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Return to Wake Island

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:36 pm
by enderzero
So it has been far far too long since we put together a good multi-locale game evening and I am going to plan it damn it.

And what are we going to play? Battlefield 1942: Wake Island!!

That's right it was probably the last game in the Redmond house that we all had so much fun playing we couldn't breathe and it is time to go back for seconds.

Download BF1942 Wake Island MP Demo
[s]Download BF1942 1.6 patch (I don't know if this works on the demo yet - I'll check it out)[/s]
UPDATE: 1.6 Patch no good for demo.

When is a good time for everyone?

I want a show of hands damn it. McNevin, R3c? B333? l2? S.m0nx? 805? j.che? g.mon? Who is playing damn it?

...damn it.

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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:41 pm
by enderzero
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System Requirements
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Minimum:
500 MHz CPU
128 Megabytes of RAM
3D accelerated 32 MB video card or equivalent with HW-T&L
(Hardware Transform & Lightning) and 24-bit z-buffer
160 MB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
(additional space required for Windows swap-file and
DirectX 8.1 installation)
16X Speed CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
DirectX 8 Compatible Sound Card
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard

Recommended:
800 MHz CPU
256 Megabytes of RAM
3D accelerated 32 MB video card or equivalent with HW-T&L
(Hardware Transform & Lightning) and 24-bit z-buffer
160 MB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
(additional space required for Windows swap-file and
DirectX 8.1 installation)
16X Speed CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
DirectX 8 Compatible Sound Card
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard

Required Operating Systems:
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP or Windows 2000
Note that Windows 95 is not supported.

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:54 pm
by enderzero
Update: Demo installed and played - works in Vista64 - quite a bit quicker to load and doesn't look all that bad in 1600.

Times?

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:54 pm
by Beeeph
can we schedule it for tomorrow night on valentines day?

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:32 pm
by enderzero
Works for me.

I'll just tell all my Bs & Hs to chill the fuck out. I'm playin me some Wake Island.

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:22 pm
by spidermonkey
perhaps try to contact me by telephone before the event. I may have some time for parachuting out of airplanes into tanks only to have a wily mechanic drop land mines in front of me....

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:02 am
by Bill Drayton Jr.
i dled the deeeeeeeemo

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:01 am
by mistasparkle*
Yes yes yes!!! Haven't picked up BF2 in forever. I'm in! Let me know what time works. I'm around.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:35 am
by mistasparkle*
Installed, and ready to go.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:41 pm
by enderzero
tonight... ees... the night.

7pm PST / 10pm EST ??

We gots:

Sparkles
Spydels
l2ickles
Sleeephels
3ndels

need uno mas for 3-3...

Dr. J3rkels?

I'm guessing the admiral is off doing his valenteenery and my email to b0s bounced back. I'll facebook him.

Call and response?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:20 pm
by mistasparkle*
I'm in. See you guys at 10pm, how should we do this? someone serving? or will we jump onto a public server?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:11 pm
by McNevin
I'm downloading it, but I may be dining w/ me valentine.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:30 pm
by Bill Drayton Jr.
I am currently away from the desktop (using me blackberry) and don't know when I will be able to play tonight due to Valentines stuff.

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:05 pm
by mistasparkle*
so are we still on? :uhh:

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:44 am
by McNevin
Did you guys play?

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:44 am
by enderzero
Sparkle and I played a bit on a pub server.

I'd still really like to get a 3-3 game on a private server. Anyone in? Tonight?

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPH!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:04 am
by McNevin
i already uninstalled it. I'd rather play the BF2 mod.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:08 pm
by R3C
I'd rather play a good game... :D Sorry...

You know, we all have Prey do we not? (from when it was $4)

All but one or two have L4D...

We all have Quake IV...

Quake Live is in Open Beta sometime this week I think. I already have a previous beta account, and it works great...

I'd be willing to install BF2, but I don't remember my login. I'll have to figure that out. If it just works with an EA login I have some from my other games...

Enemy Territory is free, WWII themed, and I'd actually play it. (I play ET: QW all the time, and the old one should be fairly similar...) I could put my bomb on a stick aversion aside to play this perhaps...

Not sure I want to install a demo of a game that I never got into in the first place...

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:26 pm
by McNevin
I registered for Quake Live, but it seem to have a rather long queue to play.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:56 pm
by R3C
Yeah, it sounds like they weren't expecting that many people. I guess they're bolstering their servers a bit. The line was somewhere in the 5000 range for me, on open-beta day, but it only took about 5-7 minutes to get through it. I've heard of numbers like 19000 though. Hopefully they'll get it resolved quickly. It's really quite a convenient game.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:57 pm
by R3C
I never really thought about this, but I wonder if there is a way for a bunch of people like us (group of friends) to join the same server, or if it will just place us all on random ones.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:28 pm
by McNevin
So I played me up some L4D! It was awesome, we really need to play this game.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:48 pm
by Bill Drayton Jr.
yes. yes we do. but when will it happen?

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:52 pm
by Bill Drayton Jr.
my steam nickname is:l2icks0r!

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:47 am
by R3C
I was compozorzing up some musicalities last night. I could play tonight if people were so inclined. I think my notifications somehow got switched off in Steam, as someone tried to message me the other day and I didn't get it. I'll mess with that tonight. If you don't get me via Steam, call me. I'd love to blast some jonzbies! (My wee-girl's name for zombies) :grin:

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:25 pm
by Bill Drayton Jr.
what is contact info?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:11 pm
by R3C
I had to come into the Wake Island thread to find your Steam information to get you to play Left 4 Dead soon. The Left 4 Dead thread didn't have it. :toontears:

:D

Anyway, I'm adding you now. McNevin and I played a bit ago as a test run. It's amazingly fun with even two players, so we'll need to get something larger rolling. Tomorrow night anyone?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:15 pm
by R3C
Hmm, that information above did not work. No l2icks0r on Steam... Or so it says... Ideas? Confirmations? Action Items?

Nevermind... I copied the wrong one... Damn the exclamation point.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:25 pm
by McNevin
I've added you rick to my friends, and invited you to the monkeylair.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:57 am
by R3C
Evening Zomshootery?

Hey Spidmonccio, whya you no ansa your phona? Time to install this. I know you're invisible in there... Also, your Total War game is available on Steam if you hadn't noticed.