quatrix
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join:2005-02-11
Davie, FL
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Re: Do ppl still play BF 2142? If not, what FPS are ppl playing
I don't play anything online. The problem started with Quake when everyone just slammed the space bar to jump up and down repeatedly while shooting rockets. No strategy, no skill, no realism, just bouncing around. Now when I venture into multiplayer once every few months, I get wiped out instantly. I play single-player often and do fairly well, but full-time work and part-time grad school keep me from sitting around playing 24 hours a day like others do. There doesn't seem to be much room for casual, occasional players. |
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kywirelessgu
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1 edit | said by quatrix  :I don't play anything online. The problem started with Quake when everyone just slammed the space bar to jump up and down repeatedly while shooting rockets. No strategy, no skill, no realism, just bouncing around. Now when I venture into multiplayer once every few months, I get wiped out instantly. I play single-player often and do fairly well, but full-time work and part-time grad school keep me from sitting around playing 24 hours a day like others do. There doesn't seem to be much room for casual, occasional players. I agree multiplayer doesn't really cater to the casual, but I totally disagree with the no strategy, no skill part. Of course there's no realism, quake is a arcadey shooter. But bouncing around like that while aiming is not easy. And that is the strategy, gotta keep moving and bouncing and dodging or you're just going to get shot. There is probably less strategy involved in a deathmatch style game like that but in counter-strike type game (which actually has a bit of realism, or tries to) there is alot of strategy involved, especially if you are trying to compete. There again though, don't expect to join a CS server for the first time or for just 20 minutes a day and expect to do any good. After a game has been out as long as CS there tends to be ALOT of good players running around. Its the same with any game though, if you're going to compete against other people its going to take awhile to learn the quirks of the game. |
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DKS
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said by bobgwen :Well I still play BF2142 as well as COD4. I have Red Faction but haven't played it in a while. I have heard that RF3 is coming out and I hope it has multiplayer on it and hope it is nothing like RF2. I am talking for the PC now. I still play BF2142, but on a snipe only server. A lot less "blow'em up, shoot 'em up" and more skill required. BTW, another upgrade (1.5) has been announced by EA for BF2142.
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The Flash
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said by DaMaGeINC :Ok, Im done with this thread. Cant have a simple discussion on here without all you people getting your panties in a knot over someone's opinion. Im not going to argue with you kids. Goodnight. said by DaMaGeINC :hahaha. I really got all of you soo worked up sooooooooooooooooo easily. This is all the game I need. I thought you were done with this thread. Did the door not swing hard enough? 
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CigaR
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join:2004-08-24 | reply to ninjatutle
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory -- old but still a very fun FPS. |
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beatsnpieces
join:2007-12-17
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said by DKS :I still play BF2142, but on a snipe only server. A lot less "blow'em up, shoot 'em up" and more skill required. You're kidding right? Sniping requires a smooth framerate and decent ping. With those sniping can be mastered in minutes on just about any FPS, skill is barely a factor.
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wings10
I Am Legend
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join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL | reply to ninjatutle
TF2. |
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JimmyR
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join:2003-10-16
Milwaukee, WI | reply to ninjatutle
I am really enjoying Dystopia, the mod for half-life. I am also playing Savage 2, which is kind of an RTS/FPS blend.
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BinaryXtreme
join:2004-04-20
Sparks, NV | reply to ninjatutle
Currently playing Unreal 3. The new maps are awesome. |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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said by DaMaGeINC :People like me = the ones who started PC gaming when pc gaming was unheard of. The original adopters. And just so no one is confused. When I say pc games, I mean REAL pc games(fps's), not the command line based games. Which I also played. And when was this? What games? |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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said by Bagnon :You're 22 and you say "people like me are the ones who made gaming what it is today" ROFL, That's funny. PC gaming had started before you and will continue without you. Enjoy your pessimistic life while the rest of us are playing some of the best games ever. He was a child when even the original Quake came out, but man, that was an awesome game, set the bar for most games today, the original TF was great, played that for 7-8 years, and CS was just coming out when I started getting sick of TF and the rampant cheating  |
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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said by Somnambul33t :TF2 is the best multiplayer FPS in history and ive played almost all of them. No, the original TF was the best, TF2 is just as good though.
