Comments on: Internet Goblins

By: Lithilk

Lithilk — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:31:05 +0000

When I downloaded Americas Army, I played one match and was immediatly recruited into a clan called ’7-Samurai’. I haven’t a clue why, I nearly TKed them all. I had them in my xfire list and spoke to them a few times, and I soon realised they had some kind of Samurai-family relationship. They respected each other and most of them were *very* good players.

One lad called Slater went on a map with me and taught all he knew to me on it. It was very much like I was his sidekick. He taught me to bounce smoke grenades off ceilings so they land next to the objective and to travel quickly across open ground. He was my teacher and idol. I looked up to him like I would a father.

The only person I have truly hated on a server, is Whiste2004. I remembered his name because he was so annoying. On HL2 Deathmatch, he ran around with a crowbar, hacking me to death as I Gravity Gunned some other people. It pleased me alot when I got him square on the face with someone elses grenade. ^_^

By: tom

tom — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:24:34 +0000

WoW has pretty much become my IRC of choice, at 60 im finding little to do other than hang out typing emotes and bitching about content ;)

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:12:17 +0000

Graham – you’d be welcome to join Statecorp if you want to play Eve. We have quite a good community going, as Jim said…

*Unofficial recruitment officer for Statecorp…*

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:15:48 +0000

Oh REALLY :D

You’ll find me, as you know, slinking about in Undercity these days..

*mumble mumble wasn’t half bad mumble*

Alice / Crys

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:39:14 +0000

Yeah. Back in my CS days I ran into someone I recognised from my XvT-modding days. I was all like “Dude! Small ‘net, huh? CT high-five!”

And he was all “wtf”

And I was “Oh yeah, I changed my screen name since then, didn’t I?” And I told him who I really was.

And he was all “wtf”

And then I remembered I’d barely addressed a single message board post to him ever. And then he AWP’d me. Bitch.

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:34:31 +0000

Almost all my friendships were forged due to a shared affinity for the same game, and even today games are more fun when, as a group, we forge new paths into unexplored territory. The only problem is that I find myself a lot more reluctant these days to make new friends, and when it comes to games that no one I know plays – such as Eve – then I find I have difficulty getting into them as a result.

I’ve been in clans, guilds and corporations. I’ve talked to people from all over the world, gamed with people from all over the world. I’ve printed out floorplans and hung tactics on my wall before competitive CS matches. But these days I just want one other person in the server I know and can make sarcastic comments with, or who I can trust to control the turret on the back of the jeep without being an utter cockmonger.

Perhaps I just haven’t found the right game yet though, and when I do friendships will be formed by simply playing it naturally.

Point taken anyway. I’d kick your ass at Quake 3. (Not really).