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We are getting an “IPS Driver error” message on the SQL database.

I have raised it with our hosts who are investigating it.

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Our web hosts are looking into the issue and I will update this page once it has been resolved.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

So, as we fall into 2013, what can we expect within the Hussars and within the gaming world as a whole?

Well, at least one of us will become a father for a start.

One the gaming front, few of us are still enjoying Battlefield 3 and indeed have Battlefield 4 to look forward to at the end of the year. Company of Heroes 2 is due  out in the spring and we are currently enjoying Borderlands 2 and the impressive Planetside 2.

Whatever your flavour of gaming fun, have a great year.

This is the fourth and final  gaming sessions designed to bring us together with a selection of games that we have played, past and present  over the past ten years.

Each Saturday for the past four weeks, we have been gathering for a bit of fun in the selected games.
So to finish off the celebrations, here is the fourth couple of games:

Saturday 24th November:

20:00 BATTLEFIELD 3  – on our own server or paradrop into a public one depending upon numbers
21:30 Planetside 2 – On the Woodman server as New Conglomerate

This is the third of four gaming sessions designed to bring us together with a selection of games that we have played, past and present over the past ten years.

Each Saturday for the next four weeks, we will be gathering for a bit of fun in the selected games.
So to try again, here is the third couple of games:

Saturday 17th November:

20:00 BATTLEFIELD 1942 (Origin Version) – Find a random server and paradrop into it if the 7DR one is unavailable
21:30 RACE07 + GT Power Pack – Hussars 10th Birthday Server (thanks Rum). Details on the forum thread

This is the second of four gaming sessions designed to bring us together with a selection of games that we have played, past and present over the past ten years.

Each Saturday for the next four weeks, we will be gathering for a bit of fun in the selected games.
So to try again, here is the second couple of games:

Saturday 10th November:

20:00 SPACE MARINE – Find a random server and paradrop into it. If numbers are low we could go for co-op
21:30 COMPANY OF HEROES – Depending upon numbers we could go for a single skirmish, a versus game or two skirmishes

This is the first of four gaming sessions designed to bring us together with a selection of games that we have played, past and present over the past ten years.

Each Saturday for the next four weeks, we will be gathering for a bit of fun in the selected games.
So to start things rolling, here is the first couple of games:

Saturday 3rd November:

20:00 Call of Duty: World At War – Find a random server and paradrop into it. If numbers are low we could go for co-op
21:30 Dirt 3 – Join someone else’s game – likely to be Cat & Mouse

Players of the Battlefield series may have noticed that DICE is having a week-long celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Battlefield games, which of course started in 2002 with the release in September of Battlefield 1942.

Their celebration includes cut-price games from Origin, the re-release of classic Battlefield trailers and wallpapers and other such stuff from earlier games. Oh yes and lots of cake in their offices.

From our perspective of course, the 1st Hussars will also be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, having been formed while playing Battlefield 1942. This means one or more special get-together events with games ranging from the old Battlefield games to the new Battlefield games and various other games we have enjoyed over the years.

More details will be available once we work out what the hell we are doing.

Has it really been six months since the last update?

Well, I can only apologise for being a slacker in this regard. Things have been moving apace in the Hussars world so here are a few updates:

BATTLEFIELD 3:
Premium has been announced anad purchased, Close Quarters has arrived and now the next DLC (Armoured Kill) is almost upon us. DICE still insist upon huge infrequent patches despite the evidence that this doesn’t work very well and the community is (justly) angry about the Premium bonus content for August that was revealed.

BATTLEFIELD 4:
Yes. Not BC3 as many were expecting, but apparently DICE are also working on the next version of the franchise, to be released late next year. Too soon? Do we want another modern-day shooter from DICE? Lots of people are very wary of this and want to see solid evidence that this will be significantly better than BF3.

MEDAL OF HONOUR: DWARF FIGHTER:
This is due to be released this autumn doing head-to-head with Treyarch’s next CoD game – the futuristic Black Ops 2. Do either of these appeal to you? Do both of them appeal? CoD looks more cartoony but then so does MoH to a certain extent, although the latter is supposed to be a much more tactical game than BF3.

PLANETSIDE 2:
Like Battlefield 3? Want much bigger futuristic battles? Fancy dipping your toes into the world of MMOs? (Not really). Still, Plantside 2 seems to be getting some good reviews from BF3 players and will be free to play, so might be worth trying.

COMPANY OF HEROES 2:
FPS not your thing? Well, Company of Heroes has announced a sequel based in the Eastern Front. It looks rather splendid and boasts real unit line of sight and weather effects that actually change the way you play the game.

RACE07 and DIRT3:
A few Hussars have started getting together to play fun games of Dirt 3 (including Cat & Mouse), as well as racing using the more hardcore Race07 game for semi-regular trips around the famous racing circuits.

DCS:
Ploppy is still trying to drum up sopport for the highly realistic but equally hardcore flying combat sim DCS.

BLOODBOWL:
With the reappearance of Billy (what a year it has been for him!), the Bloodbowl league idea has started ocne again. After a test league we are about to launch into a league proper, with conestents joined by Dr Duck and even T@rty!

FORUMS:
In an effort to cut down the number of spam registrations on the forum I am toying with swapping to different software – in this case the free software SMF. I have a forum up at the moment and am trying to run a conversion tool to bring in the existing forum posts and settings.

That’s all for now – check out the forums for more information.