Friday, June 9, 2000

UT Postmortem -- 8:38 pm CST, Update by The Master

There's an interesting postmortem of the development of Unreal Tournament over on Gamasutra. Check it out. Thanks Blue.

More on id's Move -- 1:14 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

id's Christian Antkow updated his .plan with news that their move will most definitely cause some Internet connectivity problems.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, which I don't really want to get into at this time, we will more than likely have a serious disruption with our network. Here's a snip:

I am making it my highest priority to get the Quake 3 authentication servers transitioned to the new office seemlessly by tommorow evening. I am hoping that there will be little to no disruption with the Q3A authentication servers.

Our webserver, FTP server, Mail, and more than likely, DNS server will be inactive for an indeterminate amount of time starting at approximately 11am CST on Saturday, June 10th. I'm am going to try to find a solution over the weekend to get mail limping along.

Again, this is a situation beyond our control. Through this experience, I've put ISP's and Phone Companies somewhere a few points higher than lawyers on my "scum scale rating" (previously, lawyers held a commanding lead on this scale)

Hehe. Glad to know that it's not just the little guys who have these "issues."

Pondering the Imponderable -- 1:06 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

OK, I'm really sick of some Daikatana reviewers attempting to make their reviews seem more "legit" by taking potshots at anyone who gave a negative review of the game. I find it rather ironic that sites that boldly display Daikatana banner ads have the unmitigated gall to tell me that my opinion doesn't count. If they can't make their points clearly and directly, they should't waste my time with their ad hominem arguments.

In happier news, I'm going to see the Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) show tonight in the Twin Cities. I've been looking forward to this for some time and, thanks to the generousity of my inlaws, we're going to be able to go. It should be very, very silly indeed.

J.t.Qbe comments: Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more

New Trojan Horse -- 12:52 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

CNN is reporting that there is a new Trojan Horse going around the Net hidden in a movie clip. A security firm found out about it when the Trojan tried to break into their systems. It is assumed that these hackers are using the program to set up a massive DDOS attack, but that hasn't been proven yet. I saw this on CNBC this morning and found the link on Slashdot.

id is Moving -- 10:50 am CST, Update by The Master

According to Graeme Devine's .plan update id is moving to their new offices today, which could cause some minor disruptions in Q3A online games today

We're moving office today. Of course, various forces have collected to ensure that our T3 line is not moving over smoothly, so Xian has had his hands full (well, mostly his ear on his phone) getting things lined up.

We will be installing a second master/auth/motd server at the new office so that when the switch happens, things should go smoothly. Of course, things may not go smoothly, in which case, the master server will be down. If the auth server goes down, all servers automatically authenticate, so the worst case scenario is that the in game browser will report no response from the master.

History today -- 12:08 am CST, Update by The Master

• A.D. 68: Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.
• 1870: Charles Dickens died.
  (J.t.Qbe comments: "That's Dickens with 2 'k's, the well-known Dutch author.")
  (A.T. Hun comments: Sure it's not spelled with four 'm's and a silent 'q'?)
  (J.t.Qbe recomments: Nope, that's Farles Wickens, author of "Stickwick Stapers")
• 1940: Norway surrendered to the Nazi Germany.
• 1953: Approximately 100 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts.
• 1954: Army counsel Joseph N. Welch asked Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during the Senate-Army Hearings. (Ed comment: Nope-he didn't)
• 1969: U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger as chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
• 1973: "Secretariat" became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.
• 1985: American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon. He was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite.
• 1986: The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
• 1993: Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito wed commoner Masako Owada in an elaborate Shinto religious ceremony.

Thursday, June 8, 2000

Carmack on Keygens -- 6:36 pm CST, Update by The Master

John Carmack made a very brief post over on /. with his views on the Q3A key generators that supposedly create usable game keys for playing Q3A online.

The "key generators" are all fakes. Some of them look like they work for a while because servers you have visited with a valid key keep a cache to let you in again.

As far as we know, there are no real key generators. If there were, we would have much more significant support issues.

We certainly will drop the CD-in-the-drive-for-single-player check in a future patch, that is our standard procedure after a game's primary sales are over.

Half-Life Ded. Server 1.1 Available -- 12:41 pm CST, Update by The Master

The Half-Life version 1.1 dedicated server binaries are available for downloading. Here's some links:

• Win32 Dedicated Server Upgrade
• Linux Dedicated Server Upgrade

Thanks Blue.

Half-Life Update Available -- 12:38 pm CST, Update by The Master

Unfortunately, it's only via the Sierra Auto-Update interface, but for most people that's fine :-) When I can find a link to the files I'll be sure to get a list online here.

Update!Here's a list of download locations for all the various releases:

• Client
  • Shugashack (full-38mb/patch-22mb)
  • Stomped (full and patch)
  • Blues News (Full/Update)
  • 3D Unlimited (Both)
  • Sierra FTP Patch
  • 3D Gamers (Both)
  • OxygenTank (Update/Full)
  • Gameaholic (Update/Full)
  • ZDNet (Update/Full)
  • Gamecenter (Update/Full)
• Counterstrike 6.5 Beta
  • Shugashack (Full (55mb)/Update from 6.1(29 mb))
• Firearms 2.0
  • Firearms Website

New CS Linux Server Released -- 8:14 am CST, Update by The Master

There's a new version 6.5 of the HL Counter-Strike mod for Linux available on the Counter-Strike Homepage. You will need to download the entire 50mb patch, since there is no patch available.

History today -- 8:12 am CST, Update by The Master

• 1783: Iceland's Laki volcano began erupting. It was one of the most violent volcanic eruptions recorded.
• 1789: The Bill of Rights, which led to first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution, was proposed by James Madison.
• 1953: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.
• 1967, Israel attacked the U.S.S. Liberty without warning.
• 1968: James Earl Ray, wanted for the assassination of Martin Luther King, was arrested in London.
• 1990: After four decades of Communist rule, Czechoslovaks gave a sweeping election victory to former dissidents of the Civic Forum movement.
• 1994: An 8.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a remote area of Bolivia.
• 1996: China carried out a nuclear explosion at the Lop Nor test site in northwestern Xinjiang.

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