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Positive threads like these are fine, and in fact, for those that really do stress about the game being down, perhaps they provide comfort or calm, so i'm all for it.
It's also true that apportioning blame doesn't make the game come back any quicker (I do understand it's back up in "test server" mode), and things can only get done when they're ready, and therefore patience is needed.
However (there's always at least one), people need to hold those that provide a service/game we pay for more accountable, and if nobody voices this, complacency arises.  The truth is, their servers should have been hardened after the first attack.  Lisa states they moved their test server into a "more respectable" server data center.  That should have been done after the first time.  With all things technology related, failures occur.  It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when", and WHEN it happens those with the ability to get it recovered and back online need to feel the pressure of accountability in order to prevent previous failures from occurring again, and proactively prepare for the next time.
It's a business and paying customers must use their voices (and wallets) to show what is and is not acceptable.
But again, positive threads need to exist as well because humans tend to go way off the deep end sometimes ;)

Positive threads like these are fine, and in fact, for those that really do stress about the game being down, perhaps they provide comfort or calm, so i'm all for it.
It's also true that apportioning blame doesn't make the game come back any quicker (I do understand it's back up in "test server" mode), and things can only get done when they're ready, and therefore patience is needed.
However (there's always at least one), people need to hold those that provide a service/game we pay for more accountable, and if nobody voices this, complacency arises.  The truth is, their servers should have been hardened after the first attack.  Lisa states they moved their test server into a "more respectable" server data center.  That should have been done after the first time.  With all things technology related, failures occur.  It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when", and WHEN it happens those with the ability to get it recovered and back online need to feel the pressure of accountability in order to prevent previous failures from occurring again, and proactively prepare for the next time.
It's a business and paying customers must use their voices (and wallets) to show what is and is not acceptable.
But again, positive threads need to exist as well because humans tend to go way off the deep end sometimes ;)

Positive threads like these are fine, and in fact, for those that really do stress about the game being down, perhaps they provide comfort or calm, so i'm all for it.
It's also true that apportioning blame doesn't make the game come back any quicker (I do understand it's back up in "test server" mode), and things can only get done when they're ready, and therefore patience is needed.
However (there's always at least one), people need to hold those that provide a service/game we pay for more accountable, and if nobody voices this, complacency arises.  The truth is, their servers should have been hardened after the first attack.  Lisa states they moved their test server into a "more respectable" server data center.  That should have been done after the first time.  With all things technology related, failures occur.  It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when", and WHEN it happens those with the ability to get it recovered and back online need to feel the pressure of accountability in order to prevent previous failures from occurring again, and proactively prepare for the next time.
It's a business and paying customers must use their voices (and wallets) to show what is and is not acceptable.
But again, positive threads need to exist as well because humans tend to go way off the deep end sometimes ;)

Not Always. Sometimes it is just a waste of time and effort.

Are there any plans to make beards that don't look like someone drew it on with a marker?
Beards are made of hair...it's really jarring to see a head full of hair paired with a 'beard' that has no depth to it whatsoever.
Also, the beards don't align with the sideburns on most haircuts.

Really not asking for much.  Just a basic stylish suit and decent facial hair....throw a guy a freakin' bone here.

Really not asking for much.  Just a basic stylish suit and decent facial hair....throw a guy a freakin' bone here.

Really not asking for much.  Just a basic stylish suit and decent facial hair....throw a guy a freakin' bone here.

Really not asking for much.  Just a basic stylish suit and decent facial hair....throw a guy a freakin' bone here.

Really not asking for much.  Just a basic stylish suit and decent facial hair....throw a guy a freakin' bone here.

For example what's missing?
The Forum update is like, you did drive 25 years the same car and then you get a new one of the same type and manufacturer 🤣
The first time it will be strange and unknown...
Well this update was urgently necessary because the old one was just an security hole for privacy. 😵
 
Now should there be a lot more possible

Absolute presents

fun festivities as we celebrate not one, but two 

"original six" bargie's birthdays.

