What got you playing DOD on Steam?

[Waldo]

Well here's a little poll I've been wanting to do on here. I have been playing DoD on Steam quite a bit lately, and I have noticed quite a few new players who haven't played DoD before. I'm guessing the new people are CS players who have decided to give DoD a try and find they like it.

[AltPluzF4]

You forgot the:

I used to play DoD, but it was so laggy in 1.0 I quit and went back to CS, and now since CS is laggy too, and its right here on Steam, I just play them both now :)

I love CS and DoD, but I can't decide between them. Unfortunately for me, I have a crappy PCI video card, and smoke just kills me. DoD RPGs smoke, and CS smoke grenade.. only things I hate.

I just hope you guys make a great HL2 mod of DoD, so it can run on bad comps too, with less detail. And be incredably realistic. :-/

[KimGamma]

I think that the little puffs of smoke from the muzzles of the guns is a cool little touch - they got thm to sort of blast out in a really realistic way. Plus, it makes a team of you all blazing away with thompsons shrouded in mist and a real sight to see :).

[Rasa]

Lol, I downloaded steam to replace the whole CS and DOD thing, but Im not able to play it at all. :)

Well, actually its not that funny...

[Sinister]

I got it for CS. But CS sucks now because of the shield and new guns. So I tried out TFC and DOD and like both...so I'm playing them and maybe a bit of CS when they get bots back again (so I don't let the bots get shields).

[Dropkick]

I <3 Waldo.

I feel as if I should be paying you for the many hours of entertainment you have provided the DoD community. I have been playing since the very early releases [ old-school Omaha, Mainz ;) ]

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Dropkick
I <3 Waldo.

I feel as if I should be paying you for the many hours of entertainment you have provided the DoD community. I have been playing since the very early releases [ old-school Omaha, Mainz ;) ]

Ahh the good old days! I miss a good game of Sicily & Oslo myself.

[WhoFlungDung]

Originally posted by Waldo
Ahh the good old days! I miss a good game of Sicily & Oslo myself.

Waldo do you know of any reincarnation of dod_Overlord or even dod_Heutau?

Straight from the "horses" mouth would do me nicley!!
I played from 3.1 running away trying to find the "bandage" button and cursing for binding it so far from WSAD !! lol

[Rasa]

I like heutau very much, I cant make sense why they took it away.
Heutau was good cuz of the middle flag. It just forced teamwork.

[Mighty Spork]

Hmm.. Ive ticked 'I wanted to play CS & DoD' although it's not strictly true. I used to play DoD waaay back when in the earlier releases but for some reason I drifted from the fold into other games. As you do I guess.

However I started playing CS (not a game I've ever found THAT much fun with online) during the Steam beta and found that whilst I enjoyed it much more than I remembered, and I have to confess I like the shield as long as people aren't using the exploits, it still lacked a certain something for me.

When Steam proper came out I double clicked DoD accidently, downloaded it and played some for the first time in ages only to get swept away by it all over again.

The machineguns are a cool addition (they're new to me anyway) and some of the maps seem really nice too, as do these new models. Yeah, very impressed by it all in all.

So I guess I'm like a prodigal son or something. :D

[Bird<>Hunting]

I've beeen playing more dod lately , cause i'm waiting for steam to start banning id's in cs to weed out some of the trash. Happy Hunting

[B0gey]

I downloaded it because I have no choice. As soon as I have to pay another dime to play - I'll move onto a new game.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by B0gey
I downloaded it because I have no choice. As soon as I have to pay another dime to play - I'll move onto a new game.

I don't think you'll ever have to pay, unless you're talking about getting a brand new game. IE HL2 is a new game, TF2, CS2, DOD2, etc.

[Goose]

As many did, I got Steam out of nessessity. I participate in an online tournament (BattleForEurope), and our Server Host, Recon Gamer has just move our 'Battle Servers' to Steam. So we knowledgable ones are tring to help the other 800 someodd regestered players working with Steam. Since I am the CinC, I made a forum account here so I can help all the wee grunts get there Steam going...

Also, ive been playing this bloody mod too long to let a little software change phase me. Death to the Axis :D

[Shane]

Hey Waldo!

I just got Steam for DoD. :)

[SGT W Burngrene]

I got it cause it was final (I look at it as another update), the games are much better to me (when steam working right). I don't have a fovorite mod, its split between CS, DOD, and Natural Selection (which I haven't got working yet).

[Rasa]

I'm not really an (official) community player, so I was wondering, who are you Waldo? And what do you do for the DoD communitie?

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Rasa
I'm not really an (official) community player, so I was wondering, who are you Waldo? And what do you do for the DoD communitie?

I'm one of the development team. I do a lot of map level work with the community guys who made most of the 1.0 maps.

[rEm1x]

Originally posted by Waldo
Well here's a little poll I've been wanting to do on here. I have been playing DoD on Steam quite a bit lately, and I have noticed quite a few new players who haven't played DoD before. I'm guessing the new people are CS players who have decided to give DoD a try and find they like it.

i just really like the elabrite unecessary sounds when u cap all the flags that is so rockin'

[God]

my option wasn't up there...
I've been playing DoD since v1.3b and now Valve has decided to force us all to switch over to this horrible invention they call steam that looks as if it was created by the guys who were rejected from the windows 95 development team!

[Aloh]

DOD is better than CS!!!!!

[Skunktruppen]

I downloaded it because it is becoming mandatory. If it wasn't, I never would have grabbed it. DoD was fine without it. In fact, I haven't even played since steam came out. I've heard too many horror stories so I haven't mucked with it yet. Maybe after I finish GTA VC I'll give it a go... we'll see.

[Q*bert]

im a cs player at heart, but since i downloaded steam, i figured i should give dod a shot (and the other games as well)... and to my surprise, i think i like it more than cs.. the maps are beautiful, and the game play is awesome (wish there was a prone position in cs).. and since ive been playing cs for so long, the transition for me was easy. i also started playing cause my server isnt on the list of cs 1.6 servers, so there isnt much traffic anymore :(.. and i refuse to play on another cs server so i figured id go the dod route..

[R-H]

played DOD before steam. Steam had no influence on me on playing DOD.

[{GL}DoubleD]

I've been playing DoD since beta 1.3 or so... So when it was (forcefully) ported over to Steam, I had to follow.

Frankly, I love it. It's nice to play DoD with 32-bit graphics now. When 1.1 comes out, I'm gonna be excited even more so...

ph34r my Garand!!

[*HaTcHeT]

my vote is OTHER ..i have been doing TFC DoD ect for about 5 years now ...imy vote for other is im being FORCED BY THE MAN to play on steam ..it's a conspearicy i tell you .... big brother is watching!

[Gooofy]

I got Steam because I like change!
I only play DOD, and sometimes Sven Coop.

I didn't know that Steam included a new HL interface - I like it a lot.

I can't figure out where the maps (eg. dod_escape.bsp) is on my file structure (Windows).

This means I need to either trash or revamp my HL Game Loader program
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[{GL}DoubleD]

Actually, after downloading DoD, Steam places dod stuff under:

Steam/Steamapps/[EmailAddress]/Day of Defeat/dod/ ...at first, this dod folder appears to have a different structure than the old Sierra/Half-Life/dod/ folder, but it contains everything.

.. For example, to load up custom models to Steam DoD, you overwrite the Steam dod folder with the old dod folder..

Hope that helps a lil..? :)

[Gooofy]

I have created a new topic for steam structure.

[Wayne_Kek]

I downloaded Steamn for a friend because he had run out of MB/s, thought I may as well give it a shot while I had it. I checked in on DOD to see if it was in anyway fun, had a few good moments but eventually the game turned into the same Realistic bollucks that started in 2.0 draining all the fun out of dod.

[SGT W Burngrene]

Originally posted by Wayne_Kek
I downloaded Steamn for a friend because he had run out of MB/s, thought I may as well give it a shot while I had it. I checked in on DOD to see if it was in anyway fun, had a few good moments but eventually the game turned into the same Realistic bollucks that started in 2.0 draining all the fun out of dod.

The realism is what attracts me to dod. I'm all for the challenge...

[Wayne_Kek]

I'm not saying it should'nt be decently realistic but they have gone overbaords and taken all the fun elements out of the game. For me anyway. The game favours campers over people that actually charge and fight for a change...They also made all the guns apart from the Kar too hard too use effectivly so everyone has become a Kar [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]...The recoil on Assault Rifles is ludicras, i'm sure even the people who used them in WW2 did not shake around that much...Maps also need to have changable objectives so that Objectives do not require 3 people to cap a flag but 1 for Public servers because nobody plays as a team cept for clan wars. Also the netcodes gone to hell because pings are about 40 higher. Ill get back to you later with more complaints, however I feel I should say a few good things about dod, the graphics and sound are cool and Flash is a really good level, reminds me of Snowtown for 1.3b!

[SGT W Burngrene]

I'm a dod_charlie freak...

I love having to rush while the enimy just sits their camping and fireing. Charlie on a full server as allies rocks...

If no one is playing charlie online with loads of ppl, I just start up a lan with strumbot and its all good. DOD with 32 bits, at last...

But I'm probly the only one that feels this way...

[Bijiy_Blade]

Overlord will always have a special place in my heart...

[Wayne_Kek]

Snowtown, Seg3, Oslo, Hill, Omaha & Flash are what make dod

[Remy]

It was something we had to do,

Being a member of a Clan and Admin of a custom map league, it would be foolish to just give up and run away do to a few problems, I have hopes that Steam will in time be a good system

I look forward to the Update V 1.1 , Waldo any chance you could do something on explaining the flexiable points system in the update, where servers can set how the maps are scored... very interested in how this works ..thanx

[Cypher_DeadCode]

well ive been playing DoD sence the beta days and im not gona stop now :) i have full faith in VALVE and u guys to fix all that is worng and make STEAM a killer progy that to me allready is ;) i too am looking forward to the DoD 1.1 release and cant wait to c whats been added and fixed.

[ReutherMonkey]

OMG I h8 Ste@m and d0d sux0rs

















i kidding.

I downloaded Steam beta when it was publicly released and have since started loving Steam; along with the CS beta and TFC update, so installing the non-beta version was just a normal progression for me.
As for DoD, I've been playing for a while - since shortly before 1.1- and i just love dod. It's not near as fun as 1.x betas, but it's still the best FPS i play.

[drunkskunk]

I downloaded it when the auth system changed on the WON network prior to the Steam release and made it impossible to play dod at all behind my NAT.

