MPGH News (6/14/13)

33rd Edition
6/14/13

The Rats Strike Again!
It's happened.. You heard it here, the rats have struck again! After Dave being banned the Rats secretly planned their attack to take over MPGH. With Dave and Liz both taken down the Rats were able to recruit new members, and parts of the MPGH community to follow them... until new groups and alliances were made in order to take down the Rats. Some of these groups and alliances include: Commie FO, Japan FO, Jimmy Rustlers, Arab FO, and many more.

In order to hold of the Rats from taking over MPGH these select groups decided to make mass amount of useless threads in General. Luckily, Master131 was not dazed by this takeover and quickly gave consequences to all spammers, and cleansed MPGH of it's spam. Dave returned and the Rats quickly fled back to the sewers after gathering enough cheese until the next rebellion...

User News
This week's episode of Game of Thrones and the Cocksuckers of MPGH were bet on. If anyone important died all Cocksuckers would be banned as Arunforce stated, but no one important did die so this month Cocksuckers did not get banned. Congratulations you lucky bitches. Even though you have your Cocksucker ban today

Postbans
Congratulations to @hax3rman on 1,337 posts!
Congratulations to @Splinterrr on 4,000 posts!
Congratulations to @Qmo on 2,000 posts!
Congratulations to @Dave84311 on 23,000 posts!
Congratulations to @Jorndel on 8,000 posts!
Congratulations @Sev. on 2,000 posts!

Resignations/Demotions
@2500mar is now a cocksucker.
@Kallisti was given cocksucker, but recently taken back out for unknown reasons.

No interviews were able to be completed this week. Sorry about that!

US & Canada
Two people killed by raging Colorado Springs wildfire
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

So far there has been two confirmed casualties from the raging wildfires that are raging north of the US city of Colorado Springs.
Their bodies were recovered from the Black Forest area, where the blazed had totally destroyed at least 360 homes since it started on Tuesday and there is still no sign of it stopping.

It's been said that this has been the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history and more than 38,000 people have left their homes because of it.

And this is only one of three blazes that is currently burning in the state.

So far it has charred about 3,150 acres (1,275 hectares) and was 20% contained according to the authorities this Thursday and one of the fires is currently threatening the world's highest suspension bridge on the Arkansas River.

Several tourist structures on either side of the River have already been damaged.
Meanwhile a third blaze, sparked by lightning, was burning further up north in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

Latin America
Deadly train crash near Buenos Aires
Date: 13 June 2013
Source: BBC

Three confirmed deaths and at least 315 wounded in a rush hour train crash that occurred in the outskirt of Buenos Aires.

The accident happened near the Castelar Station that is about 30km (19 miles) west of the capital, it happened when a commuter train hit another

empty and stationary train.

Volunteer and rescue crews went out to the scene to try and help the injured, who were taken to nearby hospitals.
The cause of the crash is still unknown and is under investigation.

Media reports have stated that the moving train may have had faulty brakes but the Transport and Interior Minister, Florencio Randazzo, said that the train "had new brakes".

"We want to establish whether it was an accident or an attack," said Mr Randazzo.

Africa
Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

Opponents of the President, Robert Mugabe, have targeted the website of South Africa's governing ANC, to do one thing and one thing only, accusing it of backing the leader of Zimbabwe.

Anonymous Africa had stated that they also hacked into the sites of Zimbabwe's defence ministry and the state-run Herald Newspaper.

The ANC said that the website had been flooded by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDS).

At 12:30 BST (11:30 GMT) all three websites were working again.

Asia
Hundreds 'taken ill' at China school in Sichuan province
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

Hundreds of children have been taken to the hospital after falling ill in a school in China's Sichuan province.
Out of 346 children, aged between eight and 12, 45 were seriously ill.

All of the children are believed to attend the same school in Meishan city.

It is still unclear what might have caused the condition but the symptoms are said to include high fever and dizziness.

Officials say the provincial disease control centre is investigating.

Europe
New bridge opening on River Danube
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

After having waited for a long time it's finally time to announce that there will be a new road and railway bridge across the River Danube and it's opening with a great ceremony between Vidin, Bulgaria, and Calafat, Romania.

The bridge is a whopping 1,791m (5,876ft) long and it's arching 43m above the water and it's one of the longest on the Danube, and only the fourth

on the lower reaches of the river.

Bulgarians have high hopes that it will revitalise the neglected north-west part of their country.

