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18 comments by Greg on Nov 5th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Thats about all I have to add - but hopefully EU users should notice significantly better download speeds and access to the latest files should be available on EU mirrors aswell as US ones! We are continuing to tweak our system to make sure that downloads are available on mirrors as soon as possible!

Please let us know your feedback - ModDB now has 5 US mirrors, 7 EU mirrors and 1 in AU.

34 comments by INtense! on Oct 24th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

At the moment the purpose served by groups on ModDB is twofold. The first being there use as fan / hobby groups whereby say you wish to create a musicians group, 3d artists group or game fan / bashing club you can do so, and you can invite members to join and share their work. The second being there use as game / mod development groups whereby if you have a team of individuals developing or publishing a game or mod, you invite them to join the group linked with the game or mod project. This way the groups members control the linked content, and they are listed as developers.

As of today these groups are officially split into two separate listings. All of the groups developing and publishing games and mods have been moved to the company page, and all of the fan groups and general groups remain on the groups page. We hope this move helps ease a lot of confusion people have had in the past with the groups system. Having said this we know the majority of mod development teams are not "companies" however we felt this was still the best name for development and publishing groups as you will be listed alongside folks like Valve, Epic, Blizzard etc.

In addition to this, groups will now show a blog, while development / publishing companies will list the game and mods they are working on, which we feel is a much better way of presenting the relevant information. We hope you enjoy this rather large enhancement, and if you have any questions / concerns please do not hesitate to post a comment.

Finally, we have attempted to move all development and publishing groups to the company page, if your group has (or hasn't) been moved and we made a mistake, please let us know and we will move it to the correct section. We also encourage you to update your links to point to the new correct urls and to link to ModDB as we appreciate the support! Enjoy.

12 comments by Greg on Oct 20th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Thats right, more download mirrors are being added!

With 5 current US mirrors, 1 AU mirror, and soon to be 5 EU mirrors, modDB is going to have plenty of capacity for your holiday season modding requirements!

Keep watching this space for updates - at the current time of writing we expect them to start serving files on / around the 5th of November.

11 comments by Henley on Sep 14th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Hey modders, in recent light of members being subject to abuse here on ModDB we have taken a moment to update our Terms of Use to state things that were not as clear as they were before. I'll highlight the changes and explain exactly what they mean so there shouldn't be any confusion.

Simply put if you choose to abuse a member (and all work), in a first or third person i.e. passing comment or a direct message, over an image this includes but is not limited to defacing personal/work imagery then expect to be contacted by staff.

This one should be self explanatory, if you post anything that breaches anything on the ToU regardless of location uploaded too we can remove it.

Hopefully I wont have to talk to anyone about breaching these rules and we can all be friends and get along. If any of you guys feel someone has breached the ToU either in relation to yourself or someone you know please let the staff know, in most cases it can be resolved really quickly.

17 comments by Greg on Aug 23rd, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Since the 1st of August, Mod DB has been performing behind the scenes work to improve the speed of the site, and also our download system - which is growing rapidly! Our file library is growing at a rate of 200% every year, which is a testament to the rapidly growing Mod and Indie development scenes!

We now have the following mirrors available to both members and guests:

• 2 x European mirrors, hosted in the Netherlands
• 5 x US-based mirrors, 2 in California, 2 in Denver and 1 in Texas
• 1 x Australian mirror, in Perth.
• We also continue to have Filefront available as a download option for users and guests.

The new mirroring system that was programmed by site creator Intense! pushes out new and popular files to all mirrors - meaning within about 15 minutes of a file being uploaded through the site, it will be available to download worldwide.

We are still looking for ISP's and hosting providers interested in providing mirrors - we can use up as little as 100GB of space and 10Mbits of bandwidth - all the way up to 5TB of space and a Gigabit of bandwidth, depending on what you are willing to offer! In return we can offer targeted advertising when your mirror is used to download files!

For users - we are looking for feedback on your download speeds - If you get terrible speeds from a specific mirror, please leave us some detailed feedback so we can improve the service to you (i.e. "I downloaded a file from the California mirror yesterday at 8pm PST and i only got 10kb/s, but I am on a 10mbps connection"). Thanks for your support of Mod DB!