Hello, greetings and salutations
iphigenie
news:38F70998...@spacemoose.com...
> Hi I'm Spyda and I just bought Half Life a few days ago. (I can already
> hear the word newbie coming my way.)
Welcome to one of the best games around, and one heck of a nice newsgroup
too.
> I can't seem to find any descent servers to play on, I get some
> hurrendous pings sometimes. Does anyone have any suggestions?
/me waits for Paul or Bench or someone to post the usual reply with links
to tweak sites and games browsers
> Oh and this ng seems to have a very low number of off topic posts. Are
> there established regulars here?
a low number of off topic posts? It seems to me we have a lot lately. And
the on
topic ones don't always stay on topic.
Yes, there's a bunch of established regulars, read a few days worth of posts
and you'll figure out who they are.
Iphigenie
=KYE=Daemon
something like gamespt or pingtool (I use GS).
Get the from:
www.gamespy.com
www.pingtool.com
Also to improve your latency while in an internet game, go to:
Look for a link to HL tweaks, with a 56k modem (not a win-modem), you should
get pings between 150-250.
Oh yeah, check your video settings and make sure you are running in the best
res/mode for your card.
Yes there established regs here, I have been here basically from the start,
on and off.
Also there are varied trolls, a good place to find them in in alt.snetter
Killfile most of the people there and you will be fine (cept for owen
palmer, hes okay :) )
--
See ya
Dan (cant play Half-life is busted) :(
Half-life Handles:
[KYE]Daemon - DigitalSolution - Jedi[NoGluon]
ICQ: 17903493 - Email: Elemental at ukgateway dot net
Spyda <sp...@spacemoose.com> wrote in message
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> Hi I'm Spyda and I just bought Half Life a few days ago. (I can already
> hear the word newbie coming my way.)
>
> I can't seem to find any descent servers to play on, I get some
> hurrendous pings sometimes. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Oh and this ng seems to have a very low number of off topic posts. Are
> there established regulars here?
>
>
> --
> "You speak of knowledge Judicator, you speak of experience. I have
> journeyed through the darkness between the most distant stars. I have
> beheld the births of negative suns. And born witness to the entropy of
> entire realities. Unto my experience Aldaris, all that you have built
> here on Aiur is but a fleeting dream. A dream from which your precious
> Conclave will awaken, finding themselves drowned in a greater
> nightmare."
>
> -Zeratul, Prelate of the Dark Templar.
>
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Floris Fokkinga
mulitplayer. www.Counter-Strike.net . The difference between normal
half-life and quake is that in counter-strike you aren't a walking tank, and
that dead is dead (for a few minutes).
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Paul Catley
> > hurrendous pings sometimes. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> to tweak sites and games browsers
Oh alright then...
Welcome to our newsgroup! The answers to most (actually, all)
Frequently-Asked Questions can be found in one of the following FAQ
documents:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aghl-faq/index.html
http://members.xoom.com/HQH51/index.htm
http://www.halflifehq.com/independent/tfc/Official.html
A good walkthrough is also available here:
http://www.won.net/strategy/prima/halflife/
Advice on configuring dial-up connections and HL settings for optimum
performance can be found here:
http://home.inreach.com/echevarr/pingpage.htm
http://half-life.pcgame.com/multi.html
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/hl/
> > Oh and this ng seems to have a very low number of off topic posts. Are
> > there established regulars here?
No, we're all just passing through.
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
--
"... Ahh, "When TF2 is released"; a mythical time when all great warriors
and tacticians will be reunited, and join for the greatest battles known to
man."
--
In the United Kingdom - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
WildStyle24_7
Floris Fokkinga <f.g.fo...@student.utwente.nl> wrote in message
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> Welcome to Half-Life! I suggest you start to play Counter-Strike in
> mulitplayer. www.Counter-Strike.net . The difference between normal
> half-life and quake is that in counter-strike you aren't a walking tank,
and
> that dead is dead (for a few minutes).
>
To Spyda:
There are quite a few MP mods available - assuming that you intend to play
multiplayer games, I'd suggest reading up on them, and trying the ones that
take your fancy.
