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Worms: Armageddon => General discussion => Topic started by: skunk3 on February 18, 2018, 04:05 AM
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For those of you who no longer play - why?
Is it because of life commitments?
Have you found another game(s) that you enjoy more?
Does W:A no longer interest you?
Are you just taking a break?
Just curious. Lately WormNET has been extremely boring and hardly any good players play anymore, at least during the hours in which I can typically play.
I've tried finding other games to play but it seems like everything is boring. I haven't found anything addictive in a long time and friends of mine talk me into buying some game every once in a while and I lose interest quickly. (Especially if it involves 'grinding' whatsoever.)
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Pretty much as soon as I got a decent gaming pc, there were so many games I could suddenly play, WA just lost its charm after I dumped my ancient laptop that could only run like 10 games :v
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For those of you who no longer play - why?
StepS hasn't made a fix for SuperFrontendHD, the snow lag is distracting me from playing and it's annoying
Is it because of life commitments?
No
Have you found another game(s) that you enjoy more?
Yes, osu!
Does W:A no longer interest you?
Maybe
Are you just taking a break?
Maybe
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I play other games :)
Rocket League and MtG:Arena.
I have a shitload of other games on steam and ps3, but hardly play them. What I like about the above games is the pick-up-and-play rate. Usually I just go for the game which is one click away and where I can immediately engage in (ranked) play and where the games aren't too long.
I can see myself going back to Worms when there are ranked channels again.. then I can just enter worms and start playing seriously in 1 min time.
With TUS you first gotta find someone, which is hard enough, and then it's usually someone you don't really wanna play with, cause noob, asshole or scheme-rapist.
In those other games you can instantly play for ranked, vs similar level, in a predefined (single) scheme and for just a few mins. So even if you get your ass kicked, the next good game is just a second away.
Also, I kinda feel like I finished worms. There are no 'o wow' moments anymore.
I still like the intensity of playing a super important game for cup/tourney/po.
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I enjoy wasting time (reading Facebook and posting on forums and shit), and allergies and insomnia also waste some of my time, so I can't juggle too many hobbies at once.
On the rare occasion I do find time to play games, there are others I want to try, even if none of them are quite as enjoyable as W:A.
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The realization that W:A community is slowly dying and the fear that I won't have enough money for a living :D
So I basically replaced playing games with developing them. Programming skills are more valuable than being the top player, and it should pay well. My total "income" from playing W:A is around $50 including gifted Steam games in 4 years, that's not enough for paying a rent :D
Besides, playing other games saps out my appetite for gamedev.
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Also, I kinda feel like I finished worms. There are no 'o wow' moments anymore.
sad but logic.
how to have those if dont play ::)
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The WA community used to be thriving, WormNet used to be riddled with players. I played PX games pretty much exclusively since it came out but with few players on, and only a very small percentage of those having PX, I just kind of stopped trying I guess.
I have no doubt though that someone will develop something awesome for WA some day and get people interested again.
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True, WormNET is quite sad lately. There's like 20-30 unknown ppl on weekend nights.
But few days ago, o and myself made a deal to play few Aerials before bedtime.. And all of a sudden, group of 3 random Croats came to our game in 3am just to do some Worms.
If that wasn't "oh wow" moment, HHC, don't know what is!
My opinion is that W:A breaks are must have from time to time, but only way to get me off this game permanently, would be shutting servers down or Microsoft to make it incompatible to play any more (they've started doing it with latest Win10 updates).
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I've tried a lot of other games myself, but nothing has come close to the addictiveness / replay value of W:A. Rocket League doesn't interest me at all. In the last few months I've played PubG, Fortnite, Destiny 2, Civ 6, Heroes of the Storm, and loads of others. Nothing kept my interest for more than a week. The only thing that can interest me for a while is a good RPG but they only last a few days depending on how much time that I play, and they aren't multiplayer. (MMO's don't count, and suck anyway)
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I did get sucked into a f2p game on Steam for a while called "Bloons TD Battles." It is a head-to-head tower defense style game with a few modes of play, but I eventually got sick of it because it has a very clear meta if you want to win and pretty much all of the 'good' players play EXACTLY the same (by exploiting the dumbest aspects of the game mechanics) and it felt like playing vs. an AI.
I also did play WMD for quite a while but I already made a thread about that. What a game that could've been!
