Archive for June, 2008

IRC: Dangerous?

Can I link to an IRC channel?
No. IRC is dangerous. Worse than linking to a website.
How is it dangerous?
IRC is dangerous. With all the bots and whatnot that can be created for them… Heck, we’re not even allowed to have links to them on the site. It’d be violating TOS with our server provider.
Most IRC bots are harmless.
Meanwhile, on the IRC channel,
Don’t listen to him, haggisbot!
Cover your ears!
However, according to Wikipedia,
An IRC bot is a set of scripts or an independent program that connects to Internet Relay Chat as a client, and so appears to other IRC users as another user. It differs from a regular client in that instead of providing interactive access to… Visit the blog to read more of IRC: Dangerous?

RuneScape gets a graphics update-Part 2

old and new chat heads

Just looking at the old and new chat heads, I know that this update is the best thing since RS2 came out.  Every part of it just looks more real than it did before.  I can’t imagine what   Jagex have already changed torches from position-changing triangles to dancing flames, but now, they’re going to make the light actually have an effect on the scenery.  A dimly lit dungeon would have less light in it than outdoors would have at noon, but the current game engine doesn’t seem to notice.  For example, if you have a lantern in your backpack, the light fills the space equally, even if there’s a wall between… Visit the blog to read more of RuneScape gets a graphics update-Part 2

What happens when a thousand people play capture the flag and kill each other in the process?