involved trying to save the site even i have limited personal funds but as a person i felt it was my duty to the members to return as many as i financially could, if i missed you i am sorry but the nature of how the site was financed to keep it free for the mass.

Merlins Portal was a unique site with some unique and fantastic members and i met some fantastic friends whom i will be catching up with sooner or later.

Yes i took 2/3 weeks out to clear my head as it hurt to close the site i loved so much and anyone that actually knew me would not deny me that.

Will i be opening a NZB site again? NO but i may join the new new site as a member and make myself known to Terminator, pnp spreader and co and may help and assist them if required or indeed if they want my help.

I hope this puts to bed the rumours i ran with the money (i wish) in fact the site owed me in the end and 1 month on i am still paying bills for the site but thankfully almost all taken care off now.

Owning and running merlins portal was a blast and will forever hold a special place with myself as will the majority of good members.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by merl1n

For The Record

Thought as always i would break the mold like most owners of a site that just vanish.

Most important thing and first thing is to say thankyou to all merlins portal staff past and present, mostly past as without them and there hard work in the early days merlins portal would not have became the site it did, the present site staff at time off going for there unselfish and dedicated work.

Reasons Why?
As zing mentioned above most of the reasons but the final nail was indeed the constant abuse daily for a service we all worked hard at to make it work, database was the major issue in the end and it finally went tits up after throwing massive amount of my own money, countless sleepless nights the decision had to be made to close it. This decison did not come lighlty and after much sole searching and a few chats with trusted friends and staff i let what has my baby go.

I put my life and sole and in the end almost put my marriage of 24 years at risk as did others into merlins portal for almost 5 years and it was time to move on.

In the final days i did transfer money from my own bank account and returned 100+ donations going back as far as six weeks but with all the expenses involved trying to save the site even i have limited personal funds but as a person i felt it was my duty to the members to return as many as i financially could, if i missed you i am sorry but the nature of how the site was financed to keep it free for the mass.

Merlins Portal was a unique site with some unique and fantastic members and i met some fantastic friends whom i will be catching up with sooner or later.

Yes i took 2/3 weeks out to clear my head as it hurt to close the site i loved so much and anyone that actually knew me would not deny me that.

Will i be opening a NZB site again? NO but i may join the new new site as a member and make myself known to Terminator, pnp spreader and co and may help and assist them if required or indeed if they want my help.

I hope this puts to bed the rumours i ran with the money (i wish) in fact the site owed me in the end and 1 month on i am still paying bills for the site but thankfully almost all taken care off now.

Owning and running merlins portal was a blast and will forever hold a special place with myself as will the majority of good members.

Thanks for coming on here and telling us what happened. It was an excellent site run by dedicated people and you and it will be greatly missed.

[Dilligaf-1701]

Thank you for telling us what has happened and I hope you get on with with what life brings you from now on

Thanks for posting here mate hope to see you on the new site

[swoop101]

Thank you Boss
I hope to see you around soon.

My thoughts to you and to your family.

Take care

[d-man]

Hey merlin - chin up and get your ass over to the other site...

Just chill - webbying and admining a site drains a lot of time, money and health at times, just relax and enjoy the peace !

[Rone]

Nice to hear that your alive and well, like i said thanks again.