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Offline Twily

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Odamex newcomer here
« on: July 09, 2012, 15:53:59 »
Last year, I finally decided to buy Ultimate Doom and Doom II after playing the shareware and GBA versions (of Doom) for years.  Recently, I wanted to get into playing it online since I enjoy a good online game, I looked at a thread on Steam forums about source ports.

First port I tried was ZDaemon since the thread mentioned it was the most popular.  At first it was fun, but once you dig into it, it didn't sound as good and felt like luck (aim hoping it hits something).  I wasn't banned because I never did anything, but I've read stories.

Then I tried Odamex, and after playing for a while, honestly I'm liking it more.  It feels like I'm playing Doom, it does not need an "account", it supports Linux (I have it installed on both Windows and Linux partitions on my comp), and it's free/open source software so if something ever happened, people could pick it up thanks to the source code (hope nothing happens).  So far I'm having a great time whenever I get an online game in. ^__^

This has been my port of choice for online play (for single player, I like good old true to the original Chocolate Doom ;) ).  My apologies if any of you played me and I'm not that good.  I hope to get better.

Keep up the great work devs!
Just to let others know, I'm going to go by the nickname "Snowy" in Odamex online games.

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Re: Odamex newcomer here
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 16:06:56 »
Zdaemon the most popular, ROFL. Maybe a couple years ago, not anymore. Also, popular should not be confused with good/best. Obviously there is some agenda at work there!

Welcome to odamex, arguably the most active multiplayer port development wise, with arguably the best community so far!

I wish you best of luck in training to get better!
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Re: Odamex newcomer here
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 16:09:51 »
Hi and thanks Decay. I have to agree about the community. So far it has really been a positive experience.  Not to mention fun on the two Nitro nights I played on (bucketDM and CoreCTF, I think that's what it was called).
Just to let others know, I'm going to go by the nickname "Snowy" in Odamex online games.

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Re: Odamex newcomer here
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 16:38:23 »
Also I forgot to recommend you using an IRC (if you don't already have one; but I haven't seen you on IRC yet) client to talk to the majority of odamex players in real time. It's also far easier to set up games this way.

Try using XChat, connecting to irc.quakenet.org port:6667 and joining #odamex
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MXU - Mechanix Union: A multi-port development team
#MXU on quakenet for mapping tips, projects, and more, or visit our site http://mxu.the-powerhouse.net/forums/
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Re: Odamex newcomer here
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2012, 17:34:17 »
XChat installed, and added the channel, tried connecting.  Thanks, hopefully it will be easier to find players than sitting on a server waiting, or seeing others play.
Just to let others know, I'm going to go by the nickname "Snowy" in Odamex online games.