Alas, our IRC server is down, and I think it probably died this time.  We'll be looking into setting up an alternative chat room sometime soon if the server does not miraculously respawn, regenerate, or otherwise recover.  In the mean time, if anyone needs to chat with a team member they're encouraged to use the message boards for the time being.

Until the domain issue is resolved, the Wirehead chat room can be accessed as follows:

/server irc.muridae.net

OR

/server 216.55.167.82

Join your channels as usual.

The Wirehead IRC server is temporarily unavailable.  There's an issue with the domain right now.  Dicion is looking into resolving it, so the server should be available again soon.

As of Monday, May 18, all email addresses ending in @planetquake.com will no longer be valid.  Gamespy/IGN is decommissioning the servers used for these addresses and not keeping the addresses alive.  Several Wirehead members have used @planetquake.com mail addresses for gaming correspondence over the years.  If you've contacted one of us in the past via email and can no longer get a reply, please check with us on the forums here and send a PM or email from the forums and we'll get back to you with a new email address.

This is just a reminder to anyone trying to register for our forums that offensive names are not permitted.  If you're registering a name that contains a word or words not suitable for all audiences, such as racial slurs, offensive language, or anything that we consider inappropriate, your account will be rejected and you will have to re-register using a different name.  Please use common sense when registering an account.  Thank you.

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!