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What's in a name?

Submitted by Fuzz on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 08:06

I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while, but some of our users on the site start with upper case (eg. Fuzz, Hashy, Johnny etc.) while others start with lower case (chipper, ltmon, n0mad, robag etc). Generally this was chosen to match your in game name at the time. However I’ve noticed some of you go by both now. I know ltmon used to use lower case in ET:W but uses upper for QW.

Anyway, it should be a fairly simple change on the admin end to change it. So if anyone wants to change theirs from lower to upper, or vice versa, just comment here and I’ll make the change.

10 free Svalbards for the first to ask for it to be changed.

What will n0mad do? Will he change to lower case to get the free Svalbards, but while doing so give up his signature lower case n0… What to do :)

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MKV - Multiple Kill Vehicle

Submitted by Hashy on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 01:04

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=695774

Wheres mine? =p

Autonomous space killing robots..mmm

GET OUT OF THE WAY HOTROD!

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Maniadrive

Submitted by n0mad on Thu, 11/12/2008 - 21:27

Let me start with a warning
THIS IS BLOODY ADDICTIVE AND YES YOU WILL WANT TO COMPLETE EVERY TRACK

Maniadrive

  1. Free
  2. Multiplatform (Linux, Windows)
  3. Multiplayer (Lan and Internet Play is Supported)

Offical Site: http://maniadrive.raydium.org/

Can’t talk must get to next level.

Note: Think well have to look at putting this onto the IPX Server and C what Multiplayer is like ?

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Does the voice-over guy from Internode creep you out?

Submitted by ltmon on Thu, 11/12/2008 - 14:37

Seriously… call 13 66 33 and listen to their phone system voiceover for a while.

He’s about the creepiest sounding voice I’ve ever heard.

Oh yeah, I’m now an Internode customer once more. They started offering ADSL2+ in my area (although using Optus infrastructure, not their own) so I switched back. Hopefully my dropouts, lag and other general crappiness have been inflicted on me by Netspace and it will all get better now I’m back in the ‘node fold.

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Iron Grip: Warlord Released

Submitted by ltmon on Mon, 01/12/2008 - 14:59

http://igwarlord.isotx.com/

I pointed this one out a few months ago. It’s a FPS made from a highly modified Quake 3 engine, with a fantasy/steampunk kind of theme to it. It focuses on big battles with a small group of elite fighters (playable online in multiplayer co-op) defending against invading hordes. It features some RTS features as well.

I first noticed the game due to the inclusion of some of the Padman creators in the team working on this, so you can be sure of the pedigree of the developers :) It’s hardly going to replace ET type games (no versus multiplayer, unlikely to be a strong Aussie community), but I think it looks like fun. Check out the trailer: http://www.moddb.com/games/iron-grip-warlord/videos

The Windows version is out, with Linux soon to follow. Can one of you Windows people download and play the demo for me, so I can work out whether it’s worth the $25 to buy.

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IPX Server Downtime

Submitted by HarassmentPanda on Thu, 27/11/2008 - 17:52

There is some essential electricity work going on which means the IPX Server needs to be off-line for a while – you may have already noticed this week ;-)

It all started when the hot water system packed it in, then to get a new hot water system we need to upgrade the electricity box because apparently some new building code has come in to effect which states the distance from the edge of the building and hight from the ground. So the meter box needed to be moved; in addition apparently we needed another phase of power and the existing line would not support it, so that too needs to be replaced. All in all 8K worth of upgrading electricity infrastructure (might as well rewire the whole house) for a lousy $800 hot water system that crapped out.

Ahh building regulations, got to love them and not care about them at the same time.

New IPX Game

Submitted by Bloodstorm on Tue, 25/11/2008 - 21:39

Hey Dudes.

I dont know about you guys but im thinking we need to rustle up a new team game. ETQW is fun but is def dying slowly.
There are some very kool multi-player games out there and coming out soon. Recent one Ive been playing Is COD5 World at war. Def worth playing.
Maybe the Strat game like the new Dawn of war 2 coming out soon
But i think we need something new.
thoughts,
Ideas,
hit me with em

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'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft'

Submitted by HarassmentPanda on Tue, 18/11/2008 - 18:58

‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’

News relating to the title, click for the full video preview.

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Formalhaut b : Extra Solar Planet Photographed!

Submitted by Hashy on Sat, 15/11/2008 - 04:20

Photographed by Hubble.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/13nov_fomalhaut.htm

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/fomalhaut.html

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/images/fomalhaut/289899main_foma...

The planet is currently called, Formalhaut b. Formalhaut being the name of the star. Formalhaut “a”, being the parent Star itself ofcourse. The cloudy dusty “ring” is aggregates of gas and dust. The inner rings edge is sharpened/defined with the help of Formalhaut b.

The planet is about 3 Jupiter masses. This does not mean the same “diameter”. For example, it could be 3 times as “massive” then our Jupiter, but only Twice the diameter, indicating higher density.
The star is about 25 Lightyears from us.

“The planet is 10.7 billion miles from the star, or about 10 times the distance of the planet Saturn from our sun”

It may possibly have a disk/ring system, like our Saturn, because the planet is brighter then it “should” be.

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