Once again, I find it necessary to remind players, that it is NOT OK to address other players, in such a manner as to be belligerent or to use foul language. Today, I had to block two players, that just don't seem to understand this. I will from time to time, block a player from the game. I will then remove the block, after a period of time, to see if they can behave themselves. These "rules of the game" are no different than those of the, big boy, professional run, games out there.
I also will not abide by the personal attacks on my character, because I enforce these Rules of Play. I will "Kick" a player as a warning of their actions. After a couple of kicks, I will insert a block into my system to allow other players to enjoy the game. Today after kicking a nasty player, that player came back immediately and started a barrage of insults that was just not acceptable. The anger displayed was personal, vulgar and abusive.
I will also remind you all that I provide this game, free of charge and in no way benefit financially for it. I build the computers on which the game runs and provide the high speed internet connection, at considerable personal cost. I do it because it is FUN for everyone who uses it correctly.
Regards, DEAD AGAIN
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
I am away from home again. I have gone to see my Sister in San Diego. She is in need of a medical procedure and have I gone to help her for a few days. She has some damage to her lower back and her neck. The pain is very debilitating, and with an injection to the spine, the doctors are hoping to easy some of the pain and allow a return to some normal activity.
While I am there I am doing some computer repairs and installing some new TV equipment for her. That and just being company to be sure she is safe for a few days while she recovers from the injections.
While I am away from home, I have enlisted the help of a loyal player of the Deadz Zone. RedDevil has graciously accepted the duty of resetting the game server for me. He will be changing the playing rooms from time to time, thereby resetting the game parameters and keeping it from crashing. Normally I would reset the game daily to prevent the crashes and keep the game in top performance.
I am taking advantage of the situation and will be having lunch with Micheal, another regular player of the game.
Last week when I was in Arizona, I was able to meet up with Camper and his family and we enjoyed some, one on one, time and dinner with our respective families. I really enjoyed the visit. I will continue, to try and make time, to meet more Deadz Zone players as I travel in the near future. In a few months, I hope to meet up with 3DFX, on a trip to Florida.
While I am there I am doing some computer repairs and installing some new TV equipment for her. That and just being company to be sure she is safe for a few days while she recovers from the injections.
While I am away from home, I have enlisted the help of a loyal player of the Deadz Zone. RedDevil has graciously accepted the duty of resetting the game server for me. He will be changing the playing rooms from time to time, thereby resetting the game parameters and keeping it from crashing. Normally I would reset the game daily to prevent the crashes and keep the game in top performance.
I am taking advantage of the situation and will be having lunch with Micheal, another regular player of the game.
Last week when I was in Arizona, I was able to meet up with Camper and his family and we enjoyed some, one on one, time and dinner with our respective families. I really enjoyed the visit. I will continue, to try and make time, to meet more Deadz Zone players as I travel in the near future. In a few months, I hope to meet up with 3DFX, on a trip to Florida.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
On Vacation Again
Well, as you can see, the Deadz Zone server is down. I and the Misses are away on vacation. I will be returning home late Monday evening, 1-25-2o1o. I will turn the server on as soon as I return home. I am just not comfortable leaving the server running unattended. I have increased the power levels of the server and it does require some daily attention.
The ride here, in the car, was fairly uneventful, except for the nasty weather. We had heavy rain and sometimes very strong winds, all the way. I even saw a big rig truck almost flip over due to the cross winds. His right rear wheels actually came off the ground and this guy was able to snap it back into line and continue along his way. Problem is, it never slowed him down. Such an IDIOT.
We are here, in Mesa Arizona, so the Wife may attend two days of seminars, on how to do better Genealogy research. She has been doing this research for several years and has dug up a great deal of family history. Of course, there is always more to find. Unless you and your family have never moved, then your family history is scattered all over the place. Different cities, counties, states, even countries. Thanks to the World Wide Web, much of this information is easier to find. Still there is a need to write letters, fill out forms and send to places all over the country, requesting information of different family members.
