=SM=

DAY Z

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:46:08 -0400

Lets start at the end. Its dark, really fuckin dark. The real Day/Night cycle it set at the same time im playing, so its 10.30 dark. And im lost, in a massive forest. Im down to my last clip of ammunition. About 2 minutes ago I got jumped by a zombie who ran at me out of the dark. Its just battered me. To the point that my character has just freaked out and run off into the dark leaving my second last flare burning somewhere out there. I have one bandage and one vial of morphine left. My vision is slowly draining and my heart is pounding. Got to stop the blood. I apply the bandage but the attack is bad and its not working so i stumble on in the dark. All i can see are the outline of the trees against the clouds. Theres no moon. My Character collapses to the ground and I have to wait for him to recover. He eventually gets up and i stagger on. Only one flare left. Better save it.

Except I cant see anything. I have walked into a tree and havent been going anywhere. So i light my last flare.

Only 5 shots left after the last attack, and something is grumbling up ahead in the trees. I drop the flare arm myself and wait for the attack. But it doesnt come. The Z has shambled past not noticing me. I pick up the flare and stumble on.

I have no idea where I am. The only thing thats broken up the endless forest so far is an old caravan that was empty and i have been following the track ever since. 30 minutes of walking. I can here the paniced chatter of other players somewhere out there in this massive landscape getting murdered but they cant help. I collapse again. Theres something, more than one, ahead somewhere. And then my flare goes out.

Lets get one thing out of the way. This is ARMA and its to be expected that there are a few "issues" with controls. But you know what, it really works. Theres an awkwardness to everything you do, that would probably be the same if you had to do this shit in a real stressful situation. You have no idea who is friend or foe as I found out in my first game when i stumbled across another player in the dark. Guns pointed, not knowing what they where going to do. A quick hello and we are co-op. Until I get the attention of 5 zs and he runs off, only to return and gun me down for my stuff when ive killed all the ghouls.

You start off at a random spawn. You have a pistol. 9 flares, 2 bandages some food and some water. And the rest is down to you. When you die you are dead, you can respawn but you start with the same gear again. Anything you dropped when you died is gone. And thats the best bit. If you dont die your kit is saved to the character and when you log onto a new server it goes with you.

Hopefully next time the sun might be out.

I played two games tonight. The first was quick and bloody. The second an entirely different experience.

Web design (CSS, HTML)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:31:11 -0500

Hey guys.

I'm attempting to build a website for my badminton club, but for some reason the header and links bar isn't displaying correctly in some versions of IE. I'm completely new at this and I've been writing the code based off tutorials so I don't really know what I'm doing. Can anyone help?

The site is currently at http://www.hooduk.plus.com/

It seems to render correctly on the following:
FireFox & IE9 on Win 7
Dolphin HD on Android.

And has trouble on the following:
IE7 & 8 on Win XP
IE8 on Win 7

who hasn't got BF3?

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:16:46 -0500

Sooooo... which of you people in the clan doesn't have BF3 and more importantly WHY NOT!?!?! I want to hear some entertaining reasons here!

Routers n shizzle

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:10:41 -0500

So im looking to upgrade my current router. Its an old netgear model which is two slow for me now both on the wireless and ethernet front. Heres what im after:

Gigabit ethernet capability, 4 ports at least
300mbps+ Wireless N capability (not bothered about dual / single band)
ADSL modem

Im getting confused by all the jargon to be honest. From what I can see, most gigabit routers out there in my sort of price range (sub �100, as close to �50 as I can get) dont seem to include DSL modems? I dont have the power sockets to have a separate router / modem and I definitely need both gigabit ethernet and high speed / long range wireless.

Any ideas?

hello all.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:15:27 -0500

Hi all, finally got into the forum! lol, I tried to login a while ago but when i signed up i never got a confirmation email, for some reason put into my junk mail.. anyway been following u guys since bf2 used to play alot on the servers with ya was asked if i would like to tryout back then by someone im apparently not allowed to mention lol. At the time I just wanted to play bf2 for fun and was switching between 2142 and quake 3, then switched over to xbox only really came back to pc because of bf3 and was really happy to see you guys running a bf3 server, the game can be alot of fun and if you guys don't mind it would be great to have a tryout.

Fubsy

BF3 6th December patch

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:10:43 -0500

info on the 6th december client/server patching:

We will release an update to the PC version of BF3 on Dec 6th -- that is, Tuesday morning around 8AM GMT next week. This coincides with an upgrade of many of our central systems which will be down for some hours starting around that time.

It will be both a client update -- approximately 2GB in size -- and a server update.

The client/server combination will be incompatible with older clients/servers. All players will be prompted to download the update once it has been released. All RSP companies will begin upgrading their servers at the same time.

The client update is large because it contains most of the content for Back to Karkand. This is not ideal, so we aim to make potential DLC content in the future as optional downloads.

Bugfixes:
Fixed a problem with spawn timer now showing blue border on startup and lost spawn point
Fixed a problem where player who joined queuing on End of round got spawn screen stuck on screen, but unable to do anything with it untill next round loaded
Fixed a problem where camera would change to 3rd person on killcam when killcam was turned off in server settings
Fixed stat references on several dogtags
Fixed for surveillance ribbon not counting TUGS
Fixed a missing combat area lines on the minimap for Grand Bazaar conquest small
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Fixed a problem where placing C4 with the russians soldier was playing US faction VO
Fixed a problem where TV guided missiles could be shot into its own helicopter and destroy it
Fixed a problem when attempting to fire lock on weapons without a target
Tweaked the chat, it should now be a bit easier to read
Fixed several vehicles that did not properly shoot rockets and guns towards their predictive sights
Fixed the G17 Supressed Laser not working properly
Added alternate HUD colors to help colorblinds
Added a network interpolation setting. This allows users with good bandwidth reduce latency, but might increase some stuttering. The user can find what works best for his connection by tweaking the slider.
Increased the Spawn protection radius on TDM
Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often
Fixed a problem where users could end up with IRNV scope in any vehicle
Fixed a problem where player dies if vaulting over a ledge and into water while sprinting
Fixed several crashes and increased general stability
Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other
Fixed so you can assign an axis and use as a digital input. This makes it possible for the player (on pc) to assign one of the sticks on a gameped to be used for throttle/brake.
Fixed a problem with the Kill camera acting up when suiciding from parachute
Fixed air radar was showing to much. now lasertagged, heatsignature above threshold, enemy missiles and capture points are only visible on air radar
Fixed a problem where the game would enter a technical hang if the user pressed pause menu and tilde at the same time
Fixed a problem where you could get green flashes on screen
You can now reassign cycle weapons
Fixed so the weapon zooms automatically after bipod deploy is gone when using zoom toggle
Fixed a problem where the parachute would stay stuck in air if the owner was killed

Balance Tweaks:
Fixed several weapons so they are properly suppressed and hide the player on the minimap when fired.
Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.
Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range.
Reduced heat masking effectiveness of Spec Ops Camo.
Fixed a bug where Ammo spec would give additional 40mm grenades instead of Frag spec.
Increased the number of additional 40mm grenades from Frag spec.
Fixed so AT mines only live for 20 seconds after a player dies to prevent infinite mines. (We want to make a different fix in the future, it�s in JIRA).
Increased the Time to Live on sniper caliber rounds to allow extreme distance shots.
Fixed several weapon descriptions, calibers, and fire rates. The weapons themselves have not changed.
Fixed so the M9 and MP443 pistol can be equipped by the opposing faction when it is unlocked at 100 kills.
Fixed Laser Guided Missiles missing their targets if the target is moving too fast.
Reduced the effectiveness of Stealth on Air Vehicles.
Reduced the effectiveness of Beam Scanning for Jets.
Reduced the damage done to Armored Vehicles and Infantry from AA guns.
Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles.
Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range.
Increased the effective accuracy of long bursts for LMGs when using a bipod.
Slightly increased the range of the 44magnum bullets.
Increased the close range damage of 4.6x30mm and 5.7x28mm bullets.
Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground.
Reduced the aimed accuracy bonus given by a Suppressor for the MP7, P90, PP2000, PP-19, and UMP45.
Increased the range and FOV for designating targets with the SOFLAM and vehicle Laser Designators.
Decreased the effectiveness of 12g FRAG ammo when equipped on semi-automatic and automatic shotguns.
Slightly Increased the power of Fighter Jet Cannons against all vehicle targets, especially Helicopters.
Decreased the power of Miniguns against Jets and Helicopters.
Increased the power of Stingers against Jets.
Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased.
Tweaked the AN94 so its burst fire better conveys the real world advantage offered by this weapon.
Added Single Shot to the AN94 as an available fire mode.
Slightly increased the recoil on the M416 and removed the Burst Fire mode (this weapon incorrectly had burst fire, which was not authentic).
Tweaked the spawns for TDM on Kharg Island, Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Seine Crossing, Operation Firestorm, Damavand Peak and Noshahar Canals
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Tweaked the Gas station Capture area on Conquest on Caspian Border
Tweaked the max vehicle height on Noshahar Canals

Also, it will once again be possible to reduce the number of players required to start a round to 1 both in ranked and unranked mode. We changed it back after getting a lot of negative feedback from both individuals and the RSP companies.

Our plan is to introduce a warm-up mode, where players can move about and play the game, but with scoring disabled; then, when the number of players goes above the threshold -- that's when the real round starts.

Client R3 + Server R11

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:42:33 -0500

Read the last paragraph

Hi all,

We will release an update to the PC version of BF3 on Dec 6th -- that is, Tuesday morning around 8AM GMT next week. This coincides with an upgrade of many of our central systems which will be down for some hours starting around that time.

It will be both a client update -- approximately 2GB in size -- and a server update.

The client/server combination will be incompatible with older clients/servers. All players will be prompted to download the update once it has been released. All RSP companies will begin upgrading their servers at the same time.

The client update is large because it contains most of the content for Back to Karkand. This is not ideal, so we aim to make potential DLC content in the future as optional downloads.