Now, after three weeks of struggling through this forum for intelligible clues towards my solution I found it and am able to play dod again.

I've always loved your mapping Waldo and to whoever did the work on the new bridge map "escape" I love it too. If its one and the same person I'll not be surprised and if not if you would convey my compliments to the chef on that one I would be grateful.

Here's hoping 1.1 changes the landscape of DoD, and the footstep sounds too darn it...I can't hear 'em comin' any more! :)

Myth - uL.drunkskunk

[Stroepel]

I started with Counterstrike, formed a clan, and a friend introduced me to DoD.
At that point in time Counterstrike suffered from a lot of cheaters, and DoD was new at that time, so there were only serieus gamers.

What keeps me playing DoD is the respawning. As you all now you have to wait until the session ends with Counterstrike, and with DoD you only have to wait for a few seconds, so you don't really loose your momentum.

And I like the WWII setting.


(sorry for my poor english)

[ULTIMA-Jimmywit]

Originally posted by rEm1x
i just really like the elabrite unecessary sounds when u cap all the flags that is so rockin'

LoL i Love the brit bagpipes when the brits win i hum along on my mic and every1 tells me 2 shut up and TKs me!

i like the changes to DOD especially escape thats a good map. i also like the smoke that appears when u fire a rocket or an explosion happens thats realistic and if u fire a rocket weapon u can almost use it as a smokescreen. n the subject of maps its gotta be dod_caen or flash, donner and kalt are maps i like. in dod_charlie ive gotta go axis MG42 and mow the allies down as the cross the surf. Although those bloody snipers piss me off....

i would play it alot more but stteam is giving me some problems. the server list is always empty even though i have no filters in place (exept for DoD) so i can only play on my favouites and sometimes they are all empty. this started about 5 days ago any1 got a fix? (i know the one in game works but i want the one out of game to work)

[shoot me again]

i am one of those that was introduced to DOD in beta stages
i tried omaha as allies, and quickly got screwed by campers i couldnt see, tried another map, got 1-2 kills and then found i was getting camped on in the dark areas (this probably had to do with the fact that my friend's computer sux and he always has gamma nad brightness all the way up, to still c less than a normal computer) i didnt like the crosshair or the setup, being used to MOHAA.
...started to get into cs when steam beta started so i could play cs without buyin and the fact that 1.5 didnt work for me =(
ive been playin cs on steam since then. now that steam final is out, i got dod to give it a shot because my friend said it was supposed to be much improved and crosshair was changed.
im in love now, favorite map is dod_caen (whoever created that, thank u sfm)=) i now own with british (sniper and rifleman)
i especially like the fact that in close-quarters i can fire and then quickly stab to gain an extra hit if shot missed, then not have to work the bolt ;-)

[blackeanglee]

Top 5 reasons why I don't play CS anymore.
1. You have to wait when you get killed, it would be worst when Ts and CTs are both campers.
2.CS has too much cheaters.
3.Most CS players are very unfriendly, unpatient and uneducated
4.so many 12-year-old kids with a big dirty ***ken mouth/hand.
5.I am really bored about playing it.

[^Liquid Dreams^]

Expecting to play dod 1.1 2 weeks after steam release :( ho hum may be sometime soon.

[Merc.-Iron Beav]

Way back b4 there even was DoD I friend introduced me to TFC. I thought is was the greatest game ever at the time. Then one day (It think it was on file planet) I found DoD v1.3b and I have played virtually no other game since. DoD in all its incarnations has provided me with untold hours of entertainment. In additon I find the DoD community to be more mature than the CS crowd. (I am 41)

Waldo my hat is off to you and the entire DoD DEV TEAM.

I still have the 1.3b and fire it up as a listenserver from time to time so myself and some other oldtimers can play it.

[Killer3000]

Waaaaaaay back to Team fortress on the old quake 1 engine (Going back there about 7 years : S was only like 7) I used to love that game, but then lost quake. A few years later I learned of TF2 which was going to be a WW2 type game and I couldn't wait for it....it didn't come out.

I heard about DOD just after I started playing CS and I was instantly attracted to it...but never got it.
Kept putting off getting it....and putting off getting it until steam was released.
Got to a point where I thought "Hm..too much CS...try something else.." Playing Dod_avalanche (Spelling?) and was instantly hooked.

Yet playing both DOD and CS started to F*** up my performance in CS.
I would be trying to go prone at certain points and firing off shots one at a time, messing up in practise and stuff like that.

So I decided to drop DOD and play CS properly again.

DoD has made my aim better though XD

[blackeanglee]

I am going to prepare to play HL2 and DOOM3.

[paceman]

None of the above. I was already playing DOD (And loving it) when steam came along. I would rather play only on WON servers, ( I dislike STEAM VERY much), but BFE servers switched to STEAM and so I have no choice if I want to continue to play my favorite game combo DOD/BFE.

[d-struct]

I switched to DoD a week ago. Tired of the kids in cs, feels like the people in DoD is more mature. I tried out DoD when it was new, can´t remember why i quit, think it was the lack of people paying it, or to few maps or something.. but know im not going back to cs again, maybe cs2.. :)

But why so few servers on DoD? i removed (serverbrowser.vdf and masterservers.vdf) but only like 2 servers with people on them under 100 ping?

What happend to that normandy map anyway? it was great.

[FuzzDad]

Originally posted by d-struct
What happend to that normandy map anyway? it was great.


Try dod_charlie...it's a resource hog with all the special effects and explosions oh my...but it's a blast (pun intended) to play.

[(=Cubensis=)]

No matter if its Americas Army or Halo...I ALWAYS Come back to dod. And the GUI change is only a plus. Steam is nice and once ppl get off their arses and switch over we will be in business. At the moment the Dod servers are at about almost 400(servers), considering i ONLY play FF=On thats like 20 good servers...sigh. Cant wait for my favorite servers to officially be 'forced' to switch to STEAM, then all will be as it should...at least till HL2.

[Major Woody]

I have been playing DoD for quite awhile now. It was RIGHT after 1.3 came out. DoD_Omaha , Hill , Oslo, Snowtown , Caen2, Seg3 ARE THE BOMB !! I would REALLY love to see THE ORIGINALS included or mapped for the new DoD. Not the "remakes" where they changed things by taking this out and swapping it with that. Caen2 RULED when you had to blow the tanks up , could get inside them , fire mounted mgs , and so on. Call me old school , but to me THAT is what made DoD what it is today. ALL THEM KICK [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] MAPS ! I wish I knew how to make maps and all that stuff. I have been a DoD addict for along time. Another thing I personally would love to see come back is bleeding. I miss it SOO BAD ! IMO if you took THE OLD SCHOOL MAPS and added them to this NEW DoD IT WOULD OWN ALL !!

I am looking forward to the garand hitboxes especially being fixed , I personally think the grenades need to be fixed too. NUMEROUS times I have thrown a grenade , had it land right by someone and not do ANY damage to them. Others , the nade is half the screen away and killed me or them at full health. I would also like to see pistol ammo become available to be dropped.

Thank YOU ALL for A KICK [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] GAME !!

I will stick through this steam hub bub bugs waitin for it to work alot better and more consistently.

[[true]]

Wow, what a great deal of options I have for this poll...

.. I downloaded Steam just to play DoD
.. I got it to play CS and DoD
.. I got it to play CS but then decided to try DoD

heh, sure seems like everyone is in tunnel vision on this forum, comparing every thing to CS. What about, "I got it to play Half-Life and it's mods, and discovered DOD?" - open your eyes... Anyway, I got steam because a friend of mine said all kinds of great things about it, the small bugs it fixed and such.. I mainly tried it because he said in TFC, they added teleports.. I love what steam has done, the idea's and concept they present in their program should really be considered to other game developers and companies.. heh.

[net]

..
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..I actually like steam..
..
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Seriously, I do.
I have played DoD for a LONG time now, and I always return to it after about.. 3 seconds. It's kind of sad actually..

Here's a list of what I do:

1. Goes out and pays $70 Canadian for Warcraft III
2. Plays it non-stop for a few days
3. says: "Wow, that was cool, now let's play some DoD"
4. Plays non-stop DoD for months
5. Goes out and pays $70 Canadian for GTA: Vice City
6. Plays it non-stop for a few days
7. says: "Wow, that was cool, now let's play some DoD"
8. Plays non-stop DoD for months
9. Goes out and pays $60 Canadian for Homeworld 2
10. Plays it non-stop for a few days
11. says: "Wow, that was cool, now let's play some DoD"
12. Plays non-stop DoD for months...
13. ...
14. ...
...
236. says: "Wow That was cool, now let's play some DoD"

When I heard about steam, I was basically one of the first to download it.
Yes, it wouldn't let me play DoD when I downloaded it.
Yes 2 weeks later I still couldn't play DoD.
Yes, it pissed me off.

And then...

They had a patch..

And then...

Some servers started to switch to STEAM (I could only play on those with steam enabled so this was cool).

And Then...

My favorate server (clan [JL] which is switching providers right now, and will be back up in 2 weeks) switched over to STEAM (at which point I jumped up and danced for joy).

And Then...

I realized that all I did was click on refresh to all servers and the fact it only took (timing it right now...) three (yes 3) seconds to update all of my DoD servers. So I decided to update ALL the half-life servers just to see how long it took (again, timing it right now...) only fourty-five seconds, yes, only 45 seconds to upload EVERY server (12231 servers at this specific moment) playing a Half-Life or Half-Life mod multiplayer in the WORLD (and by the gods there are soooo many empty cs servers...).

This is a big thing.
All of you that have ever clicked on the "update" button in the old WON system before should know what I'm talking about. You know that you could walk away from your computer, go eat supper at a semi-fancy resteraunt, go play a game of bowling, mosey back to the ol' comp, and it will still say that there's a few thousand servers to go.

And Then..

I decided to play on a server which switched to a custom map (can't remember the map name right now...).

I said "crap this is going to take forever to upload this map!" as I remembered the horrible uploading times for maps.

And Then..

The uploading bar slid to full in about 10 seconds and I stared at the screen showing the server rules with a view of the main part of the map.

And Then..

I said "cool"

Now that all the problems with STEAM are going away, I'm a happy DoD-fragger again, waiting for the other benefits of STEAM to come (like 1.1 for example... I'm waaaaaiting Waldo.... :D )

[[true]]

Yea, i'm so amazed on how fast steams server browser scans!! it's insane!!! It seems this forum is compiled of extreme pro-steamers and extreme anti-steamers, none in the middle heh.

