The Ultimate Site of Worms Armageddon
Worms: Armageddon => Promotion Project => Topic started by: avirex on November 02, 2013, 07:03 PM
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this has been something i have been thinking about for a while.. im not sure i have ever posted about it though...
there has been so many wormers over the years that have come, and gone... Many may never come back, and thats depressing, im sure we all can think of a handful of worms that we would love to see again, even if it was just for a day, to have a game, and talk with...
I think we should create a Worms Holiday, 1 day a year that everyone comes back to Wnet, no matter if your inactive or not.. it would have to be a time of year that generally people are available.. so most likely winter, and the date should have some kind of meaning, or a date that can be easily remembered..
its too bad this date was not created long ago, would be nice to see old faces, even if it were just for 1 day, but its never too late... so in the case that anyone stops playing today, we can have a date they will remember to come back, and even if worms ever dies, (and i hope not) ten years down the road we will all meet back up in AG for a day, and play some games :D
sound like a good idea??
anyone have any suggestions for a date?
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Yes, good idea.
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A suggestion for the date could be Worms Armageddon official release in May 31st (1999)
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That's only the American release date, UK and Europe got the game a few months earlier. :P
But yeah, I definitely vote to make this happen. Maybe the 17th of some month? Because we're all joined in our disdain for Team17 and aren't likely to forget their name, I mean... :D
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very nice idea, will be nice to see some guys i seen in December 2011-Spring 2012
anyone have any suggestions for a date?
Maybe the 17th of some month?
Maybe good in July :)
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why only 1 day? and it shouldn't be some exact date, last saturday/sunday is better I think
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Well, the last public prediction of the end of the world was may 21st 2011, so considering it's worms armageddon, why not make the day may 21st?
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That's only the American release date, UK and Europe got the game a few months earlier. :P
But yeah, I definitely vote to make this happen. Maybe the 17th of some month? Because we're all joined in our disdain for Team17 and aren't likely to forget their name, I mean... :D
17th of May is the national day in Norway, I think that's a great suggestion KRD :-[
(http://s8.postimg.org/s661rv85t/Norske_flagg.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/s661rv85t/)
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Maybe next year? I need time to rally the troops.
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May.be17
For some reason I like the date. Mid-winter, or mid-summer in north case, could be a nice date too.
But I have another idea, since an specific date could come in a week day, maybe we could arrange like the second weekend of certain month?
Weekends will prolly get more people able to play than weekdays...
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... like the second weekend of certain month?
Weekends will prolly get more people able to play than weekdays...
true, but that's also harder to remember.
nice idea btw.
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Yes, please. Weekends or public holidays.
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I really like this idea! :)
I wonder though, if the intention is to make some long not seen faces join #AG for a day, how do we get the word out to those people? I'm thinking about some single-page website with like some cool worms-like artwork and a big-ass counter for the day (or days, week, whatever we agree on) as a promotion, then we could just send the link and some message to some of our old friends on IM, TUS PM, email, whatnot.
I definitely think it should always happen on a weekend, most of us are busy during weekdays and I think it would help the attendance to organize this on a Saturday or on a Sunday.
I doubt there would be any date that any wormer could really relate to right now, I mean I'd have to google to find out the release date of the game and such things so maybe let's come up with an arbitrary date considering what the best would be for the sake of a high attendance! ;)
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Very good idea avi!
I would certainly join such an event. :)
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Should maybe set the event for 2 days within the same week (for those who may be working/holiday on the day).
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yes Ray, first i wanted to see if people thought it was a good idea...
i was really expecting alot of people to bash the idea, im glad everyone seems to like it...
the main goal would be to get this date stuck in everyones head that currently plays.... the amount of wormers that are gone for ever is staggering, they just will never come back... thats why creating such a date now is important.
i think the 17th of a certain month holds a memorable meaning for all of us, but like some said, may not be ideal for everyone to set time aside on such a random date (that could fall on a weekday)
first step obviously is figure out a date, or at least a day... (such as second weekend of month, etc. )
then we can create a simple website with nothing more then a timer, and with MonkeyIslands support, a banner on the top of TUS.. (and possibly other popular worms sites)
then as you said Ray, maybe ppl can send mass emails to old worms contacts.. the main goal is to get a date stuck into everyones head, so as time goes on, as we may loser wormers, they will still come back on a specific day... but, if in the process we can gain real old schoolers attention, that would only be a plus.
side not: being that i came up with this idea: when this date does come around, i would like you all to think of me as santa clause. ;p jk
ps: as cheesy as it would be, i was thinking the day after christmas... most EVERYONE should have time off from work, or school that day, and usually not alot going on with family, its just a day to chill out.... also, would be easy to remember..
