Author Topic: Simple Host Server Co. Comes To Blockland! (Read 15661 times)

Get a server as cheap as $2.49, 1 GB of RAM and unlimited player slots!

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lolsrry you need $10.49 to get 1 GB and unlimited slots. Try to argue with this? well it runs fine with 3 players!

cucumberdude · June 04, 2011, 05:36:11 PM

Quote from: Chrono on June 04, 2011, 04:25:03 PM

Get a server as cheap as $2.49, 1 GB of RAM and unlimited player slots!

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lolsrry you need $10.49 to get 1 GB and unlimited slots. Try to argue with this? well it runs fine with 3 players!

Oldest trick in the book.

Basically every hosting site ever does that.

Quote from: Bisjac on June 04, 2011, 04:06:24 PM

advertise the best package at the worst package's price.

It's marketing ambiguity. Nothing wrong with it at all. As I said, everyone does it.

cucumberdude · June 04, 2011, 05:37:37 PM

Quote from: DontCare4Free on June 04, 2011, 04:14:50 PM

But what idiot made the name an image?

Font is impact - people who don't have that wouldn't be able to see it.

WC3 web standards require standard fonts.

DontCare4Free · June 04, 2011, 05:41:37 PM

Quote from: cucumberdude on June 04, 2011, 05:37:37 PM

Font is impact - people who don't have that wouldn't be able to see it.

WC3 web standards require standard fonts.

You, sir, are an idiot.
That's what you have fallback fonts and dynamically downloaded fonts for.
Simply put, depending on browser, you can make the browser either download the font automatically or switch to another font if the site is trying to use a font that doesn't exist on the local computer. Nothing wrong with that at all and both are better than the image-based approach that is used today.

cucumberdude · June 04, 2011, 06:33:03 PM

Quote from: DontCare4Free on June 04, 2011, 05:41:37 PM

You, sir, are an idiot.

No need to be a richard.

Quote from: DontCare4Free on June 04, 2011, 05:41:37 PM

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People who use replacement fonts get a raped appearance of the text depending on how the browser decides to replace it.

Even if it's just text, that is basically the logo of the company. You don't want people seeing some disfigured stuff instead. Google does the same thing, actually.

Plus, the image isn't huge or anything - no reason not to use it really.

DontCare4Free · June 04, 2011, 08:25:47 PM

Quote from: cucumberdude on June 04, 2011, 06:33:03 PM

People who use replacement fonts get a raped appearance of the text depending on how the browser decides to replace it.

The web designer can manually specify the fallback fonts.

Quote from: cucumberdude on June 04, 2011, 06:33:03 PM

Google does the same thing, actually.

Because they use bevel and other 3D effects that can't be accomplished by pure CSS. This site doesn't fit into that criteria.

CanadianPenguin · June 04, 2011, 09:10:46 PM

Quote from: Cad Bane on June 04, 2011, 04:06:14 PM

WTF! LINUX?!

What seems to be the problem?

Kovita · June 04, 2011, 10:30:09 PM

Holy stuff.

Am I the only one who is like, having a mini-climax at this?

I'm probably only having one because of the free trial though lol.

Destiny/Zack0Wack0 · June 04, 2011, 10:54:31 PM

The website looks worse than before, honestly.

cucumberdude · June 04, 2011, 11:04:21 PM

Quote from: Destiny/Zack0Wack0 on June 04, 2011, 10:54:31 PM

The website looks worse than before, honestly.

How so :?