Max Payne Headquarters is Dead [Archive]

Sayantan

09-15-2003, 01:29 AM

It was one of the best Max Payne modding site ever.Feeling really sorry to see it go.
I hope more Max Payne modding site will come up in the near future just after the release of Max Payne 2.
Farewell The Great MPHQ.

Burning Fish

09-15-2003, 01:32 AM

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jaikrishnan

09-15-2003, 02:16 AM

see you maxpayneshitquarters! oh yell yeah goooooooooooooodbye!

Guest

09-15-2003, 03:18 AM

Man that really sucks ,I just went to the site to get some mods and I find out it's dead.
Well just have to get a new fav MP site.

biXen

09-15-2003, 03:40 AM

For real? Too bad.

ADM

09-15-2003, 03:58 AM

GutBomb: Put a link to Deep Six or PayneReactor (or even better both) up there.

Sad to see it go though.

Froz

09-15-2003, 04:06 AM

:<<<<<<<<<<<<

I'm gonna die.

Jade

09-15-2003, 04:27 AM

images/icons/frown.gif images/icons/frown.gif ...why? It was one of the best MP sites...

ADM

09-15-2003, 07:47 AM

I just realised all the hosted sites are gone as well.

Woah. That's a real big bummer.

I hope they can find a new home at the other existing MP communities.

mysteryperfecta

09-15-2003, 08:02 AM

Originally posted by GutBomb:
I have decided to close Max Payne Headquarters. It's been a good 2 years and I have met lots of friends. If anyone needs to contact me, message me on AIM at JasonMrrll MPHQ was a good resource. I visited it frequently when I played the first MP and was following the mod scene. Thanks for doing it.

aavenr

09-15-2003, 09:19 AM

This is really too bad. MPHQ boasted quite a big following on their forums and hosted sites so this is quite a big loss for us all. We have also lost the single biggest MP mod library out there and that's very sad.

MPHQ has been a vital backbone for the community over the last 18 months and its demise does nothing but weaken the community.

It was a great run though, and everybody out there appreciates that gutbomb. MPHQ could have gone down with Infrared way back but you kept it there. Thanks for that.

maxpayne.co.uk

09-15-2003, 09:26 AM

I loved Max Payne Headquarters. I loved the site design images/icons/smile.gif . Every time I felt bored I came there to try out a new Max Payne mod.

Currently, I am working on a new MP site. I would like it to host/link to as many Max Payne MOD's as possible. Obviously I need permission to host/link by the owner of the MOD. Can anyone help me out here?

I would like to trail along in GutBomb's footsteps and keep rockin' the Max Payne community. I just havent had the chance to yet. Can you provide my site any support guys/girls? Thanks in advance images/icons/smile.gif

Sorry about the 'advertising', but I would like to be the webmaster of a large community images/icons/smile.gif .

EDIT: Sorry, I have a habit of putting too many smilies.

Crashnet

09-15-2003, 09:35 AM

I'm sorry to see it go. I got all of my information from them. RIP images/icons/frown.gif

ADM

09-15-2003, 11:15 AM

I realised I forgot to add this in my previous posts:

GutBomb you did a terrific job with MPHQ, I know how hard it is to run a very popular site and even keep it up running.

You should be proud of what MPHQ turned into and I am sad to see it shut down.

I hope you stick with the MP community though images/icons/smile.gif

DelitaHex

09-15-2003, 11:29 AM

that makes me sad... that site was my favorite when payne reactor went to darkness... *holds up a glass* TO THE HEADQUARTERS!

*takes a drink of his mountain dew*

Mayur

09-15-2003, 11:53 AM

Damn! There goes another one....a big one images/icons/frown.gif

I just hope it's a joke like the last time and everything will be back to normal though...

biXen

09-15-2003, 03:04 PM

No backup? No local copy? You run servers worse than my firm images/icons/wink.gif Sad though Gutty. Now that the community is finally united and somewhat friendly images/icons/smile.gif

Akari: erm, why would he get another URL, it's the data that's lost. The downloads are still at FileFront, read MPHQ frontpage.

Xenomrph

09-15-2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by FreDsom:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Xenomrph:
I'd be surprised that MPHQ didn't give the hosted sites at least a "heads-up" to say, "Hey, we're closing. You'd like to know, I'm sure, so you can move all your files and stuff elsewhere", instead of just pulling the plug. That's only mildly... inconsiderate. I know because I've had it done to me before. www.maxpayneheadquarters.com (http://www.maxpayneheadquarters.com) <-- go and read. GutBomb didn't just pull the plug. <hr /></blockquote>Whoops, my mistake.