A good place to look for mods is
http://www.planethalflife.com/modcentral
You should find an overview of each, whether they are released or not, and
links to their homepages. You may even want to play a bit of regular HL or
single player before you start playing MP mods.... :D
--
"suht up, a am vary matuare for my age, i maek vary good maps, unlike yuor
which are like "HEY WE NEED MORE NALI HEALING PLANTS, OPKEY<<< AND MONSTARS
TOO" LOOK IT IS A BIG MEANE GUY THROWING ROCKS TAHT IS VARY GOOD okey? use
teh snot gun, CLIFFY!@ haha, UNREALE"
-JeffK (http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk)
Spyda
>
> > > I can't seem to find any descent servers to play on, I get some
> > > hurrendous pings sometimes. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > /me waits for Paul or Bench or someone to post the usual reply with links
> > to tweak sites and games browsers
>
> Oh alright then...
>
> Welcome to our newsgroup! The answers to most (actually, all)
> Frequently-Asked Questions can be found in one of the following FAQ
> documents:
>
> http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aghl-faq/index.html
> http://members.xoom.com/HQH51/index.htm
> http://www.halflifehq.com/independent/tfc/Official.html
>
> A good walkthrough is also available here:
> http://www.won.net/strategy/prima/halflife/
>
> Advice on configuring dial-up connections and HL settings for optimum
> performance can be found here:
> http://home.inreach.com/echevarr/pingpage.htm
> http://half-life.pcgame.com/multi.html
> http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/hl/
>
> > > Oh and this ng seems to have a very low number of off topic posts. Are
> > > there established regulars here?
>
> No, we're all just passing through.
Thanks that was really helpful.
Spyda
>
> Floris Fokkinga <f.g.fo...@student.utwente.nl> wrote in message
> news:8d7efb$m2$1...@dinkel.civ.utwente.nl...
> > Welcome to Half-Life! I suggest you start to play Counter-Strike in
> > mulitplayer. www.Counter-Strike.net . The difference between normal
> > half-life and quake is that in counter-strike you aren't a walking tank,
> and
> > that dead is dead (for a few minutes).
> >
> Rather like AHL teamplay, in fact...
>
> To Spyda:
> There are quite a few MP mods available - assuming that you intend to play
> multiplayer games, I'd suggest reading up on them, and trying the ones that
> take your fancy.
>
> A good place to look for mods is
>
> http://www.planethalflife.com/modcentral
>
> You should find an overview of each, whether they are released or not, and
> links to their homepages. You may even want to play a bit of regular HL or
> single player before you start playing MP mods.... :D
Thanks, I'll look into it.
>
> --
iphigenie
Well, I toyed yesterday with the idea of making a geek code for aghl,
a bunch of one letter codes to describe your hl and aghl style.
The scale for helpfulness went like this:
Helpfulness
H* = I am Paul Catley
H++ = I answer pleas for help except when i really dont have the time
H+ = I answer pleas for help when I'm sure I know the answer and
nobody else has answered
H = I answer pleas for help sometimes when i feel like it, and
sometimes even when i dont know the answer
H- = I rarely answer pleas for help, and then often off topic
H-- = hey I did it without help why can't they
Iphigenie
Paul Catley
> H* = I am Paul Catley
Thanks Iphi, but you're dwelling in the past! ;-) Which are you?
I have a prediction for WildStyle's next post in this thread, contained in a
sealed envelope....
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
H*, Non-Points Carrier
iphigenie
> Thanks Iphi, but you're dwelling in the past! ;-) Which are you?
of course it's a thing of the past, it's meant to be fun
and understandable to the regs, is all
> I have a prediction for WildStyle's next post in this thread, contained in
a
> sealed envelope....
I can't wait...
Iphigenie
71 F T+ C+ A+ H+ K S0 P+ K B++ RGB++
I guess I'll just post the whole thing. I was just having fun thinking it up
Birth year
'70
born in 1970
'7?
born in the seventies, but would rather not be too specific.
'??
mind your own business, but I'm 21 if you must know.
