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[5/12/13] - HF News - Oak - May 12, 2013

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The edition you are currently reading is the 142nd full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

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Judge Dredd is no Longer an Administrator
Judge Dredd is no longer an Administrator and has been moved down to the position of Mentor. There is no real understanding of why this happened but Omniscient has made a thread about it. All that was said by Omniscient himself is that people have overlooked this situation and that it isn't as dramatic as many of you may think. Omniscient had stated that he will not discuss this incident because it's simply not anyone's business. He has also said that he is very sad to see JD go, but their friendship will remain strong. For those wondering, the duties of MOTM have been handed over to Genuine, and the role of reputation abuse will be followed up.

New User Award Added
A new award has been added, called Bitcoinage, which is pretty self explanatory. In only a few days this award has been handed out to quite a few people. You can obtain this award by donating one Bitcoin to Omniscient. The award can be seen by clicking here, and the people who have obtained this award can be seen by clicking here.

New Group Lead by Judge Dredd, "Complexity"
Ever since Judge Dredd was demoted from Administrator, Omniscient thought it was fair to grant Judge Dredd his own group for all the hard work he had put into Hack Forums. The new group is called Complexity, with the description "Complexity focuses on the intricate details surrounding the complexities of coding, web design and security. Our aim is to understand and to improve. We start with ourselves and expand to others as we expand to GFX design, monetizing, gaming and most computer related topics.".

New Server Stress Testing Rule
Omniscient has released a new Server Stress Testing rule. All stressers are required to blacklist the domain hackforums.net from being DDoSed. Can't wait to see if checks are done, and stressers don't have that function. This is to prevent attacks on Hack Forums after the current downtime or node that was attacked at HF.

Crypto Currency Forum Added
Omniscient has released a new forum called Crypto Currency, this is for LiteCoins, BitCoins and so forth. The forum description includes: "For all discussion on crypto currency such as Bitcoin and Litecoin post here. Topics include mining, wallets, setup, monetization, and general digital currency talk."

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User News
Toph reached 1,000 reputation points.
adampelletgun hit 2,000 reputation points.
Nyx- hit negative 2,000 reputation points.
Astonish was promoted to Mentor.
Wolves was promoted to Mentor.
Daisy won MOTM.
Condoms hit 10,000 posts.
Hexicidal was demoted to Mentor.
Genuine was demoted to Mentor.
D3xus was promoted to Mentor.

Repfucks
Bans
Awards
  • Astonish had several awards removed.
  • Daisy won MOTM award.
  • mad donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • Sam. donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • Sam. received the Ninja award.
  • Cryptic™ donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • Tibit donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • Dan. donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • blackshades donated for the Bitcoinage award.
  • Kohsti donated for the Bitcoinage award.

Group Leadership Changes
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Interview - 'Snorlax
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Interview - Mr. Donuts
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Snapshot 13w19a
This week's snapshot adds some new changes which build upon the features included in previous snapshots. First of all, some new aesthetics were implemented into the game; coal blocks as well as Lapis Lazuli blocks were completely retextured, and charcoal now has a different skin than coal. Hardened clay, which was implemented last week, now comes in all colors of the rainbow; it can be dyed just like wool (however resulting in a duller color), and it brings a new alternative for colored wool. Another notable change is that donkeys now feature working inventories; pressing shift+right click while pointing at a donkey will bring up the new donkey inventory box! And last but not least, mobs now spawn in groups again. The full changelog for this snapshot includes: 
  • Added new stained hardened clay.
  • Enabled access to the donkey & mule inventories by sneaking and interacting.
  • New textures for Charcoal, Coal Block and Lapis Lazuli.
  • Made mobs spawn as groups again.
  • Minecarts with Furnace consume coal in creative mode
  • After the last use of a bow you get a glitch bow that when dropped and picked up again duplicates
  • Coal blocks do not burn away
  • Blurred menu background textures

Hackercraft Reset and Possible Revival
The Hackercraft server was once active and alive with a large playerbase consisting mostly of players from Hack Forums. A few months ago, however, activity on the server died down due to multiple reasons; because of the drop in Hackercraft activity, most players from the server turned to Planet Beacon instead. Recently Omniscient has found new interest in Hackercraft, appointing a new Hackercraft admin and resetting the empty server's map, clearing everything; the economy as well as player inventories were completely wiped as well. Following these changes, Omniscient has recently announced that factions may be removed! Not much has been announced, however apparently he wants a more peaceful server; factions can and have, after all, cause a lot of hostility between players. These new changes have brought a little activity back to Hackercraft. Could this mean the server has a chance of revival? The server only hits around twenty players per day at peak, however the activity is fairly consistent and definitely an improvement over zero players per day. If you'd like to see the new changes for yourself, log into play.hackercraft.net or play2.hackercraft.net, and be sure to visit the HackerCraft subforum for more info!

