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Title: HLP will be down?
Post by: Hippo on May 17, 2004, 02:48:33 pm: I'm guessing this applies to us to?

[q]Tonight (May 17) at midnight PST, the GameSpy Network will be taken offline for network maintenance. All services will be inaccessible for at least an hour, but everything should be back to normal by 3AM.

Thanks,

-Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen
Community Project Manager, IGN/GameSpy - http://www.igngamespy.com[/q]
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Post by: TopAce on May 17, 2004, 02:57:38 pm: It does not concern me. It will be 4 AM in Hungary that time. :)
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Post by: Setekh on May 17, 2004, 02:58:08 pm: Yeah, does. The whole of GS going down is a big thing, I doubt we'll escape it. :)
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 02:58:29 pm: NO!!!!!!!!

I don't think I'll last that long.

Oh and if it doesn't come back up, as it obviously won't, flock to http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/forum
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Post by: Hippo on May 17, 2004, 03:03:07 pm: hey, nice new title an0n... that the 9000 one?
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 03:12:36 pm: Apparently.

I'm guessing the next 2 will be:
Bastion
Alpha 1/Sathanas/Lucifer
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Post by: TopAce on May 17, 2004, 03:16:50 pm: Or the Aquitaine.
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 03:22:44 pm: Nah, the Aquitaine was nothing compared to the Galatae.
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Post by: Fineus on May 17, 2004, 03:44:17 pm: Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.

There's two more titles (in place at any rate) after the 9000 mark. I'm giving no hints as to what they might be.
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Post by: TopAce on May 17, 2004, 03:57:34 pm: An efficient way of inspiring an0n to post more. (The :yes: smiley went to holiday, and misses the roll-call in this post. He gets AWOL.)
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Post by: Fineus on May 17, 2004, 04:09:27 pm: Not really, see I deliberately didn't tell him when the next title change is. For all he or anyone else knows it's 100,000 posts. I'll have banned him for spamming long before then ;)
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Post by: Thorn on May 17, 2004, 04:21:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce
It does not concern me. It will be 4 AM in Hungary that time. :)

I think you have it a bit screwed up there. It will be 4AM here in Halifax at midnight PST, and Hungary is what? +2? +3 GMT? PST is -8 GMT.
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Post by: TopAce on May 17, 2004, 04:24:54 pm: Hungary is GMT +1.
So is that GMT -8?
*Does calculation in head*
It doesn't concern me either. :) I will be at school then. :)
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 04:33:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Not really, see I deliberately didn't tell him when the next title change is. For all he or anyone else knows it's 100,000 posts. I'll have banned him for spamming long before then ;)
I'm guessing there's another ship at 10k, probably the Bastion, and another at 20k saying "Get a ****ing life"
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Post by: Fineus on May 17, 2004, 04:42:47 pm: No. But I like the suggestions.. might do some tinkering later.
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 05:10:47 pm: I think something excessively long would be fitting.

Set 30k posts to read "If you've not earned a custom title by the time you've got this many posts, you're either the most bland, uninteresting person in the world, or an0n."
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Post by: Moonsword on May 17, 2004, 05:14:21 pm: Then wouldn't that be a sort of custom title? :)
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 05:15:42 pm: No.

*stabs Moonsword*

Oh and:

:welcome:
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Post by: Martinus on May 17, 2004, 05:57:12 pm: [color=66ff00]Yeah, HLP will be down.

It's a rare occassion, every once in a while the sun eclipses the station and the earthlink is broken. We tried to get Setekh to act as a relay but his answer was something along the lines of:[/color]

"Are you ****ing nuts?!? There's no ***ing way I'm hauling my ****ing ass all the ****ing way out there you ****ers."
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Post by: Fineus on May 17, 2004, 06:11:55 pm: And then Carl started chewing things... and... well it's probably for the best that HLP goes offline for a bit. We need time to wipe up the blood.
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 06:12:59 pm: Why do I have a stupid moderator title? :(

