Hey people!!
I write this still deep in Southern Italy, in a region where there are no taxis, no public transport, limited 3g, and i have to (somehow) get to cafes to play, and struggle to connect to (grrrr more below)! How are you all? I have MUCH to share this week, including videos, and discussion on some of the comments in last weeks comments section (well, actually the comments were attached to the post from 2 weeks ago, since I didn’t have time to write a report last week), anyway, ill discuss these things below, in the meantime, I invite you to turn your focus the upcoming episode of that immortal battlefield, this weeks:
What: Weekly AGR Session
Where: tastyspleen.net:26666
When: Sunday 22:00 GMT. Convert this to your timezone here.
Who: People who have internet access.
Why: Because the gameplay sucks without it.
MAP SCHEDULE
1. flib10b (52 minutes)
Small, yet …big.
2. oppose1 (52 minutes*)
Upper room D is safest, though.. surprise me.
3. well6 (52 minutes*)
Remember: the water path can be detted shut now!!
4. YOU CHOOSE (52 minutes*)
Map voting will be ON
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AGR VENTRILLO SERVER
We use a voice chat ventrillo for voice chat during AGR games. Download it, install it, and connect to 78.129.193.9, port 4298, AGR (Red+Blue) channels. Password is sent to those on the AGR Mailing List, but if you ask nicely during the game, someone might help you out.
DEMOS
Thanks to Sapphired, this Session (and previous ones) will be available for download here.
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OMC’s tip: If you’re in touch w any old skool players, please let them know of our sacred gathering!
VIDEOS!!
I made a video of a very frustrated OMC trying to connect to last weeks Session. Luckily, *eventually* I DID connect and was able to play a few games … before the cafe (which I was wifi-ing to) closed (mid game); I continued playing for a while outside.. sitting on the ground using a bench for a ‘table’.. until the (now closed) cafe switched off its modem… ugh.. My battery was about to die anyway.. still.. I got to enjoy a nice rock2, and a bit of ditch2.. but at the time this vid was made, I was ready to give up.. unfortunately I had already told someone to pick me up at 3:15am (2 hours later!) So I just kept trying.. and (for some reason) it finally worked.. [ok im having trouble logging into the AGR youtube site, please check http://www.youtube.com/agrmania to see if I successfully uploaded the vid)
SPAM
I REALLY enjoyed watching the demos, BUT a few things pissed me off, the main one is being forced to read non game related talk, which is against the server rules. This includes:
1. What music people are listening to.
2. Personal bickering and insults.
3. AGR bashing.
A reminder to the newbies: the PURPOSE of the Weekly AGR Session is to provide a place for intelligent, dedicated gamers to play focused, organised TF. AGR itself is meant to be a clan match simulator, so a ‘clan match attitude’ is expected. Intermissions are there for chitchat, insults, and yes even AGR bashing… But NOT games. I will remind admins to please make sure the server rules are followed, and players can play without distractions. Remember, there’s nothing to stop people joining the AGR server (or any other server) at any other time during the week, and do/say what they want. But the PURPOSE of the Weekly AGR Session is to SERIOUSLY PLAY TF – this is the server I always wished existed, people!
NON-REGISTERED PLAYERS
I notice watching the demos that a few regular players (for some reason) are not registered. If so, please contact me.
DEMOS
OK, the demo list is getting kinda big, we need some system to remember what games featured what bits.. A few months back I started to get picky, and only record the games which IMHO were excellent however, if I’m not there for many games, this gets difficult, because i don’t always have time to watch demos. So if YOU think a particular game was excellent and would like the demo uploaded – let me know. Btw I just uploaded a few games from the last few weeks:
town4_08072012 (featuring the new ‘random’ respawns)
teritory_15072012 (wasnt there but the demo looked interesting)
rock2_15072012 (good but not great (imho) game)
preskoola_15072012
crowns1_15072012
(Both GG’s .. even though I couldnt play 🙁 )
see you Sunday!!
OneManClan
I’ll be playing this week 🙂
Hello OMC, mama mia. How’s Italy? Is it like a paradise in summer? Hot chicks everywhere?
Omc, may u upload game on 2fort5r just before your trip, it was such a strugle never seen in AGR history. EPIC for sure. U played it when gone.
OMC sabotaging issue should be solved, it’s not good as an activity, it’s brain damage and retards ‘activity’ its negative. I propose to ban players for 1 month for serious sabotage. Its all discussed on AGR forum anyway. Arent talking about…. D…head.
May be well should be replaced with cloudy? Oldschool maps are not so fun now imo.
>teritory_15072012 (wasnt there but the demo >looked interesting)
Yeah OMC man we played kinda 4v4 and was not so bad, ppl teach how to play on it. So may be we can put this map in main map clip once a month or so.
BTW, prev session we played well on crowns, team play and stuff, blue did a GG job, all players were playing serious and result was just epic awersome for blues. May be i missed maps but it was kinda crowns.
My map choice for todays session:
-north1
-oppose
-cloudy/caverns/rock2
-canyon
HF, see ya
Last week the school map we played I expected to be stupid and was sorely mistaken when I thought I’d be able to unstoppably cap using martyr (that scream is still funny as hell every time btw, lol)
I actually liked the simplicity of the map, and though it might not be appropriate for larger games, it worked well for a smaller group of players I thought.
Hope to be there tonight.
It was best session ever played:
teamplay marks for oppose map 10/10 for blue, epic teamplay.
Demos plz. So epic
Demos are up!!
Awesome flib10b and an EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, BRILLIANTLY INTENSE oppose1! Uploaded bam4 (should I have?), and didnt upload the abysmal well6 (good call?). Awesome, engrossing (and exhausting!) 1st 2 games – I needed a shower afterwards!! 🙂
well6 ended on red (Haze) domination like 12-4, but sometimes blue were very good. Yes it worth uploading.
Bam4 – major players quit, not worth uploading.
Ok, well6 is up.
Oh, thanks!
I was hoping to review the well6 from Haze’s perspective.
may be i’ll made video overview on oppose with commentary. need to watch it. gg action begin from 14 minutes
Dude, u smart chaplan work was very usefull on well6 and oppose.
Yep, I think I’m going to use Chaplan more often to try to counter speedhoppers. Only other thing I can think to do is use the airfist.
Reviewed the demo of well6 from Haze’s perspective. What I can’t fathom is how cheating is fun to you or anyone else who cheats. You’re ruining the game for yourself as well as others. By not even attempting skill or strategy you are missing out on the elements that make the game fun.
If cheating is fun to you I just ask that you do it in a single-player game or a game where it doesn’t ruin the experience for other people.
Hopefully you’ll try playing instead of cheating this week.
Haven’t bothered to watch the demo of Haze “cheating”. I know it goes on with some of the players….but I don’t really care anymore. It’s not like OMC is going to hand out bans to them.
See you Sunday (today!) hurrah
Well, you might be right about that. *Salute* See you later, Wolf. Hooah!