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#242953 - 30/11/2004 22:15 Half Life 2: Deathmatch
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	It's official, Valve's "Surprise" for this week is the release of Half Life 2: Deathmatch. There's even a piece of concept art on their web site, sitting in a directory and waiting to get linked off of the home page. One of the Valve employees posted the link to it on the Steam forums. Sweet. Can't wait to deathmatch with that gravity gun. Now the only question is... Do we get it tonight or not? _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#242954 - 30/11/2004 22:28 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tfabris]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12338 Loc: Sterling, VA	Pelting people across the country with flying toilets = sweetness It's almost enough to make me go out and get myself a copy of HL2 and a bottle of dramamine _________________________ Matt
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#242955 - 30/11/2004 22:33 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Dignan]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: Pelting people across the country with flying toilets = sweetness Couldn't agree more. My only worry is that it'll be like the BFG-9000, playbalanced by being very rare/hard to reach, and limited in ammunition. Well, we shall see what they come up with. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#242956 - 30/11/2004 23:18 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tfabris]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Cool. Anybody up for a game when it's released?
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#242957 - 30/11/2004 23:23 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tman]
ricin veteran Registered: 19/06/2000 Posts: 1495 Loc: US: CA	ME! I wonder if they're going to ever put in any co-op levels. _________________________ Donato MkII/080000565 MkIIa/010101253 ricin.us
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#242958 - 01/12/2004 00:54 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Dignan]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: Pelting people across the country with flying toilets = sweetness Better yet, how about this quote from the Blue's News forums: Gaming rig... 1,500 dollars. Half-Life 2... 50 dollars. Broadband internet connection... 40 dollars. Killing someone with a toilet to the head... Priceless. _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#242959 - 01/12/2004 02:30 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tfabris]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12338 Loc: Sterling, VA	I appologize for this question, but I'm rushing to find an answer for a friend of mine. Is a 256MB 9800 Pro good enough for HL2? What resolutions would he be able to get on something like that? It would be going into a system with a 2100+ and, I believe, 512MB of RAM. Thanks, and sorry for such a lame thread hijack. edit And I know we talked about this in the Doom 3 thread, but I heard that the system load of HL2 is slightly different... Edited by Dignan17 (01/12/2004 02:31) _________________________ Matt
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#242960 - 01/12/2004 05:20 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Dignan]
Waterman981 old hand Registered: 14/02/2002 Posts: 804 Loc: Salt Lake City, UT	I'm running it great on a XP2100 with an ATI 9600 XT 128MB, and 1GB RAM and play at 1024x768. You won't have a problem. More RAM should help your loading times, but you should get good picture. It looks like Deathmatch is available. If anyone is playing look me up, Waterman in the friends network. _________________________ -Michael #040103696 on a shelf Mk2a - 90 GB - Red - Illuminated buttons
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#242961 - 01/12/2004 05:23 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: ricin]
RobotCaleb pooh-bah Registered: 15/01/2002 Posts: 1866 Loc: Austin	too much spam from the grav gun. it certainly does add a neat dynamic to the game, though on steam as _l0ser Attachments 242243-dm_overwatch0001.jpg (129 downloads)
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#242962 - 01/12/2004 07:43 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tman]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: Cool. Anybody up for a game when it's released? I'll be on later tonight, UK time. _________________________ -- roger
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#242963 - 01/12/2004 07:44 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tfabris]
drakino carpal tunnel Registered: 08/06/1999 Posts: 7868	Sadly it wasn't the suprise I was hoping for, but then again I really didn't expect it. My quote from the hype last week in IRC about the suprise: "Could it be a public appology for steam and its dismantlement?" For the record, we are now over two weeks since my trouble ticket was logged with Valve and no response. Yeah, getting rid of the publisher and their support staff rocks...
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#242964 - 01/12/2004 11:21 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: tfabris]
Cybjorg addict Registered: 23/12/2002 Posts: 652 Loc: Winston Salem, NC	Hopefully it will be better than Counter Strike:Source. I hate CS. EDIT: It's not. It's fun for about 5 minutes, but I've never enjoyed an everyone-for-himself fragfest, even if you do get to pelt each other with toilets. Edited by Cybjorg (01/12/2004 15:55)
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#242965 - 01/12/2004 13:07 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Dignan]
Tim veteran Registered: 25/04/2000 Posts: 1525 Loc: Arizona	Quote: Is a 256MB 9800 Pro good enough for HL2? What resolutions would he be able to get on something like that? It would be going into a system with a 2100+ and, I believe, 512MB of RAM. I'm running it on a system with a 128MB 9800 Pro (AIW) and it looks great. The rest of my specs are better though, which might make up the difference (3000+ and 2GB). I've had very little stutter or other problems with this setup. - Tim
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#242966 - 01/12/2004 18:00 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Roger]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: Quote: Cool. Anybody up for a game when it's released? I'll be on later tonight, UK time. I'm around. Trying to sign into the Friends network, but it's being slow. I'm guy-in-corner, if you see me appear. _________________________ -- roger
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#242967 - 02/12/2004 03:02 Re: Half Life 2: Deathmatch [Re: Roger]
webroach old hand Registered: 23/07/2003 Posts: 869 Loc: Colorado	Quote: I'm guy-in-corner, if you see me appear. Heh. Reminds me of a great Lyle Lovett song.... _________________________ Dave
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