Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 GWJ League!

Oh, good Fed. I imagine there'll be a lot of matchmaking tomorrow. Hopefully we'll come away with at least 8 teams to start the preseason with.

How easy would it be to make a YouTube video out of a replay?

The replays just play through the game so it should just be a case of following these instructions. Haven't tried myself yet, mind.

pignoli wrote:
oilypenguin wrote:
oMonarca wrote:

OMG L2P B4 SHOWING UP! I HATE YOU!

The Portuguese are so full of hate.

Only because they know the Brits have got their backs:)

Precisely! :evil grin:

About the replays, haven't tried myself, but also seems like a good idea: makes it easier to show newcomers who even don't have the game all the nice bells and whistles. And don't get obsolete once a patch rolls up.

I could try to look into the matter. Another kink to iron out during the preseason, methinks

Well, cyrax and I have been trying to do some 2v2s or 1v1s to get some practice in, but we're getting the ole Connection Timed Out issue. Any tips on how to get over this? In the past I found that port forwarding helped the problem for me, but it doesn't sound like that's an option for cyrax. Anyone figured out a work around for this?

7inchsplit wrote:

Well, cyrax and I have been trying to do some 2v2s or 1v1s to get some practice in, but we're getting the ole Connection Timed Out issue. Any tips on how to get over this? In the past I found that port forwarding helped the problem for me, but it doesn't sound like that's an option for cyrax. Anyone figured out a work around for this?

Haven't met that issue so far. But yeah, Port Forwarding for GFWL is pretty much mandatory. IIRC, it uses the same ports as XBL on the Xbox.

Also, using the GFWL overlay, check if the NAT status is open. If not, I'm pretty sure you guys will have issues with matchmaking. This is, after all, peer2peer.

EDIT: Easter and games!

BTW, I'm going to be away for the Easter, starting Thursday night, and going all the way until Sunday night - in fact, I think I'm only be able to get back to DoW2 next week's Monday night. So, pre-season game #1, when and against whom?

Well, since we only have two teams signed up... I think we're playing each other.

So Windsor's Finest vs. Waaagh. Waaagh Never Changes.

Tie Breaker map will be... the first 2v2 map list alphabetically (no idea off the top of my head).

Shoot me a PM when you guys are free. The good doctor and I are both on EST, so this might be hard to get together if you're going to be gone next weekend. You guys pick a map, you can spring it on us when we get together.

So, does that mean we're 5 hours apart? Just to make sure, you guys are in the same time zone as New York, right? EST/EDT?

Right now it's 2:57 p.m around here, so that would make it 9:57 a.m. there, correct?

If so, how soon in the evening can you guys play? At 7 p.m. it will already be midnight around here :S Geesh, it's going to be hard to pull this one properly.

What about you guys from Australia?

The guys in Australia are pretty much scheduling on the weekend as they have a 12 hour difference from us yanks (I see a lot of Saturday morning games in our future).

I think we can pull off a 6pm EST game (maybe 5:30 if I try really, really hard) if I don't have to work late and book it home. Late for you guys, I know but we're not the ones gone all weekend ;p

I just spoke with the good doctor, tonight is out unless you guys can do later than 7 for us. So, tomorrow or Wed?

Anyone looking to spectate, let me know. I'll put the public time as an announcement in the Steam group once we have one.

Since the Space Doodz are still missing a member, I'd like to spectate.

Can we schedule it to 00:00 GMT+1 (our current timezone due to DST)? That would make it 7 p.m. over there, right?

Sure, if you guys want to play that late. What day?

Crap! Forgot to say: tomorrow?

pignoli says he's gonna take a nap before the bloodbath. Just like a proper serial killer hah! I'll just stick to the ol' caffeine. We are, afterall, masters of the expresso coffee.

That works for me as well.

Hey folks, we seem to have a lot of singles floating around.

I can act as DoW dating service if you want and start hooking people up and into teams.

If you're interested in finding a partner but shucks, you're just too darn shy to ask someone, send me a msg and I'll try to find you somebody. Epenguin is here for you, there's an ork or eldar player out there for all of us.

Send me your preferred faction(s), time zone and availability and I'll see what I can do.

Dannyboy has now joined the Space Doodz.
We're about to space you guys up.

Well, Gunner and I have officially thrown our comical midget-sized bowlers into the ring! We are Ten Thousand Screaming Bastards!

Oy! 1st League game tonight, and no trash talk to spice things up? What is this? Civilized?

Gloves are off Female Doggoes!

EDIT: Almost forgot! Welcome to the fold 7inch and Gunner! More blood for the blood goat!

We were actually talking about what trash to broach but decided to err on the side of not making you cry.

We know how emotional you european types get.

Dude, you guys have Oprah and Jerry Springer.

Such program templates never lift off over here. You know why? Because if they did, most of us would go on the show, punching crying people in the mouth and saying "toughen up or go to the USA, in search of a better life - that's what your ancestors did!"

That's how tough we, the ones that did not emigrated, are.

Unless you guys are Native-American. Then none of this applies.

Anyone planning on turning replays into youtube videos or something, so I can watch the results of these high-tension beatdowns at work?

I think I'll definitely try to do that. But since it's going to be my first time doing such a thing, I may take a while putting them up.

1) @ oMonarca - DAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNN!! Get em!

2) I also demand replays. As a DoW2 Multi-player noob (I havent played a single multi-match, am slowly working through the original campaign, and dont have the expansion yet) I'd love to see how the professionals do it.

That is all...

Lol @ the professionals bit. For my part, you can count on an over-eager Warboss wasting req on reinforcement/lost squads. Sometimes I just can't recognize a grinder when I see it.

If you actually want to check cool stuff out, go to www.dow2live.com

So you're playing orcs then, eh?

Oilypenguin and I were trying to come up with some historical jokes to make at your expense, but neither of us know anything about Portugal. That really just turns us into stereotypical Americans, I suppose.

Hehe, drdoak, that way you're robbing me all the fun! It's a tiny country, but isn't all that bad. Ain't great either.

And yeah, dem' boyz are the best for me. You see, I like to foster a relaxed workplace, where employees enjoy their work. And Orks luvs them smasha n burna n choppa! Dey just luvs it!

Also, yay for the underdogs. They don't have an imba unit ATM, and the WB is actually the worst of the lot, in dire need of some rebalance love. I guess I just love a good spanking -> And there, we're even now, drdoak :p

Aah, the smack-talk has commenced! Wonderful:) I, of course, am a classy Englishman so I'm far above even suggesting such things.

Yes, nothing says "class" quite like jolly ole' England. Hey, how's your facsism and casual racism coming along? I hear the BNP is actually picking up seats here and there. Isn't that a feather in your cap?

I wish I knew more about Portugal (other than it's the red-headed step child of the Iberian and basically a tumor on Spain's left side) to make fun, but sadly I do not. If only their biggest contribution wasn't creating a better country in the Americas, I would know something about them.

Oh! Hey England! You contributed pretty well too =)

And then the Americans go all "why does the world frakkin hates us"? while chewing caloric bombs with the name of "hamburgers".

About Portugal: 1 word of warning. You might not notice us, but if you look closely, you're bound to find one of us. We have been invaded by Moors, French, Spaniards and Romans. None have remained. We're one of the oldest countries in the world with it's borders unchanged. We still remain independent. We are everywhere and we are everlasting, even if our land is small, our reach is great.

We rule nothing and are ruled by no one.

See, now we're starting to respect you. This smack talk stuff is a delicate balance!