Nuklearpowered L4D2 night - Page 3

Shyria Dracnoir · 09-26-2010, 07:32 PM

Just for that, you're getting the EXTRA dirty needles

Arcanum · 09-26-2010, 08:19 PM

I'd be down for whatever. I just need to actually get L4D2 on Steam. I kinda hijacked my brother's steam account (he never uses it and he had games already on it) so while it might look like I've played a bunch of TF2, that couldn't be farther from the truth. However I have played L4D2 on my 360, so at least I'll know what I'm doing there

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Flarecobra · 09-26-2010, 08:17 PM

Who said it was me that did it?

There ARE other pyros out there ya'know...

Shyria Dracnoir · 09-26-2010, 10:56 PM

Anyone know how to organize group events in Steam? Whenever a bunch of people are free we could post an announcement through there rather than or in addition to cluttering up the forums here

mauve · 09-27-2010, 12:29 AM

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Anyone know how to organize group events in Steam?

As far as setting up an event specifically for the NPF Steam group, my guess is that you have to be an admin to do that. So that's up to... let's see... Synk, 01d55, Fifth, BabyBahamut, and EVILNess.

As far as actual dates and times go, I work an evening shift, so unless the east coast people wanna wait until three a.m. to play, it's probably best if I join in a weekend game.

Lag will probably be a problem no matter what we do, since we're so spread out across the globe, but you never know.

Pip Boy · 09-27-2010, 11:12 AM

Weekend games are most likely to be good for the most people. We seem to have enough interest in TF2 as well that I am saying we declare this event the Nuklear Powered Forums Unlimited 'get your ass on Steam' night.

I'll be playing This Saturday at 6 PM to ???PM in the American Pacific timezone. My Steam nickname is Pip Boy, but my email is bendlee@msn.com if you want to try and find me that way. Again, most of us can also be found through the steam user group NPFU

EDIT: Just a few thoughts about gameplay since we're doing this as a kind of forum collective (damn commies). Since this will clearly be more of a fun for the lulz game night than a SERIUZ BIZNAZ team game night, what do you all think of keeping allspeak on in our L4D2 matches?

EDIT AGAIN: It has just come to my attention that there are apparently two steam groups for this forum. One is Nuklear Power Forums and the other is Nuklear Power Forums unlimited. I think we should default to using the latter because it has more members and a cooler name.

EDIT ANOTHER TIME: Should we move the start time forward or back from 6 to try and reach out to our friends that live in other timezones? Should we try dividing this up specifically into different regions so that pings will be better in our games? Do we even have enough foreigners within any given area to make that a legitimate idea? Are our English pals close enough to the Swedish pals for them to play together? Will I ever start to give a shit about geography? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!

EDIT WHATHEFUCK: So apparently I am an officer in Nuklearpower forums unlimited and either I never noticed or it happened just now since I started this thread.

Fifthfiend · 09-27-2010, 11:58 AM

The non-unlimited Nuklear Power Forums group is a dead group basically, whoever was adminning it disappeared or some shit.

I was gonna set this up for you but it won't let me on the basis of I don't actually own L4D2 and it'll only let you set up events for games you own so you'll have to wait for another admin to do it or for me to buy L4D2.

Your PM didn't mention a date or anything, tentatively I was gonna say Thursday? I like Thursday. I don't know how other people feel about Thursday.

Geminex · 09-27-2010, 12:03 PM

TIME ZONE POOOOWER.

I think all the europeans can play together. The difference is 3 hours at most, and that's survivable.

Americans obviously won't have a problem either.

Australians... if lag's not too bad, they could join the Americans. They're +10 hours, pacific is -8. Means they're 18 hours ahead of you, so it's noon on Sunday down under when the yankees start playing.

Mixing Europeans and Americas... Might work. Lag aside, it's a difference of 8-11 hours. If you start playing at 6 PM, it'll be 2-5 AM here. That won't work, but if you if you moved it forward by three or four hours, Britain would have to get up fairly early for a Sunday. Mind you, it's doable... Europe would just have to get up early and America would get to pull an all-nighter. Australia would still be well-off, though (the bastards), if they can handle the ping.

Edit:
Fifth, if y'wanna have Europeans kill Americans and vice versa, you either need to star another world war, or the game has to be Friday or Saturday evening, American time. Thursday works only for Americans.

Pip Boy · 09-27-2010, 12:28 PM

EvilNess just made me an NPFU admin or something like that, so I put it up myself. Several people already said the weekend, so I put it on Saturday at 6 PM. Hopefully it'll automatically translate timezones for everybody. We're doin TF2 as well so don't skip out just because you don't have L4D2.

Geminex · 09-27-2010, 12:50 PM

Well, first,like I said, if you moved this back by, say, 2 hours (to 8 PM), it'd be a whole lot easier for us Europeans to participate. I mean, unless you don't want us or something, but... NAAAAH. That'd be silly.
Though what ping will a European have on an American server? Can anyone experiment?

Secondly, how're we gonna manage TF2 and L4D2? Parallel games? One first, then the other?

