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Thursday, October 4, 2007 |
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It's Not The Size Of The Sausage
Community News | 05:19 | Jube
This week Helga is a little light in the letters department, but as the old gal says... it's not the size of the sausage, it's how you use it! Check out the latest issue of the Dear Helga column, and be sure to write Helga for some tender lovin' care... or at the very least, a slab of ham and a slap in the head.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 02:26 | Jube
Shwmai! Happy Frappe Day. That sounds dirty. Wait until we're done here before anyone does any frappeing. Danke. It's also Ten-Four Day... because we're eastbound and down loaded up and truckin', we gonna do what they say can't be done. We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run! Today's birthdays include Alicia Silverstone (31) and Susan Sarandon (61). Have a great day all!
On this day in history...
- 1535 - 1st full English translation of the Bible printed in Switzerland.
- 1675 - Christian Huygens patents pocket watch.
- 1904 - 1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks.
- 1911 - 1st public elevator (London's Earl's Court Metro Station).
- 1957 - "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS.
- 1966 - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day).
- 1994 - Keith Moore is charged with stealing $5,000,000 from Sting.
- 1997 - Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007 |
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RtCW Spotlight: Stalingrad Demo
Enemy Territory | 04:53 | Jube
PlanetPhillip looks at the Stalingrad Demo for Return to Castle Wolfenstein in their latest golden oldy spotlight. Stalingrad Demo, also called 7000, was made before Vladimir Vovstein released the full blown addon of Stalingrad. This map is not in the Stalingrad full version, but it was included on the Operation Trondheim 3-Iron Cross CD as a teaser. You can check out the Stalingrad Demo and loads of screenshots here.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 04:47 | Jube
Salut! Happy Hump Day! It's also Balloons Around The World Day and Techies Day. Not to be confused with Trekkies Day, which would also be cool in a nerdy way. Today's Birthdays include Neve Campbell (34), Gwen Stefani (38), Tommy Lee (45), Ashlee Simpson (23) and Stevie Ray Vaughan (53). Have a good one!
On this day in history...
- 1264 - Comet said to predict death of Pope Urban IV is last seen.
- 1778 - Capt. Cook anchors at Alaska.
- 1789 - Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26.
- 1906 - SOS adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" & would "never rise again".
- 1948 - Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo.
- 1967 - King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp).
- 1982 - Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm.
- 1983 - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK.
- 1990 - East Germany & West Germany merge to become Germany.
- 1992 - Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL.
- 1995 - OJ Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007 |
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New RtCW Tournament
RtCW | 04:39 | Jube
At PlanetRTCW they have announced eXtinction, a new Return to Castle Wolfenstein 3v3 Tournament. The tourney will be double elimination and played OSP style. A few prizes have been made available for the winners, and a proper sign-up website will be available soon.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 02:38 | Jube
Ellohay, hatsway puay? Happy Name Your Car Day! Too lazy, I'll get the Lovinator Naminator to do it. Wookieface it is. Today is also Custodial Workers Day. Do they get it off to celebrate though? No! Instead they get to follow around a bunch of dirty rugrats through schools and such, wiping their snot-ridden finger prints from windows and cleaning their spitballs from ceilings. Yay for Custodial Worker Day! Lucky peeps. Birthdays include Kelly Ripa (37), Clive Barker (55) and Sting (56). Have a great day!
On this day in history...
- 1614 - French King Louis XIII (13) declared an adult.
- 1656 - US colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers.
- 1866 - J. Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener.
- 1959 - Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV.
- 1967 - Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents.
- 1971 - Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race.
- 1990 - Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors.
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Monday, October 1, 2007 |
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Ultimate Game Name Generator
Community News | 05:41 | Jube
There's a new Planetary hosted site in town called the Ultimate Game Name Generator, serving up names for your favourite FPS, RPG and Sim games. Included is The FPS Jerkinator for those times when you're feeling a bit feisty! From now on I will be known as "MonkeyWad". Since I'm also feeling kind of super, I took a Superhero name as my alterego to MonkeyWad, so you can also refer to me as "Aqua Frenzy". Check out the Ultimate Game Name Generator!
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ET-Minimod: Animated Radar Screen
Enemy Territory | 05:38 | Jube
At wolfmap.de you'll find a new Enemy Territory mini-mod to animate the radar screen in Seawall Battery and all custom maps that use the screen. You can view a screenshot and download the mini-mod here.
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ET Map: Super Catapult
Enemy Territory | 05:25 | Jube
In the Splash Damage Forum, Tyrlop has announced the release of beta 2 of his Enemy Territory map called "Super Catapult". The Allies have located an Axis castle and they must take it over to prove how uber they are. Unfortunately the castle is nearly impossible to invade, save for a catapult. Bombard the castle with your own soldiers to get in! Ouch.
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Radiant Announces ZeroRadiant
Community News | 05:21 | Jube
The Radiant site has added a ZeroRadiant section for upcoming Radiant releases based on the 1.4 sources for a new id project. There's not a whole lot of information up there, but if you are a developer they are looking for help. Read more.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 02:39 | Jube
Sabaidee, Willkommen bis Oktober! Happy Fire Pup Day, World Habitat Day, Child Health Day and World Vegetarian Day. October is... International Starman Month, Chili Month, Go Hog Wild Eat Country Ham Month, Right Brainers Rule! Month, Popcorn Poppin' Month and Spinach Lovers Month. Sickos. I'm just glad it's October, cooler weather, less bugs, and Halloween candy (which I will steal from small children). That is all.