PlanetBeacon News:
  • Sacred has managed to obtain the only legitimate dragon egg on the server; nice job!
  • Demented is now recruiting
  • ChefHOU and Chris are now besties4lyf
  • Drugs raided Terminators

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Ouya Retail Launch Delayed
The OUYA console has been delayed to June 25th. It was originally set for June 4th, however the company revealed in a press conference that the decision was a measure of keeping up with retail demand. CEO Julie Uhrman explained the date shift "will allow us to create more units and, basically, have more units on store shelves." OUYA Inc. also said that they are altering existing controller button holes to ensure buyers don't come upon a sticking issue that Kickstarter backers have been experiencing. "We made that change very early so all the units are being produced with those larger button holes," she said. Uhrman didn't say whether early backers will receive a replacement controller which fixes the sticky issue. 

More Destiny Details
The official Destiny website has been updated by Bungie, revealing a lot more information about the game including in-game classes and the game's universe. Warlock, Titan and Hunter are available classes in-game as we can see so far.
Warlocks - "Warlocks have long studied the Traveler, mastering some of its arcane energies. Its true purpose still remains a great mystery, but discovering truth has always driven you into the unknown. Now, our enemies are the only thing that stands between you and the lost wonders of our Golden Age."
Titans - The first Titans built the Wall, and gave their lives to defend it. Now, you stand in the same high place, steadfast and sure, protecting all who shelter in your shadow. You hail from a long line of heroes, forged from strength and sacrifice. Our enemies may be deadly and merciless, but so are you."
Hunters - "Hunters once prowled the wilderness and wastelands, taking big risks for even bigger rewards. You're no outlaw—at least, not anymore—but making your own luck has always meant bending the rules. Your unique brand of daring and ingenuity is needed now more than ever."
Along with these classes, Bungie also added pages about the universe/locations. Abandoned Earth and the Moon have been detailed on the website, however information for Mars and Venus remains MIA. Destiny is currently in development for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and the next-generation Xbox. No release date has been announced.

Upcoming Xbox Games
May 14, 2013 - Metro: Last Light
May 21, 2013 - Fast & Furious: Showdown
May 21, 2013 - Resident Evil: Revelations
May 28, 2013 - Fuse
May 28, 2013 - GRID 2
Jun 04, 2013 - Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
Jun 04, 2013 - Remember Me
Jun 11, 2013 - Dark
Jun 25, 2013 - Deadpool
Jun 25, 2013 - Ride to Hell: Retribution

Video of the Week
This week's video is a Feeding Frenzy Rage Quit from RoosterTeeth. I really didn't know anyone could rage as hard as Michael in this kids game.


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World Health Organization Warns of Deadly New Virus
The Coronavirus is a new highly contagious virus that has several confirmed cases, all of which are in critical state. According to the Saudi health ministry, 15 people have died out of the 24 diagnosed cases since last summer. The Coronavirus causes respiratory infections in both animals and humans and it is not yet clear whether or not this virus can be transferred from animals to humans.

Mother’s Day Parade Shooting
12 people have been reported shot during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans. No deaths have been reported, however the victims of the shooting included a 10-year-old girl who suffered minor wounds. The shooter(s) have not yet been found but police are combing the area.

Bodies Found After Hostage Standoff in New Jersey
Bodies were found after a 37 hour long standoff with an armed 38-year-old man who took three hostages in New Jersey. Gerald Murphy barricaded himself and three children inside a house since Friday died after being shot. The bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found in the house. Gerald Murphy had previous criminal records which included robbery and weapons offenses.

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YouTube Introduces Subscription Fees
A select few channels are now a part of a trial of YouTube's new subscription-based content service. Subscriptions will start form as little as $0.99 USD a month with a 14 day trial along with discounted annual fees. I personally believe that this was inevitable and I'm surprised it's taken so long for it to happen! I suppose it sort of adds pressure on content makers to make sure what they're putting out is their best, thus increasing the quality of content for the viewer. I just hope there will still be enough of an incentive for those to create free videos that are just as good.

Sony Makes a Profit for the First Time in Five Years!
You may think that a huge tech company such as Sony would be reeling in the profits, well, you'd be wrong. Sony has reported that for the first time in five years, they have made an annual profit. The net profit posted on 31st March was the equivalent of around $436m. Sony commented saying that this was due to the fall of the yen, making goods cheaper for people buying abroad, in turn boosting sales.