Thirdly, what's up with maps and game modes? Do we decide those beforehand, or spur-of-the-moment? Does Steam have some sort of voting system?

That said, totally attending.

09-26-2010, 07:32 PM	#1
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Just for that, you're getting the EXTRA dirty needles __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

09-26-2010, 08:17 PM	#3
Flarecobra Burn. Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Classified Posts: 11,017	Who said it was me that did it? There ARE other pyros out there ya'know... __________________ "Only the fool wishes to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone." -A Thousand Sons Rules. Read them, know them, love them.

09-26-2010, 10:56 PM	#4
Shyria Dracnoir Kawaii-ju Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Monster Island Posts: 4,240	Anyone know how to organize group events in Steam? Whenever a bunch of people are free we could post an announcement through there rather than or in addition to cluttering up the forums here __________________ Godzilla vs. Gamera (1994)

09-27-2010, 11:12 AM	#6
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Weekend games are most likely to be good for the most people. We seem to have enough interest in TF2 as well that I am saying we declare this event the Nuklear Powered Forums Unlimited 'get your ass on Steam' night. I'll be playing This Saturday at 6 PM to ???PM in the American Pacific timezone. My Steam nickname is Pip Boy, but my email is bendlee@msn.com if you want to try and find me that way. Again, most of us can also be found through the steam user group NPFU EDIT: Just a few thoughts about gameplay since we're doing this as a kind of forum collective (damn commies). Since this will clearly be more of a fun for the lulz game night than a SERIUZ BIZNAZ team game night, what do you all think of keeping allspeak on in our L4D2 matches? EDIT AGAIN: It has just come to my attention that there are apparently two steam groups for this forum. One is Nuklear Power Forums and the other is Nuklear Power Forums unlimited. I think we should default to using the latter because it has more members and a cooler name. EDIT ANOTHER TIME: Should we move the start time forward or back from 6 to try and reach out to our friends that live in other timezones? Should we try dividing this up specifically into different regions so that pings will be better in our games? Do we even have enough foreigners within any given area to make that a legitimate idea? Are our English pals close enough to the Swedish pals for them to play together? Will I ever start to give a shit about geography? FIND OUT NEXT TIME! EDIT WHATHEFUCK: So apparently I am an officer in Nuklearpower forums unlimited and either I never noticed or it happened just now since I started this thread. Last edited by Pip Boy; 09-27-2010 at 11:45 AM.

09-27-2010, 11:58 AM	#7
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	The non-unlimited Nuklear Power Forums group is a dead group basically, whoever was adminning it disappeared or some shit. I was gonna set this up for you but it won't let me on the basis of I don't actually own L4D2 and it'll only let you set up events for games you own so you'll have to wait for another admin to do it or for me to buy L4D2. Your PM didn't mention a date or anything, tentatively I was gonna say Thursday? I like Thursday. I don't know how other people feel about Thursday. __________________ check out my buttspresso

09-26-2010, 08:19 PM	#2
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	I'd be down for whatever. I just need to actually get L4D2 on Steam. I kinda hijacked my brother's steam account (he never uses it and he had games already on it) so while it might look like I've played a bunch of TF2, that couldn't be farther from the truth. However I have played L4D2 on my 360, so at least I'll know what I'm doing there .

09-27-2010, 12:03 PM	#8
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	TIME ZONE POOOOWER. I think all the europeans can play together. The difference is 3 hours at most, and that's survivable. Americans obviously won't have a problem either. Australians... if lag's not too bad, they could join the Americans. They're +10 hours, pacific is -8. Means they're 18 hours ahead of you, so it's noon on Sunday down under when the yankees start playing. Mixing Europeans and Americas... Might work. Lag aside, it's a difference of 8-11 hours. If you start playing at 6 PM, it'll be 2-5 AM here. That won't work, but if you if you moved it forward by three or four hours, Britain would have to get up fairly early for a Sunday. Mind you, it's doable... Europe would just have to get up early and America would get to pull an all-nighter. Australia would still be well-off, though (the bastards), if they can handle the ping. Edit: Fifth, if y'wanna have Europeans kill Americans and vice versa, you either need to star another world war, or the game has to be Friday or Saturday evening, American time. Thursday works only for Americans.

09-27-2010, 12:28 PM	#9
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	EvilNess just made me an NPFU admin or something like that, so I put it up myself. Several people already said the weekend, so I put it on Saturday at 6 PM. Hopefully it'll automatically translate timezones for everybody. We're doin TF2 as well so don't skip out just because you don't have L4D2.

09-27-2010, 12:50 PM	#10
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Well, first,like I said, if you moved this back by, say, 2 hours (to 8 PM), it'd be a whole lot easier for us Europeans to participate. I mean, unless you don't want us or something, but... NAAAAH. That'd be silly. Though what ping will a European have on an American server? Can anyone experiment? Secondly, how're we gonna manage TF2 and L4D2? Parallel games? One first, then the other? Thirdly, what's up with maps and game modes? Do we decide those beforehand, or spur-of-the-moment? Does Steam have some sort of voting system? That said, totally attending.