Sam's deadline...

Enriana · Post by **Enriana** » 07 Feb 2006 11:31 pm

... was today.

Did anyone hear back from him? Do we know what we're doing? Are we going to buy a domain, stay on Kamil's host, something different?

I know we had a domain discussion a bit ago, IIRC, neo-colours and theneocolours had .coms and .nets free, I don't think actual neocolours.anything was available at a reasonable price.

So. Um. Yes. Discuss. *waves hands around vaguely*

Post by **Huggles** » 07 Feb 2006 11:50 pm

I haven't heard from him. I did receive an email from someone named Sam, and had a temporary fit of glee until I opened it. He was offering drugs similar to viagra, so I don't think it was our Sam.

DamionDarkheart · Post by **DamionDarkheart** » 07 Feb 2006 11:59 pm

Maybe Sam got a job as a Viagra salesman and just happened to think that you needed some help south of the border?

Zap · Post by **Zap** » 08 Feb 2006 12:01 am

He's selling drugs now? Gosh, I didn't know it was that bad...

EofS · Post by **EofS** » 08 Feb 2006 12:06 am

Last night we pondered colourise, colourize (hybrid, hee) and neocolourise, but the first two aren't particularly available and I'm not comfortable with the latter without Sam's permission to use Neocolours in the name.

We also discussed thenc as a name. We can keep our identity, it's how everyone refers to it anyway (and other sites saying "Neocolours" would technically be correct...) but we're not stepping so much on Sam's toes.

I couldn't entirely work it out, but it looked like I could get 1 (or 2, I'm not sure) years of http://www.thenc.co.uk for less than Â£10. Which, when we come to a decision, I would seriously consider paying. I'm not going to guarantee anything right now. But I'm thinking about it.

We also decided that registering through the site he works (worked?) for might be an unsubtle wake-up call ;0)

Aaaaand we came up with a sekrit plan to put us back on the map, but that's sekrit right now... Sssssh.

Post by **Huggles** » 08 Feb 2006 12:10 am

I don't know. He like totally abandoned his loot and group in the middle of a raid and I say we should ninja it.

oogabooga · Post by **oogabooga** » 08 Feb 2006 12:22 am

I don't suppose we could just get nc.something? I'd be fine with thenc too but if the other's available I'd prefer that, unless for some reason having a two-letter url would be awkward.

I've mentioned before that I'd be willing to help pay a bit for hosting, and though we're getting that generously donated *bows to Kamil* the same goes for domain name registry. So, E, don't assume that you'd have to pay it yourself.

FaerieInGrey · Post by **FaerieInGrey** » 08 Feb 2006 12:28 am

I like "thenc", too.

And I as well would gladly contribute some money... granted it would be in USD and I have nothing like PayPal or credit cards.

So if people wanted some expensive domain, I'd gladly send some to take a bite out of the cost.

EofS · Post by **EofS** » 08 Feb 2006 12:30 am

oogabooga wrote:I don't suppose we could just get nc.something? I'd be fine with thenc too but if the other's available I'd prefer that, unless for some reason having a two-letter url would be awkward.

I've mentioned before that I'd be willing to help pay a bit for hosting, and though we're getting that generously donated *bows to Kamil* the same goes for domain name registry. So, E, don't assume that you'd have to pay it yourself.

nc.com and nc.net are taken, nothing else will allow a two letter domain.

As for the money... it's an hour's wages. Right now, I can spare that money. For the minute amount you would be transferring, the fees would probably be more than the money. And you get into the tricky area with TNT and the fact that you can't make money off a fansite. So for peace of mind, I would be happy to pay that first year. But thanks for the offer.

(Still not guaranteeing that I will pay, because I want a clearer idea of what we're doing before I make that decision.)

Dead Webby · Post by **Dead Webby** » 08 Feb 2006 06:53 pm

E, thats very generous of you

Maybe Sam has completely lost all interest in Neopets, and Neocolours as a result. I'm not suggesting we do so, but I think it would be okay-ish to use 'neocolours' as part of the website name, becuase we basically are Neocolours. Meh, its hard to explain what i mean....

I also like 'thenc' as the name.

Kantark · Post by **Kantark** » 08 Feb 2006 07:43 pm

I can't remember what was said in the email - we did make it relatively clear to him what was likely to happen if he did not respond, didn't we?

When I emailed him shortly after the site went down (probably about a week in) I was told that he was working to get the site up and running again but it required a lot of work to restore due to a disk crash. I got the impression that he was still quite keen to do it, but it would appear that was just some bull, because we still haven't seen even a placeholder or explanation page put up by him.

Regarding URLs, I'd be happy with something like 'thenc' because although not as obvious as 'neocolours' you'd still remember it once you'd seen it a few times (it works for PPT, whose URL is 'pinkpt.com', not immediately obvious). People are going to find us through search engines (hopefully), where the URL is relatively irrelevant.

rebelheart · Post by **rebelheart** » 08 Feb 2006 07:54 pm

I like thenc.co.uk short, plain, simple = stylish

Post by **Figment** » 08 Feb 2006 08:24 pm

Hate to be contrary, but I do not like "the" in front of the Ns. Despite knowing what it means, I still read it as "then c" or "then colours." Bothersome.

oogabooga · Post by **oogabooga** » 08 Feb 2006 10:36 pm

Maybe the_nc, like on LJ? Kind of ugly, though.

rebelheart · Post by **rebelheart** » 08 Feb 2006 10:38 pm

You can't have underscores in domains, just - . So it would have to be the-nc, if.

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