The Elders' House of Pain
Public Forum => Talk Back => Topic started by: Commando_Chris on July 21, 2006, 10:38:13 PM
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I searched for pre-established threads on the topic but could not locate any so if I am wrong please delete this one. Anyways if you an Xfire user please post your username so I can start sending friend invites. It's a lot easier to keep up with who's playing what when.
My Xfire username is zzcommandozz.
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i think mines illcrossova23 , but i never go on so its kinda useless. lol.
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I'll send a friend invite none the less.
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I've heard of this Xfire. I've never gotten it, nor will I. Sorry.
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yep dont got it...i just go on vent to see who playin
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But wouldn't you love not having to ask what there playing and what server there on? All you have to do in Xfire is right click the name and join server. But I doubt I can persuade you guys to try it. :-)
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So what you're saying is you don't want to talk to us outside of the game.
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No but when I have the volume on mute due to my girlfriend talking on the phone a mile a minute I can't get a chance to hop on vent and see what's up. It's not that great of a program but I just like the fact that it's pretty much aim for gamers. :-D
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Why don't you get a headset or head phones?
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If you mean for my cell phone, I definetely would if I used it more but money is a little tight since i just bought my new pc. Now that I think about it "little tight" is an extreme understatement. :-(
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wait....im lost...you dont get on vent much because of your gf on the phone? what do those 2 things have to do with the other? just buy a headset for your computer so you can talk online and others cant hear your conversations....i keep rereading what u just said and it just dont make sense....a headset with a mic is about 20bucks at radioshack
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I'm the one lost. I have a headset for my computer but how are people I'm talking with not going to hear what I'm saying over vent? Also I always try to get on vent even with being on the phone at times. You guys are confusing the hell out of me.
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ohhh...i see now ur one of those kids whos pussy whipped as shit...so your always on the phone as long as ur gettin ass....just get off the phone for a little while? it aint to hard....just tell her you got some shit to do and you'll call her back...whats the worst that can happen...no ass that night? you just gotta sweet talk em....and lie...lieing does wonders..
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can i get an AMEN ??? lol :)
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The conversations really aren't that long it's just the whole timing. As soon as I get on the comp my phones buzzing, if it's not her it's one of my friends drunk and wanting something. :roll:
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Ok, I took that worng. I was thinking you were living with your GF and she was just yaking on the phone around you all the time while you were tring to play.
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I'm afraid of the future. :crybaby:
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I don't see why people don't use xfire... It rocks!
broebo is my xfire name
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Sent you a friend invite 40. Also I agree, it does rock. :headbang1:
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I herd xfire puts major spyware on ur comp
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Whoever told you that downloaded too much porn and was looking for an scape goat.
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no it actually does put shit on ur comp
quoted from phenom
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"Okay, I'll try and clarify this once and for all here:
We're probably going to be dealing with spyware accusations for all time. This stems from the fact that most software programs that are classified as "spyware" are utilizing similar technology to what XFire uses to detect you playing games. People hate spyware because it can scan your computer and transmit what applications you run, what servers you connect to, etc to someone remotely. Well, hello. That's exactly what XFire is DESIGNED to do, and we're entirely open about it. We're just a bunch of gamers ourselves here...I hate spyware with a vengeance. It's unfortunate that the technology has been has been corrupted by those who want to spy/screw up people's computers, but also note that Windows itself as well as a number of software firewalls/virus scanners use LSPs. It doesn't instantly mean SPYWARE! Wink
The LSP is what is needed to detect your gaming traffic. Like dethmag said, you could remove it...however, you're going to break at least some (not all, but some) of the functionality of XFire. Removing it will not necessarily break your internet connection; however, we can't really offer any help (either with XFire or with other programs) if it's missing - the behavior is just very difficult to predict. What removing it *should* do is prevent XFire from ever knowing what server you're on, what the game data is, etc. You might still be able to join your friends, but they won't be able to join you. Dethmag removed it and his connection worked fine; we've found it missing in other places and replacing it fixes a broken internet connection. Repetable behavior is very difficult to find because everyone's system is a little different.
It's fairly well known we have a problem with some computers losing internet access after installing XFire, and that it's related to the ua_lsp.dll file. Almost certainly - again, we don't have a solid reason for why this is happening. We have a bunch computers lined up here with all different OS's, different software configurations, that are used almost exclusively for testing with any configuration. We haven't been able to duplicate the problem reliably, so we're still working on it. Yes, it is annoying, and I do apologize to everyone who is having this problem. But, as I'm sure those people have noticed, XFire includes a totally clean and complete uninstaller. We have no intention of hosing someone's computer and then keeping our app on there to "spy" on them - using XFire is entirely voluntary, and you know exactly what it is when you download it.
Every system is also a little different. In general, we've found that you don't *need* to reboot after installing. However, your system may try and route traffic through XFire that shouldn't be until you've rebooted and the system service has had a chance to properly register itself and figure out where it stands on your network stack.
So anyway...if he wants to call it spyware, fine. The data you send to the XFire servers is the data on a) what game you're playing b) what server you're playing on c) any game data (players, map, etc) that is available d) everything associated with the instant messaging, etc. I'm sure some clever network guy out there could sniff out our packets and verify this, but other than that you just have to take our word Razz The data is not stored or kept here other than to track the game stats you see on your profile. Believe me, if it sent anything like system configuration or whatnot, my job would be approximately infinitely easier, but instead I end up endlessly asking for "What OS are you using, etc etc" Smile
I hope that clears things up."
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