i think NS, more than the other games i've played, kinda demand you to have a name that's pronouncable (yes, i know, i know [OldF]Niteowl-TSA is a mouthful), but the zillioins of variations of leet speak names and gobbly gook that make it HELL on a commander to give orders, really is painful. Likewise it makes it hard to ask so and so to get to double, or please drop another DC, or just go fade already.
in short, his restrictions make names that are usually easier to see at first sight.
but, uh, i'm not sure why he's setting that restrictions for the site.
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I think your name would become "OldFNiteowl TSA" or maybe "Niteowl TSA" or "NiteowlTSA" or something.
But Flayra said he'd definitely allow people to change their name after the corrections are made, so you'd be able to change it to "Niteowl". Or "Niteowl TSA" since spaces are allowed.
Many of us are unaffected though. Like "Guspaz". Nothing changes. Cheez loses his !, but I don't think his forum name had that either.
And yeah, somehow I suspect this ties into the BUS, and somehow these names will be used in-game.
I listened to that interview the other day (the one from the 15th), at this point 3.0b6 is expected to have phase one of the BUS implemented in code (But disabled and hidden), and at that point Flayra said they'd let slip a bit more info since the BUS will be closer to completion.
Flayra was also saying pretty grand things about the game though, saying that no other game has done it before, and it will change the way that ALL games are played. He said it may not be as unique or different as the FPS/RTS hybrid genre he helped define, but still pretty big.
The forums and site is down right now :(
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Does anyone else get the thing asking for a password when they try and get onto the site?
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Flayra is switching to the news ite, so only people with the password can see it till it is ready.
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Was there any prior warning for the forums going down and/or anyone know for how long?
The game is released, can you stop bitching about it all now?
:angry:
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released? NS v3 non-beta is released? V6 is released?
Oh, you speak of HL2. It was suppose to be a joke...can't you take humor?
as for the BUS i havent the slightest idea what a BUS even means.
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its the infamous Big Unanounced System
nobody knows what it is...
It's a so-called VSA. Very Stupid Acronym.
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true...true ^_^
Maybe the tards will leave the forum and get their trolling kicks elsewhere. We can but hope eh?
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*Fingers crossed*
I'm all for seeing more people playing NS but the sheer number of 'smacktards' who either can't read (English* ), can't be bothered to read or have no common sense whatsoever. Perhaps, as you say, they might get bored and go CAPS SPAM somewhere else. That said there are worse Mod-forums to be in in terms of smacktardery.
*Most foriegners, surprisingly are exempt from this comment because they actually bother to read what's written.
I found my way onto the halflifesource.com forums and got so angry by what I read I had to register and put some things straight. I suggest you don't venture in though; no swearfilter, no sigsize limit, no spam removal!
P.S. Thankyou for correcting me Bob and feel privileged, it's not often I make spelling mistooks.
P.P.S. In my book thank you is one word :)
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Two words. Hyphenated. (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=thankyou&x=0&y=0) >_> :p
Two words. Hyphenated. (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=thankyou&x=0&y=0) >_> :p
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That's nice but it's not my book.