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<A> are you there, B?
* hours later *
<B> yes
* hours later
<A> can I ask you a question?
* hours later *
<B> go ahead
* hours later *
<A> <question>
* hours later *
<B> <answer>

<A> hi, B. I have a question: <question>
* hours later *
<B> <answer>

Note how many "* hours later *" there are in the first, compared to the second case. Also, don't forget how to ask questions the smart way.

I'll simply not answer you in the former case.

Edit: stfu noob... let me to write a little more:

You think you are pissed off? What happens if you get a bunch of queries at roughly this level every day?

<noob> hi, got a min?
(??)

<boon> r u there?
(wait and find out)

<boon> ive got a problem
(you certainly do)

<oobn> can i ask a stupid question?
(you just did)

<bono> my friend is blacklisted
(I'm not telepathic)

Yeah, I'm finally posting this photo... :) taken on Unlix's birthday party, back in December.

From left to right:
}Finn{, Stanko, t-chen, Unlix and obi_de

Wow, year 2010 is already two days away!

What's been going on

• HI-SKILL ladder is getting bigger and bigger.
• We're getting ready for the PSL championships this week.
• Been playing a lot of AC and Sauer.
• Drakas has been very lazy.
• There's a Mumble 1.2.0 server on loki.woop.us 62222 and a TeamSpeak server on loki.woop.us. Anyone may use those.
• HF in 2010!

Nick (Mike Pantozzi) gets his girls the same way he gets his music: online. On a first date, Eva (Jessi Kneeland) invites him to an exclusive filesharing community called ‘The Lionshare’. From there, Nick’s own creative frustration fuels his consumption of pirated music and other media while he produces nothing of his own. Eventually, he finds inspiration in the unlikeliest of places.

The Lionshare is the debut feature from writer/director Josh Bernhard. It was made in the spirit of the independent, do-it-yourself cinema of the Internet age, shot with consumer video cameras at the cost of a few thousand dollars. The latest in a wave of films dubbed “The New Talkies,” its kinetic style and raw performances recall the work of John Cassavetes and the DOGME 95 movement. Relying on naturalistic dialog and a barebones aesthetic to match the bare honesty of its characters, The Lionshare is a personal look at life and love in an increasingly impersonal world.

The movie is a reflection of how we are living now, as we increasingly relate to each other through the music we listen to and the media we consume; where people communicate through internet memes and pop culture references. The Lionshare demonstrates how the medium has truly become the message.

• IMDB entry
• Homepage
• Watch
• Download from Mininova (H.264 720p) (yes, legally)

Blood Frontier: Blood Frontier "Beta 2" Out Now!

After many months of development, and massive amounts of input from the public, we are proud to present you with the new release of Blood Frontier, v0.85 (Beta 2). This new version totally redefines and improves the game in many ways, creating a whole new style that makes it almost nothing like its predecessor.

We hope that you enjoy this new release, which contains more bug fixes, feature additions, and improvements, than I could ever list. The previous “Beta 1″ package saw us gain a huge increase in contributors and players, which has in turn afforded us more resources to create a better polished Blood Frontier.

Video effects courtesy of Animoto: The end of all slideshows! Blood Frontier was kindly given an all access pass during their “Animoto for a Cause” promotion; thanks guys!

New improvements include:

• Enhancements to the impulsing (double jump) system; sprint for more speed, run along walls, or kick off them.
• Fun new secondary fire modes for all weapons; stick grenades to walls, or liquefy your enemies with a big blue ball of death.
• New and improved maps from the community; enjoy a wider range of playing environments and settings.
• Refined and increased HUD visibility; always know what’s happening and what you’re looking at.
• More variables than ever; tailor gameplay to your tastes with more options than you could ever play with.
• Story mode concept; take the precursor to coop campaigns out for a spin with bots or online.
• Refinements and polish; gameplay flows easier, visual elements look better.

Special thanks go out to those who enjoyed the game enough to come and offer their help, you should all know that it is very much appreciated; without the advice and opinions you offer, Blood Frontier would not be nearly half as polished as it feels now. Be sure to pop by our chat and leave your own feedback!

