Well, It's Official...
 

this forum is now blocked/banned by our school district's "filter" program. The reason? It's an :Online Gaming" site! I bet that's news to most of you, huh? That means I can no longer access NF at work, ever, which sucks beyond belief.

pitbulllady

Are you serious? That's completely ridiculous. I would love to see these alleged "games" they're talking about; I certainly can't find them anywhere. :P

So they saw the site in the school's browser history or something and decided to investigate it? Perhaps they saw my BFAHP guide and assumed the game itself was here. (Considering all the people who think I *run* BFAHP just because I have a guide AND the site's domain name sounds official, it wouldn't surprise me.) They would have looked at the index page first I'm sure, not the forum.

Pardon my French, but, what the HELL is up with your workplace?? :madwilt:

I've long since decided that my workplace IS Hell, so that's probably a large part of the problem!

Incidentally, Sparky, "online gaming" is supposed to mean, according to the software's definitions, games of chance, i.e, GAMBLING. You know, things like online Texas Hold 'Em tournaments, where money is wagered in the millions of dollars. South Carolina bans such sites in public places(like public schools) or places of business. So, I guess BFAHP is right up there with video poker now!

pitbulllady

Hmmm, did you try using a public proxy? That might get though the block. That is if you want to try to get around it, I don't know if you'll get in trouble or anything =\

How do you do that? It will be worth a try, anyway. You can PM me to tell me how to go about doing that, since there are a LOT of sites, including my own Photobucket site, that are blocked.

pitbulllady

That does suck; This isn't an "Online Gaming" site at all. It's a fansite/forum.

I think I know why your school district blocked the site. I think the program sees most unrelated, not really educational webpages as "Gaming sites", meaning sites where students and other people can goof off. Your school district probably wanted to limit this sort of use, hence the "filter" program, and hence...the blocking of Never Forgotten.

My school district does something like this, so that's my reasoning behind your situation. My two cents on the problem here.

Aw man, that does suck. Sorry to hear that PBL. :madwilt: A "gaming" sight? That's possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Unless people start betting on the longevity of some of the threads in the spam section or something. But why'd we want to do that? We don't need to bet money to have fun!

If it gets her into serious trouble, it's not worth the risk at all; even though I think the block of this site is quite ridiculous. :edmad: