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Greetings from Coyote
Hi everyone,
I've been a longtime contributer to the Omnip)o(tentS forums but haven't really had much incentive to look around for other communities to hang out with. Of course, it's been that way for about 3 years now, so hey, better late than never, I say! I've run into a few HTM folks on the )o( forums and they've all been pretty cool so I figured I drop by and say hi.
Lessee... I've been around for a while (I'm in my mid-thirties) so I was in college when Doom showed up.
I went through Doom, I, II, Quake I, Pathways into Darkness (Mac) and the Marathon series (also Mac) before I discovered online game play. I've been a huge fan of tactical "squad" FPS gaming for a number of years now. My first real online gaming experience was with a little-known Half Life mod called Front Line Force that one of my friends introduced me to. This game was kind of like Counterstrike but with classes (support, assault, recon) and with timed respawns (no sitting out for the rest of the match after you die). in this game, the objective was very similar to UT Assault in that you had a number of objectives that you had to capture in order to win while the other team would be on defense. Then you'd switch sides and play again. The really cool thing was that you got huge benefits for working as a team in this game. For instance, if you were near one or more teammates, you would slowly regenerate health (more guys near==higher health bonuses) and I think your aim and accuracy with your guns was improved. If you killed an enemy near where your teammate was capturing a point, you'd get bonus points. If you were even near a point when it was being captured, you'd get a little point bonus for it. In all, it was a terrific gaming experience and I was really sad to see it go.
After FLF, I started playing UT99 (late bloomer) but by the time I started playing online, everyone knew how to win the AS games in like 3 seconds by launching each other around the map... lol. After that, I wasn't doing a whole lot of online gaming until ut2k4 came out. I didn't even get ut2k3 since all it looked like to me was just fancy graphics on top of my beloved UT99.
Anyway, ONS and AS had me hooked instantly and I soon discovered the )o( servers (32 player AS server, baby!!!) and I played on them most of the time but often visited other servers if they happened to be playing some of my favorite AS maps (Grand Canyon, Ionification, Ballx, Chaos, to name a few). I've only recently gone back to ONS once in a while because )o( has shut down everything but that server.
I've also been a really big fan of UnWheel and played that a lot in 2006/2007. I was sad to see that game finally die off though. The racing engine was absolutely terrific and I got to know a couple of really good racers during that time. I'm also a bit bummed that I missed out on Air Buccaneers when that was still actually played by people. That game looked like it required TONS of teamwork. I've also played a bit of TAM and Freon which was fun, but frankly, I've never been that much of a fan of DM-style games as I much prefer team-based objective games. Frankly, there's nothing quite like the thrill of doing anything it takes (including sacrificing yourself repeatedly) in order to ensure a team win. Good stuff.
Like I said before, I'm in my mid-thirties. I like finding other folks who are near or older to my age range online. If nothing else, it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who is denial about growing up.
I'm married with two kids and really only get a chance to game once in a while in the evenings. Otherwise I just like to hang out online with weird people. Thus, maybe having hung out on the forums with Moo for a few years made me more susceptible to visiting the HTM forums. Moo's got to be one of the weirdest guys I've met online. 
So what's up, folks? I'm just starting to explore the HTM forums now to see what you're all about.
I've been a longtime contributer to the Omnip)o(tentS forums but haven't really had much incentive to look around for other communities to hang out with. Of course, it's been that way for about 3 years now, so hey, better late than never, I say! I've run into a few HTM folks on the )o( forums and they've all been pretty cool so I figured I drop by and say hi.
Lessee... I've been around for a while (I'm in my mid-thirties) so I was in college when Doom showed up.
I went through Doom, I, II, Quake I, Pathways into Darkness (Mac) and the Marathon series (also Mac) before I discovered online game play. I've been a huge fan of tactical "squad" FPS gaming for a number of years now. My first real online gaming experience was with a little-known Half Life mod called Front Line Force that one of my friends introduced me to. This game was kind of like Counterstrike but with classes (support, assault, recon) and with timed respawns (no sitting out for the rest of the match after you die). in this game, the objective was very similar to UT Assault in that you had a number of objectives that you had to capture in order to win while the other team would be on defense. Then you'd switch sides and play again. The really cool thing was that you got huge benefits for working as a team in this game. For instance, if you were near one or more teammates, you would slowly regenerate health (more guys near==higher health bonuses) and I think your aim and accuracy with your guns was improved. If you killed an enemy near where your teammate was capturing a point, you'd get bonus points. If you were even near a point when it was being captured, you'd get a little point bonus for it. In all, it was a terrific gaming experience and I was really sad to see it go. After FLF, I started playing UT99 (late bloomer) but by the time I started playing online, everyone knew how to win the AS games in like 3 seconds by launching each other around the map... lol. After that, I wasn't doing a whole lot of online gaming until ut2k4 came out. I didn't even get ut2k3 since all it looked like to me was just fancy graphics on top of my beloved UT99.
Anyway, ONS and AS had me hooked instantly and I soon discovered the )o( servers (32 player AS server, baby!!!) and I played on them most of the time but often visited other servers if they happened to be playing some of my favorite AS maps (Grand Canyon, Ionification, Ballx, Chaos, to name a few). I've only recently gone back to ONS once in a while because )o( has shut down everything but that server.I've also been a really big fan of UnWheel and played that a lot in 2006/2007. I was sad to see that game finally die off though. The racing engine was absolutely terrific and I got to know a couple of really good racers during that time. I'm also a bit bummed that I missed out on Air Buccaneers when that was still actually played by people. That game looked like it required TONS of teamwork. I've also played a bit of TAM and Freon which was fun, but frankly, I've never been that much of a fan of DM-style games as I much prefer team-based objective games. Frankly, there's nothing quite like the thrill of doing anything it takes (including sacrificing yourself repeatedly) in order to ensure a team win. Good stuff.
Like I said before, I'm in my mid-thirties. I like finding other folks who are near or older to my age range online. If nothing else, it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who is denial about growing up.
I'm married with two kids and really only get a chance to game once in a while in the evenings. Otherwise I just like to hang out online with weird people. Thus, maybe having hung out on the forums with Moo for a few years made me more susceptible to visiting the HTM forums. Moo's got to be one of the weirdest guys I've met online. So what's up, folks? I'm just starting to explore the HTM forums now to see what you're all about.
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