woe is us
Once again paheal is hit with misfortune. This time its a combination of a bank kicking me in the balls and the subsequent server provider doing the same.
Working on it. Paheal will be back in a few days MAX though it could be up a lot sooner. This post will be updated when I have new info.
*UPDATE*
I’m being told that everything will be back online by Monday. Until then there is always Rule63 and Cosplay.
The issue is the bank got scared and untrustworthy of the payments I have been making to my server company due to the current crisis with the banks in my country. Instead of actually calling me and discussing it with me they chose to just block any more payments out of that account until I provided proof that im not some Nigerian scam artist (which I obviously secretly am 
). They never told me that my previous payment wasnt made to the server company.. server company never contacted me about the lack of payment and chose instead to suspend services until payment was recieved blah blah blah. I got it all sorted out today and everything should be back to normal by Monday. Weekends not being considered a “business day” is bullshit. I blame society. Obama.
-Bismarck
P.S. Come hang out on the IRC in the meantime. You can find us on rizon at #rule34 or at this convenient chat applet too. Just enter a nickname, replace #Rizon with #rule34 and connect. Toodles ~
*UPDATE #2*
Also once the site gets back online within a week or two we will be moving to new hardware. No more 502 errors and no more site slowness. Guaranteed. We are also going to be bringing on some coders to improve the code-base and implement some much needed features.
So if you have any ideas for new features for paheal. Send me an email to administrator@paheal.net
*UPDATE #3*
Site will be back in moments. Just need the DNS to propagate across the internet. Stay tuned.
Gomenasai said,
September 23, 2011 @ 2:35 am
Aww, man. Oh well, at least there’s still rule 63 and cosplay.
jesus said,
September 23, 2011 @ 3:27 am
Now what am i mean to do with this boner, watch regular porn?
Arigatoo said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:16 am
so that’s why i cant go on the site again… *sigh*
well at least there is still rule 63 :))
Flash said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:44 am
My first thought before reading this was that the server was overloaded with Discord porn following the season premier of My Little Pony. I’m not so concerned about the site as I am about your financial priorities, but I sure hope you have backups. Worry about yourself for now and take care of your bank situation. Thanks for enabling our perversions thus far. Maybe next time, you can get a more stable host so we won’t keep getting 503 and 504 errors.
Rodney Cullen said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:52 am
Hey – just hit you up on twitter. Had some ideas I’d like to pitch to you regarding the site, please get in touch!
Rod.
Jose MEndola said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:57 am
thats a damn shame to hear…..
ThatGuyWithTheBoner said,
September 23, 2011 @ 5:17 am
I want porn… need to jackoff… 502 Bad Gateway
trollface said,
September 23, 2011 @ 5:21 am
fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
AnonV3 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 6:01 am
Take your time bro.
Shuro said,
September 23, 2011 @ 6:43 am
Rage!!
Roflcakes said,
September 23, 2011 @ 7:19 am
That sucks to hear! I hope everything gets worked out with the least amount of trouble.
A person said,
September 23, 2011 @ 7:34 am
Yeah… Except rule63 threatens my sexuality and cosplay isn’t porn.
COME ON!
A person said,
September 23, 2011 @ 7:36 am
And this confuses me… If it’s a financial issue, how can you afford to keep the other sites up?
yomenai said,
September 23, 2011 @ 7:42 am
take your time, the worst thing i could imagine is a rushed solution that will create even a bigger problem.
Keikuina said,
September 23, 2011 @ 8:40 am
Nice to know it’ll be back soon :p
Lauren said,
September 23, 2011 @ 8:44 am
Good luck and Godspeed. I hope sooner rather than later as I’m feeling mighty lonely. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL IT’S GONE.
anonyderp said,
September 23, 2011 @ 8:54 am
such is life in capitalist America
blargsnarf said,
September 23, 2011 @ 8:54 am
Aw, sucks. Hope you get well soon, 34!
dm3 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 9:45 am
hopefully all those server time outs and bad gateways will disappear too. they’re annoying as hell make browsing a pain in the ass.
Wanker said,
September 23, 2011 @ 9:50 am
Ouch. Paheal never has good luck. :\
Your Biggest Fan said,
September 23, 2011 @ 9:59 am
Good, your server was horrible and you do not allow new accounts to be made. It is like it never existed anyway. Maybe people would donate if your server was not hosted with wires made out of paper.
Jgbm said,
September 23, 2011 @ 10:07 am
That sucks, stupid service providers. The come to be worse than a menstruating woman.
Carrot said,
September 23, 2011 @ 10:51 am
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!! I NEEDS MY PAHEAL!!!!
