Return of the Trial Nights !!

[GamesMasterTA]

The Map Council (in their infinate wisdom http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif), has agreed, the Return of the trial nights

This time round they are to be held over the weekends, hosted by members of the council, the maps being played on the night are the choice of the council and are maps that have been previously submitted to us and are under consideration for hosting on Far Cry USW servers and review.

The purpose of the events are to have a good playtest of all the maps that have been submitted, in the ongoing search for the best player created maps.

We will take our own notes during the games and will make our final desicission mid-week after the events. The council & LP will however have the last 'say' or final choice in which maps are to be hosted on the Ubisoft Far Cry USW servers.

Feel free to post your own reviews from the hosted nights right here too!

<span class="ev_code_RED">Please do not ask council members to 'check out your map', if you want to have your map submitted then please use the submission thread (http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1191051763/m/9471059673)</span>

It is on a first come first served basis.
Please run a optimatch search at date and times given and joing the appropriate host.
Dates & times are to be supplied shortly

[GamesMasterTA]

Guys feel free to post here, just so we can gauge how many hosts or places are needed

Thanks

[Brimtown]

I'll be available Saturday or Sunday, most likely in the morning (8am-1pm EST).

[DarkReyule]

I am available all weekend long.

[Brimtown]

-bump-

Mambo, anyone - can you guys make this thread a sticky, so it doesn't wind up getting buried and ignored?

[Devils_Requiem]

Im in, whenever u need me to be there, ask me.
and if this thread keeps dying, ill keep bumpin it for u -bump- see? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/59.gif

[GamesMasterTA]

Ok guys im hosting a room on Friday night

Room opens at 7:30pm for downloading and start at 8:00pm GMT (London UK).

[Brimtown]

Originally posted by GamesMasterTA:
Ok guys im hosting a room on Friday night (UK time)

Ill update this with a definative time nearer the day and a list of maps that will be used.

GM - I can't make Friday nights, but good luck with your room. Are you going to be free Saturday morning (afternoon your time)? I'll go ahead and host a room for then.

[klownsnypr]

i'll be there if i'm online. If I am send me a game invite


Ahhhhhhnold

[JayFlipz489]

sure i'll be there unless things change...just send me an invite games master if i'm online....

[Quaagmire]

I'm in too. My GT is Quagm1r3,
and my maps are HIGH DIVE and Broken Forest.

Let me know when u guys get a time going, I'm available on Mondays, Fridays and Weekends.

[GamesMasterTA]

Anyone interested in joining my room (8 players max) tomorrow night, please note that tonight i will set up a dedicated server with tomorrows maps included, please download them to save time and lag tomorrow

Thanks

[Quaagmire]

I'll try, but it is thanksgiving. I got a busy schedule.

[mambonuts]

Okay...My server will be up on Saturday Night...

I'll open it dedicated from 5:00-6:00p.m. est to DL ahead for anyone...

Then, I'll have it set to go for around 6:30p.m. for 10 people...I can hold more, but this amount of players will optimize the playspeed...so, make sure your connections are clean...hehehe

[Quaagmire]

That works well for me.

Now if only I was good at remembering things... http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/35.gif

[BurnTheHobo]

Originally posted by GamesMasterTA:
Ok guys im hosting a room on Friday night

Room opens at 7:30pm for downloading and start at 8:00pm GMT (London UK).

I'll try and be there, should be able to. I gotta make time to fit in some Halo 2 with my clan and some more BF2 but I should be around all night.

[mambonuts]

Hobo...I'll be on from 3:00-6:00pm est today...

I'll talk to you then...I'd also like to get in some BF2... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[GamesMasterTA]

Hey Mambo stop trying to steal my players ! lol

[mambonuts]

Originally posted by GamesMasterTA:
Hey Mambo stop trying to steal my players ! lol

It's only giving him multiple choice... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Don't worry Games...I might even make an unexpected drop into your game night, anyways...

I'll show you how to use that sniper rifle you were having trouble with last night...hehehe

[Quaagmire]

Ahh...I missed the trial night http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/cry.gif

Is there any way i could download those maps, without downloading them from the computer (really bad at computers)

[mambonuts]

Don't feel so bad Quaagmire...

