BillyBuerst Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 20025 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 313 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 231 Achievement Points: 2745 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/09/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 10:59 AM Birthday: 06/10/1969 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Notification System Broadcast: Dear Xfire users - It is with sadness that we must announce that the Xfire Social services will be shutdown on Friday. Please visit social.xfire.com to download your video/screenshot data. We apologize for the short notice - Xfire Community Team Wed Jun 10 12:00:01 2015 YACCster and hxtr 2 Awards
Sonovabich Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) What does that mean? xfire is gone completely then?...can't even check to see if i got that message either, it just times out. Edited June 10, 2015 by Sonovabich
Tim Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 20489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 174 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 112 Achievement Points: 1255 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 19 Birthday: 01/02/1995 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Everyone has got this message: The xfire homepage states xfire is "The ultimate tournament platform". I guess they're are just dropping the social stuff - that is the chat, screenshots, videos and gametime tracking and stuff. Awards
Sitting-Duc Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 561 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 85 Topic Count: 502 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5336 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 4612 Achievement Points: 41356 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 29 Joined: 10/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:30 PM Birthday: 04/06/1992 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Maybe it's time that we should start looking at a new system to communicate with. I know we have Steam and Origin but we really need something that is quicker than the website but all admins and all game types could use. I know we don't need to change right now but this has shown that Xfire is downgrading and therefore there is more of a risk that they will cut it off all together. One thought I did have was that we could setup a IRC server for XI, that way we could have a chat system that all members could connect to, we could have it on both the website and people have the option of downloading. Never set one up though - just an idea. Anyone else have any ideas? Onyx, eidolonFIRE, baldie and 10 others 13 Awards
Sonovabich Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Maybe it's time that we should start looking at a new system to communicate with. I know we have Steam and Origin but we really need something that is quicker than the website but all admins and all game types could use. I know we don't need to change right now but this has shown that Xfire is downgrading and therefore there is more of a risk that they will cut it off all together. One thought I did have was that we could setup a IRC server for XI, that way we could have a chat system that all members could connect to, we could have it on both the website and people have the option of downloading. Never set one up though - just an idea. Anyone else have any ideas? When you say chat do you mean like Teamspeak or will it have the facility to type chat too, not everyone feels like talking all the time? baldie, Janey and KillerKitty 3
BlAcKsMoKe Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 5459 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 494 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 441 Achievement Points: 3501 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Birthday: 10/03/1994 Posted June 10, 2015 Hmm I agree we need something new then.. (not that I used Xfire in the last 2 years anyway) and I think steam is the best option I know of.. most people have it! But I'm not too fammiliar with all the gaming chatsoftware out there
X-RayXI Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 10 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Other alternative is Raptor or Skype, even though Raptor uses support through XFire. KillerKitty 1 Awards
BlAcKsMoKe Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 5459 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 494 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 441 Achievement Points: 3501 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Birthday: 10/03/1994 Posted June 10, 2015 Other alternative is Raptor or Skype, even though Raptor uses support through XFire. Skype is useless.. we already have teamspeak eidolonFIRE 1
X-RayXI Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 10 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Skype is useless.. we already have teamspeak True, but you can chat in there too. Btw, you can still access the website by http://208.88.178.38/profile/modest71/ Awards
BlAcKsMoKe Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 5459 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 494 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 441 Achievement Points: 3501 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Birthday: 10/03/1994 Posted June 10, 2015 True, but you can chat in there too. Btw, you can still access the website by http://208.88.178.38/profile/modest71/ Yes but being in a group chat with 300 members is going to be a mess We can better use the website in that case and add a chatbox function
X-RayXI Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 10 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 We could try this: https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome "Works very well, and do virtually anything xfire did too, but better and more extensive.". Someone suggested that to me. Tim, BUDMAN and KillerKitty 3 Awards
Merlin007 Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1125 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8580 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 7547 Achievement Points: 76543 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 We could try this: https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome "Works very well, and do virtually anything xfire did too, but better and more extensive.". Someone suggested that to me. This looks interesting. Could be our alternative to consider if xfire goes offline or sooner before that happens. Awards
Merlin007 Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1125 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8580 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 7547 Achievement Points: 76543 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Skype is useless.. we already have teamspeak Have to agree. Skype not useless but don't think is a good alternative for xfire replacement. Awards
Tim Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 20489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 174 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 112 Achievement Points: 1255 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/30/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 19 Birthday: 01/02/1995 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 I'm all in for IRC google and eidolonFIRE 2 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted June 10, 2015 Irc might work. Personally I use the forums and pm's. Pm's go to my real email and I see them almost immediately.