You know, with all the shit thrown at us between the banks and the servers, it’s amazing Paheal’s managed not only to survive but thrive.
A few questions though.
1) What is the exact nature of both problem? What is the issue with the bank? Are they trying to withhold funds again due to the nature of the site? And any idea why the server is crashing again? Did Titanium hit the “blow up the site” button again?
Please keep us informed. I’m gonna go nuts without my mindfucking childhood raping features.
Zinpachi said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:25 am
man thats crap v_v fuck ihavent had a fap in days
alexalex2220 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:27 am
Well it’s better then I thought. when I couldn’t get on I thought wa closed for good and… sep. 23? dude you just now discovered the server problem you’ve been down for about a week.
Perry J said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:28 am
Aw man, what a shame. Wishing you the best to solve this bullshit.
Buck B. said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:31 am
I know it’s not your fault, but try to solve this fast. We need our Paheal!
Wish you the best of luck!
Jesus! said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:37 am
I love you, paheal, don’t leave me.
Nanu said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:45 am
Get well soon my favorite lulzy porn site!
Anonymous said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:54 am
But this is where I get all my GOOD porn!
Eugene U said,
September 23, 2011 @ 12:04 pm
Damn! Sorry to hear the site is facing troubles but I’m glad to hear you’re dedicated to getting it back up soon. All the luck with that, yeah! I don’t know where I’d be without my Paheal fix!
SpiritOf69 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 12:54 pm
I never asked for this
WicCaesar said,
September 23, 2011 @ 12:55 pm
Not related to this problem, but you should create a side-site just for that dozens of repeated japanese images where only one detail is different from each other. I think that would help the server and please people like me that are looking for fapable pictures and most all the time are just passing through several pages with the same images over and over.
anonymous said,
September 23, 2011 @ 12:58 pm
Your site is a piece of shit anyways. go kill yourselves!
Tvman4356 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 1:15 pm
Well, this sucks. Hopefully, this will be fixed soon.
HeshieokFasla said,
September 23, 2011 @ 1:22 pm
Bollocks
O Rly said,
September 23, 2011 @ 1:36 pm
GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Gomenasai said,
September 23, 2011 @ 2:43 pm
The site definitely improved a lot since the start, for the past year I wasn’t getting bad gateways often and the speed was decent. My only complain is that some thumbnails and images don’t load and require refreshing the page.
Left-hand-Man said,
September 23, 2011 @ 2:43 pm
Good luck to ya, dude. Best of luck.
duckpenisexpert said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:45 pm
I can wait. I suppose it would be a good time to feed the wild birds and flash the neighbors at the same time. 😀
General Vagueness said,
September 23, 2011 @ 4:48 pm
This would happen on my birthday. Still, it’s good to know it’ll be back and better than ever.
Jentiocat said,
September 23, 2011 @ 10:24 pm
When I am back from my Holiday,
I wanna see Pictures of:
Findus (more)
Wickie (more with Ylvie and the other Vikings)
Zero and the other Kids from “Invisible Network of Kids”
better Pictures of Princess Merida from Disney´s “Brave”
Nana from +Anima
that you tag the over 150 Pictures from “Gakuen Alice”
some new Figures from new Disney Cartoons
Pinky the Chihuahua and Meap the Alien from Phineas and Ferb
Can we arrange that, please!
Magic Thighs said,
September 23, 2011 @ 10:44 pm
Rat shit! Bat shit! Dirty old twat! Sixty nine, assholes tied in a knot! Hurray! Lizard shit! Fuck! -George Carlin
Hope that brings perspective to this dilemma.
Coupons said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:04 pm
…quit cryin….you’ll all get your porn back. just wait for dem to fix it up a bit so it won’t fuck up any more
vash99 said,
September 23, 2011 @ 11:14 pm
i shall cast a spell of good fortune on the site using 3000 years of Chinese amazon tradition if that fails u must allow me to shoot the server with a redeemer
derping said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:24 am
cant you just move rule34 and rule34c to different servers that way we have at least a little summat to fap to when rule34 is down?
CrazyRussian said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:30 am
Man, i highly recommend you to change hosting. Srsly.
seyg said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:44 am
“no more 502”
i just came harder than any picture on here has ever made me cum!
Htoonlover said,
September 24, 2011 @ 1:00 am
too bad for the temp down, though its not much of surprise when it happens anymore; but lessons from the past teach us, with everybreakdown comes a better stronger r34!
also UPDATE#2…. AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!
super excited. i even emailed some simple suggestions, hope they are helpful.
THANKS FOR THE CONSTANT & CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENTS, despite any temp issues. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME & THE BEST!
