Cashback is back, Konami Giveaways, Iceberg Action Sale

• Ambition: A Minuet in Power[www.indiegala.com] | 20%
  
• Antigraviator[www.indiegala.com] | 75%
  
• Armada 2526 Gold Edition[www.indiegala.com] | 82%
  
• Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Barrow Hill: The Dark Path[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Blazing Sails[www.indiegala.com] | 30%
  
• CIRCLE EMPIRES RIVALS[www.indiegala.com] | 50%
  
• Ceres[www.indiegala.com] | 82%
  
• Chivalry 2[www.indiegala.com] | 20%
  
• Chivalry 2 Special Edition[www.indiegala.com] | 20%
  
• Conarium[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Dark Matter[www.indiegala.com] | 82%
  
• Headsnatchers[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Interstellar Rift[www.indiegala.com] | 50%
  
• Killing Floor 2[www.indiegala.com] | 75%
  
• King of Retail[www.indiegala.com] | 30%
  
• Maneater[www.indiegala.com] | 40%
  
• Midnight Protocol[www.indiegala.com] | 20%
  
• Nuclear Dawn[www.indiegala.com] | 90%
  
• Radical Relocation[www.indiegala.com] | 60%
  
• Railroad Corporation[www.indiegala.com] | 75%
  
• Rising Storm 2: Vietnam[www.indiegala.com] | 75%
  
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• Sacred Fire[www.indiegala.com] | 20%
  
• Shortest Trip to Earth[www.indiegala.com] | 66%
  
• Starpoint Gemini Warlords[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Stars in Shadow[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• Starship Corporation[www.indiegala.com] | 80%
  
• TRANSIENT[www.indiegala.com] | 60%
  
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• Tiny Troopers[www.indiegala.com] | 85%

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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

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Martha is Dead



Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war.

Publisher: Wired Productions

Release Date: Feb 24, 2022




https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/martha-is-dead

Faster Load Times Are Now Possible For Windows PC Games, Sort Of

DirectStorage, one of the Xbox Series X's biggest tech advancements, has now arrived on PC--well, sort of. Microsoft has announced in a blog post that the Xbox's DirectStorage API is now available on PC, but it may be a while until players can get their hands on PC games that actually use the tech, The Verge reports.

Microsoft's DirectStorage technology cuts down on game load times and gives developers the potential to build even more detailed game worlds, by streaming data straight from a NVMe solid state drive to the GPU, without the CPU needing to decompress it first.

While DirectStorage for PC was first touted as a benefit for gamers thinking about upgrading to Windows 11, the most recent blog post says DirectStorage will in fact be compatible with Windows 10 after all--though Microsoft still strongly recommends the newest version of Windows for keen gamers. The blog even says that gamers don't necessarily need to have an NVMe SSD installed to see improvements from DirectStorage, but that "installing games to an NVMe SSD will maximize your IO performance and help you more fully experience the benefits of DirectStorage."

Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster



FINAL FANTASY VI is a game that's beloved by fans and critics alike. That's partly thanks to its incredible setting and story. It's set in a land where magic has disappeared, and humanity has instead turned to iron, gunpowder, steam and other technology. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that magic is mostly gone - a young woman enslaved by the evil Empire still has the power. When she encounters a powerful ancient being called an Esper, she sets off a chain of events that will have epic and terrible consequences.

Publisher: Square Enix

Release Date: Feb 23, 2022




https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/final...l-remaster

A common method of gaining access over a server is to use a technique called a brute force attack, or dictionary attack.  What the attacker will do, is use a script to try and login to an account with every possible password combination.  This tends to require tens of thousands of login attempts, but eventually, the right combination will be found, and they can login normally. This guide was written for CentOS primarily and FreeBSD secondarily. It may work on other operating systems but may require some tweaking.

Mean Servers makes no guarantee or warranty regarding this article and comes as-is with no support what so ever unless implemented by Mean Servers personnel. A competent Linux system administrator should implement this tutorial as severe and irreversible server damage may result from improper use. Mean Servers can secure your server for a one time fee of $39. Contact the sales department for more information.

To prevent this, we can use a brute force login detection system.  DirectAdmin has 2 such systems for these attacks.

1) The original feature was created in DA 1.25.5, and will detect and block login attempts on DA itself (port 2222):
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=573

This feature only applies to port 2222. It only blocks IPs on this port. It does not block IPs from other ports.

To enable this feature, go to:

Admin Level -> Admin Settings -> Blacklist IPs for excessive login attempts
use a value around 10-20.  Note that accessing the login page counts as one failed login, since it's an unauthorized access.  Keep that in mind when chosing a number.

2) The newer system works in tandem with the previous, and will scan the logs for the other services (apache, dovecot, exim, proftpd, sshd).
When an attack is detected DA will notify the Admins on the box that the attack is in progress.
DA will not block the IPs since that would require a firewall, and DA doesn't manage firewalls (see block_ip.sh below).

