Mar 24, 2013 08:14 PM (This post was last modified: Mar 24, 2013 09:04 PM by Oak.)
The edition you are currently reading is the 135th full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.
Social Networking Forum Added
Site Owner Omniscient has added a new forum this week called Social Networking, and can be found under Service Offerings. This section should consist of YouTube views, Facebook likes, Twitter likes, and more. Omniscient thought it would be appropriate to add a section like this to clean up the marketplace subforums. Omniscient also said, "Anyone wanting a paid sticky in the new section can get a discount of $15 per week for the next 2 weeks to help kickstart the forum". You may see the official thread by Omniscient by clicking here.
Official Group The Empire Userbar Change
Official usergroup The Empire has had a long overdue userbar change. They have kept their old userbar for quite some time now, and finally thought it was due for a replacement. Their original group color scheme, purple and silver still remain as well as the horse. Feel free to see the userbar itself here: http://bit.ly [WARNING: potentially infected]/10vUANM. If you're thinking about joining The Empire, recruitment can be found here; http://bit.ly [WARNING: potentially infected]/Zit9pu. For those who are wondering what the group is, The Empire is a group of high quality members who will share knowledge throughout their sub-forum and with the rest of Hack Forums.
Black Shadow's Goal to Donate 2 Million Dollars to Charity Black Shadow has made a thread announcing his goal of donating two million dollars to charity. He claims he is going to be selling his software to make that kind of money. Black Shadow claims he is donating the two million dollars to the animal shelters to stop the animal shelters from being closed down in his area. He also made a very true and generous point which was that charity should come first, as oppose to a Ferrari. The official thread can be found here: http://bit.ly [WARNING: potentially infected]/WN2r8q. This is very generous Black Shadow, good job.
Enforcing the In-Game Trading Rules
Site owner Omniscient made an announcement this week regarding the in-game trading and virtual currency rules. He made it very clear that in-game trading must be kept in the marketplace even though it isn't real life currency. For example, you cannot post threads relating to this in the RuneScape subforum. That should be kept in the Virtual Game Items subforum. If you want to sell virtual currencies or items, you should use the Marketplace Appraisal section.
Interview-plausibility (Click to View) CarrotMilk: Today, for the 134th edition of the Hack Forums news, we've oinked ourselves an interview with plausibility! (You'll understand that reference if you look at his username history!) Before we begin, would you like to make any shoutouts? plausibility: Well, I would give one to my long-standing friend Huey, but for whatever reasons he has, he's been avoiding this site ever since his account got banned months ago. So I'm here all alone.
CarrotMilk: Awwh :( That's a sad way to start! Anyway, I usually like to begin by asking; what was it that brought you to HF? plausibility: I originally joined back when the Terraria modding scene was hot. A friend of mine I had met was releasing his client over here, and asked me to come check it out, tell people it was cool and what-have-you. Shortly after, I moved over to the Minecraft and Minecraft/Griefing section, and I've stuck ever since.
CarrotMilk: That's cool! Like myself, I a lot of your posts are in the coding sections. Were you interested in programming before joining HF? What keeps your interest alive? plausibility: Well, I originally started programming waaay, way back when Minecraft classic servers where the real deal, so I was programming commands and mods to the server software in C#. I then transitioned to writing mods for Terraria, which led to meeting my friend which brought me here.
What keeps my interest alive? I'd say a sort of passion to learn, to expand what I know. If I don't know how to do something, or it's not easy, I'll find out how to do it, write up a wrapper/app to make it easier, and throw it on my GitHub.
CarrotMilk: And what's the big picture here? I mean, what do you see yourself doing in the future, with this in mind? plausibility: Well, my end goal is to work at somewhere like Google. I know some people who work there, and a few weeks ago, a recruiter emailed me, so I'm obviously on the radar. I suppose I'll take something like a Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree, see where that takes me.
