General discussion on changing game night from a friday, keeping it the same or perhaps having 2 or more official nights.
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I'm happy with Friday atm, but wouldn't be adverse to another game night. Friday Game Night is like a heritage, something we've always had.
Maybe a setup like this
Wednesday casual night, where we play a random game and a few people turn up. Games that not everyone has but 5ish people might turn up
Friday would be a mainstream night playing CoD, Gears, RDR etc. Big games with 10+ peoples
Sunday Horde
I think we should keep Friday game night , but maybe we could have a random night were we can play an old game or try something different to see if that game has enough players for it to be upgrade to Friday Nights.
Diversity is a good thing. I'm open to new ideas. :)
Perhaps we could have a Rainbow Six night?
Friday Night's are great but i'm also fine with any night except for Saturday Nights as i'm always out on a Saturday, i'll quite happily game with you all on the 5 other available nights. :)
The time difference between UK and US has usually allowed me to have my cake and eat it too. (is that an expression in the UK? lol)
I usually go out every Friday night, but since our Friday Game Nights are usuallly over by 8pm Neato Time, it rarely interferes with my Friday Night debauchery.
Universally, I'm usually home all day on Sundays, likely recovering from Saturday Night. This is probably when I do most of my gaming.
I play solo on most weekdays, but it's usually after most of you have gone to bed. If any of you UKers are mid-week insomniacs, you'll see me online most nights.
ps. "usually"
i go out Tuesdays, i've grown to dislike weekends out. I sometimes go out on a thursday too, that's a bit hit and miss. Saturdays i usually go to bed early as i'm up at 5am for work. Saturday is my Arcade/Indie night. Sunday is okish, but i usually have that Sunday feeling of being chilled.
Monday's a good night for me, as is Wednesday and Thursday (aslong as i'm not out)
Week days are usually no good for me as I'm usually asleep by 10.00pm.
Fridays and Saturdays are best for me-when I can get on and stay awake that is!
I say keep fridays, keep sunday horde night and lets add wednesday for random games. For instance i really want to play left 4 dead 2 with you guys as i need a lot of cheeves on it and some of them are easier to get with four people playing as the AI is hit and miss, as me and dfusioness found out last night when we went for the 'don't disturb a witch on the sugar mill chapter from hard rain' achievement. Every witch we saw the AI controlled Ellis bloody disturbed her. I also want to try things like cod 3, prey, and quantum of solace online. Wednesdays would be great :)
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 15, 2010, 01:00:03 PM
I say keep fridays, keep sunday horde night and lets add wednesday for random games. For instance i really want to play left 4 dead 2 with you guys as i need a lot of cheeves on it and some of them are easier to get with four people playing as the AI is hit and miss, as me and dfusioness found out last night when we went for the 'don't disturb a witch on the sugar mill chapter from hard rain' achievement.
I've had the same problems. I decided to not play L4D(1 & 2) unless I have a full 4-player team, which means I haven't played it in a long time. ;)
I like the Friday night set up, And the Sunday night Horde, As I work nights I can't game in the week, Saturday is my only free night. As we play big games 10+ people on Friday's, Saturday's I would be up for more specific co-op games, 2-4 people. L4D2, ODST ect ect
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 14, 2010, 08:32:09 PM
Perhaps we could have a Rainbow Six night?
Give me a shout on this one Sarge, I've just got this and could do with an old hand ( :P) to show me the ropes.
I've added a Wednesday game night, aslong as it's popular (in the context of weekday gaming) we'll keep it.
Currently it features fringe games for the first week.
I was thinking of doing themed nights on Wednesday. Arcade Games, Sport, Racing, Music, Team Based Shooters etc
Tell me what you think OR ELSE !!! :P
Tis also worth noting this is only a Trial, if wednesdays work well for a lot of people then we'll keep them, if they don't then we'll swap. So please post if you like Wed or not and any other ideas.
Love from Failed
themes are a good idea, we could all dress up too. maybe. :)
What time are we thinking of playing on Wednesday nights?
Once the football season starts i'll only be online after 9:30pm on Wednesdays due to Champions League games and such, same goes for Tuesday nights should we decide to play on those too.
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 16, 2010, 06:05:51 PM
themes are a good idea, we could all dress up too. maybe. :)
Cosplay for the win... :-\
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 16, 2010, 06:09:17 PM
What time are we thinking of playing on Wednesday nights?
Once the football season starts i'll only be online after 9:30pm on Wednesdays due to Champions League games and such, same goes for Tuesday nights should we decide to play on those too.
same here. 9.00 - 9.30 start sounds good.
I like the idea of themes and rotating game selections. That could give everyone at least 1 night per month to play their favorite game with everyone.
EDIT: Some nights will certainly be more popular than others, but it's far better than never getting to play a game you like just because it's not everyone's favorite. :)
they'll probably be 9:30pm til not too late due to work.
Quote from: Failed on July 16, 2010, 06:24:30 PM
they'll probably be 9:30pm til not too late due to work.
9.30 - 11.30 sounds like a nice time although i will be on much later than that, especially as my daughter breaks up for the summer holidays next wednesday. No more stupid school runs for me :)
Perhaps we should do a certain game per certain Friday of the month? Like first Friday of the month is a gears night,2nd CoD night etc.?
You get the drift then everyone will know which game is playing when?
Then,last Friday of the month is random.Depending on whose birthday it is so they choose? So,next Friday is RSV 2 then. :P
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 17, 2010, 07:02:05 AM
So,next Friday is RSV 2 then. :P
and 3 people turn up :P
Tis a good idea though (cept the RSV2 bit). Perhaps Gears, Halo, RDR, CoD depending on which Friday of the month. If there are 5 Fridays in a month then the 5th can be a repeat of the night most people turned up for.
