Alzir

@=xdc=maniac wrote:

@Alzir wrote:

@Beer_Monster wrote:

Following on from a thread fluphy started on the OverclockersUK forums about when people started online multiplayer games. I looked up Rainbow 6 and saw that the release date was august 1998. As far as I know, XDC was formed playing this game, so I propose that the official XDC 20 year anniversary is coming up next year and it will be a mandatory requirement that all current and past members ( with the exeption of Muggles 🙁 ) get together for a drink (water in Max’s case, the big southern jess).

XDC started playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II in October 1999, but when I got fed up taking the piss out of that lot (I was 18 at the time), a few of us moved onto Rainbow 6: Rogue Spear. I never actually played the original R6, but I’m pretty sure you and Chris did together, iirc.

That was not really XDC though, and while we had a core of Paddy, Chris, USA Chris, John, Jonny, Neil, Paul, Steve, the Scottish Ben who refered to himself as “Maniac” (who is currently on his bi-decade “I’m pissed off at all of this” fit), and yourself, it wasn’t really until BF42 that things went mental. In any case 1998 is too early, and we’re still only 18, but I’m genuinely sorry to piss on the parade 🙂

We can still get drunk though, that’s certainly in keeping with our founding principles 😉 If this hasn’t happened yet, where might you suggest?

OOOFtya! I played Bf2, bad company, and that pishy Vietnam add on thingy… I’m currently on a 4 year hiatus.

Are you back yet? Maybe next year when we’re actually 20? You btw are the founding father after me (and it would never have happened without you), so you better be, and I’m expecting a band at this party!

Ahh, that explains a name on my steam friends 🙂

@TurksMeister wrote:

Just a little poll to determine what your view and use of VR is. You can select up to two options. Go wild!

Just going to clarify my vote. Interested, but too expensive atm and not quite enough options yet to justify it.

Had a house mate last year who was working on programming on VR for a uni project, and it was actually an incredible to experience, but I’ll not invest in a headset until there’s a real point.

@Occa wrote:

Well its COD thats enuff to put me off… 😆

That’s it for me as well. Until I hear a chorus of independent reviews stating a COD game is worth the effort, it’s just a garbage brand to me.

Damn, that’s awful news. I know he’d been struggling for some time now, so hope he passed peacefully.

Got it, but waiting to get new glasses so it’ll be ps2 until then.