T:V - Hit, Miss or complete flop?

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69 players online at time of writing.
The most I've seen online is around 300, mainly in USA.
Fairly dire reading for a game that is just over a month old.

What do you think, is T:V a slow burner waiting to explode in popularity, or
is it a non starter?

I'm currently still playing it mainly because I paid for it and hate see the
money wasted.
 
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TheUnwise wrote:

> 69 players online at time of writing.
> The most I've seen online is around 300, mainly in USA.
> Fairly dire reading for a game that is just over a month old.
>
> What do you think, is T:V a slow burner waiting to explode in popularity, or
> is it a non starter?
>
> I'm currently still playing it mainly because I paid for it and hate see the
> money wasted.

You still play it mainly because you hate seeing money wasted?

That's as logical as saying that you would continue seeing a person that
you have grown to hate, because you don't want to throw away the 10
years you have invested in the relationship.

Play because you enjoy it or don't and move on.
 
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"TheUnwise" <TheUnwise@Foolish.com> wrote in message
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> 69 players online at time of writing.
> The most I've seen online is around 300, mainly in USA.
> Fairly dire reading for a game that is just over a month old.
>
> What do you think, is T:V a slow burner waiting to explode in popularity,
or
> is it a non starter?
>
> I'm currently still playing it mainly because I paid for it and hate see
the
> money wasted.

I like the game, and I play it, ; but there are many problems with the game,
and I think a lot of people are just burned out on tribes. It will not get
much better in terms of number of players if you ask me. Peeps are
anxiously awaiting the promised December patch but I don't think it will be
a save. Competitive teams are dropping. My tribe got owned by a
combination of finishing graduate work, moving, jobs and sadly WoW. Sad
too, as I said I like the game. I just can't play anything without a
jetpack, being doing it too long. :^)

Quixote
 
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Thats a pretty valid point actually.

/me reinstalls T2

:)
 
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TheUnwise wrote:
> Thats a pretty valid point actually.
>
> /me reinstalls T2
>
> :)

If I didn't get motion-sick from playing FPS games, I'd be back in
T1/T2, and trying out T:V myself. 🙁
 
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"TheUnwise" <TheUnwise@Foolish.com> wrote in message
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> 69 players online at time of writing.
> The most I've seen online is around 300, mainly in USA.
> Fairly dire reading for a game that is just over a month old.
>
> What do you think, is T:V a slow burner waiting to explode in popularity,
or
> is it a non starter?
>
> I'm currently still playing it mainly because I paid for it and hate see
the
> money wasted.

I hate to repeat it, but Halflife 2 just came out, and a day or two ago,
halflife 2 multiplayer came out. There will be very few PC gamers who arn't
bashing on all the Steam games. I've not touched T:V since I got HL2, but I
will play it again.
I do think that a large amount of people will rally around HL2, as it is
like an industry standard, and very modable (and distributable). Tribes
Vengence is one of the most enjoyable games I have played in a long time.
Sadly, I think irrational had to release it before HL2, or they would have
had one seriously lame duck. I'm not saying HL2 is infinately better than
TV, but just that it has a massive following. I feel sorry for all the other
developers out there in FPS land at the moment, as I expect they will
struggle to compete.

One thing I will say I like the look of however, is the Starsiege mod for
T:V. That will have me coming straight back.

If you haven't seen it, take a look...

http://www.mechnex.net/ (Starsiege2845)
 
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"Desosa" <yadd@yadda.yadda> wrote:
>"TheUnwise" <TheUnwise@Foolish.com> wrote in message

>> 69 players online at time of writing.
>> The most I've seen online is around 300, mainly in USA.
>> Fairly dire reading for a game that is just over a month old.

>I hate to repeat it, but Halflife 2 just came out, and a day or two
>ago, halflife 2 multiplayer came out. There will be very few PC
>gamers who arn't bashing on all the Steam games.

I think you could tell somewhat scientifically by following the
sales curves. Seems to me it dropped off of the sales charts one
Half-Life 2 came out.

>I've not touched T:V since I got HL2, but I will play it again.

Multiplayer provides years of possible enjoyment. And the publishers
make money by requiring a key. I think it's great since I love
multiplayer.