Bugfixes
Fixed a problem with spawn timer now showing blue border on startup and lost spawn point
Fixed a problem where player who joined queuing on End of round got spawn screen stuck on screen, but unable to do anything with it untill next round loaded
Fixed a problem where camera would change to 3rd person on killcam when killcam was turned off in server settings
Fixed stat references on several dogtags
Fixed for surveillance ribbon not counting TUGS
Fixed a missing combat area lines on the minimap for Grand Bazaar conquest small
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Fixed a problem where placing C4 with the russians soldier was playing US faction VO
Fixed a problem where TV guided missiles could be shot into its own helicopter and destroy it
Fixed a problem when attempting to fire lock on weapons without a target
Tweaked the chat, it should now be a bit easier to read
Fixed several vehicles that did not properly shoot rockets and guns towards their predictive sights
Fixed the G17 Supressed Laser not working properly
Added alternate HUD colors to help colorblinds
Added a network interpolation setting. This allows users with good bandwidth reduce latency, but might increase some stuttering. The user can find what works best for his connection by tweaking the slider.
Increased the Spawn protection radius on TDM
Fixed a problem with smoke on land vehicles, Missiles should now miss more often
Fixed a problem where users could end up with IRNV scope in any vehicle
Fixed a problem where player dies if vaulting over a ledge and into water while sprinting
Fixed several crashes and increased general stability
Fixed a problem where the user was unable to revive two players that have the bodies one over the other
Fixed so you can assign an axis and use as a digital input. This makes it possible for the player (on pc) to assign one of the sticks on a gameped to be used for throttle/brake.
Fixed a problem with the Kill camera acting up when suiciding from parachute
Fixed air radar was showing to much. now lasertagged, heatsignature above threshold, enemy missiles and capture points are only visible on air radar
Fixed a problem where the game would enter a technical hang if the user pressed pause menu and tilde at the same time
Fixed a problem where you could get green flashes on screen
You can now reassign cycle weapons
Fixed so the weapon zooms automatically after bipod deploy is gone when using zoom toggle
Fixed a problem where the parachute would stay stuck in air if the owner was killed

Balance Tweaks
Fixed several weapons so they are properly suppressed and hide the player on the minimap when fired.
Tweaked Tactical Light so it is not as blinding over longer ranges.
Tweaked the IRNV scope so it is limited to usage only at close range.
Reduced heat masking effectiveness of Spec Ops Camo.
Fixed a bug where Ammo spec would give additional 40mm grenades instead of Frag spec.
Increased the number of additional 40mm grenades from Frag spec.
Fixed so AT mines only live for 20 seconds after a player dies to prevent infinite mines. (We want to make a different fix in the future, it�s in JIRA).
Increased the Time to Live on sniper caliber rounds to allow extreme distance shots.
Fixed several weapon descriptions, calibers, and fire rates. The weapons themselves have not changed.
Fixed so the M9 and MP443 pistol can be equipped by the opposing faction when it is unlocked at 100 kills.
Fixed Laser Guided Missiles missing their targets if the target is moving too fast.
Reduced the effectiveness of Stealth on Air Vehicles.
Reduced the effectiveness of Beam Scanning for Jets.
Reduced the damage done to Armored Vehicles and Infantry from AA guns.
Increased the damage RPGs and Tank shells do to AA vehicles.
Slightly decreased the accuracy for all weapons on fully automatic, burst fire is now preferable at mid to long range.
Increased the effective accuracy of long bursts for LMGs when using a bipod.
Slightly increased the range of the 44magnum bullets.
Increased the close range damage of 4.6x30mm and 5.7x28mm bullets.
Increased the reload time of the Mortar from 3.5sec to 4.8sec and increased the time it takes before a shell hits the ground.
Reduced the aimed accuracy bonus given by a Suppressor for the MP7, P90, PP2000, PP-19, and UMP45.
Increased the range and FOV for designating targets with the SOFLAM and vehicle Laser Designators.
Decreased the effectiveness of 12g FRAG ammo when equipped on semi-automatic and automatic shotguns.
Slightly Increased the power of Fighter Jet Cannons against all vehicle targets, especially Helicopters.
Decreased the power of Miniguns against Jets and Helicopters.
Increased the power of Stingers against Jets.
Flares reload times for Jets and Helicopter Gunners have been increased.
Tweaked the AN94 so its burst fire better conveys the real world advantage offered by this weapon.
Added Single Shot to the AN94 as an available fire mode.
Slightly increased the recoil on the M416 and removed the Burst Fire mode (this weapon incorrectly had burst fire, which was not authentic).
Tweaked the spawns for TDM on Kharg Island, Grand Bazaar, Caspian Border, Seine Crossing, Operation Firestorm, Damavand Peak and Noshahar Canals
Moved a tank spawn in US base on Caspian Border so it would not be destroyed by a falling tree
Tweaked the Gas station Capture area on Conquest on Caspian Border
Tweaked the max vehicle height on Noshahar Canals

Min player requirements
Also, it will once again be possible to reduce the number of players required to start a round to 1 both in ranked and unranked mode. We changed it back after getting a lot of negative feedback from both individuals and the RSP companies.

Our plan is to introduce a warm-up mode, where players can move about and play the game, but with scoring disabled; then, when the number of players goes above the threshold -- that's when the real round starts.

Server Starting & Not Appearing in Battlelog

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:29:35 -0500

Alright,

I've mentioned this before in the members area but will post it in public for any non clan with admin. From time to time the server will stop appearing in battlelog. Anyone who has admin details should be able to fix this.

1. go to sneakymonkeys.com/servers

2. login, the user/pass details are in the admin section in the members area
(http://www.sneakymonkeys.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1707)

3. click 'update punkbuster'

That's it.. the server should restart and appear in battlelog after this and people can connect.
Anyone who has ingame admin should also have the details for the /server/ portal to restart the server. Please let me know if you don't have these details.

The reason I mention this is I've been away this weekend and the server screwed up (as it often does) and has remained unpopulated without being restarted.

At the moment have been a little miffed as when not working, I've spent my time trying to update the anti-cheat checks and idling in the server or trying to get it started (and have posted the shoutbox on days when I've done so) but it feels like a lot of the members just join when there's others in the server or go elsewhere if the server isn't busy. This is of course your choice to do so, however IMO without the clan support (and getting the server busier to increase recruitment) this is going to be the fastest way to kill the server

I'd love to join!

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:33:50 -0500

Hey Names Fazzer84 both here and ingame (BF3), I'm 26 years old, been gaming for as long as i can recall

I've played on your BF3 server a few times and it seems full of nice people and having a read around here you all seem relaxed and out for fun
which is what I am looking for. So yea I would appreciate the chance to become one of the gang and I'll be checking back on here often while
I cross my fingers.

-Fazzer84

Battlefield 3 Tournament

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:09:46 -0400

Calling all team orientated clans/players looking for a challenge and play Battlefield the way its meant to be played.

Building on the success of the Bad Company 2 tournament, it is with great pleasure to announce that the Battlefield 3 tournament sign up is now LIVE and proudly sponsored by Branzone professional hosting solutions!!

Battlefield 3 Tournament is a free to enter EU based friendly Battlefield 3 (PC) tournament. Matches happen every week on Sunday night (start time yet to be decided, but will be likely be around 7-8pm GMT). Two teams are battling it out for territory on the battle map. Who will be victorious Eagles or Vipers?

This is a multi clan tournament with each side composed off several member clans with a commander overseeing in game planning and tactics.

The games are objective focused and welcome aggressive game play..... wookies with tents need not apply.

Are you up for the challenge? Do you want to play battlefield the way it's meant to be played...thought so, head along to Battlefield 3 Tournament: 64 Player Battles Every Sunday and sign up your clan and players.

Tournament will kick off proper in November - but the sign up is happening NOW and there will be LIMITED spaces available.

Get yourself a chance to enjoy the best battlefield experience you can get.

See you on the Battlefield soldier!

Hallo

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:25:52 -0500

Hiya sneakymonkeys, probly no one remembers me but I joined a good while ago. (I'm crap with clan's forums etc tho) I think via Foxx in Socks and Nightling, the good old days of left4dead2, or BC2, can't remember which.
I have been hammering BF3 and it will take over my life in all likelyhood. Would like to group up for some funtimes so will jump on comms and say hi if you guys are active in BF3?
Cheers

Hey all

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:30:41 -0500

Hey guy's i know i havent been on here in forever . But i thought i would see how you all doing and i see you guy's are playing BF3 also now ..Oh and zomg before i forget i actually played Lotro for alittle bit ..Not a bad game at all afterall i did try an resist .I will try and pop by on your server my name is EzikealRage if you want to add me!

Procon Ingame Admin Commands

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:54:11 -0400

Kicking / Banning

@kick [playername] [optional: reason]

Kicks a player from your server
The reason will appear in the response and is used to display to the player on the games menu
Requirements: Minimum of kick privileges

@tban [playername] [time in minutes] [optional: reason]

Temporarily bans a player from your server for a set time in minutes
The reason will appear in the response and is used to display to the player on the games menu
By default procon will not allow users with only temporary ban privileges to ban for longer than an hour
Requirements: Minimum of temporary ban privileges

@ban [playername] [optional: reason]

Permanently bans a player from your server
The reason will appear in the response and is used to display to the player on the games menu
Requirements: Permanent ban privileges

Killing

@kill [playername] [optional: reason]

Kills a player
The reason will appear in the response and message sent to the player
Requirements: Minimum of kill privileges

@nuke [optional: team]

Kills every player in the server, or if a team is specified will kill every player on that team
Has a 10 seconds countdown that can be canceled with the @cancel command
Requirements: Minimum of kill privileges

Communication

@say [text]

Says [text] for everyone to see from the Server
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon

@psay [playername] [text]

Says [text] to a specific player from the Server
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon

@yell [text]

Yells [text] for everyone to see in the middle of their screen
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon

@pyell [playername] [text]

Yells [text] to a specific player in the middle of their screen
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon

Map controls

@restart [optional: timer]

Restarts the current map
If specified will display a countdown timer than can be canceled with the @cancel command
Requirements: Must have "Use Map Functions" privileges

@nextlevel [optional: timer]

Forwards to the next level
If specified will display a countdown timer than can be canceled with the @cancel command
Requirements: Must have "Use Map Functions" privileges

Player control

@move [playername]

Moves a player to another team. Swaps them in Rush, Conquest, Squad Rush and will cycle through the 4 teams in Squad Deathmatch
Queues the player and will move them when the next die
Requirements: Must be able to move players between teams and squads privileges

@move [playername] [squad]

Moves a player into a squad on their same team
Queues the player and will move them when the next die
Requirements: Must be able to move players between teams and squads privileges

@move [playername] [team]

Moves a player onto another team in no squad
Queues the player and will move them when the next die
Requirements: Must be able to move players between teams and squads privileges

@move [playername] [team] [squad]

Moves a player onto another team and into a specific squad
Queues the player and will move them when the next die
Requirements: Must be able to move players between teams and squads privileges

@fmove

fmove functions exactly like all of the @move commands except forces the move immediately by killing the player
Requirements: Must be able to move players between teams and squads privileges

Countdowns

@cancel

Cancels all countdowns initiated by the account holder
You cannot cancel other account holders countdowns
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon
Custom Configs (basic in game command addons)

@exec

Displays a list of configs available in the /Configs/CInGameAdmin/*.cfg directory
This command replaces the "@exec -l" command of 1.6 and prior versions of the in game admin
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon (the configs validate privileges themselves)

@exec [configname]

Executes a config in the /Configs/CInGameAdmin/*.cfg directory
The config author is responsible for insuring the executing account holder has sufficient privileges
No pre-made configs are provided with procon, but you can visit the forums to download configs to extend the in game admin
You can make/edit/copy/whatever any more configs, essentially allowing you to make your own basic in game commands =)
Requirements: Must hold an account with procon (the configs validate privileges themselves)
If procon needs confirmation of your intentions it will ask "Did you mean [command]?", you can then answer !yes which will execute your confirmed command.

me as admin

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:09:29 -0400

yoooo

Monkey has so kindly given me admin rights on you guys servers.. just wanted to say that while SM guys are on the server I'll try my best not to use the power to over rule anything you guys want going on. for example last night I wanted to change the map when we were on Tehran Highway as it's laggy as hell, so I asked Leborn if he was cool with it before doing it. Problem is I don't know each and every SM person so it's possible I might not even know someone is on.