[Shane]

Originally posted by [true]
Yea, i'm so amazed on how fast steams server browser scans!! it's insane!!! It seems this forum is compiled of extreme pro-steamers and extreme anti-steamers, none in the middle heh.

Interesting observation. Not sure I've read enough of the forum(s) to concur, but, yeah, its kinda a reasonable assessment. In that, if you can't get steam working (which I couldn't for ~a week when it first came out) it is incredibly frustrating. I think those for whom Steam has been a sweet ride really don't understand how depressing it has been for those who get non-stop problems.

And, conversely, for those who have a good steam experience, they see the positive implications of what steam is capable of, as well as the sweet interface and this gives them a very positive viewpoint.

Me, I'm one of those in the middle. The optimism I once had for steam is still there, but more guarded. I want steam to work well. I can see the possibility. Yet, I can also see many pitfalls and many areas where it seems Valve is not "getting it."

This is complicated by Valve's dearth of information. I posit that news, even bad news, is better than saying nothing at this point. Players should be given some expectation, some road map, of what the resolution is, what the known problems are, where steam is going in the near future. Instead, we get brief, immediate updates w/ very little/nil customer support. This causes speculation and anger to grow and leads to a lot of the forum/community ugliness that we see.

In the end, I think Valve will "get it", they have no choice. The alternative is to fail. The question will be how much good will (which they have earned a thousand times over) will be cashed in along the way, how many players they lose, how much of the community they lose to other games/mods.

[[true]]

Well, I’ve only been using it for a few weeks, I have had zero problems. Yes it has crashed two or three times, but what program hasn’t? Also, all this complaining about the long waits to update the steam platform, I updated on my 56k and it only took like 20-30 minutes. ( must have been a small patch? ) … I don’t know what to say heh.

Heh, let’s stick to the topic, so Shane[CoJ]… What did you vote on the poll?

[FuzzDad]

What got me playing DoD on Steam? Worked OK...scans are fast...buddy list is cool...I'm an "early adopter" of sorts (I run beta drivers, beta OS, etc)...and it seems to run perfectly on my PC. I understand the Shanes of the world...the server admins who really have a big stake in what's going on...they need to be cautious of anything new. I also feel I have a vested interest in the success of Steam...maybe a whole lot less than other guys and of course Valve proper...but I see Steam as a viable means to get my product...maps...out to the general public in a much wider cast than possible before.

I think once things get settled down and both HL and DoD are updated we'll start to really see the full potential of Steam...minor updates to fix small issues and the re-release of some of the original tweeked maps.

[Shane]

Originally posted by FuzzDad
What got me playing DoD on Steam? Worked OK...scans are fast...buddy list is cool...I'm an "early adopter" of sorts (I run beta drivers, beta OS, etc)...and it seems to run perfectly on my PC. I understand the Shanes of the world...the server admins who really have a big stake in what's going on...they need to be cautious of anything new. I also feel I have a vested interest in the success of Steam...maybe a whole lot less than other guys and of course Valve proper...but I see Steam as a viable means to get my product...maps...out to the general public in a much wider cast than possible before.

I think once things get settled down and both HL and DoD are updated we'll start to really see the full potential of Steam...minor updates to fix small issues and the re-release of some of the original tweeked maps.

Well said.

Yeah, as a server admin, I have to worry about our regular players and how far along they are in adapting to steam. The "typical" DoD players don't post in the Steam or DoD forum and are not the most PC savvy, therefore when Steam has issues or things about it are not communicated clearly (or at all) it really throws them and they are reliant on me (and some other staff) to help them through things.

In turn, this slowed down our migration to Steam.

But, we went 100% to Steam last week and so far, its done real well. Most of our regular players have moved over, though for some it has been very frustrating and painful w/ many many reinstalls and such. Our server traffic is up, over all. There are a LOT of DoD n00bs and that's a good/bad thing. So, we have more policing to do, but we have more opportunities to bring new players to our community by helping them learn the game and providing a mature place to play it w/ fun people.

[[true]]

Yeah, most of the dod players I’ve played with online were very respectful. It’s weird how some games can have rude communities and kind communities, forno reason at all.. I wonder if the game play or atmosphere effects human emotion, lol… like the ways specific colors are supposed to effect us in different ways.

[FuzzDad]

Originally posted by [true]
Yeah, most of the dod players I’ve played with online were very respectful. It’s weird how some games can have rude communities and kind communities, forno reason at all.. I wonder if the game play or atmosphere effects human emotion, lol… like the ways specific colors are supposed to effect us in different ways.

In DoD's case it's because a lot of us can trace our lineage back to the very beginning and it's always been that way...it's the community we wanted to be a part of...couple that with the seriousness of the subject matter (no matter how serious CS might be...it's still DM style and DM style leads itself to one-upsmanship players) and that it usually takes teamwork to win a round and you setup an environement where like-minded players want to participate. So it's kinda a self-generating community.

Sure we have the doorblockers and a few other crazies but for the most part it's a civil and fun group of players. There was a bit of time in the beginning when we had a lot of axis TK'ers (must have been folks working off their agression on the germans) but with server-side code and admin mods that kind of junk is no-longer a big deal.

[[true]]

Now that's what I'm talking about... :)

[dradz]

Originally posted by FuzzDad
...and a few other crazies

LOL, FD, I always thought you were one of our "crazies" -- j/k.

I convereted to STEAM because that is the future of DoD and I got hooked on DoD back in '99 (don't know what version that was). I used to play Rogue Spear online, then I tried DoD -- wow!

It was night and day, much more viscerally exciting. The loud rattle of machine guns, explosions, Germans yelling, the weapon bucking in your hands -- totally absorbing.

And then you add in that most players are courteous, mature, and will work as a team to get the job done.

Can't beat it...

[Sgt.Largent]

Why did I start playing DoD. Well, I gave it a shot some time ago and was pretty impressed. But then I went back to CS and stayed there for a while. Then at some point I got tired of all the trash talkers and those who spend their whole time on a server bad-mouthing and putting down lesser players. While in search of a CS server with a more mature attitude (didnt find one by the way) I went back to DoD and was very happy there.

Whenever I play DoD I never have to hear how much I or someone else sucks. All I ever hear is people trying to help others get better or trying to organize a better attack.

Please God, don't let the CS @ssholes follow me into DoD.

[[true]]

Trash talking rude CS players… Reminds me why I started - http://true.wxcs.com/anti-cs - heh

[Bird<>Hunting]

Originally posted by Sgt.Largent
Why did I start playing DoD. Well, I gave it a shot some time ago and was pretty impressed. But then I went back to CS and stayed there for a while. Then at some point I got tired of all the trash talkers and those who spend their whole time on a server bad-mouthing and putting down lesser players. While in search of a CS server with a more mature attitude (didnt find one by the way) I went back to DoD and was very happy there.

Whenever I play DoD I never have to hear how much I or someone else sucks. All I ever hear is people trying to help others get better or trying to organize a better attack.

Please God, don't let the CS @ssholes follow me into DoD. LOL I hear that me personally I'm a little tired of everything being gay , you shoot your opponant, your gay . you rescue the hosties ...gay , you defuse the bomb , you guessed it ...gay

[Showtime421]

Well let me begin by saying that steam is terrible. I got the software, all 800mb of it to play DoD. I have been playing the game for close to three years and have never had a problem with the old WON system. After a 4 hour long download I no longer can play DoD and am quite irate about it. It seems as though the developers were in a hurry to release the software and did not take the time to work the bugs out of it. I wish they had just taken the extra month to put out good software as opposed to rushing it and screwing many people over. I have read others' posts and it seems as though this is a common problem. I just can not understand why valve would take a perfectly good system such as WON and replace it with a sub-par system such as steam. If this continues I shall be inclined to never buy a valve release again and will switch to battlefeild 1942, or medal of honor

[Showtime421]

As for DoD itself; I can't say anything but good things about it. I love the game and play it, well, played it every night. I think it is probably the most realistic half-life mod out. As Sgt.Largent said everyone is very friendly(for the most part) in DoD servers and I always have fun playing.

[UncleSkeleton]

With that said now lemme tell you about DOD, I've been playing it since the begining of summer when I got my computer.....as soon as I started playing DOD it rocked....I started out playing CS like so many others but I now love DOD a million times more than CS. DOD is sort of putting you in the middle of the battle field off of Saving Private Ryan which is a plus ::thumbs up:: Especially the sniper rifles(sweet touch, much better than the sniper rifles in CS)... the best thing of all though is when you have like 30 people playing DOD...it just doesn't get any better!!!!!!! DOD FOR LIFE!

[UncleSkeleton]

JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, SINCE DOD HAS BEEN ON STEAM, MORE CS PLAYERS ARE NOW PLAYING IT AND IT BRINGS A$$HOLES INTO THE DOD COMMUNITY....I HAVE BEEN HEARING PEOPLE NOW TELLING ME I NEED TO "LEARN THE GAME"...COME ON GUYS EITHER SHUT UP OR HELP PEOPLE OUT!

[MATRIX-TPF-]

I oringaly only Down Loaded Steam to play TFC.

I have been playing DOD longer then any HL game out there.
DOD is a verry fun game. BUt it has a haard time compeating with BF1942 or Operation Falshpoint.
If you like war game's these to are a must.

[AK47]

i started playing dod on steam because of the new map dod_escape

[Chickenboy]

This is not a very well thought out poll, it assumes you either love CS or you love DOD.

Personally, I am not a fan of CS, the main reason being that most of the times I used to play it, it was extremely rare that players had a deathmatch mentality and did not work as a team which, is the whole point of the game isn't it?? On only 1 occasion I actually played a game where the whole team used radio commands to coordinate attacks and worked together, after seeing how great that was and compared to the usual experience I never played again! Then again, I guess if I used a regular server or got involved in a clan then things would be different but, I don't have the time for that, I may not play hl or its mods for months sometimes!

However, back onto DOD. I never played it before. Mostly because reality mods aren't usually my cup of tea. However, I was checking out steam again, seeing how things were performing and decided to give DOD a try. Man, I love this game :) Need to get familiar with the maps, commands and tactics though, every success was a bonus ;) I haven't played CS 1.6 yet but, by comparison to my previous thoughts of CS, I can't think of any reason to play CS when DOD is out there :)

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Chickenboy
This is not a very well thought out poll, it ***umes you either love CS or you love DOD.