CarrotMilk: What do you like to do for fun? ;D plausibility: In my spare time I find and write 0days in software. I'm currently sitting on one with some government enterprise level software. Can't disclose details for obvious reasons, but it's a serious fucking exploit. I also go camping with my school friends and girlfriend.
CarrotMilk: Funny, in all this time that I've known you, I still don't know where you are! Where you from, bud? How is it over there? plausibility: I'm from a little suburb in the middle of nowhere in Australia; nearest to Sydney, I suppose.
It's pretty good, the weather is fairly crazy though. Freezing cold and rainy one day, blistering heat the next.
CarrotMilk: Pfft, you can't complain about the weather and live in Australia! That's just sad :( Do you see yourself still frequenting HF in, let's say, 2 years time? plausibility: It's fairly likely. It gives me something to do in spare time I have when I'm not in the mood to program.
I also secretly love skidding code from the PHP section, but you knew that already.
CarrotMilk: I still think that you should change your name back ;) What's with the new name, anyway? plausibility: I felt like PigBacon wasn't mature enough, really. It originally started back when I started Minecraft in 2011, but after a while I just went for something which I felt was better.
Name changes are a one way trip, buddy.
CarrotMilk: Pfft. CarrotMilk fo' lyf son! So, before we conclude, I'd like to ask: What do you think is the future of Hack Forums? plausibility: I can see it going one of two ways. The first (and what I presume will happen) way is that HF will continue to get an influx of newbies weekly, each asking "how 2 hack faceb00k passwrds wit backtrack 5r3", and the other would be people just silently disregard those posts, and they move their low quality posts elsewhere, cleaning up (at least) the sections I frequently see that crap in.
CarrotMilk: I definitely hope it's the latter! I mean, you're always going to get new people coming in and asking these silly sort of questions, but as time progresses, those "noobs" eventually learn more and more (at least some do, anyway!)
I'd like to thank you a ton for the interview. Any last words to conclude? ^.^ plausibility: "640k ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates.
Interview-#Sultan (Click to View) Connected: For this edition of the HF News, I will be interviewing #Sultan! Before we begin with the in-depth questions, do you have any shout outs? #Sultan: Infact I do, shoutout to: Tibit, Connected, SWG, Cryptic™, oh also everyone in Empire & Void.
Connected: Moving on to the classic second question, how and why did you join HF? #Sultan: I first joined hack fourms looking for Stressers and other such tools. I also joined to learn a little bit about HTML, oh and of course... Hacking!
Connected: Have you learned anything since you joined? If so, please tell me about that! #Sultan: I have learned so much, I'v learned how to use Grammar correctly, I'v learned about coding, but my biggest has to be servers/stresser. As I said before I came looking for them, now I make & Design them... Well at least I'm learning how to Design them, make them look good, the web pages etc...
Connected: What are your current opinions the groups you are in? #Sultan: Empire: To be honest, it was my first REAL group due to the fact of anyone could get into Eminence, everyone in the group are so nice to each other, we get along so well, It's honestly like one big happy family, I love it!
Void: Can't say much about Void, I can say it's full of incredibly intellectual Member, It's usually a more serious scene in there, but we can have a laugh here and there.
Connected: How did you chose the username #Sultan and why? Is there an idea behind it? #Sultan: The username Sultan; well it comes from two ideas, one meaning was from my gaming past; the SultanRS was a car in the Video Game 'GTA' or Grand Theft Auto. I used to be quite popular online due to the mods I used to make.
The other idea was that it ment King in the Arabic, I get PM's everyday from Arabic people asking me where I come from.
Connected: I see you're running a stresser here on HF. What are your opinions on the server stress business? #Sultan: Indeed I do.
Well let me start by saying they can make A LOT of money if you know how to market them right, just buying a sticky for your thread can make a HUGE differnce.
I'm not going to comment on any other stresser on the Market now, but people can make mad money by running one!
Connected: What is your opinion on HF currently? Has it changed? #Sultan: I love it, It's a great place.