 

So come help us celebrate

Rhets and LoriDs birthdays

Absolute style.

(No, that is nothing like Gangnam style, but if we get enough alcohol in Rhet, you might get lucky!)

 

Four hours of classic rock, hard rock and whatever these two request for the night.

Stop by, bring your well wishes and plan on having a great night with two of the best people we know in Absolute.

 

July 2nd at 9pm EST

 

Party party party! I’ll get my dancing shoes on and try to beat Rhet at his requests lol.
 
Thanks DJ Rae & DJ Vixen!!

I don't have any horse in this race, and at the end of the day, for the most part, whatever happens on this forum I don't really care.   While I stated my opinion is that "Death Announcements" shouldn't have a place (if I am given a choice) based on my experiences, ultimately whatever is decided upon by whoever is fine by me.  I do me, you do you.
 
I'd just like to address the above quote briefly, and Vaughan_Rarius, please don't think i'm singling you out.  You're just the latest individual that has mentioned it, and it deserves clarification, so those that continue to debate on this subject (and I won't be one of them) can do so without any misconception.
 
As with many quotes and actions in history, they need to be looked at within their context of the time, and their purpose.  Setting aside the fact that there are many 3dx users that are not from the United States, and do not have any such protections as our Constitution and the First Amendment.....or their Constitutions may be different, the author of the quote, James Madison isn't speaking about the absolute right to say whatever we want, whenever we want.
 
Most Americans miss (or choose to ignore) the fact that the First Amendment refers to our right to not have our free speech taken away by Governmental Law.  It also makes protections for our Press that they also not be limited by any governmental law or restriction passed which infringe upon them doing their jobs.  
 
We Americans tend to have just taken this quote in time's context and the First Amendment as we understand it and apply it to our very own Facebook and Internet heavy lives.  But this view of censorship as spoken about by James Madison (who, btw, was very much suspicious of all governmental interventions....therefore you can see the context of his quote and the time) does not refer to our absolute right to say whatever we want.  Private places like Facebook and internet forums such as these are not covered by the First Amendment.  They are private entities that have the right to "censor" as much as they want about anything you say.  If they want to set a filter and delete every 3rd, 5th, 9th word a person writes, they can do this.  It would be stupid to, lol....and nobody would be here, but they can.  If they wish to delete all discussions on politics, religion, gun control, reproductive rights or whatever other hot button issue out there that gets people's panties in an uproar, they can.
 
I do get your overall spirit of not wishing to be censored, but it is not a right in here afforded to you by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and thus should be kept out of the debate of this topic.
 
Carry on and enjoy your weekends
 
 
ps:  I am retired military and not a constitutional lawyer, so if we have any of them in here and i've bungled some core details of my above understanding, please accept my apologies...lol.

New clothing system (work in progress)
 

Free Camera Controls and Settings
 

 
Upcoming poses
 

The fact is that the last forum account approved (at least that we can see) being on February 13th seems to support that the dev's want to devote more energy in breaking "exciting" news in more active social media platforms, and view the forum as far less a priority in terms of reaching out to potential new subscribers.
 
I get the thought behind it, but do think it's a bit shortsighted of them.  After all, in most industries, the easiest money is in re-upping.  Car, life, home insurance.....more money in just retaining your clientele.  That's bread an butter.  If you piss off your existing sub base, you better be sure you have enough new subscribers to counter it.  I don't know how busy they are, or how many jars they have their hands dipped into, but it would seem to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to just add the forum into their mental check-list of places to post when they have news.

The fact is that the last forum account approved (at least that we can see) being on February 13th seems to support that the dev's want to devote more energy in breaking "exciting" news in more active social media platforms, and view the forum as far less a priority in terms of reaching out to potential new subscribers.
 
