MBO is not the only game on IA

[Sporlo]

I play MBO most of the time, but occasionally I like to try the other games for a few rounds. Tonight I played Think Tanks and got in with a group of crazy Tank fanatics who were either drunk or pretending to be. Here's the Lobby Chat, as much as IA would let me go back to (earlier than I could copy they were talking more about "working as a team" and hardcore Tank talk, etc.)

[ZenAce]: black and I kept doing two stooges
[ZenAce]: I blocked one of his scores
[ZenAce]: first game
[quagga]: i blocked one of mc's scores
[quagga]: that frist one
[ZenAce]: and he ran into the back of me while we were going full speed
[ZenAce]: the same direction
[ZenAce]: and lost the flag
[quagga]: we were uncoordinated that game
[ZenAce]: yeah haha
[quagga]: we should have warmed up or something
[quagga]: we got it together in the other games
[ZenAce]: well, my carpal tank syndrome was acting up =)
[quagga]: gg
[orc_smash]: messed up #$%@
[orc_smash]: gg
[realtrade01]: y couldnt i do that in league game
[quagga]: nice clean up real
[ZenAce]: jeezus realtrade is letting it out
[realtrade01]: im mad
[realtrade01]: i wanna a rematch
[orc_smash]: right place
[ZenAce]: you're crazy.. you are INSANE
[Sporlo]: are you ppl really good at this game?
[ZenAce]: this is not a game
[Rafael1991]: a lil
[orc_smash]: Im not
[ZenAce]: this is REAL
[Rafael1991]: lol
[Skydread01]: are u guys using trouts?
[realtrade01]: i wanna do a just for fun me and choco vs u zen and quagga
[orc_smash]: kidding ir cok
[orc_smash]: rock
[chocobo-knight]: just so everybody knows, zen is only here for tank porn
[ZenAce]: choco is in here?
[ZenAce]: uh ohn
[ZenAce]: true dat
[simplyblue]: lol did u watch it?
[ZenAce]: very nice me!
[ZenAce]: thanks
[orc_smash]: lag
[Rafael1991]: so who we gotta beat next Q?
[ZenAce]: you're welcome
[quagga]: yea i watched it
[quagga]: the simplies
[simplyblue]: should be the last one for the season
[Rafael1991]: oh god
[quagga]: yea i think it was
[Sporlo]: i have no idea what you ppl are talking about
[quagga]: that was a pretty funny episode
[realtrade01]: tank porn
[Sporlo]: hmmm
[simplyblue]: lol
[Sporlo]: interesting...
[ZenAce]: #$%@ they finally came out with 100 proof Captain Morgan
[Rafael1991]: did i mention my hand is broken
[simplyblue]: lol zen
[realtrade01]: here we go with the excuses
[chocobo-knight]: 100 percent yum
[simplyblue]: r u drinking it now?
[ZenAce]: of course.. the sun has gone down
[realtrade01]: i only drink one thing zen
[quagga]: was their only 80 proof before?
[realtrade01]: red bull and vodka
[ZenAce]: yeah
[orc_smash]: at the same time
[realtrade01]: mixed
[realtrade01]: orc
[ZenAce]: it's my gateway drug to cafein
[orc_smash]: ofc
[quagga]: lol
[ZenAce]: or however it's spelled
[chocobo-knight]: sounds like a lovely way to kill yourself
[orc_smash]: tru
[quagga]: gg
[simplyblue]: that was shameful
[realtrade01]: red bull and vodka wont kill u choco
[orc_smash]: 5 on 3 to be fair
[ZenAce]: nothing will kill choco
[quagga]: what do you think about changing it from a best of 5 to just 4 games played
[simplyblue]: ye thats fine
[ZenAce]: cause it could be a tie
[realtrade01]: i think best of 5 is good
[quagga]: cuz as it is now, i could tie the first two games and then win the next 3 and get 8 points
