It appears the dust has settled and everything that needs to be working is working so far.  All systems are go on our forums.  Welcome to the Arenas Eternal, Generations style.  Enjoy your stay. 

We're in the process of updating the site and forums.  You may experience limited functionality during the transition period.  The forums should be working fine, but we're fine-tuning the website to work with the new format.  If something breaks, odds are we're already aware of it.  Please be patient and we should have it back up and running soon! 

Well they say you're somebody when your site gets hacked.  I guess someone thinks we're important enough to continually try to spam our boards.  I've had to implement a few security measures to protect against this so we don't get unwanted crap all over the place.

First, new registrations have to be approved by a board Admin.  I know it's inconvenient, but for now it lets us see if someone registering is a legitimate user, or a bot.  If it's an obvious bot we'll block it, but if it looks like it's a legit person we'll give the benefit of the doubt.  I check the new registraitons list once a day myself, so nobody should get lost in the shuffle.

Second, Guests can no longer post replies except on the Bug Reports subforum of the Generations Arena forum.  I removed the ability to reply to news posts because the bots are getting increasingly sophisticated and are trying to embed malicious, self-triggering stuff into anonymous posts.  We don't want anyone's system compromised by stumbling across something nasty, so limiting anonymous posts makes sense.  I know some people don't want to take the time to register or may feel uncomfortable with registering on a message board, which is why we're leaving the Bug Report area open.  Anyone should be able to report a bug.

HTML code is now disabled on the bug reports forum.  If you need to link to something, use IBF code or just paste the hyperlink.  Members can still use HTML code on other forums.

If this causes any inconvenience then we apoligize.  We take the security of our members very seriously.  We want this to be a happy place for all our members, but also a safe place.

You know that sound.  You've found the Data Spinner, you just took a railgun slug in the knee, you're tired and low on ammo, and there's a Brains skulking about somewhere on the floor below, waiting to scoop you into it's tentacle-filled maw.  Then... you hear it.  That sound, that awful, ungodly sound that has sent many a marine over the edge, the most horrible, wretched thing, worse than any Strogg you've encountered, worse than the nails-on-chalkboard screech of an enraged Iron Maiden, it's...

That damned Mission Computer!  Every Quake 2 player knows what I'm talking about, so I put together a little tribute that expresses our feelings toward that voice that haunts our nightmares.  I hope you enjoy it.  I know I enjoyed making it!

I just thought I'd take the opportunity to wish all of our American players a happy Thanksgiving. Have fun visiting family, and don't forget to stuff yourselves silly!

And for our non-American players, um... well, have an enjoyable normal day!

I know I'm a bit slow on posting this, but PlanetQuake had the chance to interview our very own LeeMon during QuakeCon.  Topics discussed include Generations Arena, other Wirehead projects, modding in general, and "what it takes to start a mod today".  Download here:

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In case you haven't noticed, Tabun just finished the newest redesign of the site. It's the best looking site to date by far!

Be sure to check the customize site tab to the left. We've several color schemes for you to choose from.

So enjoy the new site, and Happy Fragging!

Not the usual thing you might expect on our news page, but since there are a lot of people we know out in the California area, I felt it would be prudent to post some recent earthquake information.  There have been several big ones on the US edge of the Pacific plate over the last week, including a 5.2 in Southern California, a 7.8 in Chile, a 7.2 off Alaska, and a 4.9 near LA just yesterday.  This is not a good trend, especially with three of these large quakes happening within a day of each other.  It's a good time to brush up on earthquake preparedness incase a large one hits near a population center.  Duke might not be afraid of no Quake, but everyone else should take them very seriously.

You can visit the US Geological Survey's Earthquakes page HERE for the most recent updates and a wealth of earthquake data.

Edit:  A 6.4 just hit off the coast of northern Californa as I was typing this article.  

What's a tournament without prizes?  We're going to offer some of course, but we need YOUR input on how we should give things away.  That's right, we're giving all you Generations fans out there a say in how we award prizes.  Now, as to what we're awarding we're not sure yet, only that you'll like it.  Check out the poll HERE and provide us with some good feedback so we can get the prize ball rolling!

It's official! Wirehead Studios will be hosting a Generations Arena tournament at QuakeCon 2005!

Signups will begin 5PM at the Wirehead table on Thursday (at QCon, of course). They will end when the tournament starts.

The tournament will be held on that Saturday, time TBA pending official tournaments to avoid schedule conflicts.

Prizes are also TBA. If you have a suggestion for a cool prize, please post it here as well. We've had nifty prizes in the past ranging from jerseys to video cards to cases to case decals.

Post here or contact jess at wireheadstudios.org if you have any questions!