63.209.36.82:27015 Theunderworldelites.com 24/7 Orange_X
This is my TF2 server if anyone is interested  |
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kywirelessgu
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Nicholasville, KY
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| Do you mean the original TF? the quake mod? or TFC the half life mod?
I played both, but I didn't play TF until after TFC though so I wasn't real into it
Still play Counter-strike(1.6) occasionally though. Are there any old TFC or TF servers still running (without bots)? |
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ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO
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said by nemo1966 :I just dont' see how pc gaming can be dying
Because people are moving to consoles. I know I play on my Wii a lot more these days because they are guaranteed to run fast and I don't need a £350 graphics card and a quad core to do it. You do, of course, realize that both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 are multicore systems with expensive video cards right? So, in fact, you do need a multicore system with a big bad video card to game, its just that the compnay making it is eating most of the cost. The only differnece is that when my PC graphics or processor need upgrading, I can do it. Hell with the price of consoles today, its not much more to get that multicore pc with the nice video card. Oh, and just for the reccord, I have all 3 consoles and a quad core gaming PC with a top of the line video card so I aint speakin out my ass on this.
I do agree completely with you about the Wii and though. Great system. Its the only system I can get my wife interested in.  |
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JIGA
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said by nemo1966 :I just dont' see how pc gaming can be dying
Because people are moving to consoles. I know I play on my Wii a lot more these days because they are guaranteed to run fast and I don't need a £350 graphics card and a quad core to do it. Games companies are obsessed with making a game look life-like with no consideration of gameplay. Go try Wii sports, a very basic game with VERY basic graphics. But the gameplay is fantastic... you don't even notice the player sprites are basically little triangles with balls for heads because you are so locked into the gameplay. Console gaming is for the simplistic, I'll stick to my PC gaming... always. |
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jouno53
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join:2006-03-04
United State | reply to ninjatutle
HL2, Team Fortress 2 (definitely) (multiplayer), and Crysis are all amazing |
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DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
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Owen Sound, ON
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said by beatsnpieces :said by DKS :I still play BF2142, but on a snipe only server. A lot less "blow'em up, shoot 'em up" and more skill required. You're kidding right? Sniping requires a smooth framerate and decent ping. With those sniping can be mastered in minutes on just about any FPS, skill is barely a factor. It's a lot more than that, I can assure you.
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Thaler
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Encino, CA
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said by JIGA :Console gaming is for the simplistic, I'll stick to my PC gaming... always. While the graphics may be simplistic, gameplay is definately unaffected by the ability (or inability) for a console to render jaw-dropping graphics. Simple-yet-amazing games like SSB:Brawl, Wii sports, etc. are testaments to this. I admit that the graphics do suck compared to computers, Melee & Brawl have racked up more enjoyable play hours than 90% of the PC games I've bought.
Hell, go play The Godfather: Blackhand, one of the first "lulz" games I chalked up a good amount of hours on. The graphics were lackluster, gameplay kinda meh, but it was a 1920's GTA that incorporated the Wii controls flawlessly (in my opinion). A-many a stressful afternoons were blown off by doing overhand-smashes to random passerbys on the virtual street.
I mean, damn...try and find me a PC game that lets you throttle people annoying NPC buggers with corresponding tactile input. Or play baseball with actual bat-swinging motion. You just can't do that on a PC. |
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BryanOnRR
join:2007-06-22
Brandon, FL | reply to ninjatutle
UT04 |
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Homunculus
Pipsquack
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Dar al-Harb
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Marathon! Now that was a game. |
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