What we are witnessing is a textbook example how not to run a forum, and what happens when an owner takes a back seat and does nothing as long as the donations keep rolling in.
Obviously, there was zero research done before they upgraded to Vbulletin 5 because had they done so they would have realized that all the plugins they were used to are no longer compatible.
Now they are in a predicament because nobody likes the upgrade, nothing works, and they need to make decision whether or not to migrate the forum software to Xenforo.
They are also considering moving servers so expect a lot more downtime.
Just to add to the misery, their (s) mods room & assist admin are wide open through the top +5 mod and everything they are discussing can be seen (if you know how to look).
Their story about recent database`s failing is a lie because the owner didn`t have any.
