Hello,everyone!

As the site shows there are 4 weeks left until a big surprise that I think everyone knows but I won't tell it (duh).

By the way I am as excited as you at this surprise.

-LegoGuy24

TOB 2.2 is released!

Read:

http://www.theorangeblock.org/forum/20-official-releases-a-news/32900-the-orange-block-22-release.html

The old master server (2:master.garagegames.com:28002) is back online.  If you have changed master servers at any point in the past, you should switch back to this one.

The Orange Block 2.2 has been announced! See the thread in the forums for more info.

Recently, Garage Games had errors and shut down the master server, damaging many torque games' playerbases. Many of you have been aware of this and a good person from the GG community decided to help us out. There is a new master server everyone can use until Garage Games fixes the problem.

The new master server is 2:master.dottools.net:28002.

To set it up, start up ToB and click Options, click Network, scroll down the menu to where it says "Master Server", and type the new master server in. Happy Building.

If you aren't able to have people join your IRC servers, you can try hosting with this master server, or using hamachi.

Update: 2:master.garagegames.com:28002 works again.

Alternately, here's a master server list.

Yes Elrune, I do feel inclined to write an article entry.

I want to change the look and feel of the website, but I just don't know how. As you may have noticed I have changed the look of the menu. This is not the final thing, rather, an experiment to see what I can do with it.

Other plans are too make a different page where you go when you goto theorangeblock.org, an expansion of the "What is The Orange Block" but a lot more focused for first time vistors. The news page will most likely be on theorangeblock.org/news and would no longer need the "What is The Orange Block" bit above it, leaving more room for news!

Top right, above the Donate button I am thinking of having a similar button but as a link to a download page (And then remove "Download ToB" from the menu). On this page would be information about how to get the game (and possibly a link to an article on how to get ToB to run under WINE), Wallpapers and/or other misc media items and maybe links to popular user mods or patches.

For the most part I should be fine, but I will most likely need help making a new theme for the website. Please, If you could, suggest things in the already made Website Template thread here: http://www.theorangeblock.org/forum/10-off-topic/24747-website-template.html

Not much to say here.

We're approaching the end of January in 2011, and things are going smoothly, and i'm pretty much doing this just to remind everyone (administration excluded) that we're still here and doing things.

There's pretty much no news on this front (or indeed any other), but i'm loath to just leave everyone hanging. It seems that there's nothing to report from us, Blockland or Cemetech, but perhaps that's not a bad thing. Things are flowing, it's all cool. That can't be so wrong.

I'll probably not be on IRC as much as I have in the past weeks, just so you all know, so if you need to see me for anything, let me know here. I check daily.

So, before I change this into my personal blog, I hope everyone had a good holiday (if it's over for you already) and a happy New Year. We have some new players, and we're happy to see new faces around - it's always positive. Try to be patient with them, everyone!

Anyway, it seems appropriate to suggest that everyone kick back and watch some cool shows or something, and take it easy.

Maybe Lucas will write an entry if he feels so inclined. Otherwise, wishing everyone a good one.

So, it's the big day today.

Hope everyone had a good one, ate some fun things and got some presents they liked. Hoping to see you all in the new year!

Merry Christmas!

 

Marcus:

Hey guys!

Christmas is fast approaching and it has been around a year since the announcement of Freebuild's active development, and possibly we are getting close to something big. Time will tell!

 

Have fun with Christmas this year and if you are new, you can download The Orange Block here, or in the side bar or register and visit our forums. Have fun and happy building. :D

 

Elrune:

Hey everyone! Marcus pretty much said it just now. Exciting times ahead full of change in the world, and we can only wish everyone the best of luck and much happiness this Christmas. Merry Christmas!

Stay safe, and have a good time this yule tide.

 

 

 

Please post an intro inside the Introduction Thread on the Forums.