Jonathan and Wes from Blender Cookie have worked around the clock to restore BlenderArtists. Blender Cookie is now hosting the site, but BlenderArtists will remain an independant and open community.
Jonathan writes:
Welcome back to Blender Artists! As you all know the site has been down for a while now. But now it’s back, hopefully stronger than ever!
Over the course of the last week a lot of things have been happening behind the scenes. As most of you probably know by now, our beloved Roel (Goofster) has stepped down as the owner/maintainer. He has spent the last 10 years helping to make this site a reality and he deserves every ounce of credit we can give him.
In his stead, myself and Wes Burke are stepping in to take the reins and help Blender Artists get back on it’s feet with the help of CG Cookie / Blender Cookie. We are very honored, humbled and proud to have been approached to help drive the site and to carry it on to the next level.
Links
- BlenderArtists (no, I won't give you the link - you're supposed to have it bookmarked!)
- Full announcement by Jonathan
22 Comments
good news ty
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hurrah!)
where is the python section?
lol on the link :)
BlenderArtists is in good hands. I can't think of better folks to host BlenderArtists, to continue its open and independent community legacy. And thanks for 10 years of great support in the Blender community, Goofster. Give that man a hand!
A standing ovation for Roel and a big thank you to Wes and Jonathan!
YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!thanks everyone for your hard work.
:) So Blender Artists has more resurrections then Blender did... Who would have thought that.
10 years Goofsters? Wasn't it that Timo guy that startet BlenderArtists?
I've never explicitly gone to BlenderArtists before, but I never realized when I googled help for Blender, how much of the good stuff is directed there.... until it was gone ... *sniffles. But it's back!
Great! I wrotw about that in my blog too. But your version is much better xD.
YAHHHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
Great news, I've missed it already while trying to lookup info on Google and only pointed me to some BlenderArtists forum posts and couldn't find the info I was looking for anywhere else... Yes, it was highly annoying... xD
even my login remained
What's the link to BlenderArtist..... oooohhhh yeah... It's in my bookmarked section. I have no idea how it got there. Man you guys are good.
I for one personally welcome our new Blender Cookie overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted BlenderArtists personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground polygonal caves.
Thanks guys! :P
Greats news!!!
absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!
Great news, actually ! I was worried about the future of this great site. I have learnt so many things thanks to this helpful community ! A big thank you to its managers, past present and future ! Long life to BlenderArtists !
hip hip hooray
Good news !
but why the preference to America instead of maintain in the netherlands
You realise how important a thing is when its gone. Thank god its back :)