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well,... I highly favor timed matches and think it should be a part of the game. I can see that is not the favored opinion, but i offer mine for the record. I like timed matches for several reasons. 1. I know how long a time commitment i am engaging in. I can commit more to immersion of gameplay if there is not a part of my brain that has to remember to check the time. And I can play a few games before i have to go back to real. With marathon i may only get one game... be it good or bad or draggin on forever. 2. I find i will more likely join a losing team if the time left is not too much. Where as in Marathon i tend to not like joining ANY game where there is a building lost. Not that it ruins it for me, (cause i know gameplay can still be good) but because the moral of the team is so often in the pits. They believe the end is inevitable. THIS IN PARTICULAR is why i like timed matches. 3. Timed matches teach players the value in valiantly fighting in the face of obstacles. When your team is losing buildings, but you are fighting strong and players are really give it their all.... and manage a win by points .... That is why i like timed. I do not get that ending in marathon. 4. Timed matches represent another way to win. The game benefits from having multiple paths to winning. I hear the complaint that timed matches are an artificial ending and that base destruction is the desired result. I respect that and the advancements made to that end. I will always remember and hope for the return of the intense team action involved in a good points win. Those games would be incredibly close! Sometimes only a few points of difference. I found the chat and teamwork levels exciting. I found the end game equally fun to hearing that the last enemy building has been destroyed.

May i suggest that the price is paid by sacrificing the health of other buildings? Not the short term health but the serious/important stat.

Does this affect Black Dawn? I ask because i just got it working and i noticed some cooked pc files being downloaded.

Some interesting ideas in that. Option: When the Harvester gains veteran could mean it effects how the harvester is produced?

aww.... i was gonna scream for the Ice Cream truck idea....

Thank you for the excellent reading material. I really enjoyed it. I previously had a very limited amount of data each month. The size of downloads was a severe impediment. Investments in reduction sound Great.

maybe the team could buy the harvester some ability? Then it would not ruin the earliest rushing due to lack of funds.

Thanks! gonna keep trying to get it operating.

Is this an OK topic for General? I am interested in Black dawn. I tried to download if from the links at the Wiki, but it did not run. Q. 1: Is Black dawn playable? Q.2: Is there anywhere to discuss Black dawn?

Plan.

Setting all that Negativity aside for the moment....... My main interest in this server is seeing it active. The ping is incredible for me. I hope other players will use the server. I have a bunch of question i would ask the NEC folk... too bad they not on forums

All i know is i go to join the server and then i cant. I can stop and go set up another program... but i don't. Might in the future if the server gets busy i gues

i tried to join again. but could not. i get a STEAM Required notice. I had downloaded steam, but i think i removed it. ?? why cant i play on this good ping server?

huh. when i joined it today i got the steam required msg. Thanks for the info!

How do i love thee? Let me count the ways... 1. your ping is 5. 2. your ping is 5 for me. 3 i can NOT believe this Ping! But who the heck are you people? Are you here in forums? And WHY do i have to go thru steam to play on your server ? {many questions withheld pending contact}

Tried the NY server. My ping is 5. 5! omg

dang yall. gonna make me learn all this utube sh,t just to help my fav game? ..... ok... ill try to step up my act now that i have a kickbutt computer.

Is there enough Usa timezone community to plan a time to play on a Usa server? ( Australia interest?) I would love to see some better ping play. I have learned that Usa servers have been tried but empty. .. . Maybe we just start small and build grassroots instead? If we got a few Usa players and a few supportive players from the community could we try a few games at some designated time?

I thank you all for your input. For me, i mined out these gems: From ShrewdTactician YOu go! And its always nice to see behind the curtain, thank you. Sarah! This is a great observation. Radeon3 Just the other day i enjoyed a 5v5 because it was balanced. Both sides hustled.

mmmm... road map. mmmm plan.

Is having one server monopolize the game Good for the game? 1. I play less. if i have time to play and the only server is full...i go play another game. 2. Diversity is lost. Diversity is life. Only one server means only one type of gameplay. Perhaps if there were more options then more folks would play. On the other hand..... Having an active server is paramount. ... YOur thoughts ??

Sounds to me like its time to TEST that Sh.t again. !

I was bummed to miss out on the old ren pug. How did it go? I know not everyone is into the old game but i am and i was curious if there was a turn out.

I had a blast this weekend when i found the server being used was timed. Man O Man. I really enjoyed the difference. Thanks! I also got to see some of other people's perspective as they talked about wanting marathon to fill up. Would it be feasible for a server to sprinkle some timed into their marathon.? i.e. a blended server? Let's be frank. Well frank left the building. Let's be honest: with only one server populated, most times, won't the players tolerate a little back and forth? Just a thought..... Thanks all for the timed.

Feel free to post your ... What just happened? Here. Mine: in game. lots of talk of a hacker going round. The games kept ending abruptly, often after the first building fell. Repeatedly games end oddly. FIRST, my thanks to all who serve to moderate our community. Second, what just happened? Did the hacker end the game? Did a mod end the game because of something the hacker did? to share my experience, i wonder if we are overreacting. If someone is hacking and gaining and advantage, do we just end the matches? As a poor soldier of the trenches it seems like we could fight on and have some fun still, without the abrupt end.