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Colby
February 28th, 2014, 19:21
This is a discussion I've wanted to have for a long time, but kept forgetting to post it until now. Pretty broad questions, so this thread could take multiple directions.

-Why did you stop playing SRB2? (I rarely see anyone here play it, so I'll ask that first)

-Why do you think people stopped using the Casual Server option, despite the fact most the servers at almost any hour fit the casual description?

-Will 2.1, or anything SRB2 related, make you want to start playing the game again?

I will address my first question quickly to say, I still try to play SRB2 when I can, but my internet physically won't let me play (took 5 minutes to load the server list the other day, much less for joining a game), so once I get better internet, I'll probably host a dedicated server or something.

Discuss

Critical Dude
February 28th, 2014, 20:33
[*Placeholder - Will answer later, very good questions*]

Kods4
February 28th, 2014, 20:59
1) I played it too much for too long (About 2 years). I only played singleplayer though, multiplayer was too boring to me, I was never interested in entering an RP server with a bunch of people faking to be Sonic and Amy/Shadow having s** or in CTF/Match. Whenever I played it multiplayer it was co-op with friends.

2) Can't answer (see above for reason).

3) I'm confident 2.1 will spice up my interest in SRB2 again. Sonic Team Jr. you better not fail to deliver.

KitsuneFreak
February 28th, 2014, 21:29
Casual servers died out. It's either simply hangout servers which can easily get boring fast especially if you are on Green Flower for like 20+ mins, other than that it's either Awful RP Servers or just Noob Friendly servers which I cannot stand.

2.1 is just hype. It'll get boring sooner or later no matter how much they add, Unless we get new levels and such it's gonna get boring like how 2.0.X got.

I stopped playing SRB2 mainly because alot of my friends had quit playing basically. I only play when certain people are hosting usually but other than that I have no reason to get on it at all.

Jasper the Fox
February 28th, 2014, 21:51
I've actually been playing SRB2 quite a lot. Not too much on the multiplayer side, but on single player. I like exploring levels in map packs I haven't touched for an extreme amount of time and just remember the layout of them. Sometimes I might also look at Match maps just to see how well designed they are.

On multiplayer I have played Eggmanway5 a couple of times with friends. I also made a Jasper with decent soc actions to fit in there.

I'm not sure why people don't host in Casual. Personal preference to host in Standard or possibly to get people to notice their server immediately when they hit the multiplayer option since whenever you do so you're taken to Standard first.

2.1 will make me cry tears of joy. Mostly because of the increased freedom to do what you want with character wads (especially with Lua!). There's also room to put more than two sentences about your character in the game, which can help explain how a character works in more depth.

Ors
February 28th, 2014, 23:17
1. I make maps and do speedruns quietly. Actually I upload speedruns to YouTube, you just haven't seen them.

2. I can't host. My network doesn't allow it.

3. I think the mapping will be more fun in 2.1 and I can't wait LUA. But I HATE the stupid difficulty nerf news about single player levels...
and you don't want to know what do I think about new special stages...

akb778
March 1st, 2014, 00:45
1. I don't really play SRB2 multiplayer at all nowadays, but I do still play singleplayer. Sometimes. And I still make SRB2 mods. Sometimes.

2. Again, don't really care that much for multiplayer.

3. If anything, I think it's gonna be the LUA mods for 2.1 that's going to grab my interest. And maybe the new special stages. Oh, what the hay. I'm definitely playing 2.1 whenever it comes out!

Steel Titanium
March 1st, 2014, 01:27
1. Multiplayer isn't the same as it used to be in 1.09.4 days. And it got boring after 2.0.4 was released.

2. Like I said above, Multiplayer died.

3.I'll play 2.1 to see the new features.

Ors
March 1st, 2014, 08:36
I forgot to tell another reason why you can't see that I play: My network is very laggy. Any server I join has 200-800 ping for me.

Critical Dude
March 1st, 2014, 11:16
1) Here's what I told ShadowCM many months ago via PM: "SRB2 was a game that became quite addictive as I was always trying remake levels that had been made already (continuously thinking that the first level made is never as good as its remake). SRB2 was also very time consuming, even though I hardly played the game for fun in single player or a netgame, it was the modding, soccing and coding that were time consuming. I couldn't afford let SRB2 consume my time as I was starting college and the college assignments would require time and effort in order to complete them."

2) Not sure why however my guess is that most SRB2 players were already used to playing on the normal servers so they did not bother in trying casual servers.

3) 2.1 was appealing to me at first but then I got a new "console" so I forgot about it. Although other SRB2 things have made me think about what it would be like going back to it but then I remember the "time consuming" parts and I think "screw it!" so I end up not going back at all.

Extra note: My interest in Sonic is still pretty low (except for the Sonic Boom gameplay I saw, that drew my attention).

Blaze_The_Cat_SRB2
March 6th, 2014, 18:33
1. I still play SRB2, but not daily like 2 to 5 times a month. Sometimes when someone invites me to play SRB2, they ask me to host. But I only host on birthdays [that I know of] and holidays.

2. I keep hearing about the Casual option thing. A lot of people say that they were either too lazy to put their server on Casual, or just "think" their server doesn't belong in Casual. Majority of people answered that to me.

3. I'm hoping that 2.1 will fix almost everything like less Consistency Failures and Lagging. It'll get me back to playing SRB2 more daily. I know that the MS can only do so much, but a girl's gotta dream. ^.^

SomariTheAdventurer
March 7th, 2014, 03:49
It all depends on who's hosting. I really don't care for CTF or Match. I only get on if a friend is hosting a coop server, which isn't that often these days.

Jasper the Fox
March 8th, 2014, 07:39
Oh yeah, I'm also crying tears of joy now. ;w;w;w;;w;w;w;w;ww;w;w;w;w;w;w;w;w;;w;w;w;w;w
hopefully 2.1 will bring up the amount of players that have been lost due to the everlasting boredom that is 2.0.7

Tyson TH
March 10th, 2014, 07:56
I give a like, retweet and +1 to TTA, Jasper and Critical Dude's posts.

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dage4 EX
March 13th, 2014, 03:19
I stopped playing SRB2 because...

http://puu.sh/7tjmx.PNG

yeah....

I dunno about the casual servers. I think its doing better without the casual servers, personally.

I will try to play through 2.1's campaign, maybe live when I have the time to do so. I sort of can't wait for 2.1

Colby
March 13th, 2014, 12:32
I'm not saying the casual server's aren't there, I'm saying the servers that use casual type files (such as SF94 or something) on "standard" servers.

Ors
March 13th, 2014, 20:06
I'm not saying the casual server's aren't there, I'm saying the servers that use casual type files (such as SF94 or something) on "standard" servers.

They do it for a reason! I want to see first the servers with cool wads.

TaskBarR
March 14th, 2014, 03:47
I try to run my server with those wads but nobody ever joins.
Server hosting is a lost art. I only get 2-3 people on my server since 2.0.7 came out. :(

Colby
March 16th, 2014, 04:19
Closed for 2.1