Something stange is happening to me.......

(Mystiqq) #1

With ET being so time consuming, probably due to a 30min per map usually, its easy to lose track of time. People should start running 3-5 map campaings with lots of variety in maps… instead of 10 maps etc.

heh… “quick game”… classic.

(thegnat) #2

TBH, if you don’t have a larger community that supports 3-5 map campaigns, your server will probably stay empty. For the first months it went all fine with 3 map campaigns, but (lets say 6 months after ET was released) more and more players only connected (and still do) to the 6+ map campaign servers with 32+ slots and the small short-game servers died. There are some servers online that run smaller campaigns, but finding a decent server with about 16 slots is imo hopeless. :disgust:

(Demolama) #3

Ive had this problem for 3+ years now since the first rtcw beta for years Ive been trying to quit and I just cant

my school grades suck basically failing out of school…
lost my job
lost my gal

so basically my life is this game :frowning:

if you can quit… do it… be stronger than I

(evilsock) #4

It’s funny this thread should appear when it did. In the last couple of weeks I upgraded my video drivers and made a mistake leaving me with a mish-mash of older and newer drivers installed causing an unpredictable hardlock loop when playing 3d games. I haven’t been arsed to repair the problem yet and instead have found myself doing other things instead. I would say that since RtCW was released I’ve had almost no break in playing the online game which continued when ET was released.

I’ve always been a pubber, playing for fun not worrying too much about my k/d ratios but enjoying the maps and play on what I would call ‘good’ servers.

Recently though, I’ve realised that above a certain level, there a kind of ‘barrier of obnoxiousness’ that has to be broken through if you want to frequent certain servers - behind the scenes there’s a kind of eliteism I find hard to get on with also.

I’ve re-discovered the joy of reading books, drinking beer, playing guitar and doing ‘other’ things than spending vast amounts of time playing online. I think the moment has probably arrived for me to take a decent break and get on with ‘real’ life for a while.

In the end, it doesn’t really matter if GR2 is released or if admins cry about ppl’s tactics - that clanned players chide others for their ‘ill aim’ or custom map makers efforts break on the rocks of hard inifference - there are more important things happening in the world today and I need to spend some time in that space.

(eRRoLfLyNN) #5

That was beautiful man… :frowning:

I am finding it VERY difficult. Still can’t take myself away from the forum. :frowning:

(meLonF) #6

around the middle of last year i bought a new PC and got broadband … Once i got everything setup i realised i needed a new game to play so I downloaded ET

I’ve barely touched another game since , despite buying a fair few :eek:

BF1942 - played for about 2 days, got bored
Farcry - completed about 1/3 of the game
Doom3 - completed about 1/5 of the game
GTA Vice city - played for almost a week (got bored)

  • some others i can’t remember
    Rome Total War - actually really getting into this game, and it is starting to take a chunk out of my ET time ^^

Throughout the whole time (over a year now) i have been playing ET and am yet to get bored with it. I feel so guilty that i have paid other games companies for games i disliked and the one game that has held my attention for all this time was free (and thanks to the ET Pro team continues to be improved, again for free)

It just seems wrong :banghead:

(KATTman) #7

the other day it was like 8pm is im like ok i’ll do one campain map… turned to my clock and it was 5am :open_mouth: L

(evilsock) #8

eRRoL,

You’re dead right man - that was way too rough. Just to balance it out I should say that I’ve enjoyed some totally awesome times, had some great laughs, met and talked to ppl I would never have otherwise met - all through the love of a game.

I will be lurkin here no doubt but for now at least count me out of the online scene - peace, love, unity & fragging fun :slight_smile:

(]UBC[ McNite) #9

eRRol, I know what you talk about… I had it under control as long as I was only playing… the BIG mistake I made was starting to map for the game. This really eats more time than is available and at the momentary state results in constant sleep deprivation (been mapping since 6th of July) :eek2:
I can only hope it will be better when I finish my map

(boomart) #10

for my part, im havin a break for some months now… playing Lineage2 or/and Asherons Call2. Yup, way different you ll say. True. On the other hand, its evenly addictive. So i quitted a drug to get into another. Its a personnal feeling but i guess addiction isnt game related, but one’s psycho. I still love ET though, playin now and then.

What comes in consideration of quiting is the lack of originality in maps/objectives. One stands above the others is BaseRun.
My 2 cents, but guyz : dont quit, enjoy havin a break sometimes or you ll get bored.

(mendicant) #11

Throughout the whole time (over a year now) i have been playing ET and am yet to get bored with it. I feel so guilty that i have paid other games companies for games i disliked and the one game that has held my attention for all this time was free (and thanks to the ET Pro team continues to be improved, again for free)

lol same, i bought freelancer a year ago and havent touched it(i will one day…)

although i have more of a hate/love relationship with the game atm, im totally obsessed with trying to get better at this game but im fooked off with the jerkyness of the game(fps)

so im looking to spend a grand+ on a new pc just to get 125 constant:D

(Il_Maestro) #12

Probably the hardest to cope with when I try to quit the game, is that I spend all the time since the beginning of RTCW practising my aim, and it would be a waste to throw that away. I don’t think about quitting anyways, the game is finally all I hoped for in a multiplayer game, with the cooperative side of ET.
Just try to fit it into your life in a normal way (2 to 3 hours a day).

I think quitting ET could be as hard as quitting smoking… :bored:

(BondyBoy007) #13

your current pc was alright until u borked the re-install of windows :wink:

(mendicant) #14

lol nah m8, tis when i changed my 128mb fg4 for me 128mbfx5900xt

anyone know y the fx5900xt is so bad with ET :???: (works fine with newer games)

(eRRoLfLyNN) #15

BTW I’m still playin lol :skull:

(Fusen) #16

o/

(Mr_Tickles) #17

I am addicted :frowning: I want to be free. Yet, at the same time I don’t, I love it too much :S

I’ve just had three large pieces of work to do for my University course. I haven’t done any of them because I’ve been procrastinating too much. I’ve now passed the deadline for my biggest piece and they are going to knock about 3% off each day. How crap is that? Yet even today, I have joined a server and fragged, although I did leave prematurely.
I just hope this doesn’t affect the outcome of the year (Pass/Fail). No doubt it has already affected my grade though.

(eq-Shrike) #18

to be honest , yes it can be addicitve. I know from personal experience but as with any other addiction you have to learn to control it. If online gaming is having a negative effect on studies etc you need to strike a balance. That is harder than it sounds but willpower is the way …

When I was studying I used to put studies first and have online gaming as a ‘reward’ for when I had done my studying for the day. Was very hard at the beginning but after a while you become conditioned to feel guilty if you play when you should be studying :wink:

(Cerebrate) #19

:drink: No one escapes!

(thelastname) #20

I use to be the same with rtcw then et, it wore off after a couple of years. :stuck_out_tongue: