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by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 29, 2006 4:47am PDTNo Titan Quest in stores here yet, boo. Really need something new to play. Movie: Why go up there when people are dying to get down here?
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8No Titan Quest in stores here yet, boo. Really need something new to play. Movie: Why go up there when people are dying to get down here?
How do I make enemies drop health essence lots?
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We seem to have a pretty good group of people wanting to play TQ tonight so here's the details.
Download and install Himachi:
http://www.hamachi.cc/
It's easy to install.
Joing the ShackQuest network.
network name: ShackQuest
password: lamp
*Note, the network name and password are case sensative.
Load up TQ and select join a LAN game. If there are currently any LAN games being hosted, they will show up!
OR
Select LAN and HOST a game. When hosting a game you must give it a name but you can leave the password blank..considering everyone must enter a password to enter the network, there isn't a real reason for another one.
Do not attempt to play online if you are using the no DVD patch. While the game will play fine in single player mode, when you get online it will crash on you.
Troubleshooting
If you can log into Himaci but cannot see any games and you know for a fact one is being hosted, try disabling your firewall. On the other hand, I hosted a game last night that some people could play fine but others couldnt see at all. I turned off the windows firewall and it was available to everyone.
So far games are much more stable with little to no disconnects as compared to Gamespy.
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You guys should post some of the awesome flame shackmessages I'm sure you get (with names removed, of course). I bet they're pretty funny.
You should also let us guess who wrote them. If we guess right, we get some kind of prize, like naked pictures of you girlfriends.
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I'm uploading all of them here: http://www.frozzen.org/quakecon05 !!!
Broadband is still expensive down here, so please be patient, damnit !
Got some weird shots from our Shackmeat, few from the QCon floor, some from that G4TV thingy ... Cool stuff (and good memories for me).
However, what I really need are some good captions for all the pics. After one year, I think I cannot attach all the names to the faces, unfortunately :(
So, bonus if you could get me lines like "Mr. Sleepy holds his giant black dildo"... or something like this.
XOXOXO
-- Tarzan
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People have been complaining for a while that Shackmap's broken. It has always worked for me in both IE, and Firefox but it was just painfuly slow.
I took some time out of my insane Superman 1979 movie viewing time and made some changes that will hopefully make it seem faster for people. Fake me into believing it wasn't a complete waste of time by checking it out and saying nice things about it.
http://www.shackmap.com/shackmap.php
Once my nights and weekends are free again, look for another big update. I think I've finally found the silver bullet for making this thing sing.
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Sure, count me in. Anyone else coming?
cs.shackbattles.com / 68.142.120.138:27015
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189039
TLDR: I just fixed "Find Bar doesn't search in <input>s or <textarea>s" on the Firefox trunk (aka Firefox 3). Hopefully the patch will be backported to branch (Firefox 2) soon. It might even make beta 1.
I'm really pumped to fix this. It's something that ticks a lot of people off, had over 300 votes, and is typically listed in the "top annoyances" sections of people's rants about Firefox. Oh, and also, some guys on Mozillazine offered a $25 bounty on the bug, so maybe I'll even get some free cash out of it. Yay!
So, all you blogger types who get bitten by this all the time can cross one annoyance off your list.
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So I decided today is the day, today is the day I get it all together and turn my life around.
That's right, today is the day I get new a desktop wallpaper!
Life changing wallpapers GO!
no seriously, I really new a new wallpaper :(
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fucking AWESOMELY funny.
http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm
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I was discussing it last night with my wife. She's in the Event Planning industry now and we were discussing the issues in getting this year's event going.
I mentioned the supposed "power play" with the staff and id. She thinks that's not what happened and is impossible - saying the issue is probably with id and sponsors. She was confused since in most cases the "staff" of an event are just the grunt workers and I was explaining that in this context the "staff" are the people who organiize the event, some of which may be the ones that put on #quakecon, etc.
She seemed to not believe me that id doesn't "own" the event despite being the main sponsor. She didn't believe that a group of volunteers could have any say over the ones who put on the event.
At this point I got tired of arguing since it occurs to me - I'm not sure how it really works.
So, questions for the Shack from someone who should know better (I've been to like six of these things):
1) Is there a paid "QuakeCon Staff" or are they all volunteers?
2) Does id employ anyone (i.e., pay them) to help co-ordinate the event? I know that was sorta Anna Kang's job at one point but that was long ago.
3) Who "owns" QuakeCon?
4) Are any of the original #quakecon staff still with the event?
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:(
It was working so damn well across FIVE installs
(Work, homedesktop windows and ubuntu and homelaptop windows and ubuntu)
However I went for one more machine and it just has totally cracked it, I think my profile on the google servers themselves is rooted.
Every single time it syncs, it pulls down the file and does all the tasks but the final one (updating browser) just hangs FF on ALL boxes now :(
Any idea's?
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The new Corvette Z06, 7.0L V10 and only 505 hp and the original 1992 Viper, 8.0L V10 and only 400 hp... what a waste.
Compare that to say, the 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO, 2.8L V8 producing 400 hp... a 2.8L V8!! The EvoVII FQ400 is a 2.0L V4 producing 400 hp.
I just dont get why someone would spend nearly $87,000 on a brand new Viper with a 8.3L V10 that only produces 505 hp.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836&q
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I'm continually surprised at gametypes that the DS rules at. Strategy is one, FPS is another. Jesus, I'd kill for a Deus Ex port, or a Doom or Quake shooter on the DS.
While I'm dreaming, I'd like more Xbox Live games. TFO got me thinking of a good mech game (mechassault was fun for a while, back in the day). Hopefully the new rainbow six and gears of war will rule, but that's so far away. =(
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http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/sunny/main.html
http://www.myspace.com/sunnyfx
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i'll go first.
www.spankrock.net
Spank Rock
they're a rap group out of baltimore.
different sort of sound. a fun kind of music i think.
you go next.
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I have torn stitches wide open from surgery before during sex and didn't even know it. Then today, I have a broken rib from a couple weeks ago and it was just starting to feel almost normal. Now its been hurting like its a week ago.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-uKst1Hd9c
FUCK YES.
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Mine goes as such:
1. Red, Blue, and Pink in a three-way tie.
4. Purple
5. Green
6. Orange
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dont know if i should open ... cuz there is a demo out.
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Got any recommendations?
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http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/musicvideos/1833/
any danes in the house say HOOOOO
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260hp turbo 2.0, 0-60 published as 5.5 sec so far. I might just have to get one of these.
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_14.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_09.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_05.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_01.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_10.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/skyredline07_12.jpg
I've only seen one or two of the normal Sky, and I think they look much more exotic in person than in pictures. The Red Line isn't due out for months though. I wonder how much a stronger engine really matters to the experience of a top-down roadster though.
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PLAY MORE UT!!!
What: Whatever we want.
When: Saturday at 7 CST
Where: ut2k4.shackbattles.com, password in themelon's profile.
Why: Because it's FUN!
What you'll need:
UT2004 MegaPack (latest patch + ECS Bonus Pack): http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=8127
This map pack I made: http://69shots.shackspace.com/Shack/shackut2004mappack.zip
Let me know if you have a map or gametype you want to add. No total conversions, though.
Connecting to the game:
1) Open the console
2) Type open ut2k4.shackbattles.com
3) Enter the password at the prompt
4) Click the ok/join button
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