Server Screen shots

Lep/Gwil

If this thread goes well.. sticky it for me.

(I will post my screen shot as soon as son (Orion) get done in server)

All screen shots 1024x768 so they're big in download size

Morbid:

Some how this guy ended up half way through the wall.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/HL2photo/dm_morbid0000.jpg

Torque:

Two screenshots of mostley the people form snakpit owning the server
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/HL2photo/dm_torque0002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/HL2photo/dm_torque0003.jpg

PLEASE! Optimize people :/



Considering its been years, this old man did alright /methinks :biggrin:

This must be the cloakroom.. OR "You get some real shady characters just hangin' around this Island17.."

And here's something I collated from 3 screenshots :biggrin: I challenge people to beat my record of SIX kills with the combine_ball :biggrin:



"Oh balls, not again"

Taken from Torque, Morbid and Lockdown.

i took these yesterday after asking if anyone else could see heaving masses of triangles instead of some player models. no-one answered, so i guess it was only me.

the blob in the middle of the room is actually a player. it took me a few minutes and a few deaths to figure that out. :/



and a close up



and a blob shooting at me.



possibly something to do with the beta drivers that i installed yesterday morning, but that's the only time that models have appeared this way. some of the static props on the map were mangled to, and some, like the fences, didn't even show.

I like tossing grenades with the gravgun in second 4. Think I have a funny screenshot of that.

6 minutes later and several searches on both hddrives

Nope.

:sad:

But I have to admit, Gwil seems to have a special afinity for that assault rifle. :smile:

Only the obligatory pwning-the-underlings shot, the potential for comedy is unfortunately low :/

I have noticed in the short time that i played.

1) if you have any ping lower than 200 you can do well.
2) these scores do not show how long you were there. for instance: Reno is better at fragging than i but sometimes showed up after me and ended up with less kills.
3) i was much more impressed with the stats/kills of people over 100 pings. sorry and no offense, but all you guys with great pings, some of your score is not skill :razz:
4) the server cannot handle 16 well, might be only my distance saying this however.
5) one of those valve maps, is to small for 16. the one with the RPG on the scaffolding i believe.

continued as i think of more:

Seeing this stuff only makes me want HL2 all the more. But then, who'll
be left to protest VALVes ev1l tactics with Steam? WHO WILL DEFEND
JUSTICE?

:sad:

You know Orph, I used to think the same thing about low pings. However it still requires quick reactions and the like to use your better ping to good effect- it's a different type of skill to predicting where players are going to be with your bad ping!

Besides, even someone with 100 ping could easily go on a rocket-fest on that level.

Seeing this stuff only makes me want HL2 all the more. But then, who'll
be left to protest VALVes ev1l tactics with Steam? WHO WILL DEFEND
JUSTICE?
:sad:

Apparently the same person who is against modularization! :razz:

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Leperous</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>You know Orph, I used to think the same thing about low pings. However it still requires quick reactions and the like to use your better ping to good effect- it's a different type of skill to predicting where players are going to be with your bad ping!

Besides, even someone with 100 ping could easily go on a rocket-fest on that level.

</DIV></DIV>

you are mixing my comments lep :razz:

with my skills, you will never see my name among the top, but i still think its a bit harder to compensate for over 100 than under.

funny thing is, i play better above 100, my lan scores always suck. perhaps you are right, in your self defensive way :heee:
seriously though, my comments were meant to stay separated. they do not make sense when you mix more than one.

If I manage to stay alive long enough next time I play, i'll try and get some snaps. :wink:

meh, the connection was fine for me although that shot tends to say
otherwise. most of th emaps are so laggy for me though, need to update
this comp :S

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Orpheus</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I have noticed in the short time that i played.

1) if you have any ping lower than 200 you can do well.
2) these scores do not show how long you were there. for instance: Reno is better at fragging than i but sometimes showed up after me and ended up with less kills.
3) i was much more impressed with the stats/kills of people over 100 pings. sorry and no offense, but all you guys with great pings, some of your score is not skill :razz:
4) the server cannot handle 16 well, might be only my distance saying this however.
5) one of those valve maps, is to small for 16. the one with the RPG on the scaffolding i believe.

continued as i think of more:

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6) maps with ladder SUCK at higher pings.. not the map, the ladders themselves. :sad:
7) things flung around mess up pings, or if not pings, then my frame rates.
8} items on the floor, you get hung up more at higher pings.
9) the snags in keved's map... you get snagged more still
continued:

Son says "That damned Reno is one tough son-of-a-bitch"



Son's handle is "Orion"

Hehe, he's good too though, especially given that he has a ping
disadvantage. I found myself on the recieving end of his weapons on
many occasions :biggrin: I have got any screens yet despite the amount I've
been playing, I'll have to remember to take some in the future.

