Server Master Rich

Hello all!  Happy New Years!

The new year brings several exciting things to the Dndorks crew.  We are moving to a new server, partially to help as we expand into new sites (one of which is topwebcomics.com which we're putting out tomorrow morning!).  The new server is a dual xeon 2.4gz system with 1gig RAM, and 3 SCSI 36GB hard drives in a Raid 5 configuration along with a backup power supply. 

The sites will be moved hopefully this weekend, it depends on how long it takes the company I work for to get their new server online.  This may create some downtime, but I'm under the impression it won't, though the forums will be down for a short period of time while we're doing the move.

The new version of dndorks will be up shortly, though I'm thinking since I have to finish testing topwebcomics.com before I put it up tomorrow morning, that I want to do more QC before  I put up Dndorks.

Thanks all, hope everyone has a happy new years!

Server Master Rich

Merry belated Christmas everyone!  Me and Jenn were in California for christmas, Ry was in New Mexico, Jason was in Arizona, and Scott was in Texas, so this year the Dndorks crew were pretty much each doing their own thing (the fact that Jason is “always” in Arizona is a not important....     At any rate, everyone here hopes our regular readers have a merry christmas!  (if you're not a regular reader...well, theres always next year!  j/k  hope everyone has a merry christmas!)

This weekend begins the long coding session.  I'm expecting to take a break in coding only maybe for a movie or something.  Does anyone have a suggestion?  Of course I've already seen ROTK, so I'm looking for something interesting.  If you have ideas, post here

Server Master Rich

How is everyone doing this Great Friday?  One thing I don't think I mentioned before is that the new system is going to be very point based.  People will be able to get points in varying ways, from posting comments on articles and the comics, to sending articles to friends, to... well, what other things should points be given out for?  Administrators and moderators will be able to award points to people for contributing to the site, which should be interesting. 

What will points be used for?  Well, not absolutely sure, initially the overall point total will help with your rating (showing a title or graphic depending on your title), but I want to have things that can be purchased.  Perhaps the point can unlock additional races in the member arena to play, the points could be used to post a message of the day on every page, or something even wackier.  Anyone have any ideas?  Post on the forums if you do.  The important thing is the point system has to be highly automated, as the more automated the site is, the more time we have to impliment more features.

Oh, and as always, we're looking for a competent flash programmer (emphasis on programmer) that might be interested in working with an ASP.NET web service based online game.  Send some of your info to us via the contact page and we'll see about getting you on board!  You'll be given full credit along with links to your website or email of choice, as well as a share in profit if profit is eventually made (currently the game is, like all of dndorks, meant to be free, but eventually we may impliment adsense or banners to help cover hosting and bandwidth costs, as well as merchandise later on)