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Tryed a come back but remembered how much I suck can't rope for shit plus my pcs lame and not in my bedroom anymore plus most of my mates left
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I'm done, at least for a bit. Last time it was for 3-4 years, who knows this time. Completely bored to tears with the game, I got to the point where I only liked playing competitive games, and about 6 months ago most of the good players left. Sure, there are some good players around like vok and senator, aladdin, ect. but for the most part the experienced player base has left the game and the newer player base has produced virtually no good competitive players, so the league is dead.
Even if there was still a thriving competitive scene, I'm just a little bored with the gameplay, I play all the schemes for variety and I've always done this, but i think even new twists aren't enough to entertain me at this point.
I think its worms fatigue.
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The audience I used to thrive in does not exist anymore, it's been a long ride but it is likely over for me. At least I can keep the memories I have closely, pretty sure I will not forget W:A ever.
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im making plans to make a fan-made Worms game that uses my art-style but is more cleaner lmao.
the proposed features are:
. More weapon customization
. Crafting is only available in the campaign/body count modes.
. Vehicles are nerfed and require ammo to use. (Can be replenished by getting a utility crate.)
. Custom Weapons and Mechanics
. 110 (Both Weapons and Utilities Together.)
. 256 Color Map Support.
. Beta for veterans of the Worms Franchise (Thanks Skunk3!)
. Worms 2 rope mechanic (Hopefully.)
. Ui Built for both consoles and PC (Looks similar to Worms Armageddon.)
. RubberWorm replaces WormPot and you can enable all of them if you want.
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I'm not bored with the game itself. The reason why I find it boring these days is because of the lack of veteran players, and not only just because they are more skilled, but because I've known them longer and knew them better. Most of the people who play these days are random newbies who only play shopper, mole, and intermediate. You never see anyone play Team17, Elite, CTF, WFW, BR, etc. Lots of them do not speak English either, which really sucks.
I think that if the game were active and full of vets I'd probably never get bored with it... but then again I've taken breaks when it was active, so maybe I'm just romanticizing a bit.
I guess I just need to find some newer multiplayer game that I can get addicted to.
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im making plans to make a fan-made Worms game that uses my art-style but is more cleaner lmao.
the proposed features are:
. More weapon customization
. Crafting is only available in the campaign/body count modes.
. Vehicles are nerfed and require ammo to use. (Can be replenished by getting a utility crate.)
. Custom Weapons and Mechanics
. 110 (Both Weapons and Utilities Together.)
. 256 Color Map Support.
. Beta for veterans of the Worms Franchise (Thanks Skunk3!)
. Worms 2 rope mechanic (Hopefully.)
. Ui Built for both consoles and PC (Looks similar to Worms Armageddon.)
. RubberWorm replaces WormPot and you can enable all of them if you want.
We've all seen your posts and none of us believe you. Even if you had the technical knowledge of how to create such a game, you're a one man show and you'd never have enough time to actually complete and polish it.
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im making plans to make a fan-made Worms game that uses my art-style but is more cleaner lmao.
the proposed features are:
. More weapon customization
. Crafting is only available in the campaign/body count modes.
. Vehicles are nerfed and require ammo to use. (Can be replenished by getting a utility crate.)
. Custom Weapons and Mechanics
. 110 (Both Weapons and Utilities Together.)
. 256 Color Map Support.
. Beta for veterans of the Worms Franchise (Thanks Skunk3!)
. Worms 2 rope mechanic (Hopefully.)
. Ui Built for both consoles and PC (Looks similar to Worms Armageddon.)
. RubberWorm replaces WormPot and you can enable all of them if you want.
We've all seen your posts and none of us believe you. Even if you had the technical knowledge of how to create such a game, you're a one man show and you'd never have enough time to actually complete and polish it.
Its Barely on the mockups and concepts.
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Im bored with the game atm. Even CWT (my annual worms highlight) had no interest from nobody other than tita who wont leave worms without a gold medal.
An important reason for playing worms is the interaction with other players - the shittalk. Worms acted as an outlet for repressed mental retardation. I have mingled with sophisticated trashtalkers (walrus my hero), totally imbecile trashtalkers and just deep seeded retards. I have also learned the art of good trolling.
And also sober talks can be nice.
I miss this and I miss the competitive playing when I feel like a f@#!ing pro beating the big guns of some scheme.
