Mole40k

And this question has been asked since about 2000 lol. Sometimes people just can't see the answers that are staring them in the face ^

I'm sorry Pigeon, but this is a very ignorant comment, and ignores the fact that Starcraft and TS are two very different games. I say this as the guy who *did* write the strategy guide, back in 2007, with a few updates in 2013 and later. It's now pretty well search optimised, and given the stats linking not only from my own website, but also from the blog version of the guide, I reckon a large number of players are playing on xwis or cncnet just because of my guide. Not trying to blow my own trumpet, but we've been there and done that you know -- many, many years ago. Honestly, you all need to accept that TS is not appealing to the same audience it was appealing to back in 1999. I was 14 back then and wanted to play online to show off and beat my mates. Kids these days don't care about the likes of TS when they can play better games on their smart phones. The world is a very different place to what it was in 1999 -- the community needs to adapt to reflect this.

Actually, if I remember right, isn't the BO 'pp-barracks-(scout a bit)-ref-war-nodrescue quits' ?

P.S. I quit years ago now. I did try to log on for a few random games about a year or so ago, but no one wanted to help me with my W10 / graphics card issues. Well, it's your loss TS is all I can say

RightAnglez, I don't live in London anymore -- I lived there for ~ 5 years though. I'm now in Lancaster. It's nice up here, 'cept it rains all the time! I did meet Conor (Cone91) yes, but not his mum (Minted69), or Darren (l3urberry) I had completely forgotten about it tbh it was so long ago, but for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to go down to Brighton one day and meet him.

Reid! If you ever come to the UK we should arrange a group TS meet-up. I bet we could get some people together such as Nate, SJMX (maybe?), Dan and a few others, though I think Dan's too cool to admit that he plays TS irl. (P.S. Let's not invite Daz :p) On a related note, has anyone here ever actually met other TS players? I've met Pinball and Cone91 (that was a very random experience lol). Also recently discovered that I spent a couple of years on and off playing with creatjon, only to discover not only did we know each other, but we were in the same class at school and never knew who each other were!

Woah there, 2007 called and asked for its suggestions back! Seriously though, these discussions have been going on for longer than most of your have been playing, and dare I say longer than some of you have even been alive! (Stop and think about that for a moment...) I started playing when I was 13-14, way back in 1998/1999, and even then people were moaning about the drop off in the community when RA2 came out. The thing is, when I think about it, I don't even want to come back and play TS, as quite simply there's nothing for me. The cool people have all gone, terrace bores me to tears, and there is just so much more out there these days! Sure, I miss some of you, but even since most of you have known me the community was in massive decline, and I wasn't even inspired to play properly even then (circa 2007). That's how long this game has been out for! For me, I must say CNCNET has been a massive boon to the community. You guys have done a really great job, and managed to build a community the 'right' way -- by having a great product. Of course you have more than a few advantaged over xwis, but the less said about that the better. So for me , I think your best bet is to focus on your core strengths, and recognise the fact that you are appealing to a completely different user base than you were 10+ years ago. So now really your focus should be: Old school returning players Fans of 'retro' games Fans of older RTS games Fans of other cnc games found within these very forums I could literally write for hours on this subject, and tbh I don't have the time, but am happy to check back here every so often and throw in some comments and feedback. Mike

Just to be clear, you said 'cyborg' so Corps, Wuss and myself all took that to mean 'cyborg infantry', but from your following posts you seem to be talking about 'cyborg commando' (cc), a completely different unit. Cyborg infantry = crap Cyborg commando = not crap I certainly didn't say CC is crap in my guide.

Thanks for the laugh ^. QED, I'd appreciate it if you didn't do a disservice to those of us who were playing back then. Myself and the good players from back then never did that. What nicks were you playing under back then?

Lurker was good on FIRESTORM, but less so on TS. He was highly rated on ladder, but did tend to push with Nautica and his mates. This reminds me of back in the day when I met Middlesky (before he became good) back on FS and we beat the famous Lurk and Naut team on BGH!

That was actually a really good listen. :-)

Ok then... 1. What are your thoughts on TRZ? How good a player is he really? 2. Why are people so obsessed with Terrace when there are other, fairer, more balanced maps out there? 3. Are ladders really good for activity? (I'm not so sure...) 4. How has the gaming 'community' changed in the last 10 years in your view? (I'm just looking at Q4 and thinking, 'wow, 10 years ago it was 2006, and everyone thought the game was about to die. Most TS players on this forum hadn't even heard of TS in 2006!)

I'll play! 1. Are players today better or worse than players of yesteryear? 2. Should FS be made mandatory for all players? 2b). Would TS be in a better state if Stefor and co didn't decide to ignore FS and all players had played FS instead of TS? (Less bugs, better balance, more maps etc) 3. Are guides a help or hindrance to the community? I don't ask this as someone who wrote one, but because I wonder if it makes things 'too easy' for some players who think they can get good just by watching videos etc. (also see Q1 above)

So many comments, but I'm just going to leave this one here: If you are reproducing any of my guide content for financial gain, you are breaking the law.

'In a bit'?! I haven't played in years! Last time I was online for a couple of games was August 2014, and that was only after a year of not playing. I did try and reinstall cncnet a few months back, but my pc is failing with w10 and none of the players could be bothered to try and help me sort out my issues so I decided I had better things to do.

Hi Kaizen, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop spamming my site with your links. Thanks.

Hi, Got a brand-new i7 running Windows 10 and thought I'd give TS a go. Problem is, it doesn't work! I had a single game in a very weird resolution, then after that I've had several different errors: One that when a host of an 8 player game loads it I get 'can't access spawn.ini'. And now whatever settings I choose for resolution or rendering I get an internal error immediately. Any idea on what the default settings should be for me?

That's not quite the spirit of what I said... First know and understand the basics; then play lots of games with a mindset that you will always be a 'work in progress'. One of the biggest things holding back many players on TS is their failure to acknowledge that they could (and some would say should) be better. I'm not saying become an obsessive like some of the players on here, but rather to accept that you have things to learn and that you can't just read a guide and become number 1.

Funny thing is, reading the comments above, Trz does have something of a point. There is a big issue with players that they seem to want everything spoon-fed to them. I wrote this guide many years ago as a way to try and bring up the minimum standard of players on the server, and judging by the feedback I still get even today, (and the the traffic I get to the blog version of the guide), it has at least been useful to a good many players. Seriously though Chill, if you want to get to the 'next level', first of all, you need to change your mindset. Don't expect to be spoon-fed everything, as that won't get you anywhere.

See Dan, now you get what I was saying back in 2008 ^^ ! To be fair, when I get a new pc, I may consider coming back for some games Sept / Oct time.

And here I was thinking I hadn't seen one of Trz's infamous 'top players of all time' threads in a while. If there were a thread for 'most predictable forum poster of all time' Trz, I think you might win it

I am mole40k, NOT mola.

It started on FS as n1ke, and then when they had more than their 20 members, they made n2ke and n3ke. When FS started to die off, most of the n1ke players left so it was only really the n2ke players like Sadoo who came over to TS. Hence when you first came into contact with them, you probably only ever encountered n2ke.

Yes, I always thought they were one and the same person. I am happy to stand corrected though.

Here's another ~2005: TibFields. Inc posts from Huntmen, SJMX and others. If I recall correctly, Audjo is Humble :-) https://web.archive.org/web/20050403124935/http://tibfields.com/forum/index.php