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EA & DICE still have our backs! |
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Posted by: Shootter877 on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 09:44 PM |
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A lot of buzz has been floating around the internet lately about dedicated servers and we wanted to make sure all our players have the best understanding of how Battlefield will be played on the PC. Since Battlefield 1942 DICE has used dedicated servers for all platforms. This formula has worked well, and still works well, for us and for the gaming community. We have stayed true to this practice and will continue this tradition into the upcoming title Battlefield Bad Company 2. |
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w00t! Merriam Webster names its “word of the year” for 2007. |
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Posted by: albloch on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 02:29 PM |
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By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t."
"W00t," a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in the Springfield-based dictionary publisher's online poll for the word that best sums up 2007.
Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.
"It shows a really interesting thing that's going on in language. It's a term that's arrived only because we're now communicating electronically with each other," Morse said.
Gamers commonly substitute numbers and symbols for the letters they resemble, Morse says, creating what they call "l33t speak" — that's "leet" when spoken, short for "elite" to the rest of the world.
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The l44t H@X0r Catchers |
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Posted by: phatblinkie on Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 07:58 AM |
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Honestly sometimes online games make people think they are responsible referees of online play. They think it is their duty to inform others of when they think someone is cheating.
Like the player named RDBRULZ for example. |
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We were hoping for money, a buried treasure... |
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Posted by: albloch on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 06:37 PM |
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"...Instead we just had a crazy day with the bomb squad," said Lori Artman.
She thought she'd uncovered a fortune when she found an old wooden box partially buried in her backyard.
But there was no hidden loot in the box -- just dynamite.
The box was found Friday when Artman, her boyfriend and her nephew were inspecting the fence around her property in Buffalo Township, about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
They called police, who summoned the Allegheny County bomb squad.
The dynamite was wrapped in newspapers from 1968. Artman said she was told it likely came from an old mine or was left by a gas company that used it to blow up large rocks.
Authorities said they destroyed the 76 sticks of deteriorating dynamite by burning it in a field.
"It was very unexciting," said township Fire Chief Gary Risch Jr. "It looked like a bale of straw on fire."
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QuakeCon 2007 Registration has begun! |
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Posted by: phatblinkie on Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:35 PM |
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Register at http://www.quakecon.org/reg/index.php
UPDATE: Registration has been open for two and a half hours, and we've already had almost 2400 people sign-up from 16 countries. It took only 5 minutes and 8 seconds for the first 1000 people to register. The entire QuakeCon Organization is thrilled to have so many eager gamers racing to claim their spot. We can't wait to party with all of you in August!
The winners of the FABULOUS prize contest have been confirmed. These brave souls were deft enough to register first, six-hundred-sixty-sixth, and two-thousand-seventh. Their names will be posted on the website tomorrow.
Our sincere appreciation goes to the gang at Radio iTG and EpilepticGaming.com for providing an excellent night of coverage and entertainment. You helped make the long hour leading up to registration less excruciating. Thanks guys!
We'd also like to tip our hats to MyInternetServices.com for providing massive bandwidth and rock-solid servers capable of handling the stampede of gamers attempting to register. This was our smoothest year ever, BY FAR!
And finally, tonight was made possible by our code-jockey'ing, database-slicing, cache-mastering, Director of Systems Integration. The infamous Thrax|away. If you are lucky enough to spot him on IRC, be sure to thank him for all his hard work. |
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Surf, refer, get paid! I will, and you should too. |
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Posted by: phatblinkie on Monday, February 26, 2007 - 10:49 PM |
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Several years ago there were pay to surf programs, then free ISP's for banner display programs, and many other copy cats.
One of the persons that was responsible for creating the first program of its kind has created another one, and its popularity is hitting the net like a tidal wave.
I would like everyone who reads this and surfs the net for more then 5 hours a month to sign up, and get the money while the getting is good. This program also allows referrals at a 25% rate for 5 levels below you. I'm not going to go into any kind of marketing class due to how simple it will be to get at least 1 or 2 direct referrals, from just a friend or class mate, not to mention the thousands of forums out there waiting for some easy way to make a few dollars.
Normally I wouldn't put this on a front page, but this program has been in beta testing for a long time and the expected launch date it in March, its already being sent out to many mailing lists of top internet marketers, for a simple reason. It worked for them before, and is an easy method for passive income that is extremely viral, and an easy sell.
Go http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBB0927 and read more, or click on read more for a few more details on this program. |
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