Roger! I just edited the wording a bit.

[Q*bert]

that sounds alot better waldo :) ..


.. and as for an update, ive been playing dod alot more the last few weeks.. and im officially hooked.. a competitive, tactical environment without the cs headaches.. i was so used to how cs players treated each other (since its really the only online game ive played before dod) i was surprised when i found the overall goodwill seen on most dod servers, i love it..

[Chickenboy]

Originally posted by Waldo
Roger! I just edited the wording a bit.

Nice one Waldo and apologies for my [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] in 'assumes' ;)

[net]

Hey, just remembered another reason why I jumped on the STEAM bandwagon as soon as I could...

Ever remember playing DoD, some stupid popup window jumping up, and you lovingly return to the game to find that you HAVE NO FRIGGIN' SOUND!!!

Sorry... Lost my composure there... I just hated that soooooo much...

STEAM FIXED IT!!!

[Plex]

Heh, I didn't really have the problem of losing sound, because I didn't minimize. If I really needed to do something on the desktop I would just quit; going back on didn't take more than a couple seconds.

[Stalkerror]

I can't believe I didnt reply on this thread yet and it been sitting here for quite a while...

Lets start from some history...
The only HL mod I had was CS retail, it been laying around for more than a year because I had 56k. When I got cable CS was the only game I wanted to play. Then I discovered DoD. And since I... "like" WW2, DoD was very nice addition to my games list. I also heard about NS so I decided to download it too and again was very glad I did. Those 3 HL mods are the best out of them all.

When the CS 1.6 Beta came out with steam I tried it and was excited by it, couldnt wait when it gonna come out as official. Unfourtunetly they took out some of the effects that I loved in the official patch. Sprites and sounds. Example: ric sounds, nade sound. Bring em back! Anyway, I never expected to see DoD in My Games section... Why did you left out NS? NS is almost as popular as DoD so why not include it in My Games?

Vote: I got it to play other games and DoD
Reason: New weapons in CS, 32-bit graphics. "never expected to see DoD in My Games section..." yet glad I did, 32-bit graphics :) , and installed NS.

and Natural Selection (which I haven't got working yet).
Run Half-Life then exit it to create HL folder. Then install NS into
C:/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/e-mail/Half-Life

Final words.
My ratings to CS, DoD and NS out of 5 stars are:

Counter-Strike - 3 stars, angry community, hackers, getting old. (CS sux!!)
Day of Defeat - 4 stars, very fun to play, good comunity, awesome game.
Natural-Selection- 4 stars, very fun to play, nice futuristic mod, good comunity.

[AK47]

my ratings are

cheating strike : 1 star , very mean community , too many hackers and very old mod and very unbalanced weapons and unrealistic.

day of defeat : 5 stars , very good gameplay , graphics , weapons , great community , very little hackers on dod , realistic like gameplay ,

the battle grounds : 4 stars , good weapons and pretty realistic gameplay but poor graphics and balances . mild community

firearms : 2 stars , very nice selections of weapons , unrealistic game play , over balanced weapons but nice graphics and rude community and some very rude hax0rs.

[Sabec]

I choose:

The new CS glitches got me playing DoD

[Doc.G]

What got me playing DoD on steaM?
-the promise of 1.1
What got me buying CoD and say goodbye to DoD?
-false promises and no support at all.

[AK47]

sabec , i must say thats such a great reason to join DoD, because of CS glitches , i stopped playing CS years ago when i saw a bunch of players flying around with 200 health and 1 shot kills with m4 , i remeber the guys that used to be spectators but they could kill as a spectator . i think they should change the name to
Cheating-Strike .

i welcome anyone joining DoD , and leaving CS behind
its good to see people leaving cheating-strike and playing DoD.

[Sgt.Largent]

..

[Sgt.Largent]

Eff Counter-Strike. The people who continue to play it and ruin the fun of the game will be its eventual downfall.

Since I started playing DoD I have not heard the following:

Nub
noob
gh3y
g@y
you suck
F you
you suck nub
lucky nub shot
Eff you **** noob
etc. etc. etc.

Seems anyone good at CS was never new and never had to learn the game. Screw CS and those who bash others who just wanna have some fun during some part of thier day, skilled or not.

All I ever hear from other players while playing DoD is encouragment, helpfulness, and teamwork.

Screw CS, the A-holes can have it. I'll be playing DoD exculsively.

[AK47]

once in a while i see someone calling someone a n00b but thats about it , doesnt happen much often

[Bird<>Hunting]

Yesterday ,I actually uninstalled 1.5 , just couldnt handle the hackers anymore. After you get obviously cheated they have they audacity to say I pwnd you noob,(I am by no means a noob) I will be playing dod from now on exclusively till valve gets a handle on cheater-strike.

[AK47]

DoD just keeps getting more popular , in maybe a year or so it could have more people than cheating-strike.

i hate the CS crosshairs , they wont let u use custom ones ,

i just hope none of the little CS HAX0RS walk over to DOD and spread their little plague . :(

[dradz]

Originally posted by AK47
I'M ON A HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL
DOD 1.1 IS RELEASED !!!!
:( :( :(


LOL

AK, given the 1.1 delays so far, you may want to reconsider...

[AK47]

i'm just trying to get valves attention .

but i am going on a diet , i'm only having 1 meal a day.

[Bird<>Hunting]

romfflmao

[Stalkerror]

but i am going on a diet , i'm only having 1 meal a day.

Make that 1.1 meal / day and you'll get your 1.1

[AK47]

good point , LOL LOL

so if i have 1.1 meals a day maybe it will bring good luck and 1.1 will be released .

[N1Rampage]

Lol, that is funny AK.

I got started on DoD when it came out a few years ago. I played it at a cyber cafe which featured ALL the HL mods. It is now closed. I came back in 3'ish something, for a week or so, but left due to it being horrid crap. Now I'm back since steam offers it, and now this version is pretty good. 180' turn to a better direction. But DoD over the years has taken so many different paths and alot of them were bad. The game now is about as balanced as it was when it was in beta 1'ish.

[AK47]

i try to be funny .

[dradz]

Originally posted by AK47
i try to be funny .

As long as you're not funny.....looking

[AK47]

true , good point

[AK47]

recently their has been a lot of threads that have been closed , locked . accesive moderation .

[Stalkerror]

Recently? The posts like that started since the steam came out, that was what 1-2 months ago?

[AK47]

i'm talking about recent threads .

[Sgt.Bilko]

I'm 52(53 next month), and started playing ANY games by accident. My son got me started a couple of years ago. Being a relative whiz at computers, I had to be familiar with the game in order to load/reload it, keep it updated, and fix problems. One day he told me I ought to give CS a try. I reluctantly did..... I was hooked on the dynamic nature of on-line play.

After about a year he discovered DOD, then got me to try it also. Within a couple of weeks, I forgot all about what CS was.

No regrets.

[b!zZ]

Non of the above:

I've been playing DoD str8 since 1.2 beta. A buddy of mine used to have a few networked PCs at his place I would go over there to play CS & DoD when it came out. Soon after I bought my own PC to strickly play DoD since it blew me away, never touching CS w/ any seriousness again. I play a few other games ie Shadowbane/CnC Generals, when I get burnt on DoD but I always go back after a few days. The reason DoD has my <3 is, I've tried nearly every FPS out there an when it comes down to FPS/MPgames no other game can offered firefights on the brutal level DoD does, hands down no other FPS/MP is as fast & furious as DoD imo (forgive the pun).
As for the drastic changes DoD gets in many of its new versions, there have been many changes since 1.0 beta I've seen. Pros & cons, I've never flamed the dev team they have provided my life w/ a very cheap & FUN form of entertainment for years now, Thank You. I take each new version as a new beast & accept as is. As for you newjacks likeing the maturity of the DoD community I believe it might be on average the DoD community is older in RL age then most CS players...just my opinion, myself I'm 28.
Steam lol I hated it at 1st...I got it working & I like many features it has, now I'm ok w/ it, but at 1st going from wonID to Steam was a rude awakening.. DoD4life ...or as long as it lasts!

P.S. hats off to Waldo & the Dev team for providing an awesome game...only thing I would ask can we bleeding back some day plzzzzz :P

[LeftyGunZ67]

CS OWNZ DoD .......ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL ......sorry but its true

[Major-Koenig]

my vote

I downloaded Steam just to play DoD

[b!zZ]

Originally posted by LeftyGunZ67
CS OWNZ DoD .......ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL ......sorry but its true

An your point is? Ah I thought so no point at all, why don't you go back to the CS forums where god forbid some cares what you have to say. Frankly wtf does your reply have to do w/ this post...obviously this is a post for DoD players & why they play it, via Steam. So plz let me refer your pot stirring [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] to the CS forums where you obviously belong.
/me *sniffs* mmmh airs seams to stink alil at the moment

P.S. this was a statement & advise not a flame:P

[LeftyGunZ67]

your post was advise?

hey i am just sayin how it is .......i play dod too ........but cs is alot better........ and you shouldn't get all teary eyed over someone just speakin their mind .....take a deep breath .. wipe those tears off your face .... go play some cs . ...

[b!zZ]

/me cries a tear
Feel better?
Why would you assume I have feelings to hurt?
I'm just pointing out that your post really has nuthing to do w/ the topic at hand, so either your not very bright or a pot stirring trash talker.
Why would I waste time playing CS I'd rather cut my toe nails to be honest or get a cold water enima.
Now lets keep in mind the forum rules & not start a flame war...just keep your posts where they belong or keep them on subject. I do believe this is not a why I think CS is better thread. Get the point?

[Sgt.Bilko]

Originally posted by LeftyGunZ67
CS OWNZ DoD .......ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL ......sorry but its true

I used to play CS, and my son is still a very good player on CS. But even he agrees that CS is just too simple, and too boring. CS is nothing but a few corners, a few doors, a few alleys..... nothing much to write home about. But DOD has a whole world of buildings, streets, bushes, fields, hiding places, etc. It's far more suspenseful, and takes a lot more patience. With CS there is relatively little patience required, and very few choices on tactics.

Bottom line is, DOD is more of a man's game. It requires a lot more thinking. It isn't just about who is better at getting head shots quicker, like CS is. In DOD, if you think well, you can be sneeky, and beat the better shooter every time. That's rarely possible in CS.

[AK47]

Originally posted by LeftyGunZ67
CS OWNZ DoD .......ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL ......sorry but its true




BS , Cheating Strike sucks , u must really have an IQ of -50

in CS its just shoot shoot hack hack n00b n00b and bs and bs .

