kept in touch with Kona since he announced his retirement? I emailed him a while back, but no answer. I would like to use one of his progs.dat files and some sounds he uses that I haven't seen else where. 

Mail him a big brown package with a bunch of fake dynamite sticks taped to a digital alarm clock and in addition to putting the return address on there, scribble the words "Death to Kona" all over it. You should probably hear from him. Or the FBI. 

in consideration, in the meantime, anyone else? 

Jago, you must have some different Firefox 0.9.2 to me then, because here it created a new window (sans all toolbars) that filled all 1600x1200 of my screen.

And all for something that would easily fit inside my normal 'viewing space'. 

You'll just get a sniffy message from Customs asking you to plz pay import duty on high explosives kthxbye. 

that's what kills me the most. the actual viewing area is only like 800x600, yet the site feels compeled to go fullscreen. :P

oh well, there isn't much there anyway. i don't need screenshots, i'm gonna get this game anyway! :) 

I am using the Tabbrowser Extensions and set it alaways open new tabs instead of new windows so my browser is always inside a "single window mode". 

Aaaah, there's one that actually works now.

Last time I checked there was only the single window extension, which doesn't work half the time...

(/me wanders off to replace his extensions) 

New Zealand a paradise of freedom in one of his books. It just seems so far away. Oh well, Bermuda is less than an hour away via plane. Wished I could afford to go there this year. 

Any of you use a special mouse for gaming? Which one(s)? I know theres alot of love for the logitech mx5xx/mx7xx..do all those buttons serve any purpose? Does it sample/respond any faster than the normal 15$ optical wheel mouse? My old optical is starting to crap out but if theres a mouse that would be smoother in-game then I might consider buying it. I'm kinda wary about logitechs 'gaming oriented' drivers they talk about. 

MX510 = Mousey sex. I use Mouse1,2,3 all the time, but the other keys I've never bothered with out of habit, so I can't vouch for them. The mouse wheel feels good, and unlike cheap mice, hasn't crapped out and still feels as good as the day I bought it. This could be due to the fact that there are Mouse Scroll up and down buttons so I don't scroll like crazy surfing the net, I use the buttons more. I really enjoy the mouse and it's kinda pretty. Only issue for some may be that it's very right handed. But oh well, Lefties are weirdos anyway. Quit clogging the gene pool! 

Lefties are weirdos anyway. Quit clogging the gene pool!

Yeah, biff! What's wrong with you?! 

*plays guitar Left-handed, YAY I'M WEIRD!*

I'd like to go to New Zealand and based upon my impressions (I'm sure I won't be dissapointed [and the USD to NZD conversion rate being $1 USD = $2 NZD!), perhaps move there. Away from everyone! Yep. 

MX510 = anal cheesegrater rape. Too big, crap main buttons. Gave it away.

MX300 = blowjob from mouth full of Tetleys Cask. Small, light, responsive. Pity they don't make em any more... 

The logitech drivers are a lot better now, but still not great. The only thing they give you is the 800 dpi (you get 400 without them, which is plenty enough).

I use all of the buttons except the 3 around the mousewheel all the time, and unlike the intelli explorer 4 they are easy to press while gaming (without being at risk of hitting them accidentally).

Basically, yes a good mouse is definately worth the money and the mx510 is by far the best around (the ime4.0 is just badly designed) 

Heh, as all the above posts show, it's very much a matter of preference. You really need to try out a variety and see which fits your hand the best. 

Harry Lime. I mean, Carson Dyle. I mean... 

...but even lefties use right handed mice..

it just doesn't work the other way... shortcut keys like ctrl+tab just don't work using the right hand 

mx300 is excellent in my opinion: unlike generic optical mice, mine has never ever crapped out in my fov120 low-sensitivity quakeworld experience. The MX engine is something you will definitely want, the 5 and 7 series (BMWs anyone?) will be heavier but maybe suit you better. 

with strong ambidexteritius tendencies. I can pitch a ball and play billards equally bad with both hands. 

If you just want to use the progs.dat file, not decompile or anything like that, just use it and give him credit. Besides, a lot of his environmental sounds seem to have come from Half-Life and Unreal anyway.

In other news, we've got the phone back on, and jeez was it a laff riot. Saturn left us hanging all through the weekend before the tech discovered that their area info was five years out of date. Cables round and about - trenches dug - holes in walls? Fuck 'em.

Telecom fired up our phones overnight, and we're just waiting for confirmation that ADSL is actually available. Then we'll get the needed filters and hopefully be back in business.

In the meantime, I've been practicing UnrealEd and working on some extra functionality for the Arcane codebase. Once I test that, it'll be extra keys, then probably weaponry, etc.

Oh, Tronyn: I still haven't found those arabesque-type map segments. Will try some Zip discs later tonight after Toastmasters. 

Actually, I need to customize the code to add several custom monsters. The AI in Kona's Autumn Harvest and Gun Cotton seemed well refined. Thinking it through, I'll probably work with the Minion code instead.

I still want those sounds though. I could resample that stuff and no one will recognize . . . did I say that out loud? Brake brain, brake! oh crap I just hit submit . . . 

wow I was just about to ask you about that! I've started mapping for Arcane again and I'm definately going to do two different maps. 

Necros, how about that Kell-textured thing with the doom-style fire for Arcane? 

Inertia: 510 is just as heavy as the 310 if you remove the weight from it (or so i heard).