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Ruben

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  1. I too have no imagination, but a happy birthday to you. I may not be the oldest member by far, but I love your system. I joined maybe a month back coming here for a domain for posting. I thought it must have been a scam , but no. You have made an amazing credit system, by far outstanding. I hope you take the day off and enjoy your self, because hey, you deserve it!


  2. I think it should be an address that is actually available:

    CONSOLE

    rob@rob-laptop:~$ whois fschat.com

    Whois Server Version 2.0

    Domain Name: FSCHAT.COM
    Registrar: NAMEVIEW, INC.
    Whois Server: whois.nameview.com
    Referral URL: http://www.nameview.com/
    Name Server: NS1.HITFARM.COM
    Name Server: NS2.HITFARM.COM
    Status: clientTransferProhibited
    Updated Date: 23-apr-2008
    Creation Date: 09-dec-2001
    Expiration Date: 09-dec-2008

    Domain: FSCHAT.COM

    Created: 2001-12-09
    Updated: 2008-04-23
    Expires: 2008-12-09

    Registrant
    FSCHAT.COM
    c/o Whois IDentity Shield
    142-757 W. Hastings St., Suite #777
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada V6C 1A1

    Administrative Contact
    FSCHAT.COM
    c/o Whois IDentity Shield
    142-757 W. Hastings St., Suite #777
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada V6C 1A1
    E-mail: EN31GDHRVQxkJY6pty93Uuwdez7j6vQew78TlpZ15qiPasB/Cg==@2008.identityshield.com
    Phone: +1 (604) 484-4206

    Technical Contact
    FSCHAT.COM
    c/o Whois IDentity Shield
    142-757 W. Hastings St., Suite #777
    Vancouver, BC
    Canada V6C 1A1
    E-mail: ZI3lvnSjNRELLFdXJ888+KRIC50uxhvhOQn/Gzf99GmqwOak@2008.identityshield.com
    Phone: +1 (604) 484-4206

    Name servers for this domain:

    NS1.HITFARM.COM 72.51.27.54
    NS2.HITFARM.COM 208.87.33.160


    They're using a privacy service, so technically they don't actually own the domain, the privacy service does. It has also been registered for many years, but is up for renewal soon. If they don't renew it, you could grab it then.

    Wow, thanks man! I can't believe I didn't even see that, even now, it still thinks it is available for me. :) Again thanks, I'll wait for the time being.

  3. No worries, I've no problem pondering up things for people. :)

     

    I know next to nothing about the game itself, so how likely is it that a new version is going to a come out sometime in the near future? Before you get bored of running the forum, I mean. :D

     

    Options as I see it are fewer and farther between, but by no means few and far between, if you want it without the specific version...ignoring the idea of making the name good on search engines and whatnot (as I have no idea how to do that...) some suggestions for you are below (with WHOIS links for each for you to check if they're still available, and capitalisation so you can see what I'm getting at):

     

    Short(-ish)

     

    MSFSZone.com (MicroSoft Flight Simulator Zone, it is a Microsoft program, right?)

    FS-Talk.com (TAKEN, but the first of my attempts with a hyphen...tried hyphenated ones yet?)

    FS-Zone.com (TAKEN as well, but I'm not giving up yet!)

    FS-Forum.com (TAKEN too...drat!)

    FS-Forums.com (TAKEN yet again...maybe something a little more obscure, but still pretty short?)

    FS-TalkZone.com (Available, hurray! Alright, time for a couple more before moving on...)

    TalkFS.com (Switches the order of the words around, but ah well. Maybe you like it more?)

    ZoneFS.com (Still free, as well...although I don't particularly personally like it)

    Talk-FS.com (Free, so it's down to personal preference, I suppose...)

     

    Descriptive

     

    Longer and more of a pain to type, but they're less generic and are pretty clear as to what they are from the URL alone.

     

    FlightSimulatorZone.com (I'm actually surprised this one's still available. Not a bad little domain name right there...)

    FlightSimulatorForums.com (TAKEN, but an idea, perhaps?)