Middle East
Syria regime denounces US chemical weapons claim
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

Syria has dismissed the the claims that it had used any chemicals weapons after the US had said that it would give the rebels "direct military aid".
President Obama made the decision after his administration had concluded that the Syrian forces under Bashar al-Assad were using chemical weapons, a spokesman said.

One of the rebel leader, Salim Idris, had spoken with BBC and stated that it was a "very important step".

But Syria's foreign ministry said the the US had used "fabricated information" on the chemical weapons in question just to justfiy the move and that Washington was resorting to "cheap tactics" to justify Mr Obama's decision to arm the rebels.

On the ground, there were reports of the fiercest fighting in that has been seen months in Syria's largest city, Aleppo.

UK
Louis Theroux conman pleads guilty to Somerset fraud
Date: 14 June 2013
Source: BBC

A man who had claimed to be TV presenter Louis Theroux to stay in a pub free of charge has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Allan Debenham, 39, had spent two nights in the Duke of York pub near Ilminster, Somerset.

South Somerset Magistrates Court had heard that Mr. Debenham also faked the role of Mr Theroux's personal assistant in order to be able to get

free room service of wine and "some fags". He had also booked a taxi the same way.

He has now pleaded guilty to two of the charges of dishonestly making a false representation by claiming that he was Mr. Theroux.

Fez 2 Announced

After the great success of that terrible game Fez, Phil Fish decided to release another terrible game (which happens to be a sequel). We don't know anything about the release date so far. We also assume this game will be PC exclusive, because of all the patching problems the first game had on the consoles. Which is ironic considering Phil Fish said that Fez would NEVER be released for PC and that it was made for consoles and consoles alone (he later ported it to PC).
As you can see, I really hate Phil Fish.

DayZ Standalone - E3 Gameplay

Hey look Matt Lightfoot showed us a demo of the new DayZ standalone at E3.

We're shown some new animations, zombies, inventory system, crafting system, enterable buildings, and much more.
There will be a second part of the video later this week.

The Walking Dead: 400 Days Confirmed

It was only a rumor some days ago, but now it is official; The Walking Dead: 400 Days will be available in July 2013 on PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, PS4, iPhone & iPad for about $5. Telltale also announced at the E3 that it won't correspond to the beginning of the season 2, it will be a DLC to be included into the season 1. Thereby, the studio recommends to achieve the adventure before getting into 400 Days which will present the destiny of five characters: Vince, Shel, Wyatt, Russel & Bonnie.

The Crew Announcement Trailer

Warm up your engine for the newly announced racing game from Ubisoft - The Crew. The Crew takes you and your friends on a reckless ride inside a massive, open-world recreation of the United States that is brimming with exciting challenges.

Key features:
Never drive alone: Jump in and out seamlessly and build your crew of four through bonding or intense rivalry. Whether your objective is to takedown a convoy or to escape the police, achieving it with friends ensures a fresh experience each time you join in.
A playground of unprecedented scope variety: The entire United States is your driving playground – all roads and everything in between. From downtown city streets to suburbs, hillsides, cornfields, canyons, desert dunes or even race tracks.
The experience goes on, wherever you are: Continue the experience on iOS, Android tablets, and on the web. Keep track of your friends’ performances and tinker with your ride before playing it live to set new records, or send your crew on jobs on-the-go to gain more XP and parts.
Prepare for the next job: An extensive tuning system combining depth and simplicity allows you to collect cosmetic and performance parts and customize your licensed cars, according to your style and driving preferences.
For more information about The Crew visit the official website.

Mirror's Edge 2 Announced

Many people have been waiting for this and finally at the end of the EA E3 2013 press conference they showed us a teaser of the long-waited Mirror's Edge 2.

There is no official release date for this game, like it tells you at the end of the teaser "coming...when it's ready". On their website they mention "we are still in early stages of development and we don’t want to rush anything".
For more information about Mirror's Edge 2 visit the official website.

Battlefield 4 Multiplayer + Commander Mode Trailer

The first multiplayer footage of the upcoming Battlefield 4 has been released at E3. The first map they show us is Siege of Shanghai, a beautiful place with a lot of high buildings, some of them collapse entirely which brings the map to the next level.

Battlefield 4 will also bring a new feature to the game - Commander mode. This mode let someone of the team be the commander and provides that person with a unique overview of the entire battle, from there you can provide orders to the team and helps them out with vehicle drops, ammo drops and much more. All this can also be controlled from a tabled that's directly connected to the game server.