[buzzpopper]

Well, Ive read all eight pages of this thread and it seems that its come down to a CS v DoD thing.


I bought HL god only knows how long ago. I played that game out a bunch of times. Then a buddy turned me on to CS and I had a blast playing that back in the early days, was invited to join a clan of like minded mature individuals who would ban and or kick any jerkwad off our server for the afformentioned posts made about all the idiots that are playing CS now. While I was playing countless hours of CS another clanmate turned me on to DoD.


I loved the game and the maps. What I liked the most about it was the respawn. My biggest complaint about it was the lack of stable servers but I figured heck everyone else is in the same boat as me.

Well, my clan started doin league play and I moved away from DoD. Then after about a year or so later Steam beta comes out and a bunch of buddies were playing 1.6 and I thought Id give it a try. The beta version work flawlessly for me and I didnt have any problems at. Then Steam final came and everything went to crap. My frame rates that were at 80-100 fps went down to 40-60fps and it seemed that alot of new comers were starting to play 1.6 and I got tired of playing admin and spending most of my time banning a bunch of cry baby kids who did nothing more then call each other names and ruining my gaming fun.

I saw DoD in the games list and started playing again and everything was back to normal my fps came back up and I saw that there was a crapload more servers than I remembered. After playing with the [BOSS] boys out of Texas I remembered why I loved DoD so much and had forgotten how much fun the game was.

Now 1.1 came out and Im back to the same problems only worse with my fps issuses. I fire the weapon and fps drops down to 10-20 fps (very frustrating). I just wish they would have just left well enough alone.

Im gonna keep playing CS I guess until they do away with the WON system.

Im sorry that you hardcore DoD folks had such a bad taste left in your mouths with your CS experience, not all of us that play are the jerks that you claim.

[Sgt.Bilko]

Originally posted by buzzpopper
Im sorry that you hardcore DoD folks had such a bad taste left in your mouths with your CS experience, not all of us that play are the jerks that you claim.

I didn't leave because of the people, I left because after discovering DOD, I found out just how narrow-minded the gameplay in CS was.

After thinking back to it now, I just realized the big difference is that in CS you can't go inside any of the buildings...... no doors, no windows. I can't imagine playing without that ability.

[[true]]

Originally posted by LeftyGunZ67
"CS OWNZ DoD .......ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL ......sorry but its true"

What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I've ever heard. At no point were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

[Mr. Chris]

I used to play in the good old beta days (1.3 was first time), I only used to visit the Mayberry servers due to friendly crowd and active/friendly/fair admins (Now joint with Kustom Kettle (http://www.KustomKettle.com) ). Tried beta 3 for brief amount of time and stopped cause mouse2 wasn't working for strafe. Came back in 1.0 for a short time, and just bound arrow left/right for strafing, and it worked. (As I religiously bind arrow left and right for strafing in all my FPS games now).

I stopped playing due to lack of interest, eventually uninstalled HL and all the mods on my drive. Stupid Steam partially broke Sven Co-op (http://www.svencoop.com). I might return to SC in the future once version 3.0 is out.

I now play Enemy Territory (http://www.planetwolfenstein.com) and sometimes jDoom (http://www.doomsdayhq.com) .

Originally posted by LeftyGunZ67
hey i am just sayin how it is .......i play dod too ........but cs is alot better........ and you shouldn't get all teary eyed over someone just speakin their mind .....take a deep breath .. wipe those tears off your face .... go play some cs . ...

I don't like seeing CS kiddie trolls pulling this crap in threads about what got ppl playing DoD. Go back to the sewer you crawled out of, and learn the english language PROPERLY while you can.

The reason I tried CS way back in the past is because of it's popularity. I eventually got bored of it. I don't see how a mod infested with 13-16 year old wannabe 1337 fools, cheaters and immature admins make CS any better.

Once CS went retail, any 13 year old bunk could buy it at their local Wal-Mart or somewhere else.

Ppl been beating CS like a dead horse for years, please let it die for once and try SOMETHING ELSE (another mod or game ffs!)

[Goth_S1ut]

i got it cause i had to. My DoD clan ( [4thWehr] )is making the change to steam on both servers. so far its only #1 so now i can play on 1 (when steam decides to work for me.) , but not 2 cause it still uses won for now.
steam blows.

Love,
Goth_[color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]

[Rainbowdude]

Originally posted by `Alt+F4`
You forgot the:

I used to play DoD, but it was so laggy in 1.0 I quit and went back to CS, and now since CS is laggy too, and its right here on Steam, I just play them both now :)

I love CS and DoD, but I can't decide between them. Unfortunately for me, I have a crappy PCI video card, and smoke just kills me. DoD RPGs smoke, and CS smoke grenade.. only things I hate.

I just hope you guys make a great HL2 mod of DoD, so it can run on bad comps too, with less detail. And be incredably realistic. :-/


i've had te same i played on direct3d
when i changed to opengl it worked perfect

[SlowMovingTarg]

Been playing DOD since 1.3b...

Got Steam just for DOD....not even playing half life on-line...hehe


New version of DOD is great!!! only problem is now i can hit anything....

i lag and stutter, sometimes just a little and sometimes a lot...
when before steam, everything was running fine...

oh well...

[[true]]

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36818


hahahahaha.. nice parady ah?

[[true]]

"I don't see how a mod infested with 13-16 year old wannabe 1337 fools, cheaters and immature admins make CS any better"

Brilliant

[cevilgenius]

Well, I got steam because I thought it would make DOD play better.

At first it was okay, but now it has ruined it to the point where it's unplayable. Why is Steam using up so much power?

[Sgt.Bilko]

Originally posted by [true]
"I don't see how a mod infested with 13-16 year old wannabe 1337 fools, cheaters and immature admins make CS any better"

Brilliant


Brilliant and true at the same time.

[Panic | Vegeta]

I played DoD since beta 1.3 or something, and just continued playing it, and since DoD was on steam, i converted to that as well. As for the DoD team, i must say good job, except for the knife and bayonette sounds, they sounds like stabbing an empty pop can. *edit* that is seriously the only thing I dislike. I love the game.

[Dagunn]

ummm, did i have a choice?.

[Tartalo]

Hi Waldo,

I downloaded Steam only for DoD
Playing CS I ended up discovering DoD a year an a half ago.
It was a bit crude then but I liked the "realism" of reloading each bullet, how difficult it was to kill someone and how easy to get killed cpmpared to CS.
Six months ago I started playing DoD with my wargaming club friends ; I was impressed with the latest "refinements" and I am hooked since.
Last weekend we were 30 players in a LAN setting, yeeessss!).
I have the retail version a couple of days ago and I miss some of the old scenarios.

Cheers

[Muttonchops]

I got Steam because I heard it was gonna be required. I got for DoD because the only other Valve mod I play is TFC from time to time, though I also play TS and NS. Can't wait for NS to be supported mod. When I first got Steam I was somewhat dissapointed (nerfed MG42 and Thompson sounded dumb). I hate it when people complain about the Kar so I'm glad about the changes they have made to it. I changed my models and sounds around a lot and really love it now...that and charlie is nest map ever...

P.S. I think Steam is a good idea if they work out all the kinks for it ... which means HL2 will be that much better (and it seems to me that the Steam team and DoD team are making good changes)

[*GiB*Buffa]

got it for DOD but now STEAM SUXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

damn crashes, no updating, map crashes, what the hell is steam doing?

[Muttonchops]

Yeah well they are working out the wrinkles if you will and you got to admit that Steam came out now because it is trying to get ready for HL2 which it will be used for.

[Antti FINFL]

Originally posted by *GiB*Buffa
got it for DOD but now STEAM
damn crashes, no updating, map crashes, what the hell is steam doing?

We don't know that, because we didn't make that piece of ****. :)

Ok. Honest. Steam is OK nowadays. It doesn't crash or be slow. I can shutdown windows normaly and not like couple months ago first steam then windows. (I don't even want to tell you gyes what it is to run steam with WineX under Linux.) 8)

I give Steam 7+ at this point. It is britty good, but there are some points that needs fixing. One of these BIG holes is inner IRC support. Something like is in Unreal Tournament.

Then there are no MP3 player that works like that .OGG player in Unreal Tournament. And so on... :D

[Bird<>Hunting]

ummm did this thread get way off topic or what..........."what got you playing dod?"

[yahsmoke]

heres my answer i was forced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SPARTAN-IIII]

i love it now

[jay_121985]

I tryed DOD again bc it usually gets the best updates(ie water FX, stock whippin, maps etc) and its calming to play where i know if i die i dont have to wait for my team to die so i can play again. like CS)

[CtrlD_Predator]

I have no choice at all, being a clan leader and most ladders being on steam I have to have it. Its proving to be a pain. I would have 8 players online and ready to play, but only 4 or 5 can actually get into the servers on time. Several matches have been canceled due to steam needing to update, and the problems that now are routinely following updates makes it impossible for any team to have enough players ready.

At lans that me and my friends hold and big lans I always play normal dod 1.0.

I dont play dod on public servers anymore. I play ns, its bug free and loads quick and doesn’t force me to reconnect on map changes.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by CtrlD_Predator
I play ns, its bug free and loads quick and doesn’t force me to reconnect on map changes.

What you talking about ? I play NS all the time, great fraeking mod but its buggy as hell. Always crashes but hopefully 3.0 will fix that.

When it comes to your clan problems well I guess you just better tell your clan members to update more often so that they can be on time for the matches. Sure Steam has its bugs and errors but you can fix them with some effort so as to get it to work right.

[shanel100]

i play DoD because the graphics are fantastic...it's extremely realistic and most of the time FF is ON which I absolutely love!

[Ed!]

I have been playing DoD since the old 3.1 version. I hated it though and only played CS when I was bored.

My step bro found out about DoD 1.0 and dl'd it and we've been playing since (about the last 5 monthes).

[Muttonchops]

3.1 really isn't that old...

[Pharlap]

because CS has been noobified to such an extent i got fed up with it. oh and not to mention the only maps noobs play in CS are dust and aztec. could not be more boring. such a shame that it is the CS community that destroyed it for me. :(

DOD brings a new sense of immersion into a game as well as some form of teamplay.

[Muttonchops]

If you want Teamplay try Natural Selection. Everyone has to work together to win. Not that DoD needs it to but it is possible for someone to just go get kills and his team still win...