So I just thought I'd post this up in case I do something to fuck someone off and then there's a post about me in the members only forum about how much someone hates me. so yeah give me a shout if I do piss someone off rather than get angry behind my back!

oh and Mcjaffa will have admin rights too at some point.. as in as soon as I get around to forwarding him the email

cheers

BF3 R6 patch

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:03 -0400

- Fix for crashes usually occurring during level switches. Server providers may see a little bit of memory leakage instead in this situation

- Game servers should no longer quit in some situations where the online backend servers are down. Server will reconnect to the backend once it's up again

- Fix for ghost servers which didn't accept connections

- Kick reasons should better match situations where they are issued. This will help battlelog provide more accurate information to the player

- Connection fixes to avoid players sometimes being rejected while joining the game server on one of the last slots

- Security updates

- Improved server logging

Latest BF3 admin documents

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:56:30 -0400

Release R3_879322 documents here, detailing some of the server settings and modes for those who are nosy

http://sneakymonkeys.com/R3_879322.zip

BF3 server details

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:38:11 -0400

Server 1:

31.193.134.84:25200

Server 2:

31.193.134.84:25210

Admin details for members are : HERE

Query Port (you shouldn't need these) are: 47200 and 47210

Join the platoon here : http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/plato...55391302635239/

New PC Build

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:42:24 -0400

Hi Everyone,

I'm planning on building a new PC as I haven't had a new desktop since my uni days and while the laptop serves me well it doesn't do all the new games I want to play justice (I also fucking hate my ATI Mobility card). I have listed some specs which I have compiled myself derived from the 'bang for buck' scenario. Any input you guys have would be greatly appreciated in trying to get the best system for the money, I will be doing things later on such as adding a SSD and a second GFX card hence why I have chosen the mobo I have. The prices I have listed are all from the following site ( http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=2 ) feel free to see what they have to offer, it is pretty much the only source of parts I can use for numerous reasons so if you are going to suggest any components would be helpful if they are on this site.

I can't imagine I would get any other CPU and my reasoning behind the GFX card is due to overclocking capabilities, if anyone could suggest a decent CPU fan too that would be great. Things like the PSU I honestly have very little clue what makes one better then the other so once again price has influenced my decision on this.

Anyway here are the specs, look forward to hearing your thoughts.

6

CPU = Intel i5 2500k ($233)
Mobo = Asus P8Z68-V PRO ($222)
GPU = Gainward GTX570 Phantom ($395)
RAM = Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 ($109)
PSU = OCZ Fatalt1ty 750W PSU ($130)
HDD = Western Digital 1TB SATA3 64M IntelliPowe CaviarGreen ($65)
Case = Antec Three Hundred ($65)

Total = $1155

Origin Names

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:32:50 -0400

Of the BF3 beta, origin soldier names. Stick em here:

MonkeyFiend
CoboltNP
Kade
Fido7777
Alvronde
Magik5
Hypoboxer
MagikSix
Chisel
Raile761
McJaffa

And don't forget to sign up for the battlelog platoon here: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451863056373/

Post Yer Rig!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:22:19 -0400

I dunno if this has been done on the SM forums yet :/ (i did look honest)

so if u haven't already then post a pic of your rig so we can gush/poke fun at them

New Recruit (The Prof)

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:07:48 -0400

Alright Guys,

A really good mate of mine the Prof has expressed an interest in signing up with the Sneakys in prep for incoming BF3 action. He is a really nice bloke from the last BF2 clan I was in -=EA=-.

Just wanted to put forward this recommendation for some feedback. Ive asked him to post a bit more info for you.

Cheers

Hypo

hey and BF3 server sharing

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:31:30 -0400

Hey guys,

I saw Monkeyfiend's post on EA forums regarding BF3 server pricing and the idea of possibly sharing.

I represent EuG (EuroGamers clan) over at www.eurogamers.eu. We started life as a BF2142 clan, then moved on to BC2 and now eagerly awaiting BF3. We're a small clan supported by its members making regular monthly donations. Since BC2 started to dry up we've been wondering about our strategy for moving forward and co-sharing and/or merging with another clan has been suggested a few times. If you would like to discuss let me know who the best person is to talk to.

And aside from that, it would be cool to have a clan war at some point :-)

[EuG] Ironactontiger

CLAN POLICIES AND RULES

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:36:01 -0400

Link to the clan rules PDF: HERE

BF3 Specs (Alpha)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:27:40 -0400

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Q: What are the minimum hardware recommendations for the Alpha Trial?

A: [b]RECOMMENDED[/b] WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
    Installed: Origin
    CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
    RAM: 4GB or more
    Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
    Video: 256 MB or greater
    DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
    Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
    Internet: broadband connection

Note that these do not necessarily represent the requirements for the final game.

Doesn't say too much: very low quality quad core, 4gb ram, windows 7 but no specific GFX card mention? 256mb graphics cards have been around for many years. However would guess 400 nvidia series

Info from leaked videos

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:01:14 -0400

Repost from elsewhere:

Some new things that can be learned from these videos:
Glock 17, MP7, M1911, SV98, M27 IAR, G36C, M1014 are confirmed weapons

The M1911 in the video, interestingly, can have 9 rounds before reloading. A standard M1911 has a 7-round magazine and can have one more in the chamber, making it 8 rounds total IRL. This could be either a mistake/balancing act, or maybe extended magazines on your sidearm?

The mini-map can be enlarged

Unlike BC2, you can see your own legs when you look down.

M1014 has a four-round magazine. Expandable??

Rear knife kills are worth an extra 300 points

Below the ammo counter is a progress bar to the next unlock for that weapon

Aircraft can use an unlockable perk called "Stealth"

You get 10 points for having a squadmate spawn on you (if you're squad leader). A new video shows you get a 200-pt ribbon for many spawns.

You get 50 points for ending an enemy's kill streak.

The LAV-26 IFV has 6 shots before cool-down, like the M3A3 in BC2.

Body shots are not one hit kill with the SV98, like in BC2. How it varies with range, I'm not sure.

There is an "accuracy kill" ribbon

Players killed by falling debris is listed as "(Player) is no more" in the kill feed. Could this mean that kills by destruction don't count?

If the front sight post blocks the view of the optic, it won't be shown when in iron-sight mode, but will be shown in idle.

A silver star is worth 10,000 points.

Revives are now 100 points.

In the Shotgun/SV98 video, there seems to a lunge with the knife.

You can tell when your soldier is ready for a rear knife kill when you aim at the enemy's back and your soldier will lift his knife up and point it forward.

In the multiplayer montage, it seems that music will play when the very final M-COM is armed, and the song will climax near detonation (as will I).

Attachment unlocks may be per weapon (than per class, like in BC2).

In the sniper video, the player got enough points to unlock the ACOG 4X scope after using his MK11. Later, he picks up a fallen enemy's SVD, picks up some kills, and unlocks the PSO-1 4X (A Russian ACOG equivalent compatible with only AK-style rifles) scope. I don't know what to make of this, really.

In the destruction video, it seems that the parts of a building where a player cannot reach are not destructible. Instead, an explosion creates a small crater and some debris particle.

Spotting the squad leader puts a spot marker with a star above the player

You're awarded an extra 10 points for killing the last member of a squad

In other videos, you can see what happens after you win a game. It looks like there won't be any cut-scenes at the end of a match; instead, you'll be taken to a review of your stats. This is still only alpha stage though, so they could still throw in cut-scenes in the beta/final version.

The way you earn points with vehicles is based on vehicle type now.

Vehicle classes appear to be, Mobile AA, IFV, MBT, Attack helicopters, Jets

Theres also Scout helicopters

As for weapons, the G36c is in the game

I saw the M27 IAR in the top right scoreboard

The music will play when the mcom is about to blow and when tickets get low. Attachments unlocks are per weapon like in MoH, as well as ribbon awards. The first specialization I unlocked was a Sprint Boost which is 5%, then Ammo Boost which is a 50% increase, and then another Sprint Boost which is 10%. You are able to use these with all kits. I have played maybe 5-6 hours and am a rank 7.

I haven't been able to see the previous levels, but to get to level 8 is 39,000 points and not 500,000 like was shown in the pics. Also, from the Award Progression screen I noticed some interesting things. There are claymores, laser designators, and radio beacons as there are medals for them.

The weapons I see so far are this: Assault: Ak-74M, M16A4, G3 Engineer: M4A1, G36C Support: M27 IAR (seems like a lalalalaing beast since I get wiped out quick with it), RPK, M-249 Recon: MK11, SVD, SV98 General: MP443, M9, M1911, Glock 17, M1014, MP-7, M-416, Pecheneg

You can press F to do the quick knife. It will just swipe if you're not right up on someone like in BC2. I haven't killed anyone with just the swipe. I've noticed that with both quick knifing or wielding it you will get the animation if you're behind them.

Didn't see anyone put this, but in a couple of instances (first noticed it in MCOM Defuse video) where players are shot in close proximity to a wall/floor a blood spatter is left on the surface.

In the M-COM defuse video, the player is on the Russian team but American radio voice-overs are used. My guess is that it's not implemented yet in the Alpha.

I like that they've correctly portrayed the AK sights. When you look through the sights of an AK in MoH and BC2:Vietnam, they angled the weapon down so that the rear sight is below the front sight, which makes it more open. This looked to tacky for me.

Starcraft 2?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:34:46 -0400

Any monkeys playing Starcraft 2? I've had it since late last year but have only seriously been getting into it these past few weeks. The multiplayer is damn hard and I'm a complete noob, but it's also a bucket load of fun.

If anyone else is playing, let me know and maybe we can be special, hand-holding Starcraft 2 friends.

Wonkas/Shoutbox back to registered users

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:45:14 -0400

I've once again removed guest account posting for the shoutbox.

It appears that Jivebunny ('leader' of the 'wonkas' ) has decided to come back and cause trouble again:

34814
1309049066
this shitty clan still fookin going lol
77.97.131.3

34815
1309049192
where fox in sox or pig in a wig as shes known
77.97.131.3

IP resovles back to the doncastrian imbecile. Not sure why it's has decided to try and cause trouble again without any provocation after a year or two of quiet, but will just remove any further posts or newly created accounts of his without comment
Shoutbox can now only be posted by registered members for now

Grange is looking to join

Thu, 26 May 2011 13:13:00 -0400

I'm currently interested in joining your clan. For those who don't already know, I am a mature gamer who respects other gamers. The gaming console I regularly play is PC, the games i like to play are; BFBC2, L4D2, Minecraft and Counter Strike Source. I like to take part, as my brother has done, to be apart of this community.

