[General Battuta]

we've been telling him that for a LONG time.

YOU ARE DUMB 2

Seriously though, crying about the only thing keeping PC gaming alive just doesn't...strike me as very wise. If you lose Steam you know where PC gaming is going next, right? It's called OnLive and it means the death of modding and all we hold dear. All this whining about Steam just seems so short-sighted when the alternative is so terrible.

[General Battuta]

I played a bunch of this game today, it was okay. (demoknight in the house) Not the worst thing ever.

[Hades]

That's not the point. A offline application, like a singleplayer game, should not require you to be online.

It doesn't require you to be online all the time, just once and then you can turn on offline mode for the rest of your pitiful existence if you so please. This whole argument just seems to be a silly 'it's singleplayer so out of principle it should not use the internet while being used' even though your internet would most likely be on while you're playing the game anyway...

[Mongoose]

Yeah, I can almost see arguing the point out of principle, and there have been some always-on implementations of the concept that can get really obnoxious, but the fact of the matter is that you're pretty much always going to have an active Internet connection anyway.  I just don't see it being any sort of inconvenience.

[bigchunk1]

I played this game a bit last night for the first time ever.

I can see why people like it so much, it's very much a team based game: fast paced and tactical all at the same time. All the classes have their own unique way to fight, and if you play your class right you really help your team out. 

The spy is cool, probably one of the most unique ways to play I have seen in an FPS. I kept trying desperately to get behind the enemy team and bust out the knife on some medics, engineers and snipers. I've gotten lucky with the pyro a few times as well, good fun indeed.

Only hard time I had was finding a good server, but I imagine I would have better luck if I knew the game modes better and played with the filters more.

[AtomicClucker]

I played this game a bit last night for the first time ever.

I can see why people like it so much, it's very much a team based game: fast paced and tactical all at the same time. All the classes have their own unique way to fight, and if you play your class right you really help your team out. 

The spy is cool, probably one of the most unique ways to play I have seen in an FPS. I kept trying desperately to get behind the enemy team and bust out the knife on some medics, engineers and snipers. I've gotten lucky with the pyro a few times as well, good fun indeed.

Only hard time I had was finding a good server, but I imagine I would have better luck if I knew the game modes better and played with the filters more.

Play with people you like, that's what makes TF2 enjoyable. Playing on a certain server or group really makes the difference and make OP changes or items negligent when you've grown accustomed to fellow play styles.

[Mongoose]

Yeah, I think the real key to having fun with this game over the long-term is finding a few good servers and playing with some of the same people over an extended period of time.  I lucked into finding a quality n00b server when I first started playing, and more recently I've become a regular on the OverClocked ReMix servers, which have a great crowd of regulars.

(also holy crap Battman, you've been in-game just about every time I've checked my friends list today)

[General Battuta]

THIS GAME IS RUINED let's play some more of it

fake edit: you must be checking your friends lists on even numbered minutes because on odd numbered ones i'm crashing

[Mongoose]

Damn, that's bad luck.  I get the rare hl2.exe crash myself, but never that frequently.

[General Battuta]

Gonna play some more of this terrible game now, **** you Mongoose I'm supposed to be finishing Deus Ex

[Hades]

Gonna play some more of this terrible game now, **** you Mongoose I'm supposed to be finishing Deus Ex

Considering both choices are pretty terrible I can kinda see how you can have trouble deciding which to play

[General Battuta]

Gonna play some more of this terrible game now, **** you Mongoose I'm supposed to be finishing Deus Ex

Considering both choices are pretty terrible I can kinda see how you can have trouble deciding which to play

Oh you're good baby, you're real good

[Angelus]

Gonna play some more of this terrible game now, **** you Mongoose I'm supposed to be finishing Deus Ex

Considering both choices are pretty terrible I can kinda see how you can have trouble deciding which to play

Oh you're good baby, you're real good

that's what he ... she said

[Mongoose]

Gonna play some more of this terrible game now, **** you Mongoose I'm supposed to be finishing Deus Ex

I win!

[NGTM-1R]

Considering both choices are pretty terrible I can kinda see how you can have trouble deciding which to play

You are a part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take him away!

[karajorma]

YOU ARE DUMB 2

Some people never know when to stop pushing. Enjoy your two week monkeying.

[General Battuta]

Yeah that was pretty clearly a self-deprecating joke, and Klaustrophobia and I have been corresponding cordially, but carry on (it is important that we remain absolutely humorless, or we might fail to achieve our monthly drama quota)

[Zacam]

We don't have a Monthly Drama Quota, unless you mean the number 0 which we've so far managed to always fail to hit.

And any that does happen, should probably stay in GenDisc anyway.

I -have- been trying to tell you that you need to stop pushing things.

[Klaustrophobia]

Yeah that was pretty clearly a self-deprecating joke, and Klaustrophobia and I have been corresponding cordially, but carry on (it is important that we remain absolutely humorless, or we might fail to achieve our monthly drama quota)

you've got to work on your internet delivery.  i got the sarcasm this time, but to be honest a lot of the time it really does just look like you're being an ass for the hell of it. 

(i still don't think steam saved PC gaming either )

[StarSlayer]

We don't have a Monthly Drama Quota, unless you mean the number 0 which we've so far managed to always fail to hit.

And any that does happen, should probably stay in GenDisc anyway.

I -have- been trying to tell you that you need to stop pushing things.

If you want to execute it to maximum effect you should make sure there are some seriously juicy topics discussed in GD while he's conscripted in the Royal Flying Monkey Corps.  Sorry batts, I love you like an internet forum acquaintance I've never met in person but the image of you sitting on the edge of your seat in impotent frustrated rage while GD ascends to the edge of heaven and the depths of disaster gives me a special feeling in the cockles of my heart, maybe below the cockles.

maybe even in the colon... I don't know