But Ill probably return seriously sometime.
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I'm not bored with the game itself. The reason why I find it boring these days is because of the lack of veteran players, and not only just because they are more skilled, but because I've known them longer and knew them better. Most of the people who play these days are random newbies who only play shopper, mole, and intermediate. You never see anyone play Team17, Elite, CTF, WFW, BR, etc. Lots of them do not speak English either, which really sucks.
I think that if the game were active and full of vets I'd probably never get bored with it... but then again I've taken breaks when it was active, so maybe I'm just romanticizing a bit.
I guess I just need to find some newer multiplayer game that I can get addicted to.
Mole (TUS scheme or variants) is a good scheme, and it takes strategy and skill. You could play 10 games against FMA and lose every single one.
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Wally what games u playing now
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If that wasn't "oh wow" moment, HHC, don't know what is!
That's not what I meant sensei. What I mean is.. I know the game inside-out. In other games you sometimes discover a new technique or a new button/maneuver you never used before and suddenly you look at the game in a different light. It's been a REALLY REALLY long time since I seen something like that in Worms..
Most games you play about 2-3 months max and then you put it aside for the same reason, even though you can still learn some new things online.. if you're willing to put in the time/effort.
But Worms has been turned inside and out over the years. It seems like every possible scheme has been invented already, as has every technique. It's not the game anymore I fire up to explore new horizons you know. It's been used up for me :-[
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Worms acted as an outlet for repressed mental retardation.
This is why I stopped playing.
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I'm not bored with the game itself. The reason why I find it boring these days is because of the lack of veteran players, and not only just because they are more skilled, but because I've known them longer and knew them better. Most of the people who play these days are random newbies who only play shopper, mole, and intermediate. You never see anyone play Team17, Elite, CTF, WFW, BR, etc. Lots of them do not speak English either, which really sucks.
I think that if the game were active and full of vets I'd probably never get bored with it... but then again I've taken breaks when it was active, so maybe I'm just romanticizing a bit.
I guess I just need to find some newer multiplayer game that I can get addicted to.
Mole (TUS scheme or variants) is a good scheme, and it takes strategy and skill. You could play 10 games against FMA and lose every single one.
Sorry Joe, mole is a joke. It is so luck-based it's unreal. It's a noob scheme like shopper, and it's even worse when there's many people playing. I'd rather play almost anything other than mole. If I had to pick a scheme heavy in the luck department, I'd rather play a T17 *any* day over a mole.
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Im bored with the game atm. Even CWT (my annual worms highlight) had no interest from nobody other than tita who wont leave worms without a gold medal.
An important reason for playing worms is the interaction with other players - the shittalk. Worms acted as an outlet for repressed mental retardation. I have mingled with sophisticated trashtalkers (walrus my hero), totally imbecile trashtalkers and just deep seeded retards. I have also learned the art of good trolling.
And also sober talks can be nice.
I miss this and I miss the competitive playing when I feel like a f@#!ing pro beating the big guns of some scheme.
But Ill probably return seriously sometime.
I used to troll a lot more in the game but these days I'd rather just have real conversations with people. Half of the fun of playing Worms is having weird convos with people and getting to know them. A lot of people who play these days either don't talk, or barely talk... and when they DO talk they have the personality of a piece of cardboard. WormNET used to be a weird, wacky, and hilarious place to spend time. Nowadays it just feels like a playground for a bunch of random noobs nobody gives a shit about.
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"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back?"
"There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep… that have taken hold."
"I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
"We set out to save the Shire wormnet, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me."
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I used to play the game 24/7, but the moment I got my first full time job in 2013 was the beginning of the end of my worms "career" ;) I probably would've left at some point anyway since the state of the community seems a bit... boring? Where is everyone? Amazing how the league activity went from a normal 1500-2000 games per season a year ago to basically zero right now... seems like as soon as a significant number of players leave the game, everyone else just follows suit?
The last game in my replays folder is from July 2016, haven't touched worms ever since. I've never been much of a gamer, so I haven't really played other games either. Bought a bunch of classics (Portal, Civ 5 etc.) for fun during the last two christmas breaks, logged ~80 hours and that's about it. I'm probably already at an age when it's really hard to get into a new activity, especially when I have a bunch of other hobbies (astronomy, photography, programming) to fill my free time with.
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I'm not bored with the game itself. The reason why I find it boring these days is because of the lack of veteran players, and not only just because they are more skilled, but because I've known them longer and knew them better. Most of the people who play these days are random newbies who only play shopper, mole, and intermediate. You never see anyone play Team17, Elite, CTF, WFW, BR, etc. Lots of them do not speak English either, which really sucks.
I think that if the game were active and full of vets I'd probably never get bored with it... but then again I've taken breaks when it was active, so maybe I'm just romanticizing a bit.
I guess I just need to find some newer multiplayer game that I can get addicted to.
The most important part about any online game is the community and the people you play with. I am not surprised you find it boring at all. The same happened to me around 2010+ onwards, the people that made W:A great for me simply stopped playing. The game is just the playground but without the right people there is no fun to be had. That's why I said W:A will always be dead to me. My only hope is a new worms game that would create a new community similar to the one I enjoyed, which is a very slim chance considering T17 f@#!s up the mechanics that would support such a community quite well.
I will never be bored of roping as a game mechanic. But it's no fun doing it alone at a high level.
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Hahaha! You got the pain you wanted at the cost of hating my story mods. Why would I support you now? You have overfilled my madness. You were just making fun of me - and here's a comeback answer!
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That's not what I meant sensei. What I mean is.. I know the game inside-out. In other games you sometimes discover a new technique or a new button/maneuver you never used before and suddenly you look at the game in a different light. It's been a REALLY REALLY long time since I seen something like that in Worms..
Kk, gottcha. Although, when you look some videos of, for example, lacoste.. You'll find out there's lot more to discover in this game. It turns out your knowledge of physics and gameplay are low bottom. Been playing this a lot for past 5 years and most of turns this guy come up with, I couldn't even imagine to do, let alone do it succesful. Biggest problem is focusing on few schemes that you find enjoyable to play, while there's so many others where you can test W:A possibilites.
Saying you know this particular game inside-out is basically like some random joe comes up with: "I can beat Jordan 1v1 cause I'm familiar with basketball rules". Not buying it.
But respect your choice if you find it boring after 20 years of activity.
EDIT: first part of post wasn't towards you, but players globally.
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I guess I over-stated it a bit :-[
I do not have a komodo complex ;D
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Wally what games u playing now
when i have people over we sometimes get down on this after a few drinks:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_hvpgw5GNeM/maxresdefault.jpg)
i have a few classic gaming systems i play as well, nintendo, snes, ps1, ps2, ect. but not that often, they mostly collect dust in my back room. did play duck hunt the other night though.
i played starcraft 2 for awhile, i still like it, but don't see myself playing it at all, and im most interested in it as any PC game. I played my xbox one several times and then never again, just not into the games i had for it.
the best answer is now that im not playing worms consistently my gaming is down by virtually 95%, i dont really sink my time into games unless im invested in the gameplay, and there currently isnt/not aware of that game right now. i have other things to do with my time.
also:
An important reason for playing worms is the interaction with other players - the shittalk. Worms acted as an outlet for repressed mental retardation.
i can completely agree with that assesment
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I'm just taking a break, I'll try to play more often.
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That's not what I meant sensei. What I mean is.. I know the game inside-out. In other games you sometimes discover a new technique or a new button/maneuver you never used before and suddenly you look at the game in a different light. It's been a REALLY REALLY long time since I seen something like that in Worms..
Kk, gottcha. Although, when you look some videos of, for example, lacoste.. You'll find out there's lot more to discover in this game. It turns out your knowledge of physics and gameplay are low bottom. Been playing this a lot for past 5 years and most of turns this guy come up with, I couldn't even imagine to do, let alone do it succesful. Biggest problem is focusing on few schemes that you find enjoyable to play, while there's so many others where you can test W:A possibilites.
Saying you know this particular game inside-out is basically like some random joe comes up with: "I can beat Jordan 1v1 cause I'm familiar with basketball rules". Not buying it.
But respect your choice if you find it boring after 20 years of activity.
EDIT: first part of post wasn't towards you, but players globally.
:-* greetings husky
edit wa wow moments never end
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I do not have a komodo complex ;D
^^Stuff like that mainly...
The community(on TUS) got extremely unsupportive and overly critical, and as a few other players said there aren't enough good competitive players. Without Clanners I barely see the point anymore...