    FlightSimulatorForum.com (TAKEN too...)

    FlightSimulatorTalk.com (Another pretty reasonable find...)

     

    Non Dot-Com TLDs

     

    Basically I went through a few TLDs that were already taken in the list above and checked out .net and .org versions of each. Clearly .com is preferred, but as it's sometimes worth getting a nice sounding TLD in favour of the .com status, there's some options here for you. Of the two, I think .net would probably be better sounding, but the choice is yours.

     

    FS-Talk.net (Not bad, by any means...)

    FS-Talk.org (For a forum, I think .net sounds better, but meh...)

    FlightSimulatorForum.net (Not bad?)

     

    Whew! That'll do me for now. There should be one or two you like there, or at least a few ideas to spark your own imagination. Personally I'd steer away from anything with "forum(s)" in the name, and have a subdomain used for the forum (which is where you can install any forum software you'll be using), like forums.zonefs.com. It gives you the chance to use the same TLD for any other little projects you have in mind, and even if you don't have anything else planned you can redirect straight from the TLD to the subdomain. :D

     

    Just a quick point: although I capitalised the first letter of every word in the suggested TLDs, domain names are case-insensitive (e.g. Xisto.com; Xisto.com; Xisto.com; Xisto.com; Xisto.com (and any other variation you care to come up with) all link to the same place).

     

    Hope this helps!


    First of all, I want to thank you. Really, I don't think text is enough. I can't donate mycents, so... Tell me, anything you need, I'll do it. lol :P I'm serious, as long as I don't get into legal trouble, I'll do it.

     

    The ones that stood out to be were: fs-talkzone.com (that way people won't think if they join we will stalk them.)

    and one that sparked my imagination: fs-community.com or fscommunity.com

    What do you think, you seem to be quite the expert!

     

    Oh, and to answer your question.

     

    I know next to nothing about the game itself, so how likely is it that a new version is going to a come out sometime in the near future? Before you get bored of running the forum, I mean. :D

     

    It is very likely. Mycents take some time to add up, so I want to have this for a while.

    I think this forum will have potential. I have two competators :) , so I need a good name.

    There is one that cost money, and the other is over crowded.

     

    If there was a business for thinking of domains, you my friend, would be the leader! Thanks again!


  4. Why I think kids skip school is simple; school is not fun! In the academic classroom there just isn't much thrill. So... the best way to get it is: you guessed it, skipping school. Sometimes I think this all depends on the teacher. I once had a great teacher who made me want to come to her class, but then the next year I had this other teacher who I absolutely hated! Really, sitting so long in one area is harder than it seems. I'm not saying work is any better, but I hope you get the idea.


  5. I'm curious...you have a site URL listed already that doesn't seem to actually work or link to anything...I'm guessing it's where you're going to list suggestions or something, or where you already have your site up? (I know you can get free .co.cc domains, so good on you so far!)
    Anyway, you're certainly best off with a .com TLD, and at $9.99 for a year's worth of domain registration it's certainly not a bad move, especially considering it's effectively free. :)

    I'm curious why you chose fstalkzone.com as an idea, as as far as I can tell both fsxtalk.com and fsxzone.com are both available (haven't bothered with a WHOIS, just checked in my browser). Interestingly, fszone.com is similar to the idea you had, and is a forum about Flight Similator X, so it might not be a bad idea to nab fsxzone.com and therefore semi-associate yourself with them (i.e. the occasional mistype might land you some more traffic).

    I'm not at all an expert when it comes to TLDs, but I gather that it wouldn't be any sort of trademark nicking (or whatever they call it these days...).

    Good luck with it, I remember when I got my first TLD. I was so proud...*sniff*...:)


    lol, I appreciate your advise. What do you mean...

    I'm curious...you have a site URL listed already that doesn't seem to actually work or link to anything...I'm guessing it's where you're going to list suggestions or something, or where you already have your site up? (I know you can get free .co.cc domains, so good on you so far!)

    I have no clue what you mean by that, but again thanks!
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