I must apologize, I have been very lazy. Since the formation of Helping Hand, there has been one contribution, my flash tutorial. I only blame myself, I have been lazy and have not done my part as a guild leader to organize the creation of more tutorials and demos.

I want to change this.

Members of Helping Hand, I request your Google Talk name or(if this is the only way possible) another major IM screen name. I would like to start organizing us, and really start pumping out the content. I think we have the potential to help others outside of the code support forums, but we have been missing the will.

As for anyone else, if you have been wondering about something involving DM, just ask. I know there can be a good few tricky things in DM and we want to help. Some things that I see common problems with are Telnet support, detecting a host without using their key, and parsing text. All things that are simple if you know them, but can be very complicated to newbies. So ask away.

[edit] It seems I forgot to mention how to get me that info, if you want, you can post it on the member's only section of Helping Hand or email(and Google Talk) me at scoobert.scoobsoft@gmail.com[/edit]

...on the URL, so here it is:
http://www.scoobsoft.com/byond/dmflash.html

I would really like some opinions on it and some strong feedback. This is the first official Helping Hand tutorial and I am really hoping it will help a lot of people. I write this assuming you know a decent bit about both DM and Flash to begin with. So if you feel lost, you probably need to brush up on your DM or Flash skills before attempting this(Nothing too complicated in flash, just a basic button and dynamic textbox.)

I have yet to look into a few things I want to try out. Most specifically, using frames or iframes as a way to create a closer to real time communication.

For Helping Hands only:
http://members.byond.com/Scoobert/forum?id=13

Please, read over it, make some suggestions or whatever else is needed. I would like to release this within the next two days.

Us! Save your laughter 'till after the post.

Current roster goes as follows:

# Danial.Beta: The Big Hand
# Airjoe: Small Hand
# Audeuro: Small Hand
# DarkCampainger: Small Hand
# GoodDoggyTreat: Small Hand
# Hiead: Small Hand
# Loduwijk: Small Hand

/////Not Helpers/////
# Evi of au: Hand In Need
# Texter: Hand In Need
# Cherise146: Hand In Need

So, what do we have to show for it? Well... a few planned projects. Loduwijk has some good ideas for a tutorial (See: ID:5) which will hopefully take off soon. I still have my big DM>Flash>DM tutorial planned, but I am very busy with another project sans BYOND(Money is involved!) so I have not got around to typing the bulk of it.

If you see any of us hanging out in Chat or wiz_chat, feel free to ask questions, it is what this guild was designed for.

You may now laugh.

I have finally gone and switched keys. For almost as long as I have been on BYOND I have been known as Scoobert.

Scoobert worked as a nice name when I was younger. It gave the impression of both a child like spirit and the intelligence of someone who's name ends in bert. But I have grown out of that name.

For the past few years I have been in search of a new name to go by on the Internet. Everything I thought of was taken or was just a bad choice.

So, what resulted was a name that is truly one of a kind. Danial.Beta

Danial.Beta came about after trying to find a suitable name for my Picasa web album. I needed something that would tell family and friends that this was mine, while not giving away too much info about myself. I tried many combinations of my name, all where taken. Danial.B, D.Bull, Danial.Bull(I decided that one was not that great), and out of all of them, despite having a very unique first name, Danial.Beta was the only one not taken. If you haven't already guessed, Beta is just a stand-in for B. You can call me whatever you want: Danial, Beta, Danial B, Danial Beta, That guy, or whatever.

I am hoping that this is an overall positive change, but only time will tell. I also have not decided as to move to guild to my new key, or just start a key for the guild(like a smart person).