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4 months ago by
Darghan
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   | Hello you Descentish types :)
Listen. When the time comes we will need some Veteran Descent Aces to sit down and play a few matches. We will watch these matches and draw some conclusions. These matches will be held in three areas - deep space, Inside Asteroid, In Descent-type levels (those will be the mines in the asteroids) - imagine them exactly as you would in Descent.
So what will we need? We will need some kind of competition throughout the Descent community. A series of Descent Matches will be held and 24 of the best pilots will be chosen as test-pilots for Miner Wars.
Memorythief - you seem to be quite a resourceful lad and you have already been chosen as one of the test pilots but I would like to ask you if you would be able to take on this daunting task. Others will also be welcome to help. We will need some special page for the competition and also some community management. It has to get as much publicity as possible and also generate the best that are out there.
THX!!! |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| Aye aye Darghan,
I'll talk to the descent community and round together some material defenders, much wonder on how the Aces will fare.
I will update my posts to spread the word about this competition. |
4 months ago by
Darghan
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| Cool.
As always I have already posted on
Planet Descent
Descent BB.com
Descent BB.net
Descent2.de
hit all the others and please support our cause even in my threads :) |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
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 | :'( never played decent... i wish i had tho... |
4 months ago by
Darghan
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| http://www.descentforum.de/forum/
guys -- anyone here speaking German who could help in getting to these guys? |
4 months ago by
LLAtan1
Posts: 1 | Most of them speak English there, just give it a try.
And if you look a little deeper over there, there is an English section too :)
-> English Embassy / International Descenters Forum
Cheers |
4 months ago by
AlphaDoG
Posts: 15 | I'm willing and somewhat able. :) |
4 months ago by
Darghan
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| Id think you were :) |
4 months ago by
AlterFox
Posts: 44 | I'm done my exams for this year, and I'd love the chance to test this. I'll have to tell Klixovann too, I showed him the benchmark demo two days ago and he couldn't stop talking about how awesome it was for the rest of the day.
Count me in. |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| @muggs: It's not too late to play *Descent you know.
@Darghan: Most of the Germans speak English very well... I should know, I play entropy with them every now and then on Teamspeak, so they all have Teamspeak 3 allready. So it might play out well to do it on Teamspeak, but there are other ways we could do it...
You say hold a series of Descent matches, Depending on which Descent certain players will be better than others. If you hold Descent 3 matches it might be easier than holding Descent 2 Matches. And Descent 1 has no afterburner, so some of the Descent 3 players can't handle no afterburner.
It would also be fancy to record the event, or like in Descent 3 to have a good observer tape it...
@AlphaDoG: Didn't you go by RIPAlphaDoG on this forums allready? Otherwise a welcome back is in order? |
4 months ago by
AlphaDoG
Posts: 15 | Yea Duh! Now I remember my login name LOL. Thanks.
I couldn't remember it so I created a new one. |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
 | Which Descent? |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | I will sign up despite my doubts at being able to win. I'd love the chance, after all...
...This means I'll have to set up everything for multiplayer Descent again, but that shouldn't be too bad. Only problem is I'd have to practice a bit.
I'm considering hooking up my old computer to the internet so I can participate in this because it is a desktop and I usually play keyboard only. Especially Descent 3 since I cannot get my Xbox360 controller to work on it.
...The way you worded your post was a bit confusing though.
You said the matches would be held in three areas: deep space, inside asteroid, and in descent-type levels, but then you said "Descent matches" so I am confused.
And if it is Descent, then like ZevN47 asked, which Descent? 1 2 or 3? |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | SIGN ME UP! I've been itching to do this forever!
And just to show off a little ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOlB5M1wl-E |
4 months ago by
Sykes
Posts: 215
| Hi guys! This is Sykes, from the D2X-XL community (www.descent2.de). I'm a tester for the project, mainly the multiplayer tester (even got my name in the credits!). I may not be the best Descent player out there, but I'm respected pilot among the true veterans, and I can hold my ground against most of them! I am the one responsible for hosting the largest Descent game in history with 12 players playing at once! If you'd like proof, here's a screen of me beta testing the D2X-XL specific feature.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7456/descentpyramid.png
I'm really looking forward to being able to play Miner Wars! I'll do anything to try it, and I'd definitely be up for proving my worth through Descent! I have lots of beta testing experience, and I know what devs want from testers, so I can definitely be an asset to the developers!
