Yes, I know the Blacksmith is having major difficulties - as you all know, GameStats was struck by lightning and it knocked out our Database Server and that's what the Blacksmith needs to operate properly. Gamestats is still working on bringing it up but there is no estimation when it will be back. So we are in a period of indefinite down-time. Believe me, I'm not too happy about this and I'm sure you guys aren't either.
For the moment, I will be posting the Charlemagne Contest scenarios tonight in a format that will work even though if the database server is down. I will also be posting the 5 or so files that were mentioned in the latest issue of Computer Gaming World. We are super-excited to be mentioned in that magazine and even more excited that we were the only site mentioned for AoK files! Also, big congrats to the authors of the files mentioned - I'll give more info as soon as I get my own copy of the mag.
Obviously, this is a horrible time for the Blacksmith to be down - I'll post what I can but I won't be able to get everything up and running since we're heavily tied into the database server and we have so many downloadable files. I'll post the good stuff - everyone else will need to be patient as we continue to work on the problem. Thx guys!