Just sucks when you have all these ideas and plans and nobody else really cares enough to help out or put some effort in, you receive nothing but criticism and then lectured even though you are giving up your free time for the community...
I was online last week for a few games because XanKriegor got me slightly hooked to Grenade Wars, made a map too, I was asked about TUS, really can't be bothered with it but thought i'd check it out again for old times sake... I see I haven't missed much just some crazy guy going on about his WA dreams lol. I honestly can't be bothered sitting in AG spamming "Clanner ne1?" for like 4-5 hours to no avail anymore...
As for other games, waiting for 2 games to come out:
Monster Hunter World / X4: Foundations
As those are the last 2 series i've really enjoyed, the only 2 really, I thought the latest Zelda looked beautiful, and fell in love with it straight away but turned out to be a major disappointment with all the relentless grinding and doing same repetitive sh*t and lack of themes that OoT had for temples etc.
Apart from that music is going well had several songs on radio recently, done a remix for an upcoming band which gets released in 4 days, just need to keep grinding :)
Quitting my job / looking for new things.
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Cause it is boring right now, none play league matches as many competitive players left it. One does not simply stay the whole day in ag looking for a league game... I prefer play some boII games which are definitely faster and funnier with friends. I've also been busy with rl stuff such as family and university. I miss this game so much, unfortunately i'm aware it's not anymore like it used to be.. well., life goes on..
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lack of scheme making options
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I will never be bored of roping as a game mechanic. But it's no fun doing it alone at a high level.
Yes it is! :D
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I do not have a komodo complex ;D
^^Stuff like that mainly...
The community(on TUS) got extremely unsupportive and overly critical, and as a few other players said there aren't enough good competitive players. Without Clanners I barely see the point anymore...
Just sucks when you have all these ideas and plans and nobody else really cares enough to help out or put some effort in, you receive nothing but criticism and then lectured even though you are giving up your free time for the community...
I was online last week for a few games because XanKriegor got me slightly hooked to Grenade Wars, made a map too, I was asked about TUS, really can't be bothered with it but thought i'd check it out again for old times sake... I see I haven't missed much just some crazy guy going on about his WA dreams lol. I honestly can't be bothered sitting in AG spamming "Clanner ne1?" for like 4-5 hours to no avail anymore...
As for other games, waiting for 2 games to come out:
Monster Hunter World / X4: Foundations
As those are the last 2 series i've really enjoyed, the only 2 really, I thought the latest Zelda looked beautiful, and fell in love with it straight away but turned out to be a major disappointment with all the relentless grinding and doing same repetitive sh*t and lack of themes that OoT had for temples etc.
Apart from that music is going well had several songs on radio recently, done a remix for an upcoming band which gets released in 4 days, just need to keep grinding :)
Quitting my job / looking for new things.
And that's also the reason why I engaged the Noobocalypse on WormNET. All the hate I get goes back later on.
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New city, new life... A JOB... no free time anymore! Kurwa!
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New city, new life... A JOB... no free time anymore! Kurwa!
EXCUSES!!!! REAL wormers will ALWAYS find a time to play at least max scheme or mole!!
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I do not have a komodo complex ;D
^^Stuff like that mainly...
The community(on TUS) got extremely unsupportive and overly critical, and as a few other players said there aren't enough good competitive players. Without Clanners I barely see the point anymore...
Just sucks when you have all these ideas and plans and nobody else really cares enough to help out or put some effort in, you receive nothing but criticism and then lectured even though you are giving up your free time for the community...
I was online last week for a few games because XanKriegor got me slightly hooked to Grenade Wars, made a map too, I was asked about TUS, really can't be bothered with it but thought i'd check it out again for old times sake... I see I haven't missed much just some crazy guy going on about his WA dreams lol. I honestly can't be bothered sitting in AG spamming "Clanner ne1?" for like 4-5 hours to no avail anymore...
As for other games, waiting for 2 games to come out:
Monster Hunter World / X4: Foundations
As those are the last 2 series i've really enjoyed, the only 2 really, I thought the latest Zelda looked beautiful, and fell in love with it straight away but turned out to be a major disappointment with all the relentless grinding and doing same repetitive sh*t and lack of themes that OoT had for temples etc.
Apart from that music is going well had several songs on radio recently, done a remix for an upcoming band which gets released in 4 days, just need to keep grinding :)
Quitting my job / looking for new things.
