IT'S ALIVE!!!

Well with all those new faces and clans and servers etc...

I'm happy to say that I think this game,imo, has gained a lil boost :p

it definitely seems to have risen again! prolly all those people who played tf2 for a week and hated it are coming back

yea i noticed both of my 22 player servers are full most of the day even at 3am and im seeing some old names return as well as new ones. Glad to see that still people see the value in this game despite that steam does not.

Yeah I even saw Tarken playing.

Ive heard UT3 pretty much bombed so people that went to that may also be coming back.

Paradox wrote:Yeah I even saw Tarken playing.

Ive heard UT3 pretty much bombed so people that went to that may also be coming back.

*Tarkan. GGG kind of fell apart with their TF2 division and is splitting off from leagues. They kinda just chill now.

My bad TarkAn, I always make that mistake.

Either way its great to see him come back, hes a good player. Rubs some people the wrong way at times, but Ive never had a problem with him personally.

I like Tarkan. Played him the other day and he owned. And he loves them orbs!

I also hear UT3 is tanking and the folks that love advanced movement and play TF2... well some will be back.

Speaking of UT tanking they wont even be running it in WCG, in fact they wont run COD4, TF2 or even Q3 or 4.
Gaming as a whole is just getting messed up now.

u know...maybe ppl should go and post on other forums and invite ppl over here, promote server ip's, talk about clans and matches...advance movement, pros of hl2dm over other game and such...go to the mass as it were....
many ppl don't know there is a live community here...seriously.

What's preventing HL2DM from having another money tournament? The biggest problem is just that not too many know about this game. Spread the word! LAN parties, interviews, whatever! The game's famous for its single player, why not its multiplayer as well?

Even though I would add the many problems this game has, I completely agree with charles

I'm sure popularity would lead to getting those problems fixed by Valve. OMG 1 of ther employyis was look in our forum!

http://www.mishepsbasement.com/uploads/761938542.jpg

Haha Charles, my attempt at a HL2 comic. Notice the closed mouths, I made the entire thing out of CSS before I found out about gmod.

Yea , on major games review sites, Half-Life 2 deathmatch does not even exist on their lists D:

I was checking out BurtonJ's steam page along with SPUF and Valve's page and out of the hundreds of friends and players, there was one DM player i recognized: Valiums.

Not only is this game ignored by the gaming community, it is ignored by its makers.

Attracting players is tough. as has been said, the learning curve is steep, though there are resources.
The better more ownage type players HAVE been reaching out and there has been some effect.
This site is important in this regards.

Fact is, there are too many physics and general bugs to make DM a mainstream game.
A large bump in popularity will only come from some fixes and sadly, that doesn't seem likely.

I have chatted with BurtonJ and he has extended his regards to the DM community. he said he understands the frustration and will do whatever he personally can do.
Nice guy.
Not proud of my outbursts, but they were at least heard.

65 Impala SS wrote:A large bump in popularity will only come from some fixes and sadly, that doesn't seem likely..

hmm...i'm not sure if its not even about the bugs but the looks of it. i will explain:
bump in popularity - the way it spells to me is - more new players, right?. but new players don't know about bugs and don't even get to know them only after a good while of playing the game and increasing their skills.
looks, well visuals for one..you have new games like Crysis and such that really look good ( and i'm btw one who preferrs the Source enviroment over Crysis..but in general...Crysis is regarded as an eye candy).
by looks i mean ...engine update...now that's still due to release...i know i know...Valve ETAs are as clear as rain but...i'm a hopeless believer, call me dumb, but if this update will indeed take place then having HL2DM run in EP2 engine is truly amazing.

another form of "looks" i think is, however it may sound groundless, more maps, FRIENDLY scrims and tournaments ...more posts BY community members on other game forums will help this game regain its rightful place.

i think there is one guy only over at Valve's working on dm updates if at all...i might be wrong but this is how it looks to me...companies have their business agendas and i just think that instead of bitching about it we, if we indeed call ourselves a community, do what we can to help things.

Look can also be less word fights, scrutiny, posting friends chat logs, animosity and a bit more coming together and we can say we're doing somehting for this game.

My friend, who is in my clan, has a close friend who works for Valve.

Ill see what if I can see if he can see if they give a shit about DM.

He recently visited the Valve Headquarters in Seattle, and here are some pictures of his visit, with some of the main TF2 developers along with CSS. You must register to see the topic :

http://hl2sw.com/viewtopic.php?t=494&highlight=valve

The models of all the hl2dm weapons look very cool !

Also there are pictures of TF2 trading cards, which he said were only exclusive to valve employees lol, they look fucking awesome.

Tell me what you think, if its worth a shot, he might d0 it.


Here is a sneak peak:

There is a shit load of other cool pictures on the forum, if your a true fan check em out.

More TF2 Trading Cards : http://hl2sw.com/viewtopic.php?t=535