My name isn't known in the Descent community very well, but I'm very close to Sirius and Aus-RED-5. They seem to be well known. |
4 months ago by
LuciusLaw
Posts: 31 | The feedback you get from this will be interesting. i never played decent, but my brothers and I played the crap out of forsaken. There was a lot of things to hide behind in forsaken.... not sure if this will cause a problem in gameplay for minerwars (its seems there is less environment to protect you). Ah the memories... the titan bomb, the different lasers, that biker guy with a skeleton in his sidecar. |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| Well... I guess I'll have to start practicing... I just realized how much I suck now. |
4 months ago by
Sykes
Posts: 215
| If anyone wants to play some games in D2X-XL, I'd be happy to play with them :) Multiplayer works almost flawlessly; Diedel's doing a fantastic job of keeping it bug-free. All you need to play it is your original Descent 2 stuff. Let's practice up! Add childofmaud on Steam to get some games in a little easier. |
4 months ago by
Templeton
Posts: 11 | Count me in....
However, I currently only have D3 installed and that is all I have played for the past several years.
If in Descent, I am sure we can get some kind of Ladder match going or something. However, if you are looking for 24 players from Descent, I would think you might have a hard time getting more than that to commit, but I could be wrong.
Personally, I think it would be cool if you had Descent players having an Anarchy match in MinerWars to begin with. Either that, or you can just observe in some D3 matches to get an idea...
However, I am without a broadband connection at the moment so will need a heads up on the time so I can make arrangements. Should close on house and have broadband back up around May 14th. |
4 months ago by
Templeton
Posts: 11 | BTW, just re-read Darghan's post.
What he is saying is when they are ready to have multiplayer available for Minerwars (Beta or whatever) then they will need 24 Descent players to hash it out in MinerWars environment.
To determine the 24 Decenters, he suggest a competition to narrow it down. Which would initially be in Descent itself to determine the best.
As I said before, you may start with a list of Descent players willing to do it, and if you get more than 24 then a competition may be in order to narrow.
However, given that I was one of the first to start spreading the word about MinerWars in the Descent community (was actually talking it up in games last year) I think I should automatically get an entry....
But I digress.... I am available if/when needed. |
4 months ago by
Atomic
Posts: 209
| Too bad I don't play descent. Of course, I did not even know games existed when descent was made. I am decent at 6DoF games though. |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| Why not just have the Dev team, Community Managers, Top 10-20 community members/contributors, and then 10-20 Descent players...
The reason I suggest this is that I'm not sure if there are 24 Descent players on the forums (I would assume so but I'm not sure). |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | We're spreading the word as you type. |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| True... but I think original members should be given preference to those who are just taking a look. However, it would be beneficial to take the advice of some ol' Ace "Descentish Types" |
4 months ago by
Ctrlaltelite
Posts: 131
 | not really into descent but i play other space FPS type games quite alot with similer control systems to descent (freelancer and X3). I recon id do pretty well in the descent comp with a little practice =] |
4 months ago by
Matthew
Posts: 2 | I've palyed Descent some, and play D3 semi-frequently. I'm certainly not the best but I'd really like to help.
I'm rather curious why you need skilled pilots to test, though. It seems a bit unfair doesn't it? |
4 months ago by
Weyrman
Posts: 1 | I am happy to be part of this. I was in the 12 player games Sykes spoke about earlier. |
4 months ago by
Pathogen
Posts: 6 | I played the first Descent. It's been ages though. This should be an interesting competition. |
4 months ago by
Darghan
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| Memory: So whats the steps we need to take now? |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| Ok I've started to make a ladder for this, I'll be sure to put like-skilled people together, I'm thinking Descent 3 will be the easiest to use for this ladder. We will work on a point based system, So even if you're not too great in one field, if you overall do well, you still have a chance.
There will be 3 Maps which I will disclose later, the maps are going to test different playing styles. There will be a fourth team game, so if you are a better support player than front lines, this could even things out.
