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Unreal Tournament 3 game night TONIGHT

In only thirty minutes we'll be playing UT3! A little late on the reminder, but I couldn't get here sooner, hope you can all join!

Unreal Tournament 3 game night

Come join us this Wednesday night at 9PM EST, 6PM PST. If you don't have the game yet, it's pretty cheap on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/13210/

We'll make another post Wednesday as a reminder. See you then!

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/05/2013 at 03:06am

See you all then!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 03/05/2013 at 04:16am

I'll straggle in late, as I won't be home until an hour after you guys start. Stupid Alaska...

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/05/2013 at 04:33am

Alaska! Awesome. I want to visit Alaska some day. Preferably in the summer.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/05/2013 at 05:40am

Me too. Ill be on still, fear not :D

scrypt Supporter wrote on 03/05/2013 at 04:42pm

We joke that there are only two seasons up here: winter and construction. Maybe it's not really a joke... Anyway, summer is usually our best month. I mean season. No, I do mean month. The last few summers have been supremely lame, so we're due a good one this year. For a lot of us, I think, who have migrated from the south, it's the best part of being here. Beautiful environment and endless sunlight to enjoy it. It's over all too quickly, though. My favorite part of the year follows shortly after, the crisp chill of autumn. The changing leaves don't last very long, but the sunsets linger. The stars start to come back, and everything feels sort of magical.

The downside? A distinct separation from the rest of the world, and unless you have the funds to leave on a regular basis, you can find yourself feeling caged in. Anchorage has mountains on one side and water on the other, an almost literal bowl, with one road going out, which caters to some of the worst drivers in the world. Most of us suffer from severe vitamin D deficiency. There isn't much in the way of variety or opportunity here, either, unless you are into certain things.

It's a unique place, that's for sure :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/06/2013 at 02:11am

Yeah for sure. Total beauty and isolation.

Hoping to head up there some day for sure.

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UT3 Black Verdict? RAMPAGE!

I consider the original Unreal Tournament games to be some of the best FPS multiplayer games ever made. I played the heck out of Unreal Tournament and then later went nuts for Unreal Tournament 2004. Now mind you, I am not very good at competitive shooters but Unreal Tournament allows you a fine grained control over bots such that anyone can get in the game and feel like a total bad-ass. I own UT, UT2003 UT2004 on plastic discs but when the recent UT franchise Steam Sale hit, I decided to pull the trigger and pick it up.

Unreal Tournament 3 Black is a worthy successor to the Unreal Tournament legacy. The Steam version includes the UT3 Titan Pack, which adds in a few... Read All I consider the original Unreal Tournament games to be some of the best FPS multiplayer games ever made. I played the heck out of Unreal Tournament and then later went nuts for Unreal Tournament 2004. Now mind you, I am not very good at competitive shooters but Unreal Tournament allows you a fine grained control over bots such that anyone can get in the game and feel like a total bad-ass. I own UT, UT2003 UT2004 on plastic discs but when the recent UT franchise Steam Sale hit, I decided to pull the trigger and pick it up.

Unreal Tournament 3 Black is a worthy successor to the Unreal Tournament legacy. The Steam version includes the UT3 Titan Pack, which adds in a few new game modes as well as maps. After I downloaded and installed all the UT3 Community Bonus Project maps I tore through a few awesome maps and had a ton of fun playing Deathmatch and Capture the Flag. The awesome thing is that UT3 was released in 2009 so if you have a relatively new computer you can run it with the settings dialed up and the game doesn’t suffer from any kind of lag.

The game is very polished and overall a very good competitive shooter. I decided to try my luck and head online for a few deathmatches and was surprised to find out I wasn’t too bad. I imagine many people picked up UT3 from the recent Steam sale and were about as good as I was because I scored right smack in the middle out of the pack on the server I was playing on. The community for UT3 is still pretty strong and there seemed to be a few servers that were full of people playing.

Let me know by way of posting in the comments if you have UT3 and would be potentially interested in a Cheerful Ghost UT3 frag night in the upcoming months. Unreal Tournament has as special place in my heart as an awesome shooter and UT3 is a really awesome continuation of that awesome legacy.

If you are just getting started or want to head back into the area, you should nab all the awesome Community Bonus Pack content:

http://cbp.beyondunreal.com/

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/26/2013 at 08:27pm

Picked it up on the Steam sale, per your previous mention, and installed yesterday. I'm totally down for the massacre!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/26/2013 at 08:40pm

Dude, sign me up for the massacre too!

Travis Admin wrote on 02/26/2013 at 10:18pm

I'm always up for a fragfest.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/26/2013 at 11:01pm

Nice, thanks everyone.

Ill try and shoot for something next week. Shooting for a launch of a pretty cool new feature this Saturday and a few other cool CG bits so the fragMENTATION will be next weekish.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/26/2013 at 11:33pm

Sweet action! I'll bring the virtual Doritos.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/27/2013 at 12:02am

Good thing too, virtual Doritos are less calories.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/27/2013 at 07:19am

I just jumped in for a warm-up session. Holy knight, did I get beat down.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/27/2013 at 04:44pm

Did you set the bots to some low skill level? You can also toss in mutators like "Big Head" that will make players that do well MUCH easier to headshot :D

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/27/2013 at 05:08pm

I think I was playing actual humans, but they seemed way too good. Not that I doubt people are probably amazing at that game, but still. At one point, I think I died 5 times in about 5 seconds.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:15pm

I bought the Unreal pack in last year's Summer Bundle. I'm 100% Linux at this point, though, so it's UT2004 only until the rest are brought over. Fingers crossed that older titles like this one get the Steam Linux treatment.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/03/2013 at 07:21pm

There are binaries for all UT games from 2004 backward. I dont know if its in Steam yet, but really should be brought to it.

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Unreal Deal Pack on Steam

Right now on Steam there is a really great deal on the Unreal series of games for $14. You get Unreal 2: The Awakening, Unreal Gold, UT 2004 Collectors Edition, UT 3 Black, and the original Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition.

I know many of you have picked this up in previous Steam sales, but if you didn't know is a good time to add it to your collection. The original UT alone is worth the price of admission.

Get it on sale for the next 24 hours!

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/683/