I get the thought behind it, but do think it's a bit shortsighted of them.  After all, in most industries, the easiest money is in re-upping.  Car, life, home insurance.....more money in just retaining your clientele.  That's bread an butter.  If you piss off your existing sub base, you better be sure you have enough new subscribers to counter it.  I don't know how busy they are, or how many jars they have their hands dipped into, but it would seem to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to just add the forum into their mental check-list of places to post when they have news.

The fact is that the last forum account approved (at least that we can see) being on February 13th seems to support that the dev's want to devote more energy in breaking "exciting" news in more active social media platforms, and view the forum as far less a priority in terms of reaching out to potential new subscribers.
 
I get the thought behind it, but do think it's a bit shortsighted of them.  After all, in most industries, the easiest money is in re-upping.  Car, life, home insurance.....more money in just retaining your clientele.  That's bread an butter.  If you piss off your existing sub base, you better be sure you have enough new subscribers to counter it.  I don't know how busy they are, or how many jars they have their hands dipped into, but it would seem to me that it shouldn't be that difficult to just add the forum into their mental check-list of places to post when they have news.

They are trying to raise the popularity of other 3dxchat social sites to attract more players to the game. This forum is only for players already playing today, not for advertising .
Indeed, it would be great to see the same news on our forum for us (as well as to repost any news about 3dxchat).

Part 2
 
 
 

Just piggybacking on this for fun, not as a debate or anything.....but you know Rae (as we have discussed this) that I personally use your format as a template for my own events to some extent.  I like to take the spirit of what you do and put my own spin on it, but it shouldn't be a surprise that I truly admire what you do and how you do it.  I enjoy having a theme, I enjoy the song intros and little bits of talking because it brings a little fun and humanity into an event.  It makes it more about hosting a party than anything else.  I have recorded, mastered, re-mastered and re-mixed music by artists.  I "create" my own song transition bumpers (out of other artists work).  I have never created a purely original digital (or analog) musical composition and don't do what a lot of "modern dj's" do with mashing tracks together......but I do spend a great amount of time putting together the right music for a party/event and go to pains to make sure the mix and transitions are right.  I'll add equalization and little tweaks here and there and take an active role while am hosting.  Being that i'm absolutely horrid at multitasking (lol) this can keep me completely occupied (just ask LoriD  )
 
I also get the idea that some people don't appreciate that and don't really want anything more than just a good mix of music playing song after song after song, with no interruption.  That's cool too.
 
At the end of the day, I don't view what I do as DJ-ing.  It's more of party host/musical coordinator than anything else and i'm totally cool with that.  I do it when I am feeling it and just to have fun, and i'm ok with not doing it very well lol.  Thankfully, I have patient and well-meaning friends 
 
I think that anyone, regardless of their style and how they present their event, that puts forth the time and effort and even pays additional streaming fees just so they can share a love for music with friends and visitors deserves props.

Rochi's solution is the quick and easiest, to be sure.
 
I haven't run IPB forums, but in phpBB, forums having multiple themes is just a built in functionality that is literally a settings change on the back end and then the user changes the theme to whatever ones are loaded.  I used to have like 5 different forum themes with all different graphics for users to just choose.
 
I would guess IPB has this as well and should really be just a very quick thing for 3dx to do.  Log into the control panel and make sure alternate themes (including a dark one) are loaded up.  Assuming, IPB is similar.
 
Should be being the operative phrase 
 
I wouldn't wait for that to happen, i'd just use the dark reader chrome extension like Rochi says.

Would be considerably easier for you to grab something like https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh?hl=en probably a dozen alternatives for each browser too :3 Can set it to only work with one website as well.
 
Not saying it wouldn't be a great thing to have here in the bottom left theme selection, but from my experience we gotta do these things ourselves around here

Haha well sry a DJ isn't a person that make it's own music... Oh I wanted to stay out of this discussion because it is super silly. But seriously a DJ is a person who plays music. Some, especially those spinning electronic music, mix songs, make transitions, or do more advanced stuff with songs from others. A music producer creates it's own songs. And sure some DJs are producers as well, but not all DJs are producers.