A trip to this area would not be complete without visiting with some of the Wife's family. And, while here, I am going to visit with Camper, one of my gaming buddies. He has been playing Quake 4 for many years. We are going to have dinner and visit with his family.
The ride here, in the car, was fairly uneventful, except for the nasty weather. We had heavy rain and sometimes very strong winds, all the way. I even saw a big rig truck almost flip over due to the cross winds. His right rear wheels actually came off the ground and this guy was able to snap it back into line and continue along his way. Problem is, it never slowed him down. Such an IDIOT.
We are here, in Mesa Arizona, so the Wife may attend two days of seminars, on how to do better Genealogy research. She has been doing this research for several years and has dug up a great deal of family history. Of course, there is always more to find. Unless you and your family have never moved, then your family history is scattered all over the place. Different cities, counties, states, even countries. Thanks to the World Wide Web, much of this information is easier to find. Still there is a need to write letters, fill out forms and send to places all over the country, requesting information of different family members.
A trip to this area would not be complete without visiting with some of the Wife's family. And, while here, I am going to visit with Camper, one of my gaming buddies. He has been playing Quake 4 for many years. We are going to have dinner and visit with his family.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Almost Home
Hello Fraggers, I am almost done with this vacation. We are currently in Reno NV visiting with my Wife's Brother. We will be leaving on Thursday morning and it is a leisurely 8 hour drive to our home. So if all goes well I expect the SERVER to be back up and running by Friday afternoon. See you all in the games. D.A...............
Friday, October 16, 2009
Dead coming home
Hello Fraggers, Dead is headed home. We are leaving Victoria BC this morning on the ferry to Port Angeles WA. Still have to clear customs in WA. We will visit briefly with Wife's girl friend and hubby in Olympia. In a few days we will head further south for more visits with family. We think we will be home around Wednesday or thursday(21st). We have been having a great time seeing all the local sights in Victoria. Almost everything is within walking distance. Did take a Grey Line tour yesterday to get bigger view of the land here. This is a very small part of a very large island. I see that GameMonitor has deactivated my server updates. That's ok, I will get it back up soon after we arrive home. See you all in the games soon. DEAD....................Dave................
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Dead on Vacation or Deadman driving
Hello fellow Fraggers
As you can tell, the Deadz-Zone is down, for about two weeks. I regret to say that there just isn't anyone home to keep the server running. Dead and the Misses are away on vacation. We left in the family hearse early Wednesday morning. We made it to Fairfield Ca, about 3PM. We took a tour of the Jelly Belly, jelly bean factory and saw how they make them. It was very interesting and there were free samples to try the many flavors. Then off to find a tomb for the night.
Thursday morning was a late one for us as I was a little ill during the nite from my allergies. Allergic to tomb dust ya know. We decided to blow off the other places to see locally, and started up the freeway toward our intended destination, Canada. We made it to Grants Pass, Oregon and settled in to a really nice place for the nite.
I received some very sad news before we left on our journey. My very best friend in the world, called and told me his Sister died, very suddenly, earlier in the week. We have been close for more than 40 years. He is the "Brother" I never had. I offer him my dearest sympathies and wish him a safe journey to attend the funeral this Saturday. He lives relatively close to me and will be driving the same route I am on now, to Grants Pass, Oregon. He and his wife will drive straight through, tag-teaming the driving. He is not retired like I am and still has the responsibilities of reporting to a boss next week. Drive safe my friends.
I will report more on our whereabouts soon. DA....................
As you can tell, the Deadz-Zone is down, for about two weeks. I regret to say that there just isn't anyone home to keep the server running. Dead and the Misses are away on vacation. We left in the family hearse early Wednesday morning. We made it to Fairfield Ca, about 3PM. We took a tour of the Jelly Belly, jelly bean factory and saw how they make them. It was very interesting and there were free samples to try the many flavors. Then off to find a tomb for the night.
Thursday morning was a late one for us as I was a little ill during the nite from my allergies. Allergic to tomb dust ya know. We decided to blow off the other places to see locally, and started up the freeway toward our intended destination, Canada. We made it to Grants Pass, Oregon and settled in to a really nice place for the nite.
I received some very sad news before we left on our journey. My very best friend in the world, called and told me his Sister died, very suddenly, earlier in the week. We have been close for more than 40 years. He is the "Brother" I never had. I offer him my dearest sympathies and wish him a safe journey to attend the funeral this Saturday. He lives relatively close to me and will be driving the same route I am on now, to Grants Pass, Oregon. He and his wife will drive straight through, tag-teaming the driving. He is not retired like I am and still has the responsibilities of reporting to a boss next week. Drive safe my friends.
I will report more on our whereabouts soon. DA....................
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Zone Goes Green
I had a chance to go a little Green. I put a (PV) Photo Voltaic system on my roof. Now this is purely a economic maneuver. And with the rebates from the government, it is a no-brainer. The system is comprised of 20 panels of 216 watts each, in 2 arrays of 10 each. The output of 330volts is converted to AC at 220 volts and connected to my electrical panel. There are a bunch of switches and fuses to protect the equipment and any service person. Output rating is 4.37 Kilowatts peak. Nominally the system actually puts out about 3.6 kilowatts, but when the clouds go by quickly, I have seen spikes to 4.2 Kw.
The economics of it go like this. The Federal Gov. gives me a 30% rebate off my taxes at end of the year. The California Solar Initiative pays the installer $2.25 of installed wattage(3.51 x $2.25). After all the rebates the total system cost was $17K. Now in California, electricity is not cheap. The lowest Kilowatt/Hr charge is 0.12 cents. The highest tier is between 0.28 and 0.32 cents. And, I was in the highest tier a lot. The PV system lowers my overall usage by about 75% average for the year. My first bill after install was near zero. The second bill was $1.03, next one will be about $20. You have to understand that the system can make more power than I can use in the Summer months(about 32 KwHr/day) and less than I use in the Winter months(about 15 KwHr/day). My average daily use is about 25-28 kwhrs. During the day the meter runs backward and at night it runs forward.
More economics of the game. The gaming server costs me about 104 kwhr per month to power up. That's 104 times the lowest cost of 0.12 cents per KwHr or $12.50. At the highest cost per hour, it was more than double that. So this game was costing about $25 per month to keep running 24/7. Plus I have to reset the game at least twice a day due to game limitations. Lots of money, lots of work and lots of fun too.
In the long and short of it, the system will lower my yearly electrical bill of $1400 to about $300 or so. The pay back time, with no increases in electricity cost, will be about 12 yrs. But around here the costs increase about 7%/yr, so that means the system could pay for itself in about 7-8 years. After that, free electricity for me.
FRAG on Mates
The economics of it go like this. The Federal Gov. gives me a 30% rebate off my taxes at end of the year. The California Solar Initiative pays the installer $2.25 of installed wattage(3.51 x $2.25). After all the rebates the total system cost was $17K. Now in California, electricity is not cheap. The lowest Kilowatt/Hr charge is 0.12 cents. The highest tier is between 0.28 and 0.32 cents. And, I was in the highest tier a lot. The PV system lowers my overall usage by about 75% average for the year. My first bill after install was near zero. The second bill was $1.03, next one will be about $20. You have to understand that the system can make more power than I can use in the Summer months(about 32 KwHr/day) and less than I use in the Winter months(about 15 KwHr/day). My average daily use is about 25-28 kwhrs. During the day the meter runs backward and at night it runs forward.
More economics of the game. The gaming server costs me about 104 kwhr per month to power up. That's 104 times the lowest cost of 0.12 cents per KwHr or $12.50. At the highest cost per hour, it was more than double that. So this game was costing about $25 per month to keep running 24/7. Plus I have to reset the game at least twice a day due to game limitations. Lots of money, lots of work and lots of fun too.
In the long and short of it, the system will lower my yearly electrical bill of $1400 to about $300 or so. The pay back time, with no increases in electricity cost, will be about 12 yrs. But around here the costs increase about 7%/yr, so that means the system could pay for itself in about 7-8 years. After that, free electricity for me.
FRAG on Mates
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