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In article <_kNAi.140$fc6.82@newsfe04.lga>, "goPostal" <agutgopostal@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>"GTD" <Stoooopid@duuuh.net> wrote in message 
>news:13d755nqftu2k30@corp.supernews.com...
>> Folk wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:23:50 -0700, "goPostal"
>>> <agutgopostal@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> "Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message 
>>>> news:918kc3lj5ftiiegohabal23d7v776tk5jf@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:55:29 -0700, "goPostal"
>>>>> <agutgopostal@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:prjjc31rhbi8qhlgqn2es56t0gir6iel2n@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> I was lucky enough to read that article as well.  The nodes stuff is
>>>>>>> just a carry-over from ONS.  The orb is new and sounds like it might
>>>>>>> help with the end-of-game stalemates often seen in ONS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The "defenders" and "attackers" stuff has more to do with the single
>>>>>>> player campaign than with online multiplayer.
>>>>>> Thanks for clarifying. I had to read it (the original article) rather
>>>>>> quickly. I guess the single player is going to get a good treatment 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> time too.
>>>>> According to Epic, half of the people that bought UT2004 didn't go
>>>>> online.  They base this on the fact that they know how many ID's are
>>>>> out there and they can tell when they go online since a player has to
>>>>> go through the master server first.  (I guess they didn't consider the
>>>>> number of people who installed it, hated it, uninstalled it and didn't
>>>>> bother to go online).  Anyway, due to this "fact", they've decided to
>>>>> really beef up the single player campaign.  So instead of a ladder
>>>>> like in the previous versions, there is more of a storyline... kind of
>>>>> like with Gears of War.
>>>> Does 50% really sound right to you? Most anyone who plays FPS knows that 
>>>> the single player ladder in UT2004 is nothing more than an extended 
>>>> training session for online play. I would think there would be a 
>>>> percentage of "impulse buys" of people who don't know the game, but 
>>>> half? I dunno. Just seems wrong.
>>>> Maybe it's one guy putting multiple copies on a college LAN or the 
>>>> pirate servers, though I tend to think if someone knows how to pirate a 
>>>> server without a key check, downloading a copy is almost a given. I just 
>>>> don't see half the copies not getting online.
>>>
>>> Neither does anyone else I've talked to.  Either Epic's data is
>>> flawed, or they have some other reason to make up this story.
>>
>> We have 3 copies: Mine, my kid's, and the one on my laptop for whoever 
>> else wants to play, , none of them are really ever played online. I have a 
>> few friends with the game, and we play by lan sometimes, but when just 
>> about any of us play online, it's counter-strike. My kid has tried, he 
>> plays online for about 2 minutes and switches to CSS. there are alot of 
>> people out there making UT online play suck. The whole spastic 
>> jumping/walldodge crap is the biggest annoyance to me. It becomes about 
>> who knows the maps and where the health and weapons are in them, and who 
>> can jump around the most.
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>Spastic. I like that. Pretty much sums it up. Lately all I've been playing 
>is vehicle assault. The controls aren't really given to fine motor control 
>of the autos but at least there is a certain team concept behind the games. 
>Plus any lamers, teamkillers or spawnkillers get bounced pretty quick. 
>
>

Yup, and with levels like INVASION, it has to be a team effort.