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How's it going everyone? I was just sitting here, chatting with @LabRat and a few of my friends that are here. I realized something quite important. I don't have the foggiest idea of who's staff on the site we now run! That said, its also been a while since all of the staff positions were even made and filled. So, here's everybody's chance to step up! Here's what we need. We need ALL EXISTING STAFF members to please post here and let us know if you want to continue helping out. Editors, news, content creators, discord moderators, everybody. If I don't hear from you, I'm going to assume that you're no longer interested in remaining as staff and you will be replaced. We definitely need: Discord moderators News Editors / posters Right now, the main focus is just keeping the site functioning. So as of right now, we do NOT need reviewers or other content creators. If you'd like to do reviews, please use the Amateur Reviews section. That IS where we'll be seeking new review talents later on (existing review staff of course will be welcomed back once we pick up again). The rest of the site functions will be slowly returning as we dive into the backend of the site and getting everything switched over. But I think getting the community actually all onboard is probably a good first step here. So please, let us know here in the thread if you'd like to (continue to) be staff and what positions. Thank you, ~Management

Those were just examples. OCN didn't have paid staff when it was popular. I agree with the rest of it though, I'd love to see more news being posted too. It's definitely appreciated. There's a lot of tech news I end up getting only here because you guys post it.

There's a very important aspect missing from EHW. Something OCN has in spades. We're trying to get that here. Normal people....... I think its possible to grow the site still. There's still plenty of activity at other forums like LTT and TPU. Why not EHW?

That reminds me, I have a 5870 block I've still gotta take pictures of for Sir B. Those Titans are looking real good though......

I believe people call that the dead internet theory? I think? This is why I think authenticity is coming back big time. I'm noticing on other platforms, especially media platforms like youtube, rumble, x, facebook, etc that "authentic" seeming video content is gaining traction faster these days than it has been. I think you nailed it, with all of the AI generated content, the people on the platforms are probably getting desperate for real people, real content, authenticity.

Completely forgot this thread existed. Still relevant though.

Okay, that's actually pretty cool. Looking like FSR might be a decent option finally.

We are aware of a bug on Rig Builder where the Rig's name is instead replaced by the Rig's total price. We are working on a fix for this. Confirmed, the bug is present on mobile and desktop both. Thank you, ~Management

Hey there JDQ! Enjoy your stay. Lots of good information here.

Alright, the bug has been resolved. New user confirmation emails are now fixed!

I think I'm settling in around 1.15v SoC myself, and yeah that's exactly the issue I was thinking of. Glad it was resolved. Then yeah, this looks like a pretty nice board option. I might look at trying to find one later on for the 9000 series build I do when the next gen comes out. Just upgraded to a 7800x3d, so I'll probably be quite happy for a while.

Not a bad looking board. I'm not a huge fan of the huge fan on it, but having a DDR5 system, I can certainly understand the need. I wonder if they've fixed the SoC overvolt issues that Asus boards apparently were reportedly having? I was reading some forums where Asus boards are ruining things with that, like 1.35-1.40v overvolts on SoC.

We are aware of new users not receiving confirmation emails. This is a bug from the site ownership transfer. We are working on a fix for this. Enterprise is also going above and beyond in helping us through this transition, he's more aware of where the problem lies at this point since we're just getting the logins today. There is a fix, it's being worked on. Please accept our apologies to any new members, it will be fixed soon. Thank you for understanding. ~Management

The Etsy shop will continue, no worries there. Might take us a bit to get everything back going, but we're getting there slowly. There's strict rules at Etsy, that's why that wasn't transferred. We will be getting that back up, the donations button working again, and the site is going to continue AS IS for a while.....while we transition and figure all this new stuff out. We're also already partnered with a few youtubers as well, that might be popping in to help as well, depending on their skill levels and such.

If you don't mind of course. It's all going to the cause anyway, but if we're going to continue the site - the folding stuff is still all there.

Thank you @ENTERPRISE. It is our pleasure to continue the site, we can't let the place die. It needs to continue going as expected, and grow. So let's see if we can't make that happen within a year or two.

That 7990 though.......

Been watching it. Seems like 2025 could be fun!

Of course, of course.

I see the folding team already jumped ship to TPU. I could offer some prizes for the first go round to bring some back. I don't think I could keep that going though, but I can get it going the first time though.

BeamNG.drive is still one of my favorites.

Question is...... Who wants to see it happen? I'll buy it right now (assuming price is negotable), if we can just get the OG's to come back and hang out and share what they were doing again. Keep the hwbot team going, keep the folding stuff going, get the reviews going back up again. Once profit comes through, maybe offer prizes again. I don't want to see what we've worked so hard all these years to end. It might take me a bit of time to figure out everything E was doing, but I'd love nothing more than to see, I don't know 6 months or 1 year ago activity back. I don't think that's asking much. I think there's tons of room for improvement here, and I think with the base group of folks that were here.....we can do it. What's everybody say? I can't run the site all by myself, put content, post news, etc all by myself afterall. But I'll do my best to make the changes EHW needs to keep going and TRY my best to drum up more membership as well as new owner. I honestly do see the value in a place like this, and I don't think it needs much change at all to become more successful. I have no problem making this my 9-5 if I have help to do so.

PM'ed again E (well....on discord). Sigh, I might not know the first thing about web site running, but turns out I will be needing a website anyway, similar to this one. Similar freaking name even. Sigh, time to research and get out the wallet maybe. I'm still researching and trying to learn what all this extra crap is that you're paying for, and what all I need to learn to make this happen and be successful. Definitely don't want to just purchase, and then be stuck with a dead site that I can't do anything with because I'm stupid. EDIT: Nobody hold me to this. I'll repeat, I don't even really know HTML coding. But I can't just sit by and let this happen, when I'm going to be needing a site this year anyway that's similar.....and we've ALL already put so much effort in here. Just yeah. I'm overwhelmed still and thinking.

This was certainly unexpected. I certainly hope nothing but the best for you E, and I just hope you at LEAST try to keep in contact with all of your pals. Pop into a discord group with everyone, something, let us know you're still alright. It's not like we haven't (most of us) been together for decades at this point anyway right? We'll ALWAYS be OCN'ers at heart and EHW members to the death of the site.

Thank you. Sorry, I was out of town and just got this notification when I got back lol.