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same on both. On dial-up; I learned to touch type so I could insult my opponent after killing them, but before they re-spawned and could attack me again in a v
by w0m 1y ago
same on both. On dial-up; I learned to touch type so I could insult my opponent after killing them, but before they re-spawned and could attack me again in a video game.
- Izkata 1y agoStarCraft multiplayer here - had to get messages out quickly in between controlling units.
- Terr_ 1y agoStarseige:Tribes - Typing in spare time on a ballistic trajectory... Though a good deal of that was also tapping out 3-4 keystrokes for the "V" communication tree, something that I think a lot of games could benefit from even in this era where there's enough bandwidth for voice chat. With the amazing amount of client-side scripting the game supported, people made their own variations on the communications system, even carefully playing audio clips over one-another to get new speech.