There always seems to be changes. I seem to have noticed massives changes in the Groups Section. That's about it though.
Connected: Enough about the internet for now! Do you do anything IRL? Sports, hobbies, etc. #Sultan: I do, for one I do 'land based skills' which is setup by a college near me, basically It's a bunch of mixed skills, from chopping down trees, to driving a tractor around a park. Haha!
I also do Football & Rugby.
Connected: Thank you for allowing me to interview you! Any final words? #Sultan: Big up to the HF news!
Mar 24, 2013 08:14 PM (This post was last modified: Mar 24, 2013 09:38 PM by Oak.)
Updates on Minecraft Realms
Mojang has released official information on the previously unannounced Minecraft Realms. They stated that Realms is currently in alpha, saying "A select group of players now have access to the Minecraft Realms limited alpha test. Minecraft Realms is a service designed to let players play on a server together with minimal setup, and will be available to the public later this year". We already knew that Realms is a server type feature and Mojang has now elaborated on that; it will be a subscription service paid for by the host. One subscription will host a single server and the host can whitelist players as they wish; this indicates that the individual realms will typically be considerably smaller than public servers which can hold hundreds or even thousands of players at a time. Realms was created as an easy way for someone to play on a reliably hosted server with friends without having to worry about backend issues; this can, however, be a downside considering the fact that mods and plugins will likely be unavailable to Realms subscribers. Mojang also announced Pocket Realms, which will be the first and only way to host a non LAN server on a mobile device. More info and an FAQ can be found here.
Minecraft 1.5.1 Patch notes
It has only been a week after the big Redstone update and we already have a new patch! This update enhanced performance as well as fixed a few big bugs. Patch notes include:
Fixed a bunch of bugs
Improved performance
Notable: Falling blocks no longer glitch one step
Notable: White stitching between blocks should be less frequent
Notable: Crash on Mac OS X on “OpenGL Function Not Supported”
Notable: Unable to place paintings
PlanetBeacon News
Sacred, using the /spawner skeleton command given to Elite donators, created a wither skeleton spawner in the nether and managed to farm four stacks of wither skulls
The /smite command was removed due to player abuse
Sacred has completed the largest endermen farm on the server, which he plans to sell
Rumors of a mass diamond dupe have been going around and many fingers have been pointed; more info next week!
Featured Server of the Week: ShotBow Gaming!
The ShotBow gaming network is a network of servers with a common lobby; it can almost be considered a minigame server, with games such as Smash (A spinoff of Super Smash Bros), Ghost (A fight to the death against an invisible hostility), MineZ (The popular zombie survival mod) and even a surf parkour course! The ShotBow server is extremely popular, with over 1000 players on at any given time; to join, log into us.shotbow.net today!
Heathstone Announced
In the "Blizzard Presents" presentation at PAX East, the World of Warcraft developer announced HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft - a free-to-play (F2P) collectable card game being released for PC and MAC, and later on the iPad. Blizzard said that the game is being built by "Team 5", which consists of 15 talented developers from Irvine, California. 300 cards will be available at launch with more to come, with players having the ability to earn card packs through playing the card or by purchasing packs for around $1. You can sign-up for the Heathstone Beta right now by clicking here. You can watch the PAX Presentation in the spoiler below.
Xbox LIVE Spring Sale
Microsoft has revealed the content you can grab on discount throughout the Xbox LIVE Spring Sale. You'll see Assassins Creed 3, The Walking Dead, FIFA 13 and a lot of DLC on sale for the week. The Spring Sale kicks off from March 26 and ends April 1st. You can view all the deals in the sale right here. Oh, did I mention the Walking Dead arcade game is all 50% OFF? Who wouldn't want that deal?!
11.6 Million Players Logged, CRS and More! (Halo 4)
343 Industries have revealed that 11.6 million players have been logged throughout all modes in Halo 4. The figure counts all unique users and guests in any mode. 343i also announced a few statistics about the game;
11.7 billion kills recorded.
