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A Xbox could be plugged into a TV near me soon aroudn Christmas time but I just need to ask a little question.
The main reason I might be getting a Xbox is for Xbox Live. I like how I could be sitting in my front room playing on a games console online with broadband.
But, I was just wondering, will Xbox Live have rankings etc. You know, like a Top 500 Unreal Championship players list or specific events made for online gaming?
Or is it just go on, kill and then turn off with none of the extra added classyness?
The main reason I might be getting a Xbox is for Xbox Live. I like how I could be sitting in my front room playing on a games console online with broadband.
But, I was just wondering, will Xbox Live have rankings etc. You know, like a Top 500 Unreal Championship players list or specific events made for online gaming?
Or is it just go on, kill and then turn off with none of the extra added classyness?
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Upgrading is an extra £10 a month which I don't want to pay!
May as well give it a go if I ever get the chance...
May as well give it a go if I ever get the chance...
phi11ip wrote:
> Ban me from hosting games then if my line isn't fast enough!
>
> How do they check though?
>
> If it goes by ping then I'll easily get away with it and be able to
> play..
I dont know if they do check your speed. If you do have the 128K from NTL and it doesnt work then it wouldnt be hard to ring NTL up and upgrade.
It maybe ok for some games as really the amount of data sent can be very small with a 56K modem just about coping I would have thought.
Hosting games would be hard as basically you need to send data to everyone, so with the 128K you may find actually playing games is fine but hosting is rubbish.
> Ban me from hosting games then if my line isn't fast enough!
>
> How do they check though?
>
> If it goes by ping then I'll easily get away with it and be able to
> play..
I dont know if they do check your speed. If you do have the 128K from NTL and it doesnt work then it wouldnt be hard to ring NTL up and upgrade.
It maybe ok for some games as really the amount of data sent can be very small with a 56K modem just about coping I would have thought.
Hosting games would be hard as basically you need to send data to everyone, so with the 128K you may find actually playing games is fine but hosting is rubbish.
Ban me from hosting games then if my line isn't fast enough!
How do they check though?
If it goes by ping then I'll easily get away with it and be able to play..
How do they check though?
If it goes by ping then I'll easily get away with it and be able to play..
Your Olympic Hero wrote:
> Theres should also be a way to make sure that you arent using the 3
> other controllers in your console.
Well MechAssault can only use 2 controllers. UC has 4 players offline, but I dont know if you can have 4 online.
Well MS have set up the rankings now and probably wont change them. MechAssault shows kills and deaths, but UC just has a ranking. This ranking could include frags per min, head shots, kills, deaths, average kills per match e.t.c. But as its just a number you dont really know on what stats it is based on.
> Theres should also be a way to make sure that you arent using the 3
> other controllers in your console.
Well MechAssault can only use 2 controllers. UC has 4 players offline, but I dont know if you can have 4 online.
Well MS have set up the rankings now and probably wont change them. MechAssault shows kills and deaths, but UC just has a ranking. This ranking could include frags per min, head shots, kills, deaths, average kills per match e.t.c. But as its just a number you dont really know on what stats it is based on.
Why dont they base the rankings off matches won rather than frags obtained.
Also, make it so that the more human players in the more points you get for winning.
Just you - 0 points
1 other player - 1 point
2 other players - 1 points
3 other players - 2 points
4 other players - 2 points
5 other players - 3 points
6 other players - 3 points
7 other players - 4 points
8 other players - 4 points
9 other players - 5 points (Is 10, including you, the max players?)
Theres should also be a way to make sure that you arent using the 3 other controllers in your console.
Also, make it so that the more human players in the more points you get for winning.
Just you - 0 points
1 other player - 1 point
2 other players - 1 points
3 other players - 2 points
4 other players - 2 points
5 other players - 3 points
6 other players - 3 points
7 other players - 4 points
8 other players - 4 points
9 other players - 5 points (Is 10, including you, the max players?)
Theres should also be a way to make sure that you arent using the 3 other controllers in your console.
Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> Ranking thing doesnt sound so great. But it doesn't matter I'll still
> maybe get a Xbox :-)
>
> People who do those kinda things to get their rankings up are very sad
> don't you think?