Sam

09-15-2003, 03:41 PM

Well... looks like this is really it. At first I thought it was a joke (Gut's been known to have his fair share of jokes in the past images/icons/smile.gif ), but now it seems like this is really the end. Things are looking grim for the Max Payne scene right now, with a large portion of hosted TC sites and some very active forums wiped out, not to mention that MPHQ was pretty much the hub of much of the Max Payne community.

Hopefully the new arrival of Max Payne 2 will spark some great interest in the other partner Max Payne fan-sites such as Deep Six or Payne Reactor.

FreDsom

09-15-2003, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by biXen:
No backup? No local copy? You run servers worse than my firm images/icons/wink.gif I think there was a backup tape, but it was corrupted too images/icons/frown.gif

Kevin's girl

09-15-2003, 05:36 PM

I'm sad to see it go as well. It was on MPHQ that I learned about this website. If I hadn't visited that website I would not be here now posting messages. images/icons/frown.gif

Your website was wonderful while it lasted! images/icons/smile.gif

biXen

09-15-2003, 05:44 PM

I fear Deep Six and Payne Reactor have nowhere near the amount of visitors MPHQ had. Much because of the good coverage around MP1, downloads and a much better name/domain for search engines images/icons/smile.gif

I guess we'll try though.

aavenr

09-15-2003, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by biXen:
I fear Deep Six and Payne Reactor have nowhere near the amount of visitors MPHQ had. Much because of the good coverage around MP1, downloads and a much better name/domain for search engines images/icons/smile.gif

I guess we'll try though. That we will Mr. Hollund, that we will. Though things will just not be the same if the whole English Max Payne scene has to rely on our collective shoulders and these boards. MPHQ served a vital role and we need to get it back. That's why I am doing my best to help out a group of MPHQ staffers to get their site back up again....

Champ32

09-15-2003, 07:55 PM

Originally posted by Sam:
Gut's been known to have his fair share of jokes in the past images/icons/smile.gif ) . April Fool's Day images/icons/smile.gif Memories...

FreDsom

09-16-2003, 12:18 AM

I HATE YOU GUTBOMB!!! you hear me? I didn't hang around MPHQ for one and a half your for you to just give up!

Xenomrph

09-16-2003, 12:25 AM

Originally posted by ADoomedMarine:
I just realised all the hosted sites are gone as well.

Woah. That's a real big bummer.

I hope they can find a new home at the other existing MP communities. I'd be surprised that MPHQ didn't give the hosted sites at least a "heads-up" to say, "Hey, we're closing. You'd like to know, I'm sure, so you can move all your files and stuff elsewhere", instead of just pulling the plug. That's only mildly... inconsiderate. I know because I've had it done to me before.

Chimera

09-16-2003, 12:30 AM

images/icons/frown.gif

Akari

09-16-2003, 12:36 AM

Who cares. MP1 is almost dead so of course some fan sites won't try anything to keep up there servers. He might as well either stop or just get MaxPayneHeadquarters2.com images/icons/tongue.gif

What's going to happen to the downloads anyway's?

FreDsom

09-16-2003, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by Xenomrph:
I'd be surprised that MPHQ didn't give the hosted sites at least a "heads-up" to say, "Hey, we're closing. You'd like to know, I'm sure, so you can move all your files and stuff elsewhere", instead of just pulling the plug. That's only mildly... inconsiderate. I know because I've had it done to me before. www.maxpayneheadquarters.com (http://www.maxpayneheadquarters.com) <-- go and read. GutBomb didn't just pull the plug.

Guest

09-16-2003, 12:41 AM

it's not a joke, and i would have liked to have some sort of warning as well, but have none. if you want more details look at http://www.maxpayneheadquarters.com which explians my decision to close the site.

Akari

09-16-2003, 12:48 AM

Only Deep Six is our only hope...

That sucks about all the sites contents. That's gotta suck to see all your hard work (web graphics ect) gone.

But I think what people really want to know is what was the verdict on the last poll! images/icons/tongue.gif

MikaRMD

09-16-2003, 02:43 AM

Sad as I am to see one of the longest standing fansites to go, I'll have to believe that there will be other sites, and MPHQ will be a memory soon.

Certainly, the prominent sites of Deep Six and Paynereactor have a potential for greater audiences.

But I would not be surprised if smaller and perhaps totally new fan sites were to rise from the ashes. How was it that somebody put it - nature hates vacuum.

Anyway, thanks to Gutbomb (and crew) for holding up the fort!

Akari

09-16-2003, 04:12 AM

MikaRMD
check your PM

you too Gutbomb

mullen

09-16-2003, 10:09 AM

noooooooooooooo! It was my favourite MP site images/icons/frown.gif

asker

09-16-2003, 03:20 PM

Wonderful. The guy pimping his website in this unrelated thread is ignored, but my post that didn't break any rules is deleted without mention.

Scuzz

09-16-2003, 04:43 PM

There are talks of a possible revival but handled my members of MPHQ... It's all talk at the moment though and I feel really dizzy, should probably go to bed.

Mister_Anderson

09-16-2003, 05:28 PM

It was a sad day indeed to see MPHQ die. images/icons/frown.gif

I was just starting to really enjoy myself on the forums.

Heres to hoping it rises from the ashes as soon as possible.

scorpion

09-16-2003, 05:42 PM

i was sad when i first heard the news images/icons/frown.gif , i hadn't been there in awhile, but i was hopping to go back there when max 2 mods started comming out. I hope thos members can run the site good (if they do it) if not i guess ill have to go somewhere else for max payne mods.

Ruger

09-16-2003, 07:49 PM

Ah, mphq, what a place. I remember when things where getting started with the mod scene, and the tiny (some might say microscopic) percentage of people who were actually producing new content were totally at a loss for distribution. Qender had these levels he had made that we couldn't play. If I remember correctly he ended up having to physically mail a cd to Joe3dr who uploaded it to fileplanet for him.

It was one of those great shocks to discover that the infrastructure for mod distribution that a game like Half-life possesses doesn't come overnight, and that somebody has got to pay for bandwith.

I think the lessoned to be learned is that the max payne community (at least for the first game) is not large enough to be scooped up by a big corporation who will handle the logistics of mod uploads and downloads for us. Fans really have to get their shit together and make it happen.

Max Payne Headquarters was the mod site we needed and it's a shame that it got vaporized right as the mod scene was really starting to heat up.

asker

09-16-2003, 08:44 PM

I think that the only Max Payne mod community about to go big is the MP2 community. I doubt the people who are into it enough to be modding will stay on the first game. I also think the same thing will happen to Half-Life.

aavenr

09-16-2003, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by Ruger:
I think the lessoned to be learned is that the max payne community (at least for the first game) is not large enough to be scooped up by a big corporation who will handle the logistics of mod uploads and downloads for us. Fans really have to get their shit together and make it happen.

Max Payne Headquarters was the mod site we needed and it's a shame that it got vaporized right as the mod scene was really starting to heat up. Though modders did lost a great resource in the form of MPHQ, there's always File Planet (http://www.fileplanet.com) you know... And it is a much better system than people give it credit for.

[ 09-16-2003, 10:29 PM: Message edited by: aavenr ]

theHunted

09-17-2003, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by asker:
I think that the only Max Payne mod community about to go big is the MP2 community. I doubt the people who are into it enough to be modding will stay on the first game. I also think the same thing will happen to Half-Life. eh? there's absolutely no doubt mp1 modding will die once mp2 is released. why would one stay with the old game if modding for the new is almost the same? it's not like mphq was mp1 modding only. i think it would've become mp2 modding platform nr1 immediately. i hope it'll get resurrected, and hopefully soon enough so the old modding community will come back.

asker

09-17-2003, 06:49 AM

If DeepSix provided a more extensive mod database it would be the perfect site. Except that it's hosted by GameSpy.

aavenr

09-20-2003, 12:22 PM

Except that it's hosted by GameSpy.

So what do you mean by that? We are pretty proud of our GameSpy roots. GameSpy allows us to access to a great deal of resources we would have a hard time working without -- we wouldn't be able to host mods, files and maybe even be ad-free if it wasn't for them -- and that's just to mention a few of the advantages. Deep Six wouldn't be much if it wasn't for GameSpy. Really.

And as for not having much of a downloads database, you are certainly right. That hasn't been happenning simply because of lack of personnel. Maybe in the future we will be able to do a better job in this regard. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Guest

09-23-2003, 04:38 PM

NO! NO! PLEASE GOD NO!! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Joe Siegler

09-24-2003, 10:13 AM

I have decided to close Max Payne Headquarters. It's been a good 2 years and I have met lots of friends. If anyone needs to contact me, message me on AIM at JasonMrrll

Seems like an odd time to make that decision, what with the sequel coming out next month. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Joonas

09-24-2003, 10:42 AM

Conetent got corrupted, JOe, and there's nothing Gutty can do about it...

Scuzz

09-26-2003, 11:58 AM

The return is being handled by pcverden and is to be called Max Payne Source.

We are being hosted by TGNetwork who strangely enough were the one time hosts of MPHQ. Forums should be up fairly soon and the site in full will follow asap.