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Would you want us to open  a discord server for Vadavaka? to unite us all once again.]]>
Would you want us to open  a discord server for Vadavaka? to unite us all once again.]]> <![CDATA[Universal Mouse Movement Transformer (Natural Acceleration)]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5232 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:18:05 +0000 LiTHiuM]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5232
Code:
#pragma once

#define MOUSE_PI 3.14159265358979323846264338327950f

class MOUSE_DIMENSION
{
private:
    unsigned long long m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE;
    unsigned long long m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS;

    long long m_TOTAL_ANGLE;

    //TODO: Change to double
    //unsigned long long m_INFLATION_FACTOR;
    double m_INFLATION_FACTOR;

    float m_RESOLUTION;
    float m_FOV;
    float m_SENSITIVITY;

    float m_CIRCUMFERENCE;
    float m_RADIUS;

    float RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(float RESOLUTION, float FOV);
public:
    MOUSE_DIMENSION(float RESOLUTION, float FOV, float SENSITIVITY, unsigned long long CALLS_PER_INSTANCE, unsigned long long INSTANCES_PER_LOSS, int MAXIMUM_SENSITIVITY, int STATIC_SENSITIVITY_INCREMENT_SIZE);

    void UPDATE_RESOLUTION(float RESOLUTION);
    void UPDATE_FOV(float FOV);
    void UPDATE_SENSITIVITY(float SENSITIVITY);

    long INPUT(float INPUT);
};

MOUSE_DIMENSION.cpp
Code:
#include "MOUSE_DIMENSION.h"

float MOUSE_DIMENSION::RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(float RESOLUTION, float FOV)
{
    //TODO: return RADIUS from FOV in PIXELS instead of DEGREES
    return (RESOLUTION / sin(MOUSE_PI / (360 / FOV))) / 2;
}

MOUSE_DIMENSION::MOUSE_DIMENSION(float RESOLUTION = 800, float FOV = 90, float SENSITIVITY = 1, unsigned long long CALLS_PER_INSTANCE = 1, unsigned long long INSTANCES_PER_LOSS = 360000, int MAXIMUM_SENSITIVTY = 10, int INCREMENTS_PER_UNIT_OF_SENSITIVITY = 5)
{
    this->m_RESOLUTION = RESOLUTION;

    this->m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(RESOLUTION, FOV);
    this->m_CIRCUMFERENCE = this->m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;

    this->m_FOV = FOV;
    this->m_SENSITIVITY = SENSITIVITY;

    this->m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE = CALLS_PER_INSTANCE;
    this->m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS = INSTANCES_PER_LOSS;

    // this accounts for maximum transduced input of PI radians (THE RESULT OF TRANSDUCTION IS ALWAYS BETWEEN -PI AND PI RADIANS)
    this->m_INFLATION_FACTOR = m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE * m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS * (MOUSE_PI * 1);

    this->m_TOTAL_ANGLE = 0;
}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_RESOLUTION(float RESOLUTION)
{
    m_TOTAL_ANGLE = (m_TOTAL_ANGLE / (m_RESOLUTION / (m_RESOLUTION = RESOLUTION)));
    m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(RESOLUTION, this->m_FOV);
    m_CIRCUMFERENCE = m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;

