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[The Ultimate Ramotith]

ROMHacking.net freaked out.

It’s been a good near 20 year run, but for various reasons it’s time to wind things down. The site achieved almost everything it set out to do, and far exceeded it. We joined hacking and translation communities together for the first time ever. We outlasted and eclipsed ROM hacking sites that came before us. We brought ROM hacking from niche and fragmented to global and centralized. We assembled the largest force of ROM hackers on the planet. We brought learning resources and accessibility to a much wider range of people. We made major progress legitimizing and pulling ROM hacking from underground dark web type material to something much more accepted by the mainstream. We paved a much easier path for all of those that will come after us. No doubt, this site changed ROM hacking forever. It will leave behind the legacy of those accomplishments to remember.

Things sure have changed since the beginning days. I miss the times when I was able to interact with a smaller group of supportive people to collaborate with rather than the entire world. Having gone from an unknown fledgling site to an infinitely growing and globally known one made sustainability very challenging. The site became so busy with 24/7 use, endless queues, and an endless inbox. It’s a very different world than it was in 2005. Copyright pressures increased dramatically with takedowns and legal burden. The site shifted from serving mostly contributing humans to bots and overzealous people abusing resources. They drowned everybody else out. The need for the site has lessened over time. There are now many options for community discussions, open source projects, and file storage across the Internet. For a while, I was looking to find a successor within the circles of site supporters. I asked several potential people, but the stars did not align.

I was finally looking to wind things down at the end of last year. I wanted to provide the site database and file archive to the general public. At that time, an internal group suddenly emerged with an offer to help continue the site. I questioned their intentions, but I thought it could prove to be a more community friendly path forward. However, it turned out to be the opposite. We had a rocky phase 1, moving the downloads into their possession. When I went to startup phase 2, I discovered a most dishonest and hate filled group. I learned that I had been dehumanized for a very long time. My personal details had been given out. Secret deceitful plots had been made to cut me out, and drop a bomb like I am a target to destroy. My family has seen this and after discussion, we are immediately ceasing all related site operations. We are cutting ties to Discord and Twitter social media outlets, and will have no further contact with these individuals. Lines were crossed. I had hoped this community especially would have learned from what happened to Near. This behavior is not OK for handling disagreements, miscommunication, anger, or anything else.

We have released the site database (sans account and/or profile information) as well as all of the files and images to the Internet Archive. In summary:

• Internet Archive of Database and Download Files
• All Submissions other than News are permanently closed.
• All sections of the site will remain up as read only.
• Downloads and images will be available for as long as DarkSol, FCAndChill Calico will allow.
• Forum will remain up
• Twitter and Discord affiliations have ended. Anything further from these outlets do NOT represent myself or ROMhacking.net.

I look forward to seeing what projects will emerge with the site data for the next generation. From what I have seen, it may be a good time to start an open source initiative for a new site. I’d love to hear about what projects you are working on!

I thank all of the many staff and community members whom kept the wheels turning and the lights on over the years. I am proud of our many accomplishments here together. I will carry forward remembering the good times, laughing about the bad times, and knowing she was right for the time, but time has a way of moving on.

This is ROMhacking.net as we knew her signing off…

https://archive.ph/lpV4G

 

[Ibanez RG 350EX]

I was finally looking to wind things down at the end of last year. I wanted to provide the site database and file archive to the general public. At that time, an internal group suddenly emerged with an offer to help continue the site. I questioned their intentions, but I thought it could prove to be a more community friendly path forward. However, it turned out to be the opposite. We had a rocky phase 1, moving the downloads into their possession. When I went to startup phase 2, I discovered a most dishonest and hate filled group. I learned that I had been dehumanized for a very long time. My personal details had been given out. Secret deceitful plots had been made to cut me out, and drop a bomb like I am a target to destroy. My family has seen this and after discussion, we are immediately ceasing all related site operations. We are cutting ties to Discord and Twitter social media outlets, and will have no further contact with these individuals. Lines were crossed. I had hoped this community especially would have learned from what happened to Near. This behavior is not OK for handling disagreements, miscommunication, anger, or anything else.

So am I right in getting the impression that the owner is yet another autist-turned-tranny who only just realized everyone was politely humoring his delusions?

 

[Pissmaster]

At that time, an internal group suddenly emerged with an offer to help continue the site. I questioned their intentions, but I thought it could prove to be a more community friendly path forward. However, it turned out to be the opposite. We had a rocky phase 1, moving the downloads into their possession. When I went to startup phase 2, I discovered a most dishonest and hate filled group. I learned that I had been dehumanized for a very long time. My personal details had been given out. Secret deceitful plots had been made to cut me out, and drop a bomb like I am a target to destroy. My family has seen this and after discussion, we are immediately ceasing all related site operations. We are cutting ties to Discord and Twitter social media outlets, and will have no further contact with these individuals. Lines were crossed.

Trannies. It was trannies!

I had hoped this community especially would have learned from what happened to Near.

The community got their five minutes of victimization and moved onto their next target. Kiwis were nicer about Near than anyone else.

