My New Roomate Loves Descent!

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:18 pm

My new room-mate loves Descent! After showing him D3 we played the first 8 levels in Co-op in three nights.

Turns out he has a Pilots License and totally loves the six degrees of freedom and can relate to the concept. He's pretty advanced for a new player and is able to pilot his ship without too much wall-banging and \"upside down stuck moments\".

He also likes the bot AI, however he does dislike the thief bot.

He even put in a separate NIC card to hook up to one of my routers near his room so he can join up with the lowest ping

One day soon I'll lead him to the mayhem and slaughter in the MP world! Brought back memories of when I first discovered Descent... he's definitely hooked!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:40 pm

Hopefully he doesn't get used to living too long, because multiplayer doesn't allow that luxury like co-op does.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:42 pm

Excellent!

My younger brother is just starting to get back into D3, as well. Maybe Descent has more life in it than we knew!

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:24 pm

Technically this is the video game equivalent of CPR.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:32 pm

I almost had him convinced to go online just a few minutes ago... then he said, \"No way I'll just get worked!\" That and he just finished pounding 4 beer, (Canuckian Beer) at buddies house and felt he was no longer in any shape to play. I countered the drunken flying will help gameplay because of the randomness of the flight line

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:56 am

I remember having some of your canuckian beer man.

that stuff's liquid crack!

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:00 am

People play sober?...now there's a thought.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:11 am

If he thinks playing single will prepare him to play multi he's sadly mistaken. I had played D1 and D2 for like 3 years and I thought I was a hot player. Then I got Kali and got my (_o_) handed to me for another 3 months till I got the hang of it.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:14 am

Tell him do not play Subway Dancer or Abend if he wants to get good!

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:29 pm

Ferno wrote:I remember having some of your canuckian beer man.

that stuff's liquid crack!

Hehe next time I get some I'll give you a PM and you can come out and visit and help me drink the 88 glasses I get out of each canister, comes with downstairs futon within stumbling distance to half bath included

However I've never gotten ill from the stuff, even after several Liters, foggy and dry if I didn't drink water before bed, but never a hangover... for real.

You think that was liquid crack? That was a light Lager, 4.2-4.5%. Try the Dark Bitter at 7%, or my favorite... his Christmas Bok 6.5% with outstanding flavor and very crisp and clean finishes. I need someone coming from the flatlands on their way West to deliver them though. Or maybe I can bribe a Courier Driver that likes beer... Hmmm.

*Oh and I want to start my buddy off in CTF, the competition and skill level is fiercer for a new player but I learned more in there than most Anarchy games.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:19 pm

BUBBALOU wrote:Tell him do not play Subway Dancer or Abend if he wants to get good!

Yeah, good at playing Subway Dancer. I'd recommend him playing as many different levels as he can. Have him play against you to get a feel for what NOT to do, and give him tips as you go. After a few weeks of that, he'll be ready to go live and lose with dignity online.

And, awesome, man. We can always use another player.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:20 pm

Introduce him to REAL Descent.

(Thats D1 for all you newbies out there) I guarantee he'll like that a bit better.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:21 pm

MD-2389 wrote:Introduce him to REAL Descent. (Thats D1 for all you newbies out there) I guarantee he'll like that a bit better.

w3rd

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:37 pm

yeah.. D1 and Minerva .... (*BARRF!**)

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:31 pm

D1 is for the people who can look past the graphics and general lack of a modern interface/control system (granted, it's better than Doom in the latter respect, but still). I don't care, but people playing D3 usually do.

DarkFlameWolf · Post by **DarkFlameWolf** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:28 am

Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

Kiran · Post by **Kiran** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:15 am

Tyranny wrote:
MD-2389 wrote:Introduce him to REAL Descent. (Thats D1 for all you newbies out there) I guarantee he'll like that a bit better.
w3rd

agreed.

Speaking of which, I needa start playing D1 again... *looks at calendar and sighs* got another 5.5 weeks before I'm done with the semester.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:32 am

DarkFlameWolf wrote:Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

Love that level, shame no one plays it.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:29 am

Oh God... *ba-DA-DA, da-da, DEE-DEE, da-da...\"

Make it stop, make it stop!

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:01 am

CDN_Merlin wrote:
DarkFlameWolf wrote:Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.
Love that level, shame no one plays it.

Huh? I've played it twice in the past month, and the game has always filled up (8 or 10 players).

Anyway, yeah, it's a good level, very well-spaced.

Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:52 am

DarkFlameWolf wrote:Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

Inane music, cute Final Fantasy birdies, and mass drivers.

Who could ash for anything more?

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