}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_FOV(float FOV)
{
    m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(m_RESOLUTION, m_FOV);
    m_CIRCUMFERENCE = m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;
    //TODO: UPDATE CIRCUMFERENCE, INFLATION_FACTOR, and TOTAL_ANGLE
}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_SENSITIVITY(float SENSITIVITY)
{
    this->m_SENSITIVITY = SENSITIVITY;
}
float ABSN(float INPUT)
{
    return sqrt(INPUT * INPUT);
}
float ATANN(float INPUT)
{
    return INPUT / ABSN(INPUT);
}
inline float MODULO(float x, float y)
{
    return fmod(x, y);
}
inline float INTEGERIZE(float input)
{
    return input - MODULO(input, 1);
}
inline float CLAMP(float rotations_in_n_units, float half_n_unit)
{
    return MODULO(INTEGERIZE(rotations_in_n_units / half_n_unit), 2) * -1 * half_n_unit + MODULO(rotations_in_n_units, half_n_unit);
}
float TRANSDUCE(float INPUT, float SENSITIVITY)
{
    return ATANN(INPUT) * 2 * asinf(ABSN(CLAMP(INPUT * SENSITIVITY, 2)) / 2);
}
float FORMAT_INPUT(float INPUT, float SENSITIVITY)
{
    return TRANSDUCE(INPUT, SENSITIVITY);
}
long MOUSE_DIMENSION::INPUT(float INPUT)
{
    long TOTAL_ANGLE = this->m_TOTAL_ANGLE;
    m_TOTAL_ANGLE = static_cast<long long>(fmod(m_TOTAL_ANGLE + (FORMAT_INPUT(INPUT, this->m_SENSITIVITY) * this->m_RADIUS * this->m_INFLATION_FACTOR ),m_CIRCUMFERENCE * m_INFLATION_FACTOR));

    std::cout << "m_RESOLUTION: " << m_RESOLUTION << ", m_INFLATION_FACTOR: " << m_INFLATION_FACTOR << ", NEW_TOTAL: " << TOTAL_ANGLE << "\n";

    return static_cast<long long>(TOTAL_ANGLE / m_INFLATION_FACTOR);
}
]]>
Code:
#pragma once

#define MOUSE_PI 3.14159265358979323846264338327950f

class MOUSE_DIMENSION
{
private:
    unsigned long long m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE;
    unsigned long long m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS;

    long long m_TOTAL_ANGLE;

    //TODO: Change to double
    //unsigned long long m_INFLATION_FACTOR;
    double m_INFLATION_FACTOR;

    float m_RESOLUTION;
    float m_FOV;
    float m_SENSITIVITY;

    float m_CIRCUMFERENCE;
    float m_RADIUS;

    float RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(float RESOLUTION, float FOV);
public:
    MOUSE_DIMENSION(float RESOLUTION, float FOV, float SENSITIVITY, unsigned long long CALLS_PER_INSTANCE, unsigned long long INSTANCES_PER_LOSS, int MAXIMUM_SENSITIVITY, int STATIC_SENSITIVITY_INCREMENT_SIZE);

    void UPDATE_RESOLUTION(float RESOLUTION);
    void UPDATE_FOV(float FOV);
    void UPDATE_SENSITIVITY(float SENSITIVITY);

    long INPUT(float INPUT);
};

MOUSE_DIMENSION.cpp
Code:
#include "MOUSE_DIMENSION.h"

float MOUSE_DIMENSION::RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(float RESOLUTION, float FOV)
{
    //TODO: return RADIUS from FOV in PIXELS instead of DEGREES
    return (RESOLUTION / sin(MOUSE_PI / (360 / FOV))) / 2;
}

MOUSE_DIMENSION::MOUSE_DIMENSION(float RESOLUTION = 800, float FOV = 90, float SENSITIVITY = 1, unsigned long long CALLS_PER_INSTANCE = 1, unsigned long long INSTANCES_PER_LOSS = 360000, int MAXIMUM_SENSITIVTY = 10, int INCREMENTS_PER_UNIT_OF_SENSITIVITY = 5)
{
    this->m_RESOLUTION = RESOLUTION;

    this->m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(RESOLUTION, FOV);
    this->m_CIRCUMFERENCE = this->m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;

    this->m_FOV = FOV;
    this->m_SENSITIVITY = SENSITIVITY;

    this->m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE = CALLS_PER_INSTANCE;
    this->m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS = INSTANCES_PER_LOSS;

    // this accounts for maximum transduced input of PI radians (THE RESULT OF TRANSDUCTION IS ALWAYS BETWEEN -PI AND PI RADIANS)
    this->m_INFLATION_FACTOR = m_CALLS_PER_INSTANCE * m_INSTANCES_PER_LOSS * (MOUSE_PI * 1);

    this->m_TOTAL_ANGLE = 0;
}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_RESOLUTION(float RESOLUTION)
{
    m_TOTAL_ANGLE = (m_TOTAL_ANGLE / (m_RESOLUTION / (m_RESOLUTION = RESOLUTION)));
    m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(RESOLUTION, this->m_FOV);
    m_CIRCUMFERENCE = m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;

}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_FOV(float FOV)
{
    m_RADIUS = this->RESOLUTION_AND_FOV_TO_RADIUS(m_RESOLUTION, m_FOV);
    m_CIRCUMFERENCE = m_RADIUS * MOUSE_PI * 2;
    //TODO: UPDATE CIRCUMFERENCE, INFLATION_FACTOR, and TOTAL_ANGLE
}
void MOUSE_DIMENSION::UPDATE_SENSITIVITY(float SENSITIVITY)
{
    this->m_SENSITIVITY = SENSITIVITY;
}
float ABSN(float INPUT)
{
    return sqrt(INPUT * INPUT);
}
float ATANN(float INPUT)
{
    return INPUT / ABSN(INPUT);
}
inline float MODULO(float x, float y)
{
    return fmod(x, y);
}
inline float INTEGERIZE(float input)
{
    return input - MODULO(input, 1);
}
inline float CLAMP(float rotations_in_n_units, float half_n_unit)
{
    return MODULO(INTEGERIZE(rotations_in_n_units / half_n_unit), 2) * -1 * half_n_unit + MODULO(rotations_in_n_units, half_n_unit);
}
float TRANSDUCE(float INPUT, float SENSITIVITY)
{
    return ATANN(INPUT) * 2 * asinf(ABSN(CLAMP(INPUT * SENSITIVITY, 2)) / 2);
}
float FORMAT_INPUT(float INPUT, float SENSITIVITY)
{
    return TRANSDUCE(INPUT, SENSITIVITY);
}
long MOUSE_DIMENSION::INPUT(float INPUT)
{
    long TOTAL_ANGLE = this->m_TOTAL_ANGLE;
    m_TOTAL_ANGLE = static_cast<long long>(fmod(m_TOTAL_ANGLE + (FORMAT_INPUT(INPUT, this->m_SENSITIVITY) * this->m_RADIUS * this->m_INFLATION_FACTOR ),m_CIRCUMFERENCE * m_INFLATION_FACTOR));

    std::cout << "m_RESOLUTION: " << m_RESOLUTION << ", m_INFLATION_FACTOR: " << m_INFLATION_FACTOR << ", NEW_TOTAL: " << TOTAL_ANGLE << "\n";

    return static_cast<long long>(TOTAL_ANGLE / m_INFLATION_FACTOR);
}
]]> <![CDATA[Bueller?]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5230 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:38:30 +0000 Miagi]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5230 <![CDATA[Happy New Year (2013)]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5229 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:31:02 +0000 CloudFuel]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5229 <![CDATA[Hey]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5228 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:04:15 +0000 =Scope=]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5228 <![CDATA[anyone going to play diablo 3?]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5227 Mon, 14 May 2012 16:02:07 +0000 [CAKE]anonymity]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5227 <![CDATA[Knight Online World no longer hosted by k2/gamersfirst]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5226 Sat, 12 May 2012 01:58:56 +0000 Miagi]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5226 http://www.gamersfirst.com/knightonlinewor...ws&amp;nID=1391

]]> http://www.gamersfirst.com/knightonlinewor...ws&amp;nID=1391

]]> <![CDATA[Ricochet 2 news]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5225 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:16:05 +0000 FuzzyShoting]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5225 www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/23/gabe-on-ricochet-2-delay-but-he-doesnt-mean-ricochet/

[Image: richochet.jpg]

Quote:The appearance of Valve’s Gabe Newell on the inaugral Seven Day Cooldown podcast seems to have generated all the headlines in the world. Apple’s new boss didn’t really visit Valve, DOTA2 will use a brand new kind of free-to-play and, now, why ‘Ricochet 2′ has been so long coming. There is, I’m afraid, absolutely no way that ‘Ricochet 2′ is a veiled term for another game rather than a sequel to weirdo Tron-like jumpy multiplayer mod Ricochet. And doubly-definitely not a game that might have a ‘Half’ in the title. No sirree.

When Gabe says stuff like “We end up changing our minds as we’re going through and developing stuff, so as we’re thinking through the giant story arc which is Ricochet 2, you might get to a point where you’re saying something is surprising us in a positive way and something is surprising us in a negative way, and, you know, we’d like to be super-transparent about the future of Ricochet 2″ he really, definitely, absolutely, truly means a sequel to Valve’s near-forgotten HL1 mod, and definitely, absolutely, truly not the long and torturous wait for a new HL title.

Newell claims the reason for the five-year silence on the next installment of Gordon’s adventures Ricochet is not aloof dismissal of fans desires, but an earnest fear that “we always have this problem that when we talk about things too far in advance. The problem is, we think that the twists and turns that we’re going through would probably drive people more crazy than just being silent about it, until we can be very crisp about what’s happening next.”

That’s all that’s let slip, aside from that “Everyone who was working on Ricochet 2 continues to work on Ricochet 2.“

While this is scant information and even consolation for those who’s been hammering fruitlessly on the doors of Valve’s fortress of silence for a half-decade, it is worth observing it in the light of the employee training manual that also slipped onto the webernets this week. That goes into far more detail about the developer’s profound dedication to doing projects right and based upon the open creative input of everyone involved rather than to meet deadlines, and how that’s a perk of remaining entirely independent and more than a little wealthy.

You can listen to the full Gabe podcast here, and this selection particularly was via Develop.
]]> www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/23/gabe-on-ricochet-2-delay-but-he-doesnt-mean-ricochet/

[Image: richochet.jpg]

Quote:The appearance of Valve’s Gabe Newell on the inaugral Seven Day Cooldown podcast seems to have generated all the headlines in the world. Apple’s new boss didn’t really visit Valve, DOTA2 will use a brand new kind of free-to-play and, now, why ‘Ricochet 2′ has been so long coming. There is, I’m afraid, absolutely no way that ‘Ricochet 2′ is a veiled term for another game rather than a sequel to weirdo Tron-like jumpy multiplayer mod Ricochet. And doubly-definitely not a game that might have a ‘Half’ in the title. No sirree.

When Gabe says stuff like “We end up changing our minds as we’re going through and developing stuff, so as we’re thinking through the giant story arc which is Ricochet 2, you might get to a point where you’re saying something is surprising us in a positive way and something is surprising us in a negative way, and, you know, we’d like to be super-transparent about the future of Ricochet 2″ he really, definitely, absolutely, truly means a sequel to Valve’s near-forgotten HL1 mod, and definitely, absolutely, truly not the long and torturous wait for a new HL title.

Newell claims the reason for the five-year silence on the next installment of Gordon’s adventures Ricochet is not aloof dismissal of fans desires, but an earnest fear that “we always have this problem that when we talk about things too far in advance. The problem is, we think that the twists and turns that we’re going through would probably drive people more crazy than just being silent about it, until we can be very crisp about what’s happening next.”

That’s all that’s let slip, aside from that “Everyone who was working on Ricochet 2 continues to work on Ricochet 2.“

While this is scant information and even consolation for those who’s been hammering fruitlessly on the doors of Valve’s fortress of silence for a half-decade, it is worth observing it in the light of the employee training manual that also slipped onto the webernets this week. That goes into far more detail about the developer’s profound dedication to doing projects right and based upon the open creative input of everyone involved rather than to meet deadlines, and how that’s a perk of remaining entirely independent and more than a little wealthy.

You can listen to the full Gabe podcast here, and this selection particularly was via Develop.
]]> <![CDATA[Let's get a Steam Group started!]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5224 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:41:06 +0000 Power and Glory]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5224
Some of you may ask why bother with the hassle and some may not care, but I guess I still have some level of caring and interest to keep in touch with more of you even though this community for the most part shit the bed a good number of years ago.

As of now Miagi is the only one I still talk to on a frequent basis in IRC or in games. After him you have 8-up who is there regularly and a random select couple who pop up from time to time. Sadly GRITS has been gone for so long I don't even know if she popped up at all last year. Hope everything is ok.

I wish I could turn back the clock and fix things that made this community fall off the map. I wish I had spoken up more about Gwar and had him removed as a admin if only I was more outspoken back then compared to now. Getting the servers changed over to more popular games was also something we let slide for too long also. We should of had something in place back in 2006 and branched into Team Fortress 2 in 2007 when that hit and took off to what it is today. I personally think we could have survived for a bit longer doing that anyway. We would have needed a better server provider anyway since Holdouts and Stefan were always a pain to deal with. Anybody remember how stupid it was when we couldn't restart our own servers when say a map would crash and had to wait for the auto restart at 6AM the following day? Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

There is more I could type up, but I want to move on to the point of this whole post.

Because I can't change the past the best I could come up with on the gaming side of things is to make a Steam Group. It is a good way to keep in touch with each other compared to these obsolete forums. We have access to group chat and group mic chat and it doesn't matter now what games people play since Steam is loaded with so many now compared to 2006-07. Even for those people currently playing non Steam enabled games which are mostly Blizzard games that fall under that category I would like you to join if possible just for old times sake.

I have yet to actually create the group since I want to get friends added first. Once I can get a small handful then I will go ahead and do so. Creating the group only takes a couple minutes. Getting people to join since we have been so spread apart for a good 5 years is the hard part.

I only have a few people from the past currently on my friends list besides Miagi. Quickening, Noose, and EvilCowEater are three that I also have on my list. I sent a friend request out to &quot;vadavaka&quot; which I assume is GRITS and to Wha? who are two accounts I knew off hand. They have not been logged into Steam for months so I am being cautiously optimistic and hope they see the requests.

Here is my account http://steamcommunity.com/id/Power_and_Glory/. Please send me a friend request or post give me your account name so I can add you so I can make this happen. Don't mind the text I have by my profile. That is only for random people I have run lately into and does not pertain to any of the people in vadavaka. If anybody has people on their current friends list that were once a part of this community give them a heads up and either have them post here if possible or just have them send me a friend request.

I really hope there are a bunch more out there that might care. This works as a line of communication and to keep in touch with each other on a more frequent basis instead of the maybe once or twice a year that seems to be the norm with these forums.

Peace.]]>
Some of you may ask why bother with the hassle and some may not care, but I guess I still have some level of caring and interest to keep in touch with more of you even though this community for the most part shit the bed a good number of years ago.

As of now Miagi is the only one I still talk to on a frequent basis in IRC or in games. After him you have 8-up who is there regularly and a random select couple who pop up from time to time. Sadly GRITS has been gone for so long I don't even know if she popped up at all last year. Hope everything is ok.

I wish I could turn back the clock and fix things that made this community fall off the map. I wish I had spoken up more about Gwar and had him removed as a admin if only I was more outspoken back then compared to now. Getting the servers changed over to more popular games was also something we let slide for too long also. We should of had something in place back in 2006 and branched into Team Fortress 2 in 2007 when that hit and took off to what it is today. I personally think we could have survived for a bit longer doing that anyway. We would have needed a better server provider anyway since Holdouts and Stefan were always a pain to deal with. Anybody remember how stupid it was when we couldn't restart our own servers when say a map would crash and had to wait for the auto restart at 6AM the following day? Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

There is more I could type up, but I want to move on to the point of this whole post.