KellySmunt said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:24 am
Since you’re making all these exciting new changes, can we get a celebrity endorsement? Like Alec Baldwin? Or Paul Giamatti? Zach Braff? Ooh ooh…Paul “Pee Wee” Reubens! Weegee? How about a logo? Something that says “If it exists, theres porn of it” but without actually stating so, all wrapped up in a single simple image. Maybe a “Rule34” in a circle of anthropomorphic cocks, tits, beavers, balls and sphincters, dancing madly about, sweating and ejaculating. How about a monthly contest to create said logo, bragging rights only, and and and ….
Never mind. I came.
Glad to know everything is a-okay.
spike said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:38 am
How pathetic ur all r like kidz theirs NORMAL PORN u saddos
amitakartok said,
September 24, 2011 @ 4:36 am
Oh, that really sucks. Bunch of asshats, they all are. Seriously, do they really believe pulling need-to-know on THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS is good for reputation?!
DonkeyPunch said,
September 24, 2011 @ 5:46 am
Aww man hurry back soon. The 34 booru is vastly inferior as an alternative fapping site.
Anonymous said,
September 24, 2011 @ 5:55 am
Get well soon pahael we’ll be missing you
NL said,
September 24, 2011 @ 6:57 am
At first I was worried and I thought “OH NO! PLEASE tell me the site didn’t ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN!!!” Then I read this blog and felt better! Hope things go ok!
asdafa said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:15 am
It sucks that the site is down, but i’m happy that you, the staff, are working hard to fix it :). Cool that you guys are updating the hardware also.
Thanks staff :).
Fred said,
September 24, 2011 @ 9:10 am
I learnt after the last time it went down to save any good pics I come across. Now, while everybody is going mad, I have over 850 DECENT pics to look through, though it’s a shame I get no new pics. Hope it’s back soon!
sdfg said,
September 24, 2011 @ 10:49 am
YOU CAN’T JUST GO BACK TO PENTHOUSE AFTER SEEING BUGS BUNNY RAPED BY LOLA!!!!
sA1 said,
September 24, 2011 @ 11:28 am
You should add a fav button. ^^
Parrotoga said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:46 pm
No sane person uses twitter, post ideas here or mail them arsetards!
YBF: wires made out of paper is the improvement goal. Currently we are using tiny wolf spiders running back and forth between toilet paper rolls with click/tag information.
Anon said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:48 pm
WHERE AM I GONNA GET MY PRONS?
Anon2 said,
September 24, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
“No more 502 errors and no more site slowness”
OH HELL YEAH about time!!!!!1111
“Except rule63 threatens my sexuality and cosplay isn’t porn.
COME ON!”
Well said!!! same problem here…
now some originals words goddammit! wen you get back online make the feature fappeable or extremely fucked up.
Betmen said,
September 24, 2011 @ 1:17 pm
NOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!!
anon said,
September 24, 2011 @ 1:23 pm
Jesus, just give the site to someone else already.
VVadada said,
September 24, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
stupid noobs
SageAnon said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:13 pm
For ideas for the site, how about we have My Favorites? Rule63 has My Favorites for the users, so why not rule34?
Omicron Nexus said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:39 pm
Sucks, But my porn stash will last me a while, No problem. Hope it will be back soon though.
Name said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:45 pm
“No more 502 errors and no more site slowness. Guaranteed”
No words…should have sent a poet…
What the...? said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:47 pm
“No more 502 errors and no more site slowness.”
Is this heaven?
nostalgia critic said,
September 24, 2011 @ 3:58 pm
that sucks
DeviousX13 said,
September 24, 2011 @ 4:06 pm
just wanted to say thanks. I’ve been coming to this site for a long time (years?)
and just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work. Sorry to hear about the banks and server company being dick bags but I am glad to hear about the improvements to the site coding and hosting. Best of luck.
Arhk said,
September 24, 2011 @ 4:45 pm
Sad face.
~
Pat said,
September 24, 2011 @ 6:08 pm
A mobile version of the site would be great to have if it’s doable.
Dracyl said,
September 24, 2011 @ 6:15 pm
dont worry paheal the retards will whine always but your fiathful followers are always here. besides this gives me time to work on the collection of pictures i have to name and sort. Ps Parrotoga, kudos on the twitter comment lol
Yo mama said,
September 24, 2011 @ 6:46 pm
Oh well, everyone calm down! It’s not the end of the world or something! Jeez, make such a big fuss over somethin that can be resolved in a matter of days. (btw, I’m not yo mama)
samuel said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:06 pm
thank god
I dont mind waiting, aslong as we fix this shit then I will wait a damn year
I get all my good porn from paheal, I would be fucking pissed off if they taken down
fuck the banks, they fucked up the economy and now they have to repay everyone by stealing money from porn sites the bastards
homo said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
site broken… AGAIN?
