The Spoony Experiment

Okay, fair warning…

by Spoony on July 3, 2009 · View Comments

The Spoony Experiment is going off the air indefinitely.

Dreamhost really jacked up the site and I don’t know if Scarlett can fix it. She’s brilliant but there might not be much she can do when some clown takes a fire axe to her templates and HTML.

So, fair warning. This ship is sinking. Scarlett will probably be taking the site offline as soon as tonight, and I don’t know when it’ll be back. If there are any forum posts you want to save, back them up yourself. I have no idea how this is going to turn out.

Edit: I know many of you are frustrated with what seems like bait-and-switching. There’s a lot going on in my life that you don’t know about, and because it all came up so suddenly, I decided to drop everything– Ripper, Terror TRAX, SWAT– and finish a special review. Then all of this crap with Dreamhost came up, and now I have to scramble to fix this particular disaster. This isn’t some stunt, and it’s not another example of classic procrastinating Spoony. This is a legitimate shitstorm, and I’m doing my best to weather it. My site is falling apart, and I’m not sure if I can fix it.

Even if I do move to a new server, it’ll probably end up being a $320/month dedicated server, and I seriously can’t afford it at this juncture. This site just does not produce that kind of revenue.

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  • Dylan
    that sucks man but we can wait for a long time until you get everything fixed good luck man
  • Stevil
    Hope it all works out man.
    I love your videos, life is going to suck arse-hair without them.
  • Dragead
    spoony, i have an idea for you to make money if you have to get 320 a month. add a premium member club, or something, where you can post special videos and charge a few bucks a month. TGWTG does that, so why don't you. also, really get sponsered by taco bell
  • AMGmanMcZOMG
    "Urrzuah!"
  • nick012000
    Nooo! Your SWAT reveiws were hilarious.

    Best of luck with whatever you do after this, Spoony!
  • Adrian
    Whatever happens, we are all with you spoony.
    Best wishes.
  • TommyandtheAnts
    dayummm X3 i love this site
    im a longtime watcher and first time commenting X3
    always behind you mr spoony im sure this whole crazy crap will clear up soon :3
    untill then me and all my spoony buddies will be waiting
    good luck with the fixing :3 hoping to be seing you and that crazy dr. insaino guy lighting up internet in a review again soon :3
  • Latexpoultry
    NOOOES
  • selenium
    well all great thing sooner or later end so good luck to you man. live longe and prosper.
  • PPDr
    Wow

    This happened in the span of like 3 days.

    Keep trying to upload to Blip.tv if this lasts longer than we want. And at least update on TGWTG if it seems to be permanent. I think most of your users visit there at least.
  • Pyrocrastinator
    Hey, man, you're in my prayers. I'm sure God's getting a lot of people suddenly praying about this XD

    Good luck with the site, and good luck with the other stuff going on in your life, too.

    And I'll try to send a donation. I've got ten bucks, but it's better than nothing, right?
  • MattJay
    I hope everything's going fine with your life right now.

    And don't ever scare us like that again! TSE is one of the top review websites that's currently running! :(
  • Lucan
    Wow that came back up real fast.
  • DoktorSleepless
    Glory to the Spoony Experiment! Dammit, I will lend support if I have to, in order to keep the awesome flowing. AWESOME MUST FLOW.
  • astaroth
    noooooooooooooo!!!!

    mother fucker you can't do this to me!
  • Wayne
    Damn... if you leave you will be sorely missed by myself and my large group of friends and followers. The Experiment will continue. Someday. And when they do. We'll be waiting.

    Long live the Experiment.
  • Alexander
    If the economy didn't smash my dad hard, I would send $20, but as it is, I can barely afford to keep myself in line. A million apologies there.
  • Foobawr
    I will wait forever...I believe we all will. Best of luck, Spoony.
  • Joe R
    I went ahead and sent him 20 bucks.. for fucks sake, its worth every penny. Help this guy out a little people!
  • LDavis
    It never rains, but it sure does pour. Glad to see Scarlett's gotten things up and running for the time being at least, that's a small silver lining. Love your work Spoony, gotten a lot of entertainment from it, so for me at least it's really easy to be patient. Sort it out when you can, as best you can, however you can. Cheers mate!
  • TeflonGurdy
    Spoony, we need you. Okay guys I know I'm not the only one who thinks this but I'm going to put it out there anyway. Spoony is too proud and uncomfortable to ask for money or help. I think it's time we say "FUCK YOU SPOONY!", and start a massive donation spree. If we all pitch in and stop being selfish mooches we can get him a good server. Plus, he'll feel obligated to be a little more proactive with the site and stop procrastinating. Soon as I get a new bank account I'm donating fifty-five dollars and fifty-five cents to the cause. Work with me guys.. Let's pull Noah outta the flames and make him work harder on the site, too! WHO'S WITH ME?! LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR AND CRY "PHANTASMAGORIA!!!".
  • Graham
    Here's Spoony's Blip page, for those of you who want to check it out:

    http://spoonyone.blip.tv
  • herk
    Good luck Spoony. I would dearly miss this side and I hope you'll find a solution, but I sure do understand that 300 bucks a month is simply too much money (hell if you add about 50% you get the budget I'm living on).

    Maybe I'm going to hassle Kenzer & Co to give you your job back - and when they come crawling you can demand whatever you want and become a millionaire and ... yeah sure as if that's gonna hapen *sigh*

    Anyway best wishes from Germany whatever your future brings.
  • Daniel
    NO SPOONY! Hold out until January! In January I'll be starting my new job and I'll be pulling almost 80k a year. I'd be more than happy to donate $300 a month at that point. I don't spend my cash on anything. Don't let TSE die!
  • Some guy from Spain
    Keep Experiment alive.
  • Tombert
    I sure hope Spoony will at least keep posting to Blip or TGWTG. If his videos go down, I'll be saddened.

    I have a friend who rents dedicated servers. I might be able to get him to get you a cheaper rate than 320.

    If this is a go, I'll post it in that forum or email or something
  • If you need a new webhost, have you considered Host Monster? It's only about $4 a month.
  • Junkyard
    Good luck Spoony, either on getting a new site up or on whatever you end up doing!
  • blah
    Hey spoony think about this its better to burn out then to fade away
  • Alexander
    So with sadness in my heart
    (I) feel the best thing I could do
    is end it all
    and leave forever
    what's done is done it feels so bad
    what once was happy now is sad
    I'll never love again
    my world is ending

    I wish that I could turn back time
    cos now the guilt is all mine
    can't live without
    the trust from those you love
    I know we can't forget the past
    you can't forget love & pride
    because of that, it's killing me inside

    Yeah, I know... EVA reference is lame, but it fits here.
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