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Ryujin

Author of DescentValhalla.com here. Great question! Since they closed PlanetDescent years ago, I figured they'd eventually close the master game tracker as well. So I developed DescentValhalla.com as a D3 tracker. We do not depend on the old GS Tracker. It's especially easy if server ops use Thomas ...

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It's funny you posted this thread. I was wondering the same thing for the past few months. For D3, if it's not already over, it will be soon. For a few major reasons: 1. It's old. Damn old. 2. Windows XP support ends in less 8 months. For me, I have not been able to get my config the way I like it ...

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Pros in highly competitive games use equipment they've used for 5 or sometimes 10+ years. They use what they're most comfortable with. There's nothing wrong with ball mice as long as you maintain them. People are going back to old school mechanical keyboards because they are higher quality and ...

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I'm willing to post them to DescentValhalla.com and its YouTube account for longevity. PM me and I'll set up an FTP for you to upload to.

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I'm a fan of my Lenovo. They are pretty tough and reliable. As with others, it did come with a lot of bloat so I recommend a clean install if you can get a disc. I think my next purchase will be a tablet hybrid of some sort. Lenovo's got some potential in this space.

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Sure.

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One other question, in multi-level levels (like Fury), is there a server configuration command so it only cycles on one level? You can. It's recommended to host games with the D3 Server Tool. Using this tool, you can change "Loop On" to repeat the same level in a set. See this page for more info ...

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That sucks. I hope it comes back up. It's good to have options in the community.

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I love that the game is still making it into articles 17 years later.

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There's also some excellent stuff regarding chording, controllers, styles, etc. written by Descent badasses including Birdseye, Darktalyn, wavetrades, Genghis, etc. out on DescentValhalla.

Go, read, absorb, win.

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Great!

SilverWolf, if you could register and fill out the contact form with your interest, we can make it official!

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Great stuff, TE. Only 3 left to go!

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No takers after one week. Not tempting enough, I guess.

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Yup, I already have other backups in addition. My main goal with mirroring is simply to avoid losing hours of work to an unexpected single HDD failure. I was merely asking about the performance of SSD with mirroring, perhaps as it compares to mirroring on mechanical. That is, my setup going from ...

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I bought them because they were the most inexpensive way to get performance at the time. I bought the first one years back when SSD's were bleeding edge and far too expensive. Very recently, as I grew to care more about redundancy and not losing ANY work, I bought a new one to compliment the old one ...

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Amazing post, Krom. For my personal computer, I spend probably 20-30 hours a week coding and/or browsing the web. If you can further explain the following sentence, you will likely have persuaded me to invest in SSD even though I just bought a 150 GB Raptor to compliment my existing Raptor for RAID1 ...

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I concur on the memory. Crucial is solid and has been my go-to for years.

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And hopefully SOD too!

http://www.descentvalhalla.com/bringbackvalhallad3.aspx

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I liked the idea of RAID1 since I am always working on files throughout the day that I'd hate to lose. RAID1 offers me the ability to always remain online and not lose productivity (assuming I'm not the idiot who deleted the file). Yes, I could run daily backups but I'd lose a day of work running on ...

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Wow, those #'s are quite impressive - so long as they don't break down on you fast. You mentioned RAID1 being worse for performance but to me it seemed logical since I would rarely if ever have to worry about formatting my computer if my HDD dies on me and I don't have funds to do a higher level ...

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Done! Others are welcome to submit their Descent wallpapers as well.

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These are really good! Could I post them on to DescentValhalla?

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Wow, they sure have dropped. I currently have mirrored 10K RPM 150 GB WD Raptors. I wonder how much better these guys would work for me? I could use more space though so perhaps I should wait till one or both of mine bomb and the price continues to drop.

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One question for anyone, after the update before this one (last month), all 3 of my Windows 7 computers showed a weird message during boot on the day AFTER the update. On the Windows splash screen, it said something along the lines that it was doing something called Registry Operation 44 . Any ...

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Hi Pumo,

You're welcome to submit your file to the site by going to http://www.descentvalhalla.com/submit_file.aspx.

Have a great weekend!

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And not to burst anyone's bubble, but that stuff has been there for months now, maybe much longer. Anyway, if you want working links, try Descent Valhalla .

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Great stuff Wolfie! When are you guys playing these?

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Wow, that's some really good feedback! Sorry I got you guys off track with my bad wording regarding the 10K drives. That was for my main desktop. I'd be sticking larger 1-3 TB 5400 RPM drives in this potential machine. Speaking of that, I am seeing some not so nice reviews on these Western Digital ...

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So I'm tired of running out of space on my primary machine (which is currently acting as a server but it's in sleep mode all the time to save power). I could upgrade the RAID 1 HDD's in there from 150 GB 10K HDD's to larger, but I like fast drives in there and I'd like to have highly available ...

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Am I too late? You're probably already getting hammered for 2012.

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flip wrote:Ryujin is my D1 ★■◆●

Man, how'd this one get by me!? flip, I challenge you to a 1v1 right now!

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FYI, a while back I put all the missions I collected at the now defunct d3 community website up at DescentValhalla.com. D1, D2, and D3 missions are now searchable by name and author.

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FYI, no longer do you have to download large mission packs for D1 and D2 to get the one mission you're looking for. I just upgraded the D1 and D2 missions to be searchable and sortable!

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In short term, I only have plans to shut down Valhalla II game server and SOD which runs $35 a month unless we get a few subscribers at $5 / month. Thanks.

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Thanks Foil!

We have one potential subscriber so far. Unfortunately will be shutting down the game servers permanently on 9/19 if not enough subscribers. Get the word out and Subscribe today.

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I just wanted to let everyone know DV is offering a new donation subscription method to help pay for the costs of the Valhalla web and game servers. As a subscriber, you will get access to the newly released SOD. Please consider signing up to keep the servers online. http://blog.descentvalhalla.com ...

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I saw that name too but he did not respond to "Are you the artist/modeler, Eagle?" so I don't think so.

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I was hoping someone had updated contact info they could PM me for Eagle, an artist/modeler here on the DBB. I tried to PM him but haven't heard back so I assume it's a bad email address. He hasn't been around here since 2008. The webpage in his profile is also not working. I have a question to ask ...

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Alright, I've lost count of our win streak... 17, 18?

LEON and IsAB, are you up for a match? DT hasn't played in 4+ months! That's unacceptable.

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