So, I got my collector's edition in the mail today... and this game is EPIC. So, the winner of the giveaway will also receive a copy of my soundtrack of Starcraft II. Whoever wins is a lucky son-of-a-B. Worth every penny.

So I asked myself... What's better than free stuff?! AWESOME FREE STUFF! Win a free digital download of Starcraft 2. Anyone can win! Click HERE for your chance to win!

The giveaway signup ends August 1st at 11:59PM and the winner will be picked that night. Be on Teamspeak 3 for the live drawing!

Ok guys! I have come up with the next raffle idea with some help in-game. So, here is the deal:
The winner gets to pick between a laptop: Gateway NV53A24u
Which comes standard with 4gb of DDR3 memory, 4250 graphics, AMD Dual core 2.1ghz, 320gb hard drive and more!
OR
You can get a desktop computer:
AMD 2.9GHZ Quad Core, 4gb DDR3 memory, 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Hard Drive, 4850 Graphics which will look something like

Your probably wondering... How do I get a chance to win one of these kickass prizes?! It's easy. Just donate and you have 1 chance per dollar donated, 6 chances per 5, or 7 chances per 5 after donating 50 or more!
Have any questions? Email me at admin@tfaproject.org

UPDATE: We have successfully updated to 3.3.5a with minor complications and we are back online!


We are going to be going to 3.3.5a later tonight. You can pre-download the patches, but do not install!!
enUS Patches (American):
3.3.3a to 3.3.5 (23.7 MB)
3.3.5 to 3.3.5a (12.7 MB)
enGB Patches (Great Britian):
3.3.3a to 3.3.5 (20 MB)
3.3.5 to 3.3.5a (12.6 MB)


MAKE SURE to change your realmlist.wtf back to tfaconnect.org

I would like to Congrats to the raffle winners, Eddie and Teddy. I was half expecting Eddie to get both of the items because he had 40% of the tickets, but he got the monitor and Teddy got the keyboard.

The pickings for GMs this time was MUCH better turnout than the previous run we had and I would like to thank everyone who showed up to give it their best! If you didn't make GM, you can always try next time. I can't give everyone GM and it was hard making the decisions for who would get it. With that being said, here are 3 of the 4 that are getting the position with 1 to decide still:
1) Cody
2) Eddie
3) Noble

The old Teamspeak Server is getting shut down by the 30th and I had planned on setting up a server for a replacement Teamspeak 3. It currently has 32 slots and I requested a non-profit key for us so we can possibly hold more people. Here is the new info:
Address: tfaconnect.org
Port: 9987

If you do not have Teamspeak 3, you can download it at www.teamspeak.com
We will be doing our gm pickings on the new Teamspeak server, so you are warned!

Eddie is going to have a party at his house after Chinese. Here let me just quote what he said 'party my place Saturday after Chinese? byob. I'll make hot wings and get some chips and shit to snack on. let me know. if it sounds good to you, then post it on the sites main page.' Should be fun and if you need directions to his house, just ask him at Chinese or just follow him :P

ALSO! If you are going to attend the raffle, EMAIL OR LET ME KNOW if you are coming so I have an idea. admin@tfaproject.org

The long-past-due raffle is going to take place on Saturday, June 26th at 5pm at the Chinese shop in Coshocton next to Walmart. I will be raffling off BOTH a monitor and the WoW keyboard. The winner of the first pull will get to pick what they want, and the second person will get what is left over. The GM picks will take place on Sunday, June 27th at 10AM, 3PM and 10PM and everyone who has posted an application, plan to be on Teamspeak at any of those times to be interviewed.

Post your GM application today! CLICK HERE

If your a GM, you know who you are, come to the meeting in TeamSpeak on Saturday, June 5th at 1pm. And if you happen to not make it for some reason, I will have another brief meeting about what we talked about later that day at 10pm. Some things we are going to talk about include the summer rush and getting more GMs. Thanks!

ALSO, if you cannot make it to the meeting, let me know ASAP by emailing me at admin@tfaproject.org

You can now buy and use the dual talent spec.


Happy now Raz? LOL

-Admin

YOU CAN NOW LOGIN, THANKS! Update went smooth, no major issues. (DONT BUY DUAL TALENT SPEC YET!! IT REQUIRES DB SUPPORT!)

The server is currently down for update to 3.3.3a. Go ahead and install the patch up to that revision and the server will be up in approx 10-30 minutes.

Later tonight we will be moving to the patch version 3.3.3a. You can find the patches here:

enUS Patches:
3.3.3 (127.6MB)
3.3.3a (4.84MB)

enGB Patches:
3.3.3 (157.7MB)
3.3.3a (5.1MB)

Not here with us? View the party live!

Click Here!