WHAT TEH FUCK
said, said, said, said said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:20 pm
Why is the site always broken when i need it?
Tyciol said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:36 pm
The rumours in the IRC had me worried about the site’s fate, glad to see things are going well.
Carrot said,
September 24, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
Kinda agree with WicCaesar, except instead of taking time and server space to create a site for such pics, i suggest tagging them as dupes and deleting them altogether.
Now to prevent a rush of comments against this, I want to make it clear what I mean. I’m not talking about pictures where the artist has gone and changed or altered it due to requests, or there are noticeable differences such as an anal/vaginal version, a cum covered and non covered version, etc etc.
The pics I’m suggesting we delete are dupes where there is a very MINOR and unnoticeable change to a picture. For example, there are certain cases where we have the same picture of Misty eight times over and the only difference is a slight change in the hue of the color yellow of her shirt, all posted by the same person. Such instances do nothing to change the context or integrity of the picture and take up a lot of server space.
If deleting all those is impractical or the mods decide against it, that’s fine. Just a suggestion.
bob said,
September 24, 2011 @ 8:41 pm
“No more 502 errors” awwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea
3pac said,
September 24, 2011 @ 10:33 pm
>tiny trollface picture
>try to copy it as if a font
>irony
asshole#1 said,
September 25, 2011 @ 12:34 am
damn fuck this shit man. fuck the server company fuck the poliec
nobody understands how i feel
K3M said,
September 25, 2011 @ 1:13 am
Yeah right no more 502 errors i wonder how long will it be until you’ll get a new server? From 8 months to a year? I used to run my own home server on dual cpu and my piece of shit server could easily handle more than 3800 people at single time without any errors, and do you know why? I disabled those fag comments and made a image and flash only server. If you’d do the same and turn of those damn comments which are full of shit by the way, your server wouldn’t slow down in next 2-3 years.
mutsurf said,
September 25, 2011 @ 1:26 am
Update #2.
fuck year
Kaori said,
September 25, 2011 @ 3:35 am
Also, making those STUPID ads for “Rudefinder” have a button to click that allows you to SKIP the add.
I mean, almost every FREAKING time I tab an image, it’ll turn into that stupid ad. THEN I have to close it(As refresh STILL makes it a rudefinder ad) and hunt around again for the actual pic I WANTED to look at again.
…At least Adult Friend Finder can be skipped…(Not sure if my suggestion is possible, but I assume I’m not the only one who’s so bloody irritated by this.)
But on the same vein of annoyance, glad to hear about the slowness and the 502’s going away forever. We should send those idiot bank workers to hell, with them. Heh heh heh…
nemo said,
September 25, 2011 @ 3:44 am
What about a “favourites” option ?
RobbieWhiskey said,
September 25, 2011 @ 4:28 am
all right!
No more bad gate!
Z1NE said,
September 25, 2011 @ 5:20 am
Why don’t they pick up all of rule 34’s problems and put them over on cosplay?
502 Bad Gateway said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:06 am
I’m rule 34 paheal’s worst nightmare
Joe Biden said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:27 am
You know, you 34 junkies could always go to 4chan for the time being. There’s always /co/, /tr/, /y/, /u/, /b/, and /d/.
Random Furfag said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:33 am
Woe is you alright! Ever since i remember paheal had slow performance popups errors. There are way better alternatives than rule34.paheal.net i bet if you won’t have any errors than your website will be slow as shite! I can whoop up a better rule34 on freewebs!!! The anonymous does not forgive such behavior.
Random Furfag said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:36 am
Besides why go to rule34 when you can go to pixiv ychan fchan pawsru swfchan booru wildcritteers fagafffinty inkbadger e621 wwoec hentaifoundry aerisdies hentaipalm and a million other pronz websites!
Goddamnit said,
September 25, 2011 @ 8:53 am
You all know who is responsible, right? JEWS
anon said,
September 25, 2011 @ 10:27 am
i would like to suggest having a girls site and a guy site, i hate going on this and finding guy on guy stuff, it just doesnt work.
JimDandy said,
September 25, 2011 @ 11:02 am
I look forward to the sites reincarnation.
Thanks for everything so far, and good luck!
yeah said,
September 25, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
The site has been awful for years now. One entire year, thumbnails didn’t work. This entire year, errors.
I hope this hardware finally fixes it.
Captian Super Dud said,
September 25, 2011 @ 4:33 pm
Why is it that Rule 63 and Cosplay never go down?
someone said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
Damn, so much for tugin ma puda.