People who will read this post, I hope will consider letting me join. Thx for those who do read this

Like/Thanks button

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:42:33 -0400

Am in the middle of making a 'like' or 'thanks' button for posts.(not sure which is more appropriate, probably 'like' )

Will tidy up the button graphic and make it fit in with the rest of the site when I'm at home and have access to photoshop

Super Hostile Canopy Carnage MC

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:57:04 -0400

This is also posted on MC forums, but wanted it on here too. Too get people intention

Hello guys Leborn here:

I thought today I might play and get back into Minecraft for a bit, while waiting for BF3. And so I decided to learn how to play custom texture packs on multi-player that people made for everyone to enjoy. 30 min later I was successful and got it all up and ready Now this custom map is called 'Super Hostile Canopy Carnage' and its not just a map to explore. Its a vast world with objectives to do and complete. The objective is too collect and find 10 or so blocks *different kinds* and face the dangerous journey ahead. While exploring this amazing HUGE world.

Here is a video someone has made as a 'LP' of Super Hostile Canopy Carnage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdIaQtQY4E

*Warning* 'People in the LP are very funny, but odd and strange

Also a image too: http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1089295-S...TURDAY-MAY-21st

If you interested in exploring this world, Contact me on Steam. Or Skype. *Username - Alvronde*

Now I want to try and get as much people as possible to come join me and my friends and to explore and find the mysterious 10 blocks and to have fun. The time which is perfect for me is Friday 10:00pm, or if not that, in the weekend.

This will only be a thing I will do once every weekend. Because it is on my server. And im happy to leave the server on over the weekend. *Friday-Sunday*

*Also* I will not make anyone an OP on this server! that's final! And please......please if your on the server, DO NOT use flint and tinder. It ruins the whole world, and is not fun for anyone, and there are few rules too, like no cheating and that sort of stuff, which I explain later when people who are interested and are in the world.

But other then that. Thank you for people who have read this hope you guys will be interested.

E3 Live Stream 07/06/11 @ 21:15 UK time

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:57:29 -0400

The E3 live stream can be found HERE!!

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US WEST COAST - 1:15 PM PDT
US EAST COAST - 4:15 PM EST
UK - 9:15 PM UK
CENTRAL EUROPE - 22:15 CET

It's 21:22 and there's currently 25000 people logged into the live stream

BF2 vs BF3 comparison pictures

Sun, 29 May 2011 20:56:11 -0400

As some of the old veterans of BF2 will know, BF3 will feature BF2's strike at karkand map (and a few others from BF2), so thought it'd be nice to compare BF2 views against the same places in BF3

^ Above, the view towards train. Things I've noticed the buildings to the left aren't as high in BF3, so people near train might find themselves being sniped from the wall overlooking market-ish. Also there seems to be more stuff going on on the right - in BF2 the only cover between the trains and river over to cement factory were the trains themselves. It looks like there's more cover now. There also seems to be high buildings near the ramp down from suburb towards train.

The roof of square seems to be flat roofed, the original BF2 used to have 3 levels which provided some cover from both nade spam and people sneaking up the ladder. it's a shame if this isn't included. The buildings next to the ramp towards market are a hell of a lot taller than in BF2. There seems to be more roadblocks to stop vehicles mowing across square in bf3. Obviously this also highlights the BF2 fog distance; a shot from the tall building near suburb (only just visible in BF2) would not be possible, in BF3 it looks like it's very possible

Am wondering if the very large building in the distance is scenery or can be entered. I don't think the large building would be the suburb flag itself, however if you can enter it, this would negate any protection mounting the roof of suburb would have. There's also stairs going up the western route to suburb - this is a bit of a shame as that was a traditional choke point for suburb - with the stairs up suburb will now be attacked up the road (in the picture) and along the western flank. Again lots more obstacles to make driving around the area a bit dicey

BF3 multiplayer teaser footage

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:50:20 -0400

Firstly here's the video:

Things to note:

1. Unlike BC2 we have onscreen health! Shown as a %
2. Kills/Deaths for others are displayed at the top left (like BF2). Kills for yourself are shown in the bottom centre (in bf2 it was left side)
3. There are stabbing animations
4. Around (0:24) a guy is stabbed by another wearing a gas-mask. Not sure if this is cosmetic or marks a return of the BF2 SF gas masks
5. You'll notice squad members are displayed on the left. There's a star to denote 'Squad leader' making a return as opposed to BC2
6. Apparently 4 man squads at the moment
7. The score system seems to be a Cod/BC2 abomination
8. Around 17seconds you'll notice a guy firing and their health going up. This could mean he's sat on a medkits, however it looks like regen health might be back. fucksocks.
9. At 18 seconds, firing through the Acog, he also appear to spot the enemy. Spot markers appear on the map.
10. The very beginning sees you following your squad leader (denoted by *). He's also a medic. (looks at the squad list). He's also carrying an LMG. BOOOOO!
11. Looks like the BC2 classes of assault, engy, medic and cowardly sniper make a return.
12. 3D spotting makes a return: http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p311/Fr...1944/3DSpot.jpg

that's all from me :-)

Overall a more negative than positive reaction to this video for me

Youtube embed in forums

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:34:07 -0400

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Added a new BBCode tag to embed youtube videos.

use the tags [youtube] and [/youtube]

Between them you should use the ID of the video you're trying to embed e.g.

for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKz-pOr3-ZA

The video ID is EKz-pOr3-ZA

so the tags for this would be [youtube]EKz-pOr3-ZA[/youtube]

thxsies,

Monkey

p.s. no pr0n plz :P

APB Beta AHOY! :D

Sat, 28 May 2011 10:31:35 -0400

Hello, Leborn again just wanted to post a little something about a game which has been out for a while but just got a Online Beta Test for all to try. This game is called A.P.B *All Points Bulletin*. For people who have never heard of this game, its kinda like GTA IV mixed in with some fast action speed MMO elements in. The thing about this game which makes it stand out from other MMO is that it goes away from the boring MMO grinding stuff and consists of you just having a good time blowing up shit with your friends and does not have a point to it.

It does have the elements of buying weapons,cars,customizing your clothes and car. And doing certain missions to get exp, and that's it really. Its fun, enjoyable, good to play with yours friends and it shows the true power of what PVP action is like.

Here the link to the website if anyone interested in playing with me and my other friends:

http://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/

Just thought I post about this game to see if anyone want's to just have a fun time playing as a clan with anyone who is interested, until the game that everyone want's this year 'Battlefield 3'

Thanks for reading

*Leborn*

Keyboards!11!one

Fri, 20 May 2011 13:38:17 -0400

I assume you guys have pretty much figured out Im basically incapable of making any hardware decisions for myself, so it should come as no surprise when i want your help again.

Here it is in a nutshell.

- PC is on my desk
- PC uses Saitek Eclipse keyboard
- Saitek Eclipse keyboard does the job perfectly
- Saitek Eclipse keyboard is rather large
- Saitek Eclipse keyboard is wired (USB)
- PC is also connected to 40" LCDHDTV
- Associated sofa is a few metres from PC
- Saitek Eclipse keyboard doesnt reach sofa/table

So you see my problem.

My mouse reaches fine, but its a pain in the arse to unplug my keyboard, connect it to a USB extender, move it from my desk etc. So I need an alternate solution. Something along the lines of a compact (or at least not as big as the Saitek) wireless keyboard for a reasonable price, with a good wireless range and a numeric keypad. Ive searched, and the few ive found either havent had particularly good review or are superb, but ludicrously expensive (Logitech diNovo Edge, im looking at you). Something like this would also be usable with my laptop so its a win win.

I dont mind spending a bit of money, but I would shy away from prices above 40 and dont want to spend over 50 of my hard earned calamari.

So I open the board to you guys, any suggestions?

hi2all

Fri, 20 May 2011 20:12:44 -0400

hi2all
I`m Myrmidon (or even.... "The_Myrmidon"... if ya wanna be posh ;p) came across your clan whilst looking for L4D1 & 2 players and clans.
I certainly hope that there is still some interest here for those games as I play them about 12 hours every week. If I dont... I get the shakes and shivers.... not a pretty sight ;-0
I also play other games such as BF2 - BF2BC (even BF2142) - COD1 - COD2 - COD4 (MW1) - COD5 (WAW) - COD6 (MW2) Black Ops and the Medal of Honor games from the start.
I am 53 years young (& I will be 54 years younger this September ;p - so I hope you dont have an upper age limit...lol) I have played games from the start of the ping pong age, ahhhh the joys of my old commodore 64. But only multiplayer since 2006 when my village got broadband making multiplayer gaming feasible for my area (& computer).
I have a wicked and unusual sense of humour (sarcastic some people say others say I`m a pi**taker!!) ;-)
Been in a few clans (only 3 really!) but looking for a clan that plays my L4D series quite seriously, that likes to play during the week but particularly on a weekend (with severall beers and lots of fun ;-0)
And being an old fart (yes I know I am ;p) a clan that is helpful and friendly as anything that isnt steam driven (not the game facilitator but the wet stuff...lol) just confuses the h*ll out of me!!
So as the vicar said to the actress be gentle with me!!! (& thats the clean version of that saying...lol).
I have looked through your website but couldnt find a listing for your L4D server(s) but managed to figure out your Teamspeak channel so hopefully catch you all on there over the weekend.
Well enuff about me... time to get to know you all
cya soon
Merm
;-)

Terraria?

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:39:33 -0400

Hey-ho everyone, Leborn here again and I got some news that you guys might find a bit interesting about a new game coming out soon.*people in the background* "Oh great ¬_¬ Leborn found another game" OK OK just hear me out on this one. I have been searching around for a up-coming game to appeal to me. And so my eye was caught on this similar game that I do play a lot called 'Minecraft' *people in the background* "Oh great ¬_¬ a game like Minecraft, this should be fun to read" NOW now listen me out, its a game which has been inspired a little by Minecraft, and lots of other similar games that you guys might of heard of or seen in the past. But in a nut shell its called 'Terraria' a rpg,side-scrolling, platform, free-roaming, survival..*huff* it's a lot basically. Some of you might of heard it in the past, but this game has LOTS! of potential to be a great game. Its hard to describe how...but if you watch 'Let's Plays' or even the trailer. Then you can see my point I am making.

Now if your interested in seeing daily news feeds or video trailers or 'Terraria' then follow the link below:

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGo7iMUcxLc

Main Website: http://www.terraria.org/

Now the reason why I have posted this now *and quite late after is was announced* is because with these types of indie games, its kinda difficult to see where the goal is on 'development' wise. And can be disappointing in the long stroke. But now waiting to see if it is worth talking and reading about...my conclusion is....IT IS! also the game is coming out *predicted May to July* and I cant wait for it!