[Pharlap]

Originally posted by Muttonchops
If you want Teamplay try Natural Selection. Everyone has to work together to win. Not that DoD needs it to but it is possible for someone to just go get kills and his team still win...
ive tried NS, i must say it was very hard to play. i had no idea what i was doing. maybe once i get fed up with DOD, i will try NS again. ill wait for it to be hyped up a bit more.

[Muttonchops]

Yeah its not very Newbie friendly...

[Old Wino]

I got hooked on TFC years ago. I was one badass HW guy. My specialty was going after the flags. As soon as my son showed me DoD, I was sold. I have played a few TFC maps since then, but I've been a die-hard DoD man ever since.

I miss some of the "old" pre-Steam maps. Charlie is an excellent upgrade of the Omaha Beach map. I like Jagd alot. I'd like to see a few of the old maps return, though.

I got Steam because I wanted to continue playing DoD. It seems that the servers NOT using Steam have mostly bots and cheaters left on them. The Steam servers have alot more human players who don't run hax, although I've cought a couple of guys running the "highlight" or "wallhack" cheat. I've pointed these guys out to server admins with some limited success. This is the one that shows the user where other (enemy) players are. They're easy to spot, however and most admins will spectate them to decide for themselves.

The game is fun, the action can be intense, and I still go primarily for the objectives. Hope to see you folks next time I'm on - or kill ya if yer on the opposing team.

Old Wino

[vexx]

I got Steam because I wanted to continue playing DoD to.
what I get out of it?
hmmm well I get low fps, lag, steam killing my CPU...
from dod on steam I get stuf like: buggy maps, guns that spray like crazy, light guns(like garand) that sometimes kille with one shot but most of the time suck, rambo lucky-spray MG dudes, nades flaying back in my face cause the map is to low, ****ty bullet pen.,...

most of U out there will say "what a hell are u doing playin dod...?"
I'm in the dod world since forever! so the word is hope!
one nice day someone from dev team vil have 2 face the fact that the game sux, and that ppl are leaving it for other WW2 games out there. that's why I'm still here!
I like the idea of dod, but the game is on the way down...

2 waldo:
most of us here like u dude and this is not an atack on u in any way, but my op. is that everithing valve gets their hands on sux, in the final version...!

well that's about it, n sorry for my english, it sux I know! but I think u get the picture...
peace out

[Ed!]

I took this pole a while ago but i feel like contributing a bit more.

I was an on and off CS gamer and i came across DoD back in its early stages.

My bud and i played it for a while but it felt very chopped together and on many maps snipers would pick me off before i found them.

That was a long time ago and i re-dicovered DoD 1.0 pre-steam's launch. I was amazed by how far the game came. Now i play it like crazy on Steam and I dont see why anyone still plays CS.

Thanks for such an amazing game on an amazing platform like Steam.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by vexx
I got Steam because I wanted to continue playing DoD to.
what I get out of it?
hmmm well I get low fps, lag, steam killing my CPU...
from dod on steam I get stuf like: buggy maps, guns that spray like crazy, light guns(like garand) that sometimes kille with one shot but most of the time suck, rambo lucky-spray MG dudes, nades flaying back in my face cause the map is to low, ****ty bullet pen.,...

most of U out there will say "what a hell are u doing playin dod...?"
I'm in the dod world since forever! so the word is hope!
one nice day someone from dev team vil have 2 face the fact that the game sux, and that ppl are leaving it for other WW2 games out there. that's why I'm still here!
I like the idea of dod, but the game is on the way down...

2 waldo:
most of us here like u dude and this is not an atack on u in any way, but my op. is that everithing valve gets their hands on sux, in the final version...!

well that's about it, n sorry for my english, it sux I know! but I think u get the picture...
peace out

Steam isn't the blame for DoD changing. You realize that when Steam came out so did DoD v1.0. Thats when all these changes occured that you speak of. Its not Steam that changes the game, its the DoD Dev Team. Freaking [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]. Stop blaming Steam for every little thing that happens in the game. Steam only connects you to a server thats it.

Oh and Garand being a 'light gun'? Garand is a rifle and does a lot of damage (100 to chest/head & 90 elsewhere) so I'm not sure how you get off saying it sux.

If your so dedicated to DoD maybe you should go learn something about the game first.

[vexx]

take it easy amigo! wax on, wax off... air in & air out
now I'll try again for s_hitforbrains like u!
my post is devided in 2!
a steam part and dod 1.1 part! and the lag started with steam! It was fine before...
why do I even waste my time expl. my self 2 u? who the hell are u anyway! in the public forum I can say what I mean! so why don't ya pull your head out of Valves a_ss and take a good look at steam and dod 1.1 again! btw u talk like the guy who made it?! did ya? if u say YES I'll understand! whit a brain like that no wonder it works like it does!

ohh yeah, one more thing "a light" is a class! soooo " a light class or rifelman" medium is a sargent and so on!
noob_for_brain!

[Muttonchops]

Well I guess then I miss unsderstood you. I'm sorry you can't type a proper grammatical english sentence.

Anyways your apperently saying that Steam is the fault for DoD lagging and that might not be entirely true considering DoD can be very demanding at times (ex. dod_charlie).

Sorry I sound like someone who "made the game" but its just that you sounded like someone who doesn't know anything about how Steam/DoD works.

Its one thing if you said "light class" but you didn't. You said "light gun" which the Garand is not at all.

I'd rather be a "noob_for_brain" than a ****ing prick like you.

[vexx]

[i]
well that's about it, n sorry for my english, it sux I know! but I think u get the picture...
peace out [/B]

"Well I guess then I miss unsderstood you. I'm sorry you can't type a proper grammatical english sentence."

hmm moron or something?

and yeah I might be a ****ing prick, but u started atacking me for haveing an opinion!

[vexx]

Sorry I sound like someone who "made the game" but its just that you sounded like someone who doesn't know anything about how Steam/DoD works.


and I don't! I just play the game and share MY opinion on it and what MY comp is doing...

Its one thing if you said "light class" but you didn't. You said "light gun" which the Garand is not at all.


u might try playing it in a clan for a day or two u might pick up some good stuf...

[Muttonchops]

Yes I admit I used agressive language but I am sick of people blaming Steam for every little thing that goes wrong or something thats different with their game.

[Negative Creep]

You know I voted on the poll a LONG time ago and I can't believe I never made a post.

I started playing DoD a few weeks before retail came out, then I bought retail.:) I starting playing on The Ville servers. I went over to the Allied Army servers once I got banned from The Villes forums and server for starting an argument on which was better Star Trek or Star Wars. Let's just say it got out of hand;). I liked the [AA] guys, great teamwork and communication, things I liked about them. So I joined the clan:). The this thing called Steam came out and I was willing to go along with it because I loved DoD. Of course I was pissed but who wasn't ;). I play on pub servers every now and then just to remind myself why I joined a clan.:)


And that Johnny is how babies are made.

[gizza23]

Honestly, i didn't care too much for DOD when i first played it but it grew on me as my buddy played it more often. Now i'm stuck on it like the brown-haired girl in the front of the class. Miss ya Charlie.

[chrisanglee]

i just started today and i kill loads of people and dod is chananging

[AngelOfDeath]

i think this was **** that they make us all have to play on this piece of **** called steam i prefer the old won servers there where alot more of them and there werent all these problems with the friends list since there wasnt one and the won servers always worked won was never down like steam has been

[Muttonchops]

Yeah well won was an archaic POS.

[gizza23]

i heard WON is still up and running. you can go back if you feel. I'm getting used to Steam and i KNOW that it isnt going away.

[Limator]

I have got Steam to play all games, including FA, but DoD is the best.

[ben3man]

i had problems with steam not running at all, but once i fixed it it's great. I started with CS, then tried Dod, and instantly hooked.... how does it compare to 1942 and games like that?.... just curious....never played any other WW2 games.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by ben3man
i had problems with steam not running at all, but once i fixed it it's great. I started with CS, then tried Dod, and instantly hooked.... how does it compare to 1942 and games like that?.... just curious....never played any other WW2 games.

Almost all DoD players are in agreement that CoD and MoH's multiplayers are horrible. Personally I am not a fan of BF42 (just think its stupid and horibly made).

[Velvet_Revolver]

i downloaded steam cos i was informed that all the dod servers were changing over to steam and if i didnt follow suit i wouldnt play---- i started playing dod through a friend (i was a wolf player) i enjoyed the ability to hide motionless in the pixles and the maps so i stayed!!!

[[PiK] Crispulus]

peer presure

[Bird<>Hunting]

dod on steam has the potential to be great , but they really really need to address the fps prob. , i havent left yet , but i have lots of friends who have become fed up and uninstalled . before anyone says its my hardware , dont bother , i have already updated my hardware , to no avail.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by Bird<>Hunting
dod on steam has the potential to be great , but they really really need to address the fps prob. , i havent left yet , but i have lots of friends who have become fed up and uninstalled . before anyone says its my hardware , dont bother , i have already updated my hardware , to no avail.

There have been many posts dedicated to fps problems. Have you tried checking them out? They talk about changes you can make to DoD since Steam doesn't effect your fps.

[niddhoggr]

I was bored

[gizza23]

Originally posted by niddhoggr
I was bored

Plain and simple... I like it! I want it on billboards everywhere!

[rtcw_is_better]

i dont play dod anymore its slow

[[PiK] Crispulus]

Originally posted by rtcw_is_better
i dont play dod anymore its slow


not enough leather clad [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] chicks for him, i guess.

[Rogue9]

I've got stream for both CS and DoD more because of CS 1.6 but theire no point using the HL client when steam dose the job and also has some community help built in with the friend finder and buddy list, sure will upset the boys at Gametiger!

But keep up the good work.

[birdsong]

i downloaded steam as it was obvious i would have no choice to continue playing dod.found it nightmarish using 56k [no b/band in my area]the weekly updates and steam server problems i have encountered have been a real pain,have spent as much time problem solving as playing.but the thing i dislike the most is not being able to use my custom crosshair,i have found the new crosshair to impede my view of enemies especially from distance when the crosshair is bigger than the target,how do you get the centre of the crosshair on a small target when the target is obscured by 4 bloody great lines.all in all i dont like steam but like dod

steamrollered

56k-a forgotten crowd!

[Muttonchops]

I'm sorry to hear that. 56K sucks. As for the Crosshairs custom crasshairs work. If you can't get them to work though you can make it so that your crosshair doesn't move (adjusting for moving) which keeps your target from being obscured as much.

