GDNet++

ZOMG! I must have it!

I don't get it...

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Original post by Raduprv I don't get it...

Click the link. It says GDNet++ all over that page when the service is simply GDNet+ :)

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Original post by Raduprv I don't get it...

seconded

lol, nice one Rob [grin]

I see now that's not the real GDNet+ page. To get the joke, check out this thread:

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=293996

I think the fact that the URL shows Rob's webspace shows that it's a joke

Very nice though.

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Original post by Pouya tehfunney.gif

Now we're getting somewhere!

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Original post by Rhaal I see now that's not the real GDNet+ page. To get the joke, check out this thread: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=293996

Heh.

GDNet+ Vs. GDNet++

Which is better? Discuss.

And when we will see GDNet#?

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Original post by Rob Loach Yes, it's here: GDNet++

I think Rob Loach made a slight editorial error, as he missed a few things. GDNet++ is a whole new level above GDNet+. For mere pennies a month, you could be experiencing game development luxury! Let's check out some of the things you're entitled to:

Journals:

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GDNet+ members get journals where they can write (read: complain) about various things they care about, or to make them feel self-important as they preach to a nonexistent audience. GDNet++ members don't just get journals, they get telepathic uplinks directly into the minds of their readers. Using patented 1337Link neural interface technology, you can inject streaming multimedia content into your previously mundane and borderline-emo whine-rantings, transforming them into full-featured content-o-ramas!

Orbital Spy Satellite:

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GDNet+ members do not get access to the Orbital Spy Satellite. Convinced your co-worker's pilfering pencils from your desk, but need evidence to prove it? Got a hot neighbor who you think is secretly a nudist? Jealously paranoid about the whereabouts of your significant other? Not to worry, GDNet++ members -- you have exclusive access to the GDNet++ Orbital Spy Satellite! Utilizing the latest in advanced onboard fusion and thermal/X-ray optical-imaging heuristics, you can achieve resolution of up to 50 Angstroms per pixel! Pesky "walls", "roofs", "clouds", and "six-inch-thick lead shielding" are no longer a problem, as we've outfitted the satellite with a Class VIII 600-gigawatt laser-beam cannon. Illegal in 47 countries and roundly condemned by the United Nations as "a grotesque and horrific weapon which serves no useful purpose other than destruction," you won't want to stop! Pulverize entire cities as they bow to your will! (GDNet not responsible for user actions. Availability limited while supplies last.)

Hosting:

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GDNet+ members get tiddlywinks for online space. 25 megabytes? Ha. That's, like, a Paris Hilton sex tape and *maybe*, if you really compress it, the Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee video. GDNet++ members will be visited by a representative of AT&T, who will personally retrofit your home or apartment to accept a direct T3 connection to the Intarwebs! Say goodbye to the days of slow upload speeds, days-long porn downloads, and laggy CS games. After you're hooked into the backbone of the 'Net, you'll be your OWN server! OH GOD, THE POWER! DELICIOUS POWER! (Gigabit Ethernet network cards not included -- contact your local enterprise-level server supplier for purchasing information.)

Game Development Showcase:

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GDNet+ members get access to the Game Development Showcase. Because, of course, BioWare and Raven will be beating a path to your door to download your umpteenth Tic-Tac-Toe clone or your newest creation, "Pong: The MMORPG". GDNet++ members need not be satisfied with such limited exposure. Utilizing the GDNet Staff's shady mob connections, worldwide retailers will be "persuaded" to stock your brilliance on their shelves! Move over, "The Sims 2" -- there's a new sheriff in town, and his name is "That Game I Uploaded to GDS When I Was Really F'ing Drunk"! Your source will be rigorously and automatically checked and debugged by our banana-hungry team of code monkeys, who will hand-optimize each line in assembly to produce blazing fast runtime speeds. Don't just get your game in the public eye -- stuff it down their throats and make them enjoy every delicious bite of glorious three-dimensional awesomeness!

The choice is obvious. Wallow in sub-human Dickensian conditions of un-coolness, or transcend to higher levels of reality previously attained only by demigods. All this for just pennies a day!

[Edited by - kSquared on January 13, 2005 8:12:35 PM]

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Original post by Cold_Steel And when we will see GDNet#?

The staff is hard at work on that because it includes forum garbage collection.

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Original post by kSquared OH GOD, THE POWER! DELICIOUS POWER!

I'm sold. Where do I sign up?

kSquared, I think what you're doing to those monkeys is inhuman. God never intended four hundred monkeys to spend all their time writing posts for one man.

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Original post by Invader X Quote: Original post by Cold_Steel And when we will see GDNet#? The staff is hard at work on that because it includes forum garbage collection.

Hahahhahahaha! That's great! Why didn't I think of that! You are a genius! [wink] Oh, that's classic.

[edit] Of course, after it's implemented, this thread will cease to exist[wink]

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Original post by Invader X Quote: Original post by Cold_Steel And when we will see GDNet#? The staff is hard at work on that because it includes forum garbage collection.

i guess no more Lounge...

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Original post by kSquared The true GDNet++ goodness

I'll fix it with those updates as soon as I get the chance [smile]. Anyone have any other ideas while I'm at it?

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Original post by Pouya

That always makes me laugh.

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Original post by Invader X Quote: Original post by Cold_Steel And when we will see GDNet#? The staff is hard at work on that because it includes forum garbage collection.

That's correct - and we're putting Oluseyi in charge of that. You're all screwed.

Muahahahhaahaha