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[Gokku]

aww i scared krystal away they try'd to pull the RL card.

[Raen Ryong]

Speaking of which, I wonder what she's like irl?

[Mairja]

I honestly thought Naturebeckles was as bad as it could get - I guess I was wrong, what the FLYING FUCK is wrong with that woman, thank GOD I am no longer on Alexander as I would probably die laughing or feel like strangling her every time I saw her in game. The level of stupid has just reached new heights on the official forum.

Greatguardian I applaud you for managing to keep your cool time and time again in the face of the immense amounts of retardedness that people spout on that forum. I don't know how you do it... I just want to punch a baby, rip things to pieces, club baby seals and yell "OH MY GOD YOU FUCKING MORONS!" at my monitor.





What's her character name on Alexander anyway?

[Gokku]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...Warrior-Merits
why do idiots have to come and ruin a thread that had its question answered correctly in the first fucking response

[kamugi]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...Warrior-Merits
why do idiots have to come and ruin a thread that had its question answered correctly in the first fucking response

Because that person is retarded and thinks the first answer is wrong I guess, lol.

[Cream Soda]

Looks like the thread got deleted
(Or your link is broken)

P.S. Is there a way to quote deeper than one quote?

Was more posts in that thread, but nothing I can remember off the top of my head

[Hyriu]

Wait, she's on Alexander? Fuck, I'm gonna end up getting her in a few months. I can feel my brain cells melting already. I hope she shouts as much as she posts, it'll make for some good PJ lulz.

Not surprised. Alexander was(still is) full of retards before I left that shithole.

[Kuishen]

Not surprised. Alexander was(still is) full of retards before I left that shithole.

Every time you post I have to stare at your sig for a good 60+ seconds. I love it.

[Mairja]

Not surprised. Alexander was(still is) full of retards before I left that shithole.

Wonder who she is in game, whether I knew (of) her before I left.

[Greatguardian]

Wonder who she is in game, whether I knew (of) her before I left.

Pikachuninetail on Alexander; though he/she/it claims to have had other characters prior to that one.

[Mairja]

Pikachuninetail on Alexander; though he/she/it claims to have had other characters prior to that one.

Never even heard that name before. Some nobody (not that I wasn't a nobody on Alexander, because I was - but I knew of all the high profile players at least) who doesn't have a clue (painfully obvious). Hyriu do you recognize that name at all?

[Imoq]

So, bored and stalking the official forum for an update on the stupid and annoying "UCS-5024" problem, I noticed this in the source code of a page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://common.allakhazam.com/shared/zampower.js">
</script>

It's right at the very end of the page, before closing the </html> tag.

What does official forums have to do with allakhazam, or why are those running a script from their site? Just curious.

Script content is this (long, so spoilered):

Spoiler: show

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              m['id'] = z[1];
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          }
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          }
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        } else if (m['host'] == 'war' && (m['file'] == 'item.html' || m['file'] == 'quest.html')) {
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        } else if (m['host'] == 'everquest' && m['file'] == 'item.html') {
          if (z = m['qs'].match(/item=(\d+)/)) {
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            if (m['qs'].match(/source=lucy/)) {
              m['source'] = 'lucy';
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          }
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          }
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            m['id'] = z[1];
            valid = 1;
          }
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            m['id'] = z[1];
            valid = 1;
          }
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            m['id'] = z[1];
            valid = 1;
          }
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            valid = 1;
          }
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          m['qs'] = m['host'] + m['file'] + '=' + m['id'];
          valid = 1;
        }
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        m['box'] = v[2];
        m['domain'] = v[3];
        var cat = v[4];
        valid = 1;

        if (cat.match(/eq2[_ ]item/i)) {
          m['qs'] = 'eq2itemname=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = 'eq2itemname' + v[5];
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          m['qs'] = 'ffxivitem=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = 'ffxivitem' + v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
        } else if (cat.match(/ffxiv[_ ]ability/i)) {
          m['qs'] = 'ffxivability=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = 'ffxivability' + v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['qs'] = 'ffxivlocalleve=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = 'ffxivlocalleve' + v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['name'] = 'ffxivguildleve' + v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['site'] = 'ffxi';
          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['type'] = 'item';
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          m['site'] = 'war';
          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['type'] = 'item';
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          m['qs'] = 'riftability=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['qs'] = 'riftachievement=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['qs'] = 'wiki=1&riftitem=' + v[5];
          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['name'] = v[5];
          m['path'] = 'en';
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          m['path'] = 'en';
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        }
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      var key = m['site'] + currentId + m['locale'] + m['source'] + m['type'];

