Shawn

Tenjin and Takani side by side, wow. Tenjin would get a kick out of that pic!! So hard to believe those are physical model kits

Just the rolling update All accounts that have pm'ed me have been fixed, so if you still have a problem it means I missed your post, so send me another message 1. create a new mwf account with the email you want to use...add a '-2' or something to the end of the user name..e.g. Shawn is now Shawn-2 2. login to mwf with that new email version account, and send me a message with what your old email address was 3. i will verify the current IP you are using matches the logged history 4. i will update your old account with the new email, and you'll watch for a new password reset at that new email address 5. i will delete your '-2' account S

Yep-not just you, it was global for the board. It is an extra layer of security...potential bad actors now need to know more than just your screen name

Just a reminder...user you email address to login to the site now (no usernames) S

All accounts that have pm'ed me have been fixed, so if you still have a problem it means I missed your post, so send me another message 1. create a new mwf account with the email you want to use...add a '-2' or something to the end of the user name..e.g. Shawn is now Shawn-2 2. login to mwf with that new '-2' version account, and send me a message with what your old email address was 3. i will verify the current IP you are using matches the logged history 4. i will update your old account with the new email, and you'll watch for a new password reset at that new email address 5. i will delete your '-2' account S

The new LOGIN method is enabled...you will now login with your EMAIL address instead of your user name. If you see this error, that is why!!

The new LOGIN method is enabled...you will now login with your EMAIL address instead of your user name. If you see this error, that is why!!

Those pics just blow me away...just awesome. I love the behind the scenes pics. Where is the Macross 'How its made' episode!??

Going to flip the flag tomorrow or friday...so know your account's email address as the login! S

All accounts that have pm'ed me have been fixed, so if you still have a problem 1. create a new mwf account with the email you want to use...add a '-2' or something to the end of the user name..e.g. Shawn is now Shawn-2 2. login to mwf with that new '-2' version account, and send me a message with what your old email address was 3. i will verify the current IP you are using matches the logged history 4. i will update your old account with the new email, and you'll watch for a new password reset at that new email address 5. i will delete your '-2' account S

It seems most of the registration issues have been from our OG users...registered in early 2000s with email accounts no longer valid I believe I've got all the user emails sorted out in my queue now. S

Currently you can login as your display name..e.g. 'Shawn' or 'MW_Rocks' and your user account password. I am going to change this so you will login to the forums with your EMAIL ADDRESS and your user account password. Your email address will continue to be private/hidden, and your user name will still be shown as before...it is just the logging in part. This will allow us to add one extra level of protection. Going to activate it later this week. Shawn

Currently you can login as your display name..e.g. 'Shawn' or 'MW_Rocks' and your user account password. I am going to change this so you will login to the forums with your EMAIL ADDRESS and your user account password. Your email address will continue to be private/hidden, and your user name will still be shown as before...it is just the logging in part. This will allow us to add one extra level of protection. Going to activate it later this week. Shawn

Currently you can login as your display name..e.g. 'Shawn' or 'MW_Rocks' and your user account password. I am going to change this so you will login to the forums with your EMAIL ADDRESS and your user account password. Your email address will continue to be private/hidden, and your user name will still be shown as before...it is just the logging in part. This will allow us to add one extra level of protection. Going to activate it later this week. Shawn

Currently you can login as your display name..meaning 'Shawn' and your user account password. I am going to change this so you will login to the forums with your EMAIL ADDRESS and your user account password. Your email address will continue to be hidden, your user name will still be shown as before This will allow us to add one extra level of protection. Shawn

ok...all users re-confirmed If you are having a problem resetting your password: turn off your vpn or use your cellular provider, create a new macrossworld account, pm me you old user name I'll look up your new user account IP address and see if it exists under your old account prior to Jan 2021 I'll then update your old user account with the new email, delete your new user, and force a password reset on your old so simple...doh!

Discovering that in our 20 years here...we've outlived many ISPs Lots of old hotmail accounts too! LOL Feeling super old doing this...

4 out of 6 resolved... Also discovered you can make a post on your phone using your cellular service, and I can use that IP as a lookup into history as well. Apparently the Invision Board software has a 'logged in using this IP address' historical report, which is proving extremely useful right now.

Ok, the IP adress history is working for 2 out of 3 accounts so far, so this should be able to work for some of us. Again, I'm sorry to ask you to do this, but if you are using VPN, please turn if off for a message or two to me, then you can re-enable. The forum software might take a little time to aggregate the info into its report, so please be patient until the info is presented to me. My methodology is to looking up the current IP of your temp account to the old account from dec 21 and earlier (well before hacker person started the trouble...I assume) If I see the IP there it is a go.

If you are VPN user, I would ask for your to try and use your original phone or computer account for a post or two to help me match your current vs old. VPNs are really screwing this up...as they are meant to do! 😛

I am working through the following user accounts (orig,temp new) Alphahorizon,Alphahorizon_2 sh9000,sh002 Drad,Darkonnen derex3592,derex3593 yman1437,yman1437_2 When I am re-verifying who you are, I'm using IP recorded IP addresses and devices as the first round. It is really hard to 'prove' if the new you is the old you...imagine saying 'yeah..I'm me, I swear'...when your IP address is in a different state, or bouncing around all over locations when your old usage showed a different usage pattern. It might have been easier to just close for For Sale section LOL...this is a hot mess, but work with me. Anything about your old profile would be very helpful to me right now...I really hate asking for any personal information about location, but this might be the exception. S

I'll scrub through the account email issues later tonight...will close the other alert threads so I can focus on this one for getting members back on track Seems like most people have had success getting their accounts reset (I know it was annoying), the problematic ones with old emails and things will be resolved tonight. We've been online for over 20 years...so I can definitely understand how some email providers have simply vanished...and if your MWF account just worked...well it just worked. Shawn

There is no real winning solution....and again sorry for the troubles, I sort of went nuclear when I saw the 2nd account compromised by reuse I also enabled stronger passwords, so the older 'pass123' from 10 years ago won't work anymore either Hopefully we can put this password re-use issue behind us soon

If the password reset functionality is working...I'll see some recent posts, so let me know if you able to get back into the forums, else I'll start checking for errors S

If the password reset functionality is working...I'll see some recent posts, so let me know if you able to get back into the forums, else I'll start checking for errors S