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General / Re: new server
« on: February 19, 2014, 06:29:13 PM »
No kidding. Never was great at NS, but not this downright embarrassing either. (It's because I'm better at other stuff now, right? Maybe?)
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General / Re: new server
« on: February 17, 2014, 07:35:29 PM »
Good idea, probably the only way anything's going to happen.
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Media / Anarkipaint!
« on: December 01, 2005, 11:04:09 PM »
Drew this one a few weeks back, but it definitly fits the criteria.
Anyways, enjoy.
Anyways, enjoy.
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General / Voting The Comm Out
« on: June 16, 2005, 02:34:08 AM »Quote
Could you ask the people at Fr31ns to unban me by chance? I seem to have pissed off Nadsy and she perma banned me. I checked their rules and I didn't break a one of them *shrug*[snapback]50942[/snapback]
Well, yes, first, you should probably post that in the ban complaints section of the fr31ns forums. (Yes, I know the registration for the forums was recently broken, but it should be fixed now.)
As for the plugin, no, we haven't used one. However, we just had someone code a plugin with the same purpose for us (Though it only alerts the admins), and yes, it's AMX, so LM is out of luck =\.
As for the idea, I somewhat like the idea of it being fully public, but I have my reservations, as people might become hesitant to vote out even a bad comm.
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Off Topic / computer question
« on: May 12, 2005, 04:12:32 AM »
Yes, I'd definitely advise going with an Athlon 64
The 3200+ should be around 200$ and the 3000+ is ~150, with an nForce4 Ultra mobo being ~110 or a plain nForce4 board being ~80.
It'll almost certainly be faster, not to mention you have an easy upgrade path to dual core if you want to later, since it uses the same socket. You might as well go with PCI-E in that case, as there's not too much of a reason not to. (And it looks like there are some nearly identical PCI-E quadros, at nearly the same price, but I really have no clue about workstation cards)
Only other observation is I have no clue how much I'd trust the power supply that comes with that case, as it seems to be genericly branded by a case manufacturer I've never even heard of.
The 3200+ should be around 200$ and the 3000+ is ~150, with an nForce4 Ultra mobo being ~110 or a plain nForce4 board being ~80.
It'll almost certainly be faster, not to mention you have an easy upgrade path to dual core if you want to later, since it uses the same socket. You might as well go with PCI-E in that case, as there's not too much of a reason not to. (And it looks like there are some nearly identical PCI-E quadros, at nearly the same price, but I really have no clue about workstation cards)
Only other observation is I have no clue how much I'd trust the power supply that comes with that case, as it seems to be genericly branded by a case manufacturer I've never even heard of.
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Off Topic / Gone for now :)
« on: April 19, 2005, 11:56:41 PM »
Well, good luck. Buy something good for IntensityRising so I can steal it. I'd also like to take this opportunity to finally prove the advantages of sshing into a screen session for my IRC usage; No real security issues from anywhere, since it's all encrypted anyways.
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My suggestions: First and foremost, update the bios for the love of god! Chances are that will fix it. If nott, take the stick that caused issues, even minor, out. No reason not to, as you can run fine without it and just stick it in later, if the problem is something else. Next, I would try an older video card in place of the 9600. If that all fails, I'd be suspicious of the mobo itself. Just my thoughts.
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Off Topic / New Computer
« on: January 02, 2005, 11:04:41 PM »
As for upgrading with a pentium 4, a 1.6 chip would most likely use a different socket, and besides that there have been so many upgrades that it would be a large hinderance to not get a new motherboard. So if you get AMD or Intel, you'll have to get a new motherboard in either case.
Basically, because of architectural reasons (Shorter pipeline, better floating-point unit) Athlon 64s end up being a decent amount better than Pentium 4s for games. As for stability, my current Athlon 64 system is rock-solid. Really, at the current time, AMD is barely any less reliable if at all.
And if you do go with AMD, you might as well go with socket 939 (The newer one). One main difference between socket 939 and socket 754 at the moment is that socket 939 supports dual channel memory, which is a bit of negligible boost in performace. In addition, in the future, socket 754 will only be used for budget 32-bit CPUs, while 939 will be where new 64-bit CPUs are released. Oh, and in the same sence, when daul-core CPUs start coming out next year, you'll find them on socket 939. Also, of greater use, is that socket 939 has 90nm CPUs, while spcket 754 has only 130nm CPUs. The difference here is that 90nm ones end up putting out less heat.