[birdsong]

hi
muttonchops could you elaborate on crosshair subject,last time i checked couldn"t change it like spr file.have heard nothing since

[birdsong]

and while im at it- do i really want a load of kids calling me a c***
audibly or on screen because i have few SKILLZ. not my idea of fun.dod for me

[Muttonchops]

As for the 'name calling' thing just mute them or go to a server that is real strict about cusing. As for the crosshairs I'm not real sure what your talking about but just go to the DoD EC to get custom crosshairs. They are real easy to install and come with directions about where to put it and on the commands you type in console to bring up the different ones.

dodec.hlgaming.com

[birdsong]

hi i understand these crosshairs are spr files which involve replacing the spr file in sprites folder with one of your choice-how u used to be able to change a crosshair.i dont believe you can do this with steam .do you use a custom crosshair?

[Muttonchops]

Yes you can just follow the directions they give you when you download it. It works the exact way now as it did before. I have almost all custom stuff you can have. I have custom crosshairs but I don't use them since I really haven't tried all of them out.

[birdsong]

Yes your right i"ve successfully loaded one,the only difference is i had to create a sprites folder

many thanks

[Muttonchops]

There ya go. I really didn't want to tell you where to put the data b/c I was hopefully you would figure it out yourself.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I got into Steam as the only server that would give me acceptable pings via 56k changed over to Steam (I am in remote Australia and the nearest dod server is 600km away, the next is 2000km). So if I wanted to continue playing dod I had no choice.

I havent really seen any difference in pings now I use Steam, especially once all the files were updated. It rocks, I like playing all the old maps.

[pissedoff]

What choice did we have??!!
If you want to play DOD online or a gaming ladder YOU HAVE TO use steam!!

[Bävern]

Originally posted by Aloh
DOD is better than CS!!!!!
That's rigth

[Cyber-Surfer]

*just wants to add...


My MG-42 Misses you Waldo... 2.x Beta testing with the team was a blast.. wish I could find you guys playing on a server one day, for some more fun like that.. :)

[Rambo777]

i find dod quite a boring mod so many bugs...

[HarveyWall]

DoD can be fun, I do not care for people that solely camp. Its understandable part of the game and is true in real war, but this is a game. I like to roam and hunt.

[Dagoz]

like I had a choice, I am not going to buy your Half-life 2, that's if it ever comes out

[-=$c4rF4c3=-]

I just thought I'd try it, and it's good.

[Final Warrior]

I got started playing DoD when my dad got an ATI Radeon 9600. I used Steam played CS, HL, then I tried out DoD and Opposing Force.

[RAKTHEUNDEAD]

I'm just waiting for the inequalities regarding British troops before I start playing it. Once they make the British on par with the other countries' armed forces, then I'll start playing it(the Lee-Enfield is apparently better than the Garand).

[RAKTHEUNDEAD]

Let me clarify... The game's a very good idea, and I want to play it, I just want to play the UK forces without getting grilled. If the UK get proper British voices that don't sound like someone trying to fake it based on stereotypes(I got this information from a GameFAQs review or something), and the UK's guns get better(on par with [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] at least), I'll get started.

[JG1X0000]

I got it to find my friends.

[I.C.Wiener]

A friend told me about DOD and I stared it a few years ago. I think it was the first version. People were bleading there and died if they didn´t heal thier wounds. I really liked it but more of my friends were playing CS so I tried CS. I liked CS more than DOD at that time and was only playing CS.
But somehow I don´t like CS 1.6. Don´t know, it just sucks compared to 1.5. Seems like Valve increased the luck factor in 1.6 to make it easier for noobs to play.
The last few weeks I was only playing DOD.
What I really like about DOD is, that there are not that much flamers like in CS. It´s so nice that there are so less ppl crying about camping...

Btw, which version is this? 1.2???
I thought there were allready DOD 2?

[zeep]

you forced us to install steam more or less innit?

[AgentSaba]

DOD and CS are the 2 best games i play cs more cuz i got a good clan.
my freinds plays dod all the time he is really good so ppl PLAY CS AND DOD!!

[Maniax]

Our Xtra Won Servers Blew Up! :D


seriously, they did.

[lax_man]

I what i like in dod, is that the most u have to wait to respawn is 13 seconds. In CS if there are 2 guys camping it can take forever. DoD is number 1 on my list.

[steelman93]

I started playing dod on 3.0. Then the retail came out and then a buddy told me how much better steam was for connecting, updating etc.

Lovin life ever since. DOD rules, best mutliplayer game ever. Great action, great models, great maps

[MordacPlizzaro]

Originally posted by Waldo
Well here's a little poll I've been wanting to do on here. I have been playing DoD on Steam quite a bit lately, and I have noticed quite a few new players who haven't played DoD before. I'm guessing the new people are CS players who have decided to give DoD a try and find they like it.

I'm one of the new players, I orignally got Steam to see the new things they added on CS. But now all i play is DoD!! CS is a little boring to me, the maps are all like each other, no climbing through blown down walls and sneaking around to get a sniper in the back (which would be great because i'm SICK of AWP's). And esspecially the teamwork which i love. Nobody STRIVES to be on top of the list like in CS, just want to win the game. I just think DoD is so damn much fun because of that.

[WiseBobo]

What got me playing DoD on steam was the fact that you guys completely dropped support for a stable system.

[OmegaXtream666]

lol nice i don't play dod it moves weird for me but not cs or cz

[Gohzr]

Downloaded Steam specifically to play DOD (was in a WON-based DOD clan). TFC was an added goodie (played in a WON-based TFC clan awhile ago, but wasn't pursuing it seriously when I DL'd Steam).

Played a bit of Counter-Strike in WON, but I've never played it on Steam, because quite frankly, CS sucks.

DOD is the perfect blend of TFC and CS (fast action + instant respawns + objectives + flag caps). I can only hope Brotherhood of Arms is going to be like DOD in terms of gameplay, and I hope the modding community comes up with DOD2 for HL2.

[OmegaXtream666]

dod should have objectives not just ctf maps i think

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by OmegaXtream666
dod should have objectives not just ctf maps i think

It does have several objective maps.

[SpawnPro]

I own and play now and again, Farcry-halo-bf1942 bfviet-unreal2004-painkiller-cod . cs cza nd of coure cs. I still end up playin dod, its got the atmosphere other games havent. COD comes close but the AI run like muppets and too many people treat it like a deathmatch.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by SpawnPro
I own and play now and again, Farcry-halo-bf1942 bfviet-unreal2004-painkiller-cod . cs cza nd of coure cs. I still end up playin dod, its got the atmosphere other games havent. COD comes close but the AI run like muppets and too many people treat it like a deathmatch.

How's Far Cry?

[MordacPlizzaro]

FarCry is pretty friggin' tight. The environments are HUGE! The sound effects are good too. One thing that I really like about it is that you can see really far away, most games dont let you do that, you have to stare at some stupid haze the whole time. But on the demo, I can look all the way up the mountain and see EVERYTHING, just like real life. If I want to, I can shoot all the mercenaries on the mountain with the sniper rifle!!!!!!!!!!!

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by MordacPlizzaro
FarCry is pretty friggin' tight. The environments are HUGE! The sound effects are good too. One thing that I really like about it is that you can see really far away, most games dont let you do that, you have to stare at some stupid haze the whole time. But on the demo, I can look all the way up the mountain and see EVERYTHING, just like real life. If I want to, I can shoot all the mercenaries on the mountain with the sniper rifle!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. I heard its sales and community have dropped off rather sharply recently. Any truth to that.

[p0rnacracy.tip]

rgr, far cry is a pretty damn cool game. I hadn't heard anything about he sales and community dropping off. I kinda doubt that, since a few of the top gaming magazines are calling the best FPS since half life.

Anyway, I got steam since everything was going to be switching to steam. I've played DoD since the very beginning. Played a lot of TFC, then got kinda bored and heard about this new WWII mod coming out, so decided to try it and haven't gone back since.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by p0rnacracy.tip
Anyway, I got steam since everything was going to be switching to steam. I've played DoD since the very beginning. Played a lot of TFC, then got kinda bored and heard about this new WWII mod coming out, so decided to try it and haven't gone back since.

So is DoD the only HL mod you play then?

[p0rnacracy.tip]

pretty much, mutton. I play CS a little, but there are far too many hackers and just plain wankers playing it that i just get bored too easily. I've been playing CZ a little bit, but other than the deleted scenes campaign, it's pretty boring. I tried Firearms for a while, and Earth's Special Forces, but i always come back to DoD mainly for the teamwork required, plus I play on a really good server with good admins who keep the game fair and fun for all. I think that is the most important part, is finding a really good server or two with good players. I actually quit playing DoD for a while then came back to it just before 1.0 was released. About a year ago I discoverd the server that i currently play on and haven't really played on any other servers since. Every now and again I'll play on the sister server to ours, or if our server is down for maintenance or the host is all FUBAR, i'll go try out other servers, but they just aren't as fun as my regular server.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by p0rnacracy.tip
pretty much, mutton. I play CS a little, but there are far too many hackers and just plain wankers playing it that i just get bored too easily. I've been playing CZ a little bit, but other than the deleted scenes campaign, it's pretty boring. I tried Firearms for a while, and Earth's Special Forces, but i always come back to DoD mainly for the teamwork required, plus I play on a really good server with good admins who keep the game fair and fun for all. I think that is the most important part, is finding a really good server or two with good players. I actually quit playing DoD for a while then came back to it just before 1.0 was released. About a year ago I discoverd the server that i currently play on and haven't really played on any other servers since. Every now and again I'll play on the sister server to ours, or if our server is down for maintenance or the host is all FUBAR, i'll go try out other servers, but they just aren't as fun as my regular server.

Ever heard of Natural Selection or The Specilists?

[p0rnacracy.tip]

yep, i tried natural selection a few times. i've never played the specialists. natural selection was just too weird for me. what is the specialist about?

edit: nm, i've played the specialist too. when it first came out. it was pretty cool, but i think i just forgot about it. i might give that one a try again.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by p0rnacracy.tip
yep, i tried natural selection a few times. i've never played the specialists. natural selection was just too weird for me. what is the specialist about?

edit: nm, i've played the specialist too. when it first came out. it was pretty cool, but i think i just forgot about it. i might give that one a try again.

You may want to try NS again. The new version has a new type of game mode where you just spawn and kill (basically). NS is not very easy to pick up but it can be real fun especially the new mode because you do everything yourself (which upgrades and weapons etc.).

