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Quake ]I[ was the last real multiplayer game.

Fite me.

Yup. Matchmaking is very lonely.

I HIGHLY recommend Holdfast: Nations At War for the same experience nowadays. There's usually 1-2 full 150 player servers running in the browser, and you start to recognize the slaughterers and shitters over time.

It's a Napoleonic era musket shooting game with locational open VC that gives bonuses for teamwork and line-firing. Recently I've been talking mad shit in a ridiculous accent matching whatever faction I'm playing at the time, and people are now recognizing my name, which is kinda warming :)

Use to play alot on a CS:Source minigame server, such good times. Was exactly like this, where you'd recognize players and make friends. I'm glad i was able to live this.

I had a very similar experience a few years ago with Tannenberg. An eastern front WW1 shooter that, at least at the time, I don't know the current status, had just enough players in the evening to fill up one server, so I'd play with the same people night after night. It never felt empty because of that and it was great fun.

The last bit is what killed world of Warcraft for me. When it changed from a world with the same people in it everytime, to automated group finders combining every possible world anyone could be in.

Not only will you never see those people again, for a while it was literally impossible to talk to them or friend them.

When they put out classic wow again, they updated it to have all these "new quality of life" features.

Thank god for private servers.

Man I should boot up TF2 again

:(

i was having lots of fun talking to people on call of duty until the game ended and it put in a completely new lobby. what the fuck happened?

Hmm, it's pretty much the same as 15 years ago if you stay away from the smallest common denominator popular AAA games.

I've started playing squad again after my last try in 2020. I just favourited a couple of low ping well populated servers and have been playing on the same three or four that are working well.

War of rights only has around 150 players in the evening on public servers and they all enter the same one as this game is meant to be played in large squads as well.

Both games are great fun.

Private servers are good for building a community (I know, we all have fond memories, mine is SWJKA, especially in the later, JK+ times), but they fail to put players into skill brackets, meaning that if you enter the game later or don't spend your entire life playing it, you'll eventually fall off as pros will insta-kill you everywhere.

New Feature Idea: A New Subscription to bring back those features.

Stop paying? Well you lose access to your friend list.

CEO Be Like: 🤑

I used to roleplay as a pirate, pickpocket, swindler, and ladies man; laughably incompetent at them all, under this username in a tiny, indie RPG called Rubies of Eventide. I was never a strong player, but I got a reputation for funny in-game banter. Playing a different kind of person enabled me to punch above my weight in social skills.

This is why I always drop solo and ignore my team in apex legends. I also disconnect as soon as I die.

I'd say Minecraft's multiplayer experience is close to what Anon describes as "good multiplayer", probably because it hasn't changed much in 15 years - there's not even an in game server browser (at least on the Java edition), and playing Minecraft in and of itself is usually a big time commitment so you're more encouraged to find a couple of servers you like and stick to them.

However, the last time that I feel like I integrated into a server's community was 4 years ago - a blank server list doesn't really encourage you to go looking for more, and it's been harder to commit time as I get older and have more responsibilities (that I ignore anyways, but still).

I think Lethal Company also has a lobby system without matchmaking, but I haven't played it so I don't really know.

There's this guy so damn good with the Kraber on Titanfall l 2 Northstar on my server I never was able to kill him ...

Gamespy back in the day. Could make core friends and join the same servers across games.

Anyone remember PlayStations All-stars, Sony's shitty answer to Smash Bros? My lame claim to fame is I had one of the nastiest Heihachis in the scene. Always played in purple thong. Saw people mention me a few times in forums.

Game was bad and hachi kinda busted, but seemingly only a few of us who ever got real nasty with it. Kinda fun just being a monster on that silly game and showing off maximum old man butt.

COD 2 Rifle only 🫡

There are definitely games that allow the first scenario to happen(by allowing people to host servers or by not having many players)

Day of Defeat <3

I remember all the hilarious impersonations I would do in Black Ops 2 on PSN. Everyone would be cutting up.

good times

....now everyone is in private parties

Tribes 1 still like this. Always see the same dudes. They all killers too

Just play Mordhau. Playerbase is small enough that you'll see the same people over and over again.

Shout out to my TF2 clan. You were the best friends I ever had. 🫡

Had the same experience with AssaultCube last year.

CS2 still has server browser. Even I have my own dedicated server.