The night turned out to be a washup anyway...

I had my ded. server up for 1.5hrs, and not much activity...then sat in the room, for about 20mins...no players, so I got a game invite, and I left...

I'm not going to host rooms anymore for anything but recreation with some of my friends, and people who get invited...and, I don't want people sending me invites so they can just try and get me to DL their maps...

I also don't like being hunted down into the games I'm playing with people, by members asking me if I've had a chance to look at their map yet...

All the members of the 'Council' are good people, and we're pretty easy going...but, we have lives too. There is a thread to submit maps, and times to be DL by any of us...and when the time or situation permits...we'll let you know if we can swing grabbing a few of your new maps...

This 'map playing event' was an opportunity to try and get the rest of the community involved in the whole map review process, a way to help us get a better feel for team play...

This shows me how much interest there is...

[Quaagmire]

**** mambo, you sound a lot more sad than I do. I'm interested...for the most part http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

But, that's the price of fame http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Anway, the night probably was **** because everyone was on Thanksgiving break. Maybe you guys should wait till the holidays are over before another attempt at a trial night.

But umm..whenever you feel like you, i dont know, are bored out of your mind, you could open up a server with a couple of those maps. Just a small suggestion http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mambonuts]

Originally posted by Quaagmire:
**** mambo, you sound a lot more sad than I do. I'm interested...for the most part http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


I'm not sad...that's for sure...

We just tried to make a new event to get people interested again, because there were many people really disappointed when we stopped it before...

When you'd like...send me a PM with enough notice, for time etc...and I'd be glad to give you some of those maps...

[Brimtown]

I did the same thing, I hosted a room with a couple of maps in rotation, sat around for about half an hour (I don't have the patience that Mambonuts has), and nobody joined.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe this game has already run its course with everyone but the hardcore fans out there.

[mambonuts]

That's a drag...this game has a lot of potential, still...

I guess the fact that 'Battlefield2' was released a short while ago...and, the Xbox 360 has shaved away some of the community here, things have been pretty lean lately...

Also, the time of year I guess...with the season creeping up on many people...there's other plans on the menu... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[BurnTheHobo]

Sorry I couldn't stick around the other night, my brother decided to turn up and wanted me to go out so I couldn't say no.

Mambonuts, I caught up with your son before you got on, and he grabbed my map from me, he seemed to like it so hopefully you will share the same opinion http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Anyways, catch ya around for some friendlies. http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[phidave]

Hey guys...Not that it matters too much now after the fact...but I would have loved to join...just bad timing with the Holiday Weekend on my end...IF you decide to do this again, I'd love to join!

[mambonuts]

Well...being the 'big hearted' person I am... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

I'll give this another go around at the end of this week...considering things don't change for some reason or another...

I understand the US had Thanksgiving...and, they are a big part of the population here...so, keep reading this thread through the week...and I'll put a definite time on for Friday night...

[DarkReyule]

I was on, looked, and found nothing, then I got a FR from Mamo the next day...

Please PM with a date/time...

[Winters..]

In the spirit of this community NOT dying, I'm always up for a trial night as well, schedule permitting. I look forward to attending the next.

Later,

GT: x Winters x

[mambonuts]

Originally posted by DarkReyule:
I was on, looked, and found nothing, then I got a FR from Mamo the next day...

Please PM with a date/time...

I'm est...I was on at exactly 5:00pm est, and even extended it to 6:30pm for the advanced DL...then stayed on for around 20mins. till almost 7:00pm, nothing...so I left...hmmm

Anyhow...we'll do it again this Friday, Dec. 2nd...at 5:00pm est...

[DarkReyule]

Well then, that explains it, I was on way later than that on the wrong day http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-surprised.gif

5pm est? I get off work then, i usually only play starting at 11 pm but ill try.

[phidave]

I'll try to get on Friday also. 5PM is work quitting time so I'd probably be a little bit after that if you guys are still around...

[Winters..]

