We're currently in the process of bringing [bass] back to active status on the 24/7 Freelancer Universe Server. We've got the people. We've got the fleet of star ships. We've got bunches of credits. If anyone wants to come along, contact me using the contact form.

Stay tuned...

Hello Folks! It's been a while since we've had a Base and System Services Status Report. I figure we're due.

IIkami is continuing his circumnavigation of the globe in Microsoft Flight Simulater X, and you can check out his progress in his blog.

[bass] is still active on the 24/7 Freelancer Universe Server (Playing Microsoft Freelancer of course). But we're just barely active there. Mr. Bonkers and I are the two main players, and even we're not on as often as we'd like to be. I've been able to maintain the fleet though, so at some point when we want to get back into it in a big way and make a recruitment push, we'll have the ships and cash that we'll need.

Most of the active members are playing Team Fortress 2, which continues to be an extremely popular game. I'm spending this Halloween weekend focused on TF2, making as many videos of the Halloween event before the map expires. Haven't gotten any of the costume pieces yet, though I do have my Bombomacron badge and Monoculous hat. You'll be able to check out my progress in the Screening Room(and some of it will show up on the main page of course.)

Speaking of the screening room, I'm trying to go through, complete and upload all the video projects that I've been behind on for a while, in addition to the new stuff. You'll notice there are suddenly a lot of new videos on the site (and our youtube channel of course.)

I've agonized a bit over if I should post one video in particular. It's not mine. Fleg Matik recorded and edited it years ago. It's his Fraps video of a system battle between [bass] and =|:Bod:|= for the Hudson system before any of us knew what we were doing. We were getting direction from [bass]-Llama, aka [Outlaws]-Cuchulain, who joined up while the Outlaws were on hiatus. He attemted to use some techniquest that the outlaws could pull off, but we weren't ready yet. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.)

At any rate, The Bringers of Death eviscerated us, using the classic divide and conquer technique. By that I mean half of us got lost, and things didn't go well. lol

The video is from Fleg's perspective, and uses a funky Devo Sountrack. We'll see if it stays online or if they kick it off.

The aformentioned video is not loaded yet, but will be on the main page when I get it online.

The forums at http://flclanbass.proboards.com/ are still up and running, though there hasn't been as much activity there as one might hope. It's possible that [bass] members are using our Facebook page, this site, and programs like Steam and Battlenet to keep connected. That's cool as well, but I do plan on keeping the forums up. They'll be especially usefull if we ever get back into Freelancer or another game which requires strategy and planning against a living foe. Muahaahaahhahahah

And that's the latest from [bass].

IIkami has provided us with another update in his attempt to go round the globe in FSX. Check it out on his Blog.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Just a couple items as we bring in the new year:

• There's a new update from Iikami, as he circumnavigates the globe in FSX. You can check it out here. (Or just highlight Blogs, and click on Iikami's blog. Whatever works. :-)In this installment, Iikami pushes the limits of FSX's scenery database--and a bit beyond it seems.


• For those playing Freelancer, there's a new Mod update for the 24/7 Freelancer Universe Mod. To quote the homepage at http://www.freelancer-universe.com:

  ANNOUNCEMENT!!! FLUAddon version 1.7b is out. (28-December-2010) This is a rewrite of version 1.7 (Oct2008) which fixes a number of issues identified since its release as well as sets the mod up for future edits to version 1.8. This mod does require switching from the SDK update to the JFLP update on the downloads page. You should be able to install by deactivating and deleting the FLUAddon mod, running the JFLP update, and then downloading and installing the new version 1.7b.

  You can download the files at http://www.freelancer-universe.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=2