What ever happened to Igolocal?

[Leira]

It's rather odd, but http://igolocal.net/ seems to be down for two or three days now.

Does anyone know what happened to it? Furthermore, was there any sort of development going on at that site? I joined quite some time ago and it always looked the same (not extremely functional, I might add).

[EdLee]

It was an interesting idea/theory/experiment.
Now we see the reality/results of the experiment.

[BobC]

The ruby go server has also gone

http://govsgo.com/

[hyperpape]

Does anyone know cthomas, the creator or igolocal? I'll pm him on here, but I don't know any other way to get in touch.

[tchan001]

http://whois.pho.to/shodan_imports_chuck_thomas/

[xed_over]

He's fairly active on Facebook.

I posted a question on his iGoLocal page there a few days ago, which should have notified him right away. No response yet.

[xed_over]

he's acknowledged my message... still down

[Marcus]

I actually met a few opponents thanks to igoLocal, so I hope it will come back up.

[Exologist]

That wouldn't be very good if it went down for good, although I'll have to admit I didn't use it all that much. :/

[Leira]

Well it seems to be back on its tracks now.

I'm hoping to see some improvements though, I always liked the idea of such a place.

[ptw]

I think IgoLocal is great idea.

It would be a good thing to encourage others to use this.

I've found since starting/reviving the local go club in State College, pa that there are more people who either play go or want to learn go in my area than I had imagined.

IgoLocal seems like a good tool to help bring those people out of the woodwork.

I'm definately going to push it's use among the members at my club (the Schlow Library Go Club in State College, PA).

Maybe we can encourage it's use among the people here.

--ptw--

[lefuet]

the domain seems to be vacant again.

probably since April 2012 as the senseis article seems to indicate.

I didn't use it very often but think igolocal is a very important idea. It would be sad to lose it.

[Bonobo]

“whois igolocal.net” tells me this:

Code: Select all

Domain name: igolocal.net

Administrative Contact:
   Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
   Whois Agent (rbgkjnpdvw@whoisprivacyprotect.com)
   +1.4252740657
   Fax: +1.4259744730
   PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
   C/O igolocal.net
   Bellevue, WA 98007
   US

Technical Contact:
   Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
   Whois Agent (rbgkjnpdvw@whoisprivacyprotect.com)
   +1.4252740657
   Fax: +1.4259744730
   PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
   C/O igolocal.net
   Bellevue, WA 98007
   US

Registrant Contact:
   Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
   Whois Agent ()

   Fax:
   PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
   C/O igolocal.net
   Bellevue, WA 98007
   US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
   buy.internettraffic.com
   sell.internettraffic.com

Creation date: 26 Apr 2010 01:51:00
Expiration date: 26 Apr 2013 00:51:06

[xed_over]

“whois igolocal.net” tells me this:
...

yeah, that looks like a domain squatter.

I think Chuck Thomas has disappeared from the Go Community.

[Bonobo]

And then … whois igolocal.org:

Domain ID:D160600352-LROR
Domain Name:IGOLOCAL.ORG
Created On:06-Nov-2010 01:01:38 UTC
Last Updated On:30-Oct-2012 14:04:55 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Nov-2013 01:01:38 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions, LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED

Registrant ID:24584666-NSI
Registrant Name:Domain Administrator
Registrant Organization:Melbourne Regional Chamber E. Central FL
Registrant Street1:1005 E. Strawbridge Ave.
Registrant City:Melbourne
Registrant State/Province:FL
Registrant Postal Code:32901
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.3217245400
Registrant FAX:+1.3217252093
Registrant Email:chuck@MELPB-CHAMBER.ORG

Admin ID:24584666-NSI
Admin Name:Domain Administrator
Admin Organization:Melbourne Regional Chamber E. Central FL
Admin Street1:1005 E. Strawbridge Ave.
Admin City:Melbourne
Admin State/Province:FL
Admin Postal Code:32901
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.3217245400
Admin FAX:+1.3217252093
Admin Email:chuck@MELPB-CHAMBER.ORG

Tech ID:24584666-NSI
Tech Name:Domain Administrator
Tech Organization:Melbourne Regional Chamber E. Central FL
Tech Street1:1005 E. Strawbridge Ave.
Tech City:Melbourne
Tech State/Province:FL
Tech Postal Code:32901
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.3217245400
Tech FAX:+1.3217252093
Tech Email:chuck@MELPB-CHAMBER.ORG

Name Server:NS1.ARTEMISIT.COM
Name Server:NS2.ARTEMISIT.COM
Name Server:NS3.ARTEMISIT.COM

DNSSEC:Unsigned

Huh? <headscratch> could it be there is some confusion which domain “our” igolocal actually is? This one really is down (.com and .net seem to be for sale), and the owner’s mail address is “chuck@…”.