I'll put up the ladder after everyone has applied, to apply Click here( http://www.minerwars.com/ForumTopic.aspx?id=479 )Indicate which Descent you have, and we'll need a place for everyone to get together at once. I am hosting a Team Speak 3 Server we may meet at, It will be easy to get things arranged that way, just download the TS3 Cliant for your OS... Even if you don't have a microphone, you may still type in the chat area, as long as you can hear what's going on. I believe I can host up to 32 cliants, If we need more I'll see about borrowing another Team Speak Server... Or if someone has another suggestion
The time issue is probrobly the most hectic, when you'll be available is something else to list. Most of us are in different time zones, so we'll have to commit to a certain time. Like my Friday night is Europe's Saturday Morning, Or My Saturday morning is Europe's Saturday Night... Do depending on when everyone's free is another issue.
I propose Saturday Midday(for me)12:00Noon - Saturday Night(Europe)8PM UTC - Sunday Morning(Japan)4AM as a good time to do it, and if we could met on Wednsday as well for a preliminary meeting. And Saturday and Tuesday there are VEX games going on in the VEX TS3 server, they usually let anyone play as long they join the teamspeak about that same time. So if you're looking for an early game with some very good players, thats a good opertunity. |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | EDIT: NOTICE: I posted this while MemoryTheif was posting his. I'll just leave what I said as is and post further comments down below.
I say that we need to have a date. A date that everyone can agree on and has nothing else on their scheduals. In order to get 24 people, having them all good to go on that date is paramount. 24 is a tall order for us.
Only one ship should be allowed so that the playing field is as level. It'll boil down to skills and luck. Naturally, the GL is the all around ship.
We need to agree on a level. I'm throwing in Bill The Cat as a good one. That has big, medium, and small areas. Exelent weapon balance. Game flows perfectly. Plenty of ways to move about the level.
B-Side level 2 "Mysterious Isle" might be a good one for all around battles (although I have not had any in this level). Main theme is a volcano. It has your caves, although they are really small and very confusing. Tremendous outside. IDK if this would be a good selection.
MD needs to be disabled. If we get some of the community from here to play who have not played Descent often enough or at all, they would get smuthered by the aces who use MD every second of their lives.
I'll make a video with a runthrough of Bill The Cat so you can see it. I'll make a new post with the link when I do.
EDIT: I vote for Descent 3.
Team based game. Hmmmmmm. I think 2 should be team anarchy since Miner Wars gives me the impression that you are going to be part of a team. the third should be regular anarchy. The 4th one could be the special game of Entropy which is base capturing. |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| I was thinking about BTC allready, however I don't want to release the level choices too early. Mysterious isle is a good one, but I'm not sure a hazard like the volcano should be allowed. When I played there last the volcano coupled with the BS was painful. I agree with no MD nor BS. I'm thinking that napalm might be out of place as well, since it's invisable half the time, and a cheap kill. Pyro only is a good decision, but two team games Is something I will have to think about... Don't worry about the level, there will be one clausterphobic level, one wide open level, and a level with both elements and tunnels. And then I was thinking entropy in faceoff, so teamwork is key. Then maybe a monsterball game and only ball points count. ;p
I made a thread of applicants, I didn't include some of you who didn't say 'you're in' exactly... I want to include all of ya, but you gotta have Descent 3 and Teamspeak 3. If you're in apply :D
Proposed Date: May 5th and 8th at 12Noon PST / 8PM UTC
Did you want in WillyP? |
4 months ago by
WillyP
Posts: 16
| Sorry if I missed it but I don't see a date. Has one been set yet? |
4 months ago by
Pumo84
Posts: 4 | I would like to participate on a 24-player Descent deathmatch. However, i must admit i'm not the best Descent pilot out there, but anyway i played descent since many years ago already.
So i would like to be a part of this deathmatch. :)
BTW, i would suggest to play either D3 or D2X-XL, but i can play on any version, so count me in. ;)
Hey, and as WillyP said, what about the date? |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| I will attempt to reacquire Descent 3 (oh god it has been years... I can't find it... found the box tho >_>)... Can you schedule this sometime around May 21 or later I've got exams basically all through there and my schedule doesn't look pretty.