[simplyblue]: lol we even had this discussion before
[quagga]: which is more than a sweep
[simplyblue]: and you said there wouldnt be a problem
[quagga]: lol
[realtrade01]: u dont get points for a tie
[Sporlo]: whats this point things
[quagga]: yea you do
[realtrade01]: thats dumb
[quagga]: 1 point each team
[simplyblue]: not really
[Sporlo]: why're we keeping score
[chocobo-knight]: 'cause it's awesome
[simplyblue]: whos sporlo?
[realtrade01]: should not be counted in best of 5
[Sporlo]: the best ever
[quagga]: idk
[ZenAce]: Thank you guys for giving me time to take off my pants. Don't try to visualize that
[realtrade01]: hmmmm
[chocobo-knight]: hahaha
[ZenAce]: and don't think about me playing in game with no pants
[simplyblue]: lol
[chocobo-knight]: haha
[realtrade01]: u fruitcake
[quagga]: lol
[Rafael1991]: stop
[simplyblue]: who needs pants?
[orc_smash]: im not passing to you
[Rafael1991]: i cant read that fast
[quagga]: no pants party
[Rafael1991]: cary on
[simplyblue]: LOL
[Sporlo]: do you all know each other personally?
[realtrade01]: q taking off his?
[realtrade01]: now its a fiesta
[ZenAce]: we all sleep in the same bed
[quagga]: they've been off
[Sporlo]: fun
[realtrade01]: yay
[chocobo-knight]: in bed
[simplyblue]: were all lying in the same bed right now
[orc_smash]: such a sausage fest...jus tthe way I like it
[ZenAce]: yeah we sleep in the same bed, in bed
[Rafael1991]: sexy
[simplyblue]: which is why i was like zen why are u taking ur pants off
[ZenAce]: Haha
[realtrade01]: i dont wanna see choco's big barrel
[Rafael1991]: lol
[quagga]: lol
[orc_smash]: yeah zen, why are you
[Sporlo]: for some reason i cant see why ppl like you would want to play a game like this
[simplyblue]: lol enough gay talk start the game
[chocobo-knight]: 'cause it's awesome
[realtrade01]: sporlo leave
[ZenAce]: oh sthoppit
[realtrade01]: one of u switch
[orc_smash]: go random
[simplyblue]: we got pretty unlucky
[orc_smash]: sporl
[Sporlo]: ok
[ZenAce]: I forgot what color I was
[Sporlo]: i am random
[chocobo-knight]: you're green
[realtrade01]: no ur green
[orc_smash]: oh says green for me
[ZenAce]: sporlo you are set on green
[ZenAce]: #$%@ I'm always last
[Sporlo]: i clicked the middle one
[chocobo-knight]: haha
[realtrade01]: choco come to the green side
[Sporlo]: my tank's grey
[simplyblue]: lol
[chocobo-knight]: i believe you spor
[Rafael1991]: lol
[orc_smash]: in case you dont know click the back to lobby
[quagga]: its still 5v3 tho
[ZenAce]: what color is .. oh never mind
[Rafael1991]: intense
[realtrade01]: gg
[quagga]: gg
[simplyblue]: too many ties
[simplyblue]: gg
[orc_smash]: gg
[Sporlo]: ggg
[realtrade01]: unbotton ur top color
[simplyblue]: gg
[quagga]: gg
[Rafael1991]: that was a different rape
[realtrade01]: what i meant to say was unbutton ur top collar
[simplyblue]: quag how many pts did u get?
[Sporlo]: back to lobby button wont work now...
[quagga]: 6
[ZenAce]: I was wondering
[quagga]: abs got 2
[simplyblue]: who did u play
[quagga]: when are you going to play war
[quagga]: we played abs
[quagga]: and real and chocobo and hotboiz
[Sporlo]: i am goonna go now
[simplyblue]: but like who did u choose
[Sporlo]: fun game tho
[ZenAce]: <-- does a wave at Sporlo
[quagga]: mc and zen
[realtrade01]: u played abs minus abs

