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Frozen Synapse |OT| The Thinking Man's Shooter
- Thread starter Alex Connolly
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the_korben
Member
Turn 1:
Loving this game. I bought it during the Steam sale and I'm starting to really get into it (5 Minutes at a time)
. Is there
Turn 2:
any guide on how to join the GAF community tournament, the rules, which server you're all playing on, etc. ? I didn't find anyth
Turn 3:
ing in the OP, and to be honest I didn't bother to scan every single one of the ~ 50 thread pages. My nick is "the_korben" and I've been playing on the main UK server.
Turn 4:
Thanks,
the_korben
"System primed!"
Waiting for opponent.
Loving this game. I bought it during the Steam sale and I'm starting to really get into it (5 Minutes at a time)
. Is there Turn 2:
any guide on how to join the GAF community tournament, the rules, which server you're all playing on, etc. ? I didn't find anyth
Turn 3:
ing in the OP, and to be honest I didn't bother to scan every single one of the ~ 50 thread pages. My nick is "the_korben" and I've been playing on the main UK server.
Turn 4:
Thanks,
the_korben
"System primed!"
Waiting for opponent.
the_korben said:
Turn 1: You killed an enemy soldier. Good job.
Turn 2: You were too late to get out of your starting position and one of your soldiers was killed by an enemy rocket. (We are in between two tournament phases, maybe we'll do a third after the next one, which is probably going to be waaay smaller, but no idea)
Turn 3+4: You and your enemy were both camping, so you didnt spot each other for 2 rounds. (Almost all Gaffers should be on UK1 as this is the server we played the tourney on, but there arent too many Gaffers online atm, because we are waiting for the Steam Patch to hit.)
On another note:
You have been challenged.
Atrophis said:Wheres this damn patch! Dont want the tournament to die
As long as I am still here, it wont die. We'll go through with this tourney no matter what. I
ll inform every participant via PM as soon as the next round is ready to go.
AND we still got the 5-10 euro surprise game for the 1 and 3rd position. So, thats something that should ensure people coming back as well
slaughterking
Member
Meh. :I
So I heard, you'd like a demo. So, we're putting a demo in your two-copies, to demo while you demo.
DEMO.
DEMO.
The_Player
Member
Toma, so what with the second part of the tourney?
The_Player said:
I'll write a PM to everyone involved as soon as the patch is out. I dont want some matches to start with version x and then others to end with version y. The patch is also making some minor patches regarding the gameplay and I dont want it to change right in the middle of the tourney. Better to wait for the patch now, which HOPEFULLY comes out beginning next week.
Relax a bit guys, I'll get in touch with you.
The_Player
Member
No problem, you're the boss here.Toma said:
I just hope it'll be released before the September, or I'll miss it.
Broseybrose
Member
Anyone want some good games you'll probably win? Challenge Broseybrose.
Broseybrose
Member
Just now encountered a bug in dark extermination where no units at all appeared for me or my opponent. So weird. A first for me and him. Hes like 120 on the ladder, so its obviously extremely rare.
Labombadog
Member
Will this game be too much for an 8 year old?
Thinking of picking this up for myself and my son.
Thinking of picking this up for myself and my son.
Labombadog
Member
He is normally not the strategy kind of kid. So I am not sure. Tough decision. Thanks for your input Billychu.Billychu said:
the_korben
Member
Broseybrose said:
You have been challenged
Very nice!wolfmat said:
My very first online match I think it was more him killing his own guys than my own skill that lead to me winning but a win is a win!
PjotrStroganov
Member
Just saw 600 people online on UK1. Then I remembered FS being 50%off on steam this weekend.
PjotrStroganov said:Just saw 600 people online on UK1. Then I remembered FS being 50%off on steam this weekend.
They really should have kicked that patch out before getting hundreds of new players for the steam deal this weekend. Hm, or maybe its the other way round, that people will think "Ooooh an update already!" two days after buying.
Anyway, please, give us the update
Yeah, so I finally got around to trying the demo.
And I really wanted to like the game, I really did, but either I'm missing something or the AI just cheats.
Just to be sure I had the idea of things, I went through the tutorial twice. From the sounds of it, there's kind of a semi-rock/paper/scissors setup going with "stillness, cover, aiming". In any case, I was under the impression that a unit aiming a certain direction will always be able to defeat a unit that moves across its line of fire from behind cover.
So I'm working on the second mission, where you have to escort the three yellow guys from the left side of the room to the right, and everything's going sort of ok. I'm defeating the red guys, and then, when the yellow guys are about 2/3 across the room, I see a baddie coming up around one of the rooms. So, I take one of my machine gunners and have him sit perfectly still and put his aiming arc to cover the entire area where the red guy is about to pop out from.
So, I hit prime, and even though my guy is aiming and perfectly still, the red guy comes around the corner, stops for a second, then blows away my guy, who never even fired a shot!
So, what's the deal there? Do units just tend to go stupid sometimes?
Oh, and in the full game, is there a way to speed the between-turn stuff up? It gets a little tiring to hit prime, confirm that yes, I wanted to hit prime, watch the progress bar load while the AI thinks, then wait a few seconds while OUTCOME flashes on the screen, then wait while PLANNING PHASE appears after the turn plays out.
It's only a few seconds, but I'm finding that it REALLY is killing the flow of things for me.
And I really wanted to like the game, I really did, but either I'm missing something or the AI just cheats.
Just to be sure I had the idea of things, I went through the tutorial twice. From the sounds of it, there's kind of a semi-rock/paper/scissors setup going with "stillness, cover, aiming". In any case, I was under the impression that a unit aiming a certain direction will always be able to defeat a unit that moves across its line of fire from behind cover.
So I'm working on the second mission, where you have to escort the three yellow guys from the left side of the room to the right, and everything's going sort of ok. I'm defeating the red guys, and then, when the yellow guys are about 2/3 across the room, I see a baddie coming up around one of the rooms. So, I take one of my machine gunners and have him sit perfectly still and put his aiming arc to cover the entire area where the red guy is about to pop out from.
So, I hit prime, and even though my guy is aiming and perfectly still, the red guy comes around the corner, stops for a second, then blows away my guy, who never even fired a shot!
So, what's the deal there? Do units just tend to go stupid sometimes?
Oh, and in the full game, is there a way to speed the between-turn stuff up? It gets a little tiring to hit prime, confirm that yes, I wanted to hit prime, watch the progress bar load while the AI thinks, then wait a few seconds while OUTCOME flashes on the screen, then wait while PLANNING PHASE appears after the turn plays out.
It's only a few seconds, but I'm finding that it REALLY is killing the flow of things for me.
PjotrStroganov
Member
When two equal units are running at each other, what decides the outcome? Chance?
PjotrStroganov
Member
The only difference would be that my shotty kept the other in sight the whole time while the other did not.
PjotrStroganov
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OEZLdWG0hM
After watching it, I guess I'm just out of his line of sight.
After watching it, I guess I'm just out of his line of sight.
I check the Twitter accounts of the devs daily... I'll try to get everyone back together as soon as the patch finally hits. A few days more or less wont really do any harm at this point. Sorry guys!
BigAT said:
Squash some noobs online in between. Why has everyone stopped playing because the tourney is on hold?
(I am waiting for the damn patch too to start playing again, since it is supposed to make a few gameplay adjustments, le sigh.)