New 360 game night?
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 - 6:18am
It seems the only game night left is Gears and Beers, with TF2, Forza, and GTAIV nights going by the wayside or falling off the official calendar. Is there any interest in starting a new one or failing that bringing one back from the dead? If we want to do it Weds 8-9EST I'll monitor the list and send out the invites, otherwise I'm open to any ideas. I'm thinking either GTAIV, TF2, or COD4, I'd add quake wars to the list but the demo looked less than impressive.
Here are the current 360 game nights taking place between roughly 9-11pmEST
Monday: Burnout
Tuesday: TF2
Weds: GTA4
Thurs: Halo3 / COD4(?)
Fri: Durr, Gears
There's been some recent rumblings about GTA in the respective catch-all, and I've been game for some TF2 for a long while now. Burnout: Paradise has had some recent rumblings, too.
Either way, I'd be game for both and am willing to try, though nights like Saturday or Sunday would work just a smidge better for me. Feel free to send invites/friend me up and I'll do my best.
EDITED TO ADD: There's also a Google Calendar with Steam events replicated, but it was mainly an attempt to focus on 360 events. I think it was nsmike running it, but I can't remember. Either way, having that current would be good. (It still has events which focus on the Halo 3 beta...)
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LouZiffer wrote:
Seems a lot of the 360 TF2 people joined us on the PC front.
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The Halo 3 Beta was a tongue-in-cheek naming for the Halo 3 game night. It's not a direct reference to the actual Beta period back in early 2007.
I was doing a bunch of the events for the Steam calendar, but Halo and COD sort of fell off. People just moved on to other games. So, I stopped putting them in there.
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It would be nice to try out GTA's multiplayer with a group of non-jerks. Criminals, all the same, but non-jerks.
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GTA: GTA's multiplayer night was fantastic, but it seemed like it needed a lot of people all playing to get the most out of it. I'm in we get a few other people on board.
Forza: I still play from time to time. Not sure how many people are still interested in it.
Burnout: We should see at least a temporary surge in interest once the DLC stuff hits tomorrow. Anyone's down for some Monday night car smashing?
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I'm game for this week -- then I move to an area with satellite internet, so I don't know how laggy I'll be.
Oooh -- yeah, yeah, yeah. I knew the DLC was dropping soon -- I take it tomorrow's confirmed? Count me in. There's the Driving Clan tag, too.
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LouZiffer wrote:
I'm down for some GTA or TF2, and I've been thinking about picking up Burout Paradis, so maybe I'll check that out.
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No bikes yet, but new game modes and cars right?
I wore myself out on this when I pushed for 1k/1k, but I'd love a reason to pick it back up.
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Bikes are slated for next month, but the one hitting tomorrow (according to Criterion) will include, among other things, online Road Rage and Marked Man.
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It's actually somewhat depressing to fire up my 360 these days. A year ago there was always someone willing to play Catan, Gears, whatever and it always seemed like there was a game of something going on. Now it seems almost everyone is playing a single-player game or just staying offline altogether. I played a few rounds of GeoWars 2 last night and there were 4 people online. *4* (out of 100)!
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IM me so we can get it done! I'd love to play something. Haven't touched my 360 in a very long time. I still haven't recovered my profile from the Austin Slap and Tickle.
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I'm definitely interested in another GTA night. Halo or TF2 would be awesome as well. Gears and Beers is fun, but more for the company than anything else. The game's gloss is starting to wear off for me.
I picked up UT3 for 360 (yeah, I know)... anyone else pick it up? It's really not a bad game; the bots are great, so if there's nobody to play with, you're not screwed. Warfare mode (basically onslaught from UT2004) is really fun, especially with the Necris vehicles (Darkwalkers FTW!). Like other UT installments, it has tons of stuff in the box, which is good because the 360 probably won't get much DLC love, particularly not of the homebrew sort.
That's one of the things that pisses me off about the 360; it seems like their philosophy on DLC is very dictatorial rather than democratic. Even the XNA thing, touted to be a democratization of gaming, is showing flaws. Microsoft is REQUIRING people to charge for their games: $2, $5 or $10. So much for the YouTube of games.
Also, did anyone get Civilization: Revolution? The demo was pretty fun, so if people are playing, I might get this one.
I'd be down with GTA and TF2. I just finished moving my GF into the apt. and I have a few weeks of quieter time. My gamertag is Saxtus as well.
