So I was doing a domain whois just now

[Varsity]

I knew we were hosted on Valve's servers but seeing it for real still made me grin. One thing:

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.

What's up with that?

 

[switch]

Stange.

On a semi related subject, check hl2.net from May 20th 2000:
http://web.archive.org/web/20000520070941/http://www.halflife2.net/

I assume its by different people and not Munro. Here is more http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halflife2.net

EDIT: This is Tucows inc http://www.domaindirect.com/ (check at the bottom)

 

[Varsity]

Eew, don't follow through the Livewire gaming link. It isn't the site it used to be...:x

This is Tucows inc http://www.domaindirect.com/ (check at the bottom)

Thanks, headache solved.

 

[switch]

Eew, don't follow through the Livewire gaming link. It isn't the site it used to be...:x

Bleh, WHY didnt I listen to you ;( (to stop anyone elses curiosity: its gay porn)

 

[Chris D]

This is what the forums used to look like: http://web.archive.org/web/20031008102516/www.halflife2.net/forums/

Here you can see the main site design as it was a year or so ago and the time when Axyon had a cool name!! (Abom|nation)

http://web.archive.org/web/20030924005657/http://halflife2.net/ :E

 

[The Dark Elf]

This is what the forums used to look like: http://web.archive.org/web/20031008102516/www.halflife2.net/forums/

Here you can see the main site design as it was a year or so ago and the time when Axyon had a cool name!! (Abom|nation)

http://web.archive.org/web/20030924005657/http://halflife2.net/ :E

I miss that style, it looked great

 

[Vegeta897]

Don't ask why I am posting this, I just feel like it.

http://img142.exs.cx/img142/6152/HL2NetPossibleHost.jpg

Don't ask what it means either.

 

[Chris D]

I knew we were hosted on Valve's servers but seeing it for real still made me grin. One thing:

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.

What's up with that?

If you do a lookup on the IP addresses for the Valve websites:

SteamPowered.com: 69.28.175.115
Halflife2.net: 69.28.175.116
ValveSoftware.com: 69.28.175.117
Half-Life2.com: 69.28.175.117
DayofDefeat.net: 69.28.175.117
CS-ConditionZero.com: 69.28.175.117

:E

 

[Chris D]

Don't ask why I am posting this, I just feel like it.

http://img142.exs.cx/img142/6152/HL2NetPossibleHost.jpg

Don't ask what it means either.

www.waroftheworldsthemovie.com was when our site was down for months (before we got hosted by Limelight Networks) and we pointed our domain-name to that site who had put up a placeholder "We'll be back soon" message.