[8/11/12] - HF News

The edition you are currently reading is the 104th full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

New rules
Earlier this week Omniscient announced that all new groups that aren't entirely paid off will be required to make all group entrance fees directly paid to his newly created LR account. This could be a problem for some members that do not regularly use Liberty Reserve however some members do offer currency exchange services just for this reason. In addition to that Omniscient has announced that anyone posting "Any thanks appreciated" will be repfucked for asking for reputation. To see Omniscient's thread on the group entry fee rule click the following link: http://goo.gl/2GoXP


New award
Between the new groups, rules, and awards it seems Omniscient was feeling productive this week. The new award named 24k has so far been given to 5 members, 4 of which are staff. To view the new award click the following link: http://goo.gl/rbb5B

New groups setup
Both The Creed and The Empire have been setup this week for owners EKNOZ and Tibit . As of right now it seems only The Creed is recruiting new members however it is possible that The Empire will exclusively invite new members to the group. To view The Creed's recruitment thread click the following link: http://goo.gl/hrkc7

Finland now in blocklist
Recently Omniscient tweeted that Finland is now in the country blocklist. As of right now there is no additional information provided, members are also not advised to question Omniscient's reasoning unless they are planning to leave the forum. To view Omniscient's tweet click the following link: http://goo.gl/yrtk5

Illuminati changes
Leaders of the mysterious group Illuminati have decided that all invites will now be sent out via twitter. They have also announce that they will not be inviting anyone from the 21st of August, to the 11th of September.

Search function fixed
For unknown reasons some members were experiencing problems with the search function. After searching for a specific thread or post it would take a significant amount of time searching then display that no results were found. Thankfully Omniscient was able to track down and fix the problem in a short amount of time.

The Alliance's new userbar
In order to ensure they were under the maximum file size requirement The Alliance leaders were forced to remove the animation from their userbar. To view The Alliance's new simplified userbar click the following link: http://goo.gl/UEogP

User News
Paradoxum, iNviZ, and Cody‍ reached 1000 reputation points!
The Inferno's ub3r status was removed and then was dead accounted.
Factor8™ has now surpassed Nord in post count.

Repfucks

• BreShiE was repfucked.
• Ui Hirasawa was repfucked.
• Levi was repfucked.
• Kitten was repfucked.
• Daring was repfucked.
  

Bans

• Detroit was vacation banned.
• Infallible was dead accounted.
• The Inferno was dead accounted.
• BreShiE was banned.
• νεпσм was banned for swatting.
• JustHayden was banned for reporting Omniscient's post.
• Moralitas was vacation banned.
• Kitten was dead accounted.
• Levi was dead accounted.
• Ui Hirasawa was dead accounted.
• Daring was dead accounted.
  

Awards
Dеcerto got the Master Donator and FPS Gawd awards.
Factor8™ got the 24k award.
Nord got the 24k award.
Xch4ng3 got the 24k award.
Chris got the 24k award.
Genuine got the 24k award.
DeMoNi got the Brony award. You're gay.
DeMoNi got the Master Donator and Businessman awards.
Zuey got the Pizza award.

Group Leadership Changes
None

Mr. Anderson - I Found The Cure To Aids.

ZayPoly - imagine if america were a dictatorship

Triple H - The color's we see might not be same. But we give them the same name.

Rowen - A gentleman's debate | Me vs any Christian

Interview -  Nickelodeon

RDCA: Hello, and welcome to the 104th edition of the HF News. Are there any shout outs you would like to give?
Nickelodeon: Thanks, I would like to give a shoutout to Airon, Kohsti, ₵ybeя, iNviZ, Tranquility, BELLAGIO, Positive, and EKNOZ. And whoever else I forgot.

RDCA: I am sure they will be happy. So before we get into HF related things, I have to ask how is Spain? Do you enjoy it a lot?
Nickelodeon: I didn't knew it would be so great actually, It's warm and great has alot of beatiful nature

RDCA: I always wanted to travel, I hope you enjoyed yourself. In a very short period of time, you have donated a lot of money to HF, which is perfectly fine. Though, do you think people have looked at you differently, or treated you differently because of it?
Nickelodeon: I am still donating even the fact that I got all the donation awards.
Yes, I guess people trust me more, they offer to go first in any deals without asking for it.

RDCA: Well, that shows shows the real reason you were donating. What are some of your favorite things to do on the Internet, and in real life?
Nickelodeon: I love playing games, chatting with friends, and surfing at HF on the internet.
I like hanging out with friends, being with family, sporting, and watching TV.

RDCA: If, you could change one thing about HF, what would it be? If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?
Nickelodeon: I would reopen the Human Manipulation and Social Engineering subforum.
Well, this changes from the period, but currently I would make an end to the war in Syria.

RDCA: Alright, we are now coming to a close, do you have any final questions, comments, or concerns?
Nickelodeon: I want to thank ₵ybeя for everything he did for me, he has been there for me since day 1 from my HF carreer. Thanks for the interview as well.

Thanks for the Interview.