Same as the rest.. I'll be there if ya'll are still around on Friday but I do not get home from work until about 7:00 eastern. (**** NY subways). Anyway, hope I can catch you guys.

[mambonuts]

Okay guys...Just to be fair to everyone, I'll push back the time to 9:00pm est, Friday Dec. 2, 2005...

See you then...(that date repeated, was for those that don't read the posts very carefully... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)

[DarkReyule]

Originally posted by mambonuts:
Okay guys...Just to be fair to everyone, I'll push back the time to 9:00pm est, Friday Dec. 2, 2005...

See you then...(that date repeated, was for those that don't read the posts very carefully... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)

Yeah, so pay attention whoever you are!

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/mockface.gif

[mambonuts]

If that was a playful jab... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif It wasn't directed at you...hehehe

It's just when the date usually comes, and goes...then members say..."Hey, No one told me that"... http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/blink.gif "I would have been there if I knew"...

[Batou667]

Sadly I can't make this Friday as I'm out having a Christmas meal with my karate club. I'll try my darndest to make the next one, who knows, my next cartographic masterpiece might be ready to be unveiled then http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Slightly off-topic though, I'd just like to say how much more enjoyable games are if there's plenty of players. I was lucky enough to have a few bloody great lag-free 16-player games last night, which were a real hoot. Did you know you can fit 6 players into a Light Recon Vehicle? We played a 13vs3 Predator game. It was just so cool, there were 6 of us packed into a LRV, a couple of guys on ATVs (plus a couple of guys hanging back or sniping, the cowards!), and we charged the Predator base in a convoy. Great stuff, it was almost like a massively-multiplayer online version of WH40K. Imagine the fun we could have playing that size game on some of our custom-made maps! Come on guys, let's make it happen.

[mambonuts]

I know many of us have had great nights, playing with around 12 players...It just makes everything more frantic...

That's why if we don't try to get in these nights every so often, we'll be missing a lot of fun...

[mambonuts]

Just trying to make this thread prominent again...

I'll see all who want to join in the games at 9:00pm est...

[phidave]

I'll definetly be on then...will only be able to stay for an hour though because I have a Gamebattles Far Cry match at 10PM EST that came up yesterday.

[mambonuts]

I'm starting to wonder how many people will actually show up... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

I won't stick around long, if the turnout is no good...and, to all those who will show up...I apologize, if I cut out early...

This whole game, and everything involved has come to a complete crawl...as you guys said, "except for the regulars"...

[phidave]

Actually...just realized that I'm not on your FL...there are a bunch of us in brimtown's room if you pick this up and want to join?

[Brimtown]

We had a pretty good session going for awhile; I had 5 maps in rotation, by the time we got to the last map, there were about 7-8 of us in there.

PS: Everyone loved that French map, Enefable(?), I'd say that was by far the favorite of the night.

[Quaagmire]

I'm a complete idiot http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/1072.gif

I haven't been on the trial nights post in a couple of days, so i missed all the talk about the upcoming trial night. The more I read through all the talk about "make sure to join up" and "Don't forget, this friday at 9", the stupider i felt.

If i was a goth, I would be slitting my wrists right now http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/784.gif By any chance is there anything going on this weekend? I'd love to join up.

[Quaagmire]

Just thought I might throw this out there.

We should really make this post a sticky, as it is getting up there in pages and it's a post that all map makers should be reading.

[Batou667]

Hey guys, I'd really like to join in a trial night sometime, unfortunately I've been doing stuff on the last two friday nights. Any chance of the occasional weekend online meet?

Mambo, don't despair about people not playing FCI online, I have a feeling that this game is something of a "sleeper hit" that will stick around for quite a while, since it offers stuff that hardly any other games do (next gen included). I think you'd be surprised how much of a hard core of players will stick around. I mean, the XIII online community was still going strong at the height of Halo 2's popularity, so stranger things have happened! (Hell, there are guys out there still playing Doom 1 and Quake 1 online...)

[Brimtown]

True - and there is still a dedicated core following of the Timesplitters game, and that one's been out there since March. Games like this one, where you can actually create your own custom maps, guarantees that it never gets old. Heck, even when I get my 360, although I'll probably start playing a few new games, I'm still going to keep playing this game. I'll just have to figure out some way to hook both the 360 and the Xbox up at the same time.

[mambonuts]

I missed out completely, because I was having connection probs...

Brim picked up the slack though...good one man...

I'll be on over the weekend, and yes...'Inefable' is a great map...that's the kind of maps I try to hunt down.

[phidave2003]

Originally posted by Brimtown:
True - and there is still a dedicated core following of the Timesplitters game, and that one's been out there since March. Games like this one, where you can actually create your own custom maps, guarantees that it never gets old. Heck, even when I get my 360, although I'll probably start playing a few new games, I'm still going to keep playing this game. I'll just have to figure out some way to hook both the 360 and the Xbox up at the same time.

While i haven't figured out how to have both online at the same time (pretty sure you can't under the same GT)...i have arranged it so I can be playing my 360 in SP while I host FCI dedi server for maps on the XBox...(just brought a small TV down next to my projector for it)...works well!

[phidave]

Wow...just realized that i had logged in under an old ubi name...oh well...

[DarkReyule]

Originally posted by phidave2003:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Brimtown:
True - and there is still a dedicated core following of the Timesplitters game, and that one's been out there since March. Games like this one, where you can actually create your own custom maps, guarantees that it never gets old. Heck, even when I get my 360, although I'll probably start playing a few new games, I'm still going to keep playing this game. I'll just have to figure out some way to hook both the 360 and the Xbox up at the same time.

While i haven't figured out how to have both online at the same time (pretty sure you can't under the same GT)...i have arranged it so I can be playing my 360 in SP while I host FCI dedi server for maps on the XBox...(just brought a small TV down next to my projector for it)...works well! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

2 XBL accounts and a router should do the trick.

[Quaagmire]

We're losin it guys. I found this post at the bottom of the page. I still care about trial nights, and I think it's important to not let them die out with the game. Our community is small, but our minds are BIG! We can do this!

Thus ends my moving, short but sweet speech.

[mambonuts]

For someone who hasn't been to any night we've held, due to oversleeping, mindfart or whatever...you certainly seem enthusiastic... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Quaagmire]

Whether or not I'm actually there, it helps me sleep at night to know the community of the game I know and love is being organized and playing together. It was horrible when the Unreal Championship 2 community dissapeared due to bugs. The names on that forum dissapeared to 15 or 20. I WONT relive that http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mambonuts]

You might not always find people on your friends list around in this game, but the community of players is still there...

I played with a friend the other day on a new map we were checking out, and before you know it...there were 12 other people in the game, which turned into a fun brawl on different maps for about 2hrs...hehehe

[Quaagmire]

I think that's what it is. I literally have no friends who play this game. So..where exactly can I find one of these big brawls? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mambonuts]

There out there Quag...

I don't know...maybe when people see my GT online, they automatically associate to this website, and maps...etc...

But, guaranteed...I can get online with a few people on a Saturday night...and minutes later, check the player list...14 people in the game, or whatever...hehehe

We'll try to hook up on a Saturday soon...

[Quaagmire]

How does this sound...

Christmas Eve Deathmatch Party!!!

This saturday...bring a gun.

Screw your relatives, grab a turkey leg and leave the party...tell them you have to go take care of something http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

7:00 P.M. Pacific time I'll host a game featuring the best custom maps out there.

Be there you lazy ****s http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[mambonuts]

This is your last chance, Quag...hehehe

I'll be there for sure...at 7:00pm your time...

If you don't show up...that's it... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Today I downloaded a new update for 'Battlefield 2'...which consisted of 3 new maps, new skins, new vehicles...and, coincidentally, one of the maps is based on a 'tropical island' theme...

So, now I really need a good reason to put in the 'FC I' disk... http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Cya Saturday night...

[Quaagmire]

Well I got 1...

Come on people! I don't mean to be a screwge, but screw the holidays for about an hour to come n' play some FarCry!!