Syrian Internet Blackout
Syria faced a 19 hour full internet blackout. Syrian authorities are blaming the down-time on a cable fault, yet critics argue that this was a tactical move to stunt the opposing government's online operations and activities.

Spotify Fixes Free Download Vulnerability
A recent vulnerability allowed users to freely download music from the popular music streaming service, Spotify. An extension for Google Chrome "Downloadify" was created in order to exploit the Spotify web panel, enabling MP3 downloads, however was quickly removed by Google from their web store. Spotify was quick to fix the vulnerability. The service has blown up recently, boasting over 24 million active users; a quarter of which with paid subscriptions. A simple security vulnerability like this could prove fatal for such a developing company.

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Selena Gomez Calls Justin Bieber Relationship 'Crazy And Very Intense'
For all the Jelena's out there who've been following Justin and Selena, you'll know that the two have had conflicts in the past. They've also had a few things going on for the past couple of months. One incident was Selena taking a flight to see Justin in Oslo, Norway. Another was Justin being seen with Selena as his iPhone wallpaper. The two have been going through a lot of drama, and Selena is finally fed up. She states that she does not do this for attention, but this is the outcome of most dating and relationship problems. At this very moment the two seem like they're enjoying themselves without each other. Justin and Selena are still both young, yes, and they're still learning from their mistakes. Selena has been hanging out with friends more, doing things on her own, and just living life as best as she can. She believes Justin's doing the same too. Roughly enough, Selena recorded "Love Will Remember," for her 2013 album release. She states that the song she sung was inspired by her breakup. What she has to say to this is, "That's the most personal track on the record, for sure. I think it's a sweet way of releasing it. It's not an aggressive approach to what people are probably expecting... I'm sure he'll love it too."

Lil Wayne's New Supra Line: Not a Human Shoe?
Lil Wayne, the 'Martian', has been seen wearing customized shoes made by Supra. The first model being made is called the "Chimera" which if you didn't know, is the Greek mythological creature made up of a lion, snake and goat. Surprisingly enough, he had a party for the release of the sneakers. He invited a bunch of people he knew which consisted of skaters and other members of the hip-hop community he associated with. Wayne stated "Supra's been down with me for a long time. Video shoots, anything I had to do, tour or whatever, they are always in support. They always send too many shoes. This was all their idea, give him his own shoe and I'm just going with it." The designs implemented on the shoes fit Wayne's personality and taste for shoes. The Chimera is composed of a basketball shoe look with the essentially feel for a skate sneaker. The Chimera has various different colors. Some include: Tennis ball green, black, purple giraffe and print variation. Lil Wayne wants them to be like him; different. "I'm happy to say it's my shoe," is what he said about the final outcome.

Mac Miller + Ariana Grande Forever?
The fabulously beautiful Ariana Grande has decided that she wanted to record a new song, "The Way". The song was about young love, and Ariana decided to recruit the rapping sensation, Mac Miller, to help her out. Mac Miller wanted to clear everything up and just say that the two were friends. He explained that even though they smooched a bit, it doesn't mean the two have had a love affair. In a video, Mac Miller stated, "That's the homey. She's got a boyfriend and everything. Obviously, that [kiss] made everyone talk. I didn't even know that was going to happen and then we were shooting and the director was like 'This should happen' and I'm like 'Alright.' When I went back to my old school, elementary, middle school, the other day when I was in Pittsburgh, and everyone was freaking out like 'You kissed Ariana Grande.' I was like 'Yeah, you know how I do,' " he was joking around when he said that. He's said some nice and charming things about her. He honestly thinks she's truly amazing at her talent which is singing. "Well she's a very, very talented singer, like she can sing incredibly. And, that's awesome and she's a great person. She's one of the nicest just people I've ever met in my life. But, you know, that song like we did work on the studio, like other work, that was like as far as the experience was more of an experience, like her coming to my cave, the sanctuary, the sacred studio, and making the song from scratch. After we did that and those were the really awesome experiences, this song was one she had played me," he stated.

Music Video of the Week
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This is basically my own little corner to type up my thoughts and some standpoints on different topics.
I am plum tuckered out.
Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!

** - Oak - May 12, 2013

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"How do you feel about the new policy involving Booters and Stressers?"

"I personally feel as if the new policy regarding the sales and advertisements
of Stressers and Booters is a huge relief for a majority of the HackForums community.
Unless you have ownership over a booter or stresser, you won't be affected by
these changes. I agree with Omniscient's decision, as not only will this have an
affect on the amount of members wearing signatures relating to stresser and
booter products, but there will be less drama on HackForums, from my perspective.
Some members beg to differ, though. They think that Omniscient did this because
it would increase the sales of UB3R subscription; that's not true. Omniscient made
a huge risk, as members will no longer be able to purchase stickies relating to
stresser and booter products. Of course, there are still the Sponsored Member
sub-forums, in which groups can sell their products, so that's a huge advantage
for them. I have never really been too keen when it comes to purchasing and
selling stresser-related products and content. I have maybe bought the odd
one or two stressers (..one being the Respawn stresser; I bought lifetime). I
thought that once I bought a lifetime subscription on a stresser, I would never
need to pay for it again. There are a lot of useful and unique tools on the market,
but there's nothing unique when it comes to the selling of stressers and booters;
they're all generic products which members create in an attempt to generate
some quick cash. "
-Dr. Uzi

"I believe Omni is doing the right thing. The Stresser ads were
getting out of hand, and you'd practically see them everywhere on peoples'
sigs. Hopefully the new rules implemented will be respected and everything
calms down. Also, I read that only Ub3rs will be able to make threads in SST.
That, personally, seams a bit unfair, but I also see the logic behind that decision.
The idea behind L33ts who've been denied Ub3r joining up with Ub3r members to
sell their product seems fine enough, but I can already imagine well respected
Ub3rs getting spammed by L33ts who'll be begging for their product sold. Another
thing that would be nice would be opening a subforum about Stressers and
Booters. Omni stated he'd think about it when the policy would take full effect.
That idea to me seems to be adequate in itself, and personally it should be
implemented. But hey, it's my opinion. As a conclusion, it seams fair enough, and
I support Omni 100%. Sure, maybe more than a handfull of people will get
affected by this, sellers and GFX artists in general, but it'll clean up the majority
of HF, like how Omni put it, "Moving it back into it's place. It doesn't belong in
90% on the Forum. It belongs in only 2%" "
-๖ۣۜEmperor Palamecia

"The changes in the booter section are going to bring serenity and organization
that hasn't been present in months, to the sections that people would get their
booter threads stickied in. I am not sure I see the necessity in signature rule,
but I love the isolation of the threads for selling the booters and stress testers.
I find it awesome that Omni has declared the stipulation that booters blacklist
hackforums.net from their patrons ability to DDoS. Hopefully, yet unlikely, that
will cause a decline in attacks on HF. Sadly skids will be skids so I am not sure
about that. Overall I see these new set of stipulations and rules to bring this forum
towards greater and everlasting success."
-Kray

"Very, Very glad Omniscient decided to put this in effect. I have
seen plenty of banned members use other people to sell their booter. People
would often make multiples of booters using different domains, but the same APIs.
I feel like Omniscient will lose revenue, but it is a good decision. As Omni said
himself, stickies were always filled in the booter's section. Although, I don't agree
with "No advertising stressers in signature". I think that is a big place for advertising,
but it will even out now that most booters are taken down due to not being Ub3r.
Overall, I think this will affect HackForums positively, Even if HackForums is known
for having tons of stressers."
-WaterSpice

The topic for next week is "How do you feel about the new 'Crypto Currency' forum?"

To send in your entries for the next edition, PM Sir.


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HF News Team

* - En1gma - May 12, 2013

Going to read this through now, thanks sir and team.

* - Skorp - May 12, 2013

Very nice, alot of promoting and demoting this month.

* - Alphamethylphenethylamine - May 12, 2013

Another great edition, as always.
Keep it up guys.

* - Baghead - May 12, 2013

Woot.
Nice edition. Sir, for some reason I'm not credited as a journalist ._.

* - Neal Caffrey - May 12, 2013

Two things:
Good edition, as always.
Wasn't the spotify story in last weeks story?

* - Savages - May 12, 2013

Great job on the news Sir.

I just skimmed through it.

* - SkyGuy - May 12, 2013

Glad to see the edition posted on time. :D

* - ButtholeSurfer - May 12, 2013

Thanks for another great news post sir :D

* - kray - May 12, 2013

Awesome version of the news. Thankfully it's on time, not that I care other than I don't like hearing the people that do bitch.

* - Bad Meets Evil - May 12, 2013

Nice to see some of my photography included in here. Good edition.

* - Αnonymous - May 12, 2013

Great edition. Nicely done. 🤝

Additionally it's great to see it on time.

* - Cha0 - May 12, 2013

Sweet I was waiting for this. Great edition, thanks a lot. :)