And that's also the reason why I engaged the Noobocalypse on WormNET. All the hate I get goes back later on.
Because you're gonna make a bad side of the worms Armageddon community.
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Just keep play wutya lav
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Started playing guildwars 2 and if you wanted to do something there, people reacted enthousiastically and were generally very helpful. And we got the same people talking shit, but the snobbish people were a small minority.
Then I come back here, and people rely on the dinosaurs of the game to do something and when someone new comes along to make something, they get to deal with shitty comments.
And then I go back to gw2.
Edit: would still love to see more Wally commentating of replays, though! Had fun editing that one episode :) I'll still edit any new ones if you want or co-commentate if you want, though I'm pretty busy lately.
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As those are the last 2 series i've really enjoyed, the only 2 really, I thought the latest Zelda looked beautiful, and fell in love with it straight away but turned out to be a major disappointment with all the relentless grinding and doing same repetitive sh*t and lack of themes that OoT had for temples etc
yeah i know it's repetitive with the shrines... but outside of shrines there's alot of cool mysterious stuff... like i remember first time going to the desert... holy **** :D or the huge lake in south... but in worms we can make our own mysteries with our custom maps :D
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I just found my CD after 5 years and put a snooper in Wormnet since. Still love this game. It's still very fun to go for crazy stuff. I alternate between playing WA and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The hardest thing is finding a good player to play. Please come back and let's play!
Some shitty things i've noticed with this new era of worms
Big RR is absolutely miserable... you can't see shit when you drop down from high heights and it's just shit. How does anyone enjoy this? Nooby wxw type roping zzzzz
Why does everyone play mole with x2 damage at the beginning? Ruins the scheme :(
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I just found my CD after 5 years and put a snooper in Wormnet since. Still love this game. It's still very fun to go for crazy stuff. I alternate between playing WA and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The hardest thing is finding a good player to play. Please come back and let's play!
Some shitty things i've noticed with this new era of worms
Big RR is absolutely miserable... you can't see shit when you drop down from high heights and it's just shit. How does anyone enjoy this? Nooby wxw type roping zzzzz
Why does everyone play mole with x2 damage at the beginning? Ruins the scheme :(
i think you were playing rubber mole.
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I stopped playing W:A because lack of clanners and competitive players, so I returned to WoW Vanilla, but I got bored after a couple of months. Now I play W:A very rarely when I'm drunk and nostalgic. Right now I'm not playing any videogame, just studying for getting IT certifications and rec some "music".
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I just found my CD after 5 years and put a snooper in Wormnet since. Still love this game. It's still very fun to go for crazy stuff. I alternate between playing WA and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The hardest thing is finding a good player to play. Please come back and let's play!
Some shitty things i've noticed with this new era of worms
Big RR is absolutely miserable... you can't see shit when you drop down from high heights and it's just shit. How does anyone enjoy this? Nooby wxw type roping zzzzz
Why does everyone play mole with x2 damage at the beginning? Ruins the scheme :(
i think you were playing rubber mole.
I don't have rubber installed.
Also seems like every mole has someone invading me turn one and then it's up to the luck of the crates if I can defend myself. Stupid times on wormnet
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I just found my CD after 5 years and put a snooper in Wormnet since. Still love this game. It's still very fun to go for crazy stuff. I alternate between playing WA and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The hardest thing is finding a good player to play. Please come back and let's play!
Some shitty things i've noticed with this new era of worms
Big RR is absolutely miserable... you can't see shit when you drop down from high heights and it's just shit. How does anyone enjoy this? Nooby wxw type roping zzzzz
Why does everyone play mole with x2 damage at the beginning? Ruins the scheme :(
i think you were playing rubber mole.
I don't have rubber installed.
Also seems like every mole has someone invading me turn one and then it's up to the luck of the crates if I can defend myself. Stupid times on wormnet
Avoiding that is part of the meta-game of multi-player mole. Don't make yourself the biggest/best cave right off the bat. Get your other worms moved into/connected to that cave ASAP to guard against invasion, but make it seem like a coincidence/accident. You want to appear like a noob as much as possible until you are in a dominant position. For example, if teleporting to your other worm, appear to seriously consider bad teleport locations (such as near the water with SD coming). Don't use chat/select worm/moonwalking at the start of the game if it's unnecessary.