For more information about Battlefield 4 Multiplayer take a look at their official website.

Other stuff worth mentioning (but not worth an entire article):

Kingdom Hearts 3 was announced.
XBOX1 was announced, and it's a pile of shit.
PS4 was announced, and it's superior to the XBOX1.
The Ouya showed off their console outside next to the hot dog stand. Okay, this is a lie but still.
Oh yeah new Super Smash Bros. with that Wii Fit Girl as a character. What the fuck were they thinking?
Payday 2 will NOT have microtransactions. Sweet.
Sonic: Lost World is a thing.
Star Wars: Battlefront. FUCKING FINALLY. But it's being made by DICE Stockholm, not LA.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze gameplay was shown. Looks okay. (if you want to see it go look it up yourself you lazy little shit)
Hey wasn't there a new Final Fantasy that was announced? Ehh whatever.
Apparently, Metal Gear Solid V will have a "vast" multiplayer... How? The game is really linear.
OH YEAH DUCK TALES HD RELEASE GOD DAMN. I don't think it's E3 related but I don't give a fuck.

The NSA has been watching you

Earlier in the week media reports came to light confirming what many had suggested in the past, that the US government had been acquiring incredible amounts of data from the Internet and from various phone vendors via a confidential security program called PRISM. PRISM was able to do this due to being connected directly to the servers of multiple high profile internet services such as Google, Facebook and AOL. Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act the companies were legally required to allow PRISM access to their servers. The NSA would also be able to spy upon foreign civilians as they claimed much of the world’s internet data passes through U.S infrastructure.

Former NSA employee, Edward Snowden, had previously contacted The Washington Post and The Guardian about the national breach of privacy via encrypted email in May. He was able to forward them the classified documents which detailed PRISM. He has now come forward and publicly announced that he was the whistle-blower and has spoken to The Guardian about his views upon the subject.

"The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting."

"If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards."

"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."

A full video of Edward Snowden can be viewed here:

How YOU can help fight against a Surveillance State

You can start of by adding your signature to a letter backed by a growing list of major businesses and public figures including Mozilla, 4chan and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

https://optin.stopwatching.us/

You can also sign the petition to issue a full pardon to NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden whom many claim to be a national hero. Ironically you need a whitehouse.gov account to sign.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD

How to "try" and stop the government from watching you

If you don’t particularly like the idea of the government spying on your Internet activity then you can start preventing that by browsing through an anonymizing tool such as Tor or through a VPN connection. You can forgo Google searches and opt for a more private option such as Ixquick which does not need credentials nor does it log IPs. If you need to secure your cloud storage, you can try out Cloudfogger in conjunction with Drop box. There are many more options available to you, and you can find some more from this article.

How to secure and encrypt your email and other communications from PRISM and the NSA.

Unfortunately many useful programs are not open-source and are developed under US companies, because of this they are prone to being shut down by the government under FISA or another act, should they see fit.

Apple reveals the very different iOS7

Apple has iOS7 which is touted to be a complete visual overhaul of an OS that has remained largely the same since 2007. The new update includes a sleeker design with icons having a flat two dimensional look with pastel like colors. Window panes are now partially transparent and gone is the standard blue-grey theme that was prevalent in previous iOS iterations.

This new version of iOS also comes with a few new features that aim to increase practicality, not just aesthetics. First off there is the Control Center, a window pane with your most used settings along with a flashlight tool, which is accessible from every screen. Apple has also redesigned Safari, with a new unified search and URL bar (like almost every other browser has had for the last half decade). With the iOS7 Apple have debuted a new Peer 2 Peer file sharing service called AirDrop which will be available on the iPhone 5 and the latest iPads. A redesigned camera app, iTunes Radio and multitasking help flesh out the update log of iOS7.

Unfortunately if you’re still using an iPhone 3GS, <4^th Gen Ipod Touch or a 1^st Gen iPad then you’ll miss out on this update.

AMD announces world’s first 5GHz Processor

In the wake of Intel releasing Haswell, AMD have shown that they are still willing to put up a good fight with the unveiling of their new FX-9000 series CPU. Included in the new line-up is the FX-9590 which comes out of the box at 5GHz which makes it the highest clocked commercially available CPU ever produced. The CPU comes unlocked which will be a plus for overclocking fanatics, whilst featuring their new Piledriver architecture and AMD Turbo Core 3.0 Technology. They have yet to reveal the sale date so until then the CPUs will only be available to system integrators.