Don’t forget to spread the word, invite your friends, have fun, and maybe even donate a little to help us keep the project going. Without you we would not exist today.

Blood Frontier, It’s Bloody Fun!

Download, Learn More, or Get Help today.

• Project Homepage (Download)
• Developer Chat (#bloodfrontier on irc.freenode.net)
• Promotional Video for “Beta 2″ (MP4: Lo-fi, Hi-fi)
• Screenshot Gallery
• Documentation and Wiki

Also, happy birthday, Hirato!

PSL title matches went as successfully as they could. Majikal won his FFA title, making FFA dominated by Majikal and tenshi this whole year. CTF and iCTF were also won. Good work, guys!

• We came third in the flawed ESL cup that lets cheaters play without any penalties. We will not participate in it again.
• Woop qualified in CTF and iCTF for December's games.
• The ladder is quite popular and stabilising.
• The ac-servers bot has been written.

This Sunday, tenshi became the instagib Grand Champion, good work! Majikal won an FFA title against Drakas.

In teams, TC won in capture, CTF and iCTF _|_, MOFO and TNT respectively, which was a nice performance.

Good work everyone! We will be back in December's qualifiers :)

The Fragfest in AC and Sauer was a success.

The turnout in Sauer was lower than expected, presumably due to the fact that little time was spent on advertising. The EU fest was large with }TC{beast winning the efficiency game, the AM fest was of average size but with more of a community feel - w00p|Drakas won this one. The OC fest was a nice bunch of fun, mainly with clanplayers - w00p|Drakas winning this one.

In AC, we had about 60 people playing at a single time in the EU fest, which was a bit of a mess to manage. The AM fest went very nicely after the lesson of management. The OC fest was really fun, and was finally the time that I could sit down and have a proper game myself :)

Screenshots and demos (!) will be uploaded as soon as I find the time to make a gallery script and tag everything to make it more accessible. There's about 200MB of data.

Mumble & radio

Now this was the main bit of fun, IMO. We were able to make it so we can stream mumble conversations into an internet stream.

The starting EU and AM games were great with quite a few people, and turned out to be funny to play on. We had Beast, Unlix, kitty, Drakas, LiFe, Sanzo, ech0, doctor, Finn and lots more people mumbling in those two fests. Others were just silently idling in Mumble, not saying a word ^.^'

But the OC-AC fest was perhaps the most memorable... ever! We had Syntax, Dreamer (♥), Shorty, Takkunnen, LiFe, Rhubarb, Drakas and a few other people playing in AssaultCube and Mumbling at the same time. It was simply hillarious. Dreamer thought of making use of voicecom to say 'Nice shot' at once at certain times, as well as "I'm coming in with the flag!" when in a DM game. Quite a few people managed to crash because of this. Towards the end, we had a Mumble vs. all game, such that we could come up with funny things to do. We renamed ourselves to |MuM|, but in the end, everyone just copied us without understanding why we used the tag in the first place... There also were a lot of "That's what she said" jokes, so we certainly were not kept unentertained for the duration of the fest. Unbelievable. Thank you so much!

A very big thank you for participating, and I hope to see you this New Year! :)

This PSL qualifiers went pretty bad for us. In FFA, Majikal and Drakas qualified, the former having the choice of the first map. In insta, kreptor was the only one to play the big game but did not qualified. Because of the Asylum incident, tenshi can still win the grandchampion of insta next week. In capture, we failed completely. However, kreptor participated in the _|_ team, which qualified to play next week. For CTF, we won the grandchampion status last month, so were not allowed to compete this month. In instactf, we did not qualify.

In AC, NR were reluctant to set up a game with us and strangely enough, the ESL admin gave them a default win. Of course we are protesting, but clearly ärkefiende is ignoring anything. Claims that NR 'attempted contact' with us are nonsense, as I've not received a single message from them. They refused to play right before they were given their default win because they didn't have the players. We still hope to play if the possibility is open.