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Had tons of fun playing with 7??? other people on LAN. Non stop action. The second installment, and everything after that, didn't have that effect on me. Can't

Had tons of fun playing with 7??? other people on LAN. Non stop action. The second installment, and everything after that, didn't have that effect on me. Can't say I liked the "campaign". People do dumb, unexpected shit. That's where the fun is for me. Maybe future bots would be better

MrGilbert 3y ago
I don't think we have to wait that long. The bots of „Halo: Infinite“ received a lot of praise, and they are "handcrafted". See this recent video by Tommy Thompson from AI & Games: https://youtu.be/4bOsJSRk0i8 https://youtu.be/4bOsJSRk0i8
tialaramex 3y ago
We had a group from, I'd guess, 1997 to summer 1998, who played Carmageddon on a LAN in a student house more or less whenever possible. We whittled it down to a single mode of the game that we hadn't found a game breaking exploit in, and we played so tight to the bounds of what was possible that if you screwed up you were invariably dead - e.g. you take the correct short cut, you car is repairable, you win, you go a little early, car is destroyed, you lose, you go a little late, your car is less damaged but you've lost far too much time to compete with people who went earlier. We'd play in teams, one driver, one co-pilot giving directions, like rally driving. I remember playing Carmageddon for a couple of hours after handing in my final undergraduate project, I hadn't slept for at least 24 hours, but the adrenaline meant I couldn't sleep after I finished either so we played Carmageddon. After a few matches I fell asleep on the stairs and woke up the next day, but being so young I was actually just fine.
- senectus1 3y ago
  amazing story :-D We never played that hardcore but carmageddon was definitely a staple of LAN parties (sigh I miss those less than convenient days of lugging your box around to someone's house or a rented hall then spending at least two hours trying to network everyone up right, the excessive caffeinated soda drinks, the cheap and cheerful pizza and the LOADS of shared porn/Pirated apps etc lol)

MrGilbert 3y ago

I don't think we have to wait that long. The bots of „Halo: Infinite“ received a lot of praise, and they are "handcrafted". See this recent video by Tommy Thompson from AI & Games: https://youtu.be/4bOsJSRk0i8 https://youtu.be/4bOsJSRk0i8

tialaramex 3y ago

We had a group from, I'd guess, 1997 to summer 1998, who played Carmageddon on a LAN in a student house more or less whenever possible. We whittled it down to a single mode of the game that we hadn't found a game breaking exploit in, and we played so tight to the bounds of what was possible that if you screwed up you were invariably dead - e.g. you take the correct short cut, you car is repairable, you win, you go a little early, car is destroyed, you lose, you go a little late, your car is less damaged but you've lost far too much time to compete with people who went earlier. We'd play in teams, one driver, one co-pilot giving directions, like rally driving. I remember playing Carmageddon for a couple of hours after handing in my final undergraduate project, I hadn't slept for at least 24 hours, but the adrenaline meant I couldn't sleep after I finished either so we played Carmageddon. After a few matches I fell asleep on the stairs and woke up the next day, but being so young I was actually just fine.

senectus1 3y ago
amazing story :-D We never played that hardcore but carmageddon was definitely a staple of LAN parties (sigh I miss those less than convenient days of lugging your box around to someone's house or a rented hall then spending at least two hours trying to network everyone up right, the excessive caffeinated soda drinks, the cheap and cheerful pizza and the LOADS of shared porn/Pirated apps etc lol)