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Yes, we are back. We are very sorry about the long downtime, and lack of information during our absence, but we were working hard to bring the site back. Our other main goal was to keep our TF2/NS2 game servers running without interruption.

So what happened?
On March 24th, our forums were attacked and hacked successfully. As soon as we realized what happened, we took down our webservers to make sure no further damage could be made. Unfortunately, it was too late and it's very likely our forums database was compromised.

What does this mean to you?
The hackers were able to access all information you put in your forum profile such as your e-mail addresses and SteamID. These information were accessible to other registered users as well (except if you selected "Hide my email from others"). We'd like to stress that their goal was to take over (and take down) our forums and game servers, not steal passwords or email addresses.

All passwords are encrypted in the database, they are not stored in plain text. To decrypt and recover hashed passwords, you need to brute force every single one and that takes a long time depending on how complicated your passwords are. Still, we advise all our users to change their pass...

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**THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER!**

Your favorite local admin, Fernplant, was feeling very generous yet again and decided to offer four months of Donor membership to four lucky winners to celebrate his "birthday month". Wait, What What What?!?! Yes, you read that right! And that's not all. Since our Winter Giveaway Grand Prize wasn't claimed, we're adding it once again!

This giveaway will follow a similar format than last time. To participate, please follow this link: http://hyperiongaming.org/index.php?topic=474.0 and make sure you read the giveaway rules carefully. The winners will be picked randomly from the giveaway thread on January 31st at 6:00 PM. You may register for the giveaway at any time until January 31st at 3:00PM Pacific Time.

Do not post in this thread! The giveaway thread is here: http://hyperiongaming.org/index.php?topic=474.0

Good luck and make sure to thank Fern if you win!

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**This Contest is Now Over!**

To celebrate the winter holidays, we have decided to give back to our community by holding a small giveaway. Since it will be our first contest ever, go easy on us and don’t expect the Team Captain hat as a prize! (It retails for $3,400 if you’re interested)

If not hats, what are the wonderful prizes you guys are talking about?! Well, we will be offering a total of 8 months free Donor membership with a final grand prize of 3 months Donor membership given on New Year’s Day to one lucky girl/guy. Obviously, the above prizes will not be awarded if the Mayan were correct. Confirmation will be given on December 22nd. (It better be the end the world, or we’ll be broke!)

To participate, please follow this link: http://hyperiongaming.org/index.php?topic=447.0 and make sure you read the giveaway rules carefully. The winners will be picked randomly from the giveaway thread starting on December 24th to January 1st for the Grand Prize. You may register for the giveaway at any time until December 31st at midnight Pacific Time.

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