Thursday Night Mod Nods 06-12-08

[Vandamguy]

Poll will run for three days then reveal the winner. You`re allowed to change your vote.

[copulatingduck]

it looks like most people are pushing for sourceforts. I'll probably download it ahead of time since i missed Zombie panic last week because i failed to get it ahead of time.

How does he know then?!

[Wedge]

[quote author=Yomanz link=topic=467.msg12036#msg12036 date=1213208423]
it looks like most people are pushing for sourceforts. I'll probably download it ahead of time since i missed Zombie panic last week because i failed to get it ahead of time.

How does he know then?!
[/quote]

He's basing that off the number of people that have vocally supported SF in the thread.

[Negate]

fuck ES won.

[Yomanz]

[quote author=copulatingduck link=topic=467.msg12051#msg12051 date=1213211652]
[quote author=Yomanz link=topic=467.msg12036#msg12036 date=1213208423]
it looks like most people are pushing for sourceforts. I'll probably download it ahead of time since i missed Zombie panic last week because i failed to get it ahead of time.

How does he know then?!
[/quote]

He's basing that off the number of people that have vocally supported SF in the thread.
[/quote]
Exactly Wedge. I couldn't see how many votes there were either. Good thing i didn't get around to downloading sourceforts because it failed anyway.

[Surf314]

Just downloaded ES off the houston server on moddb

It was a very fast DL, would recommend.

[Vandamguy]

fuck ES won.

lol'ed at this, in a sadistic way.

[Vandamguy]

just had a look at jailbreak, and new news posted said it shoudl be ready within the week :o myabe they will have it done in time to get voted next week.

[Sarin]

Played a little just to see how it treats lag

I was vey impressed. It's a really polished mod and seems like it'll be a lot of fun to play on. Kind of reminds me of BF 2142 where you assault the enemy mother ship, but it has a huge emphasis on ship fights as well.

There was one big downside, at least on the server I played on, and I beg you guys to do what you can to stop it before it gets out of hand. The problem is... army talk. I was grimacing the whole time I played, as kids would shout out shit like "Alright men, let's take to fight to them", and "They've breahed the hull, I repeat, they've breach the hull!". All I can say is, if you ever need to repeat something, do not say "I repeat". Please  :'(

See you guys tomorrow morning ;D

[copulatingduck]

Copy that Sarin.  (:<

[fyre]

Copy that Sarin.  (:<

Lawl. Sarin are you sure it was actually the players talking, and not prerecorded taunts?

[Sarin]

That's a negative, fyre. All intelligence is reporting that, while there are too many pre-recorded taunts, people still slip into talking like 'generic soldier guy 3'. Over.

[Vandamguy]

ill copy pasta what sarin said , really good mod with a high amount of good times.
one problem i was having while playing was that you can crash a bomber into the superstructure of UTF corvettes and bomb them without being able to be killed yourself.

i dont see this as being a problem tonight , but its a drag on pub servers with no admins.

[Yomanz]

I should be there tonight, the download is actually going rather quickly.

[cbre88x]

I played a round just a second ago and this mod is pretty badass. Can't wait for tonight.

[Chooly]

I had some doubts about the mod at the start but the combat is very streamlined, to and from both the ships and infantry, alot of fun
except, the crashes were a problem later on, so I opted out.

[CaffeinePowered]

I got back from the cubs game too late

[Sarin]

Good mod, but we seemed to be stuck in space combat too long, I don't think we ever captured a ship

Also, after the somewhat one-sided results, I think this will suffice to excuse blue team's lackluster performance.

"Finally. Proof that red team roolz. The scientific journal "Cyberpsychology & Behavior" has published the results of a research study, finding that over the course of 1,347 matches of Unreal Tournament 2004, the red team beat the blue team 55% of the time. Yes, this is actually what passes for science now.

One neuroscientist reasons that the slight red team advantage may be psychological, as the color red could prove distracting to men, "possibly because men flush and turn red when they're angry." As silly as that sounds, the study parallels a similar one performed in 2005, where it was found that wearing red in real-life one-on-one sporting events increased the likelihood of victory.

Acknowledging the findings of the research, Epic Games VP Mark Rein said they won't be changing the classic multiplayer colors of Unreal Tournament anytime soon. At least now you have an excuse for losing all the time, right blue team?"

-from Joystiq

Scientists also think that red team has the advantage because, for some reason, they do more damage to blue's ship, and also have more control points, making their ships harder to capture.

[1Trace1]

Definately a mod with some potential. I mean it's completely what star wars battlefront should have been. The core gameplay is amazing. The fly in the ointment though is a big one. Unless someones can show me that blue has some advantages, it seems that this game is almost completely one sided. Hopefully next update will be balanced.

[exanimo]

Red is moar aggressive.