Seriously weird!
I found an IW clone!
It was passed on by a member who is no longer here, but...Jeez!? Apparently the webmaster is 10 years old there. It's really quite scary.
Ironworks clone

Hmmm, methinks Ziroc and Choc are not going to be real pleased with this. I hear that the Internet community frowns on piracy like that.

Um ok... And the point of this psuedo forum's creation was... ???

Hmmm, since the webmaster is (apparently) ten, shouldn't we just e-mail him and tell him to close it down?

Yeah, I think we should...isn't the name copyrighted anyway? Only Ziroc's is the best! Hah! Look at his pitiful member count! One! And a moderator named choc...?

EDIT: This is outrageous! He even copied all the text! Man, don't he have something better to do? I wonder when Ziroc will find out...

[ 04-05-2003, 04:26 PM: Message edited by: slicer15 ]

He's calling at least some of the images directly from Ziroc's server. Methinks he wont be up for long.

A disgruntled former member I would think.

Since Ironworks is a registered trade mark, this is quite illegal. Quick, someone go find Timber. :D :D :D

[ 04-05-2003, 04:24 PM: Message edited by: Animal ]

Anyone recognise naka_coco_jp@hotmail.com ? No profile on it. Part of it is one of my brothers old nicks, but he wouldnt do this. (Or at least, not without asking me for help with the coding)

An email from Ziroc to Proboards will sort this out. [img]smile.gif[/img] I think they are capable of submitting additional information should it be necessary.

Someone copies IronWorks out of spite? I don't think so, my guess is it's someone that wants to start some trouble and has a little too much free time on his hands [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Or one of our members playing buggery for April fool's day? Only they chickened out of announcing it 'cause of legal reasons?

Well, IF it really is a 10 year-old kid, he or she might not realize that it is illegal. I just wonder if it really is a kid. AND there doesn't seem to be any point to it. Weird.

This is wrong. I guess Ziroc will know what to do.

I know a person named Nakahara from PSO who is in charge of a guild called Coco Chan and Freinds... We've got a bit of a rivalry, though I dont think they'd sink this low... They're a band of Yamakazi Internet Otaku who find western sites and make Joke Mirrors, Like the infamouse Eloog and Yahoozle OH and that iMac Toilet thing... They must've found out where I post and decided to aim this joke at me and my freinds... heh... well I suppose an eye is for an eye... If they did it, then theres nothing you can really do about it... But if they didnt then this was obvioulsy just a bad late april fools joke I think... When does it say the site was made?

I highly doubt that. I'm still having trouble making my website, so I doubt a 10 yr. old kid knows everything about it just like that.

This guy has an interesting set of censored words I think.

http://ironworksforum.proboards13.co...577990&start=0

Prat, but he knows about IW. Not just a troll whos been here for a day and got thrown out. Refers to Tiamat, and he was ages ago.

ugh I just tried Instant Messaging Naka_coco_jp@hotmail.com and you won't belive who it says it is...

Drat, this has got to be a former member. But, I doubt it will be up long when Dan sees it.

Who does it say it is?

Who is it DK?

just curious, I saw a dk there. is it /)eathKiller ?

Look at the URL of the gifs on that site, its very similar to /)eathkillers sig hosting, so Im guessing its his friend he mentioned.

I'm DK, I signed up to see if I could probe the mod to find out what the forum was... I think I just got a response... And the person's name was 3vi7 Z1r0c or something in l337...

dk.../)eathkiller...maybe [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I think that was DK posting there to ask why the person did it Kakero.
This could easily be a disgruntled former member, but one with the skills and time necessary.
(most have the HTML skill to make something, not as many have the time)

However, it could always have been Ziroc planning some form of April fools that never came to be, who knows? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

EDIT: Ah, taking into account the posts above, it probably is the aforementioned mirror site people.
Odd though, that they not only kept the images from Iw, but had them linking to real IW pages (TOS, NWN server etc. )

[ 04-05-2003, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Talthyr Malkaviel ]

today is april 6 already, so it's way off for an april fool joke don't you think so?

My guess is that someone had a grudge over IW and Ziroc. just asking for trouble if you ask me.

I'll res the site if I have to... This guy's not responding to me...

DK, who has the password for your lycos server? All the images are on shinokai1. And the registration email was sent from i_boswell@trigun.com . If I was you, someone would be bleeding tomorrow.

Forget the war already.... this is much more intresting [img]tongue.gif[/img] Stay tuned for live updates :D :D :D

I think its gone or something...whenever *I* try to go to it, it takes to Proboards' home page.

<font color="gold">Having a quite... interesting chat with our 10 year old webmaster at the moment... Read and enjoy. [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

<font color="gold">...and then he went offline. ;)
Tried to get as much info as possible out of him. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Death, you remember a gundam deathscythe sig?</font>

[ 04-05-2003, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: Sir Exxon ]

Works for me .. about 5 mins ago

....Death To Sir G?

I spiked his a$$!

*edit*
Nothing to worry about or see here peoples... IWs clone is dead... With some help from Nakahara's Room Mate, Tietsu ^_^

[ 04-05-2003, 06:01 PM: Message edited by: /)eathKiller ]

What does that mean?

The way I see it, This matter is over and dealt with [img]tongue.gif[/img] Sorry for any inconvenience, it really sucks when outside influences try to pray on you in your new natural habbitat, then again ghosts from the past haunt me occasionally from pso-world.com; That's why i recomend the forum just be avoided at all costs there

They really deserved what they got after the damage they did to my own Site O-o Sun Flower seeds everywhere... Anyway... like Sir Exxon Put it: c'est la vie ... Life goes on... I'm glad this didn't get any messier then it had to really...

I'm sure I speak for Ziroc when I say thanks for dealing with this idiot. If any of you have information on this incident that you think our Webmaster needs to know, drop him an e-mail about it.

I will call my Attorney friend Monday and have them send over a cease and desist order to this forum host.

If ANY of you know who this person's name is, first and last name, and ANY other information, this will help me prosecute this 'guy'.

And if this 'guy' is reading this, I am deadly serious. close your forum and stop linking to my site, or you will start events in motion that you will wish to God you didn't. If you are under 18, Your parents will be sued.

I'll let you all know Monday what happens after I talk to my friend (Attorney dude) [img]smile.gif[/img] He owes me a FEW!

If you would, go here:

http://www.proboards.com/Home-Report_TOS.html

And report them. I did, and told them I'd give them 72 hours to remove it.

BTW, Everyone keep checking that website to see if it comes back up. If it DOES, post a new message in Gen Con about it, and the URL (If it changes).

Thanks guys!