07/07/2002 Archived Entry: "More AA:O..."

I've been able to play a small amount of AA:O, and that small bit both completely killed any enthusiasm I had for the game, and also reminded me why I don't play multiplayer games with the general public.

In short, people are idiots.

A bit more detail, if you wish: Gamespy and HomeLAN and the Great Dragon of the Internet are all conspiring to keep just about anyone from playing unless you manually type in a game's IP address, which I finally did. Once I joined up, I was rushed through the mission objectives, randomly assigned to a team with some kind of mission, and promptly shot by my teammates. In fact, I played three different games and I was shot each time by my teammates (in fact, the last time, I was grenaded by my teammates). Not on purpose, of course, but it happened nonetheless.

There was no teamwork, except that we all moved vaguely in the same direction some of the time. There was no communication among the team. I had no idea who the leader was. I had no idea what was happening, and then my teammates shot me because they were just as clueless as I was.

So, I will hold off on this game until the server pack is put out and I can host my own games on my own LAN with my own friends. That way, we can all verbally communicate, like we do when we play Ghost Recon, and perhaps actually enjoy the game. As it is now, playing multiplayer with five guys named 1337_K1LL4H, 5ux0rN470r, [-KMNOT-]R4v3r GRRRRL, IN_YOUR_AZZ, and 389djrRRRsdk is just not my idea of a good time.

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