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Jun 5, 2001

Posted on June 5, 2001 by Quelog
It’s been a hell of a long time since I have made a news post, but what can I say? I’m lazy as hell! Anyways, as you could have guessed, only a series of important or exciting events could motivate me to make a news post, so here’s the story.

The Viper Incident
It all started Saturday when snake got an e-mail from a person who claimed to be “Mike Kellar,” and who called himself “Viper.” He claimed to be a gamer who heard of S&L through Sectorlink, our Web Host. It all seemed a little fishy, and the e-mail itself sounded phony. Us sexy bitches down here at S&L know when shit’s goin down, so Snake looked into it and found out that it is actually impossible for a person to hear of us that way. Since we have gotten our new domain, we havent given out our URL in games simply because we aren’t recruiting right now, so the only way a person could have gotten the URL would be if they knew us for a long time and read about the change on the old site. Who of those few people would try to lie to us and infiltrate the clan? Why an old enemy, of course! But why? We don’t even play against any of them anymore! It was determined that it was probably a specific person, who we shall call “NiggaFly TNT [ED NOTE: Snakes making me use this funky name],” who has tried this exact thing before.
Acting quickly, Snake put me in charge of the mission to find out just exactly what the hell was going on. I named it “Operation Viper.” At first I decided to try guessing his secret question for Hotmail, because then I could see how old the account was, and thusly if it had been made recently and just for the purpose of fooling us, and also so that i could see if his letters matched his identity. Unfortunately, you need an Area Code to even see the question. His MSN info was, of course, blank. Later that night (actually, early the next day,) i got in ICQ to check my messages, and saw that “Viper” had added me to his/her contact list! There wasn’t much on his ICQ info… except for his Area Code. As soon as i had it, it occurred to me that it was actually best to use the Area Code to see where he lived, and if that matched where he said he lived (North Carolina.) Of course, it didn’t. After a few mins of searching and stuff, I found out that the area code was in Georgia.. conveniently close to where “Niggafly TNT” had said that he went to college, during the first incident. So, we see that “Niggafly TNT” was lying about how he heard of us, lying about where he lived, and had an area code that put him where the guy from the first incident lived. I mailed all of the evidence to Snake, in a formal report, and went to bed.
The next day I got on my chat programs a little later that normal because I wanted to avoid having to talk to “Viper” without Snake or Loog around. When I did get on, it was revealed to me that Loogie had spilled the beans- he let “Viper” know that we knew. Apparently, Loogie had gathered further evidence: he had asked “Viper” if he was “NiggaFly TNT,” but it had been his sister, and he said that he would be on in a few mins. Still, Snake and I had wanted to collect all of the information and be sure, and then play along with “Viper” and hopefully gain our revenge. In the end, it is my opinion that Loogie ruined the plan. “Viper” admitted that he was indeed “NiggaFly TNT,” and said that he would never bother us again.

New Ranking System
In other news, Snake and I have just completed a new Ranking System for the clan. It’s a hell of a lot more complicated than the old system, and after we work out all of the bugs and stuff, it should work as an excellent system for all of the FPS games that we play. Not really much to say about this new breakthrough development, so click here and have a look for yourself… or, if you prefer, you can download it.

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Jun 2, 2001

Posted on June 2, 2001 by Snake
Nothing to report, really. I’ve been busy trying to actually pass my classes and too many things are on my mind to do any site work. I did redo the downloads section two days ago, though. It includes a buttload of 16×16 icons to unclutter the table as well as providing more information on the actual downloads. I added Trig’s 6 month old TFC training map and 4 of my own Starcraft scenarios.
Another big deal is what Loog and I are planning to do for the Fourth of July…pack his Packard Bell POS full of fireworks, smoke bombs, and maybe some gasoline (for added flamage) and light that motha up! There is sure to be a pictorial for that soon after July 4th. Badass…
New Infiltration patch is out…2.85.5. Snag it here; only 12MB. The coolest additions would have to be the FN P90 and the distance sounds, but see the latest INF News for the full list of features. Here’s a few screens I captured while playing for a couple hours today; featuring the P90 and the bot appearances of the S&L Staff:

