Frag Gab: What's your favorite online gaming memory?

[ArrrCee]

yeah i saw it. federation force looks un metroid, even more so than the prime series in general, but ill just wait and see how it play out.

I'm with you on waiting to see how it turns out. I actually really liked the first Prime game though. As much as it may not have been completely Metroid, I thought that Retro did a good job of converting it to first person and trying to keep the characteristics and what not.

[Syluxguy28O3]

Metroid is a great series with many great moments! Super Metroid's sounds used to scare me when I was a kid. Have you seen the new Metroid that's coming out? A lot of people are pretty pissed about it because it's only Metroid in name.

yeah i saw it. federation force looks un metroid, even more so than the prime series in general, but ill just wait and see how it play out.

[ArrrCee]

Hmm, I'd have to say Quake. I'm still fascinated, maybe because of the smaller levels, compared to the bigger ones from other games - where you can actually find players easily, they move around and talk and type back to you. It's silly to think like this in a modern time, but the classic design of Quake made a lasting impression on me and the simplicity yet complexity of the fun it offers.

So I would say, having a brief, hello and greet then going back to quaking. You said online.. I have to say that, this might be very rare, but I managed to get 2 telefrags when I spawned from one location to the other. I think the rarity of such an occurrence is very low and somehow I'm sorry, I didn't record it, because it was sooo cool. Like 1 in a million?lol But how would I have known..

2 telefrags at once? I don't think I've ever done/seen that!

I think that's why we all like Quake so much, there was just something to the design of it. It's simpler but it also hit at a time in the 90's when we were all thirsty for something more. And DM seemed to be what we wanted.

[ArrrCee]

i have quite a few fond quake related gaming memories. when i was still in high school, me and half of my comp engineering class would quake with a like 12 computer lan. because i was the only quake nut in the group, i always came out on top, although i had a few defeats and close encounters that stung my young pride LOL. online, i really enjoyed cax with many regulars here, specifically i remember what a blast it was when R00k first unveiled freeze tag.

as for non quake, i have one specific memory. I am a metroid junkie. i was introduced with, ironically, the last game chronologically, metroid:fusion. i remember being at the end boss, and omega metroid. he reduces your energy to 1 unit with one mighty swipe. now, my child brain thought "well, i guess i didnt figure out how to beat him in time", due to the fact that no weapon or ability you had by that point would hurt him. then, to my shock, the main villian appears AND SACRIFICES ITSELF TO HELP YOU FOR NO REASON:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyJZvranSc

One of my favorite mods that came out for Quake 1 was Qball. It was playable on Mplayer.net as a built in mod and basically the quad turned into an item you had to carry but while you carried it you only could use the axe but you could only score points while holding it. Lots of team games with that and it was great!

Metroid is a great series with many great moments! Super Metroid's sounds used to scare me when I was a kid. Have you seen the new Metroid that's coming out? A lot of people are pretty pissed about it because it's only Metroid in name.

[ArrrCee]

First and foremost:
Dozen of evenings playing point and click games with my friends. We meet at one house, crack a beer or two, and start puzzle solving. Some games are indeed great, just one for all: Primordia.


Besides, in no particular order:

Playing Serious Sam 3 BFE: in one level I had an annoying Arachnoid somewhere shooting me with its hitscan weapon. After a little while I saw it while he was hiding beyond a wall.

A nice thing of SS3 are the destructible walls, so I used the Cannon to blast wall and monster in one shot. The satisfaction was immense.


Seven stating he played iq (my mod) and stating that e1m7 (The House of Chthon) was great.


Playing Quake DM online before it become an insane rocket jump fest.


Playing SP Quake, even nowadays. Thanks Spirit for Quaddicted.


Playing Serious Sam in general, but I noticed a lack of re-playability. The first time is awesome, but for some reason the re-playing not so much.


Playing various arcades in the '90. I spent quite a bit in Hammerin' Harry and many other games.

I love that part about point and click games with your friends. My friends weren't really into point and clicks so I played most of those alone. That sounds like a great time!

I also miss the arcade scene. There was this great skatebaording game that was at the arcade we went to that had the big skateboard in front of the huge screen and you went downhill. We played that a ton!