Now when the game does come out, I am going to buy 2 extra copies of the game to give away to any of you guys. Now there is a catch what you have to do to earn this amazing prize is too..........wait for it.........Buy me a BRAND NEW computer to play BattleField 3 ;D. Ok Ok Im joking but what the catch is, is to answer this following question.....*its game related just to say * In Portal 2, the character called 'Wheatley' is voice acted by who? now I will give it out to the first two people who answer the question correctly

And as all ways guys Happy Gaming! (=SM=)

Rhys

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:35:07 -0400

Hey everyone, few days ago i decided to get in a l4d2 clan in order to play with good players and get better. I heard about this clan, looks pretty cool and you guys have made really good job with the website and forum i loved it ^^ so i decided to post here.

About the player (me ^^) :

Name i used to play with : "Rhys" or "Haytera" or "Hynd"
Name i currently play with : "LoLUMadBro ?"
Age : 20
Living in Paris, France
Student
Languages : French, quite good english (btw apologize for my mistakes), also understand spanish
Love : Having fun, Gurlz and having fun with gurlz (hehe ) \o/
Hate : Cheaters, Lame players and so on

Experience : - I've been playing WoW Quake 3 Arena few years ago, I was in a really good and active clan (think it still exists : H$ clan). I stopped when they launched the Quake Live shit.
- I'm playing Hl2Dm, L4D2 and TF2, mostly HL2DM but i'm getting tired of all the noobs so i'll leave it for a while. I was admin of one of the biggest server in HL2DM with over 50 000 registered players.

Well, waiting for your answers guys. Tell me if you need to know anything else.
Cya

BF3 Release date

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:37:35 -0400

Now confirmed as Wednesday Nov 2nd 2011

Jets & Prone in BF3

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:49:18 -0400

Just going to start posting links to any useful info on bf3.. here's an interview with Troesdsson confirming jets & prone

http://games.on.net/article/12023/Video_In...w_Battlefield_3

Diablo III

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:44:26 -0500

I was curious to know how many of you are Diablo fans. I have it on good authority that Diablo III "should" be released November of this year. I know we can't really trust Blizzard to stay true to their dates, but as of right now, it looks like this date MAY be it. Several places around here have started taking pre-orders for the game and have let it slip that they'll have it in by Nov. If there are enough of us into the game, what would you guys think about getting a clan server for it? Just wondering what everyone thought about this.

BSOD in BC2

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:55:18 -0400

Right!

I've been having this particular BSOD STOP 0x00000124 error for a week or so, but only whilst playing BC2 so far. At first I thought it might be overheating as one time there were unusual temperatures on one core of my CPU, but as I don't overclock and a couple hours of Prime95 didn't raise the temperatures much above the low 50s C. I then ran memtest for ~9 hours overnight, and came up with no errors. I've also updated every driver I can think of.

Somewhat at a loss as to what might be causing it.

My specs are:

Gigabyte P67A-UD3 (Not B3 - yes, I know, probably should get that looked into even if its nothing to do with it)
Intel i5-2500k - Stock speed, not been overclocked
ATI Radeon 5850 - Also stock, not been overclocked
2x 2Gb G-Skill DDR3 stuff - ditto ^
Seagate HDD "320Gb"
WD HDD "500Gb"

No cards in PCI/PCIe slots bar the graphics card.

In an Antec 300, with a Thermaltake 750W Toughpower PSU, with fans, working.

Thanks if anyone has any ideas, if not, more headscratching it is!

Leborn want's to JOIN! :D

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:40:02 -0500

im kinda new everything, BC2,L4D,SPENDING MONEY, SPEAKING. but i thought i might as well join the SM to give it a go hope you get this message Monkey or whoever *p.s SM rules *

bsod on startup :(

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:30:16 -0500

yo guys

so last night my computer decided to bsod on me while it was just sitting at the desktop. Since then, it bsod'd about 5 seconds after loading the desktop each time I booted it. The first time I tried to boot in safe mode, it worked, however, the second time I booted it up, now safe mode won't work either (it gets to a black screen, with a mouse cursor, but just hangs there. even when booting in to safe mode with dos prompt only). So I'm kind of fucked. I've tried removing each ram stick and seeing if any of those are causing the problem. I've tried using the windows boot up disk (i'm using vista btw) to repair windows, do a system restore, and check for memory problems. basically I did every test the windows disk has to offer, and nothing worked. I'm guessing it's gotta be hardware? Though I didn't think it mattered, I pulled out my audio board anyway and tried booting but no change. It's the only thing I think I can unplug and test. All I've got left is the mb, graphics card, and harddrive. Any suggestions on how I find out what the problem is?

Cheers

World of Warcraft

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:52:27 -0500

Anyone here still playing this. I started playing this with a few friends and quite enjoy it

So BF3... what are the likely min specs

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:40:19 -0500

exactly that... anyone got a clue what the likely min specs are and when the actual likely release date is? I get the feeling my 2.4Ghz dual core with 2GB ram an GeForce 9600GT might not cut the mustard... and I'd hate for us to get a brand spanking new clan happy multiplayer and not be able to join in. :S

Time for some clan unity

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:30:49 -0500

Well i think this clan has fell into a bit of a unhealthy sleep tbh.

so maybe its time to shake the monkeys out of the tree and get some good times rolling

atm i'm reinstalling/updating bc2/l4d1/2dirt2

and hoping to find other peeps in the clan to play with

end of the day we can all bitch and whine about there being nothing good to play, or "that games old hat" but tbh the main reason i joined a clan was to socialise, crack jokes and pick on people ^^ sorry cable <3

so while we all w8 for that elusive holy grail that is "bf3" or "naked buxom wrestling coed's on heat" lets get together and have a laugh on the games we do have atm

even if we dont really enjoy them as much as we did when they first arrived on our plates, they are still good games, or we would not have invested our hard earned in the first place.

anyway i'll be on steam all day and be willing for some multiplayer action tonight from say 8pm??

i'll maybe chuck a few shouts in the shoutbox for those who are a bit retarded when it comes to checking forums.....apologies in advance cable ^^

if anyone wants to add words of encouragement or bitch /whine instead then feel free

yo yo

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:40:30 -0400

Hey Monkeys

how you guy's doing are you still playing BFBC2 ? ..Just thought i would touch base see how you all doing etc

20% off all Qust packs offer starts 30/11/10

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:08:31 -0500

shttp://community.lotro-europe.com/store-promotion.php

pretty self explanatory , for those that are dabbling using f2p , or have spare TP u can get additional quest packs at 20% off

(will try to remove post when expired)

hmm note to self maybe a Offer of week post would be easier to update.....

Nahhhh!!!

star wars

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:20:53 -0500

any star wars fans out there because the director of it has died irvin kershner. sorry guys

leslie neilsen

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:20:49 -0500

leslie neilsen has died . R.I.P he was in airplane and naked gun films. he died of pnuemonia

happy

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:11:17 -0500

hi guys and girls .my name is dealysniper and xmas enjoy and be happy and merry and have a thought of those poor people who do not have a xmas . or people with no family. just take a moment and think about the children who live in care. and give a little something for them. it will put a smile on there faces.

WINTER FOOD RECIPIES

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:12:22 -0500

Beer Braised Beef Casserole... the best you'll ever taste

The following dish should be cooked with caution, Orgies may ensue... Serves 8 YOU WHORES!!!
(can be frozen once cooked and reheated in a pan with a dash of water if defrosted overnight on the kitchen work top).

1 Tablespoon of cooking oil of your choice (I prefer groundnut as its flavourless pretty much BUT IT IS MADE FROM NUTS).

250g Smoked (if possible) Lardon's (that's chunky diced bacon if you didn't know).

4 Onions chopped or diced.

2 Teaspoons of Allspice/Pimento

2 Teaspoons of Dried Thyme

1.5kg of Beef diced into approximately 4-5cm cubes for casserole (Shin is the finest you can get for this recipe but any braising steak will do), and get it from a real butchers! (if you skimp here you wont get any action).

50g Plain Flour

750ml of Leffe Brown Belgium Beer

4 Teaspoons of Wholegrain mustard.

3 Tablespoons of Dark or Light Brown Sugar.

625ml of Beef Stock (1 Knorr Beef cube in a jug of 625ml boiling water is acceptable)

4 Dried Bay Leaves.

1 Teaspoon of salt (optional really)

A good grinding of fresh Black Pepper.

Ready?

1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees.

2. Use a large heavy-bottomed oven proof casserole and put it on the hob and heat the oil over a medium high heat. Add the Lardons and cook until they begin to crisp (5-10 min), stirring all the while.

3. Add the chopped onions and mix into the bacon. Turn the heat down low and cook for 10 min, still stirring occasionally.

4. Once the onions have softened stir in the allspice and thyme then chuck in the beef, making sure to stir and turn the beef well so it too gets coated in the spices.

5. Shake in the flour and mix it as best as you can (I find a little at a time works better because if it all goes in at once it clumps).

6. Pour in the stock. Add the mustard and sugar. Give a good stir. Now add the beer slowly and being careful not to let it froth and spill over the casserole (if you can't fit it all in now don't panic just top it up after an hour or so of being in the oven).

7. Bring to the boil (this may take a while but keep an eye on it).

8. Add the bay leaves, salt and pepper then another good stir. Clamp on the lid and place in the oven @ the 150 degrees for 3 hours, removing checking and stirring on the hour for the first 2 and topping up the beer if you couldn't fit it in. Then checking more regularly in the last hour just to make sure the heat isn't sticking it to the pan.

Optional : if you like mushrooms why not quarter 250g of them and add to the casserole for the final hour, this will also bulk up the portions to serve 10-12.

9. SERVE

EPIC NOMS

2nd Kinhouse

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:35:13 -0500

I've not really logged in properly to lotro recently, but am pretty sure the second kin that I cooked up long ago (sneakymonkees) should now be rank 7 and be ready for it's kinhouse. If nothing else it'll be a good place for vault storage for the random tat that people make

Will add people manually to the access, so you won't have to change kins etc.,

Wondering if there's any thought's on it's use e.g. store level 1-50 gear in one kinhouse and 50-65 gear in the other?

Anyway, will log on tomorrow and sort this out

Fallout New Vegas love/hate

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:14:39 -0500

Anyone else playing this at the mo?

Picked it up for xbox360 and it's such a strange game. It's so full of great ideas, great quests, great story, etc. but has some of the worst bugs I have ever seen in a game. Technical crapiness and crashing aside, there are about a billion quest scripting bugs, AI glitches that make crazy stuff happen and a total lack of balance or polish on big chunks of the game.

I've still put about 80 hours into it so far and have almost got to the end, but i've also come up against literally dozens of almost game breaking bugs that I could only recover from by going back to an earlier save and finding out how to avoid them in the first place.

Obsidian have a dreadful track record for exactly this sort of thing and it looks like not much has changed.

LOTRO ignore list

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:36:46 -0400

Since there's some general kinship recruiting going on, I've just done a quick /ignore list to check what people I've had cause to ignore in game. This is for a number of reasons such as loot theft (changing to master looter at end of a raid, nicking loot, disbanding), racism, general stupid insults etc.,

Basically I'll not be joining a group with any of these nubtards in the future and would advise any other kins (who might find this page by googling their name) to avoid them like the plague.