[Oaky]

Only MBO for me.

[IsraeliRD]

I do play games when they're out but there's always *something* in them that makes me dislike them, so I end up being 100% MBO.

[SonicW1]

I like MBO and BLUR when it use to be out.

[Pablo]

Funny chat!

I play MBO a bit, but play Ace of Aces a lot. It's a really fun game with many different modes. And, it's full screen.

[Andrew]

I play MBO most of the time, but I also like to play Rokkitball every once in a while. I find it quite exciting and fun.

[ridley^2]

I cant play MBO... Comp stinks too much =/

Anyways, that chat kinda scared me

[marblefire]

I don't have access to many games (Mac user), but I find Think Tanks to be as fun, if not more so sometimes, than MBO, especially if you get a big party going. Heck, I even found a TT player I can connect to without having to host. I've played a lot of the guys in the chat (some of them being on my friend list), as well. Fun times.

Legions crashes my fairly-new computer, I have no interest in Zap!, and I personally find Rokkitball to be uninteresting. Hopefully, the Mac world will get more new, interesting games soon.

[Pablo]

I forgot to mention that playing Ace of Aces has got me so many new friends. I've met about 30 people through the game so far.

[Sporlo]

Yeah my friend plays Ace of Aces a lot. I don't even know what it's like, but I want it on Mac so bad!

[Pablo]

I'll be recording a vid of it soon for all you mac ppl to watch.

[Riblet]

I primarily use mac and have easy access to Windows, but I only play MBO. (It's even in my tagline, "Only play MBO")

I've tried every game, and hardly enjoyed them at all. My least favorite is Legions, because it's just another generic FPS, from my point of view. I wish people would stop playing those games so that developers would stop making them, and instead make some sort of game that I could enjoy. I've never once enjoyed a shooting FPS. (I like Portal, Gmod, and Blockland, though

I love how no one else has even said a word about Legions, like there's not a chance it would be on their favorites list. On the IA forums just about every post has Legions as first, or a close second.

[IsraeliRD]

Legions actually isn't a FPS

[Pablo]

What would you define it as? TPS?

[IsraeliRD]

More like it. FPS is when you are the shooter and you see it from the character's eyes. If the camera floats behind then its not really a FPS.

[Pablo]

I really like shooters where you can change between first- and third-person.
(ex: SWBF2)

[Riblet]

You can switch from first to third in Legions, you know. The point is that it's shooting and I'm either a really nonviolent person, or it just bores the heck out of me to try and shoot people. That, along with being bad at them from not playing FPS games, it's not an enjoyable experience to play whatsoever. I usually don't follow popular things (Legions or FPS's in general); the more popular something is, the more I gravitate away from it - just an instinct of mine...

You can also switch from first to third person in BlockLand, but you don't have to shoot people in it, so I enjoy it a lot more.

[technostick]

I sometimes play ThinkTanks Team Scrum, as teamwork is something I very rarely do in MBO (though 2v2 league anyone?). I believe myself halfway decent at it, especially blocking.

[IsraeliRD]

I would blast

[Sporlo]

May 19, 2009 7:50:32 GMT technostick said:

teamwork is something I very rarely do in MBO (though 2v2 league anyone?)

That would be pretty cool. There should be more game modes for MBO. Many of the homemade games we all love to play in MBO could easily be turned into an official mode, especially if more mode-specific maps were made. For example, a King of the Hill mode would be really easy. Designate an area in which a player's counter increases while inside it, and whoever has the most time on their clock after a period wins. Or a variation of that where you want to get either the most KOs or the least OOBs. Heck, even Think Tanks could use some more game modes for the sake of variety and customization.

[Pablo]

A soccer map in MBO would be the coolest thing ever, and I would certainly pay some money for it. It would have a marble as the ball, not player- or bot-controlled; goals that racked up points for each team; and the ball would respawn in the center when it got a goal. There would only be a few MMs and blasts, otherwise it would be cheap.

[technostick]

So would I. For such a map one must note that MMs do not work well in soccer, but SuperSpeeds add a dimension to the play. A flat football field would be less interesting also than one with slopes.

[Pablo]

Also, a CTF map for MBO would be amazing... like, one with two sides, a large wall in the middle... you can use combo powerups to get over, and then there are tunnels to get around it. People could guard the tunnels with MMs.

[Sporlo]

Or simply a form of tag in which everyone is trying to tag the person who's it. Another counter game so that whoever has been "it" the longest wins. And there'd be no chance to go OOB, and lots of EVERY item so that you could do cool maneuvers to avoid or attack.
(like "Shine Runners" in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Too many ideas and too little possibility of realization.

[Pablo]

Ace of Aces has an excellent Tag mode like you've just described, where you rack up more points the longer you have the "fox."

[dushine]

MBO is with no doubt my favourite, I may not have played some other games but I guess they will be fairly good, I play a few others sometimes (thought it has been a while) but somehow get tired of them unless I take a long enough break. With MBO, I kinda have more stamina lol .

[jon010]

I play MBO and that game where you control those planets or something...but I'm bored already

[Koopshi]

I play MBO the most but i've played the other games a few times or more. But I like legions the least because I just dislike FPS games.

[Pablo]

May 24, 2009 3:17:53 GMT jon010 said:

I play MBO and that game where you control those planets or something...but I'm bored already

Galcon. Strange, I'm addicted to it.

Btw, IA's slogan is completely true: "the death of productivity lies within."

[Kostas]

I'm playing much IA games so i'll vote 85% + MBO