Maybe you expect too much from freak, he's just a host, he's not there to guide you through ASSS. As far as I know, he does provide nix hosting, as I've seen SSCC zones running ASSS, unless it was running on Windows (Doubt that, though) - If freak is ignoring you, you're probably bothering him. Tell him that you've got somebody helping you with ASSS (Ask a competent coder to join you to help you out - and read as much as you can into what is already around. There's loads of help around, and loads of code you can read. It may seem daunting at first, but C isn't that hard, provided you read some well annotated stuff.) - Then he will probably help you out. I believe he calls it "selective replying" or some !@#$%^&* like that. -Lynx