Thursday, 04 September 2003
Arrr me mateys!Pirates, Vikings, and Knights is quite a unique mod for Half-Life! It hasn't grown to be as famous as Counter-Strike or Day of Defeat, but you'll have a blast.In case you've never heard of it, it involves 3 teams: Pirates, Vikings, and Knights. In each team, there are 3 unique classes.
Pirates:Skirmish - Equipped with a cutlass, a flintlock pistol, and a very explosive powder keg.Sniper - Equipped with a dagger, flintlock pistol, and a very nice musket.Captain - Equipped with a peg leg, cutlass, flintlock pistol, and musketoon for massive destruction on the enemy!Vikings:Berzerker - Complete with a big hammer, and double hand axes.Spear - Complete with a set of throwing spears, a sword, and a jousting spear!Axe - Complete with throwing axes, a sword, and a humungous axe for chopping your enemies in half!Knights::Man At Arms - Equipped with a flail, crossbow, and a sword.Bowman - Equipped with a crossbow, a regular bow, and a sword for maximum destruction!Heavy - Equipped with a sword, a mace, and a very large sword for chopping your opponents in two!pThese are the classes and weapons that PVK consists of. We would love to have a lot more people playing the mod.If you wanna hang out and act goofy with the community and the PVKTEAM, play in the servers, or hang out in the IRC channel.IRC Information:Server: irc.gamesnet.netChannel: #PVKLike I said, play Pirates, Vikings, and Knights. It has come to be one of my favorite mods, and favorite games!Yarr! See ye on thee seven seas!
Well it seems that NBC won the Vivendi Auction.
Ending months of speculation, Vivendi (V) and General Electric(GE)'s NBC agreed Tuesday to enter exclusive negotiations to create an entertainment giant potentially worth more than $40 billion.NBC, a unit of General Electric (GE), clinched exclusive negotiating rights to fine tune a deal that gives it control of of a major media player that would rival global heavyweights such as Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and Viacom (VIA). If concluded, the deal would bring together assets such as Vivendi's Universal Studios, the Hollywood studio behind The Hulk and The Mummy, and cable television network USA with NBC's broadcast network and cable channels including CNBC and Bravo.After eleventh-hour talks with two top contenders, Vivendi held a special board meeting in Paris to vote on eliminating a consortium led by Edgar Bronfman Jr. (search) and approve a preliminary deal with General Electric (GE)'s NBC for an entertainment merger."Together we have developed a plan to create an exceptional media company, which would rank among the most profitable in the U.S.," said Vivendi Chairman and CEO Jean-Rene Fourtou.Vivendi said that if the new company is formed, it would be 80 percent owned by GE and 20 percent by Vivendi. Vivendi Universal Entertainment shareholders will also receive a $3.8 billion "cash consideration."One source close to the deal said Vivendi valued its 20 percent stake at $9 billion, implying a valuation of the merged entity of around $45 billion.The decision brings an end to a long hot summer of negotiations that gripped the media industry and ran up huge bills for an army of advisers as some of Hollywood's biggest egos jostled for the Vivendi assets.Vivendi shares ended up 4.1 percent at 16.60 euros in Paris and rose $1.16 to $18.06 in New York, where markets had been shut on Monday for Labor Day. GE shares were up 1.6 percent at $30.04 at 1831 GMT.NBC had for long been Vivendi chief Jean-Rene Fourtou's favored choice. However, Vivendi's vice chairman Bronfman fought hard to stay in the race over the past week and remained in negotiations over a bid worth around $13 billion on Monday."Edgar Bronfman is bewildered," said one source close to the auction. "But there was little hope of swaying Vivendi today."In the end, Vivendi had to choose between Bronfman's offer of upfront cash to cut its debts or the prospect of a better return in the long run under an NBC deal.NBC strengthened its hand after firming up the cash element of its deal in recent weeks. Vivendi said shareholders of Vivendi Universal Entertainment would receive $3.8 billion of "cash consideration" against a commitment by General Electric to issue its stock as well as a $1.6 billion debt reduction.The partnership would have combined proforma revenues of $13 billion in 2003 and underlying earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortisation of about $3 billion.Fourtou, who was brought out of semi-retirement to get Vivendi back on its feet after the acquisition excesses of former chief Jean-Marie Messier (search), kicked off an auction more than three months ago with a $14 billion asking price.Some of the biggest titans of the U.S. media world expressed interest in Vivendi's entertainment arm during the bidding process, including cable TV mogul John Malone of Liberty Media Corp., CBS and MTV parent Viacom and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Both MGM and Malone said they were dropping out of the bidding process because they felt the price was too high. Viacom had expressed interest only in the cable channels, and was effectively left out of the final round of bidding when Vivendi said it would continue talks only with NBC and Bronfman's group.Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.Let’s hope it doesn’t affect Half-Life 2.[ Source - Fox News ]
Jurassic Rage round table Today I received a Jurassic Rage round table interview with Hugo, Korderious, and Eot. This was a very well done interview by towers of the JR team. Here is a sample of what you will find.Towers: What do you feel is the team’s most important goal when creating JR?Hugo: Well I think our main goal in JR is to do something we like, to make something that people will enjoy and have fun with it, and the most important, learn how to work as a team and to get experience on what we are doing.Korderious: The most important goal is to keep the progress at a good rate and not stopping for too long so we can meat the release date planned.Eot: Yes we want the game to look good, and sound good and all, but the most important factor I believe is making the game an experience that will make you want to play it over and over and over.You can read the full interview at Jurassic Rage round table interview
