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[Shady's Fox]

i kept it up to date until 6 years ago, all way since 2008.. and finally, had a pause where we all celebrated the end of a never to come back era and had a heroic closing. I hosted a event and that was it.

 

[thujone]

matchmaking was the death of gaming

the golden era of multiplayer fps was when community servers were standard

mmorpg type games are more tolerant of latency but fps games are impossible past a certain ping

so as a CS gamer i'd always filter the server list by ping, as we did, and toronto servers would be at the top of the list

gamers in toronto area would try to join up on toronto servers and a core group of regulars was always there through the years. we'd get to know each other on comms and the servers grew communities and we'd even meet up for BBQs. it was ppl from all walks of life - young, old, guys, girls...

also gamed with ppl i've met from BL, we'd split an 8-ball and mob a 24/7 cybercafe for some fy_iceworld

IIRC, I first heard about BL from someone I met through CS.

gaming had its own subculture here in the golden era. one of the first viral web series (pre-YT) was even about a degenerate toronto gamer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_pwnage

twenty years later... i probably wouldn't be gaming anymore if my job weren't about gaming but it is so... reloads

 

[shabih]

depends on the game. FPS sucks with a controller because you can't place the cursor precisely, but a flying game would be better with a controller that has a joystick

say that to shinji ikari

 

[Didgital]

Just curious. Does anyone here play EVE?
I tried it but learning curve is super steep.
Seems like a cool game though.