djMot Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:57 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted February 28, 2015 It's been a couple of weeks now since everyone went back and started over on DM1. I hope you all have had a chance to rank up and prestige up as much as you've wanted. Surprisingly, I think a lot of us had kind of a warm, nostalgic kind of feeling re-living all the "challenges" we went through so many years(!) ago. Okay, maybe not so warm and nostalgic, but they somehow seemed way more trivial and easily achieved this time around, didn't they?But there is one challenge that never was trivial or easy - getting your shotgun grip. As we all know, a shotgun without a grip is about effective as a straw and some spit-wad. You can inflict some damage, but it takes a carefully placed shot. And we've also been quite delighted when our spit-wad shooter suddenly became a weapon of lethal destruction once a grip was strapped on.It takes 25 kills with a naked shotgun to earn a grip. And so with that in mind...Saturday February 28 is "Get a Grip Day" All day Saturday, we'll work on getting our grip by using shotguns only. This will be an honor system; the server won't force you to only have a shotgun, but you will be expected to get with the program and use only your shotgun. Once you get your grip, letting others get a sacrificial kill or two on you would certainly be appreciated by those still trying to make the grade. And please continue to play without a grip even after you've earn yours because it really is an unfair advantage against those who don't have one yet. Again, honor system on all of this, but expect to take some flack, or even get a friendly kick if you're just not playing along. If you miss this one, or if you still want to prestige-up some more before going for your grip, we'll probably have another Get a Grip Day in the not too distant future. Other DM1 Server News:Over time I'd like to begin implementing special, single-day detours from normal Death Match ops. Things like Shotgun Saturday, Sniper Sunday, Team Death Match Tuesday, Low Gravity Day, and others. I think the ACE Mod (which is the mod running on DM1) has a lot of untapped potential that could stand some exploring. Could be fun! I'd love to hear your thoughts. (I said thoughts, not gripes! )Some current changes on DM1 are: Addition of announcement messages at the beginning of the match to alert you to upcoming events and for other reminders. Elimination of dogs (maybe I'll bring them back, but even at eighty-percent strength, they were too viscous. I will play with this over time.) Player-based rotations (where the physical map size is determined by how many people are in the server when the map loads) have been turned off. This facilitates better ability to control maps through rcon and hlsw because these tools don't understand player-based rotations. Sometimes problematic to have many players on a small map, or too few players on a large one. But with the latter, players tend to seek out the action anyway, and with the former, if they are not up for an action packed slaughter map, well - it's only 20 minutes to the next map, or there's other servers in play, too. coolmd, TheLastColdBeer, deerejon and 3 others 6 Awards
deerejon Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3715 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3153 Achievement Points: 28472 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 07:57 PM Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted February 28, 2015 Awesome!!! djMot and coolmd 2 Awards
Merlin007 Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1129 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8587 Content Per Day: 1.63 Reputation: 7553 Achievement Points: 76616 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted February 28, 2015 Sounds good mot. May have to check it out. djMot 1 Awards
Ricko Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 138 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 63 Topic Count: 475 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 4471 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2925 Achievement Points: 30761 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 23 Birthday: 07/01/1974 Device: Android Posted February 28, 2015 djMot, Hemps, deerejon and 1 other 4 Awards
BigPapaDean Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted February 28, 2015 YP!!!! I was just thinking of this very kind of thing for one of these servers so we can all experience different kinds of gaming styles for ourselves! WAY TO GO MOT Get a grip on yourself and don't let go til your done! lol! deerejon and djMot 2 Awards
Labob Posted February 28, 2015 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.46 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted February 28, 2015 I'm such a noob first thing I do is grab a rifle in game doh . Keep fighting for the people DJ gets us all looking for new and fun djMot and BigPapaDean 2 Awards
djMot Posted March 1, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:57 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted March 1, 2015 Thanks to everyone who played on DM1 today for Get a Grip day! Hope you were able to rank up your trench gun and your double-barrel shotgun. A lot of us took it to the next level and ranked up our double barrel so we could make it a sawed-off shotgun. Turns out that's about as useless as a trench gun without a grip unless you're close enough to smell the other guy (not pleasant when zombie_fart is around) but it was something completely different for a change! I'll run another Get a Grip day in a couple of weeks in case you missed this one, or just needed a little more time to prestige-up, or whatever. TheLastColdBeer 1 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted March 1, 2015 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted March 1, 2015 Yep, had fun. Didn't know how useless the shottie was. Gonna have to play with the double next time, see what goodies it offers. djMot 1 Awards
Merlin007 Posted March 1, 2015 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1129 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8587 Content Per Day: 1.63 Reputation: 7553 Achievement Points: 76616 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted March 1, 2015 Was fun dj. Thanks. Between the two shotties , I prefer the double barrel. djMot 1 Awards
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