Anyone interested in playing a game together?

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

This is a good thread. I might have the mod team introduce a forum for specifically this stuff. Maybe we'll even do game with the editor nights or something.

Oohhh. Nice. Glad to see you're interested in us. We're probably not worth the effort given our small population but I appreciate it.

Bah, we're about to give the forums a shot in the arm here this weekend. New Community Manager being introduced, Current Events forum being added to get the politics stuff out of Off-Topic. Lots of stuff happening on Escapist right now and I'm more than open to new ideas to get the community here more involved with the main site again.

Having stickies for genres or even individual games that people can use to matchmake would help a lot if you make a specific board for people to get together.

Also if you plan on having staff play with us you can maybe integrate that into a "how 2 git gud" style article where the staff member chronicles their efforts towards these sessions in these pieces and other past experiences they have had with these games. That way you can just throw a staffer into the tiger den and see how the average beginner has to approach getting into a game with an established community but you can also use an experienced staffer offer perspective on how it feels to play a game at a higher level vs other people of varying skill levels.

I think fighting games especially suffer from an intimidation factor that makes people too skittish to attempt getting into them so any work dispelling that notion would be great in my eyes as a huge fan of the genre.

This was near what I was thinking about. Not just for random games that we already enjoy, although we should definitely do that. We could have a Gaming Book Club of sorts. Like the month prior, we look at deals for multiplayer games that we can get into or games we already own, and then set up matches in them. If the game is say, Guilty Gear Xrd and we already have some people already into that game, we can organize some practice sessions and what not.

Sort of like of like this

"Ok, Escapists, we voted. Due to the sales and/or the majority of people either picked it up or already had it, the PS4 Escapist's Gaming Club for October will be Guilty Gear Xrd, the Xbox One game will be Call of Duty, and the PC game will be Starcraft. If anyone wants to sign up for a mentor role, please note it here and we'll get it added to the Monthly page. Those who are interested in learning or just random battles, sign up and we'll do our usual thing of posting availability weekly and seeing what can happen."

 

[Squilookle]

If we want to try a shooter- I'd definitely have to nominate Battlefield 1942. Not only can anyone download it for FREE, but it can host dedicated servers, allows up to 64 players at once, can fill any unused player slots with bots, and runs smoothly and bug free on just about any old potato people are using these days.

Plus it has mods. So many mods...

Not to mention it's not just for shooter fans, it also caters to flight combat fans with its fighters/dive bombers/heavy bombers, tank game enthusiasts with light/medium/heavy tanks and mobile artillery, and fans of ship combat- with destroyers, battleships, carriers... hell even submarines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fWWTZ4lnm4

 

[Drathnoxis]

Only if it's single player.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

One game I completely forgot about (because I'm waiting for Shadowkeep) is Destiny 2. I already have a clan, but I'd be down for raids or nightfalls if people are short on numbers.

 

[Trunkage]

This is a good thread. I might have the mod team introduce a forum for specifically this stuff. Maybe we'll even do game with the editor nights or something.

Oohhh. Nice. Glad to see you're interested in us. We're probably not worth the effort given our small population but I appreciate it.

Bah, we're about to give the forums a shot in the arm here this weekend. New Community Manager being introduced, Current Events forum being added to get the politics stuff out of Off-Topic. Lots of stuff happening on Escapist right now and I'm more than open to new ideas to get the community here more involved with the main site again.

Having stickies for genres or even individual games that people can use to matchmake would help a lot if you make a specific board for people to get together.

Also if you plan on having staff play with us you can maybe integrate that into a "how 2 git gud" style article where the staff member chronicles their efforts towards these sessions in these pieces and other past experiences they have had with these games. That way you can just throw a staffer into the tiger den and see how the average beginner has to approach getting into a game with an established community but you can also use an experienced staffer offer perspective on how it feels to play a game at a higher level vs other people of varying skill levels.

I think fighting games especially suffer from an intimidation factor that makes people too skittish to attempt getting into them so any work dispelling that notion would be great in my eyes as a huge fan of the genre.

