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Phaedra

[QUESTION] Does anyone know who owns argfest.com?

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:05 pm

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cabalagent23 · Veteran Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 99

ARGFest.com

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:19 pm

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konamouse

One of our hopeful specs was you, Dave. Glad it *was* you and not someone we don't know.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:26 pm

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krystyn

I am wondering if perhaps the domain could more officially be tied/transferred/registered to Unfiction and the ARGN portal structure, since it has indeed been a manifestation of this community for several years now.

It would definitely be appropriate.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:37 pm

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addlepated

I say if Dave wants to pay the bills, let him. Wink

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:42 pm

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While I agree with the idea of letting someone cover the bills if they want, I also agree that it would be nice to see this move over to the UF/ARGN portal structure.

Looking forward with really wide, hopeful eyes, I see ARGfest getting bigger and better every year. It's already the primary social gathering for players and pms of any & all ARGs (there are game specific events that have drawn larger audiences), and I can't imagine it being usurped any time soon. It has always been organized and planned by the players at UF/ARGN and it would be nice to see the domain for the event held under that umbrella and, frankly, out of the control of a PM entity.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:09 pm

addlepated

Haven't most of the owners of the ARGN sites been PMs at some time? If Varin or Bill or someone goes big time and has the next gigantic commercial ARG, do we kick 'em to the curb?

Anyway, I remember suggesting in #unfiction a couple of times that someone buy the domain, and I finally posted it on the board here in early Feb. Of course, there's always .org, .net, .info, .etc. too.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:40 am

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**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:50 am

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krystyn

There were no curbs nor kicking in my post.

Kicking Curbs is a great name for a band, though!

**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:14 am

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Varin

Personally, I don't care who owns the domain as long as it is one of us. By us, I mean someone involved in ARGs. I don't see what the big deal is, really. As imbri stated - ARGfest is a "social gathering for players and pms of any & all ARGs" (emphasis mine). So why does it matter if a PM owns the domain? It's just a domain, not the actual fest. It's only a matter of who pays the 8 bucks a year for the website name.

Anyway, cabalagent stated that he would be happy to give us access and hosting so we could use it to plan future fests or document old ones. So I don't see why we still couldn't use it, link to it, add it to the top ARGN banner or whatever. If cabalagent's head were to split open and we discover he is an evil alien robot trying to take over the world, we don't have to use that domain.

Dunno

**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:03 am

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**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:44 am

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krystyn

Uhhhhhhhhhh, I'd feel the same no matter who had gotten the domain. It's because of the history and origin of the event itself that the registration probably should point directly back to Space or Unfiction/ARGN itself.

I have had the wiki for ARGfest06 up since November of 2005. argfest.com was registered in February of this year. Just a bit curious as to why I was never offered hosting back then.

**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:32 am

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**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:21 pm

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Re: argfest. org

**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:26 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:01 pm

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