FireSlash

How about this: koth_viaduct cp_granary pl_badwater cp_dustbowl ctf_sawmill plr_nightfall_c koth_harvest_final cp_gravelpit ctf_premuda_b1b pl_goldrush cp_badlands pl_hoodoo_final cp_steel cp_egypt_final This leaves in most of the "popular" cp maps, but buffers them more. It also adds two customs in, and we can swap those two out as we get tired of them. I also removed 2fort AND turbine.. there's always RTV.

Haha. Things keep distracting me. Maybe someone else should be organizing these

last night, I joined the Camera Beard Club guess I'll have to play spy more.

I've played that. Not a bad map for small groups, but I imagine it'll get spammy in a full server:? Also very easy to exploit as demo. EDIT: So... Code in the server binary: bool ShouldPlaySpecialAudio(CTFPlayer *pPlayer) { bool result; if ( pPlayer && (CTFPlayer::IsPlayerClass(pPlayer, 3) || CTFPlayer::IsPlayerClass(pPlayer, 4)) ) result = engrandom->GetRandomInt(1, 100) <= 10; else result = 0; return result; } Which basically means: If you're a demo or soldier, you have a 10% chance of hearing the new voices. Furthermore, robin told various news sources: "We've got something coming, but it's not a new game mode," Valve's Robin Walker says. "The key to understanding the new sound files is to figure out who's hearing them in-game, and who isn't."

With waffle fire fixed, do we want to turn the Themes plugin back on? We'd be using sm_themes_particles 0 to prevent any weather effects from being used (rain, snow, leaves, etc) so there shouldn't be any performance hit. Though this does mean maps that normally have weather effects won't, even if you have those effects enabled. Some reminders of what the Themes plugin does: http://j-factor.com/img/themes/dusk.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/night.jpg http://j-factor.com/img/themes/spring.jpg etc

we'll play next week when I don't have food poisoning.

I've been busy most of the week, and haven't even had a chance to set up the server yet... moving back to the old day and time of saturday.

Actually, last monday miyako joined after you bailed (for waste). The first round was a roll, so we did a quick trade (Miyako for someone, I don't remember who) and the following round was fantastic. We might need to introduce some kind of organized way for dealing with abnormally good players, or we just need an similar monster to balance out the other team. What does Scythe do on mondays?

I'm more amused with

The #1 maplist is, imo, pretty damn boring right now. koth_viaduct cp_granary pl_badwater cp_well cp_gravelpit cp_yukon_final ctf_2fort cp_dustbowl pl_goldrush cp_badlands cp_steel cp_fastlane ctf_turbine Currenty we've been running JUST stocks, but we have options. 1) Add more stocks (Nucleus, sawmill, um... egypt?) 2) Add some customs in, like we had before. 3) Leave it as-is Also, Yukon pretty much always seems to get rtv'd away after a round or two, thoughts on slicing that from the list? As for customs, I'd like to propose adding cp or pl waste_v2

Going with Q3A on THURSDAY, we'll see how that works out. I had a lot of people who wanted to play but were busy on sat, so hopefully thurs is better for most people.

T-Shirts: Adult Large. I can wear a medium up until I shrink it in the wash. Game merch: l4d2/tf2/portal related merch (see valve store) are always awesome. TV/Movies: metalocalypse and venture brothers come to mind, been meaning to pick those up for a while now. I know deepdiscount.com has VB seasons fairly cheap right now. I have a BR player, if that helps. hell, I have an HD-DVD player too:< Other info: Easily amused by nerdy things, be it programmer humor shirts, retro game themed ice trays, or binary clocks, I'm not hard to amuse. Think Geek has an 'under XXX' section to help filter gift ideas.