TS is a game that kinda comes in spurts. You spawn so fast that its kil, die, kill, die constantly. The bots that come with it are nice too. There is a new version out for it too.

[lanexpert]

I wanna learn how to use bots in the steam dod listem server and dedicated server. Could you teach me????

thanks,

Cristiano

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by lanexpert
I wanna learn how to use bots in the steam dod listem server and dedicated server. Could you teach me????

thanks,

Cristiano

Go ask that somewhere else. This is not the right thread for that and there have been many threads about bots so go post in one of them.

[1nev1table]

i thought id try it out, now it my fav game! :D

[† T-Rex †]

I went with the changing tides when Steam™ made it's arrival. I converted over for one game and one game only... and that was Team Fortress Classic. I've been playing that for quite some time now, and thought to myself: "There are dozens of different mods out there... I need to at least try some of the other ones."

Upon having this change of heart, I downloaded the 350 MB needed to start playing DoD. I chose this mod because of so many other references to it. I'd heard about this mod several, several times, and heard nothing but good things. So since it's popularity seemed to be established, I wanted to check it out.

I just started playing yesterday, and it's awesome! I stayed up until 2:30am this morning playing it, and called into work late since I didn't get much sleep! All I can say is if it causes me to miss work, it's a hell of a game! Not that I like work, mind you... it's just that I can't afford to miss much.

Awesome Game!
***** (5 stars)

[B-man1]

I was talking to a person I work with who is a computer game freak. I asked him to suggest a game. Since I like fps games he said DoD. So I went and bought the retail ver 1.0. and got addicted to the game. Waited a while to update to steam because of all the bugs I read about in the forums. Have had steam installed for about 2 months now and have had no problems and DoD ver 1.2 is a good improvement over previous versions.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by † T-Rex †
I went with the changing tides when Steam™ made it's arrival. I converted over for one game and one game only... and that was Team Fortress Classic. I've been playing that for quite some time now, and thought to myself: "There are dozens of different mods out there... I need to at least try some of the other ones."

Upon having this change of heart, I downloaded the 350 MB needed to start playing DoD. I chose this mod because of so many other references to it. I'd heard about this mod several, several times, and heard nothing but good things. So since it's popularity seemed to be established, I wanted to check it out.

I just started playing yesterday, and it's awesome! I stayed up until 2:30am this morning playing it, and called into work late since I didn't get much sleep! All I can say is if it causes me to miss work, it's a hell of a game! Not that I like work, mind you... it's just that I can't afford to miss much.

Awesome Game!
***** (5 stars)

TFC are you kidding me? Sure its a fun game but CS and DoD are way better. How could you not have tried out any other mods other than TFC (VALVe or third party)?

[† T-Rex †]

I did... I tried DoD. Oh... and in response to the Far Cry babble... Awesome game!

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by † T-Rex †
I did... I tried DoD. Oh... and in response to the Far Cry babble... Awesome game!

Just thought it would be odd that you would only play CS for years when there are plenty of good mods to choose from.

[Haver]

I play DOD a lot now, because most people who play CS are wankers :D

[Piro Fyre]

1.0 was *** and valve said they won't udate it anymore for WON.

[steelman93]

has anybody played a mod even close to DOD? I don't care for MOH or COD as multiplayer. Even the other valve mods are no where as good as DOD.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by steelman93
has anybody played a mod even close to DOD? I don't care for MOH or COD as multiplayer. Even the other valve mods are no where as good as DOD.

Couldn't agree more. I don't udnerstand how CS is so popular; DoD's quality is so much higher.

[1nev1table]

i guess cause CS still has fun maps and such, and if u actually find a good server then playing is fun

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by 1nev1table
i guess cause CS still has fun maps and such, and if u actually find a good server then playing is fun

Yeah but that goes for all games. I just think DoD is just a much better made game.

[steelman93]

CS has way too many cheaters

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by steelman93
CS has way too many cheaters

I would have to say mosy games have too many cheaters. One cheater is too many.

[Glamdring]

I was railroaded into steam, I hate it! You took away DOD and forced this oversized chat client down my throat!

"well won servers are still on, why don't you go use them?" cuz no one else is, dumbass! Steam kinda failed to communicate it wasn't manditory to the public.

OK I realize they need ads to pay the bills, I'm no mooch I'll do my part. So far I havn't seen any ads, and this whole steam thing has only meant endless updates wich crash my bots every damn time.

I have been waiting weeks for an update to shrike bot to fix all the stuff steam screwed up from the last update, and the day I get it all running again, oh what's this another update? Woops shrike bot no longer works! Thanks jerks

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by Glamdring
I was railroaded into steam, I hate it! You took away DOD and forced this oversized chat client down my throat!

"well won servers are still on, why don't you go use them?" cuz no one else is, dumbass! Steam kinda failed to communicate it wasn't manditory to the public.

OK I realize they need ads to pay the bills, I'm no mooch I'll do my part. So far I havn't seen any ads, and this whole steam thing has only meant endless updates wich crash my bots every damn time.

I have been waiting weeks for an update to shrike bot to fix all the stuff steam screwed up from the last update, and the day I get it all running again, oh what's this another update? Woops shrike bot no longer works! Thanks jerks

So you are mad that Steam is sending updates to fix things and that your bot program can't keep up? Somehow its Steam's responsibility to make sure a third party bot system can still function with any of its updates?

[Kiff]

I only got steam for dod, but then i started playing CS 1.6 again.

Now i play cs 1.6 more than Dod!! Wow!

[PhatRat]

I just started playing Day of Defeat yesterday because frankthetank suggested I start up a DoD server.

I think its a really good mod, the people who play it for the most part are more considerate and professional than your average CS player and the graphics are really nice. It sure pushes the HL engine right to the brink of whats possible. I was actually quite shocked first time I played.

I find its also alot easier, for me at least, to play DOD rather than CS is. Headshots aren't so abundant and lucky, and the weaponry is more expansive and adaptive to your needs. I like the simple goal of capturing command point type things. Its simple and fun.

DoD isn't my favourite HL mod yet, it has a long way to go to beat TFC but its definetely one I will be playing for awhile.

[steelman93]

I've played with Frank the tank before.....he is a damn good dod player. I play under the name Spleen Meat. I haven't seen him around lately though

[Mayea]

I played 3.1 when DoD was enjoyable until you sold out to valve and let them change gameplay to some ARCADE piece of garbage.

thanks you recking caen to waldo, I used to like you.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by Mayea
I played 3.1 when DoD was enjoyable until you sold out to valve and let them change gameplay to some ARCADE piece of garbage.

thanks you recking caen to waldo, I used to like you.

You are very ignorant. All of the changes that you found in v1.0 were put into the game before the game was going to become retail. Beta 4.0 would have been exactly like v1.0 had DoD not gone retail. They did not sell out.

[jeoy-troll]

3.1b was the best, something about the new one changed the feel, feels faster, i cant put my finger on it, but the old one felt a little more real.

they could start by slowing down the normal movement speed, cuz ever since steam version, jogging feels like running

the new maps are to big and plain. basicly just a whole lot of nothing, with some pretty textures painted on it

the new player models may be a slight improvement, but what happend to the cool German Cammoflauge, did they take it out cuz the SS wore it? guess its not politicaly correct to play as an SS soldier

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anyway, the feel has just dulled somehow in versions post 3.1b

hes right, it feels more like a death match now

you know that scene on saveing private ryan, the last battle at remallie, when the MG runs out of ammo, and they are waiting and wondering if and when an enemy or enemies will come into the house, and your scared.

I used to get that feeling when I played DoD

[myrex]

well i got steam over half a year ago but it was a background game compared to WON. Yes i know you guys have been harking on about us WON users coming here to complain, [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] moa....the list is endless. i see this as an opportunity...don't ask me why but un like many of my fellow clan members i am not gonna moan cause i'll get [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color]ed bak. i'll be around from now on i still know why and frankly i don't care why vavle cut off WON anywho who cares. look to the future and the future is steam :p.

[steelman93]

steam is good. nothing is perfect. People whine too much

[myrex]

steam have a lot of games to contend with and to be honest if the right game comes out im off steam. steams ok if you don't want to use the rest of your computer.

[Dj2pac]

i got steam because i had to :@ i couldnt play DOD unless i downloaded steam, now i gotta d/l everythin else its doin my head in lol

[torro1]

personnally i was forced to start playing on steam and now after a week of trying to get it to work on steam i have finally found out how to do it and it will take another 8-12 hours to get running

[myrex]

i downloaded steam right back in the 1.1 days but since then i have seen it drop and corrupt my computer. bloody Xp. maby i'll drop into 2000 maby that will fix it. anyway, steam is good for the modern computer. which most ppl have or haven't got. just leaves us old computers out at sea.

[~LiquidMetal~]

won shuting down..and i alredy have steam...

[myrex]

i have almost all of the most pop online games, MoH, steam, CoD...so many to say. but one thing is for sure nothing compared to WoN DoD. no matter wat i would fall back to that game :( . aww well life goes on. its just a game :P

[~LiquidMetal~]

the cool lpayness and the how meny plays it..i just kinda fall in to at 1.0 the brfor steam..

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by ~LiquidMetal~
the cool lpayness and the how meny plays it..i just kinda fall in to at 1.0 the brfor steam..

What the hell did you just say?

[orderoftheflame]

I got it to play CS, when i wanted a change for a few minutes, i started playing on TFC and DOD,

I now rarely play CS and enjoy DOD much more :D

[Kermitt]

Originally posted by Muttonchops
What the hell did you just say?

Lol, yes please tell.

[raptorseye]

i started playing dod on steam because valve in all of their glory decided they were going to nuke a perfectly good system "WON" and therefore the only way to play dod would be on steam.

i think that is probably why most people switched to steam anyway.

[Muttonchops]

Originally posted by raptorseye
i started playing dod on steam because valve in all of their glory decided they were going to nuke a perfectly good system "WON" and therefore the only way to play dod would be on steam.

i think that is probably why most people switched to steam anyway.

Have you ever played any Blizzard game? That will show you how bad WON was and how much better Steam is than WON.

[=DD=George Kenn]

Originally posted by Waldo
Ahh the good old days! I miss a good game of Sicily & Oslo myself. Me too

[=DD=George Kenn]

I've been playing DoD since like forever. I've tried CS It sucks TFC it sucks. Give me an Mg42 and i'll be happy.