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What will this meeting actually look like? You need some program.
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Well I remember the biggest issue I had when returning to W:A was obtaining a copy of the game. I know images etc. but I didn't like the idea to just download and some sites may be malicious. In the end I got my W:A Image from dark. So I figure getting together in #AG is easy thanks to snooper but actually playing could be problematic for some that just install W:A for that particular day?
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Well I remember the biggest issue I had when returning to W:A was obtaining a copy of the game. I know images etc. but I didn't like the idea to just download and some sites may be malicious. In the end I got my W:A Image from dark. So I figure getting together in #AG is easy thanks to snooper but actually playing could be problematic for some that just install W:A for that particular day?
Probably there should be some links to get WA on said site.
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What about making a "meeting" within Worm Olympics? Most if not everyone in the past years that played W:A knows about it and the date could be set at a good weekend day. I remember when I heard winter Olympics or summer Olympics in TV that I always remembered Worms Olympics lol. Also it has many nationality flags, when I see many of them packed together I also think of W:A. xD
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What about making a "meeting" within Worm Olympics? Most if not everyone in the past years that played W:A knows about it and the date could be set at a good weekend day. I remember when I heard winter Olympics or summer Olympics in TV that I always remembered Worms Olympics lol. Also it has many nationality flags, when I see many of them packed together I also think of W:A. xD
Yes, indeed, thought about it too. :) At 17th day of month it can be done on summer WO I guess.
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Meanwhile, all the craze surrounding the T17 Humble Weekly Sale is already bringing people we thought we'd never see again back to WormNet, at least for quick visits. I've spoken to or seen theone from NBR, Liberty from EiF, Rebell from BkM and HariSeldon (!) within the past week alone. Hot damn. :-X
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I saw KnightfoX yesterday.
Robot (from MwC) came on last month.
Names frtom the past for me anyway!
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Nice idea. What about something like 17th weekend of the year? Or 17th month? hmm.. 17th month probably won't work :D Or the 34th weekend, coz it's 2*17.. ^^ so something like that
I don't know why, but I think in a weekend there would be much bigger activity than in a weekday.
By the way firstly we should get the e-mail addresses of the old players, or somehow make contact with them and store the addresses in a database. Then we could send them mails, to make them remember that next weekend will be this big worms comeback event, so better start to make that weekend free for yourself and start to practice a little bit ;)
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Let's have holiday on 17th of August. It's vacations and WO time.
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Well, I had issues installing W:A in windows 8. Which I overcome with a ghost copy of my "c:/worms armageddon/" folder from another pc to the new laptop. The tweaks, script changes like skipIntro, timerworkaround... worked out, and I was able to update to lastest package without a problem. I wasn't able to install W:A in Win8 cause of it's oldie installwizard which was never starting.
Maybe finding a fast server with enough bandwitch, which could be a torrent powered by ourselves, with a .ZIP of a ghost copy of W:A could be an easy way to "download'n play".
Question for the computar pros: will it work in any OS? What about the MAC?
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Looking at 2014 calendar:
- may 17 will be a sunday!
- may 31 is sunday too!
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I wasn't able to install W:A in Win8 cause of it's oldie installwizard which was never starting.
this is a very common problem and the solution is very simple: on the CD, navigate to Install\Install.exe and run it instead of the default Setup.exe. Simple as that, but not everyone remembers that
Maybe finding a fast server with enough bandwitch, which could be a torrent powered by ourselves, with a .ZIP of a ghost copy of W:A could be an easy way to "download'n play".
it would still be illegal :( people should just get the Humble Bundle (http://humblebundle.com/weekly) now while it lasts.
Question for the computar pros: will it work in any OS? What about the MAC?
Installing WA on Mac OS X (http://worms2d.info/Installing_WA_on_Mac_OS_X).
Related to that, I have also seen an astonishingly simple technique to install run WA on Linux (by only using 1 command in the terminal, without doing anything else), but sadly that method is illegal. If only something like that could be made automated for the legal copies...
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MAN, the hundle butthole thing is completely outrageous.
Let's make a torrent... and who the f@#! is t17 today?
Do they update the game we love so? Well. I bought the game.
They care about money only, just like anyone's possible team17 games salesman...
We care about.... fun?
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If you bought W:A once I would not feel guilty downloading the game when I lost my disc. I've still supported the developer and publisher by giving them my money already once in the past.
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i thought it was legal to download the game, if you made original purchase...
kind of like emulators and roms, they are legal only if you own the real cartridge? no?
i bought w:a once, and i still have the original CD somewhere in some storage box...
but any time i have came back to worms i DL'ed... i dont ever feel bad.. it actually brings me joy ;D