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Where everybody knows your name...

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:49:12 -0800

Team Fortress 2 Metafilter Server So you're on the least aggravating public server, trying to avoid the porn sprays, the sailor talk (and I'm not talking nautical), and ear-cleaving yells that someone has indeed, owned you; not only because you are newer to the game than he, but because your sexual orientation is something he fears and denigrates. You might think to yourself. Well, a few things. 1) I wonder if there is a nice cozy server that's all passworded up the wazoo with 128 bit encryption to keep me safe from the unwashed masses? 2) Wouldn't it be nice to make a snide comment on the server about Edgar Rice Burroughs only to be rebuked in a style best described as Irate Lovecraftian. 3) Where have all the friendly people gone? Do they no longer play video games? Are they holed up play Settlers of Catan or Risk or some other highly geeky yet ultimately socially unacceptable game? They might even be fans of Diplomacy. Or, Ganesha forbid, Go. 4) Give me a place where I can call home. Where people do silly things for silly reasons, and every so often, they actually have serious games where the TEAM in Team Fortress actually means something. 5) Damn games to heck, I just want to be able to rub cyber shoulders with Stavros the Wonderchicken! That DaShiv guy! Or that fellow who made that short lived but ever amusing HL2 comic, "Concerned". GIVE ME E-CELEBRITY OR GIVE ME DEATH! Well, we have the place for you. herr.doktor and Stavros the Chicken and some others I'm sure I've missed has amassed their internets, weaving together the series of tubes to create a veritable basket of gaming goodness! A metafilter member only TF2 server! Password protected! With like, set game nights! Tournaments! PRIZES! And, most holiest of holies, a FORUM TO BLATHER INCESSANTLY ABOUT MEDIC CHANGES! So come on over, we don't bite. Hard.

By: absalom

absalom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:56:44 -0800

THE SEKRET IS OUT!

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:00:27 -0800

Nice, I have signed up for the forum and next time I feel like TF2ing this will be my first port of call.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:15:28 -0800

Join us and stuff!

Hey, remember when cortex used to play with us?
Both of those times were great.

By: Happydaz

Happydaz — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:18:38 -0800

Yippeeyo caayeeh!

By: slogger

slogger — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:18:41 -0800

Is this platform specific, or can I play using my PS3?

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:19:51 -0800

Double.

Just kidding. We west coasters are especially looking for others in our time zone, since the east coasters are always heading off to bed just when we're hitting our stride.

Join us or die! Join us and die!

By: betaray

betaray — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:19:52 -0800

PC only I'm afraid.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:24:32 -0800

Is this something I'd have to play some stupid game to appreciate?

By: adrianhon

adrianhon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:26:36 -0800

As an avowed non-FPSer before TF2, I'd highly recommend the game, and the Mefi clan in particular. It's rotato-licious!

By: mpls2

mpls2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:29:31 -0800

2nding adrianhon... TF2 is the only game I've played regularly in the last 10 years. It's the Mac of computer games.

By: dawson

dawson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:29:42 -0800

Not that it has fuck all to do with anything, but I'd adore the ability to set certian (well, 1) users to 'ignore'. I'd come over to any side for that power. I like love.

By: Grither

Grither — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:29:59 -0800

Aw man, I wish they had one of these for Warhawk on the PS3. Then I wouldn't have to mute-all, and the team aspect would be much more fun! Hm....

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:31:57 -0800

dawson: You can mute players in the game.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:32:18 -0800

Grither: I've actually been thinking of getting Warhawk for my PS3. There's hope yet!

By: dawson

dawson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:33:49 -0800

tittergrrl , thanks, I just had a brief fantasy lapse into this spilling over in to R/L land.

By: assoctw

assoctw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:35:16 -0800

#6 on the list: "Why am I still connected to this public server with two pre-pubescent jerks disparaging my sentry placement? Surely there's a better way."

And if by "stupid" you mean "dream-encroachingly addictive", then yes.

By: absalom

absalom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:40:51 -0800

Somewhere in the misty halls of time, Archimedes looks at a potato. Such a wonderful little food. but the skin - ye gods - the SKIN. One could peel it, sure, but with dull bronze wedges? It would take all day! No, no, that's just no good. He pondered and wondered and floundered. He became the laughing stock of Syracuse, wandering around the city in a daze, eyes fixed on his glorious tuber, oblivious to all else.

When he finally looked up, his eyes fell on the mighty Archamedes screw that pumped fresh water up to the tallest buildings. The elegant turning, that was the secret. How could he have been so blind?!? He ran home, dismantled his Antikythera Mechanism, and set to work on the greatest of all devices. A steam driven, clockwork operated potato peeling machine.

Thank God for that famed adventurer, Ron Popeil, who found the coral encrusted device onboard an ancient Roman shipwreck and divined its true purpose. Without him, there would truly be no ROTATO!

And, from this came the famous saying: Give me rotation, and I will PEEL A MOTHERFUCKING POTATO.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:43:26 -0800

rotato-licious!

Damnit what the hell is rotato.

dawson: I'd adore the ability to set certian (well, 1) users to 'ignore'.

:(

By: Grither

Grither — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:43:53 -0800

Grither: I've actually been thinking of getting Warhawk for my PS3. There's hope yet!
posted by tittergrrl

I highly recommend it. And if you see me on there (I'm Grither there as well), feel free to bludgeon me to death with a wrench.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:45:23 -0800

And if by "stupid" you mean "dream-encroachingly addictive", then yes.

