zombie
1st Jul 2000, 06:02 AM
This is it.
I have kept my mouth shut long enough. I have never complained about any problems with UT. Aside from the "wow, look at that" or "I'll stick to D since I'm lagging a lot" and the rare "laaaaaaag g g g g" I've never hauled off about a sh!tty connection.
From someone that played UT every night for hours, every day of the week, nothing but a word or two metioned to anyone that I was slightly "behind" everyone else.
That all seemed to change.
What happened?
I stopped playing.
I played Unreal's SP game for a while. Played some user made SP map packs. I even got one of my coworkers not just interested but obsessed with Unreal. A few weeks went by and I got bored. I had beaten Unreals SP game w/o cheating for the first time. As well as NaPali (Mission Pack). I started making a SP level of my own.
When today I decided I needed a break. I was bored with life. I hate my job and I hate the ignorant masses of people that I have to resectfully "satisfy" every day. Especially today. What are my options, what can I do with sooo much pent up anger. Plug in my Marshall and crank the mudda up to 11? Not at 11pm.
I was desperate, I had to do something. I then remembered what had brought me pleasure for so long. The one thing that made me hurry home from a hard days work.
....
I got home installed UT, patched it up, installed the bonus pack, installed the inoxx pack, install the ctf-retail maps.
Done...
I startup UT (after a few tweaks to the inis) go through configuration and immeiately connect to the net.
As I hit the CTF servers tab the giddy feeling of anticipation ran through me like I was playing for the first time. This is it, I thought, all my problems washed away.
Found some servers to add to my favs right away (didn't know ]LoL[ had a server) and jumped in the old favorite.
The Roost.
Connecting...
CTF-November. I hadn't played this map in a while but its just like riding a bike. I began on D. Team connunication was amost nill. No big deal. Went on O for two attempted flag caps, diddn't make it to my territory either time. Thats not rare when you have a few PuFs and/or MyUs in the game.
Then things just started to go downhill.
The all too familiar ping spike :(
If any of you saw it, I posted a pic a while back of me on Roos with a huge (18k) ping and everyone else was in the 80-200 range.
Map changed, ping diddn't.
The game automatically went from fun, to frustrating.
By the time I left I was so hot I decided just leave, w/o a word. My anger was just skyrocketing, I decided its better to leave silently than go off about a sh!tty ping to someone who has no control over it.
Sorry bout the long post, but...
I feel that until something happens with my current connection I might not be playing UT that much if at all. I will still post, but if it is the latter, then this post is somewhat of a resignation and thanks too all the PuF I've had the opportunity to play. You all have given me some great games.
I have kept my mouth shut long enough. I have never complained about any problems with UT. Aside from the "wow, look at that" or "I'll stick to D since I'm lagging a lot" and the rare "laaaaaaag g g g g" I've never hauled off about a sh!tty connection.
From someone that played UT every night for hours, every day of the week, nothing but a word or two metioned to anyone that I was slightly "behind" everyone else.
That all seemed to change.
What happened?
I stopped playing.
I played Unreal's SP game for a while. Played some user made SP map packs. I even got one of my coworkers not just interested but obsessed with Unreal. A few weeks went by and I got bored. I had beaten Unreals SP game w/o cheating for the first time. As well as NaPali (Mission Pack). I started making a SP level of my own.
When today I decided I needed a break. I was bored with life. I hate my job and I hate the ignorant masses of people that I have to resectfully "satisfy" every day. Especially today. What are my options, what can I do with sooo much pent up anger. Plug in my Marshall and crank the mudda up to 11? Not at 11pm.
I was desperate, I had to do something. I then remembered what had brought me pleasure for so long. The one thing that made me hurry home from a hard days work.
....
I got home installed UT, patched it up, installed the bonus pack, installed the inoxx pack, install the ctf-retail maps.
Done...
I startup UT (after a few tweaks to the inis) go through configuration and immeiately connect to the net.
As I hit the CTF servers tab the giddy feeling of anticipation ran through me like I was playing for the first time. This is it, I thought, all my problems washed away.
Found some servers to add to my favs right away (didn't know ]LoL[ had a server) and jumped in the old favorite.
The Roost.
Connecting...
CTF-November. I hadn't played this map in a while but its just like riding a bike. I began on D. Team connunication was amost nill. No big deal. Went on O for two attempted flag caps, diddn't make it to my territory either time. Thats not rare when you have a few PuFs and/or MyUs in the game.
Then things just started to go downhill.
The all too familiar ping spike :(
If any of you saw it, I posted a pic a while back of me on Roos with a huge (18k) ping and everyone else was in the 80-200 range.
Map changed, ping diddn't.
The game automatically went from fun, to frustrating.
By the time I left I was so hot I decided just leave, w/o a word. My anger was just skyrocketing, I decided its better to leave silently than go off about a sh!tty ping to someone who has no control over it.
Sorry bout the long post, but...
I feel that until something happens with my current connection I might not be playing UT that much if at all. I will still post, but if it is the latter, then this post is somewhat of a resignation and thanks too all the PuF I've had the opportunity to play. You all have given me some great games.