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I'd definitely be up for GTA4, and I have nothing against Burnout. I'd really like to get into TF2 on PC again, as well.
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Lemme know if there's any GTAIV, COD4, or Bad Company love happenin'. I might see about joining a Gears game sometime, too. Never played it online.
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Yeah. I'd happily play GTA IV, Halo 3 and Burnout Paradise. Unfortunately games on the 360 have a high burn rate with Goodjers. The new shiny comes out and everyone moves on. I'd gladly play any of the above and more if people showed up to play them.
Yeah. Same experience here. I thought I would be 360 4 Ever! when I first got my 360. I was playing MP games of Halo 3 Beta almost nightly. I was popping into games of Catan, Burnout, whatever everyone else was into. It hasn't been that way for a long time. It is kind of depressing.
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From what I've seen over on Gears and Beers, the only way to make a game night happen is to, well, make it happen. Pick a game, pick a night, pimp it on the forums, and then be there on the night, setting up the room and sending invites out to anyone and everyone that's even vaguely in front of their 360s. Be shameless!
The few weeks I can remember that there hasn't been a Gears game of a Friday, it not because of a lack of people online, but because of a lack of someone willing to fire up a room and get people in to it. I've had to kick things off myself a few times, but my hat really goes off to guys like Inigo and Atras that are always willing to put that effort in.
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This is a post i've been meaning to make for ages now. I'd love to get in some more GWJ gaming fun but it seems like noone's playing the games I am anymore.
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Friday night. GTA IV. Be there.
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Is that the game to play? Not Halo 3? I'm out of touch with what the kids are having the most fun with MP these days.
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Alright, if burnout doesn't happen today, I'll start it up on weds. Past that I guess the pecking order will go GTAIV, then TF2. I'll try to make a habit of just starting something up on weds between 8-9EST, whatever gets the best turnout, that's what we'll go with.
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I just sold my copy of The Orange Box for the 360, since nobody's ever on, and I spend most of my time playing it on the PC.
I'll probably pick up GTA IV, but hell, I'd love to see a Rock Band night. It'd be great to play some decent multiplayer without having to haul my crap over to a friend's house or take my chances with 13-year-old pubtards with annoying, screechy voices, who won't turn off their goddamn mics.
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Count me in for GTA IV... I haven't picked it up in awhile. Should be fun. I'll check the Clan tag when I get home tonight and check for friend invites.
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Did anyone besides me pick up Civ Revolution for the 360? I'm having loads of fun with it, wouldn't mind giving it a go over Live.
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I'm up for any game online at any time, because I hardly ever play online and I feel like I really should, so anyone who wants to can add me and invite me to anything.
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I would also be up for anything multiplayer. I finally finished GTA IV's singleplayer story a couple weeks ago and have decided against buying or starting any other games right before the fall releases start dropping. So, I'd be willing to play some GTA IV (I played some team mafiya work last night and liked the combination of co-op missions and duking it out with other teams), TF2 and CoD4 -- those are the more popular ones I've got. I will probably suck at them.
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I'm all for Burnout, Catan, Carc, Halo 3, whatever. Just shoot me an invite. I've got Civ Rev as well, but not sure I have the patience for a 4 hour game of that.
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I think the big strike against Civ Rev are how long the games take. I only played 1 online MP game. It took around 5 hours. That was enough to scare me away from investing much time in MP for that game. Besides, the ones I enjoy the most are the ones where we can get 5 or more Goodjers in a game. Thus Burnout, GTA IV, Halo 3 all spring to mind immediately.
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You picked the only night of the week that already has a steady turnout for a different game.
I'm playing Burnout tonight, Monday, because of the downloadable stuff.
I'm playing Team Fortress 2 tomorrow, Tuesday, because Tuesdayand Team start with a T.
I'm playing GTA4 Wednesday. Because.
I'm playing Halo 3 Thursday.
I'm playing Gears Friday because that is how it has been since the beginning of time.
You guys are invited.
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I'm playing TF2 PC tonight, Monday, because it's the official PC TF2 night.
I'm playing TF2 PC tomorrow, Tuesday, because Tuesday and Team start with a T.
I'm playing TF2 PC Wednesday. Because.
I'm playing TF2 PC Thursday.
I'm playing TF2 PC Friday because that is how it has been since the beginning of time.
You guys are invited.
And yes, I know I have a problem. This is why when I show up for G & B I end up being little more than a meat shield.
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