Yes very sad. Some of the top people may not do this but with some many kills in MechAssault they either do this or play 24/7. The rankings would be made better if they had a frag per minute or hour. Unreal do this at the end of each game but they dont include it as a ranking. Actually UC does a ranking number, so it may be based on all of the stats, as you dont know how many kills or deaths you have.
MechAssault has kills and deaths as its stats for Destruction, as well as a few other stats for other type of modes.
I suppose you do look at the stats and think "wow I am in the top 500" or whatever. But just play for fun rather than thinking "damn I need to increase my stats". Some people quite out of games if they are losing. So if they host a game and they are losing they quit out just at the end. I had that on the only team destruction match I played on MechAssault.
> Ranking thing doesnt sound so great. But it doesn't matter I'll still
> maybe get a Xbox :-)
>
> People who do those kinda things to get their rankings up are very sad
> don't you think?
Yes very sad. Some of the top people may not do this but with some many kills in MechAssault they either do this or play 24/7. The rankings would be made better if they had a frag per minute or hour. Unreal do this at the end of each game but they dont include it as a ranking. Actually UC does a ranking number, so it may be based on all of the stats, as you dont know how many kills or deaths you have.
MechAssault has kills and deaths as its stats for Destruction, as well as a few other stats for other type of modes.
I suppose you do look at the stats and think "wow I am in the top 500" or whatever. But just play for fun rather than thinking "damn I need to increase my stats". Some people quite out of games if they are losing. So if they host a game and they are losing they quit out just at the end. I had that on the only team destruction match I played on MechAssault.
Ranking thing doesnt sound so great. But it doesn't matter I'll still maybe get a Xbox :-)
People who do those kinda things to get their rankings up are very sad don't you think?
People who do those kinda things to get their rankings up are very sad don't you think?
phi11ip wrote:
> P.S. 128k is fine if you don't wanna use the headset!
>
> Pings of 18 on my line are better than a lot of 600k lines!
Maybe to just play a game, but you will never be able to host a game of more than a couple of people. Also XBox Live may do speed tests which pick up on slow connections, as basically you could use the ICS way to connect via XBox Live via a 56k modem.
> P.S. 128k is fine if you don't wanna use the headset!
>
> Pings of 18 on my line are better than a lot of 600k lines!
Maybe to just play a game, but you will never be able to host a game of more than a couple of people. Also XBox Live may do speed tests which pick up on slow connections, as basically you could use the ICS way to connect via XBox Live via a 56k modem.
Yup, Team Deathmatch on Mech Assault is my fave, like it so much I haven't played anything else, BTW if anyone got a friend request from Star Fury then it's me ! :)
~~Belldandy~~
PS According to MS's tracking site, my Test Drive package is somewhere between Germany and here...
~~Belldandy~~
PS According to MS's tracking site, my Test Drive package is somewhere between Germany and here...
In a way, I can't help but feel the yanks are forever going to be top of the scoreboards because they always get a headstart on us. I've only been playing a few days and already I'm seeing scores of well over 10,000. But as its already been said, being number one doesn't make you the best, just means you've thrown your social life out of the window to play it non stop.
I tend to stick to Team Deathmatch a lot as I just really like team vs team play. :-)
Really looking forward to the likes of Ghost Recon. :-)
Oh, and in case you haven't heard, downloads for Mech Assault start on the 1st January. :-)
Two mechs that have been confirmed are the Corvus and the Raven. A new multiplayer level which contains volcanoes and is called 'Hells Kitchen' is being added and it looks like a Capture The Flag mode is being added - Excellent !
I tend to stick to Team Deathmatch a lot as I just really like team vs team play. :-)
Really looking forward to the likes of Ghost Recon. :-)
Oh, and in case you haven't heard, downloads for Mech Assault start on the 1st January. :-)
Two mechs that have been confirmed are the Corvus and the Raven. A new multiplayer level which contains volcanoes and is called 'Hells Kitchen' is being added and it looks like a Capture The Flag mode is being added - Excellent !
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