Meta Gear Online!

September 12, 2008 5:42 PM

Do Mefites play Metal Gear Online?

If so, we could play in the weekend Survival tournaments. I'm not terribly good, but I've gotten so that I don't weigh down teams I join in the auto-matching Big Boss channel.
yes I checked the wiki; there's nothing there and I figured this is a better way to get people's attention.

posted by grobstein to MetaFilter-related at 5:42 PM (10 comments total)

There are Mefites who play EVERYTHING. (Not specific people who play everything, but if there's a game, there are at least a few MFers who've played it) There's a MetaFilter-Associated Russian Roulette group that meets online, but it's numbers are shrinking (for obvious reasons). And a lot of members lost enthusiasm when one of them who'd taken a bullet was found playing Scrabulous the next day.
posted by wendell at 6:56 PM on September 12, 2008

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Metal Gear!?

Interesting ... so how does it taste?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 7:35 PM on September 12, 2008

Are the survival tournaments really worth the cost of the expansion pack?
posted by b1tr0t at 8:36 PM on September 12, 2008

Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
posted by Rangeboy at 12:33 AM on September 13, 2008

The expansion pack also comes with a bunch of new levels, including the Peruvian power plant stage, and a confusing sewer level.

From my limited experience with the survival mode, it seems to be a lot more serious and intense than the ordinary games, even for players of similar level. Whether that makes it worthwhile is of course a personal question.
posted by grobstein at 2:23 PM on September 13, 2008

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posted by Smart Dalek at 2:54 PM on September 13, 2008

There's a good sized group of us that are into gaming. You might try asking at http://mefightclub.com/. The MefightClub group got setup almost a year ago mainly centered around Team Fortress 2, but there are other games that are discussed. Come on over!

rotato
posted by Big_B at 5:29 PM on September 13, 2008 [2 favorites]

Oh, fantastic, thanks for the tip. Right now the terms of service are a PHP error, but I read them and agree strenuously, so I checked the box.
posted by grobstein at 5:59 PM on September 13, 2008

My dude is called Crotalus. If you see him, shoot him in the head for me.
posted by ikkyu2 at 1:10 PM on September 14, 2008

After getting Battlefield: Bad Company, I'm pretty much done with MGO.

Sniping is a lot more fun in an area larger than a basketball court.

If you think you like MGO, and don't usually play FPS type games, you should seriously consider BF:BC (get the gold edition for the extra guns, else you've got to level all the way up to get them, wish I had known that). Kojima should stick to the twisted conspiracy theories. He's no good at building multiplayer games.
posted by b1tr0t at 11:35 PM on September 25, 2008