Oh, and for those curious: (In real dollars now)
ASUS k8v-MX (bulk) SKt754FOR ATH64 VIAK8T00 W/AUD $93
AMD RET-ATHLON 64 3200 SOCKET 754 W/HSF $193.58
MAXTOR 0EM 120 GB IDE 7200 RPM 10MS ATA133 8MB $73.85
VDATA DDR NON-ECC PC3200 CL2.5 512mb 400 MHZ $58.06
DVDRW-OEM BENQ DW1620 BLACK16+/- DBL LAY $57.23
PANASONIC 3.5" 1.44MB Black $9.97
Microsoft DSP Windows XP Home w/Hardware OEM $87.24
ANTEC SLK2650BEQ CHASSIS ATX CASE BK ATX12V 350W P $83.08
TOTAL PRICE: $692.00
So yeah, I'd go for socket 939. A 3200+ on socket 939 is $225, but read above for an explanation. As for a motherboard, I'd go for something based off NForce3. I've heard good things about the MSI K8n neo2 platinum, and I've never had any issues with the neo1 platinum I have. Also, I've heard decent things about Gigabyte's board. If you're going for socket 939, then you might as well buy a pair of matching memory sticks, so you can take advantage of dual channel. Oh, and I'd recomment at least a 400W power supply for your system, just in case. 350W might be adequete, but it's sort of iffy.
Basically, because of architectural reasons (Shorter pipeline, better floating-point unit) Athlon 64s end up being a decent amount better than Pentium 4s for games. As for stability, my current Athlon 64 system is rock-solid. Really, at the current time, AMD is barely any less reliable if at all.
And if you do go with AMD, you might as well go with socket 939 (The newer one). One main difference between socket 939 and socket 754 at the moment is that socket 939 supports dual channel memory, which is a bit of negligible boost in performace. In addition, in the future, socket 754 will only be used for budget 32-bit CPUs, while 939 will be where new 64-bit CPUs are released. Oh, and in the same sence, when daul-core CPUs start coming out next year, you'll find them on socket 939. Also, of greater use, is that socket 939 has 90nm CPUs, while spcket 754 has only 130nm CPUs. The difference here is that 90nm ones end up putting out less heat.
Oh, and for those curious: (In real dollars now)
ASUS k8v-MX (bulk) SKt754FOR ATH64 VIAK8T00 W/AUD $93
AMD RET-ATHLON 64 3200 SOCKET 754 W/HSF $193.58
MAXTOR 0EM 120 GB IDE 7200 RPM 10MS ATA133 8MB $73.85
VDATA DDR NON-ECC PC3200 CL2.5 512mb 400 MHZ $58.06
DVDRW-OEM BENQ DW1620 BLACK16+/- DBL LAY $57.23
PANASONIC 3.5" 1.44MB Black $9.97
Microsoft DSP Windows XP Home w/Hardware OEM $87.24
ANTEC SLK2650BEQ CHASSIS ATX CASE BK ATX12V 350W P $83.08
TOTAL PRICE: $692.00
So yeah, I'd go for socket 939. A 3200+ on socket 939 is $225, but read above for an explanation. As for a motherboard, I'd go for something based off NForce3. I've heard good things about the MSI K8n neo2 platinum, and I've never had any issues with the neo1 platinum I have. Also, I've heard decent things about Gigabyte's board. If you're going for socket 939, then you might as well buy a pair of matching memory sticks, so you can take advantage of dual channel. Oh, and I'd recomment at least a 400W power supply for your system, just in case. 350W might be adequete, but it's sort of iffy.
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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS
« on: December 02, 2004, 10:15:20 PM »
Sure. It's an advantage, but it has to be taken in perspective. Considering everything you can do to improve your play, a pistol script isn't going to be a game-winning thing. Really. Being able to shoot your pistol faster is probably not going to tip a fairly balanced game in your favor.
For individual improvement it's going to have much less of an impact, than say upgrading a video card to get a constant 100 FPS. And the script doesn't exactly require a monetary investment. Even so, the only scripts I care about using on a regular basis are ones for convenience.
For individual improvement it's going to have much less of an impact, than say upgrading a video card to get a constant 100 FPS. And the script doesn't exactly require a monetary investment. Even so, the only scripts I care about using on a regular basis are ones for convenience.
