After the news of an upcoming release of SWBF 3, I just had to drop by and see how the SWBF community was going. Looking good I have to hand it to you Buckler

Anyways, if any of you remember me I was a prominent member on Mac SWBF and MXG-MPCgamers for a while before Steam for Mac came out, later I migrated over. I should become active in SWBF 3 when it comes out and I hope this place becomes the go to forum for that as well. 

Currently I am a TF2 player where I play competitively, although I would certainly be interested in getting into SWBF once I get a key code.

Yo dawg, Soap is in the house.

Basically I play on steam now (Team Fortress 2) but I happened to see the link to this site during my stay on Creative Matrix.

Report cards come out in a few weeks for me and you know what that means! it means im about to go inactive for 2 months or so. So before that happens id like to have a night for us to play. Anyone with Team Fortress2 and would like to play i encourage you to come.

We will be playing this friday at around 8PM est. However, i will be online all night. Let me know if your interested we will be playing all kinds of Game modes. There is no need for hosting we will take advantage of one of the open servers.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/55100/

ive heard great things about this game on gameinformer and many other gaming sites. To me it sounds like a great game, and the developers have already stated they are giving a "valve like stride" toward the PC side of things. Im gonna pre-order tomorrow, just posting here to let you guys check it out.

I recommend all of you play gun game and Only knife people. This is extremely fun because if you get enough people to rage quit your in the money anyway

and im giving away alot of them. Team fortress 2 is my favorite class-based shooter. Its only 5$ right now and im getting it out to as many MPCers as possible. PM me here, steam, or xfire you want it.

Macs need to have Intel to play

if you want left 4 dead 2. I get an extra discount since i own left 4 dead 1

TF2=Team fortress 2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/

----------------------explaination for why tf2 is PCG online game of the year for 2010----------------------------



Their dedication to the Team Fortress 2 community makes Valve's online shooter a blast.

Online shooters don't evolve. They land on your hard drive, and if there's a bug, or a new map, or a new gun, the developers or publishers might stick out an update. But they are as is, and they'll eventually tire me out.

This was how I expected it to be when Team Fortress 2 launched in October 2007. And back then, at first glance, it was just a brilliant shooter. A few maps, nine classes, lots of fun, and I'd be done with it in six months. Even as I was enjoying playing the Spy, the invisible weakling capable of terrorising teams only when their backs were turned, I was wondering what game was next.

Make the Team

As it turns out, "next" was TF2. In January 2008, Valve showed me the new game mode, Payload, and the initial designs for the Medic update. As much as they'd perfected the game to the point where they were happy to release it, millions of people playing it had exposed weaknesses in their impeccable design.

This is why I still play Team Fortress 2. Valve's unhappiness with their finished game means I'm never more than a couple of months away from a new reason to play, an extra gun to gain, a different map to explore. The classes have evolved: The Spy is still a weakling, but a new watch allows me to stay invisible as long as I need to. A new knife steals the disguise of the player I just stabbed. A Fez makes me ultra dapper. Every class has a similar story: the Demoman can be a grenade spamming death machine, or a head-lopping front-line warrior. The Sniper's bow encourages him to wander the map, string drawn back, ready to one-hit-kill jerks.



The announcements of these updates are events in themselves. Everything Valve does has to be entertaining, including creating week-long reveals of what they've been working on. They've hid the Spy's update in the Sniper update, having him slowly uncloak on the webpage; they set the Demoman and Soldier to war with each other, battling for the highest kill count.

New ground
Valve have changed the game so much, introducing crafting and a microeconomy, that it's no longer just an online shooter: it's a place where they experiment with the community, taking the game to places that you could never have imagined when it launched. Every change brings new life, new challenges to overcome if they've updated a class you don't play. It's now full of gnarly little encounters: Snipers were given a shield that protects them from a Spy's backstab, so I got proficient with the Spy's powerful Ambassador for headshots. Demomen now have a speed boost that they can use to charge into battle with their giant sword, but a Pyro's airblast can frustrate the raging Scotsman by knocking him back the way he came from.