I certainly was a much better spy in my TF2 dream last night than I have ever been on the server...

By: slogger

slogger — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:09 -0800

PC only I'm afraid.

Crap. One of these days I'll buy a PC.

Speaking of, how is that Vista I keep hearing about? Is it as good as everyone says?

By: chunking express

chunking express — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:57:44 -0800

I totally forgot about this server. Finally I can try playing that damn game.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:58:16 -0800

CitrusFreak12 kills me so much I cry sometimes.

By: Big_B

Big_B — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:02:35 -0800

Join us. The few, the proud, the [MeFi] clan.

By: starman

starman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:03:53 -0800

I've been curious about this game. How would it play on an nVidia 6600 GT (128meg), AMD 2800, 512 RAM? CS: Source and HL2 run fine on my low-ish resolution monitor.

By: Phred182

Phred182 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:09:13 -0800

He's just citrusfreak to us.

It's an awesome experience; particularly the forum, where we hang out, post things, amuse each other, discuss forum policy...so great to have a place like that online.

And hearing mefites howl in frustration as you backstab them--I mean actually hearing them--well, that's fun.

I joined late, as a noob, and rapidly improved. Then others joined, and rapidly surpassed me in skill, rank, wit, and popularity. It was kinda like life.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:12:02 -0800

Do y'all play any maps without a rez timer? Having to wait to die again boils my blood.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:15:31 -0800

If CS: Source and HL2 runs fine, so will TF2. TF2 actually runs a lot better on my computer than CS:Source does.

By: absalom

absalom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:17:28 -0800

jmd: most spawn timers are set on the map, and we just let em be. Trust me, playing with competent medics (of which we have about a dozen, at least) means you won't die nearly as much.

By: betaray

betaray — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:23:51 -0800

When I say PC only, that includes boot-camped Macs. I know we've got several people who say it runs well on their Mac.

By: BobFrapples

BobFrapples — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:30:24 -0800

That tears it... I gotta go get the Orange Box now.

By: liquidindian

liquidindian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:31:47 -0800

I know we've got several people who say it runs well on their Mac.

Yes! It works fine on my new-but-bottom-of-the-range iMac with XP and some extra memory. I bought a new mouse, though – playing using a Mighty Mouse is just painful.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:34:14 -0800

Is this another boy game?

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:39:24 -0800

Is this another boy game?

Yes.

(sorry!)

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:40:00 -0800

Not PC only. Yesterday I managed to install and play TF2 in my 18 month old macbook pro. Just get Crossover Games for OS X. If you have an intel mac, it works pretty well. Get the 7 day trial for Crossover Games, it is based on Wine, and may or may not work on your particular setup.

Some problems I had:
After installing steam, the game store is empty: Close steam, close crossover, start again.
You get an error about permissions: Select Team Fortress 2 in the finder, command+i, in permisssions, set everything to read and write.
It screws up with a 2 monitor setup, or you get weird display issues: In steam, got to team fortress, and in the game's "launch" or "startup" setting, can't remember the exact name of the tab, add "-window", without the "".

I am registering in the forum, but be warned that I do suck. In my first 2 hours, i got 1 kill, and died 64 times.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:42:33 -0800

The advantage of crossover is that you do not need any Windows installation, unlike bootcamp. it runs a little bit better in bootcamp.

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:44:48 -0800

In case no one mentioned it thus far, joining the MeFi Steam Group means you'll get a calendar of events and notifications when mefi matches are about to begin.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:45:30 -0800

Is this another boy game?

Though I hate to speak for them, I'm sure Tittergrrl and Gemmy would say no.

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:46:04 -0800

Is this another boy game?

Hey, we got girls and they consistently pwn.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:48:54 -0800

You don't suck, Dr. Curare, you're a team player! Selfless in your sacrifice for map objectives!!

By: herrdoktor

herrdoktor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:49:53 -0800

Don't make the error of thinking that all people do on the server is fight and blow things up. Planned are town hall-type meetings, where MeFites can talk to each other and debate about current events using the game's built-in voicecomm, and matters can be settled through civil discourse.

The anonymity of MetaFilter encourages acerbic and haughty words. I believe that the next logical step to discussing the best of the web, with such a keen group of people, is to engage in real-time chat and to involve rocket launchers, fists, miniguns and wrenches.

Also in the pipeline is Arts & Crafts night (the crafting community has really blossomed!), Civil War night (re-enactments in FPS are my forte), and my favorite: "An Evening of Rotato."

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:50:55 -0800

So does everybody VOIP?

By: herrdoktor

herrdoktor — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:52:16 -0800

Is this another boy game?

Though I hate to speak for them, I'm sure Tittergrrl and Gemmy would say no.
We often take CitrusFreak on our team to even out the rotato of boys:girls.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:52:40 -0800

Please don't call it a boy game, because we have at least three women who play!

OUR LADY PARTS DESERVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS WELL!

Herrdoktor: Don't forget about the bi-monthly "MeFight Club Gives Back" where we find homeless people and let them play on our computers for very affordable fees. I know I'm going to heaven now!

By: sciurus

sciurus — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:52:59 -0800

Do I have to have a STEAM account to play?

