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Amputate Your Cock · 11-16-2002, 11:13 AM

2 years ago when i first got my own server (raq3, 128 mb ram) and just opened my 1st paysite i submitted one of my free paysite pages (16 thumbs and a join - members - tour button) to the Hun.
I didnt know shit about the Hun and how much traffic he got.
It was the only tgp i submitted to and he accepted my page right away.
Week later he listed me, after 5k hits my server got slow, after 10k hit it started to melt down. So without thinking i was doing anything wrong, just saving my ass, i quickly uploaded the pics to a Geocities account and hotlinked them from my page. Still the server was about to give up. Then i deceided to upload the full page to a geocities account and redirect it to there.
Ofcourse 10 mins later i got a nice mail from Hun saying i was blacklisted...i was like wtf? What did i do wrong??? I HONESTLY had no clue hotlinking and redirecting were a bad thing. I mailed the guy back and said sorry. i didnt mean to screw up things and explained the whole thing and he took me off the blacklist right away.
This was prolly my biggest noob mistake...
Anyone else?

Gary · 11-16-2002, 11:21 AM

My biggest noob mistake was murdering my wife when she asked to use the computer. Thiking back, i probably could have been a little more diplomatic. Live and learn

Martin · 11-16-2002, 11:23 AM

Using a nic like Amputate Your Cock..

quiet · 11-16-2002, 11:26 AM

i can't really think of much. the lamest shit was years ago 96/97 when i kept hopping around from host to host cause they always ended up fucking my shit up. it was crazy. i went through a fucking dozen hosts in 24 months.

i remember thinking that 'a good host' was a contradiction in terms.

crazy shit

Amputate Your Cock · 11-16-2002, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
i can't really think of much. the lamest shit was years ago 96/97 when i kept hopping around from host to host cause they always ended up fucking my shit up. it was crazy. i went through a fucking dozen hosts in 24 months.

i remember thinking that 'a good host' was a contradiction in terms.

crazy shit

Did you ever go with one of those "unlimited bw" hosts for $39 as well?

quiet · 11-16-2002, 11:36 AM

no. things we're very different back then. bw was expensive. very expensive lol

Marcus · 11-16-2002, 11:41 AM

I think my biggest noob mistake was to take 2 weeks vacation when the money started to really come in. I figured I had built a machine that took care of itself and got lazy. I came back from vacation to find I would have to start all the work all over again to get back to the same level.

That and not making backups of everything I did.

Good lessons learned for me.

Juge · 11-16-2002, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gary
My biggest noob mistake was murdering my wife when she asked to use the computer. Thiking back, i probably could have been a little more diplomatic. Live and learn

3Xguru · 11-16-2002, 02:15 PM

On o these days we are going to see here on this board Amputate Your Leg, Amputate Your Arm, Amputate Your Fingers, Amputate Your Tits, Amputate Your Ass(if possible), Amputate Your Nuts, Amputate Your ..... I'm out of ideas

One of these days...

dickblast · 11-16-2002, 02:17 PM

ya quiet is rite

the days of $8 overage (was 98 afraid 2 think about what 96/97 was lol)

Brown Bear · 11-16-2002, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Marcus
I think my biggest noob mistake was to take 2 weeks vacation when the money started to really come in. I figured I had built a machine that took care of itself and got lazy. I came back from vacation to find I would have to start all the work all over again to get back to the same level.

That and not making backups of everything I did.

Good lessons learned for me.

meh

Jer · 11-16-2002, 02:28 PM

In 96/97 I had to pay about $3-$4 per hour (ISP + phone bill) to have access to the internet with a 28.8k modem.

[The Leader] · 11-16-2002, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dickblast
ya quiet is rite

the days of $8 overage (was 98 afraid 2 think about what 96/97 was lol)

The most I paid was $10 overage with Blue Gravity I believe. Crazy days, Hun listings were easy to get for free back then too.

Pete · 11-16-2002, 03:41 PM

When I got Charged with Dangerous Driving and Cause Pursuit. (Was a hell of a ride! )

Pete · 11-16-2002, 03:42 PM

I'm a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD BOY!

Pete · 11-16-2002, 03:42 PM

Well, I used to be.

Hustlin Entertainment · 11-16-2002, 03:45 PM

being a pimp!

Undutchable · 11-16-2002, 03:48 PM

My biggest mistake was starting in the adult business too late

Of course, that's what most people regret

eroswebmaster · 11-16-2002, 04:35 PM

My biggest mistake was doing DVDA with Tom Byron, Ron Jeremy, Jaime Gillis and John Leslie...I don't have a vagina

kenny · 11-16-2002, 07:49 PM

First big newbie mistake going way over my bandwidth, second buying a add on google and losing my ass , most recent deleting a bunch of shit while learning unix

SetTheWorldonFire · 11-16-2002, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by quiet
no. things we're very different back then. bw was expensive. very expensive lol

Like traffic was a bad thing then...sheeeeit

dantheman · 11-16-2002, 09:33 PM

my biggest mistake in webmastering was not keeping up with my own domains and loosing some very good onee

Very costly mistake.

