T:V hasn't been released world wide yet. Give it time. Not to mention, comparing it to CS really isn't fair...

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Lets see... http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/

Sat, Oct 9th, 10:16am PST.

Counter Strike: 29,665 servers and 77,139 players
T:V: 86 servers and 283 players

Hmmm...

theres 283 online right now.... and i bet it will top out at 700-1000 in the next few weeks

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for JHVH-1 is a vengeful god, and I urinate on the heads of men."

I keep reading about people bitching that no-one knows how to play.

So what is everyone doing wrong? What is the correct way to play Tribes? please tell me

HUMP- I played the hell outta the beta and the demo so i kinda know what you mean. Anyway, a co-worker of mine picked it up and installed it at work... Some of the maps are really fucking cool. Especially the war torn city map. After seeing that one map I made the decsion to pick up the game today...

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theres not all that many people playing the demo now either. I suspect the demo was a little TOO generous. I know I burnt the game out playing it so much that I still havent picked the game up. You'll basically pay $40 for 8 extra maps. I don't know about the rest of ya'll but that isn't all that appealing ATM.

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What Would Fred Do?

had a healthy following in the demo (a fwe hundred people online at any time) - I logged on yesterday 51 people online... today.. 20 people online.

The reason is simple. The demo was free. The retail version is far from free. Not many people can spend $50 on a game especially with so many other games already on the market.

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I'm not 100% sure (ViRGE may be able to tell you more) but I beleive private servers are a big part of the Tribes veterans scene hence the lack of people on pub servers. You might be better off anyhow without them as some of those guys are just ridiculously good.

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What Would Fred Do?

"Across the world, only 20 people are playing this game online. I think Vivendi should offer all of us suckers who bought this , hoping for an online game close to the lvel of quality of tribes 1, a refund"

DUH!

That is why they call you suckers.

Don't forget. Vivendi is all money grubbing vultures. Who else do they have? HL2? Is Blizzard part of Vivendi now?

"what kind of FUCKING MORON doesn't plan for this integral element in a predominantly online franchise"

Actually, the now-departed producer "Thrax" says that the dedicated server was always planned; he's not sure what Patrick is talking about at this point. Perhaps he's eluding to that VU decided to have them complete the server after the client, instead of the other way around.

I think the game is really solid and much to my surprise, the singleplayer mode is great. Please don't compare this game with the release of T2, because it's not even close. I agree that the lack of dedicated server upon release wasn't the best decision, but they are working on it, and it will be released soon. You've got to give the devs credit where credit is due... the game is awesome and I thank them for that.

While playing this game, all I can think is that T:V is what T2 should have been. It's almost like the gameplay in T2 should have come after T:V in the series.

And btw, I had no problem finding online game last night. In fact, I found some really good ones with people who actually know how to play the game.
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Across the world, only 20 people are playing this game online.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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"...another typical bluesnews have a cry about everything thread" - AcidDrone

I am so incredibly pissed off about this. I bought it the day it came out. It had a healthy following in the demo (a fwe hundred people online at any time) - I logged on yesterday 51 people online... today.. 20 people online.

Across the world, only 20 people are playing this game online. I think Vivendi should offer all of us suckers who bought this , hoping for an online game close to the lvel of quality of tribes 1, a refund.

"Patrick: It wasn't part of the original development plan and was developed too late in the cycle to be included with the game."

what kind of FUCKING MORON doesn't plan for this integral element in a predominantly online franchise? I'm sorry, but fire whoever thought that was a good idea.

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Made the same experience after sending about 15 bug reports.
I couldnt really believe what I saw in the MP demo.

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I'm not... gonna... cry... you... dumb... doo-doo brain!

Bug reports that have been posted since at least the open beta, even before the open beta, have not been corrected. I've been there since the open beta. I have made bug reports and I was told they were "logged" by IG people and then saw them not get corrected in the MP demo or in the final game.

Me too. I specifically posted a couple times about "are these comments actually being noted and implemented" and the devs assured us they were. Makes them seem like lazy liars, if you ask me.

(EDIT-) And this surprises me. From everything I'd seen up to the open beta, there were promises to listen to the community, really make the game "for the people", and yet we have this. Not to say you can please all the people all the time, but from the reviews I'm reading there are an awful lot of elements (inventory management, for one) that had great suggestions of how to make better and the devs completely ignored them.

m19

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they´re fucking morons.

"servers? what for? the people bought our game already! wahaha"

it is a bit odd - im not sure i totally understand that explanation

the single player game is pretty damn fun tho... alot longer than i thought it would be too - and that 'mercury' character is cool as hell

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"I spat the silly formula of Man upon the waters and fashioned his spirit after the image of mine own,
for JHVH-1 is a vengeful god, and I urinate on the heads of men."

I wonder if this was Irrational's "Shocking announcement" to be made today?

You know, it's so funny. The Tribes 2 release was a disaster and now they are doing just everything to pull another shaky release.