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There are 438 news items in the archive.
Page 1 (Jan 28, 2004 to May 14, 2004)
Page 2 (May 14, 2004 to Jul 25, 2004)
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Page 8 (Dec 30, 2004 to Apr 13, 2005)
Page 9 (Apr 15, 2005 to Present)
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| Forum downtime |
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| Posted on April 13, 2005 at 04:31 by Jon |
Our apologies if you are currently trying to access the forums - the name forwarding is not working. For now, you can access the forums directly using our IP address instead. To log in, ensure you have checked thre "remember me" check box. Then, if you get an error in loading the website later, you can reload the IP address and you will still be logged in. Sorry for the hassle.
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| New AOI pack |
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| Posted on March 26, 2005 at 14:03 by Jon |
The latest updates to Omega's fan-created set of Acts of Infamy has been released, and you can see all the latest info, download links and a place to chat about future updates right here.
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| Finding the patches |
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| Posted on March 21, 2005 at 12:14 by Jon |
Whilst I have been hosting the patch for Evil Genius on this site since its release, I have just realised that it is rather hidden. So, if you have been looking for it - my apologies. It is now listed clearly in the downloads section, or click here. You may also be interested in the unofficial patch which should work alongside the official one, fixing a number of further glitches and adding fan-requested updates.
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| Arctic Base mod - downloads and info! |
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| Posted on March 20, 2005 at 14:02 by Jon |
I mentioned news of a mod updating island 1 to an arctic base a few weeks back, and since then it has come along well. Snow lies on the ground, freezer rooms abound, doors have been re-skinned to a cool blue and more. All the info, pics and download links can be found at this forum post. More is hopefully on the way, with a full set on minion skins suitable for the new level. Thanks to Evil Argon and other members of the forum for their contributions to this great little mod.
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| New "Acts of Infamy" mods |
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| Posted on March 17, 2005 at 02:13 by Jon |
Adding to the five community-created Act's Of Infamy updates released previously, an updated downloadable mod is now available with a further three AOI's, one of which creates a new piece of loot. This loot, a modified version of the atrium, has special qualities which can aid you in your quest to becoming an Evil Genius! More details and download links in this forum thread. Many thanks to creator Omega!
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| Republic: Dawn news: New interview |
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| Posted on March 15, 2005 at 07:45 by Jon |
Those following the recently announced MMRPG Republic sequel, Republic: Dawn, may enjoy reading a short interview with a member of the Nicely Crafted team, Elixir's partners in this exciting new venture.
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| Evil Genius Chat breaks 100,000 posts! |
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| Posted on March 14, 2005 at 08:31 by WebNutMark |
Our discussion forum http://www.n1nj4.com broke 100,000 posts this morning! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped us reach this milestone, and to invite those that have not visited our forums to join us in reaching 200,000!Come join the party at http://www.n1nj4.com!
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| New skin packs |
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| Posted on March 8, 2005 at 07:54 by Jon |
A new batch of skins from forum member The Sinister Mastermind have been released onto FilePlanet. This forum post has all the info, pictures and download links required for this latest selection of skins, which include cool new green lab equipment and a selection of character skins.
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| Arctic base! |
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| Posted on March 7, 2005 at 03:47 by Jon |
Fancy giving your base a whole new feel to it? How about making your base a rather chilly place for your minions to work in, with a snow covered island to boot? Well, take a look at these pics - 1 and 2 for a new work-in-progress mod. Further details here.
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| Check out the forums recently? |
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| Posted on March 3, 2005 at 08:46 by Jon |
With close to 3,000 members and nearly 100,000 posts, the forums are really busy - but the more the better! We have off-topic areas to chat about anything (including some legendary threads), several Evil Genius subforums, loads of modding subbforums and even a subforum for each of Elixir's three games "in the pipeline" - Blue Vault, Evil Genius 2 and Republic Dawn. Come have a look - it's a great community.
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| Skin Pack bonanza! |
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| Posted on February 26, 2005 at 08:15 by Jon |
Three skin packs from our ever-increasing group of skinners on the forums. This pack (rar, 1.5 meg) from cxer0 have nifty updates including a coca-cola machine, blue biotanks and new pictures on the walls (full details and pics). The Sinister Mastermind offers two packs - one to skin all the bodybags (rar, .5 meg) into correct colours. A second pack rar, 1.5 meg) has some cool character skins and a neat golden gun skin. Full details and pics here. Enjoy!
