Ascend is pretty much dead now

gmonk 11/05/08 - 1 Comments

I've removed all of the inactive divisions on the site. The team is still alive in a sense but not actively playing any games right now. I'm always willing to listen to whoever would like to start a team for us, but i can't offer anything to you except a vent server and a website.
To the cod4 division: Since no one was ever around, i've decided to remove you guys. The inactivity was buggin me too much. In my mind, it's easier to deal with no team than an inactive one. Sorry.

Archival page now working

gmonk 09/20/08 - 0 Comments

So dna just put up the archive page. Most of it is working now, except for the former member section. That'll be done when his brain doesn't hurt anymore. Anyway, it's pretty self-explanatory in how it works. There will be some tweaks on the page from time-to-time but nothing that'll impact the content of it. Also, we're tweaking the way images look in comments and on news posts, so bear with us as we do that.

All in all i'd say the site is coming along nicely. We may still add stuff to it as | Read More

omfg

gmonk 09/19/08 - 3 Comments

HAX GALORE!~ LOL fucking spam bots... as if they don't have anything better to do... Anyway, problem fixed thanks to dna!

The game Nexuiz

gmonk 09/15/08 - 0 Comments

Nexuiz ( http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/ ) is a FPS with nine weapons, 24 official maps and over 240 community created maps, as well as 15 player models.


The graphics in Nexuiz use coronas, the bloom shader effect, Realtime World and Dynamic Lighting and shadowing, shaders (with OpenGL 2.0), offset mapping, and High dynamic range rendering. All these effects can be turned off to make | Read More

Site has been released on the domain

gmonk 09/14/08 - 2 Comments

Since we've just released the site on the domain, it's very important that you report any bugs or pages that don't work to us so we can fix them right away. There are still some things that need to be done on the site, but sometimes when you transfer a site to a new server things may happen that some of the pages or links didn't carry over just right.
Just reply to this post if you all find anything not working properly. The "archive" tab still doesn't work until we've come up with an idea for | Read More

Google Chrome

gmonk 09/04/08 - 2 Comments

Personally, i'm not impressed with this new browser. I know it's only beta, but i can tell that not much more is going to be done with it. I don't like the location of the tabs or the fact that the upper bar is bright blue. It should follow whatever windows theme you're using.

As a designer, i kinda dig the way "view source" looks. It has line numbers on it plus it has a built in code inspector. Also, it doesn't really seem to cache things right. On this site (in Firefox) you can refresh the | Read More

Anox goes to the doctor...

gmonk 09/03/08 - 1 Comments

Welp, after two years of pain i finally get to go see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow morning. I've been seen by a few doctors over the years but no one has been able to put a diagnosis on what's going on with my back. I've had two series of x-rays but never got an MRI. I was told that MRI's are too expensive to be fully covered by the health insurance i have which is total bullshit. The insurance company would rather save a few bucks than fix someone in chronic pain 24/7.

Anyway, i'm going to | Read More

Seeking a global sponsorship

gmonk 07/12/08 - 0 Comments

Ever since ascend was formed back in November of 2001 we've always been on that quest to finding the right company to sponsor our team. I've always submitted that we would bring any fine company more business and from our perspective any company that sponsors us would be more of a job for us.
Our job would be to make sure that your site gains traffic from our site or through ad campaigns that we would gladly coordinate with your company. We would give you recognition on our website in our spons | Read More