388 million headshots.
193 recorded assassinations.
24.5 billion medals in War Games
30 million flag captures.
64 million vehicles have been hijacked.
During the PAX panel, 343 Industries announced that the competitive ranking system will launch in April. The ranking system will be just like Halo 3 with 1-50, however it will only be viewable on the Halo Waypoint website (Boo). They also talked about the upcoming title update which brings back the "X" on the heads-up display, but also features other fixes and tunes. 343 would also like to say thanks to the Halo community and will launch a new map, "Forge Island" on April 11 for free! Don't forget that the new Halo 4 map pack will hit the marketplace in April.
Upcoming Game Releases Mar 26, 2013 - Army of TWO: The Devil's Cartel Mar 26, 2013 - BioShock Infinite Mar 26, 2013 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Apr 02, 2013 - Defiance Apr 02, 2013 - Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge Apr 16, 2013 - Injustice: Gods Among Us Apr 16, 2013 - Painkiller: Hell & Damnation Apr 23, 2013 - Dead Island: Riptide
Video of the Week
Annd it's another Let's Play by Rooster Teeth. I thought this one was really funny, including the very ending (which you must watch). So, who's going to win the Thunderdome and gain the Tower of Pimps? Seriously though, watch until the end...
Israeli Fires at Syria
Last Sunday, Israeli announced that they shot retaliatory rounds into Syria on a gunner's position. It was in response to shots being fired at Israeli soldiers from Syria. Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman, explained Israeli troops "destroyed a Syrian machine gun nest that fired twice in the last 24 hours on Israeli patrols operating to safeguard the border." This isn't the first time such a violent event has transpired. Syrian shots have been fired into Israeli on multiple occasions, and Israeli has also returned the gesture on a number of occasions. Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner of Israeli stated, "Our understanding is that it wasn't stray fire." He also stated that the Israeli soldiers "responded with accurate fire toward the Syrian post from which they were fired on."
North Korea's Great Human Rights
In response to the UN's suspicion of human rights abuse in North Korea, the state has claimed they have one of the best human rights systems in the world. However, many reports have gone to the UN explaining that the state has engaged in a large amount of slavery, abduction, murder, and other inhumane acts. As a result of The United Nations Human Rights Council creating a draft resolution on the matter, So Se Pyong, a North Korean representative, stated that it "is no more than an instrument that serves the political purposes of the hostile forces in their attempt to discredit the image of the DPRK." He went on to say that the citizens of North Korea are "happy with pride and honor that they have one of the best systems for promotion and protection of human rights in the world."
Russian Tycoon Boris Berezovsky Dies
Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian tycoon, was discovered dead in London. He died at the age of 67 around his home. The police said they are currently investigating the death that is unexplained. Police have investigated the man's property where the death occurred, and Supt. Stuart Greenfield remarked, "I would like to reassure residents that we are confident there is no risk to the wider community." He also said that, "The property is part of a large estate so a number of roads are closed off at the moment and will remain so for the time being." Boris had harshly criticized Putin's government in the past, and he was granted political asylum in Britain.
North Ireland Police Defuse Car Bomb
Northern Irish officials have defused a car bomb that was located near the area where leaders will meet at the G8 summit later this year. The police suspect that the bomb was going to target a nearby police station. District Commander Pauline Shields publicly stated, "Once again our community has been disrupted and the lives of residents put at risk by an element intent on causing loss of life and disruption." Shields also remarked, "The people responsible for this have no regard for the lives of anyone in our community. It is fortunate that no-one was killed or seriously injured as a result of this reckless act." The attempted bombing is suspected to be the actions of militant nationalists despite the cease-fire agreements.
Apple
Apple has recently acquired a service called "WiFiSlam", which is a company that uses WiFi strength signals to locate devices indoors. Little has been said about the feature from Apple, but the purchased cost the company nearly $20 Million.