Which has resulted in my favourite game of the past three years, and nothing being able to topple it this year. I play mostly on the PC Gamer TF2 server. It's a pub, but with plenty of regulars. When we started, 2Fort was where we spent most of our time. Now it's the various payload maps that make up the most popular battlegrounds, Heavies can heal themselves; Scouts are hitting people with fish; people are trading weapons and hats. I've pushed that bomb cart countless miles, ridden on top of it pulling dramatic poses; I've dived in behind it as it was about to tip into a hole full of explosive barrels, stabbing everyone. I've flailed, missed my stabs, ran away from angry Pyros into a sentry gun's range, raging as the kill cam zooms in to show a dancing Engi behind his little nest.

I'm there after every update, and as long as Valve keep updating it, I think I'll keep coming back.

--------------------------------other awards go to------------------------------------

Starcraft 2 - Best strategy Game of the year

Supreme Commander 2 - Co-op Game of the Year

modern warfare 2 is on sale apparently, which is very surprising because it is still fairly new. Other highlights include Batman and Tom Clancy Splinter cell are 75% off

if anyone has the earbuds that come with TF2 on macs then please trade. ill pay with excellent weapons and hats.

promise you wont laugh

ok so im at home watching direcTV and im starting to wonder. If i can stream video in 1080p in the rural part of NC why can i get a satellite service that allows me to do the same? is there some disability in my comp that disallows the same networking that my DirecTV box can do?

basically, if my TV can do it why cant my computer.

http://store.steampowered.com/

page 3 says it is a steamplay title. anyone care to test its legitimacy? 

just so i can get a general idea what users on this forum are looking for in the steam sale, Please post here your wants. Who knows? they may come true. Dont hesitate to post EVERYTHING you want

in case anyone is wondering what i want:

Assassins creed 2

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33230/

that is all

-------------------------------------gift recipients so far-----------------------------------

Vanir was gifted a copy of team fortress with plenty of guns courtesy of me

Jon recieved a few in-game tf2 guns

Khyler received Day of Defeat

Baraca recieved Steam and Team fortress 2

Verik received ALL expansions to the half life 2 campaign

๖ۣۜBI0N3RD recieved Half life 2 and all expansion packs



50$ donated so far

http://kotaku.com/5686079/black-ops-on-pc-suffering-from-mysterious-lag?

well at least i know someone is working on the game to make it better

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/28/kinect-used-to-control-super-mario-on-a-pc-redefine-convergence/

gotta love open source. Something tells me we wont see this for xbox anytime soon tho :/

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

really? is metro 2033 that demanding?

but omg i just found portal 2 on Steam. They have a release date for April 18 and im psyched. I just added it to my wishlist...i hope valve counts unreleased games in their sweepstakes

http://store.steampowered.com/app/620/

this game with release simultaneously for mac and PC on the Steam platform btw

First things first, AS brotherhood is one of the best games ive played lately. The graphics are unmatched by any other game out. Where most comment on how xbox is inferior when it comes to graphics, assassins creed lays that notion to rest. The folks down at ubisoft definitely know how to make a beautiful game. That beauty doesnt come at a cost either with the Singleplayer in AS being one of the best ive played. Enzio is now leader of an entire Assassins Alliance which allows you to direct assassins to defeat enemies before you even encounter them. Its mind blowing how intuitive the AI elements move.

Multiplayer is also very good to. You retain 100% of the graphics from the singleplayer and you incorporate it into the Multiplayer. In multiplayer you are assinged to kill a specific person while trying to avoid others who are trying to kill you. This kind of discrete gameplay really encourages stealth. Something you cant find in many other games. They hit the nail on the head with this game mode.


10/10 for me mainly due to the amazing multiplayer. I encourage anyone with xbox or PS3 (can only imagine how great the graphics for that will be) to rent/buy this game. After renting add me so i can slice your neck open 

i just read a really interesting article in Gameinformer. Dota2 is being made by valve and gameinformer gave a sneak peak in word form. I have always respected valve's game making skills so i figure i may hold off till then and make Dota2 my RTS.

Here is one feature i really like:

Dota2 has a coaching system that allows veteran players to post guides and even be in the same game as a newbie. The vet can have a sperate video chat and text chat. that really is useful because gameinformer states that there is a huge learning curve in Dota 2. They compared it to something like SC2 or counter strike.

civilization 5 is now available on steam for mac. It offers steamplay

now the big question is SC2 or Civ5