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>Christmas break? There is such a thing? lol. Not once you’re out of school…
Wait until you have kids… then it’s a time to be feared!
I plan on spending the Christmas season in an Aspirin induced haze… Seriously though, I’ll be planning my escape routes, thinking of the things I plan to do in the year ahead, and trying to spend some time with friends… where I’m sure we’ll be hiding somewhere from the chaos.
This is the time of year when I reaffirm that headphones are the greatest invention ever!
Can you hear me now…
…nope!
(hehe)That Wii U controller is a huge controller for sure. Why they added a camera that points up your nose is beyond me…
I guess the latest press release says the Wii U is due after March, mid 2012. Still, it’s less then a year and seeing all the updates I would even expect Wii U games replace the Wii offerings in the same manner XBox 360 has replaced the original XBox. If it doesn’t make the summer release then it’ll probably be out for Christmas season.
Trying to phase out older systems isn’t anything new or unexpected. I actually forgot that our Wii had those controller ports. I’ve never heard anyone playing a game that needed them. Not saying no one does but it’s not something I’m familiar with and if it’s something that isn’t used my the majority cutting it can only make sense. Besides, it’s the natural progression. Once accessories are limited to connecting with the controller rather then the unit then the unit can go through various revisions without affecting the accessories and controllers.
Just a thought here Tori, and seeing that it’s a gift you may not want to consider it anyway, but you could always get the Wii and trade the Wii in for credit on a Wii U when they do come out. This way you can build your library and have fun playing it while you wait. Personally I would just wait but I may be bias seeing that I have a ton of other things to kill time with. I dunno, just a thought I had…
Seems the TeamSpeak iOS app works well with the chat server. Unfortunately no one was on to chat with during my visit. Maybe next time ^^
You can’t really compare the Wii/Wii U and PS2/PS3 because the PS3 (current models, actually almost all the models) are not backwards compatible with PS2 games. That’s one big reason why the PS2 is still going, and why we have one as well. The Wii U will be fully backwards compatible with all Wii games and accessories. If you have a HDTV, and most people have at least 720 these days, then playing the Wii’s 480 on a 1080 TV can be a bit reminiscent of the NES days. The Wii U, due to be released in March, will have 1080 video and six channel sound. When we had our Wii on the our big TV with the PS3 it looked awful. Now we have it hooked up to a 20.5 LED monitor (VGA output cables) and it looks alright.
If the Wii U wasn’t backwards compatible then I wouldn’t have said to wait but since it is that’s why I said to wait and why the current Wii model will become outdated.
Wow, reading this just made me realize how old I am…
Lets put it this way, I played Mario Bros. and duck hunt on the NES when they came out…
I even had an Atari I remember playing on…
In all fairness, I was born in the late 70′s but I can remember into the early 80′s. Heck I even remember some of my kindergarten days, lol.I currently own a PS2, XBox 360 (Elite), PS3 (Slim), Wii, PSP’s (2-2000, 1-3000, 1 Go), and a DS Lite. I used to have a DSi but it met it’s doom early on. My wife finds the PSP Go perfect for her small hands. She used to dislike how big the PSP 2000 was. Meh, I bought the PSP Go and didn’t like it so this works and everyone is happy. I can’t wait to get a PS Vita next year to replace the 3K I’m using now. I’ll take a PS over an XBox any day but that’s just because I prefer the controller and it has Blu Ray and apps for my online content. I’d love to sell the XBox but I won’t ship and the system isn’t popular around here. Might get rid of the Wii soon too but it’s still used so… We game on one of the computers a bit but most of the playing is done on a console. Yes, I’m techie… you should see my home network! Three gateways and a PBX system, lol.
@Tori Wait on the Wii IMHO. The Wii U is expected next year and should be a major update over the current model. If Nintendo’s update was building on the base such as Microsoft and the Kinect it might be a different story but the Wii is about to become outdated. The Kinect can be a PITA if it doesn’t like your room though. Personally I like the Move’s accuracy but given the two choices I’d get the Kinect over the Wii right now.
There is software that you need to install;
TeamSpeak Client DownloadsOnce you have installed the correct client for your computer (i.e. Mac, Windows, Windows 64bit, Linux, etc.) you’ll need to connect to the TextFugu chat server with the settings on the first page.
Here’s a video tutorial of how to set up the program on Windows;
TeamSpeak Windows TutorialI’m only guessing but they may have received feedback that the old layout was ‘too much’ and this might make it easier for people while giving more room to grow at the same time. I dunno, maybe not, but the bugs are here and working to fix them should now be the priority IMHO. It’s better to have a working site then a site with new content but is full of bugs. I don’t know what the path the team wants to go down but the new content may also be part of the rework design. It may take a bit of time before everything is up to par at the more advanced levels as they work through everything if this is a total makeover. Growing pains hurt and this might be some of them. Coming in after the change I can only see things as they are now.
I don’t know how much help I’d be with the Japanese at the more advanced levels but I have offered to help in any way I can, and that offer will always stand. This is a great resource and I’m sure once things are up to par there’ll be more content at the advanced levels, making it that much better.
From what I understand Mark you’re at the more advanced stage of TextFugu and are looking for ‘more’ to do. I could see how frustrating it may seem when you’re looking for more and not seeing anything. I don’t know the whole story of TextFugu, being new and all, but I hope I may be able to give some insight that might give you some ease and understanding. Developing a CMS can bring about unforeseen issues and delays. Unless you run a beta server you can run into errors when you try to modify a live site. Even with a beta site you still run into issues of coding and importing that can take extra time and money to do correctly. Sometimes it’s just not feasible anyway so you’re forced to edit a live site and hope for the best, or at least a recent backup.
CMS sites are a blessing and a curse at the same time. There are different templates that are interconnected and must flow when rendered. One semicolon out of place and you might start throwing errors. Then the real fun begins hunting down what template and were the issue is. There are also the various plugins that you need to worry about. Not all of them will play nice with each other even though on their own they’re fine. Some may not give you any issues until you have a large enough user base with various browser/OS combos to find a kink. If a plugin starts to give you trouble you may need to read through various code, sometimes line by line, to find out if it’s a conflict with another plugin or simply the wrong hook being invoked.
By no means am I trying to downplay your point, I’m only trying to give another perspective. With the upgrade the TextFugu team may be busy behind the scenes trying to ensure that they have a solid foundation to build upon… or… they could be hold up somewhere on a serious StarCraft bender. I dunno, but there may be more to it all.
When does this seem to be most active? Might just be my time zone but I’ve popped in a few times, at different times and it seems quiet. Maybe being new I’ve just missed the best times, or just not been lucky enough. Is there a ‘best time’ to go on?
Thanks for the welcomes! It’s a great community here and I’m sure to enjoy my stay. The teamspeak is a bit quiet but maybe that’ll pick up soon… or I’m just in a bad time zone, lol.
Happy thanksgiving to my American friends! Here in Canada we celebrated thanksgiving back on October 10th. I can’t stand the taste of turkey so we have a chicken, roast, or something else. It’s all about family though so it all works out.
Pic of the day…
I guess it could be worse though;
