I have been working on the foreign version of the patches.  We are next to complete on these as they need to be tested and approved.  Once this is done they should be posted for download.  Along these same lines, the 1.1 English version to the 1.2 English version patch should come out around the same time... perhaps a little earlier due to the fact that the differences between 1.1 to 1.2 are so minor it shouldn't take as long to test. 

Now for the dirty stuff!  >:)

Ok, ION Austin is a party group.  No let me re-state this... ION Austin is a bunch of animals that you can hold a highly intelligent conversation with... uh... that is if you are not too blasted to understand them.  Yes, this all can mean one thing: I went to the ION Austin party and was very much impressed.  Not only did I get to see Warren sing, but I also got a chance to kick it with Satan's Cheerleaders.  Those girlZ are a nasty bunch... and I do mean that in a very good way.  

Ok, so I am not going to give away a URL, but I imagine that sooner or later Killcreek is gonna send out the URL to her collection of 'pictures' from the party.  I would like to take this time to post a disclaimer about a particular picture of me... 

yes it is that big.  :P

With all of that said, I would like to thank the Austin team for not only one of the most kick ass games but for one hell of a good time... and I do mean I had a good time!  Hey, it isn't every day that you get to Wake board all day, hang out on a house boat, kick it at a bar with Satan's Cheerleaders, and then finally end the evening with a small little party over at Chris Robert's 'little house'... OMG it is HUGE!  (if you ever go there watch out for attack trained cats with no tails... MEOW!)

Oh yeah... Russ.. next time you try to jump your boat off of a rock make sure there is WATER on the other side... it helps.  :)  (Really though... we are all glad you didn't kill yourself... )

GWOG... too bad we didn't get more time to chat but the bar keeps were busy filling me with shots... ;)

BAR KEEP MORE WINE!

L8TRZ

-N03L

"I'm in dallas, where can I make the drop? One can o' spam and one 1/2 eaten twinkie, that's the deal right?"
*rubs hands together and grins*
Guess he has some Mike Wilson fetish?

"Take away all of his movies of pigs &$@!* guys, freak porn, and strange death photos."
This guy must have known him real well... hmmm.

"Have him publish only sport hunting games."
Hell...I kind of like taking a gun to Bambi's head.

"Put his cage ( I imagine he is in a gimp cage, right? ) in John Romero's office with the old 'John Romero will make you his bitch' add.  Have an admission fee to see this."
Hmmm, I see we must like Pulp Fiction?

"Strip him naked and leave him in Greenville. Still in the cage."
Same person, must have a fetish for cages and guys with long hair?

"Keep him, fund raising is in process..."
Did I mention that Mike and I were gonna split this?  >:)

"Chain him to a wall and make Hilda the 230lb nun teach Mike the proper use of the Lord's name."
I wasn't to sure what to think about this one... *yikes*

"Let him go man!  How else will we have crawfish boils!?"
Good point...

So, after much debate, I have decided to let him go... yes it was a tough choice, but I think in the end we all know that it was the best thing to do...besides think of all the free Crawfish I will be getting out of the deal!  It beats the hell out of Spam and a half eaten Twinkie!

So anyways on the other side of town...

I got a great chance to wake board this weekend.  I might have to add that I had a complete and total blast!  Wake boarding is one of those sports that once you start it kind of digs its claws into your spine until you can't stop thinking about it.  Anywho, I did much better this last time.  Once I can start catching good air I might have some pictures taken and post them up!  I should get some of Mark Fletcher so you can see his Silver Surfer style jumping, but I will let him decide if he wants the public to see him... he is kinda shy like that.  

Everything else is going great and is right on track.  Until next time... 

-N03L

Okies then,

As most of you know by now, I have kid-napped Mike Wilson.  I am currently holding him hostage for a can of Spam and a half eaten Twinkie... hey I would even take money, but that would constitute different terms.  We can work this two ways, someone can give me a couple hundred million dollars and I promise not to let him loose onto our community again...or I can get my Spam and my half eaten Twinkie and Mike can go free..  Either way, I would be interested to hear from people as to what I should do with him...while he is at my mercy. 

Muahahahahahahahahaha!  >:)

Until Next time,

-N03L

As far as this weekend, I would like to thank Adrian C. for his warm open hospitality... we all had a great time and well I haven't gotten out too much lately so I would like to say thanks again:

Thanks! ;)

 On another note, I am going to start investing in pain killers of one form or another... got up on a wake board this weekend thanks to Mark Fletcher's kick ass boat and both Mark and Bill's good advice.  However, I think yesterday and today I have come to realize the actual amount of pressure exerted upon one's arms when being pulled up out of the water... my arms are toasted.  It is like a challenge to type and stuff... grrr.  Welp, just means I need to work out more...*sigh* but I will tell you what, getting up on a wake board is a pretty kick-ass feeling!

Anyway, 'things' are progressing very well and everything looks right on track. 

Until Next time,

-N03L

-N03L

As far as the Doom 2000 thing... I sure do hope John C. plans on picking Mark Fletcher's brain COMPLETELY while making the game.  Mark is, and I am sure that the community will agree, THE MAN to go to if you want to make the next generation Doom 2000.  I think the rest of the Doom community will definitely say that while Quake and all of the predecessors are great games, none ever matched the quick 'twitch' play of Doom or Doom2.

On a final note, I would like to send out a major thanks to Bioware for making MDK 2.   I just had to say that I have been playing that game on the Dreamcast for almost a month now (perhaps a little longer) and have had a complete blast!  You guys did a great job!  If you haven't played MDK 2, and you like hard core action, cool puzzles, and whacked out humor... then you are gonna spring w00d with MDK 2.

-N03L

Daikatana has hit the shelves!  Along with this comes the inevitable... the dreaded patch.  However, never fear too much regarding this.  ChalreZ, Shawn, and of course myself have been working on fixes for things that we have come to discover since the demo release on the code side, and I know the mappers have been adding some fixes and a few extra goodies to make the patch that much more welcome when it is released.

As far as Shawn and Charles are concerned, I know they have both been working in their 'areas' as I have been working on AI, World, and of course Sidekick related issues.  Some of the windows 2000 issues that have been solved are relating to level transitions and I know Shawn is working on one particular load game issue under Win2k.  So, if you are running 2000 and have had some crashes when transitioning from one level to the next, don't freak too much... the fix is coming soon.  As for things relating to the Sidekicks, well one of the additions that I have added is the ability for them to use those nifty health trees, medical kits (episode 4), and of course the various forms of the hosportal (in episode 2 it is the fountain of life).

On another note, things have been quite a change in pace and I think everyone is just 'adjusting' back to a normal schedule.  It is times like these that make me understand the whole game developer's cycle and why there are times of complete chaos and then there are times of nice peaceful bliss.  Either way, it is one fantastic ride.

I am sure there will be a good handful of bugs sent our way once Daikatana gets into full circulation.  As for when the patch is going to be released?  Can't say... because it is really a matter of how many more bugs pop up between now and the next few weeks.

Also, I would like to send out a special thanks to the entire Daikatana community for being so patient in waiting for Daikatana.  I hope that we have made all of your waiting worth while.  Enjoy! 

-N03L

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