NOW where are you, Tony???

Been awhile since you've been around again. Just wondering if everything is alright?

And yes, this is partially self-serving -- as Dox hasn't released anything since 185.85's (May 17th) and is going on hiatus until end of September/October-ish, TweakForce hasn't released anything since 182.06 (May 28th) and before THAT 177.92's (September 28th, 2008), and you haven't released anything since MAY 2008!

So, it looks like us mobile users will be stuck with old drivers until someone picks up the pace/slack. The 190's are now coming out, and was hoping for some mobiles soon. But it looks as if now we are stuck waiting until Dox returns (with his newer drivers with updated tweaks) at the end of summer...

Hey now, I've always offered to be a beta tester, and you USED to give me access to the drivers, and I USED to test them and send you lots of feedback (except for the times when school and work got in MY way, too). Hell, I was the one who suggested the "feedback form" and actually used it... It's a beetch doing both full-time, especially if you have a needy girlfriend... But School/family/friends come first, and that is understandable.

I sure hope you were including me in that rant, since I've been around and testing since the TweaksRus days and your TweaksMobile site. I got very leery of donating, since I did to TweaksRus twice back in the day (and $150 is a lot of money to a student), only to randomly lose the "Donator" status, the site to completely vanish in the power struggle not long after my second donation, and the ensuing MobileForce site that all but shunned me and "mysteriously" kicked me from the beta program (in part because I was talking about and helping YOU, which was very childish of them). Thus, I said screw them if they were going to be like that, and just migrated around with wherever you went. But the huge lack of drivers (or beta drivers even), made me migrate yet again, this time over to Dox. And yes, sometimes he has a bit of an arrogance to him, LOL! But whatever, he kicked out the drivers and was/is highly active in the forums at LV2G. I still think your drivers had the best IQ overall, though.

You've had KrayziePop, also. What happened to him? Isn't he still around? I though he was learning the ropes? I thought you were done with school by now -- are you going for a Masters or something?!? LOL! J/K. Senior year is a pain in the @$$, so I only expect it to get worse... I'm getting frustrated, though. You think being the creator of the mods is thankless and a pain in the ass? NO ONE knows who beta testers are, and it takes FOREVER to uninstall/install drivers correctly, let alone re-test a ton of games, benchmarks, play with the control panels, and watch videos every time. You get thanked all the time (and rightfully so), but did/do us beta testers? Nope. We're unsung, and it was fine with me. Doing anything for free/as a service to others on the Internet is pretty much a thankless endeavor, and anyone who is in it for the "glory" isn't in it for the right reasons.

I guess what I'd have liked is, if you had problems and such, that you'd keep us all updated instead of hanging. It's not cool to go so long without telling us what is going on...

But yeah, thanks for finally doing just that when prompted. I guess what I already knew and feared is the truth. If you ever come back to modding drivers, you know where to find me.

I apologize if I came of as a bit of a douche in that last post, LOL! I do appreciate the things that you have accomplished over the years, for sure. I haven't been on AIM in a long time, so I hadn't chatted with ya in awhile. Didn't know about anything with you or Krayzie. Last thing I even remember, is you wanted my M1710 motherboard and Dell was being a pain in the @$$ by refusing to do right and replace it for you. From your response, sounds like not much has changed in that regard all this time later! Dude, you should do like I finally did (after 4-1/2 years of hell) and ditch Dell altogether. My Gateway has been mostly problem-free (except the BIOS update problems I had, and air behind the screen -- which I should have taken care of right away, but didn't). I was lucky if I went 3 months with my XPS Gen 2 or M1710 without anything breaking!

Anyways, maybe we can get NBF to put something on the front page "advertising" the need for solid/reliable testers? I don't think many users even come to this subforum much anymore. It needs to be visible. I'll even help out with the "interviewing" of potentials, if need be. We should get this pony out of the stables and back onto the track! All she needs is a slap on the arse...

Lemme know what you need.

Are you sure you want to use 186.18? I hear they are pretty unstable and like to throw Windows errors.

The ones that seem to be good performers and stable overall are 186.24. Maybe abandon 186.18 and go to 186.24's? If not, I can do the comparing of ID's.

(PS -- Good to see ya dipping your hand back into the pool to tes the waters once again! )