Soul Train

http://tatious.deviantart.com/journal/28179536/

I won't mention prices here, but in my mind, they are quite reasonable.

If all 50 attempts were for trademarked IP or were 'common' terms, yes, I can see you getting denied on all 50.

And putting stuff in all caps won't change things. Names are case-insensitive.

I've been playing since 2005 - only rarely do I run into name issues, and they never take more than 2 or 3 iterations to come up with something close to what I originally wanted.

I'm here, just haven't been following these forums much.

OK. Here's what we DO know.

1) This only happens with some servers, not all, so we know it's not the client/ISP connection that is faulty. Else everywhere would show the same symptoms.

2) It does not occur with a secondary ISP, therefore the problem is not within NCSOFt's server farm or outbound connection.

I'm reviewing this with a coworker (god I love working with networking eggheads) and we're thinking this might be symptoms of a blackhole router 'tossing' packets that are too large (and therefore fragmented). Try setting MTU lower on your NIC, say, 1000 bytes, as a test, then 500 if the problem doesn't clear. This will result in more packets, but less will be broken up in transit (and thus potentially lost, because if a piece of a fragmented packet gets lost, then the re-transmit request goes for the whole packet, not just the piece.)

Another test you can do is to tracert to the target IP/host, take note of the last device that sends a reply, then PING to that host using larger and larger packets, until such time as you start noting lost packets. Set your MTU to this packet size, or lower, and see if you're still noting issues.

A caveat: pinging lots of large packets can sometimes cause ISP's to get upset at you - I'd not recommend setting pings higher than 14400 bytes.

Definitely take your results to TWC, and let them know this is LIKELY either their edge router or a device directly connected to it - if they try and tell you that it's 'off their network' then they can at the very least tell you the IP of the problem device, and you can then WHOIS that IP and contact the operator based on that. The tracert and ping test above should reveal this IP for you, so you won't necessarily have to put up with TWC's 'support' if you don't want to.

Just for grins, post output of your tracert here - we'll be able to see where that 'last hop' is and perhaps lend some insight.

Awesome teaser vid, Michelle.

And yes... don't take the e-tards personally. Your lone critic probably uses iMovie to showcase his dog's 'unique' snoring sound.

I LIKE Spartan's ideas.

These would be kickin'.

That's beautiful.

*wanders in carrying a fresh-baked sausage roll*

Here you go, sweet thangs.

Did OpenOffice install anything ELSE, such as WindowBlinds or other 'desktop manager' software?

If so, it's probably not playing nice with the game. Go into the desktop manager software and add CityOfHeroes.EXE as an exclusion.

Two things:

One - just cos you copied the files over, didn't mean you set the Windows Firewall to the same settings. If a program can't connect to a server, and others can, it's usually firewall related. If all else fails, set your gaming system up as a 'DMZ' system - this opens all ports TO THAT BOX ONLY. You'll want to refrain from non-gaming activities (and uninstall anything not game-related) on that box while DMZ'd, as it is wide open to the Internet and therefore vulnerable. Also turn off any file sharing, and unmount any mapped drives, so your other computers on your network can't be accessed by anything that does get to the gaming rig.

Two - if you want to simply 'verify' all the copied files, MOVE the CoHUpdater.EXE from the program's install folder to the desktop and run it from there. It SHOULD ask you where you wish to 'install' - simply point it back to where you parked all the files. It will check all those files, and download a fresh copy of itself to place into the game install folder along with them. This is a 'download in minutes' solution as opposed to several hours.

if Desktop Comp is a service, you should (!) be able to disable it as an administrator. Of course, with Win7 extending the concept of the "padded cell environment" even further than Vista, there are things that not even the administrator can do, which means tweaking the box to play nice with your legacy apps becomes.... difficult.


That said

NET STOP "<service name>"

and

NET START "<service name>" are very useful when you have services that you want to toggle off and on.

I think the add-on goodie packs are great, as long as they don't contain any competitive advantages.

Base editing - cosmetic items only (hanging plants, water features, more furniture, perhaps new wall/floor/roof textures, etc).

Costumes - cosmetic

Emotes - cosmetic

Powers - travel only, LONG recharge, unslottable, long interrupt time

*snags an armband from Neko* I can get behind that too.

Guilty pleasure? Mocha on a cold rainy Friday morning, along with some music and random Twittering in amongst the servers.

For example... http://blip.fm/~gm3ys

I feel like Billy Preston at the end of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie.


"Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belong..."

... that depends on whether I bring back Nixon.



... naaaah! *funktifies Fedor*

*attempts to grab a donut, and blinks as the room is funktified, from the shag carpet to the beanbag chairs, black lights and bold art-deco posters, and faux-wood panelling*

Oh my. Was that me?

Good mornin' sweet thangs!

*blinks*

Eeep! Everybody's mutated?

*looks down and sighs with relief* Whew.

Happy happy birthday to the Moggie!!

OK.

Here's the latest: