2advanced.com

their will be more content definitely. i have a feeling its gonna be horizontal, different color scheme. they are going to take a different approach, as in they wont be soliciting their services as much. it will be more of a community based site, sort of like a portal, in some way or another. same effects, once a designer establishes their brand, they cant change it. They are gonna talk about colabortation, with alot of different other firms, its not gonna be all about 2A in other words. They are going to be "commenting on/incoroporating" all the new technologies/techniques out there. they will be focusing on the future of design and the future of the internet. the interface will be more beefy, as in they wont be relying on vectors as much. optimized for broadband.

just some predictions. dont take them too seriously.

one thing is for sure, tis going to be bad...ass.

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I think the interesting q for Tony is "Is it done yet, or are people feverishly debugging?".

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29 hours to go? We are just going to sit down and start comping the design in about another hour or two. :) Honestly, we could spend the next year making revisions with this crew. I'm sure they will keep doing stuff right down to the wire. It wouldn't be any fun, if you don't throw your occasional all-nighter with mass quantities of caffiene flowing through the system.

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their will be more content definitely. i have a feeling its gonna be horizontal, different color scheme. they are going to take a different approach, as in they wont be soliciting their services as much. it will be more of a community based site, sort of like a portal, in some way or another. same effects, once a designer establishes their brand, they cant change it. They are gonna talk about colabortation, with alot of different other firms, its not gonna be all about 2A in other words. They are going to be "commenting on/incoroporating" all the new technologies/techniques out there. they will be focusing on the future of design and the future of the internet. the interface will be more beefy, as in they wont be relying on vectors as much.

just some predictions.

one thing is for sure, tis going to be bad...ass.

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We are going to focus this version on 45 degree angles. BUT, they are going to face in a TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

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We are going to focus this version on 45 degree angles. BUT, they are going to face in a TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

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You might be able to fool your typical flashkit reader, but after hours of intense 'colabortating' I've determined that the next interface will be:

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Behind House
You are behind the white house. A path leads into the forest, to the east. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is slightly ajar.

>examine window
The window is slightly ajar, but not enough to allow entry.

>open window
With great effort, you open the window far enough to allow entry.

>enter
Kitchen
You are in the kitchen of the white house. A table seems to have been used recently for the preparation of food. A passage leads to the west and a dark staircase can be leading upward. A dark chimney leads down and to the east is a small window which is open.

Revolutionary concept, make a Zork interface in flash! The kids will never know what hit 'em

edit: Oh yeah, it will be in orange.

Nice 45 degree comment Novak, very thought provoking, but basically, i guess it just means that it's gonna be in your face.

I have a feeling that their approach to ver. 4, is one that will be hard to duplicate or "rip" by other designers...could be by advanced use of video effects, 3d or intense actionscripting. Since ver.3 there were so many rips, but i could be wrong.

i just can't wait to see the new one :( :(

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2advanced never cared about rippers, i dont see why they would start now.

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11:59 PM on Wednesday... While at Neverrain.

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keeping in mind that that is Pacific Standard Time, us Easterners have to wait until 2:59 AM on Thurs...

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keeping in mind that that is Pacific Standard Time, us Easterners have to wait until 2:59 AM on Thurs...

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fak, i forgot about that

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2advanced never cared about rippers, i dont see why they would start now.

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Where'd you hear this? I talk with Shane (Pixelranger) often, and 2advanced comes down hard on rips, or at least it seems. Head on over to Ultrashock CopyCatz forum, and look at some 2A rips. See how long they stay online for? That's not due to 'designer enlightenment' my friend, it's due to pressure from the design community and 2A.

I dont see a countdown, where is it?

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I dont see a countdown, where is it?

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www.2advanced.com

still didnt work - had to ctrl + f5 ;)

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Where'd you hear this? I talk with Shane (Pixelranger) often, and 2advanced comes down hard on rips, or at least it seems. Head on over to Ultrashock CopyCatz forum, and look at some 2A rips. See how long they stay online for? That's not due to 'designer enlightenment' my friend, it's due to pressure from the design community and 2A.

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no, i think thats due to people who have nothing better to do with their time. It has nothing to do with 2A. 2A is a business, i dont think that they flip out everytime they see ripped work. I talk to Shane alot too. and i think he would agree, in that 2A as a business is not out to hunt down these rippers and report them to the FBI. They are out to make money. Yes they may not like it, and yes Shane may post AS A MODERATOR at Ultrashock, but i doubt they put much energy into it.

dont get me wrong, im always happy to see work like that get pulled from the net.

