Cross-Platform Gameranger

[BTs_FahQ2]

PC GR...

LOL,
I can't wait until the convo's get even better when the teeny boppers fill in with:

"?1337h4xxor??.(*)?: says poo is cool and smell my finger"

GR is fun enough as it is, but I can't wait for 97869786969996987 retards yapping this every second.

I better get some more beer ready.

[Mr.Mellow]

I don't want GR being overrun by PCers either. They'll just be using up server space and I doubt they'll be able to play any games with Mac users anyways. Very few games are mac-pc compatible nowadays. All this program is going to do is bring in annoying PC trolls who will be flooding GR with "MACS SUXORZ" and shit like that. Damn you to hell, xo. Damn you to hell.

[KoS.Rebel]

Couldnt help myself....i had to post. Just wanna say great job Xo. Maybe now we will see an increase in the skill level of people on GR and i wont always have to go to PC servers to find skilled players to play with. Maybe now we will have some skilled games....not enough talent on GR anyways. Although its illegal I hope it brings more to Gameranger.

[Ross K.]

You know, I'd be willing to bet anyone $50 that there is not going to be hordes of Windows users joining GR. They dont have a lot of game support on GR, so they'll stick with GameSpy for their needs. The only people joining will be those with close mac friends who play games that are also avilable on mac.

Some of you remind me of the USA during the Potato Famine of Ireland. "The Irish are Invading! Save Our Country!"

[KoS.Rebel]

For real Ross. Why would PC's come mess with noobs anyways? When they can stick to lockedbox servers on CoD and play with the skilled players....oh wait mac players THINK they are good.....time for a wake up call i say.

[spike]

jesus, and rebel takes this and twists it to show case his sick skill at games

[Mr.Mellow]

I thought Rebel left the forum hehe. Oh well. Wb, lover. And no, PC users won't use GR to showcase their skills because the only games they'll be able to play with us are RS, GhR, and some others. If Xo has cracked GR's password encryption of games.

[BTs_Mysterio]

Rebel you aren't that good. And you just love to run your mouth because you know deep down you aren't that special. the last time you were really above the high level fo gamer was when you played RS. Even then you weren't some supreme player. Give ti up rebel, you want to move on from GR go read some PC forums and stop trolling.

Back on topic, why hasn't Xo or scot replied?

[Cobra]

Couldnt help myself....i had to post.

Thanks for indulging and removing any doubt about what an arrogant bastard you are!

Back on topic again, we want answers, Xoclipse.

[Civrock]

For real Ross. Why would PC's come mess with noobs anyways? When they can stick to lockedbox servers on CoD and play with the skilled players....oh wait mac players THINK they are good.....time for a wake up call i say.

true, true... we'll never be as good as them without PC cheats and hacks. fuckin' PC bastards would destroy every good game on GameRanger...

[>> Xypher]

You know, nothing is going to happen heh.

Predicted course of events:
Evill realizes his binary/plaintext protocol is easy to hack.
Evill fixes his binary/plaintext protocol.
Xoclipse's client is now useless.
Problem solved

It is not he who controls the client, it is he who controls the server that matters, trust me or not, I am a programmer

Xypher

[>> Xyph3r]

Actually if Evill was smart he would speak to Xo and ask how he cracked it and how to best protect the network...

Xypher

[crypt]

For real Ross. Why would PC's come mess with noobs anyways? When they can stick to lockedbox servers on CoD and play with the skilled players....oh wait mac players THINK they are good.....time for a wake up call i say.

Rebel's just a wannabe.

[PsYcO aSsAsSiN]

I honestly see a lot of talk about "communities" and what not, but to be honest I don't see a GameRanger "community" that deserves to be held in the high regard that some of you still have it. I have been on GameRanger a few times in the last couple weeks and I almost see a mirror image of PC gaming apps - not much interaction amongst players in general chat areas, with a majority of what was scrolling across the screen being the opening and closing of games. I would honestly understand the concerns of many of you if GameRanger was like it used to be with a relatively tightknit group of people who all played the same games, all contributed to conversations and what not in chat, and maintained an active presence on the GameRanger client - not just sitting there with idling rooms or being afk for 8+ hours. But if you guys still want to think that you are that much different from a PC gaming "community" then go ahead, but others will see the light and realize that you are no different except for the fact that you play on Macs.

As for a cross-platform GameRanger, I must agree the person above who said that PC users would not flood it and that it would be mostly ex-GR users and friends of GR users who would bother to download and use the application. PC users have superior resources at their disposal when it comes to gaming, so they wouldn't bother to download such a limited program (in terms of compatability and selection of games) to harrass people.

I think this would be a fun experiment, but I do not see Kevill following suit and picking this up as a pet project since he seems to be proud of the fact that he runs the largest Macintosh only gaming service available.

[Mr.Mellow]

I can see bored PC users invading GR and being annoying little bastards, because there would be little to stop them if an admin wasn't on. There's no purpose for them using GR other than to chat or raise hell. They won't be able to play games, unless XO has broken the password encryption, in which case they'll only be able to play a very small handful of them.

[BTs_Mysterio]

We are different because you have the chance to have a opinion on everyone who plays the game and you'll notice a new face. There correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think one could know everyone who plays a certain set of games GameSpy as well as those who plays a set fo games on GR.

[Blufire]

I find it funny that BluFire is supporting xoclipse.

Heh... I talked with him on AIM for a bit. He's really not a bad guy, and I definately don't think he wants to invade GR with PC users like we all fear. I agree that we don't need hoardes of PC users on GR, but this is just a little amusement... a "what if". Who knows, maybe the community can use it to build a whole new service later on...

[3az]

Myst, you dont recognize new faces on GR though these days, unless you play for hours every day. There are hundreds of thousands of new members every year and it is growing harder and harder to know each Raven Shield/GhR player.

GR isn't what it was 2 years ago; such as the iBeer (yoda) convos, the AK flame wars, the 16 member-TOPs Bar and Grill, and Typhy/Rapid bashing.

Nowadays with the leaving of certain key personalities, the arrival of Premium membership, and more and more new people, GR has lost it's sense of personal communal ties for me.

I have moved on and adopted a heavier social life in its stead.

GR isn't missed, it has just lost my interest.

[*NADS Lo$eMoney]

correct me if im wrong, but i think the pc versions of many of the games that are popular on the mac are different releases of the same game.  For example, our AOM maybe version 1.04, but the version of AOM on pc is 1.06 (I don't know what version AOM is i just used it as an example).  Therefore I think the games would be incompatible for cross-platform multi player hindering the development of a cross platform GR.

[Typhy]

Just have to throw this in, it's about as on topic as Rebel's post.

7-5, Rebel, 7-5. Shame I have to go find skilled players to actually challenge me, can't waste time playing with newbies like you who I can beat 7-5 with such ease. 7-5, Reb, 7-5.