[ArrrCee]

Playing Monolith's Blood coop over dial-up modems using PC Anywhere software in 1997 with my highschool buddies through our phone line. Following that, playing Quake deathmatch over T.E.N. before I had to get rid of it (too much $$$).

I only ever got to play Blood in demo form. I'm looking forward to the Blood conversation that was being talked about to finally check it out.

I used to play Quake on Heat.net and Mplayer and those were free services if I remember right? I never got the chance to check out TEN. Was it expensive?

[Gem]

What about you favorite online gaming moment Gem?

Hmm, I'd have to say Quake. I'm still fascinated, maybe because of the smaller levels, compared to the bigger ones from other games - where you can actually find players easily, they move around and talk and type back to you. It's silly to think like this in a modern time, but the classic design of Quake made a lasting impression on me and the simplicity yet complexity of the fun it offers.

So I would say, having a brief, hello and greet then going back to quaking. You said online.. I have to say that, this might be very rare, but I managed to get 2 telefrags when I spawned from one location to the other. I think the rarity of such an occurrence is very low and somehow I'm sorry, I didn't record it, because it was sooo cool. Like 1 in a million?lol But how would I have known..

[Syluxguy28O3]

i have quite a few fond quake related gaming memories. when i was still in high school, me and half of my comp engineering class would quake with a like 12 computer lan. because i was the only quake nut in the group, i always came out on top, although i had a few defeats and close encounters that stung my young pride LOL. online, i really enjoyed cax with many regulars here, specifically i remember what a blast it was when R00k first unveiled freeze tag.

as for non quake, i have one specific memory. I am a metroid junkie. i was introduced with, ironically, the last game chronologically, metroid:fusion. i remember being at the end boss, and omega metroid. he reduces your energy to 1 unit with one mighty swipe. now, my child brain thought "well, i guess i didnt figure out how to beat him in time", due to the fact that no weapon or ability you had by that point would hurt him. then, to my shock, the main villian appears AND SACRIFICES ITSELF TO HELP YOU FOR NO REASON:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyJZvranSc[/ame]

[ezzetabi]

First and foremost:
Dozen of evenings playing point and click games with my friends. We meet at one house, crack a beer or two, and start puzzle solving. Some games are indeed great, just one for all: Primordia.


Besides, in no particular order:

Playing Serious Sam 3 BFE: in one level I had an annoying Arachnoid somewhere shooting me with its hitscan weapon. After a little while I saw it while he was hiding beyond a wall.

A nice thing of SS3 are the destructible walls, so I used the Cannon to blast wall and monster in one shot. The satisfaction was immense.


Seven stating he played iq (my mod) and stating that e1m7 (The House of Chthon) was great.


Playing Quake DM online before it become an insane rocket jump fest.


Playing SP Quake, even nowadays. Thanks Spirit for Quaddicted.


Playing Serious Sam in general, but I noticed a lack of re-playability. The first time is awesome, but for some reason the re-playing not so much.


Playing various arcades in the '90. I spent quite a bit in Hammerin' Harry and many other games.

[DeadTenor]

Playing Monolith's Blood coop over dial-up modems using PC Anywhere software in 1997 with my highschool buddies through our phone line. Following that, playing Quake deathmatch over T.E.N. before I had to get rid of it (too much $$$).

[ArrrCee]

Really, great and interesting topic. I really like visual things, makes me think of being there, or at least while walking around in the real world some fragments of this and that (relating to gaming) may flash into my mind from time to time (maybe when boredom would strike lol)

So therefore, some of my fav. gaming memories, have to do with levels or locations from games. Having played, like everyone else, the Quake maps extensively. Some of the levels I quickly remember, are e1m1 and 2, with the ambient sounds of the torches and wind rustling and waters moving.. there are probably more.

Also some of the starting maps from Duke3D, they were really amazing and none so far as other games I have seen, have a city or movie theater and the secret apartment you use your jetpack to reach hehe. I played the shareware a lot and I think those were some of the best more fun levels ever created. Why now, with all this technology , nothing was created (design wise) such as those shareware levels from duke3d and the classic quake levels with so much fun-oriented-thought put into them

but maybe such things will make a return but maybe they need classic gamers to design these things because I havent seen anything compared to that lately, or maybe I missed it, dunno. Something fun, location wise, would be the places from the gta games, but nothing Quake-ish or Duke3d-ish lol

That's an interesting aspect of gaming you brought up: Ambient noises, sounds and animations. If done right, most gamers don't even notice these things, which I think is kind of the point?