By: waraw

waraw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:58:06 -0800

D&D Online, people.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:07:28 -0800

Well, you can't play a girl character in game. (spy should have been a sexy east german to give the doctor some arm candy -- wait there I go making it sexist again...sorry)

By: ODiV

ODiV — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:15:36 -0800

Damnit, I meant to play this last time it came up too.

Now this will show up in my recent activity to remind me.

By: Phred182

Phred182 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:15:53 -0800

Between lysoling my keyboard and bowing to acknowledge TG's girlparts it's a miracle I have time to get sniped by Chundo.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:22:59 -0800

Is this another boy game?

No.

CBM, next time I see you on, I promise to show you why "no" is the right answer.

Don't fret, boyo. I'LL BE GENTLE!!!!

By: Phred182

Phred182 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:23 -0800

Citrusfreak, including the phrase "I hate to speak" in your comment is technically a violation of the Mefight honor code.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:40:28 -0800

So does everybody VOIP?
posted by Artw at 12:50 PM on April 17

Er, no, herr.doktor was joking, mostly. Unless you are joking. And it's like a dry reply to a humourous post.. and then I get all mixed up in the mess of subtext and end up being the loud uncle with a penchant for leisure suits who explains the latest joke being emailed around in such detail that even Ed Mcmahon wouldn't laugh.

Do I have to have a STEAM account to play?
posted by sciurus at 12:52 PM on April 17

Yeah. You'll have to get off the WON network at some point, you know.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:42:53 -0800

Pretty much just wanted to know to what extent people use voice communications in play. If I found a decent idiot-free server where people used voice a lot I'd probably invets in a decent headset, as it does dramatically improve play.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:46:26 -0800

We DO use quite a bit of voicecomm. Sometimes it's silly, when we have all talk on and everyone is trying to say something passably witty. Usually though, it's very much About The Game:

"Need a medic."
"Heavy, spy behind you, SPY BEHIND YOU DA--"
"I'll sap if you push through. Going Now. NOW."
"Need help, sniper is a spy, sapping stuff."

etc, etc, etc, etc.

If you do join us, then yeah, invest in a headset, IMHO.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:50:04 -0800

Good stuff.

(Typing about spies is worthless, they're dead or done their business by the time you press return. Bastard spies. )

By: chundo

chundo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:51:00 -0800

Yeah, headsets make it much more enjoyable. If you don't have one, you'll want one after a few games on the MeFi server.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:59:23 -0800

Dear AskMetaTalk: Best headset under $30? Under $20?

T.I.A.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:58 -0800

Artw: Yeah, there is usually a good-to-great amount of voice communication.

The level of strategic communication becomes more silly and chatty when all-talk is on (which is usually on "off" days, before we reach a critical mass of players to turn all-talk off to play more serious, or when its at the tail end of a night and people are getting punchy as it nears bedtime), but even then you will hear a lot of planning and teamwork... you just hear it from both sides which is actually pretty fun and makes for a different sort of game plan.

When all-talk is off, there may be a little chattiness on the teams, but usually it is focused more on the objectives and teamwork. Additionally, we have been running a preliminary in-house tournament for the last month or so, and during those games the voice communication is all business with very little horseplay. Its awesome.

So we run the gamut of voice communication, depending on a variety of situations.

I honestly can say there are no idiots on the server. We've never had to kick anyone (and we have many admins), and only have had to warn a couple people due to inappropriate sprays. The age range of people I think goes from people in college to people in their late 30s/early 40s. Some people have young children, so we do a good job of being a more PG-13 environment over all.

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:02:58 -0800

I play occasionally, but I'd like to put the [MeFi] tag in front of my name - anything special I need to do for that? Will anyone care?

By: lohmannn

lohmannn — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:06:45 -0800

Suck it, gray.

I play on the server. That's all you need to know.

By: chundo

chundo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:09:21 -0800

Dear AskMetaTalk: Best headset under $30? Under $20?

I got this one, it's under $20. Works great, but the over-the-ear headband irritates me after a while. If you're used to and like that style of headphones though, you'll like it.

By: chundo

chundo — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:10:31 -0800

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:20:01 -0800

Hey, remember when cortex used to play with us?
Both of those times were great.

Aw. I'll try and get back in there some time. Every time a little Steam alert pops up to say "event has started", I feel a little twinge of sadness that I'm not launching the game right then and there.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:21:21 -0800

I really miss having a decent connection, in large part because I miss TF2 with MeFites.

(though I hear that watching me flicker across the battlefield is mildly amusing.)

By: enkiwa

enkiwa — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:29:17 -0800

Please join us. I want to kill you so very much.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:30:06 -0800

Cortex knows he'll immediately have a target on his back.

By: absalom

absalom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:36:03 -0800

Yeah, you should really play despite lohmann's presence. BOINK!

PS: Even though it LOOKS like there are no steam events, there are. I am notoriously last minute about throwing up the event reminders. FYI - regular games occur [all times EDT]

Sunday : 2pm and 8pm
Wednesday: 8pm
Friday : 8pm
Saturday: 2pm and 8pm

The last few weeks have had a few pick up matches, as well. When you have as many chiefs as we do, it's not hard to get the call to muster out.

By: vrakatar

vrakatar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:39:01 -0800

Dudes and dudettes, the server in question is so groovy sometimes I go over to Busithoth's and just watch him play. And drink his gin.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:41:22 -0800

you can take your pc servers and shove 'em where the red rings of death don't shine.

