One free weekend every two or three months?
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I hope not, every player I met today was a level 0 or 1, and even after telling them to press Q to heal 10 times, they never did it.
Yeah I have to agree with Nath, it's very frustrating when there's 1 or 2 actual players and the other 5 or 6 are noobs. Very, very frustrating.
NO
This freeweek end thing has only caused more asshats to start playing KF. While I am glad TWI is getting more sales, I would rather the community not get noob laden every 2 months.
This freeweek end thing has only caused more asshats to start playing KF. While I am glad TWI is getting more sales, I would rather the community not get noob laden every 2 months.
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This. I support TWI so much that I buy the game and the DLCs for friends, but I really don't want to babysit a bunch of people who don't understand that the mechanics of this game are MUCH different from goddamn CSS and L4D.
Although I will say, this free weekend and the noob influx was what allowed me to gain the last 20k healing point to level 6 for my medic.
I agree - it's a horrible attitude to have. Attracting new players is how you keep a game alive in the long term. The bigger the KF player base, the more money TWI can make. The more money TWI makes, the more resources they can dedicate to making the game even better. The more TWI improves the game and keeps it interesting, the more players we'll continue to have... see the cycle?
Sure, you're playing with a lot of noobs now, but you probably 'suckd teh big 1' at first too. They'll get better when they're used to the game.
I will add though, that TWI needs to work on the server browser. I tried to get a few of my friends involved this weekend because of the free weekend, and despite all the amazing improvements TWI has made, some of my friends were left with a bad impression due to the difficulty of finding working servers. It took forever to finally get into a server and show them how awesome the game is. Free weekends only help if the game leaves a good impression upon the newcomers.
Sure, you're playing with a lot of noobs now, but you probably 'suckd teh big 1' at first too. They'll get better when they're used to the game.
I will add though, that TWI needs to work on the server browser. I tried to get a few of my friends involved this weekend because of the free weekend, and despite all the amazing improvements TWI has made, some of my friends were left with a bad impression due to the difficulty of finding working servers. It took forever to finally get into a server and show them how awesome the game is.
Free weekends only help if the game leaves a good impression upon the newcomers.Hmm nope.
I didn't 'suck the big t1me!1!1' when I started playing.
But I have been playing the mod since around v2.11.
If someone doesn't understand that Q heals them after being told 10 times, then they shouldn't be playing.
And that was most of the new players
I didn't 'suck the big t1me!1!1' when I started playing.
But I have been playing the mod since around v2.11.
If someone doesn't understand that Q heals them after being told 10 times, then they shouldn't be playing.
And that was most of the new players
Yep, everyone started as a noob, so stop acting like a moron. If you want to play with good players, do it as I do, use a passworded server and play together with some friends. Our fullmj and my D.a.L server are always filled with good players from the RO scene that I can have fun with, so I didn't even play public that weekend for a single time.
Just let the new people experience the game, they are the ones that make such big updates possible. And for myself I like doing such a free weekend regularly to get a bigger fanbase
Just let the new people experience the game, they are the ones that make such big updates possible. And for myself I like doing such a free weekend regularly to get a bigger fanbase
No offense, but saying no to free weekends because it brings in some not-so-skilled player is pretty retarded in itself. You have to look at the big picture and choose what is good for the game, not what's good for yourself in the short term.
Beside, most of the very bad players will likely not be buying the game anyway.
Not-So-Skilled players that will learn after a couple of matches are ok.
Players that scream down the mic like this IS counter strike and don't take in the help you give them and don't get used to the controls after 10 matches are not ok.
And like I said that's what it bought it.
Playing a game on a passworded server constantly because everyone else sucks will ruin it aswell.
One weekend every 3 or 4 months won't be so bad.
Players that scream down the mic like this IS counter strike and don't take in the help you give them and don't get used to the controls after 10 matches are not ok.
And like I said that's what it bought it.
Playing a game on a passworded server constantly because everyone else sucks will ruin it aswell.
One weekend every 3 or 4 months won't be so bad.