Quake 2 definitely had that effect with me. At times in those levels, I felt so alone and secluded. You would hear those base noises and once in a while you'd hear a radio message come in, but over all when there were no enemies around, maybe just a body with flies around it, I just felt lonely and detached. It was strange. Because of this, I observed more of the sounds and such in some of the levels.

What about you favorite online gaming moment Gem?

[Gem]

Really, great and interesting topic. I really like visual things, makes me think of being there, or at least while walking around in the real world some fragments of this and that (relating to gaming) may flash into my mind from time to time (maybe when boredom would strike lol)

So therefore, some of my fav. gaming memories, have to do with levels or locations from games. Having played, like everyone else, the Quake maps extensively. Some of the levels I quickly remember, are e1m1 and 2, with the ambient sounds of the torches and wind rustling and waters moving.. there are probably more.

Also some of the starting maps from Duke3D, they were really amazing and none so far as other games I have seen, have a city or movie theater and the secret apartment you use your jetpack to reach hehe. I played the shareware a lot and I think those were some of the best more fun levels ever created. Why now, with all this technology , nothing was created (design wise) such as those shareware levels from duke3d and the classic quake levels with so much fun-oriented-thought put into them

but maybe such things will make a return but maybe they need classic gamers to design these things because I havent seen anything compared to that lately, or maybe I missed it, dunno. Something fun, location wise, would be the places from the gta games, but nothing Quake-ish or Duke3d-ish lol

[ArrrCee]

The first time I played online was with Warcraft 2,
then a few months later Starcraft.
It was both wonderful and terrible at the same time,
mainly due to the fact that we kept losing connection over dial up and then we would call each other up on our (like a brick) mobiles,
waking everybody else up in the house because the only free time we could grab to play was after midnight.

I have fond memories of Starcrafts map maker and those awesome siege tanks.

Then the next cool memories are from Rainbow Six and a game called Hidden & Dangerous.
Mostly lans, dial was always a bit dodgy but you could sometimes play H&D coop and it not be too bad, enemies sometimes appearing to possess the Blink ability from Dishonored...

Around the time of unreliable dialup, if we didn't feel like carrying our hot beige boxes around, then the best multiplayer gaming to be had was throwing these things at each other :

...

Dial-up was indeed a cherished time but I'm so glad we have advanced passed it. Logging on late night, hoping my parents didn't hear the connection sound to play late night Quake DM... It was tense but I remember it fondly.

We loved playing 4 player splitscreen battle in Mario Kart 64 back in the day! Damn that was fun! It's odd because if I go back to anything 4 player splitscreen on the N64 now-a-days, it's awful. I can't deal with it.

it's really too bad that Nintendo dropped the ball with the battle mode in Mario Kart Wii U. The racing is so fun online, but the battle mode is really lame. It could've been amazing!

[Adam]

The first time I played online was with Warcraft 2,
then a few months later Starcraft.
It was both wonderful and terrible at the same time,
mainly due to the fact that we kept losing connection over dial up and then we would call each other up on our (like a brick) mobiles,
waking everybody else up in the house because the only free time we could grab to play was after midnight.

I have fond memories of Starcrafts map maker and those awesome siege tanks.



Then the next cool memories are from Rainbow Six and a game called Hidden & Dangerous.
Mostly lans, dial was always a bit dodgy but you could sometimes play H&D coop and it not be too bad, enemies sometimes appearing to possess the Blink ability from Dishonored...

Around the time of unreliable dialup, if we didn't feel like carrying our hot beige boxes around, then the best multiplayer gaming to be had was throwing these things at each other :





...

[talisa]

yeah sadly it was the first and immediately the last time since it was a one-time opportunity,
and i never got the experience the joy of being in a lan-party again.....


but i do from time to time play on wii u together with my little nephew&neice and my sis and her boyfriend,
which is also just as much fun, playing a game together with 4 or 5 people on same screen

but of course its different from a lan-party, as you all share the same screen instead of everyone having their own screen
and the amount of players is very limited while lan-parties can go up to 8 or 16people even.