04 May 2010
Announcement:
I plan to bring CelatoSecurity Server down to do a major system reconfiguration from 5th May to 7th May DONE. During the configuration, you may not be able to access Anime-Sharing.com (or you might, I might switch to backup network as well)
Reconfiguration? What is it?
On 16th April, CelatoSecurity was hacked. Although the hacker, get very very limited access to the server (heh, actually he had nothing but the an directory index) my security code do not allow such penetration, therefore, I have to bring it down to implement new security policy. It will be more strict, so every god damn admin will need to practice such policy once they are in place.
At the same time, to ensure speed and reliability to CelatoSecurity, taking advantage of the reconfiguration, I also add some changes to CelatoSecurity: - Actually skip the 1.2.3, it's totally boring-
1. CelatoSecurity will now have 2 database server in 2 different geographic location. This add 2 advantages: the primary database if deleted (by human accident for example, or disaster), can be recovered instantly by the secondary database. And the secondary database can also be used as load balance, in case the primary database overload and timed out.
2. CelatoSecurity now have a better firewall: better firewall means less illegitimate query, which put un-necessary load to the server and lag everyone else. I hate lagging anyway.
3. CelatoSecurity now have bigger capacity: in terms of HDD space, bandwidth, system resources, which provide reasonable expansion capability in the near future. Some hardware are replaced: Higher RPM HDDs, Reconfiguration the OS, optimizing services (by disabling what never use and reassign service's process priority), defrag patterns and system optimization are now perform more logical and reasonable.
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On a side note, due to popular requests, girlcelly had setup a new blog here: http://www.ge-anime.blogspot.com
The blog contain the achieve of the past upload before the blog was taken down. But remember: no new content will be posted over there. It is meant to be anarchive. So you may want to drop there to grab some old game, if you like. Not all links are live, so better watch for dead links
When the anime-sharing blog is up, we will verify all links and reimport or reupload old games gradually (many links are dead anyway). Re-importing takes time since anime-sharing blog will use a better format: less confusing, and more easy to grab the juice.
To cap up this long and boring post: expect server to be down for a few days and don't panic lol.
Regards,
Checkmate
Greetings from eXalpha, girlcelly, Checkmate, Tessu, Ignis, SolistraSora, aero, and everyone who contributed to the eXalpha-anime blog. Thanks for your kind support.
30 April 2010
Some more Updates:
1. If you're looking to download ef Lite from No Name Losers, go straight here: http://nnl.anime-sharing.com
2. Well school didn't actually end on 7th April for me, it was April 13th
3. April 16th Celato Server got hacked... well actually, a website on Celato server got hacked, and I had to tighten the security. Situation is somewhat resolved in April 18th
4. Several bad news in April 22nd, 25th and the visual novel translation scene war in 26th and onward
5. I had my final exam on April 23rd through April 29th
6. To make up for some losses, I bring you the ef Lite from NNL, It is being served directly from the Mercury Cluster. More download location will be added
7. As for the Anime-sharing blog, I haven't had any solid estimate yet as, but rest assure, it's still going on
8. Don't worry guys, I'm in the same boat: there's tons of cute games were released, and without the blog, I couldn't download anything. I also want the blog to be up as fast as you guys.
9. Ok ok, I'll stop yapping now.
10. Oh, and please enjoy ef.
Regards,
Checkmate
Greetings from eXalpha, girlcelly, Checkmate, Tessu, Ignis, SolistraSora, aero, and everyone who contributed to the eXalpha-anime blog. Thanks for your kind support.
31 March 2010
Some Updates
I've received a lot of enquiries that when the blog gonna be done. So I guess it's time for some updates
In case you don't know about web development, here's the procedure:
Decide on the engine (Wordpress, Joomla, Concrete5 etc...) -> Implementation required modules & evaluate the engine -> Layout Concept -> Design the layout based on the concept -> Implementation the design to the engine -> Test run and debug -> Revision round 1: Fix all major bugs -> LIVE TEST - OPEN FOR PUBLIC: Collecting feedback and debug -> Revision round 2: Fix all minor bugs, implementing changes from previous LIVE TEST.
So far the progress had been stalled at the design point (I'm designing the interface now). Currently I'm busy with alot of the final wave of the assignements and term papers before the final examination. I cannot work on the blog, not until after April 7th.
To be quite honestly though, I'm still banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the tab system for Wordpress, because blogspot layout was an absolute failure. I want the front page to display category as tab, so you can keep track more easily.