To enable the detection reporting, go to:

Admin Level -> Admin Settings -> Parse service logs for brute force attacks
The brute force monitor (BFM) page can be viewed at:

Admin Level -> Brute Force Monitor
Automating Blocking of Brute Force Attempts (CentOS 5 & 6)

1) The first part of this guide will outline how to setup the actual firewall for the block_ip.sh to use.  Note that we're not able to offer any support for this setup, so use it at your own risk. Also, this file is written for a CentOS/Fedora type system and has not been tested on Debian or FreeBSD (it may work on Debian, not sure).

    cd /etc/init.d
    mv iptables iptables.backup
    wget http://files.directadmin.com/services/al...0/iptables
    chmod 755 iptables

*** Note that it opens ssh on port 22, so make sure you either change it manually, or have physical access to your server if you're running ssh on some other port.

You'll want to test this out to ensure it works for you:

    /etc/init.d/iptables restart

to make sure you can still connect to everything ok.  If not, you may need to head to the data center to shut it off (partly why we don't offer support for firewalls)

2) The second step is to install the block_ip.sh so you can create a file that lists the IPs to be blocked.  A sample block_ip.sh can be found here.
To install this file, type:

    cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom
    wget -O block_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.0/block_ip.sh
    wget -O show_blocked_ips.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.0/show_blocked_ips.sh
    wget -O unblock_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.0/unblock_ip.sh
    chmod 700 block_ip.sh show_blocked_ips.sh unblock_ip.sh

This should activate the button in DA at:
Admin Level -> Brute Force Monitor -> IP Info -> Block IP

This particular block_ip.sh script will check to ensure that the IP you're blocking does not already exist in the list.
It will also generate the output from "iptables -nL" which should show you everything that is current blocked in the list. (iptables -nL is also output in the event the IP is already blocked, so you can see your iptables list without doing anything)

3) Create the empty block list and exempt list files:

    touch /root/blocked_ips.txt
    touch /root/exempt_ips.txt

4) This last step is optional and should only be used after you've tested the above setup for a while to get comfortable that you're not going to block yourself.  The block_ip.sh is only used for an active "click" by the Admin, it does not automate blocking.  To automate blocking, install the following script:

    cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom
    wget -O brute_force_notice_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/al...tice_ip.sh
    chmod 700 brute_force_notice_ip.sh

Automating Blocking of Brute Force Attempts (CentOS 7)

1) The first part of this guide will outline how to setup the actual firewall for the block_ip.sh to use.  Note that we're not able to offer any support for this setup, so use it at your own risk.    Also, this file is written for a CentOS/Fedora type system and has not been tested on Debian or FreeBSD (it may work on Debian, not sure).

    systemctl mask firewalld
    systemctl stop firewalld
    yum -y install iptables-services
    systemctl enable iptables

    cd /usr/libexec/iptables
    mv iptables.init iptables.init.backup
    wget -O iptables.init http://files.directadmin.com/services/al...1/iptables
    chmod 755 iptables.init

*** Note that it opens ssh on port 22, so make sure you either change it manually, or have physical access to your server if you're running ssh on some other port.

You'll want to test this out to ensure it works for you:

    systemctl reload iptables

to make sure you can still connect to everything ok.  If not, you may need to head to the data center to shut it off (partly why we don't offer support for firewalls)

2) The second step is to install the block_ip.sh so you can create a file that lists the IPs to be blocked.  A sample block_ip.sh can be found here.
To install this file, type:

    cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom
    wget -O block_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.1/block_ip.sh
    wget -O show_blocked_ips.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.1/show_blocked_ips.sh
    wget -O unblock_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/all/block_ips/2.1/unblock_ip.sh
    chmod 700 block_ip.sh show_blocked_ips.sh unblock_ip.sh

This should activate the button in DA at:
Admin Level -> Brute Force Monitor -> IP Info -> Block IP

This particular block_ip.sh script will check to ensure that the IP you're blocking does not already exist in the list.
It will also generate the output from "iptables -nL" which should show you everything that is current blocked in the list. (iptables -nL is also output in the event the IP is already blocked, so you can see your iptables list without doing anything)

3) Create the empty block list and exempt list files:

    touch /root/blocked_ips.txt
    touch /root/exempt_ips.txt

4) This last step is optional and should only be used after you've tested the above setup for a while to get comfortable that you're not going to block yourself. The block_ip.sh is only used for an active "click" by the Admin, it does not automate blocking. To automate blocking, install the following script:

    cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom
    wget -O brute_force_notice_ip.sh http://files.directadmin.com/services/al...tice_ip.sh
    chmod 700 brute_force_notice_ip.sh


Automating Blocking of Brute Force Attempts (FreeBSD)

If you're running FreeBSD with ipfw, you'd skip steps 1, 2 and 3, and instead, add the following code to the file:

/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom/block_ip.sh

    #!/bin/sh
    echo "Blocking $ip with ipfw ...
";
    ipfw add deny ip from $ip to any
    exit $?

and don't forget to chmod the block_ip.sh to 755.

This knowledgebase article was taken from multiple articles on the DirectAdmin knowledge base located at http://help.directadmin.com/. All credit goes to DirectAdmin for this article.

We have switched hosts.

Have found a cheaper solutions elsewhere, and support staff seemed so eager to drop us.

Slight roll back on the database. Now have better backup solutions to prevent something like this in the future.

Should be teaming up with our new host to bring cheap hosting solutions to our members.

Still have to add the plugins back. Should be done in a few days.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hello, this tutorial will be quick and straight forward.

I've done lots of strenuous testing for best mining method for getting daily pay outs.

2miners now offers the solution.

You can mine eth for nano by setting your wallet address as your nano address instead of eth.

Nano has NO fees. (relatively)

**So how do I start mining?**
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Well you need a wallet, nano is offered through binance.us + binance.com, get an account there.
Link: https://accounts.binance.us/en/register?ref=53261843
**It's not recommended to mine straight to binance or any exchange because they could change your address at any moment.
I was using atomic wallet for nano, but since figured out they keep copies of keys. So stopped using it.
Trust wallet supports nano, much rather trust it. 0 hacks. Or just go with any example here: https://hub.nano.org/wallets

Now get the deposit address for NANO, save it for your EASY miner setup.

Download the miner:
AMD/Nvidia
Gminer
NBminer
PhoenixMiner
Trex 0.19.x-0.24.x
SG Miner (Based on CG miner)

AMD GPU
SRB Miner

I usually google "gminer github" grab the official github link and download releases. Here is your quick shot.
https://github.com/develsoftware/GMinerRelease/releases

As of writing 2.7.0 is the newest.
https://i.imgur.com/IYJmmt9.png

I'm on windows so clicking

gminer_2_70_windows64.zip


Download, extract:

It give you a dozen or so pre-formatted .bat files that are easy 1 click miner solutions basically. Most miners come with some already setup, you just have to right click the file / Edit with notepad, or open with notepad. I use notepadd++ so i navigate to it. Probably drag and drop on a notepad.

You get this.

miner.exe --algo ethash --server eth.2miners.com:2020 --user 0xB8816B94Eee05614Da401F3EdE31152e6719DDB5

pause


Where --user is what comes next is the wallet for ethereum you will usually see 0xblahblahblah 0x signifying that it's an ethereum based wallet.

Well toss that crap aside we got nano.

miner.exe --algo ethash --server eth.2miners.com:2020 --user nano_3o8jkhyrwdrumrt4med7nh7uzh6z4azcgg8um8x5qt5h9q4trae4eqqoew4y

pause



If you want to get a little more spicy and have a larger gb size card, try dual mining.


miner.exe --algo ethash --server eth.2miners.com:2020 --user nano_3o8jkhyrwdrumrt4med7nh7uzh6z4azcgg8um8x5qt5h9q4trae4eqqoew4y --pass zil1lkx25lcj7af4cvux5f77jv2yh43dskvgdmtvl5@eu.ezil.me:5555

pause

You can create a text document change the extension to .bat and it will work the same. Just make sure the miner.exe is in the same folder so the program starts with the supplied params.

And wait for it to cash out. Mining nano you will get daily payouts.
Eth payouts are ridicilous right now but its the HIGHEST paying mined coin. So get it in NANO or ZIL at binance, change it to USD and be able to cashout once you get 20$ or take it to a different coin and you can withdraw at 10$ from app.

Some people don't feel comfortable holding it in exchanges. Atomic wallet is a great multi walllet software available on app store and windows 10. They have nano wallets + zil. You can also exchange to other coins within the app.

If you don't want to mess with exchanges feel free to message me. I have discord and can help you out with almost anything.

Enjoy guys!

Hello everyone, I will be posting trusted official links here for our trusted crypto and mining websites.

All sites posted here we have used extensively.
We have used these to either mine to or cash out from.


Exchanges:

Binance: https://binance.us/en/register
Bitmart: https://www.bitmart.com
Bittrex: https://bittrex.com/
Cashapp: https://cash.app/
Changelly: https://changelly.com
ChangeNow: https://changenow.io
Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/
Gateio: https://www.gate.io/
Paxful: https://paxful.com/



Pools:

Hello everyone, we should be back full throttle.

All posts should be back, all users.

Everything except for the plugins. Importing them today also.

Thanks for your continued support.

SickGaming Staff