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It is not possible to try to access it directly, as it automatically redirects to a proxy...

I had the same problem; I was able to access it by completely clearing the cache and cookies for the site in my browser.

It used to work fine directly. Until recently... Last week, it started working "directly" sometimes, and other times only "with some issues." Today, I couldn't log in at all for half a day, "no matter what I tried." Now, I managed to "get in" after "dancing around the problem" for a while. I don't know if it will last...
In short, it's unclear how it works now...

For several hours, the website and forum were completely unavailable because the proxy server failed. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the hosting provider that was supposed to provide a new proxy server cannot do so until the issue is resolved. While they are fixing it, the domains heroesworld.ru and forum.heroesworld.ru are only accessible directly, which will definitely cause access problems from Russia without a VPN. As soon as the proxy server is fixed, I will post an update in this thread and reconfigure everything to use the proxy.

The thing is, I couldn't even log in today, even with a VPN...

The thing is, I couldn't even log in today, even with a VPN...

That's right, I couldn't log in today either. Our server was working fine, but since we connected a proxy to solve the access problem from Russia, the access scheme looks different.

Like in the good old days.

User -> Server

As it became after Roskomnadzor started disrupting infrastructure in Russia.

User from Russia (who was lucky) -> Server
User from Russia (who was not lucky) -> No connection or Server, but with lag
User from Russia (with VPN) -> Server (quality depends on VPN)
User not from Russia -> Server

As it became when we set up a relatively good proxy that is accessible from both Russia and other countries.

User from Russia -> Proxy -> Server
User not from Russia -> Proxy -> Server

In this scheme, there is one intermediary, which is also a weak point. If it breaks or something is wrong with it, there is no access to the server either.

Today, this wonderful proxy died, and its host said that they cannot fix it quickly, and it is unclear when they will fix it, so we returned to the scheme without a proxy (since DNS settings are updated at different speeds, our browsers continued to access the dead proxy today, despite the live server, until the DNS was updated and they went back to the working path).

Good news, a new proxy has been configured for access from Russian locations. Compared to the previous one, it even works better: the old one provided about 80% availability, while the new one provides about 90+% according to the check at https://sitegeochek.ru

Sometimes the site loads, sometimes it doesn't. But thank you for keeping it accessible whenever you can.