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Anyone want to take a trip over to Oveido, grab some Cici's, and go see Underworld: Awakening?

For anyone who hasn't seen at least the first two, I have all three existing movies on Bluray and can have a mini-party or something in advance. Pretty sure Awakening is picking-up the narrative thread of the first two movies, so I don't know how necessary the third (which is a prequel) is.

Taking suggestions on when for all this btw.

Link to blog entry with short video.

So basically, my company has been working on developing technology that allows for full usage of multiple displays and multiple devices (graphics cards). The reason we're so interested in both technologies is that at their most useful, they will provide a much better end experience to the player, and even for players with a single device and single display configuration, our set-up still will offer advantages while giving up microscopically little- if anything- in return.

The multiple display technology extends well beyond, well, multiple displays. Because it provides us a desktop environment to create movable 3D render surfaces in, we can even use the technology to more easily make single screen GUI layout better and improve performance (there is no 3D render behind GUI in this as there is in most games, so that helps cut down on the amount of 3D pixels your graphics card has to push). We can also use it for easy splitscreen and all sorts of other quick, utilitarian purposes. And then, of course, there are the things we can do with multiple screens, which are many and varied.

The multiple device technology allows us to tap into the power of heterogeneous devices. Homogeneous devices- SLI, Crossfire, Hydra, etc... arrays- act like single devices and provide the same benefits they always have, no loss there. But we can also tap into secondary devices (even those using different DirectX versions- only the primary card's DirectX matters and all screens render at that DX level, no matter what devices those screens are hooked into) to aid in our unique render loop, render physics, help the CPU with game calculations, etc... Basically, you'll want to keep your old graphics cards because they'll help give you a nice performance boost.

We hope that eventually this technology will become standard for all game developers, providing a better experience for all PC gamers.

'cuz you all know the shoutbox was going to get trashed (and still will).

LANK Platoon

Anyway, since Battlelog is up... here are the unlocks:

Assault

• M16A3 (US default)
  
• AK-74M (Russian default)
  
• Defibs (4000 score; aka you'll get them very fast)
  
• M320 (11,000 score)
  
• M416 (22,000 score)
  
• M26 MASS (38,000 score)
  
• AEK-971 (60,000 score)
  
• "M16A4" (89,000 score; almost certainly incorrect)
  
• F2000 (124,000 score)
  
• AN-94 (166,000 score)
  
• AK-74M (222,000 score; unlocked for American usage)
  
• M16A3 (222,000 score; unlocked for Russian usage)
  
• KH-2002 (126,000 CO-OP score)
  
• G3A3 (441,000 CO-OP score)

Engineer

• M4A1 (US default)
  
• AKS-74u (Russian default)
  
• SMAW (US default)
  
• RPG-7V2 (Russian default)
  
• SA-18 IGLA (3000 score, Russian)
  
• FIM-92 Stinger (3000 score, American)
  
• M15 AT Mine (7000 score)
  
• SCAR-H (14,000 score)
  
• EOD Bot (25,000 score)
  
• "M4" (4000 score; almost certainly incorrect; sits where Javelin sat in beta)
  
• A-91 (58,000 score)
  
• FGM-148 Javelin (82,000 score)
  
• G36C (110,000 score)
  
• M4A1 (145,000 score; unlocked for Russian usage)
  
• ASK-74u (145,000 score; unlocked for American usage)
  
• SG553 (378,000 CO-OP score)

Support

• M27 IAR (US default)
  
• RPK-74M (Russian default)
  
• C4 Explosives (4000 score)
  
• M249 (11,000 score)
  
• M18 Claymore (23,000 score)
  
• M224 Mortar (40,000 score)
  
• PKP Pecheneg (60,000 score)
  
• M240B (90,000 score)
  
• M60E4 (130,000 score)
  
• M27 IAR (170,000 score; unlocked for Russian usage)
  
• RPK-74M (170,000 score; unlocked for American usage)

Recon

• MK11 Mod 0 (US default)
  
• SVD (Russian default)
  
• T-UGS (5000 score)
  
• SV-98 (13,000 score)
  
• SOFLAM (26,000 score)
  
• MAV (45,000 score)
  
• SKS (71,000 score)
  
• M40A5 (104,000 score)
  
• M98B (146,000 score)
  
• MK11 Mod 0 (195,000 score; unlocked for Russian usage)
  
• SVD (195,000 score; unlocked for American usage)
  
• M39 EMR (252,000 CO-OP score)

General

• 870MCS (rank 1)
  
• G17C (rank 4)
  
• PP-2000 (rank 7)
  
• M9 Tact (rank 10)
  
• MP443 Tact (rank 13)
  
• UMP-45 (rank 16)
  
• G17C Supp (rank 19)
  
• M1014 (rank 22)
  
• M9 Supp (rank 25)
  
• MP443 Supp (rank 28)
  
• G18 (rank 30)
  
• PDW-R (rank 32)
  
• SAIGA 12K (rank 34)
  
• .44 Magnum (rank 36)
  
• DAO-12 (rank 38)
  
• P90 (rank 40)
  
• G18 Supp (rank 41)
  
• USAS-12 (rank 43)
  
• .44 Scoped (rank 44)
  
• AS VAL (rank 45)
  