I'd think I'm much more deserving (good or bad) than that...
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Post by: Fineus on May 17, 2004, 06:27:43 pm: I could change it to "Stupid Moderator" tomorrow if you like. Your call. ;)
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 06:35:40 pm: Does that mean I get to moderate stupidity!? ;7
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Post by: Thorn on May 17, 2004, 08:09:05 pm: No, it just means you're moderately stupid.
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 08:14:34 pm: Then how about "Moderate, stupid!" ?
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Post by: an0n on May 17, 2004, 08:19:28 pm: How about "Sodomize Muppets"?
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 08:26:06 pm: I always pictured the muppets doing most of the sodomizing... :nervous:
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Post by: Thorn on May 17, 2004, 08:56:35 pm: "Sodomized by Muppets" then.....
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 08:59:34 pm: Eerily not what I had in mind, but preferable given my current situation. :sigh:
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Post by: Bobboau on May 17, 2004, 09:08:34 pm: you'd rather be Sodomized by Muppets than have a bad custom title?
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Post by: Thorn on May 17, 2004, 09:10:45 pm: (http://www.festivalcitybigband.com/images_members/muppets-animal.jpg)
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 17, 2004, 10:29:27 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
you'd rather be Sodomized by Muppets than have a bad custom title?

Look on the bright side: I doubt they named him animal for his hygene. ;7
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Post by: kasperl on May 18, 2004, 06:30:39 am: Somewhat OT, lately, I've been only able to visit HLP through a proxy, because my connection to the server dies somewhere in the states, at hop 17...... This has been going on for most of the last week, any idea what's causing it?
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Post by: Fineus on May 18, 2004, 06:37:54 am: Have you tried using the main deflectors to create an inverse tachyon pulse, then venting plasma from the warp drive?

Just a thought...
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Post by: vyper on May 18, 2004, 06:42:22 am: That was cheap. :nervous:
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Post by: Fineus on May 18, 2004, 06:45:53 am: I'm at work. Creativity is at a low point in the day - while finding distractions around the office is at an all time high.

kasperl - Really not sure what's up with your problems... hope the sort themselves out or that someone else has an idea that could help you.
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Post by: an0n on May 18, 2004, 07:57:22 am: I thought it was pretty ****ing funny.
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Post by: Moonsword on May 18, 2004, 07:58:40 am: an0n, you missed. Thanks, by the way.
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Post by: kasperl on May 18, 2004, 09:44:24 am: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Have you tried using the main deflectors to create an inverse tachyon pulse, then venting plasma from the warp drive?

Just a thought...

No, the hub is also part of the link to deflector controll, and the plasma vents won't open without a direct EPS link to either the bridge or engineering, both are blocked by the current outage.

God, heatwaves are bad for my IQ.

All joking aside, any bright idea's on fixing it?
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Post by: Janos on May 18, 2004, 04:09:09 pm: Speed is goddamn low. It takes literally minutes to load a page. After five minutes' waiting, I am now powerful enough to post this complaint:

THIS ****ING SUCKS. When is the maintenance going to end - or better yet, has it ended and I've been left ashore? :(

I swear revenge and postnuclear apocalypse to Gamespy if this does not end.
Title: Re: HLP will be down?
Post by: Deepblue on May 18, 2004, 04:40:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Hippo
I'm guessing this applies to us to?

[q]Tonight (May 17) at midnight PST, the GameSpy Network will be taken offline for network maintenance. All services will be inaccessible for at least an hour, but everything should be back to normal by 3AM.

Thanks,

-Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen
Community Project Manager, IGN/GameSpy - http://www.igngamespy.com[/q]

Hmmm PST... I didnt realize that Gamespy was based around here.
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Post by: Hippo on May 18, 2004, 04:52:06 pm: everything is in california... including Google... California is also the exception to almost every rule, and Hippy capital of the US...
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Post by: an0n on May 18, 2004, 04:57:58 pm: In California people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people!
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Post by: Hippo on May 18, 2004, 04:59:22 pm: quite possible with the smog and such, and alcatraz...
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Post by: Flipside on May 18, 2004, 05:00:28 pm: Radical D00d!

