The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:27 am
JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Anyone play old real time strategy games? I have a few older classics on Steam that I still play because I live in the past. It'd be fun to play with y'all if anyone has the games or acquires them. The two I play the most often are Age of Empires 2 (with all of the expansions) and Rise of Nations.

It doesn't have to be competitive (I suck anyway). Co-op versus AI teams is fun too.
This never happened, but we talked about it.

Epignosis wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:I've actually been playing Age of Empires II recently a bit (no joke). I never could figure out how to play online outside of LAN, but I'd love to join someone for a game if there are any takers.
Just last night, we were discussing doing this. Stay tuned.

I'm rusty as all get out. I used to play online ages (ha) ago.

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 2:26 pm Assuming we don't lose power, I should have time to play again tonight and I'm pretty sure my brother is off work today as well and would be up for it. Anyone who is around tonight would be welcome to play!

For the future I'd love to see if we can gather enough interest here and plan AOE nights or whatever. That'd be the bomb.

We need to see if non-Steam users will be able to play Steam users. Unfortunately, I'm skeptical that will be possible. I'm not even sure how non-Steam users can play anyone online; does anyone know if there is any other way to do that?

I doubt the HD version is compatible with the original.

I'm rolling with the Teutons against the Britons and Celts on Hard.

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:05 pm Anyone able to play tonight, say starting around 8:30PM Eastern?

How do you go about it on Steam? I've never done anything multiplayer on there.

MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:27 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:14 pm
MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:05 pm Anyone able to play tonight, say starting around 8:30PM Eastern?
How do you go about it on Steam? I've never done anything multiplayer on there.
Once you have the game installed, just boot it up via Steam, then in the AOE II home screen go to Multiplayer >> Lobby Browser , then search for MovingPictures07's game (I'll create one), and click the "Join" button. Then you'll be in the game and you can select your civilization.

We can meet up in Discord and then head for the game at once if that's preferable. I'll be sure to hop into Discord ahead of time.

Be aware that the first time you boot up the game, you may encounter a weird glitch. If you get stuck in the pre-game "Validating Subscriptions" screen and it takes longer than 10 seconds to load, just ctrl+alt+delete and reboot up the game. Not sure why that occurs, but Daisy, Quin, and I all had that problem the first time we booted the game up, but never since.

Nope- Control + C. No need to reboot.

And damn I suck anymore.

I'm going to watch a show, and then be back in time for 8:30pm EST.

With any luck, I'll probably be drunk, so that will be fun.

I gotta use the bathroom.

Not soon enough.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:52 am I couldn't just let you have that island. Or that other island. Or your main island.

You mean the one that looked like Miley Cyrus' leg?

What the hell was I doing?

Pissing, probably.

I have a fantasy football draft tonight, so I'm out.

Golden wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:52 am Does anyone have an idea of how I can get my wife out of the house for the night to join in?

My last week at work, so realistically... I just don't have time and I'd get my butt handed to me anyway, I love AoE but was never very good at it.

I texted her my number. You should be good to go.

I liked AoE3, but I saw its shortcomings.

10-11

I can play in an hour.

I'm here.

Give me another five. Putting the kids to bed.

I'm not finding the discord chat.

Quin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:50 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:47 pm I'm not finding the discord chat.
Weird. Is it just not showing up?

Apparently it's called "goomez."

Way helpful.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:54 pm Epi just murdered us both

That's true.

Quin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:23 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:23 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:54 pm Epi just murdered us both
That's true.
I could have kept you running after me for a long time.

How? I had three different armies. I would have just sent them this way and that.

I'm half boozed, tilting over baseball, irritable, my ass hurts, and it's storming like a bitch outside.

That's perfect gaming circumstances.

Quin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:22 pm
MovingPictures07 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:11 pm Anyone else able to play tonight? @Quin @Epignosis etc.?
Sorry MP, I'm heading out in about an hour. I still need to get ready. Friday might be good for me if you're around then.

Where are you going?

MP, where's your game?

I was going to play. Was there already a game? Damn.

3J is a rusher. Noted. Probably runs the Chinese.

Quin wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:48 pm @Epignosis

Are you busy like...right now?

This is by far the busiest hour and five minutes of my day. 6pm EST to 7:05pm EST involves both cooking and building 20+ lineups everyday for daily fantasy sports.

Ordinarily this would be an ideal time, but tomorrow is NFL week 1. That's work for me.

I need five minutes.

Ten minutes, I needed apparently.

I have never played with the Huns in my life. What an awful civilization.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:43 pm I know a lot of those super-pros with ratings north of 1900 or so tend to love the Huns. The wood saved in the Dark Age without needing houses goes a long way toward fast-Castling, and they can obliterate anyone with their cavalry. They're not as good a civilization for a migration map though.

Like I said, I never played as the Huns. Trying to find your fucking "house" button when you've never played as them before makes for a difficult early game when you've been away for so long and think you're going crazy or something's wrong with the game.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:43 pm Anyone game for a game?

I don't know. My asshole still hurts.

I don't know. Saturday nights during NFL season are busy for me. That said, I did most of my research yesterday afternoon, so at this point it's looking at injury reports and updates. Still, it requires attention.

I can't play.

I can't. I'm dying. One of you knows why.

I'm not going to be available for a while, I don't think. I've taken on extra work (that pays) and extra work (that doesn't), and NBA regular season starts tonight (for the first time ever I am working with a four-figure bankroll due to football).

I worked my ass off to get a mortgage, and now I'm going to work my ass off to get rid of one.

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:21 amGood luck Epi

Thanks mate!

My goal is to pay off my 30-year-mortgage in two years or less!

I can't really. I'm monitoring sports.

I'm just being ornery. I don't have time to play. The hurricane fucked me up professionally.

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