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Article #274966Re: What this place needs
From: illusion
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:15
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:15
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yeah grampa.. i see you all the time in IRC =]
ive seen grudge and umgrll once in a blue moon. i connected when i saw
umgrrl at a server and she quit as soon as it hit the timelimit =[
Bob W. <grand...@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:_msN9.58272$uJ5.5046545@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> For me the split came when ra3 started. I just couldn't get into it. I'm
not
> putting the mod or anyone down who played it, but it just wasnt mmy cup of
> tea. I found a clan called Realm of Sovereignty {ROS} who are very much
like
> Agq2, Agqx used to be. Just some friends playing Quake and having fun. We
> tried some compition but never did well. Alot of our member have gone to
> other mods and games like q3ut, sof2 and others. very few play instagib
> anymore. I guess i'm one of the last. Every now and then i see some old
news
> group peeps playing on servers, Slight, Grudge, Umgirl. The days at Pit's
> were some of the best games i ever remembered, even with high pings on
> dialup:)
> Well if anyone want a server your all welcome to play on ours. its osp
rail
> only with votes enabled. right now its set for ctf but can be set to ffa
to.
> Give it a try at
> BFZ {ROS}|32ms|63.71.79.202:27960
>
> Grandpa
>
> --
> Bob.W
> "Chicken" <n...@no.net> wrote in message
> news:dok90vgdhfs33dq9qsobk237prmdng2am6@4ax.com...
> >
> > I speak from much experience here. Lets get one thing straight, I do
> > not think because I have been arround that I am better than anyone, or
> > that I know any better than anyone. I can only speak from what I have
> > seen, in sadly what is several years now.
> >
> > When I started out in the ol NG , q2, agq2 actually, there were no
> > clans really, but this guy named sigil started a server just for folks
> > on the NG to play on. There was much talking about who could kick
> > who's ass and so forth. Sigil started a server and the "who could kick
> > who's ass" threads turned into "man that was fun last night" or
> > GG's at sigils, gg's at the backup haus threads. Was always fun. Other
> > folks such as ford and Killer tossed up other servers for people to
> > play on and the fun continued.
> >
> > Then Q3 came around and PIT fired up his servers. There was a lotta
> > crap going on in this NG at the time, but after there was a server for
> > everyone to play on it was really very fun. There was IG, DM, and CA.
> >
> > There was a community. People played and had fun. Even folks from
> > across the seas joined and despite the outrageous pings seemed to have
> > fun. Well I had fun lag killing them anyway, but I am silly like that.
> >
> > The thing that ruined it for me was the introduction of clan nonsense
> > into it all. I was part of a NG clan and quickly quit while denouncing
> > it at the same time. Others sadly did not listen. they formed clans
> > and displayed this holier than thou attitude while quickly abandoning
> > the NG, only to come back at their leisure expecting to be treated as
> > royalty in the imaginary kingdom that the felt they created ,but had
> > left behind.
> >
> > What this place needs is a place for regs to play on. No clans, no BS,
> > just some fun.
> >
> > Whatever has offered a server, I can offer servers as well. Maybe not
> > the best pings, but that never mattered before when playing amongst
> > friends.
> >
> > I am sure there are others here that have bandwidth that can offer up
> > some servers. What mods, maps and options do you all want?
> >
> > Let's get something going /
>
>
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