And you thought they called it 'Silicon Valley' because of all the chip plants? ;)
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Post by: Sandwich on May 18, 2004, 05:53:21 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Then how about "Moderate, stupid!" ?

I do hope you get the reference. ;)
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 18, 2004, 05:57:10 pm: You people scare me.
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Post by: Sandwich on May 18, 2004, 05:57:57 pm: *ahem*
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 18, 2004, 06:11:01 pm: You're not PMSed again, are you?
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Post by: übermetroid on May 18, 2004, 08:15:28 pm: where is gamespy at? I know google is just a few miles away from my house...
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Post by: Setekh on May 19, 2004, 04:15:43 am: I'm pretty sure GS operates out of California. :) Hey, Google's near you? Go knock on their door and tell them to finish GMail. :D
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Post by: Sandwich on May 19, 2004, 04:19:41 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
You're not PMSed again, are you?

Look at your title.

...."again"??!? :wtf: :p
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Post by: Gloriano on May 19, 2004, 04:23:27 am: Quote
Originally posted by Janos
Speed is goddamn low. It takes literally minutes to load a page. After five minutes' waiting, I am now powerful enough to post this complaint:

THIS ****ING SUCKS. When is the maintenance going to end - or better yet, has it ended and I've been left ashore? :(

I swear revenge and postnuclear apocalypse to Gamespy if this does not end.

Actually I have same proplem when using home computer but my work computer connects fine to HLP it's strange
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Post by: Janos on May 19, 2004, 04:48:57 am: Still down and slow for me. This has now lasted over 24 hours.

BEST MAINTENANCE EVER!

Edit: still down, page loading 2+ minutes. Seeing as this continues, I think I'll leave HLP at least for a while. It's really ****ing irritating trying to browse the forums, and the main page does not work either. What really pisses me off is that just when many projects I anticipated so much were closer to completion and SCP was getting a lot of new fine improvements (Turambar, LS, DaBrain and many others), the retarded little wombat ****s who rape their mothers all night long at Gamespy somehow manage to **** up the entire system, leaving apparently quite a few users on the shore. I try to drop by now and then, but as it takes over 10 minutes to post a reply... :sigh:

However, seeing as the FS2 SCP main site sucks cocks and all community activity is resided in here, I would approve if someone would drop a post at VWBB (dead) or my email as must releases (Inferno R2/RR1, new Media VP + addons, stable builds etc), so I can pick them up.
Spoiler:
j s k o s k i n e n @ h o t m a i l . c o m
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Post by: Setekh on May 19, 2004, 07:57:49 am: Seems to be running at reasonable speed to me now, but I'm on dial-up. ;)
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Post by: übermetroid on May 19, 2004, 09:54:04 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
I'm pretty sure GS operates out of California. :) Hey, Google's near you? Go knock on their door and tell them to finish GMail. :D

I should go ask for a job. Something they will pay me alot for.
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Post by: Knight Templar on May 19, 2004, 06:03:54 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich

Look at your title.

...."again"??!? :wtf: :p

Well, it usually happens once a month.

Unless you're just going into puberty. :nervous:

Or you just had a baby... :shaking:
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Post by: karajorma on May 22, 2004, 12:38:26 pm: I'm bumping this one cause I've been chatting with CannonFodder and he's been saying that since GS did their maintenence he can't post on HLP and reading anything moves very slowly

Apparently though the Wiki works for him (Which I have no idea how to explain since they seem to be on the same server)
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Post by: an0n on May 22, 2004, 12:39:54 pm: I got no problems, so **** you all.
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Post by: Setekh on May 22, 2004, 07:04:28 pm: I still have no problems whatsoever. What type of connection is CF running? Tell him to keep trying, and maybe check other GS sites while he's at it to see if they're behaving the same. :)
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Post by: karajorma on May 23, 2004, 02:41:33 am: He's on Broadband. He told me 3DActionPlanet was also slow.