Edit: I just saw the other topic. I'll join IF I can be there... While I want to play I don't want you guys to have to schedule games around me... If you get 24 volunteers then be my guest to just go on :D |
4 months ago by
Sykes
Posts: 215
| I'm up for anything. If Descent 3 is final, I'll have to re-acquire it as well 'cause the disk is long gone. But I have D2X-XL ready and running. When it comes to skill level, I play very often. Been playing Descent and Descent 2 since I was 3 years old, and I'm still playing today. I just don't have much experience with Descent 3. |
4 months ago by
Sickone
Posts: 8 | I certainly would be interested. Whether I would rank as top 24 would depend
on the other 23 :)
Certainly would take a shot though. |
4 months ago by
Ashes
Posts: 30 | Sign me up. I'll follow suit with NUMBERZero and give a video of my flying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2Pn7CslOE
A little background info-- I am oldschool ONLY lately, since d3 really is not my best.
I've been on kali for 3 years now, and have played since the beginning of Descent in '95. I have picked up a few tricks.
To be honest, I can't play D3 that well (I get slaughtered) but I'll try whatever you can get me into. Someone will have to help me get D2X-XL running, if that is what is chosen. |
4 months ago by
Revjak
Posts: 5 | I'm in! Learned to play Descent from Memory Thief, I use a 360 controller, love fps and the overwhelming 6DOF games. |
4 months ago by
D2Junkie
Posts: 10 | Hey guys, D2J from PD.net here.
I'll probably get ripped to shreds during the initial narrowing competition, but I'm totally in. It'll give me a great excuse to dust off my joystick and get back in the mines. I'm not sure if I can make the May 5th game due to a final exam (I might play what I can), but May 8 I can be a moving target all day.
I'd better break that joystick out!
IMPORTANT EDIT: For those of you missing Descent 3, you can acquire a full copy of the game and the expansion "Mercenaries" on http://www.gog.com for the low price of $5.99 USD. It's completely DRM-free too, so no more looking for discs or for serial keys. If anyone has any questions regarding D3 Multiplayer, feel free to visit http://www.planetdescent.net and post there. Also, a large community of Descenters resides at http://www.descentbb.net as well. See you in the mines, friends! |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | Here's Beeeeell The Cat. It is one of my favorite levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmoHdPaCRLQ
Plus, you get to see the reason why I am getting this for the computer and not the 360. I can't fly. The guys that I normally kill start to kill me. (360's controller is not optimized for 6DoF IMO) |
4 months ago by
DescentPro
Posts: 1 | Hey its descentpro!
the sound this competition seems to be opportunity. sign me up id love to help out! if u send me info through email i will be there forsure. please sign me up.
DP :] |
4 months ago by
ActiveCancer
Posts: 329
| Damn i wont be able to join in,
firstly i doubt im good enough
secondly i can't find my descent files
thirdly a virus oblitered what ever chance i had at finiding my installer |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| Unless Darghan wants us to do it sooner than later, perhaps the day should be moved back some to allow time for those who need to aquire the game and for more contestants to have a chance to compete. We should still get together on the 8th as planned, and see how it turns out. If we need to do it quickly we should be ready to do it on the 8th. However if we are able to hold it out a we bit longer perhaps the final Day will be one step earlier. To allow time for the Descent community to get the word around, and other's who would like to join in as well, we shall hold the Final Competiton on May 22nd Same time. Midday(for me)12:00Noon - Saturday Night(Europe)8PM UTC - Sunday Morning(Tokyo)4AM So dates:
May 5th - Preliminary testing day, get TS3, come to show your support for nominating levels to play.
May 8th - First Runthrough - Skill testing/level voting, Weapon Debate, Tips and Tricks.
May 15th - Second Runthrough - If more people have joined from this point, the ladder will be modified. Players will get the final levels on this date, and we'll go over the ladder system. This will be the deadline for anyone trying to sign up for the ladder.