I played all weekends with all sorts of players and while I did run into some players that were pretty bad, it went pretty well overall. Again, look at the big picture instead. What the free weekend will have given us in the end is more players(that will get better with time) and the almost certainty that there will be another content pack thanks to all the sales that the free weekend will have generated.
Seriously now, you guys need to look farther than your own nose for a minute.
Seriously now, you guys need to look farther than your own nose for a minute.
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People play game because it free.
We suck at game and then we blame game for suck.
We leave game and go back to Cs:S.
Normal people buy the game, learn to play, play.
Wow! thanks for the tip, captian pingas.
We suck at game and then we blame game for suck.
We leave game and go back to Cs:S.
Normal people buy the game, learn to play, play.
Wow! thanks for the tip, captian pingas.
Pretty much what happened in a nutshell. Now why shouldn't there be free weekends again?
lol the same anti new-player attitude i used to read when RO had free weekends.
I would say probably not a good idea, because if i knew there would be a free trail every 2-3 months I probably wouldn't buy the game at all.
Not because i don't rate it, but because i have so many games i hardly get the time to session them any more frequently than this anyway.
Oh - i've just got back from work and found the trail has ended - anyone know are my perk levels and achievements wiped or would they resume were I to purchase or a trail was to run again?
I expect this may be answered somewhere already but theres a mass of KF threads to go though..thx
I would say probably not a good idea, because if i knew there would be a free trail every 2-3 months I probably wouldn't buy the game at all.
Not because i don't rate it, but because i have so many games i hardly get the time to session them any more frequently than this anyway.
Oh - i've just got back from work and found the trail has ended - anyone know are my perk levels and achievements wiped or would they resume were I to purchase or a trail was to run again?
I expect this may be answered somewhere already but theres a mass of KF threads to go though..thx
Because in those free weekends KF becomes unplayable until it's over.
/answer question
Boo woo cry me a river seriously. I'm sure the game will be very playable when there is nobody else to play with but you and your idiotic attitude. Beside, the game was far from being unplayable so enough of that BS.
I already explained why the downsides of the free weekend were more than worth it in the long term. I am still waiting for you to tell me how I am wrong.
I won't lie, I was pretty irate on Thursday when there were all of 15 'Hard' servers online, and 10 of them had pings at 150+, and the other five were so backed up there were showing 7/6 players and crashing frequently.
But that was servers not getting updated more than anything, which was why there were too few to suppor the normal KF population, the new players and the dilettantes. If people would have updated sooner, it wouldn't have been so bad.
Anyways, find a buddy or a person running a dedicated server....and become their best friend. The kick option becomes your 'other' best friend. Now that I've got a reliable server to play on, TWI can have a free weekend every weekend for all I care
But that was servers not getting updated more than anything, which was why there were too few to suppor the normal KF population, the new players and the dilettantes. If people would have updated sooner, it wouldn't have been so bad.
Anyways, find a buddy or a person running a dedicated server....and become their best friend. The kick option becomes your 'other' best friend. Now that I've got a reliable server to play on, TWI can have a free weekend every weekend for all I care
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The argument "one time a CS player, always a CS player" is absolutely retarded. As there were only idiots playing CS. I used to play CS from beta 6.5 until 1.4 and now I'm playing RO for over 5 years.
This is just a stupid attitude my friend.
However, as stated before, the trolls will leave after the weekend, the guys who are really interested in KF will stay, get better and provide a larger community, which is good not only for TWI, but for all of us.
Actually I hardly ever play KF on public servers, so I don't know what's going on there, but it can't be that bad, or am I wrong? however, as i mentioned before, if you want good teamplay, get some friends together and use a passworded server, that makes it a lot more enjoyable IMO
This is just a stupid attitude my friend.
However, as stated before, the trolls will leave after the weekend, the guys who are really interested in KF will stay, get better and provide a larger community, which is good not only for TWI, but for all of us.
Actually I hardly ever play KF on public servers, so I don't know what's going on there, but it can't be that bad, or am I wrong? however, as i mentioned before, if you want good teamplay, get some friends together and use a passworded server, that makes it a lot more enjoyable IMO