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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!

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

Excellent!

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

Technically this is the video game equivalent of CPR.

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

I remember having some of your canuckian beer man.

that stuff's liquid crack!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

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.

DarkFlameWolf wrote:Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

Love that level, shame no one plays it.

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

Make it stop, make it stop!

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.

DarkFlameWolf wrote:Suggest Chocobo World for a fun battle.

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

Who could ash for anything more?