Abraxus

I was reading about the power that Apple's internally developed processor (M1 Pro, and M1 Max) brings to their new MacBooks, and, no doubt, soon to be included in their desktop offerings as well. As connected as I am to CoH, I guess it's should have come as no surprise to myself when the first thing that came to mind is how this would affect the ability of CoH to run natively on the MAC OS. Anybody got any information in this area?

🤑🤑🤑 ...and...done!

I certainly understand the concern. However, when compared with the more personal information that the large internet, and media providers gather on you every day, essentially just by using the internet, and their products; it is not quite as scary a prospect.

You do have a right to be disappointed. But, that doesn't necessarily mean you are right. And, it's how you respond to that disappointment that defines you. So, before you articulate the reasons for your disappointment publicly, you might consider carefully first, the possibility that you could be wrong. An inability more, and more prevalent in our society in general these days. So, while you are certainly in good company in that regard, it does nothing to further prove your point. I will leave it there, as I'm sure any further comment would be futile.

Tastes, and preferences are subjective. There is no accounting what will appeal to someone, and what won't. That said, assuming that your costume design is SO awesome, that if it doesn't get some kind of recognition, that it must be the judges fault, errs on the side of presumption, and arrogance. I was a GM for a time, and I can assure you that how you framed the process, is not correct. So, try to assume good intentions, and give them credit for being a little more engaged than that.

I'm down for this month!

Glad you were able to find you way home! Now, get out there and do some good!

We all want to know all the salacious details of what's been going on with the legal stuff. But, I've always figured they'd tell us when they could, and not a moment sooner. So, in the meantime, I'll play, and enjoy the fact that the game is back, against all odds. Anything else is a bonus.

I'd chalk it up to the cost of doing business, especially in a situation like the one we find ourselves. I mean, technically this shouldn't exist, and yet it does. That doesn't come without some legal vulnerability that HC is attempting to deal with. I can't speak for the other servers out there, as I don't play on them. But, they too are in a legal situation that they are likely just not prepared to deal with, should it become necessary. Frankly, I feel better about the continuity of this place knowing that what can be done, is being done, even if I don't know exactly what that is.

Show me a lawyer who doesn't charge exorbitant amounts of money for services, and I'll show you a lawyer you don't want to be dealing with on anything important.

If you have misgivings about it, feel free not to donate. It's totally your prerogative. They are upfront about the portion of donations that goes towards this, so nobody goes into this blind.

I wanted to express my thanks to the GMs, and the Devs for their efforts, and information provided during this outage. If good customer server is not measuring IF there is an outage, but rather all the things that go into minimizing them, and how they respond on the rare occasion when things do go south; then you have acquitted yourselves well during this crisis. You worked hard at setting realistic expectations, gave updates as soon as they were available, said what you were going to do, and did what you said you would do. I have worked in IT for a very long time, both technical, and customer service. So, as a customer in this situation, I could not have asked for anything more than what was provided.

I'm playing on a 6 year old system, with an nVidia GTX960. I play with EVERYTHING (except shadows) turned all the way up, without any lag. So, with everything about your new PC surpassing mine, I'd say once you get all the settings the way you want them, you are going to see a noticeable improvement in performance, image quality, and pretty much everything else. That would be for CoH, and pretty much anything else you might want to play on that rig!

Happy to have helped out for another month!

I am gratified to have done my meager part, once again. 😎

How many times do I have to say thanks? Always, just one more time. Thanks!

Tequila, or the Homecoming launchers (though preferably the HC launcher) should do the update automatically.

I subscribe to their Discord channel, and it sends an audible alert when the announcement is made that the donation window is opened.

That second thing. 😉 Donation window is announced, everybody digs deep for a couple of hours, and just like that...it's over. Typically.

Got in this month!

Next donation window should be Saturday, March 27. Just watch for the announcement on Discord, or here in the forums for the opening of the window. But, do it quick. They tend to hit their goal, and close donations within an hour or two these days.

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You are absolutely right! That did the trick!

Hopefully, all of you are able to fully enjoy the celebration of whichever of the many wonderful holidays you choose to embrace. In most cases, it will likely be a smaller event than usual, involving much less travel. But, we will all live to see better days next year, and that is what is most important. Thank you for all you do for us!