Routine can be a good thing.
I do like the idea of not playing the same game 2 fridays in a row.
What if we keep our usual voting poll, but the game played the previous Friday is not a choice? That way decisions are still democratic.
My fear of a particular Friday reserved for a specific game, by chance some people may never get to play that specific game due to their personal schedules. Example - every 2nd Friday of a month John Smith visits his family out of town.
EDIT: I kant spell
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 17, 2010, 06:29:05 PM
- every 2nd Friday of a month John Smith visits his family out of town.
How did you know I entertain Smithy evry 2nd Friday. Are you watching me ???
But agreed on not having a paticular game every certain Friday, If we avoid playing the same game 2 weeks in a row and then just use the current voting system I think works best.
good ideas, tis all still a work in progress ofcourse
If I have a game I'll play it, doesn't really matter what night for me as I'll probably fall asleep regardless (before Failed says it). I'll just go with the flow. :)
Quote from: Failed on July 17, 2010, 06:41:33 PM
good ideas, tis all still a work in progress ofcourse
Definitely. Keep the ideas coming everyone. :)
Just trying to steer you all away from gears night every goddamn week! :P
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 19, 2010, 06:17:37 AM
Just trying to steer you all away from gears night every goddamn week! :P
I think it might be BC2 for a couple of hours this week, but with x20 Gears exp who knows how many people will turn up?!
ALSO it was CoD4 2 weeks ago and RDR last week
Quote from: Failed on July 19, 2010, 07:05:10 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 19, 2010, 06:17:37 AM
Just trying to steer you all away from gears night every goddamn week! :P
I think it might be BC2 for a couple of hours this week, but with x20 Gears exp who knows how many people will turn up?!
ALSO it was CoD4 2 weeks ago and RDR last week
Keep up the great work, Failed. Sarge will come around. :-*
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 19, 2010, 08:26:46 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 19, 2010, 07:05:10 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 19, 2010, 06:17:37 AM
Just trying to steer you all away from gears night every goddamn week! :P
I think it might be BC2 for a couple of hours this week, but with x20 Gears exp who knows how many people will turn up?!
ALSO it was CoD4 2 weeks ago and RDR last week
Keep up the great work, Failed. Sarge will come around. :-*
Come around? I'd just like to be able to stay awake long enough to join in!Not only that,but what game do they all play after about 2 hours of said main choice? Hmmm? ;)
RDR was more like 4 hours.
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
You play gears a lot? Understatement of the decade!!
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 10:03:45 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
You play gears a lot? Understatement of the decade!!
I don't play it that much. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 10:23:59 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 10:03:45 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
You play gears a lot? Understatement of the decade!!
I don't play it that much. :)
Yer right!
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 05:21:45 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 10:23:59 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 10:03:45 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
You play gears a lot? Understatement of the decade!!
I don't play it that much. :)
Yer right!
;D
Only played it twice since Sunday Night Horde returned though, i'll be making up for that this week that's for damn sure. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 05:26:46 PM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 05:21:45 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 10:23:59 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on July 20, 2010, 10:03:45 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:08:41 AM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 20, 2010, 08:28:09 AM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 07:50:21 AM
RDR was more like 4 hours.
and gears was more like 30 minutes! If you think we play gears 2 a lot sarge, just wait until gears 3 is released! ;D
lol, wait until x20 exp .... we'll all be Gears Zombies
You play gears a lot? Understatement of the decade!!
I don't play it that much. :)
Yer right!
;D
Only played it twice since Sunday Night Horde returned though, i'll be making up for that this week that's for damn sure. :)
I'm sure you will.
I have to say I'm getting bored with Gears 2, the XP events are good but I wouldn't play it by choice any more, too long to level up. Can't believe we have to wait until next year for Gears 3!
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 08:26:44 PM
I have to say I'm getting bored with Gears 2, the XP events are good but I wouldn't play it by choice any more, too long to level up. Can't believe we have to wait until next year for Gears 3!
I'll pretend I never read that. :o :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 09:01:31 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 08:26:44 PM
I have to say I'm getting bored with Gears 2, the XP events are good but I wouldn't play it by choice any more, too long to level up. Can't believe we have to wait until next year for Gears 3!
I'll pretend I never read that. :o :)
Sorry :-\
Just roll on April 2011 and GOW 3 :)
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 09:11:40 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 09:01:31 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 08:26:44 PM
I have to say I'm getting bored with Gears 2, the XP events are good but I wouldn't play it by choice any more, too long to level up. Can't believe we have to wait until next year for Gears 3!
I'll pretend I never read that. :o :)
Sorry :-\
Just roll on April 2011 and GOW 3 :)
It's alright mate, i'm sure you'll still play it on game nights and play Horde from time to time.
April can't come bloody quick enough. Which is also what the Ninja Turtles say quite a lot too apparantly. ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 09:21:56 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 09:11:40 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2010, 09:01:31 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on July 20, 2010, 08:26:44 PM
I have to say I'm getting bored with Gears 2, the XP events are good but I wouldn't play it by choice any more, too long to level up. Can't believe we have to wait until next year for Gears 3!
I'll pretend I never read that. :o :)
Sorry :-\
Just roll on April 2011 and GOW 3 :)
It's alright mate, i'm sure you'll still play it on game nights and play Horde from time to time.
April can't come bloody quick enough. Which is also what the Ninja Turtles say quite a lot too apparantly. ;D
Oh yeh, I'll still play it on games night, just lost interest in trying to reach level 100, got other games to play :)
BTW, excuse the stupidity, but I don't get the Ninja Turtles reference. ???
the girl who they knew was called April
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 10:07:11 PM
the girl who they knew was called April
LOL, it all makes sense now (and somehow I had a weird feeling that that was what Craig meant!!!)