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cake is delicious

it is entirely too early for me to be awake.

I enjoy bonuses.

bonus

there's a bit of confusion here, so just so everyone knows:

-the actual Windows Live chat service (the back end) is not going away (yet).

-The only thing that stops working on March 15th is the Windows Live Messenger Client for Windows. Other apps that connect to the service will continue to work

-The service is being rolled into Skype. IF you have Skype 6.0 or higher on Windows, you can sign in with your "Microsoft account" which is just your MSN account. You can then merge your existing skype and MSN accounts into one account, contacts from both will display and you can contact both.

-If you use the messenger apps on the Xbox, Windows 8, Windows Phone, or on the web, nothing will change on March 15th.

-You will be able to IM MSN contacts from within Skype.

However, it is not all sunshine and roses, and the whole thing is eventually going away.

In October of this year Microsoft will turn off XMPP access. That means that most 3rd party clients that use XMPP to connect to the MSN service will stop working (things like pidgin, adium, etc).

In March of 2014 the proprietary part of the protocol that 1st party clients connect to will turn off. This is when MSN will strop working altogether.

THAT is when everything goes to hell, as that means that the official built in apps on things like Windows Phone and Windows 8 will stop working. I'd have to assume that Microsoft will update those platforms to fix this. My guess is that it'll just be Skype built in and that's what'll be used.

Again, Rockman, you assume that MD and Omega didn't talk at all between the time that that the RD countries in question farmed MD and when Omega took the action that we did.

that is an incorrect assumption.

I guess my post above was too subtle then.

Yes, I will confirm that MD and Omega did talk about the situation that unfolded before, during, and after SoF told RD their FS time, the RD countries in question farmed MD countries, and SoF FS'd MD.

I'm going to need some more popcorn. The mere suggestion that Omega would take these actions without talking with MD is quite entertaining.

double confirmed.

Yay, I like being the police. Freeze!

Team Canada will be happy to win another league.

In order

M4D
One set that I can't remember where I played, maybe SancT. I followed some from M4D to another place for one set, before going to WoG)
WoG (for one set)
Omega
Retirement
Omega

When I've played the game Omega has been my home since 2002.

Yea, some fantastic people/names coming back. It has been a great time, and is only getting better. You should totally come back.

I was 13, browsing an internet forum of some kind, needed a username, and I was eating a wunderbar.

It has now become my entire online persona (along with thewunderbar when wunderbar is taken or not usable)

Funny how those things work, considering I don't even really like wunderbars.

that's the thing, he doesn't play great football. If you look towards the end of last season teams had pretty much figured out how to neutralize his ability to run, and finally started making him throw the ball.....which he can't. Tebow is *not* a quality NFL quarterback.

The playoff win was one of those random games that just happens sometimes. They could play that same game 20 more times and the Broncos would have won it again maybe once.

Another vote for Omega.

It may or may not have something to do with the fact that I play there.....

However, we do net the majority of the time. :D

I also just did some checking on Leaguesafe for those of us outside the US, sine neither Kalick and I knew if it works for "internationals"

the tl;dr is that people outside the US can use the service, but the only way to put money in is to use a credit card and the only way to get money out is via a paper cheque, which has a small processing fee.

Not a big deal to me, and still has me signed up for the league.

http://www.boxcarhosting.com/...on.php?clanID=The%20Omega

Come to the Omega. We are full of old timers who just want to play the game for the fun of playing the game.

Whooze! I remember you. Come to Omega, As Angel1 says.