The faces of [GM]-=M@X=- and [GM] DarkWeed are finally seen to the public! Their respective genders are male and female. Based on this data and Junji Vergara and Jac Natividad's experiences with their latest separate dates with these Special Force Online GameMasters, you can tell me the true identity of these GMs — in a form of a comment to this post.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
WANTED: [GM]-=M@X=- and [GM]DarkWeed
Posted by Duskwrath at 4:24 PM 0 comments
The Pushdown Effect (Part 1.5 of 3 [special])
(This is the special part 1.5 of The Pushdown Effect, posted two weeks before I can post part 2. - Duskwrath)
This time, let us discuss the relationship of a few websites with JavaScripts that enable viewers to show/hide ads and pushdowns.
Case 1: Thottbot.com
Most websites beginning with "thottbot.com", display pages that have "Expand Ad" and "Close Ads". If you clicked on "Close Ads", then the "Expand Ad" will disappear and "Show Ads" will appear. If you clicked on "Show Ads", "Expand Ad" and "Close Ads" will reappear. The mechanism of the act on the previous sentence shows the occurance of a s-pushdown that its size can be reduced with Adblock Plus and if you don't have Adblock Plus and clicked on "Expand Ad", the pushdown size will be increased. If you clicked on "Close Ads", the pushdown will be minimized.
Case 2: AboutUs.org
If you open a website starting with http://www.aboutus.org (except special pages directly linking to this site), "Hide Ads" will appear. If you clicked to it, the page will reload with "Show Ads". If you clicked to it, the page will reload with "Hide Ads". The mechanism: Without Adblock Plus, when you open a page starting with http://www.aboutus.org (again, except special pages), ads and the resulting s-pushdowns will appear. With Adblock Plus, the ads disappear and the pushdowns decreased in size (still with "Hide Ads"). No matter you have Adblock Plus or not and clicked on "Hide Ads", the pushdowns will disappear (can be reversed by clicking on "Show Ads").
THE FACT: These domains with such features are included in less than 0.1% of all websites that include that features. Make your choice: Show Ads or Hide Ads, or Show Pushdowns or Hide Pushdowns.
Posted by Duskwrath at 3:40 PM 0 comments
Labels: Amazing Facts
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Special Force Online (Soldier Front) Inventory Tips
Scared of kicking you while you are in the Inventory while inside a game room in Special Force Online (Soldier Front)? I am giving some tips for "safe" Inventory entrance.
1. If you want to enter the Inventory while in a waiting room, make sure that the host (indicated by the king chess piece at the left of the national flag of the host's current character) is also in the Inventory, but be quick!
2. If you want to enter the Inventory while in the lobby, block invites first. Invites from other players in the lobby restrict your access only to the invitation dialog box with two buttons below: "Confirm" and "Cancel". Most players view that that dialog box is annoying.
3. The safest way: If you want to enter the Inventory while in a server (not in a channel), just click on "Inventory" on the top part of the screen. Invites from other players in the server are not allowed those areas.
Duskwrath:I recommend tip no. 3 because it's time-saving and also gives more time to review your items and weapons you bought.
Happy Gaming!
Posted by Duskwrath at 9:24 PM 0 comments
Labels: Help
Thursday, February 12, 2009
YouTube videos not available for download?
If you want to store YouTube videos on your computer, you need an program that downloads videos from the Internet. (YouTube disallows the downloading of its videos directly from its website.) To search for that program, type in these keywords in your Google, MSN, Yahoo!, and Ask search fields as well as in the search field (not Google Custom Search) in a software download site (ex. Download.com) : "YouTube" (required) , "video" (optional) , "downloader" or "download tool" (required). For users that save their downloaded videos longer than the free trial period for most shareware, I recommend using software licensed as freeware. If you like, add "freeware" in your search query. Then review and download the software you like. If you have problems with your YouTube video downloading software, uninstall it and download a new one (recommended). This post is of great help to those who want to share a YouTube video with there friends. (We are not YouTube nor its affiliates and sponsors. — Duskwrath)
Posted by Duskwrath at 5:23 PM 0 comments
Labels: Help
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The Pushdown Effect (Part 1 of 3)
Have you seen ads on your website you're visiting? They are moving some sections of a website depending on their alignment and/or size that most people know these are annoying. The movements are called "pushdowns". A pushdown may be of two types:
1. S-pushdown - In this pushdown, an ad moves a section of a web page because of the former's size and alignment;
2. R-pushdown - In this pushdown, an ad increases the size of a page because of the former's size;
or both.
These pictures are a comparison of what the Friendster profile on Abby Banks display on Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 with Adblock Plus enabled and Windows Internet Explorer 7 without an ad-blocking add-on:
As it displayed on IE 7, without Adblock Pro. The ad and the resulting S-pushdown is shown.Next month: How about the pushdowns on web pages that contain "Powered by ____Wiki"?
Posted by Duskwrath at 8:40 AM 0 comments
Labels: Amazing Facts
Friday, February 6, 2009
Sentinel will be full, Scourge two more to go
The Tauren Chieftain will be arriving at The Sentinel's Dawn Tavern at DotA Allstars version 6.60, filling up the fourth Sentinel tavern. But The Scourge's Dusk Tavern has two empty slots, the deciding factor of what are the last Scourge heroes to fill up this tavern. These rumored hero model candidates for these heroes are: Gnoll Warlord, Firelord, Archimonde, Dark Knight, Blue Dragonspawn Sorcerer and Tuskarr Chieftain. The first hero will be coming out in a later version not later than 6.69, and the second will appear in a hidden quest in 6.69 and will be playable in 6.70. (Rumors only! - Duskwrath)
Posted by Duskwrath at 9:07 PM 0 comments
Labels: Rumors
