“I’m up, over, and gone,” Writes Webmaster
It is never fun when a longtime community presence closes up shop, especially so when the circumstances surrounding that closure appear beyond control. Unfortunately, it appears said circumstances have hit long time Sonic site Shadow of a Hedgehog, known to many as SoaH City, where its webmaster has elected to not rebuild after a major attack.
“Well, it appears that the site has been hacked and pretty badly,” wrote SoaH lead Dennis Spielman on a now bare-bones front page. “There are a few hard files left and that’s about it. [....] I don’t think the site will recover from this mess.”
SoaH had been around for many years, and was known for its vast archive of Sonic music from past and present. Much of it does remain available for download after the attack. Other unique qualities like its community forums and the LOL Sonic series, however, were not as lucky.
We should also note that long ago, Spielman was a reporter for TSSZ under his Neon Chaos handle. He will continue to track down literary and other creative pursuits outside the community. Thanks to Ryan for tipping us.
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Why hack something awesome? The same reason why someone bombed that famous Thinker statue: Out of a perverse and twisted need for attention.
we are sad to see that this site was hacked, hope gets back soon.
This site was the first sonic fan site i came across when i was younger. i loved this site. i was even helping to rebuild it until this happened. i couldnt find any other site to download sonic music from. i was actually one of the main people that helped keep the site alive. what im trying to say is i was the backup owner of the site for many years. now that i got that out of the way its time for the main reason for this commet.
Im both sad and pissed that this site is gone. theres alot of people that are affected by this. some a little and some alot. Im one of the people thats hurt alot because of this. i do have some good news regarding the music. some of it survived the attack but not all of it. im trying my best to trak down the person who did it.
I will always remember SoaH forever. i will keep you guys in on farther updates regarding the site.
Shadowthehedgehog117
SoaH back up owner