By: Big_B

Big_B — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:48:28 -0800

starman

It runs fine on my 6600GT /Athlon 2100/1gig
If you can run HL:2 you can play TF:2

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:22:40 -0800

I play occasionally, but I'd like to put the [MeFi] tag in front of my name - anything special I need to do for that? Will anyone care?

Feel free, there's no application process other than having to be a MeFi member. Just login to your Steam control panel and change your display name.
posted by chundo at 2:10 PM

Oh, please. Don't listen to chundo.

There are... Many, many things you'll need to do. One of the tamer ones involves a necrotic badger and parsley. The list is long, arcane, and written in sanskrit. I myself am only 12.9% through it. It's lead to my near divorce, a bone marrow transplant for my parakeet, and mouse that leaks a brown goo (but only if I lance the protective sheath).

A rough survey was done, and it found more than two thirds of gamers who legitimately sport the [Mefi] tag are criminally insane and/or have lost feeling on the left side of their face.

It's an arduous road backseatpilot, do not embark on it lightly.

By: hugecranium

hugecranium — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:26:07 -0800

This is the best server to play on. When started playing TF2 in Februrary, I was not very good. I learned alot by playing with this group and listening to everyone. Now I am AWESOME! Bring it MeFi Noobs!

By: blacklite

blacklite — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:49:30 -0800

Just joined. It is fun times. I have no idea how to play properly yet. But I can build sentry guns!

chkkachkkachkka

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:55:08 -0800

Hurm. So I downloaded a trial version of CrossOver and am at a loss as to what to do next. It's asking for an install disk that I'm not sure I have.

Hope me, I scared.

By: dw

dw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:57:20 -0800

Our secret is out, isn't it?

Someone is going to get a face full of L3 and/or flamethrower when they cross my path.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:03:50 -0800

Well, you can't play a girl character in game.

It is my belief that the Pyro is, in fact, a butch lesbian with odd fetishes.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:05:02 -0800

Oops.

In typical Murphy's Law fashion, the community message board thingy went wobbly during the night (Korea time), and about 60% of the functionality went down the inter-tubes. I have just awakened and fixed it, so if things were a bit weird there for a while, please excuse. All should be well again, with ROTATO and Edith Wharton conversations for ALL!

By: hugecranium

hugecranium — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:09:31 -0800

In case you didn't know,
stavrosthewonderchicken is the best bleary eyed, Korea based, TF2 message borad/community admin ever!

By: hugecranium

hugecranium — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:10:16 -0800

crud...even with live preview...borad=board

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:13:39 -0800

dawson: You can mute players in the game.

But then you would miss my renditions of variations on the Love Boat theme, and who would want to miss that?

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:18:13 -0800

But then you would miss my renditions of variations on the Love Boat theme, and who would want to miss that?
On kazoos, no less.

By: Bearman

Bearman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:30:11 -0800

On kazoos, no less.

No, that's his real voice.

By: darkripper

darkripper — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:54:37 -0800

I wish there was an euro server.. playing at 160-190ms reminds of my good ole time as a Tribes 2 player, but seriously harms my brain and give me the impulse to crush my G15 with the fists.

By: WalterMitty

WalterMitty — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:08:03 -0800

Aieee. Nearly enough to make me buy a copy of Windows XP so I can dual-boot and play TF2. Argh stupid Mac.

(Ummm. Does TF2 work okay under Parallels by any chance? Just wondering.)

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:44 -0800

I wish there was an euro server.. playing at 160-190ms

Playing from Korea, I average 180-200 ping to the server, and I PWN! No, really, the netcode is really good, and that kind of ping is not really a hardship at all, once you get used to it.

Does TF2 work okay under Parallels by any chance? Just wondering.

We have a whole bunch of people running it with Bootcamp, I think it is. No worries. Come on over, sign up, and ask away if you need some tech help getting it working.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:51:16 -0800

(Also, see Dr. Curare's comment and others upthread, which are crazy moon-man talk to me, but it looks like there are several Mac options available).

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:56:14 -0800

It is my belief that the Pyro is, in fact, a butch lesbian with odd fetishes.

In the spawn areas, in the Pyro's locker, there is a lovely pink handbag in the upper compartment. This leads me to believe that at the very least, the Pyro is relaxed about gender roles, and is therefore a positive (if murderous) role model for us all.

By: Nice Guy Mike

Nice Guy Mike — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:02:03 -0800

Apologies for the derail, but do any of the assembled virtual-gun-toting MeFites play COD4 as well?

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:08:48 -0800

We often take CitrusFreak on our team to even out the rotato of boys:girls.

I can't be certain, because I'm an idiot, but I'm fairly sure you just insulted me.
This is like the fourth time someone has made that joke too. Is there something I should know? ::bats eyelashes::

Citrusfreak, including the phrase "I hate to speak" in your comment is technically a violation of the Mefight honor code.

Dude, anyone who has been on the server for more than three seconds knows that I most certainly do not hate to speak, and often abuse the privilege. I'm trying to cut back though, honest.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:27:20 -0800

not actually telling anyone what the password is kind of limits it though.

By: absalom

absalom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:30:41 -0800

That's alright, Freak, I'm taking up the slack. And it's all bitching, too, so it's like there's no change! *rimshot!*

IKBIL

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:36:54 -0800

We need something exactly like the current system except notably different in that one doesn't actually have to pay for this 'steam' or indeed pay any hard won monetary units for the right to participate for varying time frames in this electronic simulacrum. Exactly the same, except different.

