Hm... $50 bucks down the drain...

[legacy-Fatal_Contagion]

(originaly posted by:/ \ / \ AGNU)
It Rocks with a capital 'R'

No, it rocks with ALL capitals, :up:UT2004 ROCKS!!!

[legacy-jqvander]

just got home...will find xfire and install...
you will be the first on my buddylist :up:

edit: have just added you...just waiting for you to accept
my username is : steelpeel

[legacy-DJMattB2421]

you add their xfire name.

mines in my signature. see below.

[legacy-jqvander]

cool...will add you tonight when i am on.....is you username the same as the one you use here?...
also for xfire, how does adding a buddy work...do you add there in game username or is there a "global" username that you would use for xfire?

[legacy-DJMattB2421]

Originally posted by jqvander
xfire is really cool...is there any advantage between using xfire or just the buddy list ?

Yeah. I mostly play 2k4 with an occasional D3 or UT99 here and there.

The buddylist allows you to see whos playing what, keeps a list of your favorite servers, and lets you join them, and is a full featured instant messenger, but the main thing is, it lets you do all that without having to fire up UT2k4.

You know what i mean? Fire it up, go to the internet games, only to see that your favorite servers are empty and none of your friends are playing? You can get that in a glace with xfire.

add me if you end up getting it.

[legacy-LordVampyre]

want a challenge... set up a game with 10 total including yourself.

so thats 5 on a side... put the bots on god mode... or adjust level... theyll give you a very nice work out and great practice.
So, its not 50.00 down the drain.... its a great game you can play against bots that can and will give you a work out.

[legacy-jqvander]

hey, we definitely have to have a game of deathmatch soon....i haven't played dm in a couple of months (been mainly playing ONS)...so i am sure my fragging skills are extremely rusty....i am sure you could actually take me
as for the dodging...i have mine set higher than most people (around 0.5 it think)...i could easily set it lower but just haven't chenaged it back down since learning to dodge...
the higher it is, the more time you have to double tap the key to dodge...it refers to time....so if it is set to 0.5 you have 0.5 seconds to hit the second key to dodge, so the lower you set it the less time you have....that's why if people are learning dodge they may set it higher but it can get annoying if you are on a ledge and tap forward forward by accindent and dodge of the ledge....with a lower setting this is less likely to occur
as for timing your dodge jump....
say right right jump, yes say it...you see how it flows when you say it out loud or in your head at a reasonable pace....thats how you press the keys....you can leave the jump later but after going beyond the peak of your jump i don't think you will be able to jump...maximising your dodge jump is hard, doing it is reletively easy...
I should be on sometime tonight....we can have a go at deathmatch.....pm or e-mail me your e-mail address and i will get you our clan Teamspeak server info...that way we can chat and it should work pretty well.

[legacy-Friendlyfire]

hey steelpeel ya i have a mic. I seen ya on invasion i heard ya say you had to go afk or something for sec and brb but i didnt ever see ya after that, i didnt know you went to ons. I havent gotten into ons really at all ive only tried it a couple times. Ive been playing invasion a lot lately. I also like to play deathmatches and ctf although im not very good at ctf, cause everytime soon as i get the flag boom im dead cuase i have 5 people on top of me shooting me lol. So it seems like in ctf i resort to sniping a lot which im really good at taking other snipers out. As for deathmatches i like to as well im normally somewhere in the middle but it seems like maybe i put myself into bad situations but im really not sure what to do. Ya if you see me on just jump on and say hey and all and ask me to go to another arena if you like ill probably go unless im on with wastedshot or preach couple rl friends. Cause i dont know maybe its just now i need practice practice practice cause i think i might have all the basics down and all but i really need someone who has experience see if i do and also point me in the right direction on how to get better . One thing ive been really working on is side dodge and jumping afterwards, getting a bit better but seems like my timing on hitting jump is either too soon or too late if i wait a lot of times. Although if i jump at a wall tap side to dodge off wall then jump after that seems like i hit that almost everytime so i dont know why. Another question in my configure controls if i adjust my dodge time thing its i think set at .35 right now originally it was at .25 setting it higher gives me more time to hit that second tap or another jump on the dodge? or setting it lower does? As well if i set it lower will i beable jump in a dodge quicker ? I mean like can i push the jump button quicker during the dodge if it is set lower?

[legacy-jqvander]

xfire is really cool...i haven't had a chance to try it yet but it seems like it is a very helpful program, especially if you play more than one gametype...
I usually just play ut2k4, so i just use the buddy list for now....
is there any advantage between using xfire or just the buddy list (if you are both only playing ut2k4 for example)...didn't really seem like it to me that's why i haven't tried it yet...
i think it is best if you "multigame"


EDIT: Hey Friendlyfire....saw you online in that inv server last...you should have come and joined me for an ONS game....it was great fun...my gaming skills were really off last night but still had a great time...
we could also play some DM sometime if you like...just give me a shout if you see me online and we can get something going
if you need our Teamspeak server info, pm or e-mail me and i will give it to you

[legacy-DJMattB2421]

you two should get xfire.

its an instant messanger for gamers. lets you see whos online, where they're playing, and with a simple right-click you can join them.

add me too!
see my signature for my ingame and xfire names.

i love helping new people. do you guys just play deathmatch? i find it helpful for new people to play ctf and ons where the focus isnt mainly on killing your opponent.

and i have a teamspeak server we could use... although i'll warn you right now. the guy with dialup is going to have severe connection issues with teamspeak and ut running.

[legacy-jqvander]

i am in canada so the timezone thing should work ok....i am at Mountain std time which i believe is one hour behind you....do you have a mic/ headset so we can chat...
it makes giving tips etc far easier (we could just both connect to teamspeak).....check my sig for my game name

[legacy-Friendlyfire]

im in central u.s. Kansas to be more specific. dont know how much help i need but i sure could use practice and tips. I tried to sign up to jakesters sight, so i could get in on some training but when i did sign up it never sent me an email so i could complete the registration. So not sure whats up with that.

[legacy-jqvander]

Originally posted by Friendlyfire
hey jqvander add Skitzoid to your buddy list and come help me get better too . It just takes some time to get use to the fast paced action as well, ive only played for couple weeks and i still lose some people sometimes they are able to get behind me without me seeing how they did it lol.

sure thing...will add it the next time i play...where are you located btw...hopefully we can both get reasonable pings..

[legacy-mr2mkii]

The gameplay is fast, but you get used to it. If your going back and forth between games, it's a little harder to do so. Like playing D3 and then getting into UT is quite an alteration in movement/play speed.

If you had a faster connection, and it was more fair gameplay for you, I know you'll be hooked.

Along with what the others offered up, learn to BIND keys. For instance I practicly hop everywhere, and also side to side. So I made a forward BINDED key that jumps right, jumps left, etc.. going forward. Things like this make motion faster. Some say it's unfair to do that, but when your not the best, and I'm surely not, you need any advantage you can get....and don't think the pros don't do the same.

[legacy-Friendlyfire]

hey jqvander add Skitzoid to your buddy list and come help me get better too . It just takes some time to get use to the fast paced action as well, ive only played for couple weeks and i still lose some people sometimes they are able to get behind me without me seeing how they did it lol.