Seems like a good server...

Whos hosting it?

I would play on your deliteful server but I know i'm unwanted so i'll stay away from you lot :smile:

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting habboi</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Seems like a good server...

Whos hosting it?

I would play on your deliteful server but I know i'm unwanted so i'll stay away from you lot :smile:

</DIV></DIV>

I refuse to allow anyone to answer this question.

looks around pit

anyone!

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:razz:

I was about to bash into this to room to kill the fella, look closely at the name, atm i wanted to fire the map changed!!@#!@$%@



(Screenshot edited to save Orphs sanity)

Please guys - 258kb screenshots are NOT good for modemers, and i'm
pretty sure my HL2 doesnt put them out at this size in their default
state, and I run high detail max settings etc :razz:

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Oh, the subtility... :razz:

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Captain P</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Oh, the subtility... :razz:
</DIV></DIV>

yeah well, what can i say..

I compromised enough when people said "100k is OK" i disagreed. 85 is plenty.
still here lately i have been letting most <120k slide.. but dammit, 285 is ridiculous.

being put into a position that one is forced to point out when people are being an inconsiderate prick is not fun.

Its good for us NTL people becuase our speed is being upgraded again to 2mb :biggrin:

Nice server!

Heres one, i warn you. its not a pritty site :/

http://www.freewebs.com/electronic_sound/error.jpg

Edit: the link when clicked comes back to this page. Copy the text and paste into a new window.

Great TDM games going on there. Here is a shot of me, just before my 19
kill spree was ended (and my wails of anguish are shown in Peg's
picture above!)...



And while I couldn't quite match that epic performance again, I was
pretty damn happy with my end score! Lockdown works really nicely for
TDM since the shower area provides one nice "base" and the super
charger / xbow is the other. At one point I made a full kitted out 100
health / 200 armour assault on the shower room and went shotgun crazy,
taking out about 6 people in a crazy unstoppable rage :biggrin: Ah, good times!



On refinery I found myself on the recieving end of the punishment
though! More of like a king of the hill style of gameplay, with the
team in control of the outside tower having both the xbow and RPG on
demand, and the attacking team scaveging for supplies around the
remainder of the map and attacking from all sides.

may be the time of day, but the server was just way to choppy for my taste.

oh well :/

Same with me, I was on not too long ago.

ReNo would happen to be on just when i get realy poor scores :/

Edit: Pics:

#1 (http://www.freewebs.com/electronic_sound/dm_island170000.jpg) 140KB

#2 (http://www.freewebs.com/electronic_sound/dm_torque0000.jpg) 180KB

#3 (http://www.freewebs.com/electronic_sound/dm_torque0001.jpg) 171KB

There is "kind off" one of my better times. i have some from a
different server but thats not realy to do with this and out of order
in a sence.

i took these yesterday after asking if anyone else could see
heaving masses of triangles instead of some player models. no-one
answered, so i guess it was only me.

did you happen to minimise hl2 while it was loading onto the server/map, it happens to me when i do that :biggrin:

/me noticed that some snarkpit members are either forgetful, or to good to wear the snarkpit tag :razz:

i ain't mentioning no name's coughmyrkcough

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting waTchouT</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quote:</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>i took these yesterday after asking if anyone else could see heaving masses of triangles instead of some player models. no-one answered, so i guess it was only me.

</DIV></DIV>

did you happen to minimise hl2 while it was loading onto the server/map, it happens to me when i do that :biggrin:

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very possibly. if irc is open when i'm connecting, i'll usually minimize hl so that i can catch them talking about me sort of thing. :rolleyes:

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fishy</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>
so that i can catch them talking about me sort of thing. :rolleyes:

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you do that too!!!! :eek:

you scare me fish, we are more alike than either of us wants to be.
/runs

Not a server pic, but a funny shot none the less. has anyone seen lep's new gallery pic?

i fell out of my chair laughing.. it is literally the funniest gallery pic to date.

take a gander

Dang! That pic was hazerdous to my health.

Orph, you need to post a FCC warning before posting a link to it. I'd rather look at Janet Jackson's boob. :0

why dont we post cool pics and not pics of us winning?

I've gone 170:55 on servers and 12:80 on others. I personaly dont
find many of these pics intresting or funny, no offence.

I think we should have a stats page so we know who the true #1 is.

