Well I can't say that I'm suprised...

Armagon · Post by **Armagon** » 17-03-2004 21:59

I was just waiting for a thread like this to pop up: Empty
And this one which was made yesterday: DB finally dead?

This is without question the lowest point our aussie DB community has seen.

priior · Post by **priior** » 17-03-2004 23:56

maybe you guys need to do an effort like us NA guys.. and start mingling on irc with the "nasty" europpeans

-plær- · Post by **-plær-** » 18-03-2004 00:17

unfortunately, you can also play db with euros, and you have somewhat coincidental timezones.

I'd love for arma + co to chill in dbpickup, but I'm not sure it's a realistic possibility /o\

Scotteh · Post by **Scotteh** » 18-03-2004 03:32

go for it, you'll prolly find a lot of us na peeps staying up really late sometimes, mostly on weekends

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 18-03-2004 08:05

zomg armagon we just finished a league and on top of that the server is down atm what do you expect. when the server was up there were 3v3 and 4v4 games nearly every night, and when it returns i dont see it changing too drastically. me pok potato and cir are always up for a game and join at nearly every db spam o_O gg pointless thread

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 18-03-2004 13:43

lol ;p

It's been a long time since I've been on the ozforces server..maybe THATS why!

Naww

Really feel sorry for Ozzies, just a chain reaction =\

Can't you guys like..go nocturnal? <3

fs|Pele · Post by **fs|Pele** » 20-03-2004 19:21

well

grom's post on the ozforums is soo true

deathball has been going from a fun game to a professional game where everything has to be exact .

you could ask for older things to come back but stubberness keeps davidm and others from giving us a deathball that people like to play --

when i started deathball i played on the sop server and i lagged but i had fun

now i play on pickups and fw because i think i HAVE to perform and because deathball has become too competetive(?). you go play on 1234 server and miss a chance or give a dumb pass that gets intercepted and you get "noob" all over you even by people who do things like that themselfs.

in 1.4b in my school there were 15!!!!! guys who played deathball daily. now there are ....2 (me + a friend). the reasons are the above + no surprises or expetionalities in the game. no tricks ...
+ only 1 map = boring . i have no idea why im still here ...but that might be because i hope for times like 1.4b where we all takes things the noobway and go play more on publics instead of hanging around pickups thinking were too good for publics or you might look dumb in publics when you lose with a team of noobs.

well deathball is dead since 1.6 and its unrevivable.

the gameplay is the mainfact in deathball and that has been killed brutally number of times because someone found a trick to score or pass the defense or defend better ...but with new changes become counterchanges by the opposite team . its the way of life , of everything and it shouldnt be taken out .

makush · Post by **makush** » 20-03-2004 19:55

fs|Pele wrote:
you could ask for older things to come back but stubberness keeps davidm and others from giving us a deathball that people like to play --

Please don't blame DavidM and "others" for stubborness since current DB is pretty much what community has asked. I'm sorry if it's not what excatly _You_ want, but it sure is what majority of community has requested.

I take that as sort of insult since I have been asked to code lots of stuff that me, DavidM or anyone else in our team has not needed, but it has been done because community has wanted it.

So please, don't call us stubborn or say that we don't do what people want. If you want certain gameplay, just go and ask somebody to code a mutator for your needs. I don't do it, because I know that only minority would use it.

Post by **DavidM** » 20-03-2004 23:35

period

insane, this post was just....so totally dumb, pele
impressive how you even contradict yourself several times..... -_-

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 20-03-2004 23:51

yeh, its really sad to see ppl bitching with game developers...

every game developer works hard to fulfill the wishes of the majority of gamers, it reminds me of those bitching about ut2k4 being shite...

GazMaN · Post by **GazMaN** » 21-03-2004 01:35

at last db is starting to be the mod that it should have been.

Less bugs = better gameplay

gg all!!!!

BlackFlame · Post by **BlackFlame** » 21-03-2004 02:12

the fact is there will always be someone who doesnt like a game, so rather than bitch at the makers either;

1) dont play it
2) go code a game to suit your own needs

Catalyst88 · Post by **Catalyst88** » 21-03-2004 02:34

Personally, despite the rather public disputes between myself and DavidM/TV, I still admire what they've done to make DB what it is today. I'll even admit that DavidM is a fairly astute designer. I think it has a LOT of potential now 2k4's come out, and all of the changes I've seen for 1.9b have been good. The fact that there is still a pretty big community atests to that - and it IS a big community, for a mod especially. We just need to be more welcoming of new players (make it less of a learning curve, for a start - i know there are plans to open a newbie pickup channel) and watch it grow for 2k4.

[1234]Jr · Post by **[1234]Jr** » 21-03-2004 11:44

Catalyst88 wrote: Personally, despite the rather public disputes between myself and DavidM/TV, I still admire what they've done to make DB what it is today. I'll even admit that DavidM is a fairly astute designer. I think it has a LOT of potential now 2k4's come out, and all of the changes I've seen for 1.9b have been good. The fact that there is still a pretty big community atests to that - and it IS a big community, for a mod especially. We just need to be more welcoming of new players (make it less of a learning curve, for a start - i know there are plans to open a newbie pickup channel) and watch it grow for 2k4.

...and today shall be, TV DAY!

*fireworks* *ticker tape* *music*

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 21-03-2004 15:39

although its a big community, u have to admit that for a mod "Counter-Strike" has a slighty bigger community

DB will grow with UT2k4... Ut2k3 never got much success and that affected DB's potential.