Tycho Celchu
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 3, 2003
6:26:57 PM
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Ok, I dunno if my opinion counts any further than my vote (or half vote, seeing as that I'm on reserve).
Here is my reasoning for the games I voted for:
Tribes II: Futuristic combat simulation. Can be modded for Star Wars (I don't know if you can take out the jet pack, though). HUGE player base. The original tribes still has a couple thousand people playing on at any time (unfortunately, very few are in clans for us to fight). The graphics are great, and the lag isn't so bad. Teamwork is NECESSARY to pull off a win.
BF1942: Huge player base. Great graphics. Awesome gameplay. I don't know if it can be modded or not. Gameplay is excellent, with good fighting vehicles. Lag isn't a huge problem in this game, I encouter very little lag. Again, teamwork is NECESSARY to pull of a win, or even to do decently (yes, Rambo-ing is sometimes done, but can be easily countered)
Was I just able to pull rank on a general?  
Edit: Tribes II is also incredibly cheap for a great game: I've seen it at $9.99. Battlefield 1942 comes at a steeper cost, but does have really good gameplay.
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 3, 2003
7:17:27 PM
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Natural Selection is all about the teamwork, and there are a lot of clans around in it, mostly smaller 5-10 person operations, many don't have websites.
The lag is minimal, because lets face it, Half-Life had some well done netcode. And it can run on almost any low end computer, because, well, its half-life, which is a 5 year old engine.
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 3, 2003
7:22:13 PM
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Hey Tych, what are the monthly costs for Tribes(II) anyways? -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 3, 2003
7:42:58 PM
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There is no monthly cost for Tribes II or for the original Tribes.
Note: If there is, they haven't complained from me not paying them for the past say three years. 
Half-Life is a great engine to use, but I haven't gotten it due to me not finding a good price for it.
Edit: You and I have a date with Starcraft, Argon. As long as you promise to lose. 
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 3, 2003
8:00:46 PM
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You know, no matter what differences we've had over the years, I could always count on you guys for at least thoughful reflection on a subject.
Anyways, here's my thinking on this...let's wrap our heads around this.
Official recognition:
Battlefield 1942
C&C:Generals
Semi-tentative recognition (pending activity):
Tribes 2
Natural Selection
Pending some real interest down the road:
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 4, 2003
5:12:25 PM
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Heck, I'm gonna have to get Tribes soon... Fury, that looks like a pretty good list  Tych, if you fight me, you've got to win on your own -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 4, 2003
6:59:49 PM
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I believe those are all good choices. Is there a site for any/all of those games so I can check em out and see if I may want to buy one? -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 4, 2003
7:06:44 PM
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BF1942: http://www.ea.com/eagames/official/battlefield1942/home.jsp
Tribes II: http://tribes2.sierra.com/
Generals: http://www.ea.com/eagames/official/cc_generals/frame.jsp
All three are great games (though Generals, in my opinion, isn't as good as the other two). -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 4, 2003
9:47:28 PM
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ya, your right. Its better -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 8, 2003
8:53:56 AM
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That BF1942 mod looks a bit good.
And the Navy could play it.. us in our TIEs against you on the ground. Finally, a battle we might win |
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 8, 2003
8:06:11 PM
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Hmmm...I have a master plan here...we kick off a "new" age in the Vast Empire, using Battlefield 1942 (Star Wars mod). This will be the first game where we can have integrated services--navy AND army AND engineering corps will be able to play at the same time. We would have wars with other clubs (SW mod, of course, but unofficial wars using the normal game would be done, just to keep an edge).
The outcome of such wars would dictate a new course for the Vast Empire's storyline, which will be filled in by our awesomely good and prolific writers.
Or is everyone else two or three steps ahead of me? -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 8, 2003
11:50:00 PM
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Actually, that's the combination of about three good ideas I've seen wandering around the HC comnet. One of them I do not know the status of. But I'll try to find out.
Keep up the woolgathering folks. -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 9, 2003
3:01:57 AM
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Good idea, but someone like me wouldn't be able to play. 
Playing in SP is somewhat choppy, and MP can get real ugly if you don't have a good DSL or Cable connection.
Other than that, good idea. It's definately something to keep an eye open for. -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 9, 2003
11:22:57 AM
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Well, there is a simple answer to that Cosmic. Get a DSL Connection! It just might help ya out! -----------------------
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March 9, 2003
3:19:32 PM
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I have Half Life and Tribe 2, and I am thinking about getting C&C Generals -----------------------
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March 9, 2003
3:28:56 PM
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Unfortunately, the money-salmon is having a hard time trying to swim upstream. -----------------------
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RE: New Games...time to choose
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March 9, 2003
5:54:26 PM
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Ahem: I would be able to play Tribes, but it wont let me upgrade to the next version because the skins.vl2 is not valid from the last version. If someone could send me anew version of skins.vl2 I would apreciate it. -----------------------
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