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| Republic Dawn: Interview and info |
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| Posted on February 25, 2005 at 12:51 by Jon |
More details are starting to emerge of the recently announced MMORG sequel to Republic. CVG have had a chat with Jamie Barber, Lead Designer on the title from Nicely Crafted Entertainment about the project and how it follows on from the original game. Well worth a look, and be sure that whilst we are really an Evil Genius fansite, we will continue to bring you news of other Elixir projects like this.
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| New skin for drinks machine |
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| Posted on February 25, 2005 at 06:23 by Jon |
A cool little skin to change the drinks machines into a coca-cola branded machine. Images, info and download links right here.
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| New game - Republic Dawn? |
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| Posted on February 22, 2005 at 07:45 by Jon |
This news is rather out of the blue, but Computer and Video Games has found itself an exclusive about a Republic sequel in the works at Elixir. Here's the full scoop:
ELIXIR'S REPUBLIC RELOCATES TO SPACE
Demis' boys and Nicely Crafted team up on an intriguing new FPS MMO project; Republic Dawn; Chronicles of the Seven, set for a 2007 release...
12:40 Elixir Studios today announced that its much anticipated sequel to Republic: The Revolution, is underway as a joint venture with Cambridge based MMOG geniuses (or is that genii?) Nicely Crafted Entertainment. It currently posseses the working title of Republic Dawn: The Chronicles of the Seven.
Republic Dawn is described as an MMO first-person shooter game, set in an embryonic society devastated by a sudden attack. In space. In the future. The sound you just heard was several million geeks exclaiming sexual climax.
The press release also claims that players will also be able to dictate the future of mankind. Surely that's Demis being over ambitious again? Remember that infinite polys claim in Republic? Oh how we laughed...
Anyway. We digress (sorry Demis, but we couldn't resist). The title is currently aimed for PC release in 2007 - a fair while off - but this hasn't stopped both developers gushing on about how excited they are. Here's Elixir's Demis sharing his personal feelings on the project:
"Nicely Crafted is at the forefront of MMOG gaming technology. I'm really excited that my vision of thousands of players building a Republic together is finally going to happen", said Elixir's enthusiastic creative director. "This is the perfect way for Elixir to enter the MMOG arena."
Nicely Crafted, who is no stranger to MMOGs in space (see its Time of Defiance title www.timeofdefiance.com for solid evidence of this) also shared its mutual joy on the project through suitably upbeat MD, Toby Simpson:
"Teaming up with Elixir for Republic 2 is a fantastic way to start 2005. With Demis and his team's experience in creating outstanding triple-A games, Republic 2 is going to provide great gameplay and visual experiences - offering players freedom and flexibility that is unparalleled in today's MMOG marketplace." He then proudly added, "With our server technology, we're creating a world where hundreds of thousands of people will be able to take part in building a republic."
Very impressive indeed. The game's official site is now live at www.republicdawn.com
Check back here soon, when well have some words with the game's Lead Designer, Nicely Crafted's Jamie Barber...
I'm don't have any further information about it, but feel free to chat about it on the forums! The full press release is on the Elixir site.
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| Mod manager |
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| Posted on February 14, 2005 at 02:12 by Jon |
I mentioned this nifty new tool in my last post, but I think it deserves another note. The mod manager from forum member Gangster, allows you to track all the mods you have made to your game, switch them on and off, and so on. It's proving pretty popular, so go download it!
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| Site cleaning |
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| Posted on February 9, 2005 at 05:28 by Jon |
A few minor updates have gone into the site in the last few days, including some fixes for problems with the recently updated trap images, and a load of (long overdue) updates to some of the room descriptions. Thanks to site visitor Charles for his help in writing some great new descriptions.
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| New trap images |
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| Posted on February 5, 2005 at 13:38 by Jon |
Continuing n our quest to catalogue everything in the game, I have started posting more of the traps and torture devices in the game. Thanks to various members of the community for helping to compile them, and you can see the current collection right here, with around 15 new entries.
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| Optional Objectives help |
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| Posted on February 4, 2005 at 05:53 by Jon |
Some brief hints for all the optional objectives have been added to the walkthrough and hints page, completing this section. Check it out for some tips for completing the game, but be aware that it does contain spoilers. Thanks to forum member Ergophobia for his help in compiling this update.
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| Evil Genius for under £10 |
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| Posted on February 3, 2005 at 04:08 by Jon |
Evil Genius is currently #8 in the best-selling PC games list at Play.com and it's no wonder when this excellant game is going for an insanely low price. £9.99 (about $17) is nothing, so if you still haven't picked up this game, now is your perfect chance.
