Subj : Re: Multiplayer arena shooter games
To   : Nightfox
From : claw
Date : Thu Dec 05 2024 07:19:59

I have run servers for most of those at one point or another.  I even ran COD MW 1 when it was out for a good while.  That was the last one before they stopped letting people have private servers.  Wish more games would bring back having private servers.  Those were the days.

On 04 Dec 2024, Nightfox said the following...
 Ni> I used to like to play multiplayer arena shooter games a lot.  Around
 Ni> 1999-2000 or so, I played Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 Arena online
 Ni> quite a bit, and later went to Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal
 Ni> Tournament 3.  I also played Duke Nukem Forever online when that came
 Ni> out.  Recently, I've occasionally wanted to play arena shooters online
 Ni> again occasionally - mainly Unreal Tournament 3, but over the last few
 Ni> years, I've noticed the list of online servers significantly dwindling. 
 Ni> Now, I can't even log in to Unreal Tournament 3, and I've heard Epic has
 Ni> removed the online services for those games.  I found that there are
 Ni> still active servers for the original Unreal Tournament (from 1999)
 Ni> though.  I always thought that was a fun game, so I migh tbe playing
 Ni> that online again now.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I've also heard Quake 3 is still active.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Xonotic is a newer, free open-source arena shooter (available for
 Ni> Windows, Linux, and Mac OS).  It's fun, though it's not very active
 Ni> online, unfortunately.
 Ni> Nightfox

So whatcha going to run now?  

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