Deranged Monkey · 11-16-2002, 09:42 PM

Starting a free host on a not so established host back in 1998 with very limited tech support... oh and then there were the 1998 bandwidth prices

kenny · 11-16-2002, 11:55 PM

This post also reminds me of my first hun listing, I had a account on a virtual server from Verio with a whole 10gigs per month transfer allowance. It was good enough for my 1 AVS site, but I looked into other ways to make money and learned about TGP and submitted to everyone I found on a list somewhere, I think the hun was the only place I got accepted. Anyway I was using a perclick sponsor on a movie gallery and thought I was doing something with my $30 income that day, until I got the $280 bandwidth bill a week later

Rictor · 11-17-2002, 01:33 AM

Biggest mistake was retiring in 97, 98, 99, and again in 2000. It's hard to build the traffic back up.

jimmyf · 11-17-2002, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kenny
This post also reminds me of my first hun listing, I had a account on a virtual server from Verio with a whole 10gigs per month transfer allowance. It was good enough for my 1 AVS site, but I looked into other ways to make money and learned about TGP and submitted to everyone I found on a list somewhere, I think the hun was the only place I got accepted. Anyway I was using a perclick sponsor on a movie gallery and thought I was doing something with my $30 income that day, until I got the $280 bandwidth bill a week later

2 funny I got one on thehun's Thumbs Up and was with Verio/Best...But I think all I had was 6gigs per month. I kept calling and uping my B/W.. Stopped calling and uping at around 2k $. Even when I got B/W back my pages didn't come up for another 2 days, bacause CPU hit's were over. OH I didn't get even one sign up.

11-16-2002, 11:13 AM	#1
Amputate Your Cock So Fucking Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 357	Biggest n00b mistake? 2 years ago when i first got my own server (raq3, 128 mb ram) and just opened my 1st paysite i submitted one of my free paysite pages (16 thumbs and a join - members - tour button) to the Hun. I didnt know shit about the Hun and how much traffic he got. It was the only tgp i submitted to and he accepted my page right away. Week later he listed me, after 5k hits my server got slow, after 10k hit it started to melt down. So without thinking i was doing anything wrong, just saving my ass, i quickly uploaded the pics to a Geocities account and hotlinked them from my page. Still the server was about to give up. Then i deceided to upload the full page to a geocities account and redirect it to there. Ofcourse 10 mins later i got a nice mail from Hun saying i was blacklisted...i was like wtf? What did i do wrong??? I HONESTLY had no clue hotlinking and redirecting were a bad thing. I mailed the guy back and said sorry. i didnt mean to screw up things and explained the whole thing and he took me off the blacklist right away. This was prolly my biggest noob mistake... Anyone else?

11-16-2002, 11:23 AM	#3
Martin "Assassins" Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: At home Posts: 17,277	Using a nic like Amputate Your Cock.. __________________

11-16-2002, 11:26 AM	#4
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	i can't really think of much. the lamest shit was years ago 96/97 when i kept hopping around from host to host cause they always ended up fucking my shit up. it was crazy. i went through a fucking dozen hosts in 24 months. i remember thinking that 'a good host' was a contradiction in terms. crazy shit __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

11-16-2002, 11:36 AM	#6
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	no. things we're very different back then. bw was expensive. very expensive lol __________________ we'll miss you our friend. RIP

11-16-2002, 02:15 PM	#9
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11-16-2002, 11:21 AM	#2
Gary Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kimmykims couch Posts: 6,110	My biggest noob mistake was murdering my wife when she asked to use the computer. Thiking back, i probably could have been a little more diplomatic. Live and learn

11-16-2002, 11:41 AM	#7
Marcus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,472	I think my biggest noob mistake was to take 2 weeks vacation when the money started to really come in. I figured I had built a machine that took care of itself and got lazy. I came back from vacation to find I would have to start all the work all over again to get back to the same level. That and not making backups of everything I did. Good lessons learned for me.

11-16-2002, 02:17 PM	#10
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11-16-2002, 02:28 PM	#12
Jer God is Brazilian Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 10,601	In 96/97 I had to pay about $3-$4 per hour (ISP + phone bill) to have access to the internet with a 28.8k modem.

11-16-2002, 03:41 PM	#14
Pete Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Posts: 6,617	When I got Charged with Dangerous Driving and Cause Pursuit. (Was a hell of a ride! ) __________________ Evoke Electronics

11-16-2002, 03:42 PM	#15
Pete Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Posts: 6,617	I'm a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD BOY! __________________ Evoke Electronics

11-16-2002, 03:42 PM	#16
Pete Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Posts: 6,617	Well, I used to be. __________________ Evoke Electronics

11-16-2002, 03:45 PM	#17
Hustlin Entertainment So Fucking Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nassau,Bahamas Posts: 2,326	being a pimp!

11-16-2002, 03:48 PM	#18
Undutchable Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,217	My biggest mistake was starting in the adult business too late Of course, that's what most people regret

11-16-2002, 04:35 PM	#19
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11-16-2002, 07:49 PM	#20
kenny Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 7,245	First big newbie mistake going way over my bandwidth, second buying a add on google and losing my ass , most recent deleting a bunch of shit while learning unix

11-16-2002, 09:33 PM	#22
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11-16-2002, 09:42 PM	#23
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11-16-2002, 11:55 PM	#24
kenny Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 7,245	This post also reminds me of my first hun listing, I had a account on a virtual server from Verio with a whole 10gigs per month transfer allowance. It was good enough for my 1 AVS site, but I looked into other ways to make money and learned about TGP and submitted to everyone I found on a list somewhere, I think the hun was the only place I got accepted. Anyway I was using a perclick sponsor on a movie gallery and thought I was doing something with my $30 income that day, until I got the $280 bandwidth bill a week later

11-17-2002, 01:33 AM	#25
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Biggest mistake was retiring in 97, 98, 99, and again in 2000. It's hard to build the traffic back up.