Online Gaming (FPS) with the Amiga.org members

[Calen]

OK i got  your attention..

Some of us on the #Amiga.org IRC channel have played a few times online against each other on some of the more popular FPS in the Win/linux market,  ok it was mostly Q3A demo which kinda sucked but its what most of us could get are hands on at the time,  but it was fun all the same.

Anyway, i thought it be kinda cool if you could vote on what you do play online in the pick of FPS out there and maybe we could all meet up once a week or so and kick each others arse.  We would  probably have to use public servers as private costs money and i dont know of anyone who has the bandwidth to host online games for alot of players for us for free :-)

Some choices of games could be UT, MOHAA, ET and things like that.

it's just an early  idea so feel free to kick some ideas about.

 Feel free also to move this to talk about if you feel it's better suited.

[Calen]

Think of it like this,  it's a much better way of taking your frustrations out that builds up inside when people post those posts that up the blood pressure   :-D
Keep the boards clean, take it out on the battlefield  ;-)  :destroy:

[Calen]

Wouldn't games that run on an Amiga be a better choice for an Amiga-themed channel?

Of course but the majority who come here have access to a PC capable of running FPS and they are quite popular.

When OS4 comes, i will be very interested in that myself :-)
It could bring the Red and Blue teams to a whole new level ;-)

[Calen]

quake , quake 2 , freespace , heretic2 , shogo , battle duel , netris , dukenukem 3d (soon) , doom 1, doom2 , final doom , hexen , heretic , napalm (yes there is a net patch , tales of tamar , eat the whistle ...there are some more games ...but i forgot which..

Most of the games you mention either need PPC hardware or a powerfull spec Amiga, not many Amiga users have this Yet who visit here, this should hopefully change

And yes this is an Amiga board, does that mean we can't play them games as we wouldnt be playing them on Amiga? i browse this site without an Amiga to.

I'm all for playing them games mentioned online if thats what most people go for and when i ever get h/w to deal with broadband for my PPC Amiga, but in the meantime the majority will go with what they have for capable FPS, a cheap win/linux machine.

Those FPS you mentioned i do hope to play online via OS4 on AmigaOne when the time comes, can't wait  :-)

[Calen]

levelLORD:

OK, let me get to the point, I can make a gaming server easily, since I'm on a fast connection, but I have only a couple of games and that is: Quake, Quake II, Quake III, UT, Civilization 3, Alien versus Predator 2, C&C Generals, Operation Flashpoint, Total Annihilation, America's Army and that's it.

Sounds like a good offer, I'm all for UT from your list as it's the only game i have from it. :-)
Don't forget Enemy Territory is Free and MoHAA should not be missed by any FPS fan, it's a must.

Keep em coming :-)

[Calen]

OK from what I have i seen so far, these seem to be the most popular in choices of  "FPS"

Enemy Territory
UT
Q3A
MOHAA
BattleField 1942
HalfLife/CS (ewww)
Americas Army

OK i have left out a few but they seem to be what most are going with.
If other popular "FPS"  get Alot of interest i will add them to the list before i submit it to the Poll thread on which we can all vote on, if Kees gives it the OK to setup poll for that is.

Then hopefully we can take levelLORD up on his kind  offer if he has the games with the most votes ;-)

[Calen]

@levelLORD

OK cool :-)  I will add the games i listed to the poll thread probably within the next 48 hours or so to give peeps a little more time in case some other gems get noted heavily.

Hopefully not to long after, the poll will be active and  the games can begin :-)

I'm of to bed....