You know what would be swell; we could all play The Sims 2 and later post about our humorous experiences. Like when they look at the new ant farm The Sims put their hands up on the head and pretend they have feelers and make crazy noises while looking at the ants. It's like a multiplayer game, except all the other people are more than usually imaginary.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:43:22 -0800

not actually telling anyone what the password is kind of limits it though.

It's kind of an intelligence test, sarge. In one of the four stickied threads at the top of the MeFight Club board, the one entitled 'Server Info and Other MeFight Links', the first post explains that the server password can be found here, in herrdoctor's profile, in the email field. (eurasian/Niteowl forgot to mention that in the original post, but that's OK)

It's a way of trying to make sure that only MeFites and their friends'n'family can join in the fun. By the way, 'cause it wasn't totally clear, herrdoktor runs the game server and I run the website, and together We Fight Crime.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:44:18 -0800

Can I be your snooty but well meaning butler/maker of fine mixed drinks?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:45:06 -0800

(Ah, never mind. I see from the server monitor sidebar that you're in-game now, so you must have figured it out! Yay!)

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:45:34 -0800

Can I be your snooty but well meaning butler/maker of fine mixed drinks?

Oooh, I've always wanted one of those! YES!

By: First Post

First Post — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:10:40 -0800

I dunno, I'd kinda like to see some of the more obnoxious Mefites start playing so that I could shoot them repeatedly.

The current players are all pretty cool though. Not that that's a buzz kill or anything, heh.

Re West Coast times: yes definitely, I'm up fairly late most nights. I'd like to get into the organized matches sometime as well. I dunno if my account ever went through at Mefight, but I'll check again.

Anyway, good times. TF2 is great, the whole Orange Box is great, check it out if you haven't.

(I'm winters720 on there, hi)

By: eurasian

eurasian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:13:49 -0800

I take my scotch mixed with air, and more scotch!

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:20:11 -0800

The cut of your coat already told me as much, Sir.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:21:09 -0800

I dunno if my account ever went through at Mefight, but I'll check again.

So far I haven't had to turn on account vetting, so you should be able to log in immediately as soon as you register.

By: iamabot

iamabot — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:57:00 -0800

Well it looks like I was finally able to recover my steam account from whichever unsavory band of characters managed to make with the hijacking of it.

I should be back on again sometime this weekend.

By: starman

starman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:08:45 -0800

I'm a total noob. I killed someone with a shovel and then we won. Please hope me.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:09:23 -0800

It sounds like you're doing it right, Starman. Just do it more...

and holy hell, it FIGURES that NiteOwl (under disguise, even on the gray, what a fucking true-to-form SPY rat bastard he is) posts this when I'm on the road.

but yes, please, come all who may.
because I'm spending more time there than here, and I've yet to see gibs flying on the gray, and where the hell's the satisfaction there?

also, I bought a headset because of this server too.
all the better to hear Craptastico exclaim jibberish when exploded.

By: Artw

Artw — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:36:34 -0800

Just had a very fun game of kill-the-dispenser-with-an-axe.

(Well, there were only two of us - does it always die down so quickly on weeknights?)

By: chundo

chundo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:14:19 -0800

It varies. Tonight wasn't a regularly scheduled game, it just happened that a bunch of people were online and felt like playing. Usually the matches go 4 or 5 hours I think, especially on the weekends.

By: cavalier

cavalier — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:54:09 -0800

Oh, hai guys! Muah! I've been in sort of computer heck and life heck and what have you and yada yada yada just finally built a new rig this week.

I was impressed, upon (re)installing Steam just how many GD MeFi events there were. Like every other day! Beep bloop, MeFi event starting soon! Christ on a crickety cracker.

So, once I have the new rig fully online I will log the frak in and get pwned. I'm a little sad in my heart that brother Cortex is no longer rolling, I quite enjoyed the explosions this way and that between he and I...

But uh, why the seperate forum? Oooohhhhh, out of game shit talking? OOO! Sign me up!

By: absalom

absalom — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:11:54 -0800

Yeah, I wasn't able to play last night on account of the Lost dinner with the 'rents, but I imagine after this post, a game was inevitable. The weekends are the real money games.

And, since I have a Rock Band Cookout to go to earlier in the eve, I'll get to see how the Other Half Lives when I try to log onto the server around 11 pm.

By: absalom

absalom — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:14:20 -0800

Oh, and Cavalier: Why the off site forum? It was discussed in the previous TF2 thread and stav jumped on it. Which is a good thing, because there is *way* to much traffic going on there for a single, rolling MeTa post. More than just trash talk goes on there: metagame discussion, strategy sharing, in-house tourney planning, and so forth. It's actually quite active.

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:16:56 -0800

I played Team Fortress frequently many years ago, and always liked the medic or engineer - what a great game! I was convinced I'd have to play TF2 it through VMWare Fusion (doesn't work) or Boot Camp (I resent giving up space to Windows.) The Crossover Games solutions appears to work, thanks for the tip. Bring it, bitches!

By: quin

quin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:16:57 -0800

*hugs Xbox 360*

It's ok baby, don't cry. Just because your version of Orange Box isn't compatible with theirs doesn't mean I love you any less.

