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Ok, useless topic indeed, like to apologise about the caps crap very sorry :(
i was very n00bie back in the day, indeedly

Once again sorry about the n00b act very sorry :(

-Rudd

There are a few things you can try...
A) Do as described in the picture below. (note: that is indeed the CAPS LOCK)
(http://www.arip.co.th/images/news/Download/capslock_killer2.jpg)
B) set /cl_maxpackets, /rate and /snaps to suitable values
C) Check your Internet connection by pinging some ip like 64.233.183.104 a.k.a www.google.com

agreed.  :-)

burn all the ignorant newbs who refuse to turn off caps lock.

what does the CAPS LOCK have to do with this?

AND IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A TARD

Has somebody been calling me?
har.... never mind (do I feel like the start of a running-gag here ?)

(Ho, by the way, with no offence, I think you should have named this topic "connection interrupted problem" or something closer to the subject... anyway calling help is a good start)

hi all..
The thing is, I guess RAAM is not a native english-speaker, I mean maybe he is from Latin America, Asia, etc.. so this is like I did in some time in an old post, 'cause CAPS are not sign of bad behaviour or offence to other people, is not such a big deal for us, and I know its wrong, cause I looked those links who everyone sent to me, but, ok let's tell other people not to use "CAPS" but without offences, "in some way we are noobs"..

<<ME>>

Forum etiquette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette) - a.k.a known as common sense in most languages.

Certain rules of unspoken etiquette are recommended to be followed when using Internet forums. They include:

    * One should read all the rules and guidelines established by the community. Some communities may have different regulations on a particular subject.
    * One should always be courteous to other forum members.
    * Before creating a new topic thread, one is advised to search to see if a similar topic already exists.
    * Contributors should follow standard grammar and spelling rules and avoid slang. Leetspeak is sometimes accepted.
    * If the forum is categorized, one should strive to post in the correct section.
    * When making a technical inquiry, one should include as much technical information as possible, especially in the subject line.
    * Contributors are asked to stay on-topic.
    * Contributors should avoid double posting and Crossposting.
    * To avoid appearing self-absorbed, one should respond to topics started by others more often than starting topics of one's own.
    * Contributors should avoid the use of all CAPITAL LETTERS in posts. ALL CAPS is considered "shouting" and causes readability issues.
    * One is advised not to resurrect a very old topic if nothing significant will be added. This practice is known as revival, bumping or Necroing.
    * One should try to refrain from lashing back at a poorly behaving member or participating in a flame war; instead, notify the messageboard's staff of the event.
    * When quoting a previous post, one should only include the relevant portion of that post. Contributors are requested to keep in mind that their audience can likely still see the message they are quoting on the same screen and can read it again if need be.
    * Signatures on forums should generally have a maximum height of 100 pixels, as to not cause clutter.

I would bold this one as well.

what? so all u guys are saying that the CAPS LOCK causes the "Connection Interruupted"

yes, it's god's way of punishing you.

;)
(I don't know what suitable values actually are but.. well)

I don't have the time/patience/will to educate you in the arts of irony so I will put it in a language that you might understand:


please!
Now, moving on...

1) Shut down other software programs like mIRC, MSN, IM and so on..
2) Disable your firewall/antivirus/spyware (preferably configure it properly).
3) Restart your router.
4) Kill the gremlin in your heatsink.
5) Buy a new 28.800 modem
6) If you have no idea about any of the about the above, try the following:

Use the console, type /cl_maxpackets 125 press enter. Type /snaps 40 press enter. Type /rate 25000 press enter. These are standard settings that should work for most clients on most servers. If you don't know how to activate the console, then look at the picture below. I believe that someone once said, quote: a picture tells a story of a thousand words.

(http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/navigating/tilde.gif)

Im a total n00b @forums, so to someone like me this caps rule is just common bs. How the heck can you shout with letters? And stead of helping the guy (who obviousley like me never heard of such a stupid rule) most of you comment the stupid caps. While the rules make sense, and indeed are common sense, the caps one doesent contribute at all to making quality discussions.

Please exuse my ignorance.

I guess you haven't read many books then? ;) Where Caps is used to show shouting and aggression usually ending with a "!" for emphasis. :)

Can we get back to the main subject now? :)

No, we can't! (I think '!' is enough to emphesize)
And btw, u guessed wrong. I'm not a native english speaker, but i read Tolkiens Ring trilogy, and The Hobbit in the original english vresion, and buu-huu Mr. Tolkien tought the '!' was enough emphasis. Thank you for guessing :)

Faulty cables and wires can cause a headache to. Aswell as a burned network interface card (like mine). :)

I am going off-topic, but I'll try to be informative
The fact is that Internet is a place for all types of conversations/discussions and hence then language is also taking all kinds and forms. The idea with using so called Netiquette was formed (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855) well over 10 years ago and the intention was to try to use appropriate language throughout the Internet. Already back then the organisations responsible for building the Internet to a usable platform for the average user, realised what a problem it would be by using it without some form of rules and common standards, rules that most people consider common sense and hence they are not very often discussed.

Most people have heard about such things as spam, flame-wars and these are derived from the set of rules dating back to the early days of the Internet but in modern days society the English language, as well as many others, are being abused beyond recognition, in some cases people turn to the usage of l33t speak. We have bee educated in school to use proper grammar, why not take pride in using what we have learned?

I am not a native English speaker either, but I try to make myself understood in the easiest possible way since I know that I communicate with other non-native speakers, companies around the world, large organisations, individual youngsters as well as elderly people, what I do is simply to spend a few minutes to read through the text I have just written before I publish it for the world.

Did your school teacher want you to type with all capital letters when you were 8-years old?
- If she didn't let you then, why would you do it now?