In the mean time, if you don't know where to get the games, a few address below may prove useful: (No Hotlinks, please copy and paste manually)
http://www.hongfire.com - Probably you guys know this forum more than I do (hell, actually, I didn't join any forum or community). It's the place to find many games, and there's no restriction accessing to the H-Section of the forum. Look for girlcelly's and Tessu's links over there.
http://www.sakurahaha.com - aka SH, this is where Ignis living... (he's Super Mod of SH), it contains a good number of cute games (less rape and weird stuff, no pure loli game). There are also no Rapidshare links (but seriously, don't even bother buying RS Premium, go for Megaupload or Hotfile) and you gonna need atleast 30 posts to access the H-Section (and in order to become visible). Gaining 30 posts is fairly easy, you can just go to the spam section and you can get 30 posts in 10 mins without being banned.
http://www.nihonomaru.com/ - aka as NH. This place get a lot of hate and love. The restriction is absolutely brutal: you need to contribute First before gaining access to the hidden section. In other word, you have to upload something and receive reputations to a certain degree. Tessu's also active over there as an 'Ecchi mod', though he's more active in Hongfire I think.
What else hmm... well, probably that's all, beside us. And we are open minded, so we absolutely have little to no non-obtrusive ads, registration is not necessary. and DMCA is void.
And then I forget another question that a lot of people had been asking -.-". Well, anyway, if you have any questions feel free to drop to the shoutbox in the bottom of this page.
Regards,
Checkmate
Greetings from eXalpha, girlcelly, Checkmate, Tessu, Ignis, SolistraSora, aero, and everyone who contributed to the eXalpha-anime blog. Thanks for your kind support.
P.S: I recently blew 500$ on artbooks in the matter of hours... Now I understand why Yoshii (in Baka to Test to Shōkanjū) had hot water and sugar all the time. I might end up in the same fate of him soon +_+. The artbook is absolutely stunning~
P.S.S: And I gotta improve my Japanese asap, there are too many cute games and it's piling up.
21 March 2010
Hello again,
It's Checkmate.
Just dropping by and want to let you know if somehow you sneaked through a blog section in Anime-Sharing because I see some comments over there, please don't bother leaving comments. It's just a playground for me to test the functionality, compatibility of the new system I'm working on. Don't bother doing anything with it, it's just a TEST site, it will be DUMPED once I'm done with it. If you want to get in touch with the staff, please use the shoutbox in the bottom of this page.
Yesterday, finally I was be able to LAY MY HANDS on eXalpha (well, technically speaking, not physically, else girlcelly would have killed me -.-"). She handed me over the database of the old blog that was backed-up in 27th Feb, which is not too bad. I'll see if what I could do to merge them together. But if so, we would still have tons of edits to do, and tons of dead links to be reuploaded.
Most, if not all contributor are still in the boat, including girlcelly, Tessu, Ignis (artbooks and stuff), DarkJaws (cute manga), SolistraSora (Anime). So we will get back where we have been in no time.
Now be a good girl and let me work on it
Ah, btw, if you happen to download CrossDays from a shady source, don't forget to read this and check what you got. Thanks Seer for sending it in.
Regards,
Checkmate
Greetings from eXalpha, girlcelly, Checkmate, Tessu, Ignis, SolistraSora, AERO, and everyone who contributed to the eXalpha-anime blog. Thanks for your kind support.
P.S: Are you ok with that now aero? Or do I have to bold that one too? LoL
19 March 2010
Hi Everyone,
I'm Checkmate, Co-Founder of the taken-down eXalpha-Anime blog.
As you know, Google took down our blog without prior warning on 13th March, and I've seen a hell lot of questions regarding if the blog is going to be back.
The Short Answer: No, the eXalpha-anime blog is forever gone, with most of its contents, thanks to the rotten DMCA. We can't even re-take the URL. So we are moving into a new home, known as Anime-Sharing project.
The Long Answer: When I first know eXalpha-Anime blog, I know it is just the matter of time before Google close it down. Anime-Sharing project was first proposed by me in early 2009, but due to my crazy schedule my dad put me into (as a young executive), I couldn't work on it. The Anime-Sharing will not be effected by DMCA, so we will be able to put licensed series. But I'm not planning to populate our blogs full of creepies stuff. So don't hold your hopes too high if you're looking for tentacle and raep.
All the database reside on eXalpha-Anime was lost, though we still keep links to the games we had uploaded. Most of the RS links are removed though, so eventually, we have to re-upload a lot too.
So when will the Anime-Sharing will be back in action?
That's actually a hard question, I can't say for sure, I have tons of school assignment hitting me right now. I don't have a lot of free time to work on Anime-Sharing, so it could take anywhere from weeks to months. There's a lot of work to be done for Anime-Sharing project, as there was many problems with eXalpha-Anime. I want to solve them all in the Anime-Sharing platform. Especially, the interface: displaying category, and displaying download links...
That's all for now. When I'll keep updating this page when there's something to update. In the mean time, you can drop by the shoutbox below and chat with the staff.
Regards,
Checkmate
Greetings from eXalpha, girlcelly, Checkmate, Tessu, Ignis, SolistraSora, and everyone who contributed to the eXalpha-anime blog. Thanks for your kind support.