Because I can't change the past the best I could come up with on the gaming side of things is to make a Steam Group. It is a good way to keep in touch with each other compared to these obsolete forums. We have access to group chat and group mic chat and it doesn't matter now what games people play since Steam is loaded with so many now compared to 2006-07. Even for those people currently playing non Steam enabled games which are mostly Blizzard games that fall under that category I would like you to join if possible just for old times sake.

I have yet to actually create the group since I want to get friends added first. Once I can get a small handful then I will go ahead and do so. Creating the group only takes a couple minutes. Getting people to join since we have been so spread apart for a good 5 years is the hard part.

I only have a few people from the past currently on my friends list besides Miagi. Quickening, Noose, and EvilCowEater are three that I also have on my list. I sent a friend request out to &quot;vadavaka&quot; which I assume is GRITS and to Wha? who are two accounts I knew off hand. They have not been logged into Steam for months so I am being cautiously optimistic and hope they see the requests.

Here is my account http://steamcommunity.com/id/Power_and_Glory/. Please send me a friend request or post give me your account name so I can add you so I can make this happen. Don't mind the text I have by my profile. That is only for random people I have run lately into and does not pertain to any of the people in vadavaka. If anybody has people on their current friends list that were once a part of this community give them a heads up and either have them post here if possible or just have them send me a friend request.

I really hope there are a bunch more out there that might care. This works as a line of communication and to keep in touch with each other on a more frequent basis instead of the maybe once or twice a year that seems to be the norm with these forums.

Peace.]]> <![CDATA[Let's get a Steam Group started!]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5223 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:39:39 +0000 Power and Glory]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5223
Some of you may ask why bother with the hassle and some may not care, but I guess I still have some level of caring and interest to keep in touch with more of you even though this community for the most part shit the bed a good number of years ago.

As of now Miagi is the only one I still talk to on a frequent basis in IRC or in games. After him you have 8-up who is there regularly and a random select couple who pop up from time to time. Sadly GRITS has been gone for so long I don't even know if she popped up at all last year. Hope everything is ok.

I wish I could turn back the clock and fix things that made this community fall off the map. I wish I had spoken up more about Gwar and had him removed as a admin if only I was more outspoken back then compared to now. Getting the servers changed over to more popular games was also something we let slide for too long also. We should of had something in place back in 2006 and branched into Team Fortress 2 in 2007 when that hit and took off to what it is today. I personally think we could have survived for a bit longer doing that anyway. We would have needed a better server provider anyway since Holdouts and Stefan were always a pain to deal with. Anybody remember how stupid it was when we couldn't restart our own servers when say a map would crash and had to wait for the auto restart at 6AM the following day? Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

There is more I could type up, but I want to move on to the point of this whole post.

Because I can't change the past the best I could come up with on the gaming side of things is to make a Steam Group. It is a good way to keep in touch with each other compared to these obsolete forums. We have access to group chat and group mic chat and it doesn't matter now what games people play since Steam is loaded with so many now compared to 2006-07. Even for those people currently playing non Steam enabled games which are mostly Blizzard games that fall under that category I would like you to join if possible just for old times sake.

I have yet to actually create the group since I want to get friends added first. Once I can get a small handful then I will go ahead and do so. Creating the group only takes a couple minutes. Getting people to join since we have been so spread apart for a good 5 years is the hard part.

I only have a few people from the past currently on my friends list besides Miagi. Quickening, Noose, and EvilCowEater are three that I also have on my list. I sent a friend request out to &quot;vadavaka&quot; which I assume is GRITS and to Wha? who are two accounts I knew off hand. They have not been logged into Steam for months so I am being cautiously optimistic and hope they see the requests.