*secretly loves 360 less*

By: cavalier

cavalier — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:34:46 -0800

Thanks absalom -- I ended up answering my own question and after registering I see that it is much more then shit talking. Thanks for the extra info :)

By: eurasian

eurasian — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:02:05 -0800

and holy hell, it FIGURES that NiteOwl (under disguise, even on the gray, what a fucking true-to-form SPY rat bastard he is) posts this when I'm on the road.

I've never been a spy in my entire life! (shimmers away under cloak).

Also, don't feel embarassed on the TF2 board to ask ANY and ALL questions. Honestly. Except for personal ones, unless you are talking to metamonk, he likes to disclose all sorts of info. You can't stop him, really.

By: enkiwa

enkiwa — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:33:24 -0800

I sincerely, deeply, and truly wish the 360 players could play against the PC players.

I'd start hitting 20:1 k:d ratios, and I'd actually have more time to taunt them in global say.

On the downside: teabagging.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:36:45 -0800

I cannot believe we've expected people to *join* *us* when we haven't once mentioned the amount of dong pong we got going on in that there server. madness!

and to belie the true motives of NiteOwl here, by his continually stabbing people in the back, we're all a little paranoid, and he craves fresh blood, trusting blood.
He'll even complain if it spatters on his stupid suit.

By: oxford blue

oxford blue — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:55:03 -0800

Blood is rather hard to get out of tweed.

By: eritain

eritain — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:31:57 -0800

Metafilter: other people more than usually imaginary

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:26:39 -0800

So, last night was the first time I've had to wait to play on the server.
Go gray! Helping me get the laundry done!

It also marked the first time that I've left the server with more than 3 other people on it. Huzzah! Welcome all. nice to ~~kill~~ meet you.

By: enkiwa

enkiwa — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:44:43 -0800

Please join us tonight and every night. My shovel thirsts for the blood of innocents.

It is Morganti.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:15:40 -0800

Up over 170 members, hooray! Also, just for posterity's sake, the URL has changed to http://mefightclub.com, but the old one will redirect for a good long while.

By: empath

empath — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:47:51 -0800

I only have the 360 version of the Orange Box, but I'd thought I'd throw this out to you guys cause you might like trying it:

I joined a random game on a friday night on the 360 and before it started the game host kicked everybody without mics and explained that we were not goign to play the normal version of TF2 -- we were going to play TF2 Fight Club.

The rules are this --

1. You don't talk about fight club (woops)
2. No Spies or Medics (backstab and healing-- not fair)
3. You can only play on Granary or Well. (Control Point maps)
4. You only use melee weapons.
5. Both teams start the game by going to the center point and lining up in order from the bottom of their team listing to the highest. (lowest score to highest).
6. The first player from each team steps on to the control point.
7. You both press the medic call button to say you're ready, then you box until someone dies.
8. After you kill the other guy, you either press the medic button to tell the next guy you're ready to fight, or you go to the back of the line.
9. After you die, you can come back and watch, but you can't get back in line
10. When an entire team is dead, the other team captures the point and you go to the next point, and line-up and box again.
11. Game ends when all points are captured.

It was highly, highly entertaining, and it worked surprisingly well considering the fact that 40% of the players had just randomly wandered into the server.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:12:41 -0800

empath, that is just about the coolest fucking thing I've heard all day.

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:14:10 -0800

Once I get my tech issues sorted, pwnage will be visited upon you all.

And eurasian..."Irate Lovecraftian?"...I'd always wondered what to answer when people asked what religion I am, and now I know. Thanks!

By: NikitaNikita

NikitaNikita — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:06:03 -0800

Dr. Curare: "Dear AskMetaTalk: Best headset under $30? Under $20?
T.I.A."

No, seriously!

By: empath

empath — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:45 -0800

pope, if you try it, i want to hear how it went.

By: The Jesse Helms

The Jesse Helms — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:24:51 -0800

herr.dockter is the hax - someone stop him!

By: Artw

Artw — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:25:46 -0800

It’s probably considered totally n00bish and lame, but I have to say I just love the combination of Heavy + conveniently placed dispenser + enemy team spawn point.

(I imagine it was quite annoying for the other team though)

By: asok

asok — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:59:17 -0800

I think it may be time to plug the gaming rig in and ~~kick some ass~~ have my ass kicked global stylee.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:25:57 -0800

I am bleeder in the game, and I do bleed.

I have been reading and watching videos to try to become a better player, and I have a couple of questions:

1) How do you rocket jump? I have done the fire then jump, jump then fire, jump and fire at the same time, and all variations. I get a lot of vertical speed, but no horizontal speed. What is the right sequence? Can you control the direction of the jump while in the air?

2)How do you jump on top of stuff as an engineer? I have seen engies jump on top of dispensers and boxes, I can't jump high enough.

3)Which one is the best class? Why?

4) Just kidding on 3.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:30:29 -0800

Rocket jumping is timing and orientation and confidence. If you're getting good vertical, you're probably doing the timing well enough (I think of it as a jump-then-fire, super tight); if you're facing straight down when you execute, you'll carry whatever horizontal momentum you have at the moment of execution, which means that a dead run forward with a rocket jump thrown in gives you a nice flight forward.

It's easy to aim like 75 degrees down instead of 90, which will cut a bunch of your forward momentum. Be sure to snap all the way down.

