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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2008, 03:29:31 AM »
How about TFC?

There definitely wouldn't be enough players for a good game of TFC.  Team Fortress has always been one of those types of games that are incredibly boring if you don't have at least 4-6 players on a team and is one of the few games where having more players is definitely better.

Counter-Strike or CS:Source is a definite possibility.  That game is far more fun to play with friends than with your average pub moron.

Oh yeah, if we do UT99, we definitely have to do a game of CTF-Face with a team of us against a team of bots.  My friends and I have a lot of fun with that for some reason.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2008, 04:02:24 AM »
8 players in D2.

Hell, that should do it. Well, I suppose any day between Thursday and Sunday should work for.

Or maybe we should wait for thanksgiving vacation, so people actually have the time off.

There definitely wouldn't be enough players for a good game of TFC.  Team Fortress has always been one of those types of games that are incredibly boring if you don't have at least 4-6 players on a team and is one of the few games where having more players is definitely better.

Good point, also can we start with UT99 and D2 before we branch off to every other good multiplayer PC game?


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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2008, 04:05:16 AM »
Good point, also can we start with UT99 and D2 before we branch off to every other good multiplayer PC game?

NO THEY MUST ALL BE RUNNING AT ONCE RAWR

Erm...yeah, good point. :P  It would be best if we decided on just one to start with.

So uh, anyone have an idea what kind of service we can use for voice chat?  If nothing else it'll give me a good reason to bust out my mic (if I can even find it, heh).
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2008, 04:18:48 AM »
Is there some kind of group chat option in google talk/skype that's free? just thinking out loud

oh and i acquired UT99 so I'm ready to go whenever. I do own D2/LoD, so that's just an issue of reinstalling.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2008, 01:22:29 PM »
Yep, looks like you can make a conference call in Skype, at least: http://www.skype.com/help/guides/makeconferencecall_windows/It looks like you can do it with GTalk but it seems hackish at best.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2008, 01:38:27 PM »
Well, there's this: http://www.freeventriloserver.com/

They let you reserve a vent server for up to 8 hours for free.

Also, their FAQ makes me laugh. A lot: http://www.freeventriloserver.com/faq.phtml

Of course, we could always find some way to get a PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE vent server set up either on one of our computers, if that will work, or spec can try to get it on one of his servers...

Also, I need to start LEGITIMATELY OBTAINING these games...
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2008, 01:49:52 PM »
spec can try to get it on one of his servers...

No, I'm already going to be using bandwidth for the game itself.  I only have 512kbps of upstream bandwidth to spare, and I'd rather have as much of that going to the game as I can.

I'm thinking Skype will probably be the best way to go.  I'd much rather use something that's going to be always available.  I just checked the FreeVentriloServer.com page and there wasn't a single server available.  Considering the demand for those things I can't see there being much of an opportunity to reserve one.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2008, 02:12:37 PM »
They apparently free one up every hour.

Also, I've never used Skype before, which is why I suggested Vent.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2008, 04:17:30 PM »

Sneaky could host a vent server if someone showed him how to D:
This connect speed is to Ohio, over on the side of the country where most of you live, and my upload is pretty decent. Either way, whatever's best is what we'll do :p
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2008, 08:29:25 PM »
Yeah, you can definitely swing that.  You have pretty nice upstream bandwidth. 8)

The free 8 slot version should be enough for all of the regulars.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2008, 08:53:18 PM »
The regulars, more like The Aristocrats

I need to obtain a PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE version of D2, it seems

and find my damn mic

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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2008, 11:17:49 PM »
I'd be up for D2 but I have no mic though:/

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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2008, 11:33:00 PM »
Bah, mics are pretty cheap now, just get a cheap crappy mic, or a headset, if you want to spend the money. gaming with mics is infinitely more fun than without.

Also, I still need to get a PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE copy of D2. But I rarely have torrents running often, because I'm either at school, where it's completely blocked (I need to set up an SSH tunnel.... :/) or I'm playing an online game and I want to avoid lag.
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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2008, 01:15:19 AM »
My mic just broke, and it pisses me off. I know how much easier it is to play with a mic, but I'd probably talk so much I'd get kicked from the average pub. I can't help but bark orders at an unorganized team.


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Re: Annual "We Should Have An S.Net UT99 Online Battle" Thread
« Reply #29 on: November 14, 2008, 02:26:19 AM »
I can't help but bark orders at an unorganized team.

WAT R U TRYING TO IMPLY.

But wow, that sucks. D:
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