Developers for Apple have already been notified, but the public is just now hearing word of changes that will happen soon. Apple has told developers that on May 1st of this year, they will not except an application that snags an iDevice's UDID. An iDevice's UDID is a 40 digit code that is unique to all iDevices, that applications use to manage a device's online data for the specific device. Rather than snagging the UDID in the background, this new change will force developers to make users sign into an account rather than use a specific ID automatically.
A bug has also been found with Apple's iCloud/Apple account system that allows the attacker to reset user's passwords with only their name and date of birth. Apple has implemented a two step security feature to prevent this attack.
Microsoft
As previously mentioned, Windows Blue is said to be the next Windows based OS; well, there has been a leak found online. Windows Blue should make its first appearance in the next few months, which will come for computers, tablets, phones, servers, and other Windows services. Blue is said to come with the ability to snap applications to each other, up to four alongside each other. It will come loaded with Internet Explorer 11, along with touch gestures used to access applications, and other system settings.
Google
As any Android fan knows, Google has been working on a project known as Google Glass. Google Glass being, well, simply 'smart glass'. Recently Google has patented an eye piece patent that will be used with the Google Glass project. After a year, the patent has finally been approved, protecting such technology from being copied. The exact patent number is case 20130070338. This will surely bring change to the way Android users see things.
Victoria Beckham to Never Sing Again on Stage
Ex-Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham has now announced that she has no intentions to sing with her former group "The Spice Girls". Currently happily married to English footballing legend David Beckham, she is the mother of four children and runs a successful fashion business. Victoria has recently announced that she has purchased more retail space in the UK to cater for her rapidly growing company. Her decision has come soon after relocating back to the UK since David signed to French soccer team Paris Saint-Germain. It has been reported hat the rest of the band, which is comprised of Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Melanie Brown, are aware of Victoria's announcement and are swiftly looking for a replacement. "The girls, particularly Geri, think there is so much more that they can achieve, and they know that their fans still want to see them perform," a source revealed. The new band member will supposedly be dubbed "Wannabe Spice" upon joining the group.
Ben Howard announces his new European tour dates
Double Brit Award winner Ben Howard has announced the details of his upcoming European tour which has been scheduled to take place in the summer. His events include some of his largest shows in the UK to date. He will headline the Blackpool Empress Ballroom on the 11th of June and this will be followed by a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on the 13th of June. The shows come amongst a slew of UK and European Summer festivals, and two new German headline shows in Berlin and Cologne. His tour dates are listed below.Tour dates: (Click to View)
9th June - Rockness Festival, Loch Ness
11th June - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
13th June - Hammersmith Apollo, London
15th June - Isle of Wight Festival
16th June - Pinkpop, Landgraaf, Netherlands
19th June - Citadel, Berlin, Germany
21st June - Southside Festival, Nr Munich, Germany
22nd June - Hurricane Festival, Nr Hamburg, Germany
24th June - Tanzbrunen, Cologne, Germany
26th June - Peace & Love Festival, Borlange, Sweden
5th July - Werchter Festival, Belgium
7th July - De Wereld Draait Buiten Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
13th July - Musilac Festival, Aix-Les-Bains, France
14th July - Phoenix Park, Dublin (with Mumford & Sons)
11th August - Boardmasters Festival, Newquay
17th August - Belsonic Festival, Belfast
18th August - Green Man Festival, Wales
My Chemical Romance Surprise Split
Alternative rock band My Chemical Romance, to many loyal fans' shock and despair, have announced that after 12 years of performing as group they are going to split up and go off on their separate ways. After topping the charts with the classic 'Welcome To The Black Parade' in 2006, they became one of the top alternative music bands, but after an emotional statement today they declared the end of their adventure together. "We've gotten to go places we never knew we would. We've been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible. We've shared the stage with people we admire, people we look up to, and best of all, our friends. And now, like all great things, it has come time for it to end," the group announced. They then went on to thank all of their fans for their endless support over the last few years: "Thanks for all of your support, and for being part of the adventure."
