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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 11th at 3:49am 2006


As ReNo is on his well deserved holidays, I thought i'd pop up and say hi to the new members.

I act as moderator for all the forums and new content (tutorials, mirrors etc), and run the vastly underused (!) Snarkpit server. If you have any problems, please contact me via PM/IRC (quakenet, #snarkpit).

If you're wondering where I sprang from, I was on vacation from April 05 til Christmas <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

So hi if you don't know me, and feel free to pester me any time. Despite the illusion, I am far from a busy man!




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Posted by French Toast on Wed Jan 11th at 4:01am 2006


Hi Gwil!

I'd play the server more but I die like no tomorrow and kill like tomorrow.

I wish I had that long of a vacation...




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Posted by CLs on Wed Jan 11th at 4:04am 2006


Hey,

Just started mapping bout a half year ago, and hopefully in the near future will be ready to release my HL2 DM map, if all turns out well.

This site has helped greatly in my strides to become a decent mapper, but more Source tourials would always be welcome.

As for the server I occationally pop in but as I am located in Canada I don`t get the best of pings

_CLs_





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Posted by fishy on Wed Jan 11th at 4:32am 2006


gwil, c'mon, everyone knows that you were sent away to have the baby in a convent.




i eat paint



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Posted by Dark Tree on Wed Jan 11th at 4:44am 2006


Gwil...have you considered opening a server on HL2DMProMod? I played it once and I will never again play HL2DM.

LongJump
Tau Cannon

Need I say more?

edit:

I am a total newbie....so....HELLO THAR!




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Posted by Belgarion on Wed Jan 11th at 4:45am 2006


lol. ouch. sounds like fishy is jealous of your recent pregnancy.

I think I qualify as a new face around here. I came in durring your absense anyway.






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Posted by wil5on on Wed Jan 11th at 6:25am 2006


Hi Gwil. Being in Australia my ping on the pit server has never been below 300, and I've only once gone on there when others were there. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">


&quot;If you talk at all during this lesson, you have detention. Do you understand?&quot;
- My yr11 Economics teacher



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jan 11th at 2:36pm 2006


Gwil I reckons the server isn't being used because of poor administration of it- someone keeps changing the map rota without altering the rota displayed on the site!


-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-



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Posted by Andrei on Wed Jan 11th at 2:49pm 2006


Perhaps, but the fact that HL2DM is becoming less and less popular might also be a matter worth discussing. With mods like HL2CTF, good ol' HL2DM doesn't have a very bright future IMO.



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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 11th at 3:07pm 2006


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Gwil I reckons the server isn't being used because of poor administration of it- someone keeps changing the map rota without altering the rota displayed on the site!


Nah, that's the server crashing. If it crashes, then HL2DM in it's infinite wisdom decides to revert to a default mapcycle and override everything that has gone before it. This includes dm_steamlab, which is the map that makes the server crash in the first place.

So there <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> As for the server being perpetually empty, I am considering moving it to a DoD:S server provided it has popular support among the community. HL2DM is dying a slow but sure death. How many people here still play it regularly? I know I don't, that's for sure.




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Posted by Dr Brasso on Wed Jan 11th at 3:13pm 2006


tell ya what sir gwilliam, you move it to a dod:s server, and if i can get a latency under 50, ill move in.....hang my hat, so to speak...."and he shall sing the praises of the invisible skinless one and his minions..." <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

Doc B....:dodgy:

just wondering....this is prolly an old question, but what about being able to request our map betas being tested there....? if you already do, forget i asked... <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">

Doc B...:dodgy:





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Jan 11th at 3:25pm 2006


I can't play any Steam games right now, but if I could I'd definitely play DoD:S there.




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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 11th at 3:54pm 2006


You are Dr Brasso - i'll stick up a thread about some plans for it later, ie times/days of the week etc.

Cool!




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Posted by Andrei on Wed Jan 11th at 4:00pm 2006


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I am considering moving it to a DoD:S server


Well if you intend on moving to something else, wouldn't it be wiser to move to a free mod? Think of those poor fools who bought retail.






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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 11th at 5:24pm 2006


CS:S maybe Andrei, but either way I can't do anything until the contract is over. Also, DoD and CS are both a hike up in price whatever happens.

Whether I can even afford this again is another issue as well. Overdrafts and impending student payments make real life more of a headache than usual.




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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jan 11th at 5:34pm 2006


No Gwil, someones been adding maps that aren't standard and aren't on the list on snarkpit... damn them. I blame this SSMMDD guy you got!


-[Better to be Honest than Kind]-



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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 11th at 6:35pm 2006


He's got nowt to do with the server :P He's the head admin at an IRC bot network i,m part of - what are the maps?

I need to find their names and sort it out. dm_steamlab is the only one in non rotation to my knowledge, and that's an official Valve map anyway.





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Posted by Dark|Killer on Wed Jan 11th at 7:34pm 2006


Hey all, as i can see most of you are viewing this topic...

I just wanted to tell you all that ill be leaving my country for 10 days, im in a holiday atm, i didnt want to open a whole topic for it, so i hope you dont mind telling you all bye in here <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

See ya all in 10 days <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



.::Dark|Masta::. - One name. One legend.



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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Wed Jan 11th at 8:31pm 2006


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I am considering moving it to a DoD:S server


Well if you intend on moving to something else, wouldn't it be wiser to move to a free mod? Think of those poor fools who bought retail.




My words exactly. I'm one of those poor fools... But I didn't have much choice as I was on a dial-up back then...



''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires



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Posted by French Toast on Wed Jan 11th at 10:40pm 2006


There aren't really any mods right now that I'd play. I'd get on a DoD:S server though. As long as you don't put restrictions on the classes.





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