So how does one get on the correct fork :/
You stop mining and wait for the dominant fork to emerge.
~BCX~
THat's the whole problem, I'm not mining at all and left the client running overnight. I just wanted my remaining FTC out. It's got 15 connections and it says it's "up to date", also the transaction shows up in the block explorer.
So what's the deal here?
Yes, you can be up to date, on the wrong fork.
When the dominant fork emerges, the devs will need to release a new client with a check point, you re DL the block chain and life is beautiful. Any coins you mined on the wrong aka smaller fork, sent, spent or backup will be worthless on the dominant fork larger fork.
A better way to think of a 51% attack, is a complete hostile takeover.
~BCX~
Why are you trying to scare him without knowing what is up? A few days back I had sent FTC into Btc-e and it was stuck on 8 confirms (needed 10) in their deposit page even though in network was above 50. It got there eventually. Its an issue with Btc-e; nothing to do with forked blockchain bla bla.
Some people had earlier reported success by sending another small transaction to the same account. Maybe you can send 1 FTC and wait.
