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In With The Old (A classic video game multiplayer proposal)
Centipeed
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The proposal.
A community of gamers who want to get together at a specific time and play games they've enjoyed playing in the past, online. Quake 1, Quake 2, Command and Conquer, Warcraft 2, etc.
Why do it?
Most of us remember being younger and playing online games that were popular. I'm familiar with quite a few of them, and I enjoyed it all, but now these games have faded from public view to be replaced by newer games such as CS: Source and World of Warcraft.
The mechanics.
Obviously such a community would require slight organisation. IRC is probably the best bet, as a channel is free to create and use, unlike Ventrilo or another online meeting place. For games that used to require a dedicated company-run network, I suspect Hamachi would work fine, although having never used it before, I don't know what kind of limitations it's got. We would meet once a week, or once a day, or however often people like, and play games, either all together, or in groups (If it's something like Warcraft 2). The game could be decided beforehand, so that people have a chance to get hold of it and to voice their opinion on what game they'd like to play.
What do I want from you?
I need to know whether such a community would work. God knows I'd like a comfortable environment in which to get thrashed at Warcraft 2, in which I'd know people and not be ashamed of being new to a game that's so old. Also, suggestions for games that you'd like to play would go down well.
So. Anyone interested?
A community of gamers who want to get together at a specific time and play games they've enjoyed playing in the past, online. Quake 1, Quake 2, Command and Conquer, Warcraft 2, etc.
Why do it?
Most of us remember being younger and playing online games that were popular. I'm familiar with quite a few of them, and I enjoyed it all, but now these games have faded from public view to be replaced by newer games such as CS: Source and World of Warcraft.
The mechanics.
Obviously such a community would require slight organisation. IRC is probably the best bet, as a channel is free to create and use, unlike Ventrilo or another online meeting place. For games that used to require a dedicated company-run network, I suspect Hamachi would work fine, although having never used it before, I don't know what kind of limitations it's got. We would meet once a week, or once a day, or however often people like, and play games, either all together, or in groups (If it's something like Warcraft 2). The game could be decided beforehand, so that people have a chance to get hold of it and to voice their opinion on what game they'd like to play.
What do I want from you?
I need to know whether such a community would work. God knows I'd like a comfortable environment in which to get thrashed at Warcraft 2, in which I'd know people and not be ashamed of being new to a game that's so old. Also, suggestions for games that you'd like to play would go down well.
So. Anyone interested?
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I'm in the Central US time zone, though.
But I know shit about IRC.... No really, I think I only know what those letters stand for, that's about it.
I would love to do a retro night though.
Nocren: IRC is easy enough to learn.
The timezone thing is a legitimate concern. For both times at which to play games together and the resulting ping if we're hosting our own servers. Something we can discuss at greater length, hopefully.
I'd be in for some Q2, Command and Conquer (now that it's free we can have more players), DF2, and whatnot.
Rise of the Triads!
I don't know what happened to my Carmageddon 2 disc, or I'd love to play that.
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So, Tribes 1?
I'm up for it, if there are any good servers. Most of the servers use mods.
What kind of solutions can we use to all play together without suffering major lag?
I would love to play with you guys though.
NNID: Glenn565
well in regards to the server we need to find a middle ground. So you are in the UK? That is going to be a problem. I am in CA, so the best bet would be an east coast server. You WILL ping 150+ though and I would probably be around 85-100.
CLEAR! *applies the paddles*
Ok, I've got a pulse.
I think the first step is to determine who all is interested, and a list of games they have. Alternately, you can slower the scope of the project for now, and select one or two games and look for people that have them to play with regularly. I know I'd be in for some "classic gaming". When I get home tonight, I'll dig through my Big Book o' CDs and see what all I've got for multiplayer.
Can you still play Warcraft 2 on Battle.net? IIRC, the original PC version required some hoop-jumping to play on the bare intertubes.
Last time I used it, Hamachi worked really well for old LAN only games. As long as you're all on broadband, it shouldn't be a problem.