Esteldir
Stavien
Ute
Kenrick
tarabor
ninefingers
mithrendil-1
Oppenheimer
Isansadi
Shadowstabber
Fridomfighter
Myszowur
Queimas
Amandur

Please feel free to add to this list

Skirmish Advice

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:06:42 -0400

The best place to start is here (note that if you�ve already done the Skirmish Tutorial you can go straight to post #3):

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/ski...s-spoilers.html

The majority of the information in that thread is accurate, although there are some minor issues e.g. the Herbalist can not only restore morale but also power.

As you�ll see at the bottom of post #3, you speak to the Skirmish Captain to configure your Skirmish Traits (similar to how you speak to a Bard to configure your regular, non-Skirmish Traits).

So, in case it�s not obvious, here�s what the various traits do:

Attribute � Your soldier�s role (e.g. Archer), their race (e.g. Stoopid Dwarf) etc.
Skill � Your soldier�s skills. Using the Sage as an example, you could slot single-target skills, AoE skills, or a combination of both. Your choice of skills will determine how your soldier fights. If you�re a non-tank class and you don�t want your soldier to get aggro from multiple mobs, it�s best not to slot AoE skills.
Training - Gives your soldier buffs, such as more morale, faster in-combat power regen, moar armour etc. Not all training traits are available to all roles. Traits which do not state which soldier(s) they are for can be applied to all soldier types.
Personal - Affects your character while you�re in a Skirmish (but only while you�re in a Skirmish). Some examples are increases to Tactical Offence Rating, Parry Rating, and Outgoing Healing Rating. You will obviously want to traits appropriate to your class e.g. since Hunters can�t block you really shouldn�t be slotting the �Strong Block� (increase to Block Rating) trait.

The Skirmish Trainer is where you spend Skirmish Marks to buy new traits/rank up existing traits for you and your soldier, and also buy a new type of soldier if you fancy a change. When you�re at the Skirmish Trainer, make sure you have unticked the box that says "Only Display Earned Traits".

When you look at a trait you�ll notice that it has a Rank and a Level. Ranks go from 1-20 and are easy enough to understand. What is rather confusing is the whole Level thing. Basically, this is the relative power of the skill. So if your soldier�s role is Rank 2/Level 34 Warrior, he�s the equivalent of a level 34 character. Now the important thing to know about Rank/Level is that to Rank/Level up to something greater than *your* level is more expensive than if you yourself are at or above that level.

So, as an example, if you�re level 30, the number of Skirmish Marks needed to buy Rank 2/Level 34 is higher than it would be if you were, say, level 35. While it is possible to have your soldier at a much higher Rank/Level than you are, the increased Skirmish Mark cost means it�s not really worthwhile. Provided your soldier�s Rank/Level (and the Rank/Level of their skills and training) is similar to your own, you shouldn�t have too much difficulty with the Skirmishes. I hope I�ve managed to explain all that properly.

A couple of traits (skills) are flat out broken or don�t work as intended due to poor AI. The only two I�m currently aware of are Refocus (Archer) and Tanglefoot (Sage). If you have either of these two soldiers, do not assign them these skills.

Speaking of poor AI, your soldier is, essentially, dumb as a rock. I�m talking eats glue dumb. There�ll be times where you�re getting your butt kicked and your soldier just stands there with a smile on their face, nodding knowingly at you as you breathe your last. Fortunately, selecting an enemy (if you don�t already have one selected) and clicking the �Direct Soldier� skill will cause your soldier to start paying attention again. Should your soldier die or lag behind you (they do often get stuck on bits of scenery), click the �Summon� skill (skill name will be your soldier�s name) and they�ll appear next to you. Note that you can�t summon them while in combat.

That�ll have to do for now. I�ll post some suggested soldier builds (skills etc.) tomorrow. Please let me know if there are any questions.

f2p rant

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:21:57 -0500

sooooo f2p is here

seemed like for months before it came out, everyone was talking about it. sounds really good right? I know of some people who said they were going to come and play when it became free.
Myself though, I was confused about how it all worked. I mean, I paid monthly for it. Was I going to stop paying? I thought I was the only one who was confused, but now I look back on it, and I am wondering why so many people were excited about it becoming f2p? I don't believe that I know anyone who was actually effected substantially by f2p.

Yes, I see that there is a positive. The servers all seemed to get upgraded. I mean, the game runs so f-ing smooth now. I love that. However, that's about it.
Some people say there are way more people playing. But here is the problem. The game is not free. It's like, a free demo. All these people who have come to play, are casual gamers. They won't be level 65's with multiple characters who play all the time. And really, you don't need more people to play the game except at the high levels. No one groups up at low levels anyway. If anything I've been effected negatively at low levels since now I have to queue to kill named bosses for quests, and loads of people are just stealing my ore.

Of course I do realize that Codemasters is probably making way more money. This might sound like it's not a positive for all of us, but it probably is. MMO's not named WOW usually don't last much longer than a couple of years. It is entirely possible that had this game not gone f2p, it could go bankrupt. Most of these games do and I don't know either way with this particular one, so I'd have to say it's safe to assume it needs to be making a shit ton of money.

Anyway I feel like I am no longer confused, but am I right? Am I wrong about any of this stuff?

PC time

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:00:56 -0500

So ive been thinking of replacing my PC for a while, and now I dont have a choice. My GFX card is kaput. I know the problem, a couple of capacitors have come off, so I now get the long beep - 3 short beeps when trying to start up. Long story short, it would be better value to replace the whole lot than buy a new gfx for my old PC.

Heres what I can butcher from the old:
PSU - 500W Thermaltake number, see no reason to change it.
Monitor - nothing wrong with this
Keyboard/mouse
DVD RW
HDDs
Potentially the case, depending how I feel

SO im looking for the following:
MOBO
GFX
RAM
CASE
CPU

I dont mind spending a bit more for a mobo just to try and futureproof a bit, but apart from that I just want something that will be able to play things at the top end of the games market at the moment.

Ideally i would like to pay sub-�500 (inc. case)

Any recommendations? Im thinking about �100 each for the mobo/cpu, �150 GFX, maybe another �40 RAM with a little leeway for the components and case.

4 Man SG

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:25:27 -0500

Cipher challenge

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:03:39 -0400

Hey - was trying to get hold of Monkeyfriend. I'm Hazel. a maths grad from bristol now doing a crypto course, was hoping you could give me some advice on the crypto cipher challenge since you've completed it?

Have extracted the second link and have gone through the 7bit block, but am stuck at the 3rd block of hex, it doesn't transcribe to anything I've seen before?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

What games do you play here btw?

H

Go again this Sunday 9pm?

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:03:17 -0400

Up for it? There's a plenty folk seeking brains and shells down here in the fold, what say we chew some tobacco and down some beers and play with our guns.

ZOMBIES AHOY!

9pm Sunday?

L4D2 Hit notification

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:12:04 -0400

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the setting (or plug-in) is needed on the server to get the messages here:

I have tried Broadcast and FF Announcer plug-ins but neither of them do the same as that. I've googled and searched EVERYWHERE for it.

If anyone can help I'd be extremely grateful.
Thanks
PooKer

CM Statement Re F2P

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:40:23 -0400

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/lot...-community.html

Dear players,

My name is David Solari and I�m the General Manager of Codemasters Online.

I'd like to give you some explanation (as far as I can), as to why the Free-to-Play service for LOTRO in Europe has been delayed.

As many of you correctly surmised, the issues have been contractual rather than technical. As they were contractual issues, we are bound by confidentiality and you will understand that I can�t give you any further detail.

This is the reason why we have been unable to provide you with any substantial information as to when we will go Free-to-Play, despite the desire to share this with you.
Unfortunately a contract was required in order to go Free-to-Play and this has taken much longer to conclude than expected.

The good news is that the contractual issues have been resolved and we are on the home stretch.

I can�t give an exact date at this time as there is still some preparatory work to do, but rest assured everyone involved is giving 100% to bring Free-to-Play to Europe, and there will be more definitive information hopefully later this week.

We can confirm the launch is imminent and we should be able to announce the dates later this week/early next week.

I understand the lack of information has been frustrating for you and for that I can only offer my deepest and most sincere apologies. It has been a very difficult time for all parties involved and we hope to draw a line under this and move forward to bring you Free-to-Play as soon as possible.

We are nearly there and can only thank you for your patience and continued support.

\o/

Left 4 Dead 2 ... fancy a revisit anyone?

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:08:28 -0400

I got the 4 pack for �15 the other day so I'm keen for a bit of zombie killing team action if anyone's up for it

Were still trying to get it to run successfully on Paula's pc so at the moment it would only be me. I have a few mates who also have the game though so if needs be we can rope them in for some brain/ing

Hall of mirrors...

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:01:48 -0400

Hall of mirrors is a 3 man instance. It also doesn't really need a loremaster to complete; therefore I've never actually completed it (it's rare for people to be doing HoM groups and unheard of for them to be asking for an LM). I've wandered in there many months back when moria was new and shiny with fox and ruthilen, but without knowing how to actually do the instance we wiped somewhere near the end.

Wouldn't mind giving it another go. Not after any specific loot, just more because it's an instance I haven't done to death

epic quest question

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:54:50 -0400

what do you get for completing these?

googling turns up a lot of answers on how to complete them, but much less on what you get. Individual rewards like a piece of armor, etc for completing a chapter, but do you get some kind of reward for finishing them all?

Legacy Exchange scrolls

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:08:24 -0400

Mentioned to Tess, that I had seen something along the lines of a scroll that could be used to exchange one legndary weapon trait for another.

Just had a quick look and can confirm these do exist, however are for the guardian class only (which is where I must have seen them):

Guardian overpower legacy exchange scrolls

Basically Overpower is now a forced 2h stance for all intents and purposes. Problem is a lot of 1h had Overpower legacies on them. To fix this problem, they can buy a scroll that will replace the Overpower legacy and replace it with a Pool A 1h legacy.

Available from guardian trainers (21st hall)

LOTRO Items in the forum

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:20:57 -0400

I've hacked up a feature from the Lotro MMO DB to work in our IPB forums, so that you can link to lotro ingame items directly in the forum.

You can now use the following tags to list a lotro item:

CODE

[item] and [/item]

e.g.

CODE

[item]Elven Tough Leather Helm of Determination[/item]

will display as:

[item]Elven Tough Leather Helm of Determination[/item]

The items have tool tips (if you hover the mouse over them) displaying stats etc., and you can click on them to be taken directly to the entry in the Lotro MMO Database.

