http://www.theclenchedfist.com/ The Clenched Fist en-us Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:21:48 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly The Clenched Fist News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.theclenchedfist.com/images/annex-banner.gif http://www.theclenchedfist.com/ http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=167.html I wanted to take this opportunity to wish the Guild, as well as our guests and visitors, the very best of times during this holiday season. It's been a very... challenging year. Everyone has experienced a lot of trials and difficulties in our lives, but we made it through largely intact (perhaps losing an internal organ or two along the way). Nevertheless, there is much to look back upon favorably. This year marks another successful production run of the Laughlin Cookie Factory, for which we're very grateful. Also, another Fain Faire with a big turnout from the Clenched Fist, providing one of those rare opportunities for the Guild to meet in person, some for the first time ever. Good times... I'm looking forward to another year with the Clenched Fist, to continue to add members to the guild and build our extended family. I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday time, hopefully with family and friends and fun. Merry Christmas, everyone! -Toukai Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:21:48 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=166.html The 2011 SOE campaign for the Child's Play Charity has begun! SOE is proud to sponsor the Child's Play Charity and here's how you can help! Purchase special Child's Play items from participating games in December and SOE will donate $10 per item up to a maximum of US $50,000 to Child's Play. Child's Play seeks to improve the lives of children in hospitals around the world through the kindness and generosity of the video game industry and the power of play. This is a great charity, and I highly recommend you take the opportunity to put a dent in Sony's cold corporate heart and have them put some of those misplaced profits towards a very, very worthy cause. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:09:40 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=165.html Greetings Norrathian citizens! Today we start rolling out our new and improved LaunchPad! The conversion will begin at 12:00 PM PST* on December 1, 2011 for our US and International players. For players who are still using LP1 or StationLauncher, you will be able to upgrade to the new LaunchPad by December 6, 2011. The new LaunchPad will offer improved connectivity for patching, will no longer require Flash, it will patch smarter, and will have an aesthetic upgrade. The upgrade should only take a few minutes and then you'll be able to start playing again. For more information about the LaunchPad, please click here. For our LaunchPad FAQ, please click here. [Note: there is a better FAQ discussion here.] If you run into any issues, our Customer Service team can be reached here. What's new? A better question is what's old that doesn't work anymore. LP4 does not support the previous LaunchPad features: Character Select Friends List and Chat Support for Station Voice Background Updating Automatic updates? Not so fast kiddies. If you are using the launcher from the retail box (including that as recent as Sentinel's Fate), it will not autoupdate, and you must install LP4 manually from this link. When you install the new launcher, choose wisely regarding whether you choose the Full or Streaming client. You can't switch between them except to uninstall and reinstall the other client (worse, the different clients install into different directories, so left to their own devices, they'll download the entire game again when you switch, and your game customizations won't be transferred over. Either way, I recommend the full download version. The good news is, SoE finally figured out how to read Microsoft's application guidelines and moved the game to an installation location that no longer requires the game to have Administrator privledges. The bad news is, that's probably not where you have EQ2 installed right now. The new LaunchPad moves the install location to "C:\Users\Public\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\EverQuest II" ("EverQuest II Streaming" if you're using the Streaming client). To save time downloading, once you've installed the LP below, stop the patcher and close it. Move your EQII folder from the C:\Program Files(x86)\... location over to the new install location. That should avoid the bulk of re-downloads. Don't forget to change your application folder settings for both ProfitUI and EQ2MAP (change your EQ2 directory, and under "Autolaunch EQ2" click the Browse button, then choose the location of the new LaunchPad.exe) when you do. Lastly, do not use the "Remember me on this computer" checkbox if you are using the SOE Authenticator token. It will save your PIN + the one-time use token password, rather than the authentication token negotiated during login, so you'll get stuck with "Error! Invalid name or password. Please try again." over and over again until you select "Login to a new account" and start over. [EDIT: Apparently it will attempt to remember your password even if you don't check the box, so people with the SOE Authenticator are going to be faced with this hassle every single time they start the LaunchPad. Monkeys could have planned a better rollout, SOE.] Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:21:30 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=164.html I hope everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. It's not hard for me to figure out, I know what I'm thankful for this year! =) -Toukai Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:01:14 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=163.html The SOE Authenticator gives you an additional layer of security to help prevent unauthorized access to your account. The Authenticator token is now 25% off at $7.49 + S/H. Price promotion ends 11/17/11, 8:59 AM PST. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:11:55 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=162.html What better way to fill your Halloween goody bag than with DOUBLE STATION CASH®! Get Double Station Cash on Saturday October 29, 2011 starting at 12:01 AM PDT when you redeem any SOE Pre-Paid Game Card or buy Station Cash [Offer runs October 29, 2011, 12:01 AM PDT through 11:59 PM PDT; excludes purchase by mobile/SMS.]. Plus, we have more tricks and treats in participating games throughout the SOE Trick-or-Treat Event! For more details visit www.soe.com/trickortreat. Participating games include: EverQuest® EverQuest® II,;EverQuest® II Extended, DC Universe™ Online, Free Realms®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™, PoxNora® and Magic : The Gathering – Tactics™ Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:29:44 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=161.html Yesterday, Sony sent an email to PlayStation Network members regarding a change in the Terms of Service for PSN. When agreeing to this new terms of service, you must waive your rights to a class action suit against Sony. I, for one, will not be agreeing to any such thing. You can view section 15 of the new ToS here (PDF). Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:25:30 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=160.html Although it wasn’t included in the announcement of the Back to School Bonanza Double StationCash e-mail blast, visitors to the SOE.com website discovered that in addition to Double StationCash, EQ2 players can expect Double XP through the duration of the event (between 12:01am PST 9/2/11 and 11:59pm PST 9/5/11). Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:45:58 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=159.html Purchase Station Cash in-game, via your Station Account, or redeem an SOE Pre-Paid Game Card at www.soe.com/gamecards/ (between 12:01am PST 9/2/11 and 11:59pm PST 9/5/11) to get Double Station Cash. Purchases made via SMS are excluded from the promotion. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:45:29 GMT http://www.theclenchedfist.com/News/article/sid=158.html Currently SOE is offering 30% off Station Cash (offer not applicable to payments made by SMS or with pre-paid game cards, or purchases of SOE Game Cards) and special sale items in participating games each day! The Summer Sizzle offer ends August 18, 2011 11:59 PM PDT. Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:50:15 GMT