Gravitron

Sadly, as always, I predicted correctly. The population count on the client is so low now it is truly tear-jerking.

I ran the client today to check general pings. Barely 400 people online. I guess it is finally approaching that point. I doubt any of those who once vouched for "Sites of the Final Call" have stuck around or remember their promise. I barely even recall any of their handles anymore. So for them, in spirit represented, I now stand. It has been a marvelous journey. It has lasted well over a decade. A couple, even...almost. Even though I have been gone for the majority of it past 2005, I never forgot the cradle. I've been playing SubSpace for many years. I remember those years, foggily and, fondly...mostly. I have met many interesting people from all around the globe...and then killed them. Or got killed by them. I have played many different zones, many different game types. I have learned many things. Now it is old and dying. And in several dozen years so shall I. It has been a good life. A final toast, to a great adventure; and a final thanks to those many who made it possible. To forgotten people. To fallen bretheren. To lost friends. Farewell. See you on the flip-side! - G-Man/Gravitron/whatever

In the slight chance that anyone is keeping tabs or gives a hoot about the original creators, Rod moved from EVP of The Sims to CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) and took Jeff alongside for the ride. Best wishes.

It's time for them glasses, Doc.

Ops, it's x2 RAM sticks so it's 8GB. Forgot to mention. Anyway, closed the deal, new rig should be here in a week or two.

Code: CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Box MoBo: Intel BLKDH67CLB3 Cold Lake RAM: Samsung DDR3 4096MB 1333Mhz CL 9-9-9-27 GPU: Galaxy nVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB DDR5 PCIe Cooling: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Case: CoolerMaster CM 690 II PSU: Chieftec Turbo Modular 700W OS/D: Intel SSD Solid State Disk X25-M 2.5" 120GB SATA2 HD: Westren Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 3.5" 1000GB SATA3 64MB DVD: Sony Optiarc AD-7260S X24 SATA DVD Price Tag: $2217 USD Going to compare prices around, but it sounds solid.

Well, I was wrong. It seems that I am going for top of the line. Funny, prices seem a lot cheaper for top of the line than they seemed to be 5-10 years ago. Back then a top of the line PC could've easily breached $4k even. Hell, my current system had a price tag of like $1k-1.5k or so and it was barely middle ground. Now it seems you can get a fairly powerful system for $1-2k easily. Go rapid economic depression and even more rapidly technological advancements? Of course, the Israeli Shekel back then was like 4 per $1 US and now it's only 3.5 after the great second stock market crash, so there's also that... So it seems I'm going to wrap up a nice $3k package that'll bomb the subs out of the water in whatever game I'm playing. Nothing like being a subject of envy, eh? Well, I suppose that after years of playing on sub-systems it's about time I'll play high in the clouds with decent FPS and all the GFX options turned on to the maximum.

You forget that I live in Israel. Room temperatures here can go 30'c in the summer. And HDs that don't get sufficiently cooled and stabilized at 35-40 tend to develop defects much faster. Not to mention the GPU might piss itself. I might grab another WD1001FALS and RAID it with my current for improved performances.

I think I'll go with i7-2600k and GTX570. Problem is where I stuff all the cooling in that tiny tower. Damn thing will probably melt itself down on the first time I press the button to turn the power on.

Hey there, At current I run on a core 2 duo E8400 wolfdale with a dinosaur of a geforce 6600 gt, which may about to expire, on a DFI INF P35 MoBo. ANCIENT STUFF. I've somewhat lost track of the hardware advancements in the last year or two. I'm looking to get a complete new rig, somewhere around $1-3k price point. Ideally, I want to get a combo with a lot of oomph, I aim at Intel/Nvidia combo (don't lecture me please, I know, I know...) that can house-break Derek's battlecruiser 3000AD and possibly bring Crysis to cry like a wimp as well (or Vanguard:SOH's beta even, to those of you who were unfortunate to remember). In a nut shell, not the top of the line most high-end, but definitely close to state-of-the-art that can roar like a beast and deliver. So any mobo/processor/vid/cooler/whatever combo recommendations (no OCing please, I'm a wuss) would be welcomed. Thanks!

Ops, my bad, yes Silent Dragon. Sybris Dragon was the guy who ran the Nihilius Syndicate guild. He might not have made the original settings, but he had the zone and his map was being used forever since. And yes again, I was thinking of Turf, durr. Well, at this age I'm grateful to just wake up in the morning.

VIE - Virgin Interactive Entertainment SSU/SSCU - SubSpace/SS Central Europe SSE/SSCE - East (US) SSW/SSCW - West (US) SSC/SSCC - Center (US) SSX/SSCX - Xalimar/Exodus (the ISP xalimar hosted it on, being a net admin there) RiSC - Hacker group/ring, dimwits (or whatever mr. David "Nefocipher" Bunt had in mind) iNET - iNET/Sonera (finnish ISP) USD/WLI - United States Dallas/...not a clue, Gemini Dream said his love interest Lioness conceived it T3 - MecBot hosted on a T3 line SSFS - I forgot

Oh, sweet, an authentic "I shot someone in my line of duty" blood-spills-covered police calling card! Way to go BD, this stuff worths hundreds on E-Bay.

I think this is about the most awesome thing EA has ever done. Savor this moment, it will not repeat.

The original creator of Trench Wars (not to be confused with VIE's Trench) was Sybris Dragon. He quit SS eons ago due to the so many political power plays and shit that were flying/going around, which is why Baudchaser quit as well. I've always known Dock to be a nice and honest person, at least in our conversations, this is actually quite the surprise for me. Some newbs think that SubSpace as a whole was by his inception, so sure, why the hell not...