i dont think its about restoring the old tumblr, i think solar wants the old one back as a matter of pride or it could be the old one had a sentimental value to him. i know if somethin happened to my ask tumblr id want it back cause its the first thing i did after gettin outa my depression and startin to draw again so it means alot to me. if i were in his situation id probably want the old tumblr back even if theres nothin left to save.

It’s not so much pride or sentimentality, it’s just we still have a lot of followers who are a bit lost with what’s going on. We’re still getting messages from some of them concerning the matter. Getting the blog back would just make it easier for our followers and prevent any more confusion.

Why don’t you just start up again on this blog, instead of trying to reclaim the old one? It’s not like the pictures can be retrieved from it now. (They’ve all been deleted.) Starting over here seems like the easier option, since you’d have to start over anyway.

 It’s something we’re considering, but Solar is adamant about getting the old blog back. I’m not sure how restoring it will work, since, as you said, all the posts were deleted manually I don’t believe there’s a way to get them back, but after the hacker is dealt with, we’ll be figuring out where to go from there.

Any idea how long you think it will take until you get the blog back again? And (other than the blog that was posting the stuff earlier today) do you know who is responsible?

Unfortunately, there’s no telling how long it’ll be til the old blog is back to normal. We just have to wait until staff gets back to Solar since he’s the one who put in the report. For now, challenges will be held over on asksolarflair for the Euro and American and asianponyartchallenge for the Asian and will continue to be until everything is back to normal.

As for who is responsible,

“For now we don’t want to speculate on who may be behind the acts.” -Solar Flair

i have to agree with this because it may cause more unnecessary problems.

Hello everyone. Ivy/SweetFilthyFun here. We at 30minchallenge sincerely apologize for this whole situation and we’re trying our best to resolve it as quickly as possible. As a courtesy to you, our loyal followers, we have created this new blog for you to follow and keep updated on what’s happening as it’s happening.

You already know that Solar is not how this hacker paints him out to be. Solar and all of us at the challenge do greatly care about you all and all the work you do. It was Solar’s idea to create this backup blog, and it was also Solar’s idea to back up as much of the original blog’s posts as possible, meaning that not all of your hard work is lost. Everything happening over at the old blog is out of our control until staff steps in, so for now, unfollow the old blog and follow this blog. While Solar takes care of the report, he will be going through me to report on said report. Heh. Reportception.

Anyway, we thank all of you for your support and we hope to get this situation resolved as soon as possible!

Hello everyone. Ivy/SweetFilthyFun here. We at 30minchallenge sincerely apologize for this whole situation and we’re trying our best to resolve it as quickly as possible. As a courtesy to you, our loyal followers, we have created this new blog for you to follow and keep updated on what’s happening as it’s happening.

You already know that Solar is not how this hacker paints him out to be. Solar and all of us at the challenge do greatly care about you all and all the work you do. It was Solar’s idea to create this backup blog, and it was also Solar’s idea to back up as much of the original blog’s posts as possible, meaning that not all of your hard work is lost. Everything happening over at the old blog is out of our control until staff steps in, so for now, unfollow the old blog and follow this blog. While Solar takes care of the report, he will be going through me to report on said report. Heh. Reportception.

Anyway, we thank all of you for your support and we hope to get this situation resolved as soon as possible!