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| Island 2 walkthrough |
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| Posted on February 3, 2005 at 02:56 by Jon |
Thanks to forum member Ergophobia for his help in compiling a set of hints and guides to the latter stages of the game. Our walkthrough for island 1 has been on the site for some time and many have found it a useful guide to dip into - hopefully if you are having problems with island 2, then this new section may help. Tomorrow, guides for the optional missions will be posted. It's all here - but be warned that it contains spoilers.
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| Island 1 interactive layout planner |
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| Posted on February 2, 2005 at 06:06 by Jon |
You may have come across the excellant island 2 layout planner created by forum member "slight". Well, demand for a similar tool to design island 1 maps has led to several forum members helping the original designer to make a new tool for that very purpose, and like the previous one, is excellant. Try it out, right here
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| EG bios updated |
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| Posted on February 1, 2005 at 03:15 by Jon |
Better late than never, the bios for the three evil genius' have been updated with the official blurb about them from the game. Read all about Max, Shen and Alexis at the characters page. Thanks to those who helped compile this info.
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| Images of traps - can you help? |
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| Posted on January 27, 2005 at 06:00 by Jon |
Now that the characters page has been updated with the last of the images (see the post below), I am turning my attention to ensuring our traps page has all the pictures and info we can get our hands on. If you want to help out by collecting images of the missing traps, or editing the images found by others to have the funky border (as demonstrated here) then that would be really appreciated - all the information you need is in this forum post. Cheers.
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| Final character updates |
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| Posted on January 27, 2005 at 05:51 by Jon |
The final collection of character images have been added to the characters page, namely images of all the tourists in the game. The characters page now has pictures and info of all three Evil Genius', all the henchmen, all the minion types and all the super agents. There are also images (no info) of all the 100+ agents, the hostages, the tourists, the crime bosses, the foreign diplomats and other minor characters. Well worth a look.
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| New character images |
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| Posted on January 26, 2005 at 06:04 by Jon |
Images of the Freak and the Crash Test Dummy have been added to the characters page. Images of tourists, which will complete the collection, will be posted tomorrow.
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| Character page updates |
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| Posted on January 25, 2005 at 05:54 by Jon |
As promised in yesterday's update, I have posted the final images of the enemy agents on the characters page, now complete with SMASH agents. Thanks to forum mod Ergophobia for the images. Now they are there is a useful reference, why not try out a little skin modding? Head off to the mod forums or our modding page for more info!
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| Characters page updated |
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| Posted on January 24, 2005 at 06:02 by Jon |
I've rather neglected the character page updates I have lined up to do, especially with the many articles and columns which were posted last week, but I'm slowly getting back on track. The characters page now has images for all the SABRE agents (along with the PATRIOT, HAMMER and ANVIL which I did last week). SMASH images will be up tomorrow, and the last of the miscellaneous characters will be posted on Wednesday.
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| New poll |
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| Posted on January 20, 2005 at 02:14 by Jon |
About time for a new poll, I think. Now that the news of official updates having quietened down, it's up to the community to keep the game going through the use of mods and unofficial game updates. So what have you done with your copy of the game? Vote in our new poll, and you are welcome to give your more detailed comments in the forum thread that you will be automatically forwarded to after voting. If you are interested in modding, take a look at our modding page with the best of the community mods, and a full list, plus discussion can be found in the modding section of our forums.
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| Forums are back! |
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| Posted on January 19, 2005 at 11:05 by WebNutMark |
Thanks for your patience! The forums are now back online!
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| Forum downtime |
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| Posted on January 19, 2005 at 02:22 by Jon |
Apologies if you have tried to access our forums during the last few hours - we seem to be having some technical hitches. Whilst we make a few phone calls and get it going again, you are welcome to use our EvilPlanet chat room, details of which can be found here.
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| Skin collections for modding |
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| Posted on January 18, 2005 at 06:49 by Jon |
If you are interested in doing some modding with your copy of Evil Genius, but don't really know where to start, why not try out some simple character skins? Forum member VillainousVillain has made two sets with skins for you to try out. Set 1 (FilePlanet registration required) has skins for Alexis, The Matron, Katerina Frostonova, Dr Neurocide and the Guard minion. Set 2 (also FilePlanet) has skins for Shen Yu (Black robe)
The Butcher (blood stained clothing), John Steele, Mercenary minion (Yellow, like the guard) and the Marksman minion (Yellow, like the Mercenary).
For images, and to give suggestions for future mods, check out this thread, plus this one for help with the modding itself.