Please note the name within the item tags has to be completely correct or it wont display. This means any Correct capital letters, punctuation and spaces where necessary e.g. 'Shining Root Club' works but 'shining root club' will not

Some items exist that have the same name but different levels, e.g. Painted Shell (42) entering Painted Shell alone will not display anything

Further examples:

[item]The Expert's Guide to Dirty Fighting, Page 5[/item], [item]Melodies of the Valar, Page 14[/item], [item]Melodies of the Valar, Page 23[/item], [item]Major Squire Herald Armaments Recipe[/item], [item]Light Oil Recipe[/item], [item]Greater Essence of Athelas Recipe[/item], [item]Greater Celebrant Salve Recipe[/item], [item]Shining Root Club (43)[/item], [item]Dwarf Skirmisher's Armour Recipe[/item], [item]Polished Claw (47)[/item], [item]Of Leaf and Twig, Page 145[/item], [item]Dwarf Tough Leather Shoulder Guards Recipe[/item], [item]Elf Tough Leather Shoulder Guards Recipe[/item], [item]Elf Tough Leather Leggings Recipe[/item], [item]Dwarf Tough Leather Leggings Recipe[/item], [item]Elf Tough Leather Shoulder Guards[/item], [item]Elven Tough Leather Helm of Determination[/item], [item]Dwarf Tough Leather Shoulder Guards[/item], [item]Tough Elven Cloth Shoulder Pads (43)[/item], [item]Gleaming Headsman's Axe (42)[/item], [item]Fine Radiant Hat[/item], [item]Dwarf Tough Leather Leggings[/item], [item]Elf Tough Leather Leggings[/item], [item]Painted Shell (42)[/item], [item]Blade of The Sundering Seas[/item]

Runs needed for people, post here

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:15:16 -0400

Im still in need of Fil Gashan for my hunter (want that goddamn bracelet)
and Skumfil right for my burg (i think the copper sphere may actually just be a legend)

add here for any items we need to get groups for!

Fil Gashan - Bracelet - Foxsox
Skumfil - Copper Sphere - Foxsocs
Watcher - coin - Mysery, Ghostshark
DN - armour, jewellery - Mysery, Ghostshark
BG - armour, jewellery - Mysery, Ghostshark
Any Moria Instance - medallions - Melodlylee
Rift - Thaurlach - Ratbo (Monkey) forgot I've done this on the tank but never on the LM
BGu (no, the other BG: Barad Guleran) - mainly for deeds.- Ratbo (Monkey)
Symbol for Leborn and Monkey
Warg Pens bracelet, (foxsox)

Clan/Kin differences

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:34:12 -0400

Thought I'd make a post to clarify to the differences between =SM= clan and Kinship.

This post is long, don't expect everyone to read it, but it's better to have this in advance of issues with recruitment or ejection of members.

BACKGROUND

=SM= in its current guise has operated since the BF2 days (although the members have been playing FPS games since the 90's) and was aimed at first person shooter games. Such games require server hosting and additional resources (Procon, Battlerecorder hosting etc.,), which in the peak of BF2 totalled over �106 per month. As such this operation relied on the donation of members to keep the servers online. In essence clan members owned a share in the servers we operate as a cooperative and therefore the most sensible way was to allow settings/configs/rules to be decided by equal share voting. This kind of setup only really works when people have similar views on the settings/rules, so we needed to be careful with recruitment.

FPS gamer actions also have a greater impact on the clan. Popularity of servers rely on reputation and good adminning, so it was important to thoroughily vet people as a bad member could set the rep and popularity of the clan back a long way. There's also a bit more close interaction and proximity in the FPS genre, any dislike between clan members would often soon boil over.

LOTRO on the other hand was first picked up by Fox/Myself and was a nice counter-weight against the FPS genre (not having to deal with cheats). Subscriptions are paid to Codemasters, we don't host servers. So essentially there's no costs. It's even possible to operate a kin and avoid certain individuals within that kin if there are personality conflicts - something impossible in FPS games. There's no split of costs involved and the recruitment of potentially unsound members has lesser impact and thefore the recruitment for the lotro kin is a bit less strict.

Since the clan members are more heavily vetted, often investing time and money in the clan, it is appropriate that this is the group that has a say on the overall running of =SM=. The kin essentially governs it's own operation in lotro as a self-contained unit (with no costs) with no reason for the clan to interfere. However larger issues affecting =SM= as a whole (such as buying servers etc.,) is governed through clan member votes.

KIN vs CLAN RECRUITMENT DIFFERENCES

There are differences between the Kin and Clan, but firstly to be clear: neither group outranks the other.

Clan recruitment usually takes the form of playing with us, making a recruitment post, being recommended by two members (assuming they've played with the person in our servers), a 7-14 day trial period, followed by a general veto type vote whereby the recruit only enters the clan if no existing clan members object. If one clan member votes no, the recruitment is rejected.

Kinship currently recruits though Fox, requiring a decent level of english, teamspeak for comms and a good personality. If a member turns out to be unsuitable they can be removed by the usual clan ejection process or be handled privately through the kin. The point being here is that we may recruit people who seem ok, as even if they turn out not to be, they have little potential for causing damage.

If a kinmember wishes, they may request upgrade to clan member at any time (preferably after getting to know people) and such members will undertake the standard clan member recruitment as detailed above.

FORUMS ACCESS:

Clan members group colour is Red, Kin members group colour is Orange.

Clan members see all public forums + Trusted non clan area + kinship area (public/private) + clan members area + clan voting areas
Kinship members see all public forums + Trusted non clan area + kinship areas (public/private)

Essentially the clan sees all areas, the kin see all except for the clan & voting area. Since the clan members decide the direction and financial allocation of =SM= it is important they see the whole operation, including any factors relating to running of the kin (even if they're not currently active in Lotro).

Ejection of Clan members: This area is covered in depth in the clan rules/policies document.

Ejection of Kin members: Ejection of a kin member may be brought about by a majority vote. To enact this please contact Fox/Monkey by PM/email/TS. The proposer of ejection will be asked for a written reason, the defendant will be asked for a defence. A forum for member ejection will then be accessible by the rest of the kin, but not by the proposer/defendant. These reasons/defence will be posted here and will serve as an area for private discussion, including an anonymous majority poll to retain or remove the proposed ejectee.

Clan members will also have access to vote, although with internal kin matters they are not typically expected to. A clan member would usually only place a vote in a kinship ejection if actions detailed could potentially have knock-on effects to =SM= as a whole or bring =SM= into disrepute.

We ask that all members try to sort out their differences and only use the ejection process as a final port of call. No 2 ejection votes can be placed within 2 weeks of each other (as a means of deterring reprisal votes).

On a personal note: using the 'do what I want or I'm leaving!' thing as a bargaining chip is not acceptable. I'll personally vote against anyone who uses this kind of behavior regardless of other factors.

LOTRO equivalent of tkaing on the watcher with wrong traits, no relics on your weapon and being basically shite at playing your character

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:30:05 -0400

SCARY

Symbols, we don't need no steeking symbols

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:12:07 -0400

LOTRO Blog site

Apologies for the spelling in title title:)

BG this saturday 25th sept 7pm

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:21:41 -0400

Can all able lvl65's turn up if you can, and we'll try our first crack at BG.

requires,
lvl65
120 radience

Now then you 'orrible lot...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:19:46 -0400

I've started adding some links on the =SM= main page for the lotro kinship. Clicking on the lotro kin links in the roster should update the website for lotro specific info, including kin members in the roster..

We've traditionally included pictures of all our ~~hideous~~ glorious members. (real pictures, not avatars). If you really don't want a picture adding then can you let fox know. Otherwise for the rest of you we'll be bothering you to provide an image (can be any size, I'll take care of that).

If you either mail tess6493@hotmail.com or monkeyfiend@gmail.com the picture.. You could also reply (or send us a private message) with a link to the picture on the internet.

If you need to host an image somewhere then sites like www.flickr.com, www.imageshack.us or www.photobucket.com provide free hosting. Additionally you can upload photos directly to the website using the 'photohost' link found just underneat the forums logo.

thx.

Monkey

BG

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:03:44 -0400

Well, BG starts with the gauntlet and, yes, 1st things 1st, but why not give it a glimpse on what is the 1st boss (Durchest) up to:

http://www.moriadefenders.com/index.php?op...&Itemid=111

Kin Recruitment

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:34:36 -0400

If you're here you're probably interested in joining (or you're lost!)

First off you may want to read a little about the clan/kinship HERE or the General Server rules HERE

We do have some criteria for potential applicants:

1. We are a mature kin (although sometimes this is hard to believe) - Mostly over 16's, we do occasionally make exceptions to this though.
2. Should have headset/teamspeak - we value personality/comms over elitist loot snobs
3. No Racism (this carries a ban whether you are a guest or member)

We do not recruit based on score, rank or skill, a good personality is much more important.

Known cheaters (in any mutliplayer game e.g. cod/bf2 etc.,) are not permitted membership.

Still interested? If so:

• Make a post somewhere here asking to join. Please post a little about yourself.
• You're more than welcome to drop by teamspeak and just listen - we’re mostly not that scary biggrin.gif
• Get to know us! There's often people on teamspeak and we only ever invite people to the kin who we've gotten to know

Once you've posted on the forum, we'll keep an eye out for you in lotro.

If you’ve literally just found the site and asked to join without getting to know us or having played with us, it’s unlikely an application will proceed.

Kin members have full access to the kinhouse etc., in lotro. A kin member can request to upgrade their membership to full clan member at any time - however there are additional criteria for clan members, see the clan recruitment section.

Usually there's no need for this if you're just playing lotro. Clan members have a say (equal votes) in decisions affecting overall clan gaming direction, server configuration and financial affairs (such as rental of servers). A clan member simply has more say in how =SM= is run compared to kin members, this doesn't mean clan members outrank kin members.

thanks,

Monkeyfiend

Clan/Kin

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:13:45 -0400

Am still working on making a clear separation between the =SM= clan and the =SM= lotro kin.

As such have aded two links above the main page roster. The clan page will be the master landing page for general views on the website, but clicking on the kin link will update the site for info specific to the lord of the rings kin e.g. changes the roster to include all kin members, lotro related links etc.,

The news section will be shared by both the kin and the clan.

The membership criteria for clan membership is stricter than that of kin membership. The clan is FPS based and therefore controls server rentals (unlike the kin) as such clan members have a say in the gaming direction and finances of the clan overall. Essentially the kinship is a more casual sub-group of =SM= who specifically play lotro, however any kin members are welcome to apply for full clan membership. Obviously members can be in the clan, in the kin or in both.

I'll be creating forums user groups to allow kin members access to kin areas and clan members access to clan members. Colours will be clan=red, Kin=orange. If a member is both kin and clan (such as myself) they will take the clan (red) groupings.

At the moment the website area's will be in development, so clicking on links in the kinship area won't work properly for now.

wcomments/suggestions/requests etc.,

Anyone ever wanted to see an empty eyesocket?

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:36:44 -0400

Lottery increase vote

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:43:47 -0400

Vote here if you'd like to increase the lottery entry to 100s to make it a bit more worthwhile winning.