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          showLoading();
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    function showToolTip(itemstr) {
      itemDiv.style.display="block";
      itemDiv.innerHTML = itemstr;
    }

    function requestToolTip(m,isZAM) {
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        if (m['box']) m['host'] += m['box'];
        if (m['file']=='item.html') {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/iover.pl?id=" + m['id'];
        } else if (m['file']=='quest.html') {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/qover.pl?id=" + m['id'];
        } else if (m['type']=='item' && m['name']) {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/iover.pl?name=" + m['name'];
        }
      } else if (m['host']=='lotro') {
        if (m['box']) m['host'] += m['box'];
        if (m['file']=='item.html') {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/ihtml.pl?tooltip=1&item=" + m['id'];
        }
      } else if (m['host']=='everquest') {
        if (m['box']) m['host'] += m['box'];
        if (m['file']=='item.html') {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/ihtml.pl?tooltip=1&item=" + m['id'];
          if (m['source']) {
            url += "&source=" + m['source'];
          }
        }
      } else if (m['host']=='ffxi') {
        if (m['box']) m['host'] += m['box'];
        if (m['file']=='item.html') {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/fitem.pl?tooltip=1&id=" + m['id'];
        } else if (m['type']=='item' && m['name']) {
          url = "http://" + m['host'] + "." + m['domain'] + "/cluster/fitem.pl?tooltip=1&name=" + m['name'];
        }
      } else {
        if (m['box']) m['host'] += m['box'];
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        if(document.body.scrollTop) {
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        id = id.replace(/\+/g,'%2B');
      }

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        tt = null;
        itemDiv.style.display='none';
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    }

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      }

      itemDiv = document.getElementById('tmpItemFrm');
      addAkzElement(head, createAkzElement("link",{type:"text/css",href:"http://common.zam.com/shared/tooltip.css",rel:"stylesheet"}));
      addAkzEvent(document,"mouseover",onMouseOver);
      addAkzEvent(window,"pageshow",onPageShow);
    }

    init();
  }
}

Oh, URL from where I saw this, but I assume it's everywhere: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...s-%28Apr.-3%29

[Airenn]

Potential for interesting-ness.

[Fiarlia]

Curious...

[Byrthnoth]

I didn't think they used the same posting system as zam, but that definitely looks like a relic of a failed format-rip. Most of the things they're referencing aren't even relevant on the official forums.

[Ticktick]

looks like they're trying to get alla's mouse over item tooltips but my javascript/jquerey is weak.

[Fiarlia]

New Krystal thread, probably will get nuked.

simply put no this is not a troll topic. this is simply stating a fact. SE no longer gives a care about FFXI nor our forum posts. for those of us who do not view the FFXIV forums allow me to shed some light. how many times have we seen a post from the Developer or a head director themselves?(omitting sections mini posts they call the "In development" topic) NONE! what's going on now is they are having a backwater staff take care of dev for FFXI not the official staff as they were moved to FFXIV due to the original staff being sacked for making FFXIV nearly bombshell.

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING!

the Producer has posted a fair few of these letters to the official FFXIV forums....i have yet to see ONE posted here regarding FFXI.....so ya i just figured i'd let everyone in on this little tidbit.

comments thoughts opinions?

TROLLS WILL BE IGNORED AND THEIR POSTS REPORTED

Link in case it's not nuked.

[Kuishen]

Horrible. As you can see I've just started outright flaming her, seeing as how logic doesn't work.

[Karbuncle]

Why isn't that nuked yet! more people need to report her for being stupid x.x

[Mairja]

Expecting my latest post in that thread to be reported and deleted.