On this day in history...
- 1847 - Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet.
- 1864 - John Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln.
- 1888 - National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time.
- 1908 - Henry Ford introduces Model T car (costs $825).
- 1939 - Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".
- 1955 - "Honeymooners" premieres.
- 1967 - Pink Floyd's 1st US tour (arrives in NYC).
- 1969 - Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier.
- 2004 - "On this day in history" reaches an all-time stank.
- 2005 - Still pretty stanky...
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Sunday, September 30, 2007 |
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RtCW SP Spotlight @ PlanetPhillip
RtCW | 06:29 | Jube
In 2004 Gerald Maier released GMAI, a small single player level for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. PlanetPhillip takes us back for a second look at the map with loads of screenshots and a download link available.
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ET Map Roundup
Enemy Territory | 05:10 | Jube
Stop by Enemy Territory Stuff for the latest Wolfenstein maps hot off the digital presses. Included in their latest update are RTCW Depot 2 1.0.2 (a conversion to ET by 2bit) and Ron Sniper Ruin by [RoN]Conflict.
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Omni-Bot Foxbot Updated
Enemy Territory | 05:02 | Jube
Omni-Bot has announced the release of a new version of Foxbot, updated by Yuraj, a member of the community. Foxbot 0.701 features a number of bug fixes such as the teleporter crash. The updated version as well as an updated source code snapshot is available in the downloads, full changelog can also be found at Omni-Bot.
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ETScript Update
Enemy Territory | 04:56 | Jube
Flippy has updated ETScript with a couple of new features. Now clicking the File Properties will show properties of the current script file; and you can now use up to 5 bookmarks, which save the position of the cursor. Screenshots from the utility and download can be found here.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 02:30 | Jube
Buna and Happy Mud Pack Day! OKie. It's also Gold Star Mother's Day. Today's Birthdays include Lacey Chabert [25], Jenna Elfman [36], Eric Stoltz [46] and Fran Drescher [50]. Have a good Sunday. Hrm, "good Sunday", is that an oxymoron? I'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, we're all peppers, wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?
On this day in history...
- 1452 - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible.
- 1659 - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US).
- 1841 - Samuel Slocum patented the stapler.
- 1846 - Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. WM Morton extracts a tooth).
- 1960 - Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show).
- 1961 - Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost.
- 1988 - IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer.
- 1993 - MS Dos 6.2 released.
- 1997 - Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits.
- 1997 - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0.
- 1997 - Total Annihilation released. (Video game history calendar)
- 1997 - Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
- 1998 - Grim Fandango released.
- 1999 - GameSpy opens shop.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007 |
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ET Map: NFL
Enemy Territory | 04:56 | Jube
Masterkiller has released a new map for Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, called NFL. The new footie? NFL is as a football game, as you've probably guessed. Score on the other team in the typical football manner to win. Screenshots and download can be found here.
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 02:32 | Jube
Grüzi and Happy Confucius Day. Confucius Say... Man with five dicks will have pants that fit like glove. It's also Michaelmas (someone has one heck of an ego), VFW Day, Health and Fitness Day USA (thank goodness it's only the USA, because it's Saturday... not supposed to have to do health and fitness on the weekend, right?) and Attend Your Grandchild's Birthday Day. Have a good weekend. Not great, just good. Don't you dare let me catch you having a geat one.
On this day in history...
- 1567 - War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX.
- 1650 - Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England).
- 1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine.
- 1950 - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories.
- 1971 - Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season.
- 1973 - Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents.
- 1976 - Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest.
- 1996 - Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan).
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Friday, September 28, 2007 |
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Send Us Your Pics of the Day!
Community News | 05:12 | Jube
You're out there on the battlefield day after day, sometimes you see things that may strike you as a little bit odd or a whole lotta uber... either way, we want to see what you see! Send your screenshots for our Planet Wolfenstein Pic of the Day. We'll make you famous baby. Well maybe not famous, like Paris Hilton won't be knocking on your door after seeing your super-keen PotD, but we'll still like you and better yet... we won't have to kill you!
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Morning Wakeup Call
Community News | 05:04 | Jube
Bom dia, TGIF and Happy Fish Tank Floorshow Day. Word on the street is that they strip right down. Today is also Ask a Stupid Question Day. When someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill themself, is it considered a hostage taking situation? It's also Love Note Day. "Dear John, even though you scratch your ass and use my head as a beer-holder, I still love you." Awww, how sweet was that? Feel free to use it if you know someone named John. ... And Native American Day. Today's celebrity birthdays include Moon Unit Zappa (40), Hilary Duff (20), Mira Sorvino (40), Gwyneth Paltrow (35) and Janeane Garofalo (43). Ciao!
On this day in history...
- 1704 - Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher.
- 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland.
- 1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51).
- 1850 - US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment.
- 1904 - Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC.
- 1972 - David Bowie sells out his 1st show in NY Carnegie Hall.
- 1987 - "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV.
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