I hope you all enjoyed the pranksters of yesterdays April Fools Day. Today I am going to meet up with Teddy, Brandon, Jason, Brad, Doons, Randy, and who ever else I missed in that list Lol. I will try to get my laptop up at their house and do a live show on blogtv.com. Ill post more info when that time comes!

You all know how much I like to jump, so I decided to include this achievement in WoW.


On a different note, Brandon got drunk last night and insulted 9 dwarf women in Ironforge. The Ironforge king banished him forever for his rude remarks while Lizzie thinks that she should have gotten out her camera to capture the hilarious event and post them on every major cities notification board for everyone to laugh at. Brandon spoke with us earlier today and told us that he has no intentions of stopping his drinking habits and plans his spring vacation at Teddy's house. Teddy then told me in private that he plans on putting him on a raft in the middle of a lake while he is passed out from his excessive drinking.

One of the things that I like to talk about, is the direction that TFA Project is going to go next. The real answer is we need more people to join our project so we can get better data gatherings. Know a friend who has a pc and wants to try out WoW? Invite them in! Our current server setup can handle over 1000 people constantly and we are still at a low population, which isn't really a bad thing, but I am sure it will help.

Raffle:
I have taken some thought in this, and I think I am going to raffle off another computer system. This is not set in stone yet because I am still thinking hard on it. The other option is a 22 to 24 inch LCD monitor. I will try to finalize what I am going to do pretty directly and let you guys know :)

UPDATE: Everything is fine now... Sorry!!!

After getting ready to update and having a compile error, I realized that... I did something wrong... O.O

I accidentally deleted the whole server folder, which had all the maps, config, etc in it LOL.... SOOOO... If you log in, and some stuff isnt working, its because I have not had time to change permissions on the files. I am in the midst of re-uploading part of the maps (the other maps are already uploaded from previously)

If you have posted a GM application, plan to be on teamspeak at these times on Saturday (for your time period):

Morning: 10am

Noon/Afternoon: 2PM

Night: 9PM

This is all server time, so be prepared to be in an interview!!

So I figured out that you can link the bandwidth image and it will update, so here it is

It is time again to increase our GM availability. I am looking for 3 GMs, one in the morning era (3AM to 10AM, the earlier the better) and one GM for in the noon/afternoons (12PM to 6PM) and one for nighttime/evenings (8PM to 1AM), all being on server time. By looking at the bandwidth monitor of our new server, I see the largest amount of activity begin to rise about 3PM and stays constant till about 6PM, then our night time stays constant too, just not as many users. I would like to see all of these people to be able to use Teamspeak 3, as it will be required when we, meaning the current GMs and myself, give you a mini examination.

I will be posting topics in the forum so you can submit an application for your time frame if your interested.

UPDATE: Click HERE to post your GM application.

The server is now back up! You MUST change your realmlist.wtf to tfaconnect.org and if that does not work (dns resolving) then try the ip 96.31.94.32

Right Click THIS and save. Put it in your data folder if you are having issues.

Ok guys! Right now I am uploading our database to the new server. The realmlist.wtf is going to change to tfaconnect.org so make sure that you change it! The new server is going to be up here shortly, approx 1-2 hours, current time is 7:04 (server time)

You can download the patches here:

American:
3.3.2 enUS Download(159.3MB)

Europe:
3.3.2 enGB Download(180.65MB)

We are going to update today, so go ahead and download them.

Click Here to view the Raffle Live.

Due to the craptastic weather here in ohio (4+ and counting inches of snow), the raffle will not be taken place at the Chinese restaurant. I will be doing a live show on blogtv.com and if you live here in Coshocton, you can come to my house. This will still happen at Noon server time. I will be updating you guys on how you can view this show. Thanks

-Admin

The title says it all. Cancel it if it pops up and remake your wow.exe shortcut if the updater appears.

On another note, the raffle is taking place at Noon on Saturday. :)

I will be holding our 3rd Raffle on the Saturday the 6th of February. We will be raffling off a USB Headset due to the World of Warcraft keyboard being sold out literally everywhere, even on Ebay. The raffle will take place at the Chinese Restaurant located next to Walmart in Coshocton. If your in my area, send me a message via email so I know that you will be attending (admin@tfaproject.org).

We have gained a good amount of money over the past 2 months and we are approx 1/3 of the way to our goal of $1800 for the dedicated server. So it is exciting to know that our goal is closer to becoming accomplished.

One nice thing about Teamspeak 3 is it has an update checker.
How to update:
1)Start TeamSpeak 3
2)Click the Help menu
3)Click check for updates and say update to latest
4)Your done!

-Admin

New Teamspeak 3 Info:
Download: http://teamspeak.com/
Server Address: ts9.teamspeak.cc
Port: 9024