>I do think that a large amount of people will rally around HL2, as
>it is like an industry standard, and very modable (and
>distributable). Tribes Vengence is one of the most enjoyable games
>I have played in a long time. Sadly, I think irrational had to
>release it before HL2, or they would have had one seriously lame
>duck.

Sounds like a distinct possibility to me. As long as the publishers
don't have a knee-jerk reaction, there shouldn't be any problem.

>One thing I will say I like the look of however, is the Starsiege
>mod for T:V. That will have me coming straight back.
>If you haven't seen it, take a look...
>http://www.mechnex.net/ (Starsiege2845)

Thanks for the information, again. I hope eventually they allow for
using a game pad.

Have fun.
 
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:46:53 +0000, TheUnwise wrote:

>
> /me reinstalls T2
>

Thank god. Hopefully more people will do this, as the servers are getting
pretty barren lately.

See you on the killing fields.
 
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cybrid wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:46:53 +0000, TheUnwise wrote:
>
>
>>/me reinstalls T2
>>
>
>
> Thank god. Hopefully more people will do this, as the servers are getting
> pretty barren lately.
>
> See you on the killing fields.

Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀
 
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:17:24 -0800, MarkandBrian.net wrote:

> Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀

Dunno, don't care either. :)

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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"Mr K" <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 09:17:24 -0800, MarkandBrian.net wrote:
>
>> Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀
>
> Dunno, don't care either. :)
>
They have a miami vehicles.

And they've banned me from that too...

😀
 
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"MarkandBrian.net" <yjotg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>cybrid wrote:
>>TheUnwise wrote:

>>>/me reinstalls T2
>>
>> Thank god. Hopefully more people will do this, as the servers
>> are getting pretty barren lately.
>> See you on the killing fields.
>
>Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀

Yes. Plenty of people on them too.
 
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John Doe wrote:
> "MarkandBrian.net" <yjotg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>cybrid wrote:
>>
>>>TheUnwise wrote:
>
>
>>>>/me reinstalls T2
>>>
>>>Thank god. Hopefully more people will do this, as the servers
>>>are getting pretty barren lately.
>>>See you on the killing fields.
>>
>>Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀
>
>
> Yes. Plenty of people on them too.

Still a bunch of asshat admins playing?
 
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"MarkandBrian.net" <yjotg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>John Doe wrote:
>> "MarkandBrian.net" <yjotg@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>cybrid wrote:
>>>>TheUnwise wrote:
>>
>>>>>/me reinstalls T2
>>>>
>>>>Thank god. Hopefully more people will do this, as the servers
>>>>are getting pretty barren lately.
>>>>See you on the killing fields.
>>>
>>>Houston Vehicles servers still up? 😀
>>
>> Yes. Plenty of people on them too.
>
>Still a bunch of asshat admins playing?

I have no idea why there would be. I have never been confronted by
any admins, or anyone else, on Houston Vehicle servers. I just go,
play, and have fun. I don't use any hacks, I don't abuse other
players, I just do my own thing to help my team win, and that's it.
Tribes 2 is a riot IMO. Sometimes I have complained about no one
fixing the generators, and that apparently caused no trouble. But if
they ever do harass me, I promise to come here and whine about it.









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John Doe's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
> I have no idea why there would be. I have never been confronted by
> any admins, or anyone else, on Houston Vehicle servers. I just go,
> play, and have fun. I don't use any hacks, I don't abuse other
> players, I just do my own thing to help my team win, and that's it.
> Tribes 2 is a riot IMO. Sometimes I have complained about no one
> fixing the generators, and that apparently caused no trouble. But if
> they ever do harass me, I promise to come here and whine about it.

Well, they've been known to do things like ban you if you are with a tribe
they don't care for, play unfairly and ban you if you complain, etc
 
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:47:39 GMT, Hellmark wrote:

> Well, they've been known to do things like ban you if you are with a tribe
> they don't care for, play unfairly and ban you if you complain, etc

They also ban you if you actually play T2 as it should be played, i.e with
teamwork.

--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
 
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On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:50:46 GMT, John Doe wrote:


> I have no idea why there would be. I have never been confronted by
> any admins, or anyone else, on Houston Vehicle servers. I just go,
> play, and have fun. I don't use any hacks, I don't abuse other
> players, I just do my own thing to help my team win, and that's it.

http://tinyurl.com/6ueza
http://tinyurl.com/6qq6e

.... and so on.

