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NeoGen
02-19-2006, 09:32 PM
To keep all our new and recent members informed (and also to remind all the old ones too), I thought I'd post the non-DC'ing activitied we're also in. :)

- We help saving the environment (Ecology Fund)
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1933

- We run against each others trying to keep our machines from rebooting the most we can (Uptime Project)
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2001

- We have our little community represented in the music website call last.fm.
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1960

- We also have a Frappr! map, in which people leave a pin of their location. Makes a funny effect on the map, to see where we are all from.
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2920

- We (used to) play OGame (not so much nowadays actually)
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=57

We also used to have arcade games here, and a little chatroom, but we are now in transition to a new website, so they were disabled
http://www.amdusers.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1984

And there are more, if you care to dig in the deeper in the forums. :roll:

Many of these activities were started by us Team members, not the admins. Our admins have plenty of work on their hands already. :roll:
So, if YOU reading this have some idea of a game or other group activity that we could get into, especially if it involves teams, don't hesitate to post and tell us about it! :)
NeoGen
02-24-2006, 08:55 PM
I think I forgot to mention that all these are free and we encourage people to join in and try out. :)
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Ok... I confess, it was a shameless bump to the thread. :lol: :lol:
Kooonsty
02-25-2006, 09:47 PM
I think its a great idea to post these. It brings something different to our team.
mitro
02-25-2006, 10:08 PM
I think its a great idea to post these. It brings something different to our team.

Off-topic: I wish I was in Urbana right now, I'd be in Assembly Hall instead of having to watch the Illinois-Iowa game on TV. GO ILLINI!
NeoGen
02-25-2006, 10:16 PM
Never heard of it, but somehow I get the impression that Urbana is an online game, or maybe a place within an online game... :roll:
mitro
02-25-2006, 10:45 PM
So wrong! :lol:

See Kooonsty's location? Its a city. Its the location of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois is playing the University of Iowa in basketball as we speak... err... type.

EDIT: and Assembly Hall is the stadium they play in.
NeoGen
02-25-2006, 10:55 PM
Had no idea... :lol:

Urbana, and "Assembly Hall" sounded like something out of one of those MMORPG's :)
Kooonsty
02-25-2006, 11:33 PM
Off-topic: I wish I was in Urbana right now, I'd be in Assembly Hall instead of having to watch the Illinois-Iowa game on TV. GO ILLINI![/quote]

The sad part is I'm at the university, and even I cant get tickets to my school's own freaking team. Assembly Hall would rather sell more expensive tickets to Alumni. So I too am watching them on TV.

I've had many a bad experiences with Ass. Hall. I had to deal with them when I was manager of a local convert venue here. No fun.
markdeacon
02-26-2006, 12:01 AM
am im the only one thinking the first to are a contrast?

leaving the pc on all the time for as long as possible consuming lots and lots of power as many people know

and doing good for the enviroment. hmmmmmm dont think so
NeoGen
02-26-2006, 12:40 AM
am im the only one thinking the first to are a contrast?

leaving the pc on all the time for as long as possible consuming lots and lots of power as many people know

and doing good for the enviroment. hmmmmmm dont think so

Rest easy because many people have thought of that already too. :P
I've seen a couple of threads around and about it on BBC's forums. I think that in the end, they agreed that the contribution of 100,000 pc's all working day and night was neglectible comparing to other major sources of pollution/CO2/whatever.... :roll:
NeoGen
08-14-2006, 07:19 PM
Just me, bumping an old thread again... :roll:

It's worth a reading to all our newer members :)
gamer007
08-14-2006, 10:11 PM
Massive bump. :lol:

I forgot about LastFM. Now I gotta downlaod the plugin for winamp.
drezha
08-15-2006, 12:06 AM
Didn't know you had a last.fm group.

Already a last fm member so I've joined up :)
Bender10
05-24-2007, 11:14 PM
Geez,

All the links in here are dead. I didn't know there was any cool stuff here...besides computrz.
AMD-USR_JL
05-24-2007, 11:26 PM
Our Last.fm is here
http://www.last.fm/group/AMD+Users
NeoGen
05-24-2007, 11:42 PM
Geez,

All the links in here are dead. I didn't know there was any cool stuff here...besides computrz.
Yea, the links are pointing to forum threads. The thing is that this thread was created in the pre-vBulletin days, so we evolved the forums to vBulletin but the links stayed the same, and thus don't work anymore.

But all those things I mentioned still exist, except for the Uptime Project maybe, I think it has retired.

I'm still trying to convince our Admins to make a link on the mainpage for the Frappr map, and another for our Wiki page. :)