04-10-2004, 12:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Online Gaming
What game got you into playing games online? I'm just curious to see which game influenced your gaming habits. Mechwarrior 2/Netmech got me into online gaming years ago. The leagues and units made it worthwhile for years.
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04-10-2004, 01:21 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
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The first online game I really got into was a MUD called Arcane Nites, about 6 years ago. I got into it because my friends played it too, and it was pretty addictive building my character and collecting items.
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04-10-2004, 02:54 AM
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Rear Admiral Upper Half
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: the peanut gallery
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DoomII & Duke3d & warcraft II via modem. ahh yes... (19200baud, com2, at &t &p etc. etc....]
then when diablo and starcraft came out, along with bnet, oh man, its history! |
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04-10-2004, 04:07 AM
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A Friend of a Friend
Join Date: May 2001
Location: WESTSIDE!
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First 2 online games were these 2 MUDs Ancient Anguish and Carrion Fields. Those 2 MUDs showed me about PvE (AA) and PKing with guilds (CF). I suck at PKilling.
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04-10-2004, 04:07 AM
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Optimus Prime
Join Date: May 2002
Location: in bed
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yeah, i don't really play em much now, but the first game i played online was a MUD called Mortal Realms, back in '96.
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04-10-2004, 04:17 AM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SoCal
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Diablo was the first online game. However I started multiplayer with Doom networking 2 computers together through the parallel port.
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04-10-2004, 12:53 PM
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Vice Admiral
Join Date: Jan 2000
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Duke3d, Heretic and Doom series.
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04-10-2004, 01:27 PM
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captain awesome
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Played a lot of Total Annihilation across the LAN then started playing Counter-strike online and over LAN.
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04-10-2004, 05:04 PM
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Chief News Editor & Master of His Domain
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minnesota
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BBS MUDS back in 1985 on an Apple IIe using a 300 baud modem.
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04-10-2004, 08:24 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: May 2000
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Played DOOM (1) in the dorms in 1994. (Tried it on Kali later over a modem) then Marathon (on macs!) across campus. My destiny was pretty much set then...
School connection + infant internet + Mplayer and Kali = Bires doomed to a life of videogames
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04-10-2004, 10:58 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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The last game I played online was Counterstrike and from then on I've not played an online game since. Btw if you don't know I'm a HUGE gamer. My problem is that a lot of the online people are these immature 13 year olds who think they are l33t and trashtalk. I don't think trashtalking is a lot of fun, nor do I find cheating any more exciting.
I don't play MMO games since I don't have the time while there are thousands who spend every waking moment in it. For me, I don't find it fun when I can't spend enough time on it playing (plus I don't want to pay $15 a month). I'm one of the few people who has avoided online gaming, and I know I'm generalizing and that the online experience is great. It's just for me, it's a huge chore that I rather not deal with right now. |
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04-10-2004, 11:15 PM
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Secretary of the Navy
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood
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My first online game (and still my FAVORITE of all time) was SHOGO:MAD (Mobile Armored Divison)
Shogo was the coolest thing since being introduced to the internet. Pretty much Shogo convinced me to drop AOL (the best decision I ever made) and get a better local dial up ISP back in the day... so I could at least get a decent ping to the servers. Eventually I got a cable broadband connection to play Shogo even better... Pretty much I'd probably still be playing Shogo if the company Monolith hadn't stopped supporting it. Eventually, "cheaters" took over and made the game not fun... however the Shogo community eventually came up with some protected servers to keep the cheaters out... but by that time games like UT, UT2, Quake3, and other FPS had come out which drew me away from it. But still... Shogo has a special place in my heart. 
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04-11-2004, 07:21 AM
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Admiral
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Oh yeah! SHOGO is so fun. Was still my favorite to play at lan parties before I moved. Too bad so many ppl have never played it (esp. multiplayer). There may be a Shogo 2...rumors are by this Christmas on Xbox (and hopefully PC)  |
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04-11-2004, 12:09 PM
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Lieutenant Commander
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Hayward
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I remember doing MUD's in 92 and BBS turn based games. But When Doom mods came out, I really was wowed. By the time Quake1 came out, we were gaming like crazy at UCLA. Had the T3 connection when most still ran 56K and tandem modems....
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04-11-2004, 03:22 PM
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How low was your Kali serial#? Mine was in the 204K range. I miss Kali but its a relic now. |
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04-11-2004, 04:11 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: May 2000
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no idea. It was so long ago.
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04-11-2004, 08:33 PM
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Rear Admiral Upper Half
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Location: Del Mar
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Diablo was my first time...
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04-11-2004, 09:00 PM
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Chief of Naval Operations
 
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Location: City of The Dead
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The first games I used to Play online were LORD, Usurper, Bordello, Trade Wars 2002, Barren Realms Elite, on old BBS' back in the early 90s (I'm thinking 93 maybe) Then I got into Diablo, and played that for a while, and Starcraft. Quake 3 arena, when I worked at ATVI, but that was it. I am mostly in agreeance with Gear's statements, I can't stand 98% of the people.
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04-11-2004, 10:01 PM
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Secretary of the Navy
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04-12-2004, 02:07 AM
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Lieutenant Commander
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: south san fran
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im on the CS wagon...
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04-12-2004, 05:03 PM
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Lakers fanatic
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04-12-2004, 05:29 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: East Village
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I'm with LPMiller on this one. BBS MUDs got me into playing games online regularly. Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper were really great. I logged on everyday for those. As far as more modern games I'd say Counter-Strike.
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04-14-2004, 05:41 PM
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Admiral
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Location: NorCal
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 My first online game was Trade Wars way back in the 80's on a couple local BBS' in the Sacramento area. After Al Gore put his initial finishing touches on the Internet, I got into Starcraft and Battlenet big time after that it was Quake 3 Area and Counter Strike, Homeworld, Homeworld Cataclysm and then Earth and Beyond (my first MMOG). I totally agree with Gear and Nija that 95% of the players out there are 15 years old or below and wouldn't know how to function in normal society. MMOG's are a bit different with a lot of older, more mature players (with some still-immature ones thrown in for balance). When Earth and Beyond was in its heyday, I even saw families playing online together (fathers and sons, sometimes even mothers too). Now that Earth and Beyond is closing down (  you EA!) I'm not playing anything at the moment, at least until WoW beta gets expanded.
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04-14-2004, 05:51 PM
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Captain
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Location: Aurora, OH
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My first experience was Command and Conquer on a LAN. Even now, I don't play many games but I have been known to play C&C Generals, and The Delta Force games online on occasion.
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04-14-2004, 09:58 PM
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Commander
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Did anyone play netmech at all?
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04-14-2004, 10:44 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: May 2000
Location: border of oc and la
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original trade wars.... i remember it on my 14.4 modem woot
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04-15-2004, 07:46 AM
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Chief of Naval Operations
Join Date: May 2001
Location: City of The Dead
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