For the past several months, I’ve had significant issues trying to access PlanetVB. I’m not sure if it had anything to do with my ISP data plan change or the last time PVB had some sort of update. Today I can actually access the site now, without a proxy. Not sure how long it will last though. Can any staffers tell me if PVB has had ISP or server changes in the past 6 months?

My less supporting friends said it was a sign that VB is bad for me, but that is preposterous. Although I haven’t posted much, I’ve been enjoying my VB a ton. It’s still one of my favorite Nintendo consoles and is way better than most people make it out to be.

For the past few days the site had occasionally been acting up for me, too – usually in the form of the site simply showing me a 500 server error with the picture of a VB doing a >_< face. That's normally indicative of something being temporarily wrong with the site, not your ISP, and sure enough it's working just fine now. I've seen a "database connect error" a few times too, which is also obviously a server error, not a client one. But if the site isn't loading at all and showing your browser's default "This webpage is not available" or "can't connect to server" messages, then something is wrong between your system and the site, yes.

My less supporting friends said it was a sign that VB is bad for me

Sounds like some kinda joke to me? There isn’t any kind of strange addition factor to this site, now is there? Just a friendly community of enthusiasts. o_O

EDIT: OH, I get it. I thought they said Planet VB is bad for you. Haha. But yeah, there’s no way a VB is going to be worse for you than any other game system out there. What are we supposed to imagine with “bad for you” anyway?

Yeah it’s hard to say if it’s a problem on my end or PVB’s. That’s why I asked here, if PVB has had server issues in the past.

Yes I did mean Virtual Boy is bad, not PVB. My judgmental friends told me it was a sign. By being blocked from PVB, it meant playing VB is bad and I should stop. Despite that, I still love having my VB stuff. It’s such a weird counterpart to the Game Boy.