Stats page is planned for, don't you worry :smile:

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting DrGlass</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>

I think we should have a stats page so we know who the true #1 is.
</DIV></DIV>

stat pages blow.. all they show is, who has no life and plays more.

real stats would take into consideration of ping disadvantages, and number of times online. i am much more impressed with a ping of 200 and 20 times online than i am a 50 ping and online 1,000. :sad:

i like to see who wins/loses shots, cause i can judge better than a stat page would portray.
personally, i would NOT want to see a stat page here. it would not show an accurate portrayal of "WHO IS #1"

if this server is going to turn something fun, into a competition, then i won't be fragging long.

i vote "NO" to a stat page.

Not very good screenshots but...

Me dying.. the one on the wall.



Me dying again.. sitting down. :smile:



Am I allowed to use the snarkpit tag?

orph, stats pages show way more than a kill to death ratio, there are
wepon stats, time online, objectives (well not in DM), and a slew of
other fun facts.

Sure the guy who has #1 over all will be the one who plays the most and
dies the least, so you and I wont really do any better than top
20.

but it will be fun to see who gets the most stun stick or crow bar kills.

Am I allowed to use the snarkpit tag?

I guess so. aslong as you are in snarkpit i guess.

1 thing. when i make server there isnt any password tab. Can anyone tell me how to set a password on a server?

ok, ive gone one better (imo) and produced some demos of me plazyting on the snarkpit server, sorry for long filenames:

http://loz.snarkcafe.net/demos/HL2DM/Snarkpit_demopack1.zip

Please wait at least 10mins, its gottas finish uploading.

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting DrGlass</DIV>
<div class="quotetext">Sure the guy who has #1 over all will be the one who plays the most and dies the least, so you and I wont really do any better than top 20.

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a bit over optimistic /methinks. if i made top 100 I'd be dancing in the streets.

my point though, look at this you see who is in the top slot? that guy was fantastic. i am not stealing anyones thunder, there were many good players, but this fella not only overcame his ping disadvantage, but consistently remained at the top in each rotation.

another thing most people overlook is this.. if you have a server of 16 people, 10 of which are around 50 ping and 6 above 100 you have 10 players all dealing with peers and only dealing with 6 over 100. but everyone over 100 has to deal with 15 others whom are peers or much better at ping times. :sad:
now i dunno if pings are cumulative, but if i am playing at 180, and shoot at someone with a 180, do we have a delay of 360? if this is true, then all the guys playing at 50 have a clear advantage. and a stat chart will never show it. :/

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uhm yeah hows it hanging up there?

a bit over optimistic /methinks. if i made top 100 I'd be dancing in the streets.
my point though, look at this
you see who is in the top slot? that guy was fantastic. i am not
stealing anyones thunder, there were many good players, but this fella
not only overcame his ping disadvantage, but consistently remained at
the top in each rotation.

another thing most people overlook is this.. if you have a
server of 16 people, 10 of which are around 50 ping and 6 above 100 you
have 10 players all dealing with peers and only dealing with 6 over
100. but everyone over 100 has to deal with 15 others whom are peers or
much better at ping times. :sad:

now i dunno if pings are cumulative, but if i am playing at 180,
and shoot at someone with a 180, do we have a delay of 360? if this is
true, then all the guys playing at 50 have a clear advantage. and a
stat chart will never show it. :/

Could you have "average ping" listed? Why not have stats on people's
profiles on the SnarkPit, but no ordered list. Having said that, it
would probably be near impossible to implement.

I don't think it would be, as the stats systems that exist probably
work based on players' steam ID, and so each person on the snarkpit
could enter their steam id in their profile and then some simple code
could just extract the details of that steam ID from the stats and
output it onto the profile page. Of course not knowing PHP or any other
web scripting language, I can't really comment on the simplicity, but I
don't imagine it would be that tricky, and certainly not impossible.

well, i admit i am a bit out of date. does anyone have a clear idea what a stat chart displays. perhaps we are discussing something no one wants once they find out exactly what it says.

i would be in favor of a system that clearly defines who is good, and not just lucky to have a great connection.

i certainly do not want to see 25 people with 50 pings every day flaunted. :sad:

well.. if we are to give ppl with low ping handicap, lets give ppl with low fps some bonus to the ratings too

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting JannemaN</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>well.. if we are to give ppl with low ping handicap, lets give ppl with low fps some bonus to the ratings too
</DIV></DIV>

that would only work if you insisted people produced the best quality maps possible. :biggrin:

still, i dunno if FPS effect play/kills .. unless its obscenely low like below 15. in which case, you shouldn't be playing at all, at least not doing so and expecting much :/
before you get offended, i postponed playing till i had a machine capable, so i do believe what i typed, because i practiced what i preached.