For those of you that are interested in more than just fragging in the TRIBES Universe, we have a new treat for you in the form of the TRIBES Roleplaying Rules! Master storyteller Blake "Hexabolic" Hutchins has crafted another great addition to the TRIBES Universe on the heels of the now infamous Firetruce Forums! So be sure to pick up this little tidbit of TRIBES History! Also, The Son's of Thunder are hosting this very item on their page, and I whole heartedly reccomend checking their site out. They have most of the history and roleplaying information from Mr. Hutchins, as well as a huge section of thier own little piece of infamy! Check them both out!

======= Armory Assault ========= ========== LAN PARTY ============ February 25th - 27th (5pm Friday to 5pm Sunday) Army National Guard Armory ======= Jacksonville, FL ======== FEATURED GAMES: CounterStrike, RogueSpear, Unreal Tournament, Quake3, etc etc. Definitely will be a lot of UT, CS, and Q3 players at this event with dedicated servers for all games. Check out this movie of our first event at this location from last year: ftp://quakelab.jacksonville.net/movies/lanfinal.mpg WHY: This LAN party will be a charity game and all proceeds go towards the Family Assistance Fund which is a 501c non-profit organization. (please help to spread the word and increase our attendance for the event.) COST: Entry fee is $35 (per PC). Cost of admission covers the duration of the event as well as food on Friday and Saturday. Everything is provided except your Computer and a Network Card. Spectators are welcome and don't have to pay, but will not get a lunch/dinner ticket. We have space for 300 players ( > 7800 sq. ft.). We have RESERVED VIP seating under the tents which you can see in the above video. There will be more of them at this event however. FEATURES: There are a lot of benefits to this LAN party:
1) We just installed a $3000 dollar 600AMP power system to supply power to all the players.
2) Location has many features such as showers, cots, meeting rooms, kitchen, huge BBQ smoker, vending machines, PA system etc..
3) RFAB Tents covering VIP Player areas.
4) More camo netting covering a larger portion of the gaming area. (we have changed the layout some)
5) Hummer Vehicles located inside gaming area.
6) We will have some APACHE AH64 helicopters on display, so you can get a good look at those.
7) We also have some laser/fog lighting effects.
8) Large screen projection system with sound system.
9) The network uses no hubs. We have 16 HP ProCurve& AdvanceStack 10/100 switches with enough ports to deliver switched ethernet to every player.
10) Fast Dual PentiumIII-600 servers with Raid-5 file shares on 10k Cheetah drives. (Our last party was pumping out 35MegaBYTES/SEC on the ftp server!)
11) There will be alcohol allowed at this location, so drinking on the premises is fine! Bring a keg if you want, but you can't smoke inside.
12) Base security 24x7 and a secure area to park cars.

For more information Check the WebSite out at: http://quakelab.jacksonville.net/assault or send e-mail to:[email protected]

Hope to see you guys at the party! -Bandit (Carl E. Mankinen)

Got around to getting some stuff together about Tribe2 and got with Tim Gift about it... We got this little Q&A together about the new scripting engine and thought that every one might like to take a look see... www.dopplegangers.com/tribes ALSO the Tribes 1.10 patches are out and on the archive as well. Emo1313 Dopplegangers Tribes Archive

If you are at all breathing, then you know that this year's E3 will have some awesome footage from the upcoming sequel to TRIBES, TRIBES 2. Well Stomped.Com has decided to see what the gaming world wants to see at E3, so they started this keen Poll! (And they were kind enough to place TRIBES 2 in said poll) So go out there and let those people at Stomped know how fanatically obsessed we TRIBES fans are for out game! Also, if that isn't incentive enough, there are pictures of booth babes by the poll, so got for the babes, but vote for the TRIBES! Now I have to go and try and erase the memory of that last sentence from my memory...

Less than a month since we opened our doors and already we have over 170 people registered on our site. Why? The answer is simple - we have the features you want on a Tribes website. Our latest addition is the Ratings section, where opinions are voiced about the Tribes-related things that matter the most to you, the hard-core Tribes player. And, because only Registered members are able to rate anything, you know that the results have at least some validity to them! [Grin] Come on over to http://www.altus.net/top and see why we're the fastest growing Tribes site on the net!

Latest news on Thugwars 2.0 MOD: Thugwars 2.0 has been release today. Go check it out. It has been release early due to Mase's decision to quit Thugwars. I have decided to keep it running though. I could realy use some help though, so if you know how to MOD, please email me at [email protected] . For some reason, my video card is not letting me take screenshots, so please email me if you can take some screenshots for me too, so i can finaly get off horid angelfire and onto planettribes. Check out our current website at Http://www.angelfire.com/nt/thugwars .

