[UPDATE] - Anyone up for some OpenRA on friday evening (CEST)
from stoy@lemmy.zip to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 20:26
https://lemmy.zip/post/43107570

While I didn’t get any comments on my earlier post, I did get enough upvotes to consider that there was some interest in this.

So, I will arrange a Discord thing for this and hopefully we can have some fun.

Here are my plans:

I’ll make a new post about this sometime around 1800-1900 CEST here, it will include directions to the Discord thing.

Now, active players will be limited due to the nature of the game, I believe that only 6-8 people can be on the same game and have a good time, this can absolutely change, but slots for players will never the less be limited, that is just how the game works.

The goal of the event is to have fun, not to absolutely devastate other human players, if you are an RTS god with a 3000APM, this is not really ment for you, you are welcome to join, but please give everyone a chance.

The event is open to men and women, while some light trash talking is to be expected, I will expect everyone to refrain from abuse, general rule is that if someone tells you to stop you respect that and stop.

The event will be held in english.

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Those are the ground rules, apart from that the event will have a very loose structure, we’ll talk, find a server, join it, and try different game types.

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If you want to participate, read this!

You need the latest version of OpenRA, it can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux from openra.net

Warning!

1. As always with software downloaded from a random site on the internet, scan the file with your antivirus software before running it!
2. The Windows installer is a bit weird, it might show up clean on a scan, yet still be flagged by the antivirus when run, this is something I have seen in both Defender and F-Secure with several versions of the installer, so far it has worked fine after installing it, but keep an eye on it, and remember that it is your own responsibility to scan and evaluate downloaded programs before running them.
3. If you want to use a packet manager to install the game, make sure that it is the correct version.

Once you get the game running, do some practice matches to get a hang of the UI and controls.

#retrogaming