Agreed. And by having an accessible (read non corruptible by US) TLD, all the better. Because that's how things continue existing, or we can whore out like you're suggesting.
NeoDragon, you're right about Switzerland, I was thinking it was outside the whole deal, but .ch and .eu are the way to go for our group. On May 13, 1:10 am, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > 9xssf doesn't need to be whored out. It needs to actually have new > blood come in, and have actual ideas on making it a legitimate thing. > > On May 12, 8:08 pm, Tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's as simple as this, 9xxSSF won't be whored out just because you > > feel that way about it. And I guess you didn't follow my point on the > > whole monopoly deal, which goes beyond any border, YET residing in the > > US. > > > And since you're being such a douche about misreading everything I > > wrote, do suggest something less idiotic. > > > On May 13, 1:05 am, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Feel free to find one that can't be taken down in a "snap of the > > > fingers" when Intel's bat signal appears in the sky. Intel doesn't > > > just function in America, they function in quite a large list of > > > countries. > > > > Doing a direct IP connection isn't going to be a good idea, and isn't > > > going to be anywhere near as friendly. "Oh, hey! A random IP! I'll > > > click on this, and I bet it'll totally be a safe place to install > > > drivers from." > > > > On May 12, 7:56 pm, Tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So... much... knowledge... NOT. You want US-owned TLDs? Knock yourself > > > > out. US isn't the world nor is the Internet theirs. Got it? > > > > > And where the fu... fudge is alternative TLDs "corner of the > > > > internet"? LOL > > > > > On May 13, 12:36 am, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You mean one that's been distributing modded drivers for longer than > > > > > the Intel 945's been out, that has legitimacy through both nVidia and > > > > > ATi? One that's had actual legal action happen before, dealt with it, > > > > > and continued distribution? If nothing else, I'm thinking reaching out > > > > > there could be a good idea in general. Hiding off in the corner of the > > > > > internet, advertised only by the occasional non-scammy Youtube video > > > > > and the Minecraft forums isn't the way to go. > > > > > > On May 12, 6:47 pm, Tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > You mean a .net TLD that can be taken down by a snap of fingers? > > > > > > Yeah... no thanks. > > > > > > > Actually things are a bit more complicated than that. I believe that > > > > > > while Blizzard is big, they have nothing on a monopolist corp like > > > > > > Intel. > > > > > > > Planning for the future means no US-owned TLDs. It's that simple. We > > > > > > could go direct IP route, but it has to be user friendly, so going > > > > > > out > > > > > > of copyright a-holes reach is the only way to do it. > > > > > > > On May 12, 11:43 pm, arcane cossack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Why don't we see if OmegaDrivers will host drivers for us? > > > > > > > > On May 11, 10:22 pm, Tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Honestly, I think we should REALLY steer away from US owned > > > > > > > > TLDs. > > > > > > > > Things are too problematic as it is for us to be an easy target > > > > > > > > by > > > > > > > > using a .net, .org, .com, or any of those. > > > > > > > > > Designing a website requires design skills which I don't have, > > > > > > > > at > > > > > > > > least like I should :( > > > > > > > > > And Espio, who knows if you can pull of something like > > > > > > > > Portal... ;) > > > > > > > > > On May 12, 3:06 am, NeoDragon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Webhost is on his way soon, it'll be hosting website/forums, > > > > > > > > > like a > > > > > > > > > proper damn site! > > > > > > > > > If anyone ( we'll start with the managers first, then members > > > > > > > > > ;) ) > > > > > > > > > wants to design the website, give me a shout. I'll be putting > > > > > > > > > everything up that has to do with forums. > > > > > > > > > > Adress will most likely be 9xxssf.net , I feel that with this > > > > > > > > > domain > > > > > > > > > alone, we can begin doing things way bigger than here, and > > > > > > > > > expanding > > > > > > > > > to more things. > > > > > > > > > > Who knows, maybe in the future, 9xxssf will be hosting gaming > > > > > > > > > servers?! :P > > > > > > > > > > On May 11, 9:45 pm, Tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, they each did one, and 9xxssf.info was actually > > > > > > > > > > shaping up, but > > > > > > > > > > it got taken down for unknown reasons. > > > > > > > > > > > And yes, we should have an avatar, various sized banners > > > > > > > > > > for forums, > > > > > > > > > > etc. > > > > > > > > > > > I've seen both 9xxssf and 9xxSSF, and I honestly prefer > > > > > > > > > > with capital > > > > > > > > > > letters. > > > > > > > > > > > I've only known about the custom d3d9.dll, not a tool that > > > > > > > > > > makes them, > > > > > > > > > > but that sounds interesting. > > > > > > > > > > > And what's that about you making a 2006 Source based (the > > > > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > > > > one ;) ) game? > > > > > > > > > > > On May 12, 2:41 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I think I recall DanielPK and Rick van Veen having a > > > > > > > > > > > website too, although > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:33 PM, arcane cossack > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >http://9xxssf.net63.net/forum/ThisistheonlyforumIsaw, > > > > > > > > > > > >and I've > > > > > > > > > > > > talked to NeoDragon a little on it about development. > > > > > > > > > > > > Otherwise, I > > > > > > > > > > > > haven't seen any activity there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 11, 8:35 pm, Espionage724 > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. I redid the Xfire group, the old one had > > > > > > > > > > > > > references to our old > > > > > > > > > > > > > group name (Intel 9xx) and I thought 9xxssf was > > > > > > > > > > > > > better :) (the old > > > > > > > > > > > > > group still exists because Xfire's policy doesn't > > > > > > > > > > > > > allow deletion of > > > > > > > > > > > > > clans, however, making new ones is acceptable) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. "9xx Soldiers sans frontiers", when I put that as > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Clan name for > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Xfire group, well, does the S and F in "sans > > > > > > > > > > > > > frontiers" have to be > > > > > > > > > > > > > lowercase? I'm usually a bit picky when it comes to > > > > > > > > > > > > > stuff like that > > > > > > > > > > > > > lol > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Did we have an official avatar-sized picture for > > > > > > > > > > > > > the group? I can't > > > > > > > > > > > > > recall if we had one uploaded or not. The one on the > > > > > > > > > > > > > site here is the > > > > > > > > > > > > > old Intel 9xx one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4.Whats the news on the official website? Last I > > > > > > > > > > > > > heard, I think there > > > > > > > > > > > > > was 2 or 3 people who had seperate sites up for > > > > > > > > > > > > > backing up material, > > > > > > > > > > > > > and that MAD_BEAST was contacting someone for the > > > > > > > > > > > > > forums. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5. I think I might try to create a game using Source > > > > > > > > > > > > > SDK. It'll be a > > > > > > > > > > > > > multiplayer FPS, and it will also be on the Source > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2006 engine > > > > > > > > > > > > > (because Source 2007+ have that weird lighting > > > > > > > > > > > > > issue). Not sure how > > > > > > > > > > > > > well it will go exactly because I have very limited > > > > > > > > > > > > > knowledge in > > > > > > > > > > > > > Source SDK. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 6. Has anyone ever heard of the D3D9Gen tool for > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fallout NV? It > > > > > > > > > > > > > apparently generates a custom d3d9.dll for your > > > > > > > > > > > > > graphics card, however > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know exactly how or what it does (but it > > > > > > > > > > > > > apparently fixes FPS > > > > > > > > > > > > > issues in FNV, and RIFT). > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