You can try 75 degrees and backpedaling at the moment of execution to do a decent backwards jump, but that's trickier. See also: demo charges.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:05:25 -0800

You know, asking questions about rocket jumping might actually be better done on, you know, the site we have devoted to talking about the game! In fact, I think there's an old thread where discuss that very thing in great detail.

Also: crouch-jump.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:30:15 -0800

Are there other websites on the internet? That is weird.... maybe in Korea.

Thanks for the advice, cortex, I just OWNED in the mefi server. Captured all the bases, got all the glory.

I RULE TF2!¹

1. When I am the only player there.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:10:41 -0800

I just picked up TF2 from Steam's oh-so-timely sale this weekend. Is there noob territory anywhere in this game? I'm still trying to learn the ropes without dragging down my team.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:13:41 -0800

Just log in to the mefi server and drag down your team.

I've been doing it and no one seems to mind. :)

By: eurasian

eurasian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:15:45 -0800

BTW : i agree with stavros, this is EXACTLY the sort of thing we like to talk about AD NAUSEUM on the forum.

2)How do you jump on top of stuff as an engineer? I have seen engies jump on top of dispensers and boxes, I can't jump high enough.

You can either jump on one of your lower structures first (teleporters, sentries), or just try crouch jumping to the top of it.

3)Which one is the best class? Why?
Spy! Actually, it's very dependent on what your team needs, what their team has, and how good you are on any given class.

cosmonik : who knew TF2 could offer spiritual insight!? Or Lovecraft! It must be the tentacles.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:21:41 -0800

I’m not sure there’s really a subject Metafilter can’t drag around to Lovecraft eventually. It’s one of the great commonalities, like LOLCATS.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:14:39 -0800

LOLCRAFT!

- I CAN HAZ TENTAKLZ
- INVISIBLE SANITY
- LONG CTHULU IS ARRRRNNGNGNGNUUUGH

By: eurasian

eurasian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:28:14 -0800

TURGID ARCANE PROSE AND MISSPELLED PHRASES UNITE!!

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:22:35 -0800

Where's the cheapest place to buy TF2?

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:45:19 -0800

Probably as part of some kind of bundle on Steam. I don't really see the point to buying it elsewhere, sicne you'll need steam to run it.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:48:28 -0800

$30 sounds kind of steep for standalone.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:52:07 -0800

$50 for Half-Life 2, HL2 Episodes 1 and 2, TF2, and Portal is pretty shiny though.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:56:05 -0800

I find the package with Garys Mod a bit weird - people play money for Garys Mod? Isn't it just a piss-about level-editor/sandbox type thing?

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:52:14 -0800

Gary's Mod basically gives you the ability to play with the physics engine, build things, pose people, and so on. It's tremendously fun, and an absolute necessity if you want to, say, make poser comics.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:00:36 -0800

But $10?

By: eurasian

eurasian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:02:23 -0800

May I point out the true genius that can be wrought from Gary's mod?

And $30 for a standalone? How is that steep? Isn't the going rate for a normal game ~$50? Although, I guess if you are comparing it to the free mods, then, yeah, it is steep.

And what Pope Guilty said.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:09:46 -0800

well, tf2 is a multiplayer only game with only 5 maps. It's hardly the same content or amount of work that went into, say, half-life 2 itself. Further, the original map designs that these maps are updated versions of are almost 10 years old, and the original version itself was free.

So, $30 for a standalone that comes in a package for (if you give each part of the package equal share of the overall cost) approximately $10 of the total cost is a teensy bit high. That said, it's an outstanding game, and worth the cost one way or the other.

But yeah, the whole orange box is an outstanding value.

Also, gary's mod used to be free, and the amount of work that represented for Gary, and the number of people who used it meant that Gary (bless his soul) was getting hosed. Now he gets a piece of the action, and more power to him for it, imo.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:15:06 -0800

On top of that, it's my understanding that older versions of GM are still available for free (just like now-ancient versions of CS and DoD).

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:19:19 -0800

man, even the newest CS versions are ancient. 1.6 stretches beyond human memory.

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:23:03 -0800

In my day all of this wer trees, and everyone in CS was left handed. Actually, isn’t kind of weird that we’re playing TF2, and that TF2 is an actual real released thing? We’re living in the future! Duke Nukem Forever is around the corner!

I’d pay money for a source version of Action Half-Life. That would be sweet.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:10:37 -0800

It's hardly the same content or amount of work that went into, say, half-life 2 itself.

I think this is a) untrue on the face of it and b) irrelevant anyway. I've logged a few hundred hours in TF2 so far, and this is way less than most hardcore game-types I know. It's not about how much time they put into it, it's about how much value you get out.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:08:41 -0800

I think this is a) untrue on the face of it

how? I can see how someone would think that if you consider the first iterations of tf2, which WERE supposed to be a standalone game on its own engine. But the current incarnation uses existing engineware created for hl2 and maps from tf1. I'd be very surprised if the equivalent of a game with less than 1/3 of the generated content (5 maps and characters as opposed to hl2's dozens of characters and well over 15 maps) that actually depends on the work of hl2's team in order to function took even remotely as many man hours to complete. I know that they were working on it way back when tfclassic first came out, but they were also working on hl2, back then.

It's not about how much time they put into it,

what I understand of economics teaches me that it is, in fact, partly based on the cost in man hours they put into it.

it's about how much value you get out.

I agree. This is why I said "That said, it's an outstanding game, and worth the cost one way or the other."

