swphreak Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Ok, so looks like Team Fortress 2 is going to be the *it* game. If there enough people, they can branch out and stuff. Like, I know of a group that has Battlefront 1/2. It's just a matter of a certain British person getting off his butt and reinstalling Windows or some BS. So, how about every weekend (fri-sun) at 7PM (eastern, sorry suck at time zones), people gather at the steam group chat and either play TF2, or if they want/can, branch out to different games. Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) First gaming night was saturday at 6PM eastern. We're going to play Battlefront 2, or at least start with that. After we get tired of it, we can switch to another game. I know my TF2 server works, and assuming the other source servers installed will work as well (HL2DM or L4D). We played L4D and TF2. Was pretty fun. I picked an earlier time so people ahead on the time zone charts can still join in at a reasonable time. Those in the US can join in later if they can't make it at 6pm. I'm working on starting weekly LF gaming nights. Would you guys be interested in joining in? I figured we'd naturally play some LucasArts games, but not exclusively. Right now, the biggest hurdle in setting this up is picking a day and time. Here's a poll I made. If you'd do it really quick (it's only 5 questions), it'll help me get an idea of what we can do time-wise. Personally, I'd prefer something Thursday to Saturday in the evening to late night (eastern time zone). I have a home server I can run dedicated servers on. Right now I have Battlefront 1 & 2, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead dedicated servers installed. I can always add more. Also, we don't have to stick with PC games. We can play 360, PS3, or even Wii multiplayer games (if people have them). Jae Onasi has expressed interest in a Rock Band 2 event. I plan on using the LF Community Steam Group to organize this. It has announcement and calendar events features. Plus, it has a chat room. Please feel free to post thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc. Edit: It looks like Friday / Saturday in the evening is the preferred time slots. The biggest hurdle is still the time zone difference. How about our first scheduled event be Jedi Acedemy or Battlefront 2 next Saturday at 8pm Eastern. Sound good? I could make it a little earlier so it's not past midnight for those in the UK area. Remember folks, you don't need me to tell you what to do. I'm doing this to get people interested, and to get an active online multiplayer community going. If you can get enough people together for an impromptu game session, go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'd def be up for it, I'm GMT tho so even early evening to you would be Late for me. I've filled in the Survey anyway so, what will be will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 So is it online with each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 So is it online with each other? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 So is it online with each other? No, you play a single player game on your own, but instead of enjoying yourself, you imagine how much fun other people are having playing the exact same game you are at the exact same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypnotiq Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I would def. be up for this idea it sounds wonderful to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 No, you play a single player game on your own, but instead of enjoying yourself, you imagine how much fun other people are having playing the exact same game you are at the exact same time.co-mutual fapping? Anyway, I'd be down to vidya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Skype sometimes plays a few Valve games together but its never been organized, mainly because I cannot find anyone to play anything with when I'm online. Would be interested to see where this goes, but I know that the last few times we've attempted this it has fallen through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 The best LF games for multiplayer are RC, EAW, SWB, and SWB2. I also can't see how we could do multiplayer on the Wii, there are no games on the Wii that you could do over the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igyman Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I might be up for it, but considering the difference in time zones, it probably won't be feasible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 We go by EC standard time here right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 We go by EC standard time here right? We go by 'Whatever Timezone You're Living In' standard time. It corresponds to whatever timezone you're living in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I'm for Jedi Academy But I'm not up for timezone calculation so I voted all three to stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 DnD! DnD! DnD! DnD! Demon Arches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Can games outside of steam talk to steam? I.e. I have a regular copy of Jedi Academy. Can I playin MP with someone who is playing through steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Aliens vs Predator Bebe! Battlefront II I've never tryed Multi-player, I'm not a big online player TBH, would prefer team style games opposed to just single player vs all other single player style games... Deffo up for a Lucas Forums TOR gang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Darasuum Mandalor Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I forgot! When TOR comes out, we will all be able to play together online! Sadly, it won't come out for another year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 DnD! DnD! DnD! DnD! Demon Arches. :rofl: I'd love to finish that campaign. And with a certain person *cough*Emperor Devon*cough* not spending 45 minutes arguing over the architecture of featureless demon arches, we'd probably actually get somewhere. I'm up for DMing a 3.5e adventure again (since that's what I have all the resources for) and maybe finishing up Shattered Gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypnotiq Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Anyone play L4D or Unreal Tournament? I love playing both of those games online, along with pretty much all Star Wars games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Can games outside of steam talk to steam? I.e. I have a regular copy of Jedi Academy. Can I playin MP with someone who is playing through steam? I dunno. Is JA on Steam? I'm just installing my disc copy and using the "Add non-steam game to steam" feature. As far as I know, it doesn't do anything but let you use the Steam Community overlay thing in nonsteam games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 JA will work well - its multiplayer wasn't tied in to Steam, so it functions independently of Steam. Steam community chat however, will only be restricted to users running the game under Steam like SWPhreak. In-game chat will of course, be available to all. @Hypnotiq: Still have my copy of UT2004 ready, but I don't think there's anyone around to play with, not many UT-players round these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Cool. I'm not against using steam that way. I just wasn't sure about the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavlos Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I'd love to finish that campaign. And with a certain person *cough*Emperor Devon*cough* not spending 45 minutes arguing over the architecture of featureless demon arches, we'd probably actually get somewhere. But what type of demon is it, Jae?! I still don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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