BlAcKsMoKe Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 5459 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 494 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 441 Achievement Points: 3501 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 18, 2022 Birthday: 10/03/1994 Posted June 10, 2015 We could try this: https://www.evolvehq.com/welcome "Works very well, and do virtually anything xfire did too, but better and more extensive.". Someone suggested that to me. Looks good!
KillerKitty Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2905 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 72 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2190 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 2545 Achievement Points: 18662 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 11, 2018 Birthday: 02/26/1977 Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) i only know skype and IRC, we had that once (years ago) in another clan, works for chat, sharing files etc. skype works for chat, too (typing), with groups and single persons, so w/e.... although i have to admit, my internet connection sucks and i wont be able to use it while in game (probably) ....lol plus.... i still dont believe that xfire is shutting down within such a short time, must be a hack or joke Edited June 10, 2015 by KillerKitty Awards
Sitting-Duc Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 561 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 85 Topic Count: 502 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5336 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 4612 Achievement Points: 41356 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 29 Joined: 10/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:30 PM Birthday: 04/06/1992 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 @@Sonovabich Yeah chat as in typing In my eyes communication wise we currently have: Forums for many user communication and in depth discussion. Teamspeak for voice communication Which reduces the requirements of the replacement to Xfire. We had already dropped Xfire as a requirement for membership and has made it that members needed to have either Xfire, Steam or Origin and the admins added to them. The key points we used Xfire for that the replacement needs to have are: Ability to contact online admins, this means non-members will require access Group chat between admins or certain parties One to one chat between people One of the big uses was videos for banning people which I would now like to remove all together and instead solely use the demo system. This would mean creating an alternate system for admins that facilitated this. I think we need something that everyone should use regardless of the games they play and therefore think we should go with something that is dedicated to chat rather than games. I also think we need something that can be installed optionally and if someone doesn't want to install it they could use it in a browser or the like. It's a tricky thing to replace here and as I have said to the seniors I do not want us to rush to a replacement but discuss where to go. Sonovabich, baldie, BUDMAN and 1 other 4 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted June 10, 2015 Well, my team and I have never used x-fire It's bloat-ware as far as I'm concerned.
Blaze Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 105 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1088 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 965 Achievement Points: 8625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 29 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) The built in record function is ok, but it is not a versatile format. Raptr is pretty good for chat, social and video recording....although, I am struggling to get the video recording to work with COD4 at the moment. In this day and age, everyone gets their emails immediately, or within minutes depending on their smartphones sync rate, so a chat system outside of the PM and Forum system we have in place on the website is extraneous. We may as well just use whatsapp! Edited June 10, 2015 by Blaze eidolonFIRE and TBC_Shaggy 2 Awards
Sammy Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) IRC? Wow. Havent used that in many years. edit: I do have a bunch of mod demo vids on xfire but nothing I will miss. Edited June 10, 2015 by Sammy Awards
little_old_man Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted June 10, 2015 For the admins we are losing an important tool to record video of potential hackers. We're going to need some kind of alternative. Mazdarati and Hoth 2 Awards
iboomboom Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 20343 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 90 Topic Count: 205 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.81 Reputation: 3084 Achievement Points: 30326 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/11/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 12:23 AM Birthday: 07/01/1983 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) How about Raptr http://raptr.com/ ? Works with a host of games, and very stable. @@Sitting-Duc @@Sammy @@little_old_man @@dadda2 @@Ruggerxi Edited June 10, 2015 by iboomboom J3st3r 1 Awards
Sammy Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Youtube I suppose. But for this kind of thing, since its important, such videos should probably be available as normal downloads to watch on vlc and scrub through it. Easy enough to upload them here I figure and only give admin privileges. Also no need to worry about codecs or youtube screwing with video quality. Awards
Blaze Posted June 10, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 105 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1088 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 965 Achievement Points: 8625 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 29 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Windows Posted June 10, 2015 Just tried evolve for game recording and it didn't affect my fps enough to worry. Set to high quality, 30 seconds (ish) was around 200MB. Test video will be here once uploaded (9 minutes apparently). Hoth, WookieSM , DEEJAYKEG and 5 others 8 Awards
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