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Front Page News - May 2010

Swordguy — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:12:00 GMT

Todays news is brought to you by the letters: AO

So, where do I begin?

Well, you start off in newbie island, where you have to talk to Brandon Thor... wait, wait... that's old news.

If you don't already know, the MC Labs Org (guild) in Anarchy Online has been making its name, and becoming a buzz-word on the Rimor server for quite some time now amongst the elite players of possibly the best mmorpg ever made. How so you may ask? Well, let's make a list shall we:

- It has become well known that MC Labs is responsible for the discovery of the Shadowlands.

- Due to the brilliance found amongst MC Lab org-members, a research experiment gone awry alerted the Aliens to the presence of life on Rubi-ka.

- MC Labs is now famous for their "Buff Bank" that has become well established in the heart of Borealis, where newbs and penniless players alike can come at any time and receive limitless free buffs at peak hours.

- Our fearless Org leader, known as Paradox, has struck fear into the hearts of the elite. His shrewd business tactics easily strong arm the best wheelers and dealers in the game to fork out more for less in a harsh economy that brings even the rich to their knees when acquiring phats.

- Many people respect the MC Labs organization so much so, that it is not uncommon these days for someone to hand you free credits for no reason at all.

The above list is only a taste of what we do and who we are in AO.

The real news today I save for last:

Due to the quick marketing sense of Paradox and the fearless members of the MC Labs org, we have recently acquired a beautiful large org city. Within days, people have already begun flocking in from all over Rimor to catch a glimpse of MC Lab Splendor. Toons, ready and eager to spend a mil or two will find no better place to spend their hard earned ingot pearl sector 10 credits than in our player shops.

Now...(Queue Epic music) Feast your eyes on these rare and soon to be famous photos of our beautiful org city. This is truly an exciting time to be an org member of MC Labs on Rimor. So much Possibility, and so much yet to discover. Go kill some aliums everyone, go kill some aliums. Full size photos: Photo 1 photo 2

Troop was here.

Front Page News - April 2010

Rush Retrospective — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:33:00 GMT

What can we say its Easter - the only front page update needed is this:

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Ok, for real news I guess - We're all playing Anarchy online. Everyone should join. Enough said.

Front Page News - February 2010

ParaDOX — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:45:00 GMT

Well, it's 2010...

Yeah I know it's a been a while since the last update. But there hasn't been too much worth posting on the front page.

What have we all been up to? There are two new MC's, Axile and Swordguy. We have been playing all kinds of games these days and not staying too long on any particular ones. One staple around here has been COD4 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with a new Star Wars Mod, Galactic Warfare by Black Monkeys.

In other news...

Infinity Ward has succeded in their plan to have COD MW2 drop off in popularity due to the lack of real multiplayer support and a short single player campaign. According to Xfire's Game stats, Call of Duty Modern Warfare is in second place for the last 83 days. Modern Warfare 2 enjoyed a brief popularity but from what I see on my friends lists, it has steadily diminished since the first few weeks of it's release. The popularity of the previous versions carried into MW2 but MW2 can't stand on it's own like the other games in the series. I'm not saying it isn't popular or not being played, it's number 4 on the X-fire list as of this writing, but it should have been number one or two below WoW and stayed there for a long time. As far as I am concerned they dropped the ball big time. I for one will not even consider this game for the single player until it's about $10. Considering that COD4 hasn't changed in price for quite some time I have a long time to wait.

It's almost time to get back into Anarchy Online...

ParaDOX

Front Page News - October 18th, 2009

Rush Retrospective — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:24:00 GMT

This blog post needs no introduction. We are in the final stretch of the release of the most anticipated FPS sequel of the season. November 10th, 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hits the shelves (or steam store for those who prefer digital distribution). Up to this point, I, along side hundreds of thousands of players, could not keep our eyes of the amazing trailers and other game spoilers which only increased our temptations 10 fold like a dog receiving table scraps on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, this past weekend a 'spoiler' has horrifically turned our once begging desires into sour despise. That spoiler being the death to freedom of individualism, unity and choice in both the interactive and competitive gaming communities. Welcome to the Age of Gaming Socialism.

I have always been one for simplicity in my gaming choices. I game with the members of the MC/Paradises Garage community any time available. If there is a community member playing a game that I want to play, you bet I would be joining that same server right behind them. Most typically the server I would be joining would be an {MC} Paradise server. I know what I like, and that's fellowship in community and familiar surroundings, hence my choices. And unless you sported a [CoR] tag, I respected your being and opinion because it was most likely like mine: you know what you like, and what you like is fellowship through community and familiar surroundings. There is no idea to trump that logic. This is the gaming we know and love. With Modern Warfare 2, this is a thing of the past.

