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[Danny Ocean]

This is mah steam ID [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198008688451]

Add me for L4D and TF2.


Also, i try to join that server, it says it has different class tables.

I just got COD: World at War (Those Steam deals are just too good to resist).

Done and done.

DM: Are you using a mod?

TMan10112: It's so much easier to resist when you have to ask someone else for everything!

 

[TomBeraha]

Hmm add me for L4D and TF2, steamid "tomberaha" [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005014096/]. And add a request to get Company of Heroes added, if Dawn of War can be there, this should be too, I'd love to have some regular people to play with / against.

 

[Liverandbacon]

Hmm add me for L4D and TF2, steamid "tomberaha" [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005014096/]. And add a request to get Company of Heroes added, if Dawn of War can be there, this should be too, I'd love to have some regular people to play with / against.

Dawn of War is there, since at the time the group was created, not too many people had it, the group is for both the first game and its expansions, and the second. I think most people in the group have the 2nd though.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Hmm add me for L4D and TF2, steamid "tomberaha" [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005014096/]. And add a request to get Company of Heroes added, if Dawn of War can be there, this should be too, I'd love to have some regular people to play with / against.

Dawn of War is there, since at the time the group was created, not too many people had it, the group is for both the first game and its expansions, and the second. I think most people in the group have the 2nd though.

He means we should have a CoH list and group because we have a DOW group. DOWII is quite similar to CoH so I can see his point, though. We'll see.

 

[Liverandbacon]

Hmm add me for L4D and TF2, steamid "tomberaha" [http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198005014096/]. And add a request to get Company of Heroes added, if Dawn of War can be there, this should be too, I'd love to have some regular people to play with / against.

Dawn of War is there, since at the time the group was created, not too many people had it, the group is for both the first game and its expansions, and the second. I think most people in the group have the 2nd though.

He means we should have a CoH list and group because we have a DOW group. DOWII is quite similar to CoH so I can see his point, though. We'll see.

Oh, when I read "this", I thought it was applying to Dawn of War. I interpreted it as "We should add COH, and if Dawn of war can also be added, it should be too." Your interpretation makes much more sense though.

 

[Danny Ocean]

[HEADING=2]Update![/HEADING]
Oki-Dokey, PC clan!

[HEADING=1]Danny Ocean Needs You![/HEADING]
[li]I've updated the OP with some new colours since the site re-format, tell me what you think, I'm new to this whole aestheticpleasure thing.[/li]


[li]I'm thinking that the front page needs a new image, if you've got an awesome image/caption combo post it here and I'll pick the best one for the OP! So, go fire up your favourite game and get shooting![/li]

[li]Don't forget to sign up for the TF2 Tournament [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournament/tf2/] and the Left 4 Dead league! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.79315#1009128] Come on! I can see all these steam group members and only a tiny fraction are signing up! Let's get snappy![/li]
Especially for this!

I'm going to try and put together a weekly or bi-weekly PC gaming newsletter-type-thing for the PC thread. Partly to keep you informed, and partly to put my hours of wasted browsing to good use! Budding news hounds, article writers, machinimists, hardware enthusiasts, in-game photographers, guides and tutorials needed!
I plan to include a set number of articles every newsletter which I will draw from a pool of submissions, and I'm going to need a lot of submissions in case I get a...uh...dry spell... of articulation!

PM me for details, and get creative!

 

[wordsmith]

Come on East Coast, time to wake up and post the fixtures! It's 9;38AM, and I need to figure out who's playing when.

Danny- Remember, the fewer people in the tourney, the more likely you are to bag an non-cidered keyboard

 

[Liverandbacon]

[HEADING=2]Update![/HEADING]
Oki-Dokey, PC clan!