May 22nd - Final Competition - This one decides the lucky 24 winners. Good Luck
If the Final Competition is happening ealier on the 15th, then May 8th will be the deadline. These dates are going to be set according to the timeframe the Devs are looking for. On confirmation of timeframe, I'll update the information. |
4 months ago by
Matthew
Posts: 2 | CAn we do this during the summer? That's the only way I'll have even a remote chance at getting in. |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | I think we have to do it before the Revelation clock reaches zero. Might be able to make it a ways into summer. But anytime is good for me. |
4 months ago by
Ashes
Posts: 30 | Do you think we'll honestly have 24 participants in the first place? |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| they are working on that. |
4 months ago by
Ashes
Posts: 30 | Hehe. I see this. :)
Good luck guys, hopefully we can agree on a matchup that everyone can play. |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | No. Not May 22nd. That is my graduation date. I will be gone all day, and will not be getting back until 4 a.m. the next day.
I am not going to miss this event just because they happened to plan it on the day of my graduation ceremonies (and school-sponsored after-party, which I have volunteered to help with).
But I could most DEFINITELY do it the night before, because I need to stay up very very late in order to get rested up so that I don't fall asleep on the way home after the above event.
edit: but if it is earlier in the day, say noon-ish at GMT -6 hours, then yes, count me in, hopefully. |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
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| what version 1 or 2? and how can i contact you "on the other side?" |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | QUOTE: Memory Thief: I am hosting a Team Speak 3 Server we may meet at....
What do you mean by "on the other side?" Like if he was on one team and you were on the other? We're all going to be meeting on one lobby and then go to our team rooms. Plus you can hit F8 in game to type to everyone. |
4 months ago by
VEXBoogie
Posts: 1 | Hello Everyone ;)
I'm proud to tell that the German VEX Clan will send out a bunch of pilots for tests, including me. We are really excited about this game and hope we can help |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
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| which game decent 1, 2, or 3?
1 + 2 are free now, but #3 is still being charged for, so i can't get in on that.
after that i should have read a bit more |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | Ahh. So far, it definately sounds like 3.
VEX has some very good pilots, including BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGGIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| QUOTE: CAn we do this during the summer? That's the only way I'll have even a remote chance at getting in.
QUOTE: No. Not May 22nd. That is my graduation date. I will be gone all day, and will not be getting back until 4 a.m. the next day.
I am not going to miss this event just because they happened to plan it on the day of my graduation ceremonies (and school-sponsored after-party, which I have volunteered to help with).
But I could most DEFINITELY do it the night before, because I need to stay up very very late in order to get rested up so that I don't fall asleep on the way home after the above event.
edit: but if it is earlier in the day, say noon-ish at GMT -6 hours, then yes, count me in, hopefully.
I believe that the 22nd is a stretch as it is... If anything it might be sooner, I think that on the 22nd we should hold it 2 hours eariler... for Enzo03 - not too much of a sacrifice.
QUOTE: Do you think we'll honestly have 24 participants in the first place?
We allready have 23 contestants, and we've only been promoting this competition for two days... I noticed that half the community doesn't even know about Miner Wars much less the event... The deadline stays the same... the 15th is last day to sign up.
QUOTE: what version 1 or 2? and how can i contact you "on the other side?"
It will be Descent 3, There is time for you to be able to get the game if you don't have it installed.
On how to contact me:
Xfire: memorythief
Steam: memory_thief
Email: memory_thief@hotmail.com
Phone numba: J/K
I'm ususally sitting in the TS3 server, If you join I would be able to help you with your problems and inquiries. The teamspeak info is here---> http://www.minerwars.com/ForumTopic.aspx?id=467 The server was down yesterday, it is now up again... Join to insure you can when the time comes.
Most people have confirmed avaiability on the 22nd... which is a good sign, Please confirm your participation by listing on the forums in this thread, or the Competition Ladder thread. |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | QUOTE: 1 + 2 are free now, but #3 is still being charged for, so i can't get in on that.
???????????????????????? 1 and 2 aren't free.