• MP412 REX (63,000 CO-OP score)
  
• MP7 (189,000 CO-OP score)
  
• 93R (315,000 CO-OP score)

Specializations

• SPRINT (rank 2)
  
• AMMO (rank 5)
  
• FLAK (rank 8)
  
• EXPL (rank 11)
  
• COVR (rank 14)
  
• SUPR (rank 17)
  
• FRAG (rank 20)
  
• SQD SPRINT (rank 23)
  
• SQD AMMO (rank 26)
  
• SQD FLAK (rank 29)
  
• SQD EXPL (rank 31)
  
• SQD SUPR (rank 33)
  
• SQD COVR (rank 35)
  
• SQD FRAG (rank 37)

Air Helicopter Scout

• IR Flares (400 score)
  
• Heat Seekers (1200 score)
  
• Stealth (2500 score)
  
• Belt Speed (4400 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (7000 score)
  
• Air Radar (10,000 score)
  
• Extinguisher (14,000 score)
  
• Maintenance (19,000 score)
  
• Guided Missile (25,000 score)
  
• Below Radar (32,000 score)
  
• Laser Painter (40,000 score)
  
• ECM Jammer (48,000 score)

Air Jet Attack

• IR Flares (300 score)
  
• Heat Seekers (700 score)
  
• Stealth (1500 score)
  
• Belt Speed (2700 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (4200 score)
  
• Rocket Pods (6200 score)
  
• Air Radar (8600 score)
  
• Extinguisher (11,600 score)
  
• Below Radar (15,000 score)
  
• Maintenance (19,000 score)
  
• Guided Missile (24,000 score)
  
• Beam Scanning (29,000 score)
  
• ECM Jammer (35,000 score)

Infantry Fighting Vehicle

• IR Smoke (800 score)
  
• ATGM Launcher (2300 score)
  
• Belt Speed (4700 score)
  
• Coaxial LMG (8300 score)
  
• Thermal Optics (13,100 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (19,200 score)
  
• Zoom Optics (26,900 score)
  
• Maintenance (36,000 score)
  
• APFSDS-T Shell (47,000 score)
  
• Thermal Camo (60,000 score)
  
• Guided Missile (74,000 score)
  
• Reactive Armor (90,000 score)

Air Helicopter Attack

• IR Flares (300 score)
  
• Heat Seekers (800 score)
  
• Stealth (1600 score)
  
• Autoloader (2800 score)
  
• Zoom Optics (4400 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (6500 score)
  
• Air Radar (9000 score)
  
• Guided Missile (12,000 score)
  
• Extinguisher (16,000 score)
  
• Maintenance (20,000 score)
  
• Thermal Optics (25,000 score)
  
• Laser Painter (30,500 score)
  
• Below Radar (37,000 score)
  
• ECM Jammer (44,000 score)
  
• Guided Rocket (51,000 score)
  
• TV Missile (60,000 score)

Main Battle Tanks

• IR Smoke (800 score)
  
• Coaxial LMG (2100 score)
  
• Autoloader (4400 score)
  
• Zoom Optics (7600 score)
  
• Maintenance (12,000 score)
  
• Coaxial HMG (17,700 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (24,700 score)
  
• Guided Shell (33,200 score)
  
• Thermal Optics (43,200 score)
  
• Thermal Camo (54,800 score)
  
• Canister Shell (68,100 score)
  
• Reactive Armor (83,200 score)
  
• CITV Station (100,000 score)

Anti Air

• IR Smoke (400 score)
  
• Anti-Air Missile (1200 score)
  
• Belt Speed (2500 score)
  
• Zoom Optics (4400 score)
  
• Proximity Scan (7000 score)
  
• Thermal Optics (10,000 score)
  
• Air Radar (14,000 score)
  
• Maintenance (19,000 score)
  
• Thermal Camo (25,000 score)
  
• Reactive Armor (32,000 score)

Compendium of stuff:

• Dawn of War 2: Retribution free to play weekend until 1pm EST Sunday on Steam
  
• Dawn of War Sale on Steam
  
  • Dawn of War 2 and all expansions 50% off
    
  • Retribution DLC 50% off
  
  
• IGN Preview of Tau Commander for The Last Stand (includes two videos)
  
• Community Site Coverage of Upcoming DLC
  
  • Tau Commander Developer Diary
    
  • Imperial Guard Death Korps of Krieg Cosmetic DLC Announcement
    
  • Chaos Word Bearers Cosmetic DLC Announcement

Users of the LANKnights Mumble Server will notice a new channel has been added- something oddly titled "Help Center". This new channel is intended to offer a central location for moderators and administrators to "on duty idle", making themselves easily accessible in a static location to members in need.

Therefore, if you are using the LANKnights Mumble Server and require help and do not have any other good way of contacting a moderator or administrator (or if aforementioned moderators or administrators are not responding), hop over to the Help Center channel and (preferably) use both voice and text to get the attention of any on-duty staff to assist you. If you're not sure what members are staff, Moderators and Administrators are listed in the Welcome Message in the left panel on the server.

For staff, if you are kicking around on your computer and not actively using Mumble for anything else, it is strongly recommended that you "idle" in the Help Center channel so that you can efficiently help users in need.