Que and Gr-Dragon are off from school for the Summer. I wish I could say they were doing more with this new free time, but they aren’t. Lazy bitches…oh well, we’ll just have to wait and see what they will cook up. Snake is tired and has way too much work to do tomorrow. So, without further ado, I give you…

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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May 26, 2001

Posted on May 26, 2001 by Snake

I took a bunch of digital pictures in the last week despite a ruling that I shouldn’t use it. Well, I say bullshit in your face! Anyways, here’s a picture of this badass motha…I took it in the bathroom mirror. The second picture is how it would look in actuality.

That looks phat…1.3 Megapixels; it isn’t the best, but it works. I also learned how to make tea today, interestingly enough. Here’s a couple of pics of my tea masterpiece.

I’m gonna be doing a shit-load of demo reviews, soon. The review for Hitman: Codename 47 is already up. Special thanks to Tyler for the tea! And hey, check out her “art” here. Snake needs to now burn up some pics for tomorrow. Shitdis, bitches! I’m out!

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May 19, 2001

Posted on May 19, 2001 by Snake

I got a lot of work (and some play) done in the last 3 days. I won’t tell you about all of it, but there are 4 big points that I want to bring up:

  1. We will be having a new Contributing Editor very soon. He’s been playing Counter-Strike, Firearms, and Team Fortress Classic with us for about three weeks and is a reasonably good player. His knowledge of web development should prove useful this summer. I’m speaking of course about Gr-Dragon (AKA: Bleys[Editor’s note: Blaze]) and you should see his staff page up in the near future.
  2. I just finished another sorta small Column last night. Besides my GheTtO Hardware Column, this should be the start of a new section purposefully to enlighten all the llamas in this world that don’t understand the true gamer’s lifestyle.I encourage all S&L editors to contribute their own version of “Inside S&L”. Anyways, enter Snake’s World…
  3. We all know Quelog, right? Sure we do, he’s been a fixture at S&L for what seems like forever…but really, it’s been one year (and three days). When we realized this, something had to be done to commemorate Que on being loyal for an entire year. So what did we do? PLAYED TFC!!! All the usual active members showed up and we rocked for 2 hours on some of our special favorite maps: well (map we met Que on), cz2 (map we recruited Que on), 2fort (cause everyone loves 2fort), and crossfire (S&L can never suck on crossfire). S&L…Always…Quelog Rock on, dog!
  4. And following up on our development of a temporary practice server, I have parsed and uploaded all the logs from our TFC Tests and last night’s party. They can be found here now and forever. We use AEstats to parse and construct the html. All “Player”s that join the server will be given the prefix [LLAMA] on the rankings.
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May 16, 2001

Posted on May 16, 2001 by Snake

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!!!

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May 5, 2001

Posted on May 5, 2001 by Snake

Maximum phatness is the theme for today’s post. First, I’ll start off with something that anybody can do and looks really awesome afterwards. If you have an OEM computer, you’ve probably seen that company’s gay logo and name in your system properties (mainly in the system properties in the control panel, but some of it will appear in the System Information program under Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools).

Ok, begin by downloading this file if you don’t have a OEM system, or even if you do, you may want to start with blank templates. Make sure to extract to the Windows>System directory. The file “oemlogo.bmp” is the logo that will appear in your system properties. It should not change from the template size and color depth of 180x114x8. The template’s transparent color is red, but you can change it to whatever you want (just make sure any parts you don’t want seen are transparent). The file oeminfo.ini is pretty straight-forward, just don’t use any quotes around the information you entered. Here’s what my system properties box looks like:

Now for something whacky…I wrote up a Mini-Column with a few pics for a segment that you may have seen on other hardware sites; but I am going to call it Snake’s Ghetto Hardware Modifications. Unlike at Icrontic (formally Apu’s Hardware), though, my mods will hopefully actually work. So, check out my first installment here.

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