It's always best to host the game yourself because a lot of people don't reseed the holes ("!seed hole random" and "!reload") or ensure the map has 65 colours or less. And then you can disable damage x2, gold banana, superweapons, etc, and restrict girder range and put whatever other settings you want. People naturally seem to gang up on the host a bit, so you can try using a random alias and changing your team's colour to something other than red. I agree that this is kinda lame, but a lot of "random russian noob" mole players actually do this.
Multiplayer mole is a challenging game. There are many unpredictable factors involved, the biggest of which is luck. It's a psychological battle as much as a strategic one. There is no honour, mostly just pettiness, greed, and revenge. You have to be okay with losing for reasons outside of your control. Your opponent is often stupid and will choose a sub-optimal move, throwing all your calculations out the window. Anyone can win, even a noob. The best you can do is increase your chances of winning. If all that sounds unacceptable, play BnG instead.
Playing 1v1 requires a lot more actual skill and less mind-tricks, so when I defend mole it's 1v1 I'm talking about, even though I enjoy all types. In 1v1 with a proper scheme the more talented player usually wins.
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I actually decided to uninstall Steam and all of my games yesterday. I just can't get into gaming anymore. I still like it in theory but whenever I try something new I get bored in a very short amount of time, and when it comes to W:A I am not bored with the gameplay itself, but as I have already said before, it is a boring experience without the right people around. I'm not quitting forever and doubt that I ever will, but for now I find it depressing to log in to WormNET only to see a bunch of snoopers and random noobs. Every once in a while I'll find some good players on but not very often. I have very fond memories of the nights I'd say up until dawn playing Worms, sitting at my computer desk getting super stoned / drunk and laughing. I guess those days are gone.
I guess it's all for the best anyway since there's more productive things that I could be doing with my time. I am back in school yet again working on a master's degree, plus I recently got back into DJ'ing after being disinterested for a while. I also bought an Ableton Push 2 and will be learning how to use Ableton after being DAWless for like 10+ years.
It still sucks though. W:A was always an escape for me and even though I beefed with a couple of people throughout the years and thought that some others were assholes, the majority of players have been pretty cool... and to see them fade away one by one until basically none are left is really sad. This game helped me get through the darkest and most depressed times of my life and I honestly expected to be playing with some of these cats forever. I guess I should have known better and failed to realize what was inevitable.
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I just found my CD after 5 years and put a snooper in Wormnet since. Still love this game. It's still very fun to go for crazy stuff. I alternate between playing WA and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The hardest thing is finding a good player to play. Please come back and let's play!
Some shitty things i've noticed with this new era of worms
Big RR is absolutely miserable... you can't see shit when you drop down from high heights and it's just shit. How does anyone enjoy this? Nooby wxw type roping zzzzz
Why does everyone play mole with x2 damage at the beginning? Ruins the scheme :(
I gotta disagree with you on one bit... Big RR is my favorite scheme hands down. There's so many amazing maps that test different roping competencies and there's no luck involved whatsoever, unlike roper/etc. I enjoy it more than TTRR because winning is based upon who does the best over many turns rather than just having one good run. Also, I have no problem seeing where I am going most of the time if I use CTRL + HOME. Dropping from heights is kinda hard sometimes but on some maps the map maker puts in some sort of indication to let you know that you're almost at the bottom. IMHO Big RR is the pinnacle of rope based schemes because there's no collecting crates, no attacking, just pure roping. It's a marathon of consistency and speed and that's why I'd rather play it than anything else. The crappy part is that there's only a handful of players who are active these days who can give me a challenge. (SaltyK9, Blitz, LordPiti, Sir J, etc.) I guess that doesn't matter anymore since I uninstalled! ;)
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I just don't like the wideness of the roping in Big RR. I like tight spaces where you have to be precise and efficient. Don't quit worms, I'm back forever!
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I just don't like the wideness of the roping in Big RR. I like tight spaces where you have to be precise and efficient. Don't quit worms, I'm back forever!
Well, you have to be precise and efficient in Big RR as well. The only difference is that one tiny mistake during one turn in Big RR isn't likely to cause a loss. I find Big RR more 'zen' and TTRR more stressful because one has to nail a run from start to finish as perfectly as possible, whereas in Big RR you know in the back of your mind that it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Anyway, I've already uninstalled... until I decide that there's a reason for me to come back. Maybe when 3.8 comes out I'll reinstall.