Hey: Green with blue text, REALY?
Fang157 said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:42 pm
There should be a rule 34 girl
Black Bolt said,
September 25, 2011 @ 6:59 pm
I can help.
I have an ftp that I can give to you – password and login.
Conditions:
– For just 1 folder – inside of it you can create all the folders you want.
– I will still have all the access of content
Warn me and we can talk
Blackbolt
blackbolt118@gmail.com
thereallegend123 said,
September 25, 2011 @ 7:48 pm
Awesome, no more freakin’ page errors!
thereallegend123 said,
September 25, 2011 @ 7:50 pm
And, to the anon who suggested both a guys site and a girls site: that would be ridiculously complicated and doesn’t account for gays and stuff.
Danielakiiki said,
September 25, 2011 @ 7:51 pm
@K3M- But the comments are what makes Paheal Paheal. Without those comments it’s be like watching a movie without the input from MST3K.
outbackshaq said,
September 25, 2011 @ 7:51 pm
Only feature I can think of is some sort of mobile version, though I can live with out that
Flash said,
September 26, 2011 @ 3:04 am
You should switch banks and sue. What they did is a crime.
Anyway, I think a more sophisticated tag and search system should be implemented. Have categories for the tags like “character,” “show,” “artist,” “orientation”(choices should be gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, other), and “other”(for anything else describing the image). The search box should accept modifiers similar to Google. Example:
show:Futurama -character:”Bender Bending Rodriguez” -Farnsworth -crossover orientation:straight OR orientation:lesbian
elite300 said,
September 26, 2011 @ 7:16 am
thay shod stop the ads is sooooooo fuckin lame to have one just take over the sreen
Fred said,
September 26, 2011 @ 8:33 am
It’s Monday, and the site is still dead
richardthedragon said,
September 26, 2011 @ 9:18 am
the moment I see a 502 error…there is going to be a wave of porn of it. honestly, there should be porn of the server and the bank… just saying
O Rly said,
September 26, 2011 @ 12:22 pm
I am excite.
Danielakiiki said,
September 26, 2011 @ 12:23 pm
Prepping for image dump……
AOD23 said,
September 26, 2011 @ 12:54 pm
i still see nothing is it up yet
Gomenasai said,
September 26, 2011 @ 1:40 pm
fsjal.jpg
O Rly said,
September 26, 2011 @ 1:46 pm
Any estimate on how much longer? :\
duckpenisexpert said,
September 26, 2011 @ 2:06 pm
*rubbing nipples in anticipation* >.> Come onnnnn….mama needs her fix…
Fred said,
September 26, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
There is only 2 more hours left of today, c’mon.
Sir Anon5 said,
September 26, 2011 @ 2:52 pm
Knowing my luck, when the site is back up, the only franchise that’ll have a significant amout of new porn will be My Little Pony.
Danielakiiki said,
September 26, 2011 @ 2:56 pm
^ 100 plus pics waiting to be uploaded
Carthage said,
September 26, 2011 @ 4:16 pm
7:16PM EST, site’s still down.
I don’t blame you guys. I’m sure there’s a reason why.
NL said,
September 26, 2011 @ 4:30 pm
Site seems to be loading VERY SLOWLY because I keep getting a “Problem Loading Page” page. Are you having any luck, or will it take more time to get the site up?
Darkness said,
September 26, 2011 @ 5:14 pm
Same thing here NL
O Rly said,
September 26, 2011 @ 5:27 pm
I’m getting that too, NL.
Ugh. Fuck this, I’m going to bed.
SageAnon said,
September 26, 2011 @ 5:36 pm
Same here, NL.
Eugene U said,
September 26, 2011 @ 6:09 pm
What’s up? It seems the Update #3 saying the site will be back in “moments” was put up several hours ago! If Update #3 still holds true, these are some pretty looooonnnnnnggggg “moments”.
Was totally looking forward to browsing Paheal finally today. Feeling rather disappointed that it’s still down.
I mean, best of luck getting the site actually back up n’ all. But yeah… way to psyche us all out there, eh?
ass fan said,
September 26, 2011 @ 6:57 pm
this makes me a sad panda… :*(
richardthedragon said,
September 26, 2011 @ 8:10 pm
@duckpenisexpert: can I rub your nipples too?
someone said,
September 26, 2011 @ 8:12 pm
WOW, your host must realy suck, you shouldn’t belive anything they say.>0**0<
AN IDEA: Run your own severs.
Good thing I can draw, but it’s just not the same
duckpenisexpert said,
September 26, 2011 @ 11:31 pm
@richardthedragon–yes. Bring the oils, please.