I remember the Diable 3 guides on this site back in the day. I admit to using them

 

[sXeth]

I do tend to play mostly on the PS4 (most of my PC games are singleplayer, Oxygen not Included being one of my main ones at the moment)


In terms of general dropin random play, Monster Hunter World Ice borne, Remnant from the Ashes, and Warframe are the main ones I po into with some regularity presently. (or if someone was running a Pixark server)

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

I do tend to play mostly on the PS4 (most of my PC games are singleplayer, Oxygen not Included being one of my main ones at the moment)


In terms of general dropin random play, Monster Hunter World Ice borne, Remnant from the Ashes, and Warframe are the main ones I po into with some regularity presently. (or if someone was running a Pixark server)

I'm up for iceborne as well as Xrd! Lets hunt some dragons while in dragon install .

 

[Specter Von Baren]

Well now that the weekend is here, if anyone is up for a game of 100% Orange Juice then I can set up a game tomorrow at a specified time.

 

[Kyrian007]

I picked up Borderlands 3, I wouldn't mind trying out multiplayer with Escapists. Except...

It isn't well optimized, it doesn't have crossplay (I'm on PC,) and I work weird hours so I'm playing at odd times. Still if someone wants to give it a try, I'm game.

 

[wings012]

I use something called OCTGN to play Magic The Gathering with friends. It's basically a virtual tabletop. I pretty much just play EDH with my friends and we're pretty casual. Decks aren't too competitive and are really more about messing around or shenanigans.

There's other games the platform supports too. I think most TCGs/CCGs are available from Duel Masters to Netrunner.

I might be able to accommodate random EDH sessions and I can share all the silly decks I've made.

Otherwise, just putting the platform out there as an idea for people wanting something free to try out.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

Is that like MTG arena or MTGO where you need to build up your collection before you can do much? Because I?m already kinda committed to Arena, so I?m not really looking for another grind. I?m all for goofy magic shenanigans, though

 

[wings012]

Nah. You have access to all the cards, and while previously you had to download the art manually yourself - it has its own art downloader now. It's essentially a tabletop simulator.

It's lacking some convenience factor like resolving stuff for you and it is largely free form. I can freely create 1000 hippo creature tokens and cover your playing space with them or change your life total as I wish. It's all very manual, but that just makes it more like playing in real life I suppose. There is some built resolution for certain activated abilities(mostly those that create creature tokens), but it is really down to the players to figure out stack resolutions.

I'm not sure how legal it is, but well you can play EDH, Vintage or whatever crazy formats or agree upon house rules which MTGA/O are incapable of.

 

[The Eupho Guy_v1legacy]

Neat. I do have a super janky izzet deck that I know wont work the way I want it to, but want to run anyways for the giggles, so consider me interested?

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

Hey, you know what's an ubiquitous game due to Steam Sales?

Left4Dead 2.

It's got infected, it's got special infected, it's got guns. And your children who aren't even born yet have steam accounts.

So...?

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

So, Code Vein is finally out so that's another thing to add to my list. Always up for all the fighters listed above as well.

 

[wings012]

https://discord.gg/hXCBuju

I created a random arse discord. While I personally might not be too interested or free - I feel like nothing is going to ever happen unless we have a more real time means of communication/organizing.

I guess just hop on and see what happens?

https://www.pcgamer.com/steams-remote-play-together-will-introduce-online-support-for-all-local-multiplayer-games/

When this feature comes, I can imagine it will make it very easy to multiplayer all sorts of stuff.

 

[Kyrian007]

Not exactly the intended use for this thread, I guess but... I've gotten all my Borderlands 3 vault hunters through normal mode and have moved on to TVHM. Got a safe full of normal mode legendaries that I'll be replacing with their higher level counterparts. Now that BL 3 is out on Steam, if anyone starting out wants them... reply or message.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

Been on Granblue Versus for the past month and some change, always up for matches. (also still up for matches in previously mentioned stuff like Xrd and Uniel and so on too of course)