Hullo Kin

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:27:21 -0400

Hey there folks - Davey here, thanks for inviting me to join SneakyMonkeys - must say I had a bit of a laugh reading all the BF2 stuff - I originally got into online games from playing MOHAA, then GW and then when LOTRO came out I had to join - I read the Hobbit when I was like 9 and I'm coming 42 now:)
Anyhow, I've played LOTRO since it came out, well over 3 years - won't say I'm the best player, but I know what I'm doing and have done most of the big instances in the game with the exception of DN (done the start of it) and BG.
I was leader of the Dogs of War for a while, but to be honest, I don't take the game seriously enough to be a leader to handed over the reigns, well that and my wife(Fiona) and I had a daughter (Martha Tuesday), I got a promotion in work (I write the LAW), it was all takign away my enjoyment of just playing the game for what it was.
I'm on most nights (Fiona is very understanding) and my alts are as follows in case any of you need me in-game:

Elonderill Brightstart 65 Hunter
Gruber MacStrudle 65 GRD (I would if possible like to bring Guber over to =SM= too)
Capability Blancmange 65 MIN
Prudence 65 BURG
Asumptia Volumptia 65 LM
Sallycinnamon 12 RK
Velvetey Sugarwalls 52 CHAMP
Keurtaindebeouf 8 WAR

Anyhow, I'll be speaking to you all soon enough I'm sure when I get TS sorted, I'm not techy minded at all, just play games but I've got TS client already.

P.S. I'm from Belfast, Northern Ireland - or as we like to refer to it "God's Own Acre"

Skirmishes, all read pls!

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:04:29 -0400

I think there may be some fun to be had with skirmishes while were waiting for more content, i'd like to urge everyone to get their epic quests done so that we can do the high level ones for good rewards and such!

where has everyone gone

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:53:42 -0400

since 2005 i used to play bf2 there were different clans on like gsf wonkas sm german special forces etc there were loads. of them and now it like no wants to play games anymore it is a shame really.i think it is because games have got bigger and better and one or two clans play on them. i think clans are slowley dying away. and it will be just yourself playing. good old days of bf2 are gone thanks see you soon deadlysniper3.

OWNED

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:54:28 -0400

QUOTE (Predator20206 @ Sep 7 2010, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

RIGHT FAGGOTS WE'VE TAKEN OVER YOURE WEBSITE YOURE ADMIN ACCOUNTS AND DATABASES.

WE'RE GIVING YOU 2 HOURS FOR MONKEYFIEND TO POST IN A PUBLIC SECTION ON [Removed by MF] BEGGING FOR US TO BACK DOWN

IF MONKEYFIEND DOESN'T WE'LL TAKE DOWN YOUR WEBSITE AND RELEASE HIS PHONE NUMBER ADDRESS AND BANK DETAILS TO THE NET

2 HOURS AND COUNTING NOOBS

Lotro randomness

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:01:40 -0400

couple of screenies i took

Oi! Does no-one use Teamspeak anymore or...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:45:56 -0400

Yeah... what's with the desolation? Is it just because it's summer? Or is it that peeps are using other stuff for LOTRO or what?

Paula and I have been on several times and all we hear is our own heavy breathing whilst pummelling the right mouse button!

Also does anyone have an issue with me still using it for BC2 (yes... I still play lol) and the odd Blood Bowl match against non clan members? I have mates who play but aren't interested in joining as a clan member for whatever reason but want to hook up and game with me occasionally and TS is far more reliable than steam's voip. If there are no objections may I create a Blood Bowl match channel?

Server Donations ... um ... what about Teamspeak?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:56:59 -0400

Do you guys not have to pay for Teamspeak? Would you like those of us who do use it (yeah ... ghost town at the mo) to donate towards the costs?

leave it for a month and it all goes tits up.

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:52:51 -0400

Right so I leave my PC in full working condition for a month and i come back to it not working.

Basically PC goes through BIOS fine but then the screen goes black after that never gets to Windows.
At first thought it might be the graphics card had been moved by something so re-seated. Same problem.

Just reset the CMOS and changed all the boot priorities problem still occurs.

......

Whilst im at it I think ive got a virus on my digital camera mem card. Can view all the pics fine on the camera but when you plug it in via USB it recognises the card but there's not DCIM folder for me to access. I know i can reformat the card and get rid of the virus but i want to keep all my pics.

help pwease

guy after recruitment, reposted from shoutbox

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:27:55 -0400

Hello SneakyMonkeys,
My Name Is Raymond I am 16Jears old.
I Allready played Lord Of The Rings Online For 2jears.
I have a Lvl60Captain A Lvl60Hunter and Lvl20Loremaster.

I speaked With Foxsox she sayin that i can join if i signp up so this is my sing ip guys.

I Love to join sneakymonkeys i joined some sneakymonkeys in fellowships with Hoc and GS Hm.

When i can join invite my lore master Vallcorn.

With Frendly Greetings Raymond

[Reposted this from shoutbox to more appropriate place]

Lotro going Free To Play

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:14:38 -0400

Date has been released for Lotro free to play.
As of september the 10th, youll be able to use a basic account for free.
This may be a good time for anyone who hasnt tried the game and wants to for free to give it a go.
Otherwise for continuing players, this may be a good opportunity to make some money on the AH.

Kinship alliance

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:48:05 -0400

Been approached by The Old Guard, To make an alliance for doign raids and instances that would otherwise be difficult to get enough people for.
Theres a chat channel, similar to global lff

/joinchannel togs

this should join you into the chat, if you already have globallff on your account then it will be /2 to talk,
if you dont have any private channels yet, it will be /1

Fox

Lost my product key

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:53:04 -0400

Hey !

I bought this fancy smancy pc and was gonna install bad company 2 but to my horror I can't find my product key or the box that it came in. Is there a good niftly little piece of software that can dig up the product key frpm the windows registry ? I have tried a few but they are not really helping. I am imploring the combined great minds of Sneaky Monekys to help me out.

regards

Christian

Kin recruitment

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:01:44 -0400

I would like to make some changes to kin recruitment, ofc only if your all happy with it.
I think that if someone wishes to invite or request to invite another player to the kin, all i ask is that they have known the person for enough time to tell if they're likely to get on with our current kin.
As long as another player vouches for the person, im happy to recruit.
The reason im happy to be so lax about it is because its mucyh easier to kick a problematic member from the kinship than it is to remove someone from the Proper clan.
Let me know what you think, and then hopefully we will be able to expand.
Fox

This forum

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:37:52 -0400

Have created a publically accessible Lord of the Rings forum for those that are playing it.

Membership to the lotro kin does not imply clan membership (if people want this, I'd suggest it goes to a clan vote). So the threads in the members remain available to clan members only.

USEFUL LINKS:

The server we play on: ELDAR

SM map: http://sneakymonkeys.com/map

Official Forums: http://community.codemasters.com/forum/lor...des-anneaux-417

Trial Download link (EU): http://www.gamershell.com/download_20063.shtml

Trial Key: http://www.codemasters.com/cog/?trial=lotr...ign=lotro_trial

Full Game Client List:

http://94.75.196.36/LOTRO/LOTROEU_Mirkwood...taller_ENGB.exe
http://www.fileplanet.com/189559/180000/fi...ial-English-UK)
http://www.atomicgamer.com/gameFiles.php?i...full%20versions
http://www.gamershell.com/download_55882.shtml
http://www.ausgamers.com/files/details/html/50461

Standalone Patch (Book 9: Siege of Mirkwood) ONLY DOWNLOAD THIS IF YOU OWN SIEGE OF MIRKWOOD!

http://www.fileplanet.com/207842/200000/fi...atch-(European)
http://www.gamershell.com/download_53662.shtml
http://games.on.net/file/30914/The_Lord_of..._Patch_-_Europe
http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/82385/the...od-patch-europe

Bottleneck

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:21:28 -0400

Ok here's the deal. I've had my homemade system for about 3.5 years now, so obviously performance isnt exactly top notch any more (though its still a very capable system). Only problem is, I have no idea what the bottleneck component is. That goes beyond my hardware knowledge. So, heres my question. Based on the specs below, whats my bottleneck (as in, which one will give me the biggest improvement per �).

In no particular order:

CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3072MB RAM (2x GEIL 1GB, 1x generic cheap 1GB, dont know the model or how to find out without taking them out)
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600)
GFX: Sparkle NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB (running at 1440x900)
Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLI DELUXE
HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM (one 250GB, one 500GB)

Any suggestions?

Who's the king of the castle!

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:05 -0400

I knew it, this is irrefutable proof of who wears the trousers in the fox household!!!!

hi

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:34 -0400

hi nyx my name is deadlysniper and i like heavy metal like nirvana gunsnroses korn metallica killswitch engage slayer cannibal corpse marilyn manson lacuna coil within temptation etc

Alien Swarm review

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:57:52 -0400

It sucks balls.

Awesome Looking Free Game! :P

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:51:01 -0400

Hey guys, I know I haven't really been on much in the past few weeks but a friend of mine pointed this out to me, it's a free game being released in a few days by a group of devs from Valve, and it features an updated version of the Source engine that will launch with the game code publicly available (as well as an updated SDK, which is what I'm pretty interested in). The game itself looks pretty awesome to me, just a basic fun third person shoot-em-up, so, anyone up for a game?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

=SM=

DAY Z

Web design (CSS, HTML)

who hasn't got BF3?

Routers n shizzle

hello all.

BF3 6th December patch

Client R3 + Server R11

Server Starting & Not Appearing in Battlelog

I'd love to join!

Battlefield 3 Tournament

Hallo

Hey all

Procon Ingame Admin Commands

me as admin

BF3 R6 patch

Latest BF3 admin documents

BF3 server details

New PC Build

Origin Names

Post Yer Rig!

New Recruit (The Prof)

hey and BF3 server sharing

CLAN POLICIES AND RULES

BF3 Specs (Alpha)

Info from leaked videos

Starcraft 2?

Wonkas/Shoutbox back to registered users

Grange is looking to join

Like/Thanks button

Super Hostile Canopy Carnage *MC*

E3 Live Stream 07/06/11 @ 21:15 UK time

BF2 vs BF3 comparison pictures

BF3 multiplayer teaser footage

Youtube embed in forums

APB Beta AHOY! :D

Keyboards!11!one

hi2all

Terraria?

Rhys

BF3 Release date

Jets & Prone in BF3

Diablo III

BSOD in BC2

Leborn want's to JOIN! :D

bsod on startup :(

World of Warcraft

So BF3... what are the likely min specs

Time for some clan unity

yo yo

20% off all Qust packs offer starts 30/11/10

star wars

leslie neilsen

happy

WINTER FOOD RECIPIES

2nd Kinhouse

Fallout New Vegas love/hate

LOTRO ignore list

Skirmish Advice

f2p rant

PC time

4 Man SG

Cipher challenge

Go again this Sunday 9pm?

L4D2 Hit notification

CM Statement Re F2P

Left 4 Dead 2 ... fancy a revisit anyone?

Hall of mirrors...

epic quest question

Legacy Exchange scrolls

LOTRO Items in the forum

Runs needed for people, post here

Clan/Kin differences

LOTRO equivalent of tkaing on the watcher with wrong traits, no relics on your weapon and being basically shite at playing your character

Symbols, we don't need no steeking symbols

BG this saturday 25th sept 7pm

Now then you 'orrible lot...

BG

Kin Recruitment

Clan/Kin

Super Hostile Canopy Carnage MC