Wow, 11 days and no news from Snake! Well, I’ve been busying myself with other tasks. The most notable here at S&L is the totally revamped Columns section, which was done by yours truly as always. It takes a helluva long time to load given that it’s very GUIish, but in the end, it’s very functional. No,that’s not Flash nor is it another Java Applet…that is straight up ingenuity coupled with HTML and a bit of JavaScript. The idea is also that any editor here can write up a new Column at any given time. This should help us produce more in the long run and maybe come up with some new features (such as the “MOD.html” section, the DEMOBOARD, and the POTM).
One of our future editors questioned me today about the next installment of Snake’s GhEttO Hardware Modifications. And, what I’m planning is a short pictorial about what I’ve done previously on the Serpent. Besides that, I can’t really outline the future of my new ghETtO Column. Whenever I feel the urge and the necessity to go gHETto, you’ll hear about it afterwards. Now, onto the NEWS!!!
Here’s a briefing on what’s been posted in the last week on other’s sites that I actively watch:
- There have been 2 news post at the Doom Legacy site. They are announcing the latest version since the funky X-mas Legacy, 1.32b. Check it out, you’ll be quite surprised.
- Acumen has a short preview of some new material on his site. You can read about it here, or simply download it here. Lemme tell you, it rocks!
- Infiltration news is always coveted with me, and they got the latest briefing on the next version, 2.85.5. It will include many fixes, Inf-Lite, and 2 new weapons!
- I have a cat on my ass.
- AEon has a roundup of what the hell he’s been up to for the last month; still no new version, though.
- Realbot is delayed further….poot! There’s quite a bit of information to soak up on the recording system, so I recommend you read up on that.
I read some funny shit the other day on Planet Half-Life. I didn’t even know that they had this section, but it’s called Top Ten Lists and some of it is outright hilarious. The best ones are Crowbar Replacements, Failed Picture of the Day Submissions, and Barney Phrases That Didn’t Make It.
Que and I have been ironing out some of the difficulties of running a Half-Life Server. It seems to not really matter ping-wise if it’s dedicated or not, but by how many players are on. Anything above 10 appears to be stretching his bandwidth to the extreme. If that weren’t enough, the server has to be restarted every 2 hours because of his ISP restrictions. TFC is looking good currently. I’ve made a set of scripts that change some common server settings and I’ve made my own version specialized for remote console control. CS is next to be tested, then FA.
Finally (and because I need to seriously wrap this up), I’m Hot!. Or at least that’s what the Rankpeople stats have been saying for the last two weeks. You may remember the “Dork Project” we were running, well…this is the outcome:
- Snake – You rank equal or higher than 98.2% of other active male members. You’re on Fire! Go get ’em!
- Loogie – You rank equal or higher than 64.2% of other active male members. Better than most.
- Quelog – You rank equal or higher than 69.7% of other active male members. Better than most.
- Gandalf – You rank equal or higher than 46% of other active male members.
There you have it, ladies. Come get me, I’m ready for lovin’! Also, I can’t help but add this little tidbit below. This is the reason Loog’s pic got deactivated. Serious LOLage!!!