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:41:40 -0800

Sometimes I weary of the arguments about fucking everything on the ol' Metafilter.

Fine, you're right.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:35:27 -0800

Well, I dunno, there are characters that one can script and make do stuff. And then there are characters that are played by humans, taht are played against other humans. These characters must be different but balanced. Some characters must be easy to pick up, some, not so much. Now multiply that by the many weapons each character has.

I dunno, for amount of brain power/balancing/tweaking/working, HL2 seems like LESS work.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:38:59 -0800

Sometimes I weary of the arguments about fucking everything on the ol' Metafilter.

Fine, you're right.

What's up, stavros? You come at me with this "bitch, no you di-in't!" attitude about tf2, and then get grumpy with me for writing a civil reply back? all I did was say why someone might sere $30 bucks as a tad high a cost, even though I personally thought it was worth it. what's bugging you?

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:43:21 -0800

It’s not like anyone is in disagreement that it’s a great bargain when you get it in one of the big bundles.

I feel sorry for the people who shelled out full price for Episode 1. Episode 2 is alright but Episode 1 kind of drags, and would have been a total rip.

By: empath

empath — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:36:44 -0800

I didn't like Episode 2 at all, and didn't finish it. The last battle sucks.

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:06:56 -0800

I'm precisely the opposite way- I really enjoyed the last battle of Episode 2, but I thought the last battle in Episode 1 was horrible.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:09:19 -0800

I have never played any of the Half-Life single player campaigns. I feel poorer for it.

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:25:44 -0800

The episode 2 fight was a lot more fun when I figured out you could kill the hunters by running them over. Go Mad Max muscle car!

By: JDHarper

JDHarper — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:35:44 -0800

Man, the server is full.

Thank Valve for auto-retry on the servers though. Saves me a lot of clicking.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:34:52 -0800

what's bugging you?

Nothing, really, other than, like I said, getting weary sometimes of arguments.

Tone is difficult in text, and I think we both misinterpreted one another's. No biggie.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:39:02 -0800

I just wanted to offer my thanks to all the Midwest Meetup folks last night. I had a great time-- see you next time!

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:53:38 -0800

I just wanted to say thanks to JDHarper for keeping me on my (burnt) toes last night. 'Twas a pleasure trading kills with you (and all, for that matter, but I remember you fucking with my captures the most).

By: eurasian

eurasian — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:17 -0800

Damn pyros.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:49:50 -0800

Just a quick note for those that might be interested -- the Major Update we've all been waiting for is out, and Valve is allowing a free-play weekend for anyone who wants to try TF2 from May 2 to May 4. Install Steam, grab the game for free (warning: it's big and may take some time to download, and may result in addiction), and give it a try for a couple of days!

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:27:25 -0800

Hmm... am I the only one worried that the unlockable items will introduce even greater tilt towards players who spend their whole damn time on the thing?

/still regards indepth knowledge of custom maps to be vaguely "cheaty"

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:24:18 -0800

the horror...
the horror...

actually, Artw, it's not so bad playing with a buttload of medics.
unfortunately the tend to be a bit DEAF as to helping people, but you can still find some who are trying to get achievements and will heal you. try shooting and yelling at them. RESULTS!

By: darkripper

darkripper — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:48:05 -0800

I used to be a medic, but since the patch I often switch to demoman because of the number of medic students popping on the servers since the patch. However I must admit than on Goldrush three or even four medics on attack can do the job, especially if they know what they are doing (or are guided by a medic veteran). More often then not, sadly, I don't see a lot of ubercharges deployed.

On defense the king is only one and can make advancing the cart a *sticky* job.

By: JDHarper

JDHarper — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:08:56 -0800

I just wanted to say thanks to JDHarper for keeping me on my (burnt) toes last night.

Bwa-ha-ha!

Glad to. Hopefully I'm getting better at this game. I usually avoid FPS games, and I just got this one a couple weeks ago.

By: enkiwa

enkiwa — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:05:47 -0800

Notably, the medic swarm has mostly subsided.

Hopefully future weapon side-grades will not be tied to achievements.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:28 -0800

Those who wanted to become the ultimate medic in the universe have mostly gotten it out of their system. It was especially short on this server (and mostly limited to a small group at late hours).

But I'd just like to make sure that Gordon Frohman's thanks to the server get archived in this thread.
As well as a wide audience.

He turned us all (read: me) to mush with it. It was a tender moment of complete awesomeness for a time...

...and then we resumed the unrepentant killing

By: Artw

Artw — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:45:09 -0800

Hopefully future weapon side-grades will not be tied to achievements.

Isn't the plan basically to do the same thing in turn with each class?

By: muckster

muckster — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:58:13 -0800

Who do I contact about a lost password? Vanilla isn't sending me the promised reminder.

By: gemmy

gemmy — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:58 -0800

Isn't the plan basically to do the same thing in turn with each class?
It was the plan, but Valve has supposedly been listening to the players, who are not particularly happy with the way the medic stuff happened, so it may change.

Who do I contact about a lost password? Vanilla isn't sending me the promised reminder.
Send a MeFi Mail to Stav, or email him @mefightclub.com.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:01:50 -0800

For future reference if anyone has problems like that, I run the site (new URL). MeFi Mail received and password reset. Not sure why Vanilla didn't mail you correctly, but I'll look into it!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:02:32 -0800

Jinx!