[HEADING=1]Danny Ocean Needs You![/HEADING]
[li]I've updated the OP with some new colours since the site re-format, tell me what you think, I'm new to this whole aestheticpleasure thing.[/li]


[li]I'm thinking that the front page needs a new image, if you've got an awesome image/caption combo post it here and I'll pick the best one for the OP! So, go fire up your favourite game and get shooting![/li]

[li]Don't forget to sign up for the TF2 Tournament [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tournament/tf2/] and the Left 4 Dead league! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.79315#1009128] Come on! I can see all these steam group members and only a tiny fraction are signing up! Let's get snappy![/li]
Especially for this!

I'm going to try and put together a weekly or bi-weekly PC gaming newsletter-type-thing for the PC thread. Partly to keep you informed, and partly to put my hours of wasted browsing to good use! Budding news hounds, article writers, machinimists, hardware enthusiasts, in-game photographers, guides and tutorials needed!
I plan to include a set number of articles every newsletter which I will draw from a pool of submissions, and I'm going to need a lot of submissions in case I get a...uh...dry spell... of articulation!

PM me for details, and get creative!

I like most of the colors, except for the yellow of "events". It makes my eyes hurt.

As for the L4D league, that thread seems pretty dead, many people have expressed interest in joining certain teams, but either the team leaders haven't noticed, or the team list is in dire need of updating. A lot of the people on the teams also seem to have dropped off of the map (perhaps they were banned), making it hard to coordinate things. All of that adds up to make it pretty unclear as to where one is meant to post to join a team and play.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Come on East Coast, time to wake up and post the fixtures! It's 9;38AM, and I need to figure out who's playing when.

Danny- Remember, the fewer people in the tourney, the more likely you are to bag an non-cidered keyboard

This is a good point. Can every other team please withdraw?

I like most of the colors, except for the yellow of "events". It makes my eyes hurt.

As for the L4D league, that thread seems pretty dead, many people have expressed interest in joining certain teams, but either the team leaders haven't noticed, or the team list is in dire need of updating. A lot of the people on the teams also seem to have dropped off of the map (perhaps they were banned), making it hard to coordinate things. All of that adds up to make it pretty unclear as to where one is meant to post to join a team and play.

I know, I'll message Caliostro about it, see what he can do. We might need to re-start it.

 

[Octorok]

Well, I'm new to PC gaming, but sign me up for TF2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty 4, and Garry's Mod.

Oh, and I'm looking to join the L4D league maybe.
I'll PM you my Steam ID.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Well, I'm new to PC gaming, but sign me up for TF2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty 4, and Garry's Mod.

Oh, and I'm looking to join the L4D league maybe.
I'll PM you my Steam ID.

Done and done,check out the thread if you want to join, but I'll need to get Caliostro to re-assess the teams.

 

[Goodluf]

I only have Left 4 Dead for PC, but I have already joined the Escapist group for it in Steam. You can add me anyway.

Steam profile name: The_Dante

 

[pnut345]

hey i just joined 2day. and i was wondering is it ok for anyone to join the escapists clan?

my steam tag is pnut345 if u want to add me...

cheers

 

[pnut345]

hey i just joined 2day. and i was wondering is it ok for anyone to join the escapists clan?

my steam tag is pnut345 if u want to add me...

cheers

 

[Mongodyr]

I have CS:S (Steam tag dean_phantom), Unreal Tournament III and CoD:WAW.
Ohh, and Guild Wars, but I'm pretty much inactive.

 

[Danny Ocean]

I only have Left 4 Dead for PC, but I have already joined the Escapist group for it in Steam. You can add me anyway.

Steam profile name: The_Dante

I have CS:S (Steam tag dean_phantom), Unreal Tournament III and CoD:WAW.
Ohh, and Guild Wars, but I'm pretty much inactive.

Done and done.

hey i just joined 2day. and i was wondering is it ok for anyone to join the escapists clan?

my steam tag is pnut345 if u want to add me...

cheers

Well, I think it would be beneficial for you to get involved a bit more so you can get to know some of the other forum goers. You've only got two posts, and one is a double!
You can join, of course, but I need to know which lists to add you to!