This behavior is not OK for handling disagreements, miscommunication, anger, or anything else.

Trannies are demons. You don't just reach agreements with demons.

Massive props to him for uploading an archive, though.

 

[X Prime]

Nightcrawler was a lib from my recollection. I suspect troon involvement, the question is which side.

 

[Baraka Obama]

Someone on /v/ said the "other site" was romhacking.com



I'm assuming troons are the haters until proven otherwise.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

We have released the site database (sans account and/or profile information) as well as all of the files and images to the Internet Archive. In summary:

everybody's gotta close up shop one day
not many people bother to make sure all the stuff is available before they do

semper fidelis to all are armed romhacks, may the seven hundred million "different" Final Fantasy 6s live on forever

 

[X Prime]

Someone on /v/ said the "other site" was romhacking.com

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I'm assuming troons are the haters until proven otherwise.

That site looks homosexual as fuck, and not just because of the logo.

 

[el bandito loco]

Someone on /v/ said the "other site" was romhacking.com

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I'm assuming troons are the haters until proven otherwise.

I think that one is run by the CDRomance guy.

 

[Banana Hammock]

Man, this fucking sucks. At least he was cool enough to drop the archive, though. Props to him.

 

[Two Dollars]

Someone on /v/ said the "other site" was romhacking.com

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I'm assuming troons are the haters until proven otherwise.

What "other site"? The blog post didn't mention anything about another site.
Anyway, this really fucking sucks. I think there are one or two other big rom hack sites, but I don't know if they have all the same stuff, and that archive is extremely unorganized.

That site looks homosexual as fuck, and not just because of the logo.

It really is. I've always hated SimpleFlips's circlejerk ego project that focused on Mario 64 and nothing else, yet had the audacity to copy the name of the biggest general-purpose rom hack site out there.

 

[HexFag]

Dude I can't believe romhacking.net is going down I JUST fucking downloaded patches for SMT1 and SMT2 today. It was such a great website I really hope somebody has a good alternative up soon.

It was one of the only sources for game modifications that didn't require me to join a FUCKING discord server. I hope that isn't the fate of romhack hosting.

 

[Banana Hammock]

Dude I can't believe romhacking.net is going down I JUST fucking downloaded patches for SMT1 and SMT2 today. It was such a great website I really hope somebody has a good alternative up soon.

It was one of the only sources for game modifications that didn't require me to join a FUCKING discord server. I hope that isn't the fate of romhack hosting.

Romhacks.org seems decent, though the navigation definitely needs an overhaul.

 

[Registration]

Romhacks.org seems decent, though the navigation definitely needs an overhaul.

Arent these fucks not uploading translations that have bad words (trannies and such)

 

[Georgio Cocklord]

That sucks, I used it for a lot of translations. Yet another fucking retro archive is on archive.org, with their inefficient unsorted bulk archives which I will have to sift through for a single file. This guys definitely a tranny though, he mentioned the site as being a she, that gives massive tranny vibes.

 

[Banana Hammock]

That sucks, I used it for a lot of translations. Yet another fucking retro archive is on archive.org, with their inefficient unsorted bulk archives which I will have to sift through for a single file. This guys definitely a tranny though, he mentioned the site as being a she, that gives massive tranny vibes.

Eh. Ships and planes are referred to as "she," as is "the motherland." Given the reference to Byuu, though, and the bit about, "I learned that I had been dehumanized for a very long time," I'm inclined to agree.

 

[SmallKiwi]

Found this in the comments:

https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=39405.40

 

[Mr. Duck]

The Discord trannies are claiming that they dindu nuffin and that it's all the fault of the original owner.


Some autist who works on translations also blames the original owner, also mentions staying away from Romhacks.org.

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Some interesting comments.



The feud apparently started because some discord admin from RHDO sabotaged RHDN.


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Spoiler: Discord logs

The Romhacks.org owner responds.

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[Two Dollars]

The Discord trannies are claiming that they dindu nuffin and that it's all the fault of the original owner.
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Some autist who works on translations also blames the original owner, also mentions staying away from Romhacks.org.
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Some interesting comments.
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The feud apparently started because some discord admin from RHDO sabotaged RHDN.
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Spoiler: Discord logs

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This RHDO guy definitely needs to fix some things on the technical side, and parts of the site could be designed better, but overall I like him. We need a new main hub for rom hacks, and I guess it falls on him now.

 

[X Prime]

Honestly everyone involved seems like an asshole.

I get why Nightcrawler didn't trust any of the Discord trannies.

 

[Carpenter Trout]

Honestly everyone involved seems like an asshole.

I get why Nightcrawler didn't trust any of the Discord trannies.

Indeed. The moment I read that Byuu bullshit, I knew something was up. It's not that they believe that fake suicide, it's that they want for everyone else to believe it. While in turn, if it wasn't that KF was made the fall guy, it would've most likely been RMDN due to the sheer amount of drama surrounding that place lol.

The owner is a faggot, plain and simple. I don't care about your fetishes, keep them for yourself. I've used that site to download romhacks and tools, not to be lectured about why the fag pride is the single most important event in the human history.