They are being sold by Good Old Games; you cannot legally obtain them for free. |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
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| i found somewhere that the creator released them for free. |
4 months ago by
VEXMarix
Posts: 1 | I'd also be in. :) |
4 months ago by
CTFFROGGY
Posts: 29 | [CTF]FROGGY is here willing and able :) I'm in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia :)
I'd love to help in any way I can :) testing fighting, when I can, never did anything like dat before. :)
hope i can't help u guys
look at my stats http://www.d3stats.de/
oh, thats rite when I registered it wouldn't let me put [ ] Brackets in, its important when we do Clans
or want to use it for our names as I do, anybody see my CTF knows I wanna play Capture The Flag :)
when we join multiplay i hope its not blocked. :)
I know alot of the germans I'll let them know :)
I was in a German Clan :) as [D4E]RazorBack :)I'll email afew of the guys, I only heard about Miners Wars Yesterday as I was Playing in Subway. I've been so busy
I have alot of idear's if any of u guys need any. :) [CTF]FROGGY |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | QUOTE: i found somewhere that the creator released them for free.
The only thing of the games they ever released for free was the source code for Descent 1 and 2.
I do not know where you have found this information that Decsent was actually FREE, but it is wrong, as Good Old Games is currently authorized to sell the games and turn over some of the profits. |
4 months ago by
D2Junkie
Posts: 10 | Descent 1 and 2 are open source, which means that their source code is freely available for modification. However, this does not mean that the data is free. You could theoretically build a fully functional Descent engine and program from the source code, but without mission, texture, object, etc. data, the game would be virtually empty. The only way to obtain this data is a full purchase of the game.
Descent 3 is, at the moment, closed source but is headed to an open source release as mentioned by (I think) Matt Toschlog at the DBB. It'll be a while, though.
Anyway, the point is this: no Descent game, 1, 2, or 3, is available for free, and I also do not imagine that they will be free anytime soon (Interplay is designing a WiiWare port as we speak). However, as I mentioned earlier, they are available for very low prices on gog.com. |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
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| darn, yea i wont be able to join on the descnet nights, that also means i wont b one of the 24 testers. X( i'm usualy pretty good with a mouse and keyboard config tho. |
4 months ago by
Powell
Posts: 72 | I'd give it a go. Course my aiming withers as time passes but hey i'll try.
I did have a question about ships, are we going to be limited to one or choose our own? Not that it matters much but i would think it would be more fair if everyone used the same ship. Don't really feel like having to fight against a magnum with fusion in tight tunnels =/ |
4 months ago by
Powell
Posts: 72 | Oh and just a thought but maybe pick a somewhat newly developed level that no one would be very familiar with? |
4 months ago by
AlphaDoG
Posts: 15 | I'll get TS3 installed and be in there the 5th. :)
BTW I live in the Central Time zone. (Illinois) |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | I'm confused with the times on May 22. What time would that be if I was on the East Coast USA? I've got a stupid bowling tournament some time that day. |
4 months ago by
kronos
Posts: 1 | I'm down for a crazy miner tournament, lets do it! See you guys the 5th. :) |
4 months ago by
CTFFROGGY
Posts: 29 | Hey Guys these times that you are putting up...sucks. You haven't considered Australia or New Zealand MemoryThief. So I've posted another post to answer to the times |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
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| QUOTE: I did have a question about ships, are we going to be limited to one or choose our own? Not that it matters much but i would think it would be more fair if everyone used the same ship. Don't really feel like having to fight against a magnum with fusion in tight tunnels =/
Everyone will be forced to use the Pyro.
QUOTE: Oh and just a thought but maybe pick a somewhat newly developed level that no one would be very familiar with?
I have been thinking about a few levels that people rarely play, and I'm sure a level or two that I'll pick will raise a few concerns for a few vets :)
QUOTE: I'm confused with the times on May 22. What time would that be if I was on the East Coast USA? I've got a stupid bowling tournament some time that day.
On the 22nd, that would be 1PM EST for you. 10AM PST. Every other day(5,8,15) will meet at 3PM for you. Noon PST.
QUOTE: Hey Guys these times that you are putting up...sucks. You haven't considered Australia or New Zealand MemoryThief. So I've posted another post to answer to the times
Well lets vacuum, [CTF]FROGGY would like for the times to be switched to this configuration:
US/Canada PST Sat 2pm /-/ London Sat 9pm. /-/ 6am Sunday Australian time
which is two hours behind the current schedule...