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| Evil Planet's birthday! |
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| Posted on January 17, 2005 at 04:55 by Jon |
Yup - we've reached our first birthday here at Evil Planet! This time last year we set up our forums which have since racked up nearly 80,000 quality posts, and this site itself has seen well over 1,000,000 unique visits to find info on the best game of 2004, Evil Genius. The forums are still going strong, as is this site - so here's to the next year... and maybe Evil Genius 2...
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| New column - trap combos |
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| Posted on January 14, 2005 at 10:18 by Jon |
When you've played through Evil Genius a few times, you may be eager to find new ways of enjoying the game and extending the playing life. One of the things you can try is making cool trap combos. These, put simply, reward cool traps, linked together, with money and the satisfaction of dealing with those pesky agents. PenguinMan, from the forums, has written a great article on these traps, with many examples, and invites you to send in your cool trap combos for a future article. Check it out!
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| Character images updated |
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| Posted on January 11, 2005 at 02:46 by Jon |
Continuing our "mission" to get every character listed and pictured on the site, all of the agents from the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. agency have now been added to the "enemy agents" section of the characters page. On a side note, super agent Frostinova finally has her own bio page - a picture and a few lines of info (spoiler warning). Thanks, as always, to Ergophobia for helping collect the images together.
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| System Maintenance |
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| Posted on January 11, 2005 at 02:27 by Jon |
A small notice - this website will be unavailable between the hours of 12:00am and 1:00am PST Wednesday morning for Gamespy network updates. My apologies for any inconvience caused.
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| Forum admin / mod changes |
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| Posted on January 6, 2005 at 08:47 by Jon |
We've done a bit of a spring clean over on the forums in terms of our moderators and administrators. A couple of members who we haven't seen for a while have been relieved of their duties and we welcome some of the newer members to help out in their absence. The administrator position is still being considered, but I'd like to welcome "Ergophobia" and "Dameon" to their new moderator positions. Thanks for your help guys!
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| Characters section updated |
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| Posted on January 6, 2005 at 08:39 by Jon |
In our continued effort to log every character in the game for informational purposes (modding, etc), I have uploaded a few new pages worth of images (courtesy of forum member Ergophobia). These include images of every single agent from the ANVIL and HAMMER agencies - the other agencies will be updated over the next week. Take a look!
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| Evil Genius for only £12.99 |
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| Posted on January 6, 2005 at 02:34 by Jon |
Play.com continues to improve the price of Evil Genius in the New Year sales... you can now pick it up for an incredible £12.99 (not much more than $20) so if you've been holding out waiting for the game, then this is the perfect time to buy.
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| New character images |
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| Posted on January 4, 2005 at 09:22 by Jon |
Many thanks to the community, and especially Ergophobia, for sending in a load of character images. I started adding them to the site today, and now the characters page links to (at the bottom) pages for minion trainers, crime bosses, playthings, foreign diplomats and other random characters. Check them out - they may be especially useful for finding a character when modding.
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| New year... but what's new here? |
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| Posted on January 4, 2005 at 02:17 by Jon |
Hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable new year, despite the news from Asia. It's all back to work at Elixir now, and for me too to give this site a little spring clean. Evil Genius news is going to be coming rather slowly over the next few months, if at all, so don't expect daily updates, but the community here is bustling along very nicely with many new signups each day and hundreds of messages daily. This community have been working towards getting screenshots of all the different characters in the game, and in the next week or so, I'll be updating my characters page to include pictures and info (where applicable) of as many of these as possible. Keep watching this space!
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| EG on sale! |
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| Posted on December 30, 2004 at 14:50 by Jon |
Thanks, Dave, for pointing out that Play.com are selling Evil Genius for a very reasonable £14.99 (less than $30) so if you have been meaning to give it a try, or need to spend your Christmas cash, then this is a great time to do so!
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| Attention S. C. RoadRunner users: |
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| Posted on December 30, 2004 at 07:54 by WebNutMark |
Due to the malicious action of a few of South Carolina RoadRunner's customers, our host has been forced to disallow users from that ISP access to our forums. It seems that one or a few of RoadRunner's customers have been attempting to crash our server, and despite our efforts to contact the ISP's support department, nothing has been done by the ISP to stop these attacks. So therefore, until further notice, we will be preventing users in that ISP's IP range from accessing our forums to stop these attacks. We hope that you understand that we are taking this action only as a last resort, and apologize for any inconvenience you may experience. If you are a RoadRunner customer and can no longer legitimately access our forums, we encourage you to contact your ISP and ask them to investigate and correct instances of abusive use such as this so that the Internet can be a better place for all of us.
Thanks!
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