Post by Inunah on May 25, 2021 17:46:48 GMT
The search has begun for the last bit of remaining lost Ben Drowned content! This search started ages ago, but has been kicked into overdrive as we reach the last few pieces we need to make a complete archive of the entire series. It was mentioned to me that we should contact some of the good people here, and even the Discord recommended I make a post here, so I decided to come around this neck of the woods.
There are only a few things we're missing now, things we'd like to have but have no idea how to obtain. We've tried practically every avenue we can think of by now and nothing has come up with any results. From most to least important...
Some years ago, we lost the entirety of the You Shouldn't Have Done That website (YSHDT.net). Most of it was archived well enough for a fan recreation of the site to exist, though obviously some information was missing from it. We did find an old Mediafire link within an obscure screencap someone located on their computer, which supposedly held a complete archive of YSHDT.net (likely minus the "The Truth" page), but unfortunately the link 404s. Here it is anyway if there's anything anyone can do with that to recover anything. The uploader has been contacted and they said they no longer had access to the account or the device that originally held that content, so going that avenue isn't viable.
As far as the 4chan posts, they were just improperly archived. If I remember correctly, they were archived on some 4chan archiving site, but unfortunately the site likely no longer exists and no screenshots were ever made of the posts.
So, here's some more information:
Preface: any mention of "Cycle One" and "Cycle Two" refers to the ARG's usage of repeating cycles of days during the YSHDT.net era. Pages changed between Cycle One and Cycle Two. Unfortunately, when archives were made of a page's content, it was usually from one cycle or the other (depending on how accessible a page was). Additionally, many of those archives were from a later fan recreation of the website. The original domain died at some point and was bought up by a fan, who recreated the entire site with the only information we had. Therefore, a majority of the archived pages are useless to us.
The About page from YSHDT.net, which is priority number one right now:
The Truth page from YSHDT.net, which is priority number two right now:
The 4chan posts about "DROWNED.wmv" and "TheTruth.txt", which are priority number three right now:
So yeah. That's about it. Hopefully any of that information can be used to find something.
There are only a few things we're missing now, things we'd like to have but have no idea how to obtain. We've tried practically every avenue we can think of by now and nothing has come up with any results. From most to least important...
- The About page from YSHDT.net (Link is broken, sorry)
- The "The Truth" page from YSHDT.net (Link is broken, sorry)
- The original 4chan posts that accompanied the video "DROWNED.wmv" and the document "TheTruth.txt"
Some years ago, we lost the entirety of the You Shouldn't Have Done That website (YSHDT.net). Most of it was archived well enough for a fan recreation of the site to exist, though obviously some information was missing from it. We did find an old Mediafire link within an obscure screencap someone located on their computer, which supposedly held a complete archive of YSHDT.net (likely minus the "The Truth" page), but unfortunately the link 404s. Here it is anyway if there's anything anyone can do with that to recover anything. The uploader has been contacted and they said they no longer had access to the account or the device that originally held that content, so going that avenue isn't viable.
As far as the 4chan posts, they were just improperly archived. If I remember correctly, they were archived on some 4chan archiving site, but unfortunately the site likely no longer exists and no screenshots were ever made of the posts.
So, here's some more information:
Preface: any mention of "Cycle One" and "Cycle Two" refers to the ARG's usage of repeating cycles of days during the YSHDT.net era. Pages changed between Cycle One and Cycle Two. Unfortunately, when archives were made of a page's content, it was usually from one cycle or the other (depending on how accessible a page was). Additionally, many of those archives were from a later fan recreation of the website. The original domain died at some point and was bought up by a fan, who recreated the entire site with the only information we had. Therefore, a majority of the archived pages are useless to us.
The About page from YSHDT.net, which is priority number one right now:
- What is specifically needed from this page: The info listed for the user "Nekko" on the Cycle One version of the page
- Original URL
- Known information
- Note 1: Any archive of the page would have to be from prior to mid-Steptember 2011. The earliest archive of the site as a whole on the Web Archive, let alone the About page, is actually from far too late.
- Note 2: There is a partial archive of the page, so we know what it's supposed to look like. The only part of the page we don't have is the information for the user "Nekko". There is a version of this page on the Web Archive, but as stated before it is from a date that is far later than the version of the page we need.
- Note 3: We are specifically looking for the Cycle One version of the page, as the Cycle Two version was locked behind a password. However, we have no reason to believe the info would have differed in Cycle Two.
- We will even take a screenshot of the page at this point, as long as we can get Nekko's information.
- More Information: See This Video
The Truth page from YSHDT.net, which is priority number two right now:
- What is specifically needed from this page: Everything from the Cycle One version of the page
- Presumed Original URL
- Known information
- Note 1: The Cycle One version of this page was locked behind a password, which was not found until access to the password prompt was lost. Due to the password, the Web Archive was not able to archive the Cycle One version of the page.
- Note 2: Any archives on the Web Archive will be the Cycle Two version of the page. We do not want the Cycle Two version.
The 4chan posts about "DROWNED.wmv" and "TheTruth.txt", which are priority number three right now:
- What is specifically needed from this page: Either screenshots of the posts or full archive links (latter preferred)
- Note: All of the posts would be under the creator's 4chan "tripcode", which was "Jadusable !o4k.20d6Vg" at the time.
So yeah. That's about it. Hopefully any of that information can be used to find something.