Music Video of the Week
This is basically my own little corner to type up my thoughts and some standpoints on different topics.Religion. Sometimes, it just baffles me. The sheer fact that people can blindly follow where there is no clear path, just blows my mind. It seems as though logic has no place within these types of people, and I just can't understand it. Now, I'm not dissing religion, as there are perfectly acceptable forms of religion, but sometimes... it just gets out of hand. When religion has become more about power over others rather than bettering yourself and those around you, I just don't have a place in it. Hopefully the future will hold a realization for today's youth, that we need to truly examine all possibilities when it comes to life.
Mar 24, 2013 08:14 PM (This post was last modified: Mar 24, 2013 09:42 PM by Oak.)
"What do you think of the new collection of forums under the 'Personal Life' category?"
"I believe adding the "Personal Life" section was a long time coming. Many
users were posting health questions, including workout strategies and diet
suggestions, so in came "Health Wise". Another category which should be
popular is "Pet Peeve" (don't let the name fool you) this sub-forum deals
strictly with our pets, which not surprisingly, many of us have. Also coming
into existence is "Education Nation" which focuses on school help/tutoring.
As expected "Innuendo" was merged into this new section, where it belongs.
I expect all 4 to continue staying active as HF grows as a community. So in
conclusion I would say the "Personal Life" addition was a great choice and
I look forward to helping as much as I can, stay HQ<3." -Derrick Rose
"I'm pretty happy to see a Personal Life section, even though
I rarely post in it. Mostly I just lurk around that section cause I don't know
what to say. I have to say that at least there are more HQ posts in there
than the public lounge. Omni made a good idea in adding that, and it was
quite a surprise when I first saw it with 0 threads and unable to view anything,
few hours later 22,236 threads in it, I mean like, wow o.o Now hopefully, with
the more specific sections unlike the lounge, people can post specific things
other than asking general questions. I am glad to see this was added, pretty
smart idea." -Voyager ツ
"The integration of a 'Personal Life' category into HF is a wonderful idea. It
successfully transposes all the threads that belonged on Omniscient's other site,
'www.supportforums.net' to a much larger audience. This move also drastically
limits the number of threads in the Sports World (For Health Wise) regarding
personal health, and not actual sports. The same can be said for SRPP and
Education Nation. I like having as many sections as possible, so long as they
provide some value to the community by making it clear where certain threads
should go. 'Personal Life' really does that, and I believe it was an excellent
addition to the forum. Next up, I'd love to see a subsection to that subforum
discussing rants, or things people just need to get off their chests, but don't
want to post in the lounge for fear of being trolled / flamed." -Valderino
"I think the new section of forums will be very useful to the
organization of posts put in the lounge. I have been always wanting to make a
thread detailing my weight loss in the past two months, but would not want to
put it in the lounge because of obvious reasons, but this gave me a place where
trolls would not be abundant, and would be exterminated quickly if shown. I really
like the amount of people posting about their efforts, and problems in the Health
Section, I love looking at people's pets in the Pet Peeve section, and like being
helpful in the Education Nation section. In addition to the new three sections, I
find it very good they moved the innuendo section, as it was also ridden with trolls,
I think the separation from the lounge will deter them. Overall, all three of the
new forums were asked for, and Omni listened. I just wish Omni would ban
drug discussions." -Kray
The topic for next week is "What do you think of the recent changes? Such as the Social Networking section."
To send in your entries for the next edition, PM Sir.
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(Mar 24, 2013 09:44 PM)r1seN- Wrote: What the fuck o_o
I got the Emerald Donator award.. but it isn't on there, I also posted it on that thread, to post notable stuff..
Donations don't go on there, only things notable like MD or other awards.
(Mar 24, 2013 09:44 PM)r1seN- Wrote: What the fuck o_o
I got the Emerald Donator award.. but it isn't on there, I also posted it on that thread, to post notable stuff..
Donator awards, with the exception of MD, are not mentioned in the news.
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