Hi all, been a long time

Ive only had 3 games in my life that ive committed myself to for many thousands of hours and i can say that SWBF was one of them. I remember having my toddler son on my lap when i was playing and he called the game 'do do do' for the sound when joining the server. Lots of stuff i forget but i remember Beaverpants always nading me from the ramp near tunnels, BigMatt always jetpacking some weird spot and owning me, and when i finally got the guts to ask to join PLA. Even these days ill jump on randomly and still see a name or 2 that is familiar, brings warmth to my heart.

Take care all

Allanon

Hi guys

Some of you may remember me from my time on SWBF1, i played as {PLA} Allanon. It has indeed been a while. Anywho, i finally got around to buying Battlefront and I thought Id give a shout out to the old crew. Has the group migrated over to the new game? Hope you've all been well, hopefully see you on the front!

Alla

As an Australian, I just dont understand how Americans dont bring in stronger gun control laws. In this country, we had a massacre some years back, and very strong gun laws were introduced immediatley, and whilst we hear about a gun incident every now and again(usually involving a bikie war, or other illegal activity), major incidents are almost non exsistent. I get that mentally unbalanced people are to blame for these massacres, but allowing virtually anyone to purchase a gun because 'its their constitutional right' is just as mentally unbalanced in my view.

Quote from: Joseph on October 26, 2012, 11:30:10 PM
I agree with the majority of what you've said, but I have to quibble a bit here. While I agree that one should limit the amount of time playing a game (or watching TV, or reading, or eating, or most anything), it is not because the game is "violent". If the game is violent to a point that you find objectionable, then you should not play it ever. If you are not bothered by the "violence" in the game, as I'm sure is the case for the majority of SWBF players, then there's no inherent need to limit your exposure to it beyond the usual reasons.

Exposure to violence is not an inherently bad thing. In some cases it can be good, or at least advisable. Ignorance about violent acts can be even more detrimental to the sanity of society than knowledge thereof. As an example, the nightly news should show images of humans killed in the Middle East as a result of our military intervention. When people are coddled and kept ignorant about these things, it leads to apathy. The road to fascism is paved by apathy.

Agreed, well said

Indeed that is where my name is from, love those books. Ive missed some of the newer ones however. Almost convinced the missus to name our son Allanon (My dogs name is Risca )

Hi all, I dont really post on here too often but this topic caught my interest.

I grew up playing violent video games, Wolfenstein, Doom, ROTT etc from about 8 or 9 years of age, with my parents consent. It was always agreed that more than an hour of play was considered excessive at that age and other options for entertainment were made available for me. I also played more wholesome games which time limits were not as strictly enforced. Now many moons later, as a parent to a 4 yr old, I find myself tackling this issue of what are appropriate games for him to play. My son has grown up around SWBF all his life, from him sitting on my lap having a bottle, to now, starting up the game, choosing maps, and, if I may say, playing with a great deal of skill for someone his age. Given the lack of blood and gore in SWBF, normally associated with FPS, I see no problem with him playing it, as long as it is supervised and time limits enforced. However games containing graphic imagery(TF2, COD, Postal 2 etc) are all safely hidden in folders.

I guess my point is(I do have one), as long as gameplay is supervised, bloody imagery off limits for very young players, I see no concern with violent games.

Kishan 10-0

yeah the loser bracket needs to get a wriggle on

you deserved it mate, good close game

Yeah good game mate, was fun

I'd be keen to be someones batha fodder. Depends on dates but yeah


Allanon

Greetings

My name is Allanon (Andrew) and I have been playing SWBF1 for about 4 years now, and am loving it now more than ever. I'm 27 years old and I live in Brisbane, Australia. I've always kinda just played the game without really getting into it too much, but lately have started to explore various aspects of the game like mods and stuff, and was amazed to see what is able to be done. I pretty much only ever play the Rocket guys, as I prefer to get into the fight close up as opposed to sniping or jet noobing from a roof
Hope to get to know you guys better, see you in the game!

Allanon