The [FGS] Clan

Sike wrote:The biggest contribution to DXMP community is to actually play the *loving* game. If you think we are gonna keep this game alive just by hosting more info box websites and by making more mods/maps, than this game already has. We won't get too far.

That part of Sikes post was like a button what get pressed.
Sike is right as far as I can see.

DXA, EdH, FGS, RTK ... Just to mention a few servers hosted by and for the DXMP Community.
Amtrak, Scoutzknivez, CMD_V1 ... Just to mention a few good maps made by and for the DXMP Community.
Arx Genius, StarGate, TNAG ... Just to mention a few good mods/gametypes made by and for the DXMP.

This all can make the DXMP Community alive. But for how long? My goal is more to make DXMP more famous.
My queszion to you is now : How can me manage that?

I'm already suggesting DX to friends. Some tries DX atm. I help them to get used to DX, 'cuz in fact it's not like the other online shooters out there. No other game got augs, low-gravity or even something like StarGate.

This game is worth to play and to improve as good as we can.

I'm workinng on a small game atm. I think I'll place some logos of famous clans of DX and the DX-Logo itself.

You guys got any other ideas?

I want this to be a public discussion, no offence against anyone!

Hope to get some good ideas.

Greetz
anihex

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I do

Edit by Icho: say nothing if you dont have a idea like the Topictitle

We love you Icho. You make me all warm and wriggly in my nether regions. Would you like to spend a night with myself and yanni. Together we shall make a real woman out of you, make you feel the delights of another man.

Edit by Icho's gf: turn your Hands off or

Ps: I RECCOMEND DXMP TO FRIENDS IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH BEING ON TOPIC

Keep on recommending DX to all your friends so I can come and *loving* streak off them.

I'll open that topic on other DX Forums too. I hope we get some ideas.

I got 2 main Instant Messengers (IM):
ICQ and MSN

In MSN I'm having a custom line. It's about DX and should raise interest in the ones I'm talking to.
In ICQ I can define a complete text. In this text, I write, what I'm playing most (DeusEx) and where they can get a legal version (RTK Site).

Here I have the same effect: Friends ask me about it and why I like this game.

I think I will contact some clan leaders to get permission for using theyre logo for my small game.
It'll be in german and english for sure.
If I find some translators I could add some languages more.
But we'll see.

I hope we're still getting more ideas.

Greetz
anihex

you need a logo ... here is 1 ...made by a EX DXplayer

Some ideas mainly revolving around Facebook

1. Well as you can see DX3 are heavily using Facebook.
There are groups and a DX page. But howbout some actual apps.
There could be a Facebook app, like "Rambo", turn-based combat.
Another application could be like "DX Server Lister" this app contains all you need to know to get online as well...

If you look at the DX groups on Facebook, it is simply amazing how many people, apparently students mostly, have the game and have played the P more than once perhaps, but were unaware/unable to play DXMP. I was really amazed.

2. Get Icho's gf to play DX

3. I like what Sike says about maps etc... but with mods I am not too sure. I think if more new maps had that little touch, a simple but fresh mod here and there (Take the example of DXMP_Command_Post) then mods would be keeping DX alive I feel. Icarios' skins and DJ's weps for SG could actually bring a few UT and UT2k4 Special Unit players across etc...

4. Go on Facebook/MySpace/Bebo etc and massively market DX.

5. DXMP Newsgroup on Facebook. No many metabolic end product topics, only projects, clan wars etc...

6. All of us send the same message/petition to Warren Spector on Facebook

7. Bring back [A] clan

8. Just keep playing it like Sike said

9. and then some more

10. But this is the easiest and best idea of all. Don't massacre beginners and noobs, create the longest fights, sometimes even disengage from a fight, if the noob is no match for you, it's not about scores, but who fought the sexiest. Measure your force accordingly, just like single player...

Someday you will have to face the fact that this game is dead already.

Anyway, as soon as Deus Ex 3 comes out, some people will try out DX1&2, just to know the story.

However, with the "evolution" of Microsoft programmers, it's hard to get old games running on Vista since everything lower than DirectX10 is emulated, and on Windows 7 (the next one) it will be even a greater pain in the ass to run older games.

You gotta face the fact that no matter what you do, this game will die, maybe not today, maybe not tommorow, but someday. However it's great that you're trying to make it live longer stuff like DXSG, DXAG, altfire make it more attractive and fun.

better start making some good vids and demos then...

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What gets my rag is when I see very experienced players totally obliterate new players

one of the main reasons we wanted you in FGS...

chin.democ. wrote:What gets my rag is when I see very experienced players totally obliterate new players, like I see them crouching and assualting to head or whatever, It is just such a cowardly act.

When I play BTDM I sometimes don't even shoot back at the new players, If I'm playing against really poor/new players I just leave the server as the competition is not there, or I lower my level to match theirs somewhat.

What about obliterating metabolic end product players?

maybe we could send this link to all the other who want to play the game this is the DXMP in a file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L9E0F2V4

If I remember right when this idea was tossed around in the past someone suggested we just get a metabolic end product ton of random emails and just sending them the multiplayer. Odds are some of them will at least try it. Although in my personal opinion the problem more has to do with the community than anything else. No matter how fun a game may be nobody's going to want to play with a bunch of assholes. I'd say the best you can hope for is keeping the game alive until DX3 and then transplanting the community over to its MP.