Note: the code is not Y2K compliant, when a little smartarse 3 year old
starts complaining in 2003 then we'll worry.
Gender
F
Female
M
Male
?
You tell me.
!
I'd rather not say
Note: This is the only case where a modifier should be used on its own.
Back to top of page.
TFC
T++ = TFC rules, I'm an avid scout/sniper/engineer etc.
T+ = I like TFC, and I have a favorite map and strategies
T = I play it, it's fun
T- = not really
T-- = arg, no, not TFC!
CS
C++ = CS rules and I know all about it
C+ = I like CS, and I have a favorite map and strategies
C = I play it, it's fun
C- = I play it, but somehow it doesnt quite thrill me
C-- = no, not CS!
C0 = I am Rogue
AHL
A* = I am Jake_Lovehammer
A++ = AHL is great
A+ = I like AHL and even have a favorite map
A = I play it, it's fun
A- = not really
A-- = no, not AHL!
Helpfulness
H* = I am Paul Catley
H++ = I answer pleas for help except when i really dont have the time
H+ = I answer pleas for help when I'm sure I know the answer and
nobody else has answered
H = I answer pleas for help sometimes when i feel like it, and
sometimes even when i dont know the answer
H- = I rarely answer pleas for help, and then often off topic
H-- = hey I did it without help why can't they
Knowledge
K* = I am HQH
K++ =
K+ =
K =
K- =
K-- =
Sniping
S* = I am Bench
S++ =
S+ =
S =
S- =
S-- =
S0 = I am Iphi
Ping
on average
P* = I'm the King of LPBs or own a server (where?)
P++ = true LPB
P+ = ping around 120
P = ping around 200
P- = ping below 300
P-- = ping above 350
Bash Attendance
B@ = I am Anders - I dont bash anymore but I want your report now!
B* = it's not a bash if I'm not there
B++ =I try not to miss one
B+ = regularly
B = from time to time
B- = once or twice
B-- =never
B? =what's a bash?
Ducks
RGB* = I am Kain
RGB++ =
RGB+ =
RGB =
RGB- =
RGB-- = I hate cute things
other possible indexes:
UT, SWAT, BG
Troll, CD Key
Blast Pit Thing Name
Off topic
humour
IRC and newsgroup presence
suggestions?
geek code modifiers
@
For this variable, said trait is not very rigid, may change with time or
with individual interaction.
( )
For indicating "cross-overs" or ranges.
>
For 'wannabe' ratings.
<
For 'hasbeen' ratings.
$
Indicates that this particular category is done for a living.
?
Placed BEFORE the category. Unless stated otherwise within the specific
category, the ? is placed after the category identifier and indicates that
the AGHLer has no knowledge about that specific category.
!
Placed BEFORE the category. Unless stated otherwise, indicates that the
person refuses to participate in this category.
WildStyle24_7
Paul Catley <paul....@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>
> I have a prediction for WildStyle's next post in this thread, contained in
a
> sealed envelope....
>
Paul Catley
</me tears up envelope>
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
--
"... Ahh, "When TF2 is released"; a mythical time when all great warriors
and tacticians will be reunited, and join for the greatest battles known to
man."
--
In the United Kingdom - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
WildStyle24_7 <WildStyle2...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>
> I LIEK CHIKCUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111
>
iphigenie
> > WildStyle24_7
> >
> > I LIEK CHIKCUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111
> Paul Catley
> Oh bollocks :(
>
> </me tears up envelope>
hey you were asking for it. telling people you can predict
them is sure to make them do unpredictable things.
Iphigenie
by the way, anyone know of a way to tell OE to always put the cursor
(and the sig) below a post and not on top? I always have to cut and paste
my sig to reply below...
and if I'm in a hurry and dont think i end up replying on top and that
makes it hard to follow a thread...
Paul Catley
> and understandable to the regs, is all
No offence intended, I meant my classification, not your system. That was
the *old* me.
The code is funny :) I bet you started with C++ and took it from there!
How long have you been working on that? Why not program a mod instead?