> Tribes 2 is a riot IMO. Sometimes I have complained about no one
> fixing the generators, and that apparently caused no trouble.

You don't actually need to cause any trouble:
http://tinyurl.com/4mj8p

> But if they ever do harass me, I promise to come here and whine about
> it.

http://tinyurl.com/4cz93

Feel free to add to that list.

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The whining is no surprise to me. Those who are unhelpful and even
abusive to people here, shouldn't be surprised when an administrator
of a team game kicks them out. If they are rude and unhelpful to
other people, they probably are less than worthless on a team.


X-No-Archive troll.

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>On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:50:46 GMT, John Doe wrote:
>
>
>> I have no idea why there would be. I have never been confronted by
>> any admins, or anyone else, on Houston Vehicle servers. I just go,
>> play, and have fun. I don't use any hacks, I don't abuse other
>> players, I just do my own thing to help my team win, and that's it.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/6ueza
>http://tinyurl.com/6qq6e
>
>... and so on.
>
>> Tribes 2 is a riot IMO. Sometimes I have complained about no one
>> fixing the generators, and that apparently caused no trouble.
>
>You don't actually need to cause any trouble:
>http://tinyurl.com/4mj8p
>
>> But if they ever do harass me, I promise to come here and whine about
>> it.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/4cz93
>
>Feel free to add to that list.
>
>
>--
>"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
>R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1
>
>
 
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John Doe wrote:
> Unresponsive troll.

That it? That all you got? You asked questions, you got answers.
 
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"MarkandBrian.net" <bmonson@ncn.com> wrote in message
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> John Doe wrote:
> > Unresponsive troll.
>
> That it? That all you got? You asked questions, you got answers.
>

If the rest of ya'll would plunk this self-absorbed twit then the problem
would resolve. You could say you are continuing it for argument's sake, but
that amounts to arguing with a stump that only has the word "troll" carved
on it as the only response as obviously there is no thought process going
on.

Quixote
 
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John Doe <jdoe@usenet.is.the.real.thing> wrote in
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> So I ask (again) because I'm curious to know whether the people here
> who are unhelpful and even abusive can play Tribes 2 on a team where
> they are expected to get along and help other people accomplish a
> goal.

I've played on pubs with Mr. K at my side and was damn glad to have him.
And I worried when he was on the other side. But he's not going to win any
awards down at the UN for being best ass-kisser. Some admins can't deal
with that.
 
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John Doe's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
> You can't stand Houston Vehicles. I can see that.
> So I ask (again) because I'm curious to know whether the people here
> who are unhelpful and even abusive can play Tribes 2 on a team where
> they are expected to get along and help other people accomplish a
> goal.
> Name a server you can play on. A server that I can see in my game
> browser. A server that has a significant number of players, let's
> say half as many as the most popular server (as far as I can tell
> from where I am, that is usually either Houston or Miami Vehicles).

To be honest, I'm not sure. Been a little while since I've played T2
between moving and work (plus can't play since my mousin hand is out of
commision). Used to play on Widomaker alot, but thats no more, not sure if
barrysworld is still around. From what I've heard, a bunch of the T2
servers have already started jumpin ship to T:V.
 
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John Doe wrote:
> So I ask (again) because I'm curious to know whether the people here
> who are unhelpful and even abusive can play Tribes 2 on a team where
> they are expected to get along and help other people accomplish a
> goal.

Considering the concept of [TOP] originated here, I'd say we're quite
capable of playing as a team.

--
Troy
 
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John Doe wrote:

>>Considering the concept of [TOP] originated here, I'd say we're quite
>>capable of playing as a team.
>
> Capable at some time in the past maybe.

It seems to me that we regulars are playing as a team right now.

--
Troy
 
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenet.is.the.real.thing> wrote in message
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> Unresponsive troll who doesn't even play Tribes 2, but still whines
> about Tribes 2 server operators.
>

Stop it you're turning me on. Lets go make e-babies.

Dress up as a clown and you can pop my balloons with your stick.
 
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