I think it just comes down to time zones really and people not being able to commit to an exact time with IRL things going on, at least that what the only problem for me is. It is a shame as this is something I wanted to work too
Quote from: Olister92 on May 09, 2018, 06:08:59 AMI think it just comes down to time zones really and people not being able to commit to an exact time with IRL things going on, at least that what the only problem for me is. It is a shame as this is something I wanted to work toodoesn't stop the Garry's Wars server tho, on a Saturday you can easily enough deal with a small scale tournament
personally I just think most of gtm are more content with regular Ra2, with ai battles and for me personally, the set up time for parsec isnt worth the consistant usage. Id love to use it more, but I just straight up cba with the setup for it.
DSL-IRL is the libtard’s meta. Go drink more soylent, retard! #BLUELIVESMATTER
Also, I don't want to be a dick, but I think a decent amount of members lack the required PC specs/internet speed to host somewhat playable games.
Can’t really look at AI matches the same anymore.
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I'm fine with hugging reier
im just waiting for meganerdbomb to come along and kick things into gear.
So I've been out of the loop for a while. What are ya'll using to host these live matches?
i used a laptop made around 5 years ago with nothing changed in it and built in graphics card and played on it perfectly fine with no lag so most machines should be able to play on it and i expect half the machines in GTM can probably host on it so its worth looking at and can easily enough make it a weekly or even every 2 week thing for someone to host if enough are willing to try
Quote from: Meganerdbomb on September 25, 2018, 12:40:01 AMSo I've been out of the loop for a while. What are ya'll using to host these live matches?it's a program called parsec. it's basically a screen sharing software that people can use to connect to a host. very minimal lag, most people said they could barely notice they weren't playing on their own pcQuote from: Nightraven Shade on September 24, 2018, 09:04:53 PMi used a laptop made around 5 years ago with nothing changed in it and built in graphics card and played on it perfectly fine with no lag so most machines should be able to play on it and i expect half the machines in GTM can probably host on it so its worth looking at and can easily enough make it a weekly or even every 2 week thing for someone to host if enough are willing to trywhat he said. almost no one had any major problems when playing in the centauris, and i know that several people's pcs aren't that good by any stretch. hosting may be a different story but I have a solid middle of the road pc with middle of the road upload speed and it worked without any problems really. people just need to give it a shot. don't really know why people are so terrified of getting out of their comfort zone when it's basically a straight upgrade
I think Reier has a solid point in here. Considering that all these 10 years I've been part of GTM, Online playing was entirely ignored. I could imagine DSL-IRL being even more fun to play online!My arms are open for RA2 online and I personally want to give it a try.
Quote from: Jonzu95 on September 25, 2018, 10:20:58 AMI think Reier has a solid point in here. Considering that all these 10 years I've been part of GTM, Online playing was entirely ignored. I could imagine DSL-IRL being even more fun to play online!My arms are open for RA2 online and I personally want to give it a try.I know that the community is mostly oriented around IRL right now and that's perfectly fine. Playing online matches with IRL bots might be kind of awkward though (or not as much fun) simply because the balance between the robots aren't good. Like if you have a robot with a great aesthetic but poor performance, having to control it against opponents with stronger robots and lose could be frustrating. The point of IRL is to have lots of battles with good looks, which comes from bot realism more than driving realism. Driving brings a lot more to a competitive meta, like IF-standard, because now there's huge pressure to drive well in order to win, your driving skills matter, and there can be actual in-battle strategy (like in round 2 of the video). That's why Reier chose IF for these tournaments. If winning is your goal, you might feel that controlling IRL robots is like having a boxing match underwater. You might find after some IRL games you wished your bot was stronger/faster/less awkward/more destructive, and then try out building in IF or standard. It's also worth stating that IRL tournaments have to be made much smaller to fit in an online format. But no one has tried an online IRL tournament and IRL seems to be what people want to do these days. It's kind of dumb to avoid something that we haven't tried yet so take this post more as a warning than as truth. Obviously I'm stuck up the IF camp (and for reasons) but if someone wants to make an IRL tournament it would be interesting to see how it looks in the end.
The whole IRL PvP thing is a bit of a double edged sword really. I totally get all the arguments about IRL possibly not being suited to PvP gameplay, and I also get that some folks just don't like IRL as a whole, but at the same time I think if you really want to get PvP RA2 to take off, at least trying an IRL online tournament might be a 'necessary evil' so to speak. On the one hand by actually trying it we'll know for sure if IRL does or does not work in a PvP setting, and also, I don't think it's any secret that IRL is the most popular meta right now, especially with people who don't frequent GTM (Pretty much the only tournaments that I've seen draw significant non-GTM attention have been IRL tourneys). I'm not gonna get into the whole debate on why that is but if you want to draw people in and get people playing online RA2, then IRL may be the way to go. That said the PvP matches that have been done in IF so far have been undeniably great to watch so it's swings and roundabouts really. I think it's worth a shot just to work out whether or not IRL and Online are compatible or not.