Most of these people won't be coming back

So, if anyone's not been keeping track, I've made some updates to tf2stats.net... Example: http://tf2stats.net/player_stats/FireSlash Note you won't get the history or last 24 hrs sections until you've been in the tf2stats steam group for round 4 days.

there's something in the materials folder you have to kill too. I know it was posted here... I'd check the threads on allied mods but it's down

Cloud computing can't replace the desktop computer. There are far too many things that can't currently be done feasibly through the internet (video editing, graphics editing (beyond MS Paint level, anyway), gaming, and countless other tasks. What cloud WILL do is open up possibilities for old, cheap technology to be repurposed into useful machines; specifically in mobility. I think you'll see this taking off on netbooks, since they can pretty much can the hard drive beyond a gig or two of slow flash rom, and toss in absolute bare minimum specs without any major performance hits.

Sure, why not.

tf2stats.net:27015 has all of those customs as the rotation right now, you can check them out there if you like. I'll switch it back to it's old setup (OTHER TEAM IS BABIES) once the contest has settled down a bit.

Been pondering an alternate solution.. Basically expanding my wip uploader to allow perma uploads, segmenting it out by artist so each has their own "personal" page, and having a "main" site which indexes and can search all "sub" sites. You could sort of imagine it like a stripped out blog, but retooled for music only; allowing feedback on wips, a place to showcase finals, etc. Though I've not been motivated to work on it since so many vgmix clones are popping up; and honestly someone else has probably already done this. I might do it if there's interest... but seeing sites like remixed.vg and remixsite.org pop up, I fear I'd only be furthering the splitting of the community.

I don't know about the quake 2 install base here, so we'll probably skip it and go to q3a. Though, I'd like to alternate in and out of FPS games to mix things up. Homeworld Cataclysm was thrown out there, I might have a copy floating around that I never got around to playing, but I don't know what kind of interest there is. So for the sake of democracy, lets throw it up between q3a and hw:c READYYYY... VOTE!

Yeah, you'll be forced to download CSHP + bonus pack enablers for it. Shouldn't take more than aminute, and you only have to do it once. I didn't originally intend to bother installing cheat protection, but it came bundled in a tools package I needed and I'm too lazy to remove it. As for other games, there are two requirements to keep in mind: - Must support a fair number of players (at least 10) - Must have an available linux dedicated server - Must be able to connect via modern technology (no IPX->TCP tunnel bullshit) I'm going to mix up gameplay a bit as possible, I might also toss in a custom map if I can get the fastdownload mirror working. (CTF-Bolwerk105 ftw) Oh, if anyone's having trouble connecting, make sure you're doing multiplayer -> open location. I never got around to fixing the query ports, so it won't show up on the server browser

I'm running 436 on a dual quad core machine, which is easily the most unlikely system ever conceived for UT; works fine. You might need to do the d3d fix posted by level 99 though.

Haha, you and me both. I'm terrible now, I can barely even hit shock combos standing still, forget moving ones. I remember Godlike bots being terrible... now they're wiping the floor with me.

Ok, server is up. You probably will want to connect ahead of time to grab a few misc packages not listed (they're small, but UT downloads slooow). I forgot how much fun it is installing all of those bonus packs on linux:sleepdepriv:

A lot of us have good memories of games who've passed their expiration date. I'm not talking about your collection of DOS games on floppy disks either. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's looked at an old game sitting in their CD rack and though "Man, I've love to play that, but I'd never be able to find enough people to play". This saturday; we solve this. Coming up next Date: Saturday, December 5th at 4:00 EST Game: Quake 3 Arena Server IP: 72.14.190.209 (DOWN) What you'll need A copy of Quake 3 Arena (Any retail version), patched to 1.32. You can get the patches from http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake3-arena/index.php?game_section=updates I suggest you join ahead of time to make sure everything is installed properly, and to set up your mouse sensitivity. Please post in this thread if you're interested, it'll help me plan ahead on the server config. I'll also take suggestions on what game to to next. I'd like to do each game for two Saturdays before moving on, but we can adjust that on a game by game basis. Future games pool In no order - Tribes Next (Freeware'd Tribes 2) - Unreal 2 XMP Feel free to suggest others