Nobody plays Match mode anymore...

[Fawfulfan]

I'm an enormous fan of Match mode, but I only ever seem to find Coop and CTF games. I really wish there were more Match servers. Does anyone agree?

 

[BlueZero4]

I don't blame them. SRB2's match is too simple to have strategic merit.

Although, you could host one yourself.

 

[Spazzo]

That's because the community members who used to play match have either gotten bored of SRB2, or have left entierly.

SRB2's match is too simple to have strategic merit.

Fear not! This will change for the better when SRB2ME hits the shores.

 

[Fawfulfan]

I can't host. No one EVER EVER EVER joins. Maybe it's a problem with my ports, but I checked and 5029 seems to be open.

Besides, Coop is a lot more crude than Match. CTF is a little more advanced, but I just like the frenzied all out killfest in Match.

 

[Jazz]

This is kinda surprising considering a year ago when I was hosting constantly, I usually managed to keep at least five or six players.

 

[Autosaver]

We do have a similar topic to this but..
http://www.srb2.org/mb/viewtopic.php?t=16380

I kind of gave up to Srb2 match.

Its just not the same without a PS2 controller.. :(

 

[wysteria]

I used to love Match mode, but now I think it's, well, boring since some maps are too big when me and my sister play (and I always win which isn't that fun). The annoying things are:
1. My sister hates getting ring-tossed, losing all her rings and not wanting to change the mode.
2. Nobody joins my server (no, I'm not asking anyone to, I'm just saying) and it makes it all boring playing by myself.
And now, I'm probably going to choose CTF the next time me and my sister (or when I host) plays. Plus, getting a sort of time-out on your character's ability makes you not take advantage of gliding to your base.

 

[BlueZero4]

SRB2's match is too simple to have strategic merit.

Fear not! This will change for the better when SRB2ME hits the shores.

Is SRB2ME anything similar to that old multiplayer beta? If it is, I'd just rather not spend all my time running around the map for pickups like in Quake.

Not that it matters, because I only map SP.

 

[Mystic]

I don't blame them. SRB2's match is too simple to have strategic merit.

Is SRB2ME anything similar to that old multiplayer beta? If it is, I'd just rather not spend all my time running around the map for pickups like in Quake.

Am I the only person who finds these quotes on the same page kinda weird? You complain about SRB2 match being too simple to have strategic merit, then you complain that we're making match more complicated.

What?

 

[Fawfulfan]

And I still say that Coop is way more primitive than Match. For the life of me, I just can't see what's so appealing about Coop. I mean, with Match, there's some significant differences in gameplay, right? A frantic free-for-all killfest that's way different from Single Player. But with Coop, it's just the same old Single Player levels with multiple people. That means that you don't even have to finish--just wait for someone else to. In my opinion, the only way Coop would be interesting is if it was on a roleplay server, and that's not even allowed because it invites a whole host of other problems, like n00bism. Yet, for some reason, it's Coop that seems to be the most popular multiplayer mode. It's just bizarre. What is it about Coop that's so popular?

 

[Chibs]

What is it about Coop that's so popular?

The fact that you can't lose.

 

[K.S.]

What is it about Coop that's so popular?

The fact that you can't lose.

GAME OVER

Press F12 to spectate another player.

If that's not losing, I don't know what is.

 

[Chibs]

Fine. Ahem.

The fact that you can't lose to other players.

 

[wysteria]

What is it about Coop that's so popular?

Hmm.. Maybe I'll state a negative and a positive reason for this.

Negative Reason
Some annoying people can goof off and wait for someone to finish the level so they, too, can finish it. They can just run around for no reason at all "trying" to catch up but the truth is, they just take advantage of the fact that when someone wins, the level finishes and they all move on.

Positive Reason
People can get bored by playing the same old levels by themselves and they want help/friends to join them while playing. Or maybe the person who hosts the game can help people who can't finish the level actually finish it.

 

[Fawfulfan]

What truly confounds me is that TAG mode is so popular. What the HECK does Tag have that Match doesn't?

 

[Jellybones]

What truly confounds me is that TAG mode is so popular. What the HECK does Tag have that Match doesn't?

I like tag too, because I find it a little more relaxing then match.

I still like match though, and I wholeheartedly agree. I should host a server with my multiplayer mod beta sometime.

 

[Ezer'Arch]

The fact that you can't lose to other players.

That's the why it's called Co-operative mode. You lose when the level itself "defeats" you.

I like tag too, because I find it a little more relaxing then match.

Try to download this:

http://wiki.srb2.org/wiki/SRB2Tag

Sometimes I host this MOD. It's a fixed and improved Tag version.

 

[Chibs]

The fact that you can't lose to other players.

That's the why it's called Co-operative mode.

...You didn't read the above conversation thoroughly, did you?

 

[Penopat]

I'm an enormous fan of Match mode, but I only ever seem to find Coop and CTF games. I really wish there were more Match servers. Does anyone agree?

No match servers and too many CTF games? I wish!

... we must be living in different timezones or something.

 

[ninja]

I can't host. No one EVER EVER EVER joins. Maybe it's a problem with my ports, but I checked and 5029 seems to be open.

Besides, Coop is a lot more crude than Match. CTF is a little more advanced, but I just like the frenzied all out killfest in Match.

Don't Remind me of Overated Coop Servers A.K.A * Hay guyz lets get supersawnik over and over and over* Mystic was fun until some people started using just startrings over 9000!.