Hi SG, I have some bad news today. In short, it looks like we're going to end up with entries missing from recent giveaways due to corrupt data. At the moment, about 90% of giveaway entries are not listed on the site. The majority of them are available in archived backups, and I'm downloading those now to see how much data we'll be able to recover. However, I'm certain the most recent entries for open giveaways are no longer available. That means you'll need to reenter those giveaways if you were previously entered. All giveaways that were set to end today have been extended 7 hours to offset the time the site was offline. Also, I just added 150 points to every user (up to 300 max), to help people reenter a few more giveaways.

This comes at a bad time because we're getting ready to move data over to a new database structure to help avoid situations like this from occurring in the first place. Nonetheless, I apologize for any headaches this causes and I'll keep you posted on the recovery process!

Edit: We'll be able to recover 90% of giveaway entries, and they'll be transferred when the site is updated to v2.

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Happens, database corruption sux major all time...

Still, feeling extremely unlucky, was just about finished entering everything I wanted, I had more than 600 points in entries :(

9 years ago
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Thxs for the update. Shit happens. :P Don't worry about it too much. I bet it gives you a bigger headache than the sg users :( Good luck with the new database structure.

9 years ago
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Shit happens. Hope you can salvage a lot.
Oh, and not only the most recent giveaways. I have absolutely no giveaway entry now. Hope I won't have to search every puzzle and secret link giveaway I entered...
EDIT: All my closed giveaways are gone too. I'm like a born again. Clean slate.

9 years ago
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Thanks for the Sticky!
I was a bit confused.

9 years ago
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I was wondering where my entries had gone. But thank you very much for being so upfront and honest about it!

9 years ago
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Bummer... :(

9 years ago
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damn, i cant enter to all giveaways i was in for lack of points U_U

9 years ago
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same here... had about 40-50 entries yesterday evening, now can enter just a few with those new points... and I will not even search for private that I was in... But - oh well, stuff happens...
Thanks for update sq, and for heads-up.

9 years ago
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No problem :D

9 years ago
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Thanks for more info cg.
Keep positive, and moving forward.

9 years ago
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Thanks! I was wondering why my giveaways were reduced in entries. I wish I could extend the time now though :P

9 years ago
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thanks :D

9 years ago
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Thanks!

9 years ago
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wow Giveaways Entered 0
Gifts Won 12;) thanks for the update

9 years ago
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shit happens :) now we just move on and still be happy with the opportunity this site gives us :)
keep up the good work :)

9 years ago
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Thanks for the update! :)

9 years ago
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Thanks. I was confused, but now am not

9 years ago
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Annoying, but shit happens.

So much for my ~60 entries totaling well over 1000 points. This is gonna take a while to build back. Here's waiting on the autumn sale.

9 years ago
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Thanks for the explanation!

9 years ago
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yeah shit happens...thx for the heads up.

9 years ago
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Thanks for the hard work cq!

9 years ago
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Giveaways Entered
2
Gifts Won
28
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head explodes

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9 years ago
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AH, thought I was taking crazy pills there for a minute.

9 years ago
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The WTF moment I got when I logged in is now over. ;) Thanks for the info!

9 years ago
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Now I just need to remember the titles to all the forum topics with puzzles and private giveaways before they end, haha.

9 years ago
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had around 3000 points sitting in giveaways and lost em all. Oh well

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Closed 8 years ago by cg.