Interview - Thrust

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Bay: Hello, and welcome to the 104th edition of the HF News. Are there any shoutouts you would like to give?
Thrust: Yeah I'll like to give a shoutout to Astonish and Glassy plus all my Vitality members.

Bay: Oh yes, I've heard about your group. How is that going so far?
Thrust: It's going good un-official for now but who knows what wiill happen in the future? Working on accepting more members into the group as well.

Bay: That sounds great. Do you think you will ever work to make the group official?
Thrust: I don't want to announce anything early, but who knows? As I said before who knows what will happen in the future.

Bay: Fair enough. Is there anything you are currently working on in real life? Such as preparing for school?
Thrust: I'm preparing for my first year in high school, yep I'm going into the 9th grade starting September.

Bay: Congratulations! Going from middle school to high school is one of the biggest advancements in life. How do you think high school will effect your activity on HF?
Thrust: Thanks and yeah I agree, I don't think it'll effect my activity on HF at all simply cause when I get home I usually go on the computer, i'll reply to my PM's and accept Vitality applications then go do my homework and etc. .I feel as if it'll just be a normal day like any other day

Bay: That is a great attitude to have. Well, it looks like this interview is coming to an end. Are there any last questions or concerns that you would like to bring up?
Thrust: Stay tune for Vitality 12'/13' and please join us.
http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=2707258

Bay: Thanks for letting me interview you. Have a great day!
Thrust: No problem! Thanks for having me!

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Strong Quakes Alarm Iran
Earthquakes are not out of the norm by any means, especially in Iran. But in the small city of Tehran, Iran, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake (the first one) hit at 4:53 p.m. Just 11 minutes after the horrific quake, another one hit just 30 miles northeast, this time with a magnitude of 6.3. So far authorities predicted there to be a total of 17 aftershocks. It has also been stated that at least 250 people were killed and nearly 2,000 others injured. Many people are suffering from lack of food and water from these disastrous quakes. Authorities have also sent out rescue teams in the area.

Olympics
The Olympics is quite an outstanding view of our worlds goals and accomplishments. It is currently Day 15 for our fellow Olympians and it's a bit hard not to notice the USA. Micheal Phelps has literally set an overall Olympic record for receiving the most gold medals. EIGHTEEN! USA is currently in first, followed by China, and right behind China is Russia. We'll see how it plays out! Day 16, here we come!

Gay Chick-Fil-A?
Chick-Fil-A is a well known food chain that is notorious for its chicken sandwiches. Well, recently they have been a main supporter of the whole "Anti-Gay" movement. Last Wednesday they held an event known as, "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day." The is pretty much an event that hates on gays. In fact, a gay 24 year-old that has been working at the North Carolina Chick-Fil-A for years now calls it, "Hater appreciation day." Kind of makes sense....

Google
On the Google's blog, Google has outlined a new antipiracy scheme that would penalize the sites which contains more copyright flags. Google said that these sites will be lowered in search rankings. With this scheme invented, Copyright owners have flagged more than 4.3 million sites in just 30 days. "We will begin taking into account a new signal in our rankings: the number of valid copyright removal notices we receive for any given site," Google's blog.

Apple
Recently, iDevice users have been facing problems with logging onto their Gmail. Users have been receiving an error message "mail service imap.gmail.com is not responding" when trying to login. Fortunately, Google has been made aware of this issue and is working to fix it. Meanwhile, iPhone 5's battery photo got leaked and it has been said that it'll have a capacity of 1440 mAh, which is higher than the iPhone 4S' and iPhone 4's battery.

Microsoft
Microsoft has decided to switch to the name from "Windows 8" to "Metro," with it's European partner. So this is how it'll go, "Windows 8 app" to "Metro app", "Windows 8 design" to "Metro Design" and so on. Microsoft said that "Metro is our design language. We call it Metro becase it's modern and clean. It's fast and in motion. It's about content and typography. And it's entirely authentic.

Battle.net
Blizzard Entertainment's (Company behind World Of Warcraft and Diablo) internal security was compromised last week and the hackers have taken non-china battle.net's players' emails. However, the company said that their cryptography method is very tough and unique so that the hackers can't crack them so easily. They urged the other users to change their passwords immediately. In addition, the company has also added a security question, mobile checking, and also dial-in authentication to tighten the security.

Nicki Minaj's Free NYC Show Set For Aug. 14
Nicki Minaj is doing something for her fans by performing a free show. She is doing this because she did not perform at the Hot 97 Summer Jam in June. The free concert will be at the Roseland Ballroom on Aug. 14th and will  be sponsored by Pepsi. This is the same day that Nicki Minah will be on the Today Show. The first 1,500 fans to line up outside the venue after 12:00 p.m. will be granted free admission to the show. Pepsi is also going to provide a live online stream of Nicki Minaj's show.

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There's something really interesting about how the United States of America and China view the Olympics. With these two, anything below a gold medal is a loss. While other countries, are ecstatic to place at all, and support their athletes no matter what. We've (USA) come to expect the best from our athletes, and don't accept anything less. We really should be glad that the best the world has to offer, are all together in one place. They are better than almost anyone judging them, yet they judge them with a grain of salt. Ridiculous, in my opinion.