An update

[madanthony]

I, for one, welcome our new monocled robot overlord.

[Khoi]

I am your new overlord, just kidding. No, I'd never destroy SP.

[Duelman]

Well whoever it is, I encourage you to buy the site and run it accordingly! I support them 100%, if ever need any help with anything
just ask the SP community as I am sure any of us will be willing to help out.

[TøbiasBlack]

well, i know you said you wont reveal who they are for privacy's sake, but can you at least tell us if theyre someone from this site, or someone from an entirely outside source?

[IllegallySane]

It better not be some uptight asshat.

Mark speaks for what all of us are thinking/worrying about.

[Khoi]

Mark speaks for what all of us are thinking/worrying about.

I hope this site wouldn't get too uptight. I told Spidey I was hoping he'd get the position, but I don't see that happening, since I'd like someone with some sense of humor as the site owner.

[IllegallySane]

I hope this site wouldn't get too uptight. I told Spidey I was hoping he'd get the position, but I don't see that happening, since I'd like someone with some sense of humor as the site owner.

Spidey leading? I can imagine SP becoming a loli approved zone if that happens.

[Khoi]

Spidey leading? I can imagine SP becoming a loli approved zone if that happens.

I don't see anything wrong with loli as long as it's kept to a specific section of the forums, really. So even if that were to happen, that's fine. More-so, the entire forum would be dedicated to anime/manga and massive image-dumps. /stare

[Mark]

I hope this site wouldn't get too uptight.

Much too late for that.

But it could always get worse.

[Will]

obiously I am not, if you had actually read my post you would have known that it was a HYPOTHETICAL situation ._.

OT: Now im 60% sure the site will keep going :)

If you had actually read my post you would have known that no one would need to complain over you being an admin because you will never qualify to run the site.

[Swerve]

- A previously banned member should never hold a staff position

I have never understood the appeal of holding a staff position: more restrictions, more stress, and more suck-ups. Perhaps some people find it a pleasurable experience, but I cannot grasp why people want to deal with additional responsibilities.

I would hope that selected staff members who administer the rules, should have been able to follow the rules as normal users.

[y0y0y0y0shi0]

I'm not sure on how I feel about this.

This.
I'm kinda worried about whom the party may be now, though. However, I trust your judgment and hope something shall be worked out.

[Typhoon]

lol, if this site became even more anime obsessed where it spilled out into other sections other than funhouse i probably definitely wouldn't come back

[DeanNim]

I'm sure many of you are extremely worried about SP going down for good in the next two weeks. Allow me to reassure you that I am doing everything in my power to stop this from happening. To shut down the site is a last ditch thing - if no one else is willing and capable to take one of my two roles.

Luckily, I have found another party that is willing to buy the site and fully meets my qualifications. For privacy sake, I will not identify who the other party is. However, negotiations are going very well. We already agree on much of what the future site should look like. We have proceeded far enough with negotiations that now it's just a matter of writing up a contract between the two of us. The chances of SP going down for good appears slim - very slim - at this point.

Here are some of the concepts in which we've both strongly agreed:
- That the site remains culturally and physically intact
- That there is an extractor for the forums
- That the admin of the forums is also the admin of the server
- A previously banned member should never hold a staff position

I have received several offers for the site. Now that I'm counting them, at least four offers in the past week (one offer even being just for the domain name alone - no server). But this one I feel is going to be the best for you, me, and the other party. I'm fighting for you guys, the forum, and extractions 100%.

Stay chinchillin',

Fiel

Zakumslayers ? Sparks ? WHOOO?!


I will only leave southperry if the funhouse is removed/renamed.

[mrcowcow]

Is it a bit much to ask, since you used the word "party", if it is a group of people, or one person? I'm assuming the latter.

[Loose]

It's Lloyd Korn, isn't it?

[VivienneWestwood]

It's Lloyd Korn, isn't it?

i knew it !

[Sarah]

Is it a bit much to ask, since you used the word "party", if it is a group of people, or one person? I'm assuming the latter.

a party can be a single person. like if you enter a deal, the other person is referred to as the second party.

i really don't think fiel would sell the site to more than one person because as eos pointed out before; things like this need a single leader.

[Jellyflower]

This is really good. I was saddened by the fact you originally said the site will be shut down, which seemed rather sudden for some of us, especially those that don't follow SP news daily. I remember you suggesting a new vBulletin format where users can write guides and post in a better manner. Instead of doing everything yourself, I think it'll be nice to see communal effort as well. I'm not unaware of how much time you have to put in for extractions, you could always just do them when you have free time and don't need to be always on top of things all the time. I admit that I use the extraction info a lot on SP, but a lot of times I tend to come back time and time again after several patches have gone. Updated info is nice, but I think having an archive like this is just as important. I'm pretty sure there are others that are well capable of doing extractions, a break for yourself is well recommended.

[Jedward]

It's Lloyd Korn, isn't it?

Exactly what I was thinking.