Apparently Havock is having similar problems (He mentioned this over on SpaceBattles) which makes me wonder how many other people are unable to connect.
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Post by: Havock on May 23, 2004, 04:16:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Janos
Speed is goddamn low. It takes literally minutes to load a page. After five minutes' waiting, I am now powerful enough to post this complaint:

THIS ****ING SUCKS. When is the maintenance going to end - or better yet, has it ended and I've been left ashore? :(

I swear revenge and postnuclear apocalypse to Gamespy if this does not end.

same thing here.
it's all so slow, it's like watching the ****ing seasons change.
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Post by: karajorma on May 23, 2004, 04:34:35 am: Try the Wiki. CF said that oddly enough that worked well.

I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that it's the ads that are causing the problem. The wiki doesn't have any so......
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Post by: kasperl on May 23, 2004, 05:30:48 am: erm, oddly enough, when using a proxy, the whole thing turns useable.
I am currently using this one: 212.21.228.22:8080 ; and HLP is browseable. Without the proxy, I can't even connect to HLP.
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Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on May 23, 2004, 05:56:06 am: Phew, finally got this sloved. Big thanks to kara :)

The problem was with the adverts, I got rid of them by editing the hosts file at:

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Open the file with notepad and add a line to the end:

127.0.0.1 ads.gamespy.com

Save the file, and everything should work. Again, thank karajorma for solving this :)
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Post by: kasperl on May 23, 2004, 06:30:51 am: I did that to kill the ads ages ago, before the problem even started to occur.
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Post by: karajorma on May 23, 2004, 06:31:02 am: No probs CF.

It was the fact that the Wiki worked but nowhere else did. Shows the importance of properly constructed bug report :D
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Post by: kasperl on May 23, 2004, 10:49:40 am: Well I'll be damned.....

It now works without a proxy, not sure how long it will last.

Does anyone have any idea WTF is going on?
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Post by: Havock on May 23, 2004, 12:08:04 pm: it lives!
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Post by: Gloriano on May 23, 2004, 10:56:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Lt.Cannonfodder
Phew, finally got this sloved. Big thanks to kara :)

The problem was with the adverts, I got rid of them by editing the hosts file at:

Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Open the file with notepad and add a line to the end:

127.0.0.1 ads.gamespy.com

Save the file, and everything should work. Again, thank karajorma for solving this :)

I did that too but nooo it's still very slow for me in HLP I already sended Email to Gamespy Because of this proplem

also sites like

Fileplanet
Gamespy.com
3dap

slows me

but Wiki works fine:D
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Post by: Janos on May 24, 2004, 02:05:34 am: IT WORKS!

Kara, Tykinruoka, if you were women I would love to have your abortion.
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Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2004, 09:56:12 am: ...

And now I'm forced back to the proxy, what the hell is going on?
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Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2004, 01:00:29 pm: And now it is back again without the proxy.

And I still have no clue what's causing this mess.
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Post by: Fineus on May 24, 2004, 01:21:57 pm: Dude, edit the first post - no need for re-posting every time there's something new regarding your proxy.
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Post by: Flipside on May 24, 2004, 01:27:19 pm: Proxy attention defficiency syndrome... (PADS) It's an epedemic ;)

I haven't had one little jot of a problem throughout the whole maintenance or since :D
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Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2004, 01:36:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Dude, edit the first post - no need for re-posting every time there's something new regarding your proxy.

ok, sorry 'bout that. And the odd thing isn't the proxy forking things, it's my own 'net connection, which works perferctly for any site but dynamic4.gamespy.com
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Post by: Fineus on May 24, 2004, 01:47:19 pm: No worries... just had a few people double or triple posting lately.

As for your problems.. 'fraid I really can't think why it's happening. Is there anything on Gamespy that might give a clue?
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Post by: karajorma on May 24, 2004, 04:42:26 pm: The way that CF's problems went away the second he stopped his browser from looking at GS's ads server suggests that they've cocked up something there.

Looks like the browser is waiting for something from the GS site and hangs until it gets it.
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Post by: kasperl on May 25, 2004, 03:25:59 am: Like hell it is, I am using the exact same hack he is. No ads when I don't need the proxy.

I can read this without a proxy now, btw.

edit on 15:16 GMT+1:
ugh, and now I can't read this without a proxy.... :hopping: :hopping: :hopping: :mad: :mad: :mad: