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Subject: A long story....
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So, in an earlier post, I alluded to posting the story of how I came upon the idea of a forum server. Since my server is running right now, and I'd actually have to think to play Alpha Centauri on the laptop, I think I'll tell anyone willing to listen the story. Hang on, it's gonna be long....

A little background before we start. I play primarily CTF - if the game on the sevrer switches, I won't leave, but I love CTF. I think it involves the most strategy of any gametype. With that said, since I started playing CE, I've noticed that most of the CTF games are stacked or empty. So, I usually bounce between a couple of the seven or eight servers running a CTF game. Another thing I'm picky about is communication. Halo PC's only major multiplayer flaw, in my book, is that there is no teamspeak built-in. I'm a Natural-Selection convert - communitcation is how games were won and lost for me.

Last saturday night, I was playing with a guy named RSA Imp - good guy. I was talking up a storm organizing strategies and telling ppl where to go. Well, it turns out Imp was looking for a team player for his clan and he notices this along with my modest amount of intelligence, skill, and sportsmanship.

Now, bear in mind I play with the same handle I use in the forums - aM Inspire. It looks like I am wearing a tag - and indeed I am. The tag aM is latin for Angels of Death - a clan I belonged to when I played Natural Selection. The clan is now bisdanded and I'm the only one who still wears the tag. (Notice my siggy). Anyway - this is primarily used as a deterrent for getting invited to newbish clans.

So he asks me if I'm in a clan and we go chat on AIM and I grill him about his clan and finally say that sounds cool - what do I have to do? Nothing - just chill for a day and let him clear it. See, he's the leader of the clan. (Awesome - the leader of the clan himself recruited me!).

So I wait and Sunday morning I have an e-mail that says I got in. I'm a private - whatever. Later that afternoon he e-mails me again and asks if I could set up a server. You see, both of the clans' servers were down, and so was the website. I didn't know anything about our clan, except what Imp told me. He sent me a list, but I had never played with any of these guys... Well, after church and some serious research (I didn't know jack about setting up a dedicated server), I set the server up. It topped out at 2 ppl the whole time it was up.

The next day, Imp e-mails me and tells me the server worked well, and that he is going on hiatus for a couple months....(crud). So here I am - I haven't met the clan and I can't find their website and the servers are down and dangit... I was all fired up about it and just as quick it all goes down.

So, basically if I don't hear from RSA in a week - the tag comes off. Then I saw a few threads about how much multiplayer on Halo sucks because people are jerks... and I thought, yeah, I usually spend a long time finding a server I can play on and even then we get our fair share of griefers that come through. Why not make a server for people who just want to have a good time? Why not make a server for people who have actually invested themselves into the game by being active forum members?

And so I said Brilliant!!! The rest, friends, is history in the making - and it's all thanks to you guys!! I hope this turns out awesome!

  • 04.13.2005 8:44 PM PDT

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Actually, this Maw server idea started to get me thinking. (This thinking crap is contagious) If we have a MAW server, why not make a MAW clan? Then I started to think about how we would select members, and that we would probably need to get them Halo CE so they could play on both servers....Then the Warthog strobes went on over my head. They would HAVE to get Halo CE to play on our second server! When they join we let them know where to get CE and the maps we use on our servers. This clan could be an avenue for increasing players on CE. Kinda like the nice British sailor buying all of your drinks the next day you wake up your on a Ship o' the Line in Her Majesty's Royal Navy.

  • 04.14.2005 6:11 AM PDT
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yeah, good idea, but one step at a time, no?

  • 04.14.2005 9:01 AM PDT

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Agreed :)

  • 04.14.2005 9:50 AM PDT
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Interesting story. I want to set up a dedicated server but I haven't gotten around to find out how it works. Seems like I never get around to things. If I find out how I might be able to host a server too.

  • 04.14.2005 11:26 AM PDT