If you wrote your Curriculum Vitae with all capital block letter, would your chances of getting a job be good?

Personally I do not find this sort of text very easy to read:


If you wrote a book, a letter, a poem or any text, in any language, using that form of language, CAPS LOCK or not;
- it would be discarded immediately by most people.
 
Here is an interesting article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917) written some years ago by the BBC.
More about standards and information about Netiquette, Internet standardisation and so on, can be found at these addresses:

IETF (http://www.ietf.org/) - ISOC (http://www.isoc.org/) - W3C (http://www.w3.org/) - IANA (http://www.iana.org/)

Call me an old stiff or whatnot simply because I enjoy proper language being used, English or not. Of course this forum and it's content is nothing as serious as a multi-lingual publication of the National Encyclopaedia, but again, there I would not have to read it's contents all in CAPS.

Dear W1ZrD, the only reason I entered this discussion is because I know you (to some extent). And knowing you, I've been bothered by the way you replied to RAAM. In my humble opinion you should have answered the man's question first, and then, if needed, could have made those pointers about caps. I found it paradoxal that you mention etiquette, and the first thing you do is ridicule the man who simly could have forgotten the caps are on. Anyway, I'm having a bad day, so excuse my grumpyness.

P.S.
And the comment "burn noobs" just made me go berserk. We are alowed to be noobs at some point in our lives. I mean, nobody is born allknowing.

Dear SnooSnoo,
The first few lines of text was a pointer to the poster in a non-harmful way of letting him/her know that he/she should try to avoid the usage of caps lock since many forum readers find it annoying. Of course I could have written:

Please do not use caps lock
Please do not use caps lock.
Please do not use caps lock!
Please do not use CAPS LOCK
Please do not use CAPS LOCK.
Please do not use CAPS LOCK!
Please refrain from using the button below your tab key
or
STOP USING CAPS LOCK FF* U UBER-l33T H4XXORRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

In retrospect it might have been better if I could had the post deleted due to some innuendo insinuations or if the forum administrators would have opposed to us having a discussion about im/proper language.

and FYI - I am Yoda and you are my biatch (<-- notice the spelling)

Now I actually saw an even funnier thing - RAAAM + CAPS = <3
I assume that his keyboard is broken due to my visual improvisation of the above scenario and hopefully, maybe even regrettably, I crawl back in to my idle state.

I will allow this! :P

There is only one way to go off-topic, and that's in style.

Ummm.. no not really

• - Do you have problems connecting to other websites?
• - Does it 'lag' when you play other on-line multiplayer games?
• - Is your hard drive spinning constantly?
• - Can you play single-player mode without any 'lag'?
• - What did you change when it started to 'lag'?
• - Have you overclocked your GPU?
• - Is your computers CPU overclocked?
• - Is it the same problem on every single server?
• - Have you tried re-installing Open Arena?
• - If you traceroute, do you get long routes?
• - Have you applied all the latest network card drivers?
• - Can you ping servers without problems?

This is an example of a reply from a server:
PING dpmaster.deathmask.net (64.22.107.125) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.22.107.125: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=146 ms

This (http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=838.0) is a gently way to say dont use caps..
from Kit89

It was a ;) not a ;D at the end of that sentence. ;D

;)

This (http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=1016.msg7377#msg7377) is humoristic way to say dont use caps..

sure, really humoristic, like your image with the phrase "go away noob", really funny =(
Anyway, is just an opinion..

yup, it's an opinion. I see that avatar as a funny implementation due to the fact that the gesture and the text in combination makes me laugh.
It does however create some controversy if you read the text 'go away noob' and believe that it is my personal motto, since I am actually helping people with their problems, and don't tell them to go away.

lol mine is just someone from a obscure dos game ^_^

Hmm, I may be appearing to be joining the argument, but I feel the need to mention this.

The arguments here remind me of how pathetic the people from the forum on pixeljoint were, It would've however, been easily dealt with by saying in a simple, yet polite way - "Please may you refrain from using Capital letters where un-neccasary, as it may annoy others."

Also, RAAM, Have you finally sorted this problem, i wish i could help but i can't.

hey sausage well i figured what was the problem not sure if it was accurate
well when i set the /cl_maxpackets 125,/rate 25000 and /snaps 60 thats wat i think started the prob u see
i set all those things bac to normal and i was able 2 play on a server again....some other servers didnt work ahh well

well thanks for helpin out


TOODLES

Ah, that's good to hear that you can play on certain servers, I Personally don't know anything about the CL_Packets, Rate or Snaps Commands...

I think its better to pull up the caps lock key with a flat screwdriver than a hammer. If you use a hammer, you might cause the keyboard to remain in caps lock forever...

Anyways i did that to the power / suspend keys which in some keyboards are in a very inconvenient, easy to hit place...

Lol, At school, there was a computer in the history room, that is NEVER used, so i Pulled out a few keys, and moved them about, so in the center of the keyboard it said 'Shit'. Lol, the I key got stuck too....
(http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3033/shitcd0.jpg)
And i still have it on my old phone. :D

While we are apparently on-topic for keyboards (?!), you do remember that this is all that you need if you run Microsoft Windows:
(http://www.mattbauza.com/coolpics/new_microsoft_keyboard.jpg)
:)

Well,  I may as well point out you were the one who changed this topic to become entertainingly about keyboards...

Heh, It was you who started the keyboard Business. :P
Also, Windows Rocks! Just, leave everyone to thier own OS, Lol.

Yes, this topic has been off-topic since post nr.2
Everyone use whatever OS they want, I couldn't care less about that whole 'linux is better than windows', 'vista is better than linux' crap..