Did you know that I have a Generations server?  It's been up for a long while, visible on ASE and from within the browser in Generations, but since Tabun got the server browser fixed my own Generations server is now listed on the servers page as well.  There should always be a few bots to keep you company until more fleshy opponents are available.  Since the Central server is down for an indeterminate period of time following the website move, this will be our official US server for the time being.

No April Fools gag this year.  I'm not creatively inclined for pulling any kind of pranks at the moment.

Just a quick heads-up for those of you who've been disappointed at our Generations Server Browser not showing any servers: there was a problem, and it has been fixed!

Although the US Central server still isn't back up yet, the Euro server is and now it shows on our Generations servers page.

Now you won't have to worry about sitting on a server and nobody noticing. Carry on.

Generations Arena now has five new and unique grappling hook weapons, one for each Generation!  These are intended primarily for Capture the Flag play.  Each grapple is unique, and has its own advantages and disadvantages to suit the generation its intended for.  These will be available for use in the next public release of the mod.  Here's a preview of the models.  Click the thumbnails for a more detailed view and description.  Be sure to vote for your favorites!

It appears during the server move that several download links were broken and I just became aware of it today.  I'll be moving some files over the next few days so if a link is broken, try a different mirror until I can finish with the upload process.

The Generations Arena US server is temporarily down due to site maintenence.  In the mean time, the European Generations server is available for gaming:

GenArena FFA Euro 0.99f 80.79.36.5:27960

I would invite everyone to get their fragging on Euro-style until the Central server is back online. 

We've put together a bit of a teaser video that gives a taste of what's coming in 1.0.  This little treat comes in two flavors - standard and high quality.  Grab them here:

Low Quality at WHS
High Quality at WHS
Low Quality at QuakeUnity
High Quality at QuakeUnity
Low Quality at PlanetQuake
High Quality at PlanetQuake

So you're bored with reading .plans, .99f seems a bit dated, and you wonder just what the hell has been going on behind the scenes?  Where's all that eye candy and promise of animated guns?  Is Gen 1.0 going to be so much vaporware?

While 1.0 is still a ways off, I felt it only fitting to give you a little tease of what's to come in honor of our new forums. 

Our forums have been reworked and we're now running on a new board system.  This was something long overdue, and the recent incursion spurred us to make the transition to a new system that is more up to date and vastly more secure.  The forums now have a new, more unified appearance and improved functionality.  While this was something we did not intend to do at this time it was something that needed to be done, and well worth the time invested.  The only regret is that we did not do this sooner and that some interesting topics were lost, however no progress can be made without some kind of cost.  Lessons have been learned and we know better for the future. 

You may notice some boards and topics are no longer present.  We felt it was time to retire the Blast Arena and Sliders boards because the projects have both been mothballed for now.  They may make a return at some point in the future, but we felt it would be best to concentrate on Generations Arena.  Some topics were pruned for compatibility or because of dead links or general topic stagnation.  Also, most of the past polls are gone, again for compatibility reasons with the new forum software.  We preserved a few of the most recent or otherwise interesting ones.  If a favorite poll is gone feel free to start a new one!  All your other favorite discussion areas, such as Rants and Randomness, the Off Topic Forum, and Controversy Corner are all there for your posting pleasure.

Please take some time to look over your profile information.  You may wish to make a new signature or restore your old one, and there are some nifty options for configuring personal messages as well as date and time configuration, etc.  One you may wish to select is "Return to topics after posting by default."  This brings you right back to what you posted as opposed to the topic directory.

Everything should be functioning properly but if something should behave oddly please let myself, Dr. Jones, or Tabun know right away and we'll look into it.  In the mean time, look around and enjoy the new board!

Please be careful with your email.  Tabun and I both received bogus "Electronic Greeting Card" notices.  You'll see something along the lines of "Your colleague has sent you an electronic greeting from American Greetings.com/egreetings/whatever", followed by an http:// with a numeric IP address.  The address leads to foreign servers, which trace back to Poland (at least so far).  If you follow the links you will probably get a virus, so please be advised not to do that.

Also, email worms like to spread by lifting addresses and forging headers.  If you see emails that look like they're coming from people you know with odd titles or attachments, please be careful in opening them.  Since Tab and I both received these spam/scam mails, someone has our email addresses on an infected machine so if you receive an email that appears to come from either of us, be warned it might be forged by a third party.  I do not believe that any of this had anything to do with the recent intrusion on the forums as the email address I received the spam on is not posted anywhere on the board.  Please be careful.