hi (Post) howdy hey hi

Scammers are getting smarter (Post) Ah, humanity's finest at work.

My dad recently fell for one of these and we were lucky that nothing came of it; he gave up an incorrect password to the fake login screen. (I do have 2FA enabled for him but given how I've seen things unfold on a certain other website, I'm sure a compromised password by itself would be more than enough to bring serious trouble.)

Always keep your guard up. Keep your guard so up that you keep your less technical friends and family informed, too.

March 2025 dev update (Post) Excellent stuff. Seeing the forum icon bug fixed is seeing the end of an era.

I feel conflicted about the removal of the Full Edit button. On one hand, I remember using that a lot, and I like having the option. On the other, I got that blanked post bug a lot too!

One thing seems to still be a bit fuzzed; times, perhaps? I cannot for the life of me mark the posts I just made as read. Check the topic? Still will show as unread when I go back to the listings. Click the big forum icon that marks everything read? That post still hasn't been seen yet, according to the forum.

New profile fields, bug fixes, and more! (Post) I've said it elsewhere already but it will do no harm to say it again: It's wonderful seeing Jaxboards 2.0 be a thing. Great stuff.

Suggestion for a feature: Time zone adjustment. That doesn't seem to be a thing, or at least I can't find it if it is.

On the note of time, new posts seem to have incorrect times.

We're back (really) (Post) IT LIVES

This is fantastic.

Post your dreams (Post) I had a weird dream that went on for a bit, and I woke up from it feeling physical repercussions! This would be the second time that happened recently. I might have to post the first time here too if I can remember enough of it or find where else I typed it up.

So, in this dream, I had just watched a video of a VR online shooter I wanted to play that was similar to a real one I've played that I liked.

Now I was actually playing it, and some weird things started lining up - one of the dudes in the video was against me and was doing some of the exact same moves, and I was trying to altar what seemed like set history, and I was very curious how there was already video of something that hadn't even happened yet. I could hear him in proximity chat saying the same stuff he said before.

I was unable to prevent my "trickshot" death because I got distracted by an attack dog that was hard to hit (it was a Chihuahua).

Then the dream jump cuts to a sort of tournament lobby where a bunch of players are preparing to team up and take on their competition, but I'm hearing a bunch of them talk about their fans (some were streamers) already knowing the outcome. Someone was complaining that they'd already seen someone play on a certain map for a tournament before, but the person in question had never actually set foot on it before, it was tourny exclusive and this was their first one.

At that point I let everyone know - "guys, don't panic, we're in the middle of a time paradox."

And then everything goes straight to crap.

The lobby is suddenly no longer a multiplayer game lobby, we're all physically there instead.

Gravity centralizes within everyone; we don't float away from our spots, we just rise up a tiny tiny bit into the air and get stuck where we are.

There is this pervasive constant static-like sound. Vision of everything is mildly distorted, as if everything was covered in black heatwaves.

A few people just vaporize into red mist straight away, while others seem to just shake violently. Some turn into question mark orbs.

While this is going on I feel this overwhelming sense of heat (but not red-hot heat, just like... extreme warmth) wash over me. I also felt like I was being slightly compressed. I also felt like my life was ending. It was a universe destroying paradox, after all.

Then I wake up and am still feeling those same physical sensations (thankfully not the feeling of life endage), but they faded away after a bit.

[Dev Topic] My untitled RPG project... a.k.a. Career Fantasy (Post) I haven't been posting because I'm a severe lazy-bones but I have been reading each and every update post with much excitement. I'm really looking forward to playing this.

Congratulations on getting this project to this point after all that time!

Post your dreams (Post) I had a dream about needing to use the restroom, but the restroom just wasn't having it.

I was at some public restaurant and really needed to go do #2. So I went to the restroom and noticed that the lights weren't really on. There was enough light to barely see what things were, but it wasn't enough to comfortably do the full deed. The bathroom was very futuristic-themed. Instead of a lightswitch, there was a group of touch-panel lights and a touchscreen CRT TV. The top touch panel was supposedly the light control. Unfortunately, upon pressing the panel, the voice of Andy Field (the guy that voiced the hand unit in Sister Location and various other guides in those games) spoke to me and said "Not so fast! You must first type in the pass code. Touch the other panels for more information." You had to solve a puzzle before you were allowed to turn on the lights. I somehow got the code, "10101," but when I went to input it on the screen it didn't want to let me type it. The touch screen on the little TV was being aggravating, not reading my finger positions correctly or at all. Eventually I got the code put in but then when I hit the top panel to turn on the lights, "Not so fast! Your code has expired, and a new one needs to be generated. Touch the other panels for more information."

My dream then transitioned to another one, but I don't remember that one.

[Dev Topic] My untitled RPG project... a.k.a. Career Fantasy (Post) I'm always happy to see an update on this.

lol

The BT Forums are 12 years old today! (Post) Happy late birthday, you fantastic forum you