Folks should come play Vermintide 2 with me n Aaron. https://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/552500

All is quiet right now because everyone is playing Fallout 4.

Diablo 3, and SC2 $20 off at the blizzard store.

http://us.blizzard.com/store/browse.xml?f=p:1100002016,p:1100001122

New Terraria server is up. Some of us have started construction of a massive fortress. Probably twice as wide as the last one. We're using grey brick, and grey brick walls in its core construction.

Feel free to continue building on it, but if you build up try and keep the levels the same width. Undecided as to whether to make a basement lab and crafting area again or if we should just have a ground level room for that.

Anyways feel free to discuss architecture ideas.

On top of all the holiday game releases and deals, the Terraria server will be back up in time for the huge 1.1 update on Dec 1st. New feature info and preview video:
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/wall-of-fle-text.63441/
http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Upcoming_features
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azq5IOrFtEI&hd=1

And so the holiday deals begin - just got Mass Effect 2 for $5. Don't know what I'll run out of first, time to play or internet bandwidth from all the downloading. Probably time.

Valve, the company that can do no wrong, got hacked.
http://kotaku.com/5858497/what-we-know-about-the-steam-hack-and-what-you-should-do

One of my favorite games is on sale, Sword of the Stars
http://store.steampowered.com/app/42890/

In preparation for SOTS 2

The Terraria server will be down this coming week while I'm away in the UK. There hasn't been anyone logged on for at least a couple weeks, but I thought I'd announce it anyway.

Get on the Battlefield 3 Beta, free! http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta

The Terraria server now has a rule: killing Skeletron (the last boss) and entering the dungeon should be announced in advance and everyone should be invited to participate.

Also, not rules but recommended guidelines: Try to group with others, it's more fun. Giving out high-level items to new players will probably make them get bored of the game a lot faster. Don't loot hearts and shadow orbs if you have no use for them, so that others can have the excitement of finding them underground.

You can also transfer your items from Stan's server to a single player game as temp storage for those item hoarders out there like me.

Terraria patch 1.0.6 is expected tomorrow! Expect a new, bigger world on our server this coming weekend. It should have all the new goodies from the patch.

Note: Items in your inventory or piggy bank will transfer over. Items in chests will be lost, however, so you might want to sell them if you plan to continue playing with the same character.

I'd vote for a large world rather than medium!

Speaking as the new guy, fine by me.

I'd be fine with making a new server, but we haven't explored the dungeon or hell yet. I'm going to miss my community.

Terraria group: What does everyone think about starting a new world when the next content patch (1.0.6) is released? I'm also thinking that a medium world size would be better than small for this number of players. If we do, I'll let you know in advance, so you have a chance to put the items you want to keep in your inventory or piggy bank. (And I could always send you a copy of the old world file.)

Terraria Beginner Guide: http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Guide:Getting_started

Important: If enemies flicker, lag, or warp around when you play multiplayer, you can probably fix this by turning "Frame Skip" to OFF in the video settings.

Desktop Dungeons - http://www.qcfdesign.com/?cat=20

This is a free, single-player, puzzle/RPG game that I discovered a few days ago and really enjoy. It's got randomized dungeons and old-school graphics. It's simple to learn and you can easily finish a dungeon in less than an hour. I'd recommend checking it out, especially if you've ever played roguelike games such as Nethack.

Alien Swarm console commands- http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1371124

Holy crap. Snow.

I don't really have anywhere to put the funk.

You gota have the funk.Yeah.

We want the Funk. We want the Funk.