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
'63 M T++ C+ A- H*< K- S-- P- B*< RGB+@
--
"... Ahh, "When TF2 is released"; a mythical time when all great warriors
and tacticians will be reunited, and join for the greatest battles known to
man."
--
In the United Kingdom - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
iphigenie <iphi...@imagis.ch> wrote in message
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>
> > Thanks Iphi, but you're dwelling in the past! ;-) Which are you?
>
> of course it's a thing of the past, it's meant to be fun
> and understandable to the regs, is all
>
> > I have a prediction for WildStyle's next post in this thread, contained
in
> a
> > sealed envelope....
>
Paul Catley
> by the way, anyone know of a way to tell OE to always put the cursor
> (and the sig) below a post and not on top? I always have to cut and paste
> my sig to reply below...
> and if I'm in a hurry and dont think i end up replying on top and that
> makes it hard to follow a thread...
Dunno... that's the accepted netiquette, isn't it? Come to think of it,
IIRC a very irritating thread from long ago, it isn't (allegedly), but who
cares? I don't find it hard to follow a thread that way, in fact I hate
scrolling down through the whole message thread that someone forgot to edit,
just to find a single line at the bottom. I sometimes copy & paste
individual sentences to the top if it seems more readable, or if I feel like
it.
Please let's not start a debate on this again. I hated that one.
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
iphigenie
> I knew you'd say that.
so did I :)
> > by the way, anyone know of a way to tell OE to always put the cursor
> > (and the sig) below a post and not on top? I always have to cut and
paste
> > my sig to reply below...
> > and if I'm in a hurry and dont think i end up replying on top and that
> > makes it hard to follow a thread...
>
> Dunno... that's the accepted netiquette, isn't it? Come to think of it,
> IIRC a very irritating thread from long ago, it isn't (allegedly), but who
> cares? I don't find it hard to follow a thread that way, in fact I hate
> scrolling down through the whole message thread that someone forgot to
edit,
> just to find a single line at the bottom. I sometimes copy & paste
> individual sentences to the top if it seems more readable, or if I feel
like
> it.
>
> Please let's not start a debate on this again. I hated that one.
I didnt want to start a debate, just to know if there's a way to
set this in OE.
My natural tendency is to snip a lot and reply below, but replying
on the top works fine too, it does not distrub me at all when other
people do it.
What disturbs me is that if i'm not paying attention I end up sending
posts my text at the bottom (or in between post pieces) and
my sig all alone at the top, giving the impression I sent an
empty post.
I solved this by telling OE not to paste my sig all the time and
manually going in the insert menu, but usually that means i post
with no sig cause I'm too lazy...
Iphigenie
iphigenie
> > of course it's a thing of the past, it's meant to be fun
> > and understandable to the regs, is all
>
> No offence intended, I meant my classification, not your system. That was
> the *old* me.
no offence even remotely perceived
both the *old* you and the *new* you (not quite sure what the difference is)
are
> The code is funny :) I bet you started with C++ and took it from there!
> How long have you been working on that? Why not program a mod instead?
well there's an official geek code for geeky computer things, it's huge and
complicated (more on the unix side of geekiness
http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html,
they are working on a new version too)
Then I saw on another newsgroup I read that they had developed their own
silly geek code
(with categories like beer and sheep and food related ones etc) and I
thought: it could be
funny to create one (I used theirs for the inspiration). Took me less about
an hour, last night,
waiting for the bash, and as you can see I never finished it
anyone of these inspire you:
> > other possible indexes:
> >
> > UT, SWAT, BG
> > Troll, CD Key
> > Blast Pit Thing Name
> > Off topic, humour
> > IRC and newsgroup presence
> > l33tness, Mr T, JeffK
> > Monkeys
> > suggestions?
Iphigenie
'71 F T+ C+ A+ H+ K S0 P+ K B++ RGB+
> --
> Paul (Johnny_Ace)
> '63 M T++ C+ A- H*< K- S-- P- B*< RGB+@
> --
> "... Ahh, "When TF2 is released"; a mythical time when all great warriors
> and tacticians will be reunited, and join for the greatest battles known
to
> man."