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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS
« on: December 02, 2004, 08:05:51 PM »Quote
To be concise, scripts should be removed from the game, you are not a developer, you should not take game play into your own hands, play the game the way it was meant to be played.[snapback]35013[/snapback]
So the developers should dictate exactly how the game should be played? Does it somehow offend them if someone plays differently then how they personally would enjoy playing it the most? The developers are providing a framework for playing games. We're the ones actually playing.
When people come up with new strats, is that playing it in a way that the developers invisioned it? No. They're changing how they play the game to make it more enjoyable for themselves. And if the developers wanted to control the game so much, I could just as easily argue the opposite from the standpoint that they specifically left alien bunnyhopping in, and only recently did servers start choosing on their own whether they wanted to block scripts.
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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS
« on: December 02, 2004, 07:28:59 PM »
Except those games aren't NS. There seem to be two different arguments going on here. On one hand, some people seem to be implying that scripts are universally (In terrms of all games, not in terms of all scripts) bad, and the rest seem to be arguing over the validity of individual NS scripts.
The argument over specific NS scripts seems to have come down to just the 3jump script. As mentioned elsewhere, many people simply prefer the mosuewheel for jumping. Are you somehow going to block people from binding jump to their mousewheel?
And as for NS as a whole, I don't think that NS entirely fits into the whole "Scripts, if there are good ones, are amazingly imbalancing" thing. The RTS aspect just doesn't quite fit it. A single bunnyhopping skulk is going to be better than one just running, but he's not going to win the game. Likewise, a pistol scripting marine (If it even helps him much) will have a relativly small effect in the game overall.
The argument over specific NS scripts seems to have come down to just the 3jump script. As mentioned elsewhere, many people simply prefer the mosuewheel for jumping. Are you somehow going to block people from binding jump to their mousewheel?
And as for NS as a whole, I don't think that NS entirely fits into the whole "Scripts, if there are good ones, are amazingly imbalancing" thing. The RTS aspect just doesn't quite fit it. A single bunnyhopping skulk is going to be better than one just running, but he's not going to win the game. Likewise, a pistol scripting marine (If it even helps him much) will have a relativly small effect in the game overall.
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General / REQUIRED READING FOR PLAYERS
« on: December 02, 2004, 03:52:50 AM »
I'm going to have to agree that scripts aren't that much of a problem. Weapon switching scripts are a hinderance, as they reduce your ability to compensate for any changing conditions, missing, etc. Quite simply, the most effective thing is to use better key placement for your weapons.
3jump does make it easier to bunnyhop, but if you can't bunnyhop in the first place, you're not going to be able to with the addition of a mouse wheel or 3jump. (Note: I can't really bunnyhop either way except when practicing out of game) Either way, are you going to somehow block mousewheel jump too?
As for pistol scripting, if you don't already have great aim, it's a waste of ammo more than anything. If you do, then I suppose it's a slight advantage. And with special_ being taken out, I just don't see scripts being that much of an issue.
3jump does make it easier to bunnyhop, but if you can't bunnyhop in the first place, you're not going to be able to with the addition of a mouse wheel or 3jump. (Note: I can't really bunnyhop either way except when practicing out of game) Either way, are you going to somehow block mousewheel jump too?
As for pistol scripting, if you don't already have great aim, it's a waste of ammo more than anything. If you do, then I suppose it's a slight advantage. And with special_ being taken out, I just don't see scripts being that much of an issue.
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General / who DOSNT it work for?
« on: December 01, 2004, 11:37:50 AM »Quote
The irony is killing me. One of the supposed strong points of Steam was supposed to be that "look, we can fix things in no time and you don't need to make a conscious effort to get those fixes!", and in the end it breaks stuff more often than it fixes it and you cannot make a conscious effort to avoid it.[snapback]34785[/snapback]
Well, I think they just proved that they in fact are able to get fixes out rather quickly.
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General / Worst Map Ever...
« on: November 30, 2004, 01:23:06 AM »
Agora, definitly. Not in terms of playability, as I'm not entirely sure which maps I'd consider unbalanced. I can't specifically place the problems I have with the map, but for one, it just seems rather large with nothing standing out. There are still some parts of the layout of that map that I don't know, compared to having pretty much every other map memorized. Metal falls into the same catagory. It just seems like an average map by an average mapper.
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