Another thing that I should mention is that I historically do not limit my Worms experience to just W:A. I typically play W:A as well as whatever the newest Worms title is, and I can tell you that dealing with newer players is exhausting. Nobody gives a shit about the history of the game, nobody cares to learn rules, nobody cares to learn basic Worms etiquette, etc.
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Guess I'm taking a break, due to life commitments and also lots of people have stopped playing and so have I, same reason as oldschoolers, this game is just not fun anymore, which is really sad indeed, cuz I used to enjoy it big time. Plus I need a new keyboard. :P
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The eruption of WA's death was launched by me in order to make a counterattack to my haters (Xan is now excluded). I didn't want to launch it, but the hate has charged me to do this.
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Nobody hates you, you are just irrelevant. You seek attention constantly for bullshit fluff projects with zero substance. You released half a dozen flags and some shitty hand-drawn maps as the "ultimate worms mod". "Doodle worms" is probably a zipped shortcut to ms-paint. How is anyone supposed to take you seriously?
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Nobody hates you, you are just irrelevant. You seek attention constantly for bullshit fluff projects with zero substance. You released half a dozen flags and some shitty hand-drawn maps as the "ultimate worms mod". "Doodle worms" is probably a zipped shortcut to ms-paint. How is anyone supposed to take you seriously?
Doodle Worms is my mod and is the one I've been working on for years.
It's a GuI mod. The deluxe version came out recently with a lot of stuff and is possibly better than his content. I've also done speech banks such as ports of worms reloaded ones, requested ones, original.
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sometimes i think about returning and playing some games, but then i come here and see posts and topics of some idiots (like above) and i change my mind immediately, coz i am getting old and can't handle stupid people anymore
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Nobody hates you, you are just irrelevant. You seek attention constantly for bullshit fluff projects with zero substance. You released half a dozen flags and some shitty hand-drawn maps as the "ultimate worms mod". "Doodle worms" is probably a zipped shortcut to ms-paint. How is anyone supposed to take you seriously?
+1
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if all the ppl crying bout noones playing would get organized to play they could stop cry.
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Forums are really getting more meaningless each day. But there's still well known ppl in ag ready to play a few.
If you wanted to comeback and play, tomi, I don't think some kids on TUS would be an obstacle.
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Nobody hates you, you are just irrelevant. You seek attention constantly for bullshit fluff projects with zero substance. You released half a dozen flags and some shitty hand-drawn maps as the "ultimate worms mod". "Doodle worms" is probably a zipped shortcut to ms-paint. How is anyone supposed to take you seriously?
Be that as it may, if there were anyone around wanting to do something with substance, this type of response is sending that person the message not to bother.
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Nobody hates you, you are just irrelevant. You seek attention constantly for bullshit fluff projects with zero substance. You released half a dozen flags and some shitty hand-drawn maps as the "ultimate worms mod". "Doodle worms" is probably a zipped shortcut to ms-paint. How is anyone supposed to take you seriously?
Be that as it may, if there were anyone around wanting to do something with substance, this type of response is sending that person the message not to bother.
Fwiw I apologize. I got those two players mixed up and had only seen screenshots before. Doodle worms looks like it took more work than I thought. I appreciate the effort.
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For those of you who no longer play - why?
Is it because of life commitments?
Have you found another game(s) that you enjoy more?
Does W:A no longer interest you?
Are you just taking a break?
i think it's a mix of everything, you know time goes by.
different people, different reasons.
w:a is still a great game tho.
it's just people need a break and discover something else, before they might come back.
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I played for around 2 back when i was 15 (now 29 XD) The community was awesome. All the clans were so much fun and had lots of character. For example playing ropers on custom maps and certain clans loved maps that were super high so lots of precision roping. People coming over from w2 was always a treat (IRwlz Gangstarr) and we'd go play w2 with them.
I stopped playing just because i grew up a bit and started doing irl stuff a bunch. Always played online games on console but recently built a new gaming pc. I play a bunch of fps like pubg, siege and cs and do a bit of streaming on twitch.
Would really love to play with some people from back in the day and catchup and get to know people properly.
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New city, new life... A JOB... no free time anymore! Kurwa!
Where r u old friend