Modern Warfare 2 introduces you to a new reality where Infinity Ward (The creators of Call of Duty MW2) tells you where to go, who to play with and what your going to play. All made possible by the recent announcement that there will be 'no dedicated servers.' With this brilliant concept, Infinity Ward helps simplify your already simplified choice in server choice. So Instead of loading your favorites, and choosing one of the only 2 servers you play at, you get to press a similar 'join game' button which magically whisks you away to a server with a potentially similar excitement and fun level as Delaware. Upon entering this whimsical cesspool of unnecessary e-thugs and hypocritical logic-enforcing 'mature' peace-keepers (which reminds you of political gerrymandering of a more racist America), you will find sanctity in the one player who prefers to use the team chat for the use of strats rather than the reinforcement of MTV's latest update on rapper wars, who will then quickly part from you upon the next map change. After about 20 minutes of feeling the metaphorical chains of oppression you will probably enter a state of appreciation for gaming communities...if you do not quit the game first.

But there is a way to prevent this from ever happening, because after all I only saw that in my flashforward. First of all, everyone should sign this petition to allow dedicated servers. Dedicated servers is the absolute essence of PC gaming, for it is the oasis for communities, clans, orgs, guilds, mods, and game-play that we are all ready accustomed to. To sign this petition, please visit http://www.petitiononline.com/dedis4mw/petition.html and sign. This is serious business (just like everything else on the internet), and thus should be signed with all seriousness. Secondly, If you preordered this game, I would recommend canceling that preorder. That does a few things. 1, it saves you money and time. Since this game is going to be distributed through steam for security purposes, preordering a digitally distributed game would be like calling in your order to McDonald'ss for it to be ready in a few hours. 2, a sufficient reduction of preorders upon a singleconceptt will scare the hell out of this company just trying to make a buck. 3, why waste your money on a game where you may have to experience the feelings portrayed in the paragraph above?

After such an outcry that has gone on these last few days, I see no fear in the above example coming true, but until this changes, I for one will not fall victim to gaming socialism.

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As Kanye West Would Say: Robert Bowling, I'm going to let you finish failing, but Call of Duty 4 had the best dedicated servers of all time

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Front Page News - July 4th 2009

ParaDOX — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:18:00 GMT

Happy Independence Day to all of our American community members, and to everyone else, have a nice weekend!

Safely enjoy the fireworks! I'm probably gooing to stay home and watch them on TV this year while gaming online.

The Game of choice these days is Anarchy Online. For those of you who have played AO in the past you should take another look into it. There is a ton of new content, new expansions and of course there is the Free accounts (Froob Account) which are still tons of fun. Other than the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 there aren't any other games I'm interested in for now.

There are a few new voices in Ventrilo these days. Jump in and say Hi. We also added a Ventrilo status bar to the Server list so you can see who is on without joining in, not sure if that is a good idea or not, lol....

In other news... Several celebrities have recently passed away.

It seems like Troop died again (figuratively speaking). He has once again faded into obscurity.... oh well it's fun while it lasts...

Front Page News - April 10, 2009

ParaDOX — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:53:00 GMT

Well, April fools is over...

The funny thing is how few even noticed or cared....

So now for the real site update!

Some of which was said is true, such as: This was originally a House Music site, and then became a gaming site. However as all of you know, this is now much better known as a Gaming community so it will remain. There is no reason we can't have the House music stuff going on as well. The game server have dropped in their popularity, gone are the days of full servers for us. CS1.6 is still fun but essentially most people have moved on. So while I think we should shut down most of the servers we will not shut them all down. I am going to post a vote in the forums to see which servers you all think should be saved.

Your Vote counts! GO Vote!

We are keeping the COD4 and CODWaW servers up of course because that's pretty much all we play these days. So Join us and get in the Vent!

Oh and Troop has visited us but is still pretty scarce! is here.

Front Page News - April 1, 2009

ParaDOX — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT

The format of the site is about to change.

This site was originally a House Music site, then it became the gaming site that we all know. However, it has become static, no one is really using the site as a gaming site. I have become more into the music and have decided to switch the site and community back to it's original format.

There is already a small following of people who have been listening to the music I have been streaming with the help of my close frien John Mateo of Mateo and Matos fame.

This is the end of an era...

I see very little interest in the site or the servers these days so, it is time to move on.

Some of the changes that will be coming up:

Game servers will be shut down shortly.
Main Ventrilo will either become the new House music chat medium or shutdown
Admin Ventrilo server will stay up for now.
Both Streams will be utilized for House music.
Game related Forum content will be moved to the archive, accessible but archived.
New Music forums and groups are being created to facilitate the House Music communities needs.
Anime Blogs can stay as long as they like due to the fact that they are still updated and read.

P.S. Troop is no longer here. Troop has left the building. he has moved on to other things.
We all wish him well...