Enemy Territory Gentoo Clan

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scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:58 am

I downloaded that last night ezbal and it works great...
BTW guys, good game saturday night to those who I played with... hehe, and the ones who kicked my ass and handed it to me on a plate

Crimson Rider · Post by **Crimson Rider** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:15 pm

Is there a standalone server available for RTCW ? For linux of course.

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:16 pm

for regular wolfenstien? or ET?

Crimson Rider · Post by **Crimson Rider** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:31 pm

For Enemy Territory

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:39 pm

I think fileshack might have a server program for ET..
I'd check but I don't have access to certain websites at work on government computers

Celtis · Post by **Celtis** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:45 pm

Yup, if you have a WM on the machine that you want to use as the server then simply run the game as normal, click on "Host game" and use the dedicated server option to run the game.

If you don't have a WM you can do the following:

cd /opt/enemy-territory
nano ./etmain/server.cfg
* SET SERVER OPTIONS *
./etded.x86

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:51 pm

wow.. thats nice too..

Hey, if we really want to get a clan going, dont we need to organize ourselves, get a website ( a free one first), etc.??????

mallchin · Post by **mallchin** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 2:47 pm

[UK/G2]3uphoria as 'UK/Gentoo' takes up too much space. I have a good ping for most UK servers but BYGAMES and JOLT are favourites!

A Gentoo clan - w00t! I could spend all day in the forums; there are so many interesting topics and I've only just found this one!

I like the idea of a webpage just to have a place called home and maybe formalise matches and publish server details. I have 1024/256 cable and would happily host a game for a few of us to play...

I'll join #gentoo-clan on freenode later today and hopefully we can get it on. I play as covert ops and am a diamond sniper

See you there!

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:10 pm

[US/G2]Oubipaws.. I like the shorter name

I'll set up a website on a netfirm account...what is the name of this clan going to be though?

I play secret service

prower · Post by **prower** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:46 pm

I was under the impression that there's no real -official- clan..as I've seen it it's moreso just a convenient naming convention for Gentoo ET players to find each other :> Could be interesting if it turns into one, so long as the process of joining doesn't become elitist or cumbersome along the way ;>

oubipaws wrote:[US/G2]Oubipaws.. I like the shorter name

I'll set up a website on a netfirm account...what is the name of this clan going to be though?

I play secret service

elzbal · Post by **elzbal** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:25 pm

I would support a 'Clan', but nothing too intense. As for the Clan requirements, I imagine that if you've managed to perform a Gentoo install, that should be enough.

Not everyone runs Gentoo as a desktop, some folks dual boot to Windows and play ET there... I don't know about you, but personally I would imagine that everyone with a genuine interest in Gentoo is welcome! (Although we could certainly encourage folks to play from their very own Gentoo desktop box...)

After all, the point of playing games is to have fun, and I don't need to be elitist to have fun.

Thoughts?

Celtis · Post by **Celtis** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:30 pm

elzbal wrote: After all, the point of playing games is to have fun, and I don't need to be elitist to have fun.

Thoughts?

Excellent, I hate these clans that take themselves too seriously after all it's just a game and you hit the nail on the head. I think that we should also try to help newcomers to the game (ie Me a week ago

) as we all have to start somewhere!

scriptkiddie · Post by **scriptkiddie** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 4:34 pm

I want everyone to be able to join... and be able to play from whatever OS... but still be a gentoo user.. ?

prower · Post by **prower** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:07 pm

Sounds great to me. Personally, I'd be sad to see it move beyond being a clever branding strategy ;> A lot of the clans out there aren't very accessible, and sometimes entirely unfriendly to new people who wish to join..I think it'd be perfect if the requirements never got much more complicated than altering your name, otherwise the fun and the convenience are lost..well, in my opinion anyway.

elzbal wrote:I would support a 'Clan', but nothing too intense. As for the Clan requirements, I imagine that if you've managed to perform a Gentoo install, that should be enough.