Which would be fine with me, however it would have to depend on everyone else's schedule, I did note some people who had time constraints, and this would work with some of them, but perhaps not one or two...
A vote for time will be made in the TeamSpeak Server today! Now time for me to go to bed so I can wake up in time. >_>
See you all there!
MemoryThief |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | I wish it could be 12 noon in every place in the world at once. I'm already having to cut a bowling tournament out of my picture.
Memory Thief, what timezone do you live in? |
4 months ago by
CTFFROGGY
Posts: 29 | I wrote on the Competetition Ladder page :
"Thanks for adjusting the time, it looks better now, 2am is better than 4am :)"
Also what time do we meet 5th April (today?/ tomorrow?) in chat. For me now it is 10pm 4th April. I don't wanna miss out on chat :)
well will all get the times right soon :) if we work together on it :) |
4 months ago by
Pakky
Posts: 4 | VEX-Pakky here is also ready for a competition :) |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | :-\ For me it is currently May 4, 8:57 AM and I will not be available until at least 4 PM today, approx 7 hours from now. Hopefully I will not miss out on the vote because I had to ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL, GOD FORBID. :)
And congrats on becoming Community Manager, MemoryThief. |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
Community Manager
Keen Software House
Posts: 428
| QUOTE: I wish it could be 12 noon in every place in the world at once. I'm already having to cut a bowling tournament out of my picture.
Memory Thief, what timezone do you live in?
We could sent a nuke to the middle of the earth, and split it apart so all the faces are showing toward the sun... uhh... If only that were possible. I live in Sunny California UTC-8 (Pacific Standard Time).
QUOTE: "Thanks for adjusting the time, it looks better now, 2am is better than 4am :)"
Also what time do we meet 5th April (today?/ tomorrow?) in chat. For me now it is 10pm 4th April. I don't wanna miss out on chat :)
I wrote this around 4AM my time, and might have slipped my mind that the calender wouldn't change that day. It was Tuesday and I somehow was thinking that it would be Wednesday when I wokeup. But with 5 hours of sleep, and being awake now I understand my flaw. Today is the 4th not the 5th! Thus we'll meet tomorrow (for real) on Teamspeak.
Did the UTC+9 change the time from 4AM to 2AM for you? If you're on the eastern side, wouldn't that make it 5AM for you?
QUOTE: :-\ For me it is currently May 4, 8:57 AM and I will not be available until at least 4 PM today, approx 7 hours from now. Hopefully I will not miss out on the vote because I had to ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL, GOD FORBID. :)
Well it's may 5th(I was undead when I wrote that) not the fourth, but if you're free at 4PM on Wednesday as well, you might have to miss the preliminary voting and such, you'll have to make it up on the 8th.
And thanks Enzo03 :)
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Today however there IS a VEX game that I invite Miner Wars to. It will be entropy, and We'll be playing this during the competition as well. This will be perfect practice for anyone who wants to see what a big game is like. To join... You must log into the VEX teamspeak 3 server...
Server Addresss: vexeln.de
Port: 44444
No password, there are games every Tuesday(entropy) and Saturday(ctf) at the same time as the competition time. Which is Noon PST. |
4 months ago by
ZevN47
Posts: 1,214
| What are the server names?... What programs other than D3 and Vortex do i need?
Also I would like to confirm this: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/descent_3_expansion is the right game before I buy
QUOTE: May 5th - Preliminary testing day, get TS3, come to show your support for nominating levels to play.
May 8th - First Runthrough - Skill testing/level voting, Weapon Debate, Tips and Tricks.
May 15th - Second Runthrough - If more people have joined from this point, the ladder will be modified. Players will get the final levels on this date, and we'll go over the ladder system. This will be the deadline for anyone trying to sign up for the ladder.
May 22nd - Final Competition - This one decides the lucky 24 winners. Good Luck
^put quoted message in the other thread at the top^ |
4 months ago by
Enzo03
Posts: 85 | Apparently I was not informed that my AP Stat. exam was going to keep the testers holed up in the school until 4:20, hence why I did not show up until... now.