> --
> In the United Kingdom - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
> http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
>
>
iphigenie
>
> Paul Catley <paul....@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:8d9jvv$mbe$1...@newsreaderg1.core.theplanet.net...
> > > of course it's a thing of the past, it's meant to be fun
> > > and understandable to the regs, is all
> >
> > No offence intended, I meant my classification, not your system. That
was
> > the *old* me.
>
> no offence even remotely perceived
> both the *old* you and the *new* you (not quite sure what the difference
is)
> are
oops, never finished that part...
Legion would give me a hard time me for this ;)
hmm, what silly compliment was I going to make there? I forgot
Iphigenie
Paul Catley
to which you're replying above your sig before you start :) I tend to copy
a bit at a time, then write my reply to that bit, copy, paste, reply, etc.,
then delete the whole message from below my sig!
I know you didn't want to start a debate. I was worried that I might. (The
previous irritating thread on this topic started when some self-appointed
netiquette lawyer decreed that we weren't posting in the "accepted" manner.
As far as we regulars were concerned, it's only accepted if everyone is
doing it. He hated OE for going against "the rules", wherever they were
handed down from).
--
Paul (Johnny_Ace)
--
"... Ahh, "When TF2 is released"; a mythical time when all great warriors
and tacticians will be reunited, and join for the greatest battles known to
man."
--
In the United Kingdom - Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications
http://www.unmetered.org.uk/
iphigenie <iphi...@imagis.ch> wrote in message
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>
> Paul Catley <paul....@virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:8d9kg4$mjl$1...@newsreaderg1.core.theplanet.net...
iphigenie
> Ahh. Well under those circumstances I would cut & paste the entire
message
> to which you're replying above your sig before you start :) I tend to
copy
> a bit at a time, then write my reply to that bit, copy, paste, reply,
etc.,
> then delete the whole message from below my sig!
wow, that's a bit of work there. I find it easier to go down reading through
the message, snipping out and replying, and putting my sig in at the bottom.
> I know you didn't want to start a debate. I was worried that I might.
nah, we can stifle any debate if we really want to... just hitch hike
the thread and be our usual silly selves in it.
Iphigenie
Spyda
> >
> > Paul Catley <paul....@virgin.net> wrote in message
> > news:8d9jvv$mbe$1...@newsreaderg1.core.theplanet.net...
> > > > of course it's a thing of the past, it's meant to be fun
> > > > and understandable to the regs, is all
> > >
> > > No offence intended, I meant my classification, not your system. That
> was
> > > the *old* me.
> >
> > no offence even remotely perceived
> > both the *old* you and the *new* you (not quite sure what the difference
> is)
> > are
>
> Legion would give me a hard time me for this ;)
>
> hmm, what silly compliment was I going to make there? I forgot
>
> Iphigenie
Always good to see a female usenet poster. Not many around these days.
Spyda
Nothing wrong with hijacking a thread. Hello, greetings and salutations
can only go so far anyway.
iphigenie
> Always good to see a female usenet poster. Not many around these days.
Hmm, depends on which newsgroups you hang out on.
--
Iphigenie, aka TheLady aka Cassandra Diamond
'71 F T+ C+ A+ H+ K S0 P+ K B++ Po* RGB+ I+
(http://www.iphi.com/geekcode.html)
proud owner of
50 l337-irc-scripter-points
100 "Point-beggar" points (Copyrighted by PokéPropheT)
"I have NOT lost my mind - I have it backed up on tape somewhere."
Spyda
>
> > Always good to see a female usenet poster. Not many around these days.
>
> Hmm, depends on which newsgroups you hang out on.
alt.games.starcraft no females present, my primary hang out.
alt.startrek.vs.starwars one present, my secondary hangout
alt.games.diablo one present, haven't been there in a while though.
alt.games.tiberian-sun non present, doesn't suprise me either, that
place has pretty much gone to the dogs :-)
alt.games.wing-commander non that I know of, I only ever pass through
that one. Seems pretty troll free with reasonable on-topic conversation.
A bit of an enigma really that group, given the length of time since the
last WC game came out.