Well, it is Groundhogs day, and I thought I would give a little state of the union. (Please Stop Clapping) Basically, Things here in TRIBES land have been very busy! I have been working my little ankles off, and don't have a ton to show as of yet, but there are big things on the horizon... like the sun. Anyway, today, I came to work and thought I would like to answer some questions that people may have. Number one, Beta testing. I get about seventy or so requests a day, some much more animated and fun than others, but requests none the less. What I want to say is this, unless you are sending messages with thousands of dollars, or blackmail pics, we can't tell you if you will be on the beta team, because we aren't ready yet. Don't worry, it won't sneak up on you. We will announce the search for TRIBES 2 beta testers to the free world when we are ready. Right now, we are too busy worrying about getting a a game made to beta test. So to answer some generic questions:

No, I don't know when we will start Beta
No, I can't decide who does Beta testing
No, We aren't trading Beta privileges for beer
Yes, I can be bought

So if you have a question that isn't answered above, please, hold on to it and send it when we announce a Beta date or at least have more information on the process.

As for the newest TRIBES 2 Armor, we will be releasing those soon, so keep a heads up! They will not be here first, so keep your eyes peeled, and we will let you know when they surface! Oh, and they are awesome! Well, I gotta go to lunch, and actually, I am sick of talking, so I will see you all later. And remember, if you ever play against me in a game, be gentle... I am terrible!

AK- Out

GameSpy's "Developer Week" wrapped up today with a phenominal essay from Valve Software's Marc Laidlaw. Entitled, "Strength of Character," his essay discusses the challenges of creating meaningful characters in computer/video games. He uses some examples from Half-Life, but the essay is geared toward the interactive entertainment industry as a whole. "Every advance [in gaming] seems to draw attention to a deficiency. Mouths move, but eyes don't blink. Heads turn, but hands look like oven mitts. Creating real characters, strong enough to compete with the memorable figures in film and literature, may be the biggest challenge facing us if we are to truly entertain a wide new audience..." he says. Marc Laidlaw is a novelist and was the writer for Half-Life. Article URL: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_r.shtm This ends the first ever GameSpy Developer Week. In case you missed it, here were the other essays in the series: Introductions and Overview: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_a.shtm
Tim Sweeney of Epic Games: "A Critical Look at Programming Languages" http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_b.shtm
Greg Borrud, Pandemic Studios. "The Future of Real-Time Strategy." http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_h.shtm
Rich Carlson, Looking Glass Studios. "The History of Computer Games (Part I)." http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_j.shtm
Graeme Devine, id Software. "Persistence." (A look at the current persistent world games.) http://www.gamespy.com/articles/devweek_p.shtm

Thanks! - Fargo

Hey everyone, sorry I've been away from my site for so long. I've been doing... stuff.... errm, on to the update. T_SCFE V(5.0) has been released! NEW in V!!! 1. Ooops! I didn't have the \Original subdirectory under \Stations\ (like I said in BitmapInfo.txt) after all. Sorry! It's there now. 2. Real nice skinning interface now. Check out \Skins\Templates\Templates.txt for the lowdown on editable skins. 3. I changed my company name from Xiphos Systems to Flammable Technologies, that has nothing to do with Sciffy(T_SCFE), but hey, I DID change the company name info in the executable. 4. There is no fourth update. Let's skip to five. 5. The about box has new colors! Woohooo! 6. Emblems and such added to \Team Skins\ - Check out the directory and/or BitmapInfo.txt 7. Nice Skins included! It may not seem like much, but hey, it's an update, and I fixed some stuff, added new stuff, and other stuff... alot of stuff, huh? pick it up at http://www.planetstarsiege.com/taeralis/T_SCFE/ ALSO, while I'm here, I'm gonna ask for a bit of email. Does anyone out there have any ideas on new programs that would be helpful to the Tribes community? C'mon, give me yer ideas. Fill my inbox! -Taeralis

Tsayadin.com right now is playing host to a unique Interactive Interview with Dynamix Head Writer, Blake Hutchins. Topics covered include roleplaying, player input, and future meta-plot development. Here's a snippet:

Tsayadin.com- Could you give the folks an idea of what your current vision for the meta-plot is?

Hexabolic- Well, the BioDerms will invade in Tribes 2. It's a conflict that is so huge it might spill over into Tribes 3. The Firetruce will likely become an ongoing institution in light of the war. Atmosphere-wise, the wilderzone will become a much darker place, riven by war and death on a scale not seen in centuries. The social structures and political hierarchies are going to be smashed and rebuilt. In short, the wilderzone stands on the edge of a true Dark Age. I'm going to emphasize the humanity and the strength of spirit that keeps people going. It should be epic and ultimately a story of hope, the "lanterns in the night" kind of theme.

To see more of this interview, and to participate yourself, simply stop by the Atsârâh at Tsayadin.com and look into the Interactive Interview forum. The forum is private and you must be a registered user in order to participate. If you are not currently registered you can do so and your status will be updated as soon as possible with permissions for the Interactive Interview Forum.

For fun, Here is a video of forum regular, Nero, Getting funky. This is an Mpeg, so make sure that you are capable of such movie madness before you download. There will be NO Nero Patch, so view at your own risk. Please notice he is white, and therefore should be viewed through that filter before passing judgment and consequently shunning this fine lad. Thanks, and all complaints can be sent to Dave Meddish at Dave's Land of Work Free Fun. Thanks - Analog Kid