Here is my account http://steamcommunity.com/id/Power_and_Glory/. Please send me a friend request or post give me your account name so I can add you so I can make this happen. Don't mind the text I have by my profile. That is only for random people I have run lately into and does not pertain to any of the people in vadavaka. If anybody has people on their current friends list that were once a part of this community give them a heads up and either have them post here if possible or just have them send me a friend request.

I really hope there are a bunch more out there that might care. This works as a line of communication and to keep in touch with each other on a more frequent basis instead of the maybe once or twice a year that seems to be the norm with these forums.

Peace.]]>
Some of you may ask why bother with the hassle and some may not care, but I guess I still have some level of caring and interest to keep in touch with more of you even though this community for the most part shit the bed a good number of years ago.

As of now Miagi is the only one I still talk to on a frequent basis in IRC or in games. After him you have 8-up who is there regularly and a random select couple who pop up from time to time. Sadly GRITS has been gone for so long I don't even know if she popped up at all last year. Hope everything is ok.

I wish I could turn back the clock and fix things that made this community fall off the map. I wish I had spoken up more about Gwar and had him removed as a admin if only I was more outspoken back then compared to now. Getting the servers changed over to more popular games was also something we let slide for too long also. We should of had something in place back in 2006 and branched into Team Fortress 2 in 2007 when that hit and took off to what it is today. I personally think we could have survived for a bit longer doing that anyway. We would have needed a better server provider anyway since Holdouts and Stefan were always a pain to deal with. Anybody remember how stupid it was when we couldn't restart our own servers when say a map would crash and had to wait for the auto restart at 6AM the following day? Dumb, Dumb, Dumb.

There is more I could type up, but I want to move on to the point of this whole post.

Because I can't change the past the best I could come up with on the gaming side of things is to make a Steam Group. It is a good way to keep in touch with each other compared to these obsolete forums. We have access to group chat and group mic chat and it doesn't matter now what games people play since Steam is loaded with so many now compared to 2006-07. Even for those people currently playing non Steam enabled games which are mostly Blizzard games that fall under that category I would like you to join if possible just for old times sake.

I have yet to actually create the group since I want to get friends added first. Once I can get a small handful then I will go ahead and do so. Creating the group only takes a couple minutes. Getting people to join since we have been so spread apart for a good 5 years is the hard part.

I only have a few people from the past currently on my friends list besides Miagi. Quickening, Noose, and EvilCowEater are three that I also have on my list. I sent a friend request out to &quot;vadavaka&quot; which I assume is GRITS and to Wha? who are two accounts I knew off hand. They have not been logged into Steam for months so I am being cautiously optimistic and hope they see the requests.

Here is my account http://steamcommunity.com/id/Power_and_Glory/. Please send me a friend request or post give me your account name so I can add you so I can make this happen. Don't mind the text I have by my profile. That is only for random people I have run lately into and does not pertain to any of the people in vadavaka. If anybody has people on their current friends list that were once a part of this community give them a heads up and either have them post here if possible or just have them send me a friend request.

I really hope there are a bunch more out there that might care. This works as a line of communication and to keep in touch with each other on a more frequent basis instead of the maybe once or twice a year that seems to be the norm with these forums.

Peace.]]> <![CDATA[steam gifts]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5222 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:15:08 +0000 fritoman]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5222 <![CDATA[Rico servers]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5221 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:31:03 +0000 Miagi]]> https://vadavaka.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5221
I lost the custom adminmod plugs that we had, such as psay, but everything else should be setup like the vad servers and all vad admins are still adminsSmile.

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I lost the custom adminmod plugs that we had, such as psay, but everything else should be setup like the vad servers and all vad admins are still adminsSmile.

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Made a quick video for fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ZkIuHTvnk&amp;hd=1]]>
Made a quick video for fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ZkIuHTvnk&amp;hd=1]]>