 

[Danny Ocean]

Spoiler: Server Details

Ok, now that the tournament is over, I've opened the tournament servers back up and restructured things a little. We now have the following servers available:

alpha.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:13013 [steam://connect/alpha.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:13013]
beta.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:14014 [steam://connect/beta.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:14014]
uk.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:13013 [steam://connect/uk.tf2.escapistmagazine.com:13013]

Alpha and Beta are both located in Chicago. I have a second server available there (was running Gamma and Delta for tournament), but in an effort to keep people playing together, I'm going to wait until Alpha is regularly full before adding more.

The UK server is obviously in the UK for all of our Escapists across the pond. I still have a relatively decent connection to it from here in North Carolina, so hopefully it has a slightly better connection for some of our users.

Server configuration:

Alpha and UK are set up with Valve's full non arena map list currently:

cp_granary
pl_hoodoo_final
cp_dustbowl
cp_junction_final
ctf_well
cp_egypt_final
plr_pipeline
cp_badlands
ctf_turbine
cp_steel
pl_goldrush
cp_well
cp_fastlane
pl_badwater
cp_gravelpit

Alltalk and crits are on. This server is for fun, and if you really want to isolate voice, feel free to use our mumble server (At mumble.escapistmagazine.com [http://mumble.sf.net/])

As we get regular users, we'll tweak things a bit more in map cycle and things like shortening the rounds on (ugh) 2fort.

Beta is running Valve's arena maps:

arena_nucleus
arena_well
arena_sawmill
arena_badlands
arena_lumberyard
arena_granary
arena_watchtower
arena_ravine

Crits and Alltalk are OFF for the arena maps. It's more competitive gameplay, so it makes sense.


All the maps have sourcemod with a fairly basic setup at this time. If anyone has good ideas for plugins, I'm open to suggestions. I may set up a test server on gamma/delta for new maps/plugins/etc down the line once we have the people playing to support it.

Also, Rock the Vote is enabled on all the servers, which lets the players call for a map vote. To do so, just type rtv in chat, and if 60% of the people playing vote for a new map, the server will immediately switch.

We should have a more appropriate location for this post soon, but I'm leaving the thread in the tournament forum for now.

If you're looking for players and there are none on the servers, you will probably be able to find some in the Escapist IRC channel [/chat] (irc.escapistmagazine.com #escapist [irc://irc.escapistmagazine.com:6667/escapist]). Come say hi!

 

[Sir Ollie]

With the Lucasarts games coming out today are you going to add Battlefront 2 to the list?

 

[Lordmarkus]

Please add me to TF2, L4D and COD 4. I have CS:S, WaW and HL2 deathmatch but I barely play them.

Steamname: Lordmackan. Add me if you want to.

 

[Danny Ocean]

[HEADING=2]Server Report: The TF2 Heavy Boxing Night![/HEADING]
From the Frontlines, to your desks!

A great night of fun and frolicking was had by almost all on the Escapist server last night! With the honourable Blues laying waste to the dastardly, projectile-throwing reds.
[HEADING=2]The Blue Team![/HEADING]

Spoiler: Click me!

[HEADING=2]The Red Team![/HEADING]
[sup]Observe the engineer and sniper, and how disorganised this slovenly bunch was. Ugh.[/sup]

Spoiler: And me!

Kross cheated, for the record. I just think everyone should know that. Please send superfluous limbs to his house.

Having said that, he still couldn't beat us.

Ehehe.

[HEADING=1]____________________________________________________________[/HEADING]

With the Lucasarts games coming out today are you going to add Battlefront 2 to the list?

I wasn't even aware there were games coming out today! I'll make a list for SW: BattleFront 2, I assume you want to be on it?

Please add me to TF2, L4D and COD 4. I have CS:S, WaW and HL2 deathmatch but I barely play them.

Steamname: Lordmackan. Add me if you want to.

Done and Done.