Not everyone runs Gentoo as a desktop, some folks dual boot to Windows and play ET there... I don't know about you, but personally I would imagine that everyone with a genuine interest in Gentoo is welcome!

After all, the point of playing games is to have fun, and I don't need to be elitist to have fun.

Thoughts?

syscrash · Post by **syscrash** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:34 pm

prower wrote:I've been playing it for quite a while now, under the name Infrared..I've added [Gentoo] into my name for recognition purposes ;> Any servers out there that people are tending to use more than others?

daSilVetZ wrote:I was thinking that if people are interested in forming a Gentoo clan for ET we should talk about it here, and get things started!

GG Infrared! xqf is great!

dirtboy · Post by **dirtboy** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:35 pm

I look at it more as way to show ET players that people have successfully installed and are actively playing the game on a Linux distro. AND KICKING THEIR BUTTS!!!

It might get some interest stirred up with those gamers out there.

daSilVetZ · Post by **daSilVetZ** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:59 pm

And "noobs" are more than welcome, so dont hesitate to join in even if you don't know how to play at all

Xiol · Post by **Xiol** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:34 am

Doesn't mean we'll show you mercy, though.

syscrash · Post by **syscrash** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:55 am

Xiol wrote:Doesn't mean we'll show you mercy, though.

lol.

And I don't like this G2 idea

. It will completely eliminate the advantage of letting people know what you can play this game on linux

. Most people don't care what your clan name is, but if it says gentoo...they will think gentoo linux. If it says G2, they will think 'what the hell?'

Daganoth · Post by **Daganoth** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:09 am

syscrash2k wrote:And I don't like this G2 idea . It will completely eliminate the advantage of letting people know what you can play this game on linux . Most people don't care what your clan name is, but if it says gentoo...they will think gentoo linux. If it says G2, they will think 'what the hell?'

Then, how about a compromise! Gen2

elzbal · Post by **elzbal** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:01 am

syscrash2k wrote:And I don't like this G2 idea . It will completely eliminate the advantage of letting people know what you can play this game on linux . Most people don't care what your clan name is, but if it says gentoo...they will think gentoo linux. If it says G2, they will think 'what the hell?'

I agree. I think a good shortening might be [Gentoo], but I think it makes sense to include the full Gentoo name. Even though this might shorten it a bit in the tab-screen (which shows scores), your full name is represented in the HUD display and in the server messages. When you frag someone, they still know who it was...

daSilVetZ · Post by **daSilVetZ** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:34 am

elzbal wrote:
syscrash2k wrote:And I don't like this G2 idea . It will completely eliminate the advantage of letting people know what you can play this game on linux . Most people don't care what your clan name is, but if it says gentoo...they will think gentoo linux. If it says G2, they will think 'what the hell?'
I agree. I think a good shortening might be [Gentoo], but I think it makes sense to include the full Gentoo name. Even though this might shorten it a bit in the tab-screen (which shows scores), your full name is represented in the HUD display and in the server messages. When you frag someone, they still know who it was...

agreed on every point

dirtboy · Post by **dirtboy** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 3:21 am

I don't want anyone thinking I am playing on a really outdated Apple processor. (Get it? G2?)

elzbal · Post by **elzbal** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 5:24 am

dirtboy wrote:I don't want anyone thinking I am playing on a really outdated Apple processor. (Get it? G2?)

Y'know, I'm sitting next to G2 computer right now... call it outdated again and I'll wash your mouth out.

(BTW, I'm VERY joking...)

Actually, it was updated to a G3 years ago... and even that's getting slow. It still has MacOS 9 (it's one of the clones, and MacOS X doesn't work with it), but I've been thinking of installing Gentoo... if I could only get it to boot reliably (SCSI problems).

kikawala · Post by **kikawala** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 8:04 am

changing to [US/Gen2]KiNKyWaLa.
I'm a regular on the [ND80]Blue Gold server (26 player, 10 map campaign, running shrub).
I love the sub 25ms pings I get on all of the ND80 servers.

Enemy Territory Gentoo Clan

W00t!

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