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New Ventrilo Server Info |
The Ventrilo server has been updated to the latest version. You will need to update your client in order to joins.
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on 11/20/2007 at 9:16:36 PM by Floyd |
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New Server IP's |
The move to the new server is complete. The new IP's are noted above.
We said goodbye to an old friend of over 3/12 years. She served us well. It was hard trying to determine what files to keep and which to toss. There was many a long hour put in by Crazy Yoda on many of the mods. I hope I kept enough.
Now, get on the servers and play. Leave comments about the performance, the mods, the maps, etc. Anything you think would make your gameplay more enjoyable should be discussed.
See you on the battle field and in the forums.
Floyd
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on 12/3/2006 at 11:59:34 AM by Floyd |
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New Server Coming Soon |
In a few days, we should have a new server up and running. It will be a 2.0Ghz Dual Core Xeon Woodcrest cpu with 2Gb's Ram, and one 250 GB hard drive.
Though we are currently running a 2.4Ghz Dual Xeon Prestonia chips with 1Gb ram and 2 SATA HD's, this should be a step up. I'm told that the Woodcrest chips are crushing the competition.
Also new will be an admin panel for selecting games to install on the server. The new admin panel will allow authorized users access to user-specific commands and powers.
I'll post a list of supported games, when I know them.
That is all. |
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on 11/15/2006 at 8:36:15 PM by Pvt.Floyd,Pink |
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Syd Barrett Dies |
Shine On
This was written by Ken Barnes on UAS Today's website.
Floyd's first leader, Syd Barrett, dies
A sad return for me -- just turned on the computer after 11 days out of pocket and saw that Syd Barrett had died at 60. The announcement was just released, but it appears Barrett, who suffered from diabetes, died an unspecified few days ago.
Syd Barrett will always be one of rock's great might-have-been mysteries. When Pink Floyd made their startling debut in 1967 straight out of Cambridge, England, with first single Arnold Layne and debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the band sounded like nothing else on earth. And Barrett, make no mistake about it, was Pink Floyd. The other members -- bassist Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Rick Wright -- supplied instrumental coloration, but they were fulfilling the singular vision of Barrett.
In songs such as See Emily Play (a top 10 UK hit), Gnome, Lucifer Sam and Scarecrow, he devised a peculiar mix of classic British whimsy and avant-garde psychedelic pop, a style that set the tone for a key stream of British music for the next five years and onward.
The remarkable Astronomy Domine set Floyd's outer-space-rock agenda, but Barrett's explorations of inner space caused a frighteningly quick crash, as follows.
A legendary consumer of LSD and other drugs, Barrett rapidly fell into a state of virtual catatonia, standing motionless onstage, contributing only occasional vocals and random guitar slashings. The rest of the band first hired Cambridge chum David Gilmour to augment Barrett's role, then simply decided to carry on without their putative leader. Barrett shows up ephemerally on Floyd's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (the fascinatingly disjointed Jugband Blues is his, and a couple of outtakes exist), but that was the end of his Floydian legacy.
Somehow, with the assistance of erstwhile bandmates Gilmour and Wright, he managed to complete two cult-adored solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, released in 1970, both by turns fascinating and frightening in their raw glimpses of a fragmenting mind still illuminated by flashes of musical genius. But that last burst of creativity, apart from scattered outtakes and an abortive 1972 band called Stars that played a few gigs, was it. He retired to his family's Cambridge home and spent his last three decades in virtual anonymity.
Pink Floyd struggled at first without him, but found their way with 1973's alltime prog-rock chart champ, Dark Side of the Moon. They memorialized Barrett on the follow-up, 1975's Wish You Were Here, with the fitting tribute Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and the rest of the Pink Floyd story is too well-known (and too complicated) to go into here.
But it's endlessly fascinating to speculate what would have happened to the band had Barrett not psychedelically imploded. It's doubtful that Waters and Gilmour would have come to the fore as songwriters, so we would not have had Dark Side or The Wall or all the other Floyd landmarks in rock's geography.
But you know what? I'd trade 'em all for another few albums led by a relatively healthy Barrett. During his brief peak, he was as brilliant an innovator and songwriter (and as fascinatingly quirky a guitarist) as anyone during that most creative era. Obviously, we'll never know what he could have done. But spare a kind thought for one of the great, tragically underdeveloped talents of rock's golden era. |
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on 7/11/2006 at 4:55:33 PM by Syd |
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Server of the Week |
| Be watching this space for information about the return of the 'Server of the Week'. It could be RO, it could be COD, it could be Pac-Man. Keep watching for details! |
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on 3/20/2006 at 8:45:45 AM by syd |
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Website updates |
I realize that the Server Info bars on the right side are not working. As soon as I get the RO server configured I'll tend to the Server Info pages. Sorry for my incompetence.
Floyd
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on 12/3/2006 at 12:07:31 PM by Floyd |
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=rTr= Adds to its ranks |
CJ Hannible
Egon the Killer
SgtSlayer32aregt
GIJOEBlow
The Buck Slayer
and
OX
have passed our strict requirements and have accepted the invitation to join our ranks.
Please give them your congratulations and a warm virtual bullet when you see them ingame.
Thanks for contributing to our fun and enjoyment. Congratulations and welcome aboard, guys.
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on 8/28/2006 at 10:43:52 PM by Pvt.Floyd |
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Red Orchestra Server Up and Running |
Team Rustic Rebels in conjunction with Deadbone Platoon has a Red Orchestra server running.
Be sure to download RO from Steam and come on by for what has been described as the best tactical coop based FPS game to hit the internet yet!
It is not your typical run n gun melee, so you are most successful when you work as a team. There is a built in VOIP function that allows voice chat with your teammates which supports your tactical planning.
The IP address for this colaberation server is 69.93.123.163
CHECK IT OUT!! |
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on 3/20/2006 at 8:54:48 AM by syd |
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=rTr= NEWEST MEMBERS!! |
When you are out on the killing fields, be sure to congratulate Killer Kevin and STD. They have just been asked to wear the coveted =rTr= tags!
Welcome to the family, gents! |
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on 3/20/2006 at 8:58:20 AM by syd |
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AWEUO v2.0 upgrade |
Notice the name change and the upgrade to AWEUO v2.0 on the 69.93.123.163 server.
I've tried to make this as painless as possible for Dark Side clients. The mods will install into your floyds folder. (If you don't have one, don't worry. It will create itself.) Previous visitors will have two files to download. New visitors will download the large DS-Clan sound and weapons file, the AWEUOv2.0 and the small extra Merciless blood pk3.
The blood effects mod is not too terribly graphic. There is a cvar or two that we may play with every so often for just for fun.
Remember, as with anything on the Dark Side Server's, these files are safe. I will do my best to see that all mods you get from our servers are placed in an fs_game folder as to not interfere with other mods you have or other servers you may visit.
ENJOY
Floyd
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on 2/7/2005 at 8:10:43 PM by Pvt.Floyd,Pink |
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