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no, i think thats due to people who have nothing better to do with their time. It has nothing to do with 2A. 2A is a business, i dont think that they flip out everytime they see ripped work. I talk to Shane alot too. and i think he would agree, in that 2A as a business is not out to hunt down these rippers and report them to the FBI. They are out to make money. Yes they may not like it, and yes Shane may post AS A MODERATOR at Ultrashock, but i doubt they put much energy into it.

dont get me wrong, im always happy to see work like that get pulled from the net.

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I don't think they need to put in a lot of energy, seeing as how they get hundreds of rips sent to them daily.

I just think that saying 2A doesn't care about rips is wrong. I think they monitor and look at all the copy cat sites they recieve, and act accordingly.

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no, i think thats due to people who have nothing better to do with their time. It has nothing to do with 2A. 2A is a business, i dont think that they flip out everytime they see ripped work. I talk to Shane alot too. and i think he would agree, in that 2A as a business is not out to hunt down these rippers and report them to the FBI. They are out to make money. Yes they may not like it, and yes Shane may post AS A MODERATOR at Ultrashock, but i doubt they put much energy into it.

dont get me wrong, im always happy to see work like that get pulled from the net.

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Do you believe there is no money in hunting down rippers? It's not an "FBI" related issue, but it is a civil issue. Very simple, $150K per willful infringement through summary judgement.

The truth is that it isn't a money maker, but it isn't a money loser either. Overall, we are pretty breakeven with this. But as a going concern, it is IMPERATIVE to police your marks. Failure to do so could result in voiding your trademark. Accordingly, as a business the policing of our marks is extremely important.

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course', i was just being sarcastic.


i guess u have a point. i just didnt think that u guys put as much effort into it as alot of people say you do.

It's important enough to them to employ a full time legal guy to deal with intellectual copyright.

Everybody iz waitin' for the new site startin'. -)

Have you guys seen www.2advanced.com/v4test?


KIDDING!!! :D

ahh so it should launch at about 8am here in the UK, I can't quite decide whether to stay up for it or go to bed early :D

I've got some popcorn ready


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I think it would have GRUNGE style!!

i just hope when they release it is not in one of my scrapbooks like most of v3 was... but i'll see, and then i'll work on the next scrapbook after that if it is...... heh one step ahead... but this 2a conspiracy makes perfect sense!

I love 2A and everything. And I think the guessing game is good fun but isn't it all a little out of hand?

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i just hope when they release it is not in one of my scrapbooks like most of v3 was... but i'll see, and then i'll work on the next scrapbook after that if it is...... heh one step ahead... but this 2a conspiracy makes perfect sense!

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i just hope when they release it is not in one of my scrapbooks like most of v3 was... but i'll see, and then i'll work on the next scrapbook after that if it is...... heh one step ahead... but this 2a conspiracy makes perfect sense!

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seems like a lot of hype, lets hope we dont get let down by it. i hope they start to use a bit more 3d and go the way of whoswe that would be cool.

anyway

does anyone know the date and time its being released in london, england

I think ill wait till i get back from holiday :) :)

Dont eat out all its bandwith guys i wanna see it!

The site hasn't even been launched yet and we're four pages into the post, not including other threads in the CL and stuff.

You guys are such web geeks

<compulsivly checks back at the 2A countdown>

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seems like a lot of hype, lets hope we dont get let down by it. i hope they start to use a bit more 3d and go the way of whoswe that would be cool.

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Yeah I don't know if it has a chance. Might be doomed already, even before its release.

I know the longer I view these forums the less impressed I am certain to be.

looking forward to an excessively long intro and lots of animated gifs, you know, the "rotatey" kind (credits to SB on that one)
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html

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Are we forgetting that this is 2A?

Pretty much every site that they've pumped out recently everyone's been quite satisfied with. They're client work is pretty outstanding in my opinion, I've got no doubt that this site is going to impress me more than anything they've done yet, which is quite a high standard.

They are pretty much on top, this site has the whole design community itching to see it, because 2A regardless of what you say, is one of our idols. They knew that coming into the project, and I'm sure they're not going to let any of us down.

Mike

Not sure if these have been posted...

another...

Isn't that... the same one? :D

sorry... here are the urls for better quality...
http://www.ravelinks.com/flyers/2003/neverrain1.gif
http://www.ravelinks.com/flyers/2003/neverrain2.gif

Thought I would post these here as well...
http://www.ravelinks.com/flyers/2003/neverrain1.gif
http://www.ravelinks.com/flyers/2003/neverrain2.gif

i really really reeeeally hope this is nothing like whoswe.