Tomorrow I should have no problem showing up at... well, 4. |
4 months ago by
CTFFROGGY
Posts: 29 | Thx u MemoryThief |
4 months ago by
muggsbud
Community Manager
Keen Software House
Posts: 1,004
| lol @ enzo someone dropped a mercury thermometer in a chem class today and the whole school was evacuated. |
4 months ago by
Thorne
Posts: 2 | I'd be excited to be in on this. Heck I'd do it just for the D3 action---bring it on. Ever since Jeremy chatted with us the other day and showed us a few clips I have more optimism [i]for[/i] and interest [i]in[/i] what you're making here.
Do you folks have a web page dedicated to this event (info, schedule...)? I work from 8 to 5 (EST) every day with a 45 minute transit, but I'll just have to do the best I can.
In the end I don't know how much time I would have to put toward what you might expect from a tester... if this game turns out to be anything like what Descenters have been waiting for then I'd be terribly interested in being part of the process... I guess in the mean-time I'd like to go along for the ride and see where it leads. |
4 months ago by
Ashes
Posts: 30 | Unfortunately, I am COMPLETELY out of the loop in terms of the goings-on in the D3 community. What do I need to know? |
4 months ago by
MemoryThief
Community Manager
Keen Software House
Posts: 428
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Server names?! For Team Speak you can name the Server whatever you like... but the address to the teamspeak server is:
(server name): Orbital Space Station
Address: minerwars.game-server.cc
Port: 9987
No Password
Yes that is the correct game ZevN47... You don't nessesarily need Vortex, some people prefer other methods, but it's the most convienent seeing as you can make links like D3://fake.ip.for.show:port and click on them if vortex is running, and it will automatically open the server. It also shows you all the public servers that are up and how many people are playing. It's good stuff, but if you don't have it... You will have to manually enter the ip port into the game when it's running. The server won't be public, thus it won't be on any trackers so random people won't join.
You WILL need Team Speak 3...
QUOTE: Apparently I was not informed that my AP Stat. exam was going to keep the testers holed up in the school until 4:20, hence why I did not show up until... now.
Tomorrow I should have no problem showing up at... well, 4.
They just don't want you to smoke... j/k Thats a bummer, you might not be able to make it on the 5th, but the 8th is when we'll start going through what will be happening.
QUOTE: Thx u MemoryThief
No problem :)
QUOTE: lol @ enzo someone dropped a mercury thermometer in a chem class today and the whole school was evacuated.
I love it when that happens...
QUOTE: Do you folks have a web page dedicated to this event (info, schedule...)? I work from 8 to 5 (EST) every day with a 45 minute transit, but I'll just have to do the best I can.
The thread dedicated to this event is: http://www.minerwars.com/ForumTopic.aspx?id=479
It is updated with all the newest information as it comes...
QUOTE: Unfortunately, I am COMPLETELY out of the loop in terms of the goings-on in the D3 community. What do I need to know?
Thats basically it... See you guys tomorrow! |
4 months ago by
NUMBERZero
Posts: 141 | 3:00. That's going to be a little close for me. I get out of shcool at 2:30, but fortunately I live close. I'll make it. |
4 months ago by
OO7GUY
Posts: 1 | im in :( |
3 months ago by
TheWhat
Posts: 1 | I'll play.
Liked what I've seen and can ball a little. |
3 months ago by
MacBlaster
Posts: 2 | If its not too late, I would like to apply for the Descent 3 Pilots competition |
3 months ago by
AlphaDoG
Posts: 15 | Sorry I missed the 5th, plumb forgot I had a dentist appointment in my fervor to attend. Will be there the 8th for sure. Thanks for your patience Klein. |
3 months ago by
Wabbit
Posts: 1 | Greetings from Wabbit. I have never been accused of being an ace Descent pilot, but I'd be willing to destroy a couple of asteroids with you guys.
Is it true that there are some FROGGYS in these mines? If so, watch out- they're vewy dangerous! And sneaky. |
3 months ago by
Ashes
Posts: 30 | Am I missing things? I haven't been on for three days so I really don't know what I've missed. Someone infmorm me, please. |