How I got into Planetside... today.

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-23, 09:16 PM

Way back when(read: 2004), I, in my desire to find a fun video game to waste all my time on, went and bought a non-descript game called Planetside.

I was over-joyed at this purchase and what it promised to be. A sci-fi shooter with a whole hell of a lot of people, and massive battles galore.

I then read the fine print and realized that I would need an internet connection, and a credit card to enjoy my purchase.

I was devastated. My family had no interest in giving me a credit card to create an account with, or the interest in paying for more than the bare-minimum of internet access(read: dial-up).

I set the box, cd, and manual aside in a back room of the house. I never looked at that game until this week when I saw the in-game event that is scheduled on the 1st. Now, I have an access code and 30 days of gameplay

F*** yeah for forgetting s*** eight years ago!

Electrofreak · 2012-06-23, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by ArbitraryDemise

Way back when(read: 2004), I, in my desire to find a fun video game to waste all my time on, went and bought a non-descript game called Planetside.

I was over-joyed at this purchase and what it promised to be. A sci-fi shooter with a whole hell of a lot of people, and massive battles galore.

I then read the fine print and realized that I would need an internet connection, and a credit card to enjoy my purchase.

I was devastated. My family had no interest in giving me a credit card to create an account with, or the interest in paying for more than the bare-minimum of internet access(read: dial-up).

I set the box, cd, and manual aside in a back room of the house. I never looked at that game until this week when I saw the in-game event that is scheduled on the 1st. Now, I have an access code and 30 days of gameplay

F*** yeah for forgetting s*** eight years ago!

I am so sorry you missed all those years of awesome. However, you'll get to experience a taste of it now, and then there will be a whole new level of awesome soon...

ArbitraryDemise · 2012-06-23, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by Electrofreak

I am so sorry you missed all those years of awesome. However, you'll get to experience a taste of it now, and then there will be a whole new level of awesome soon...

Don't be sorry that I missed anything, that was on me. Be happy that someone managed to remember where he tossed a game box eight years ago

Electrofreak · 2012-06-23, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by ArbitraryDemise

Don't be sorry that I missed anything, that was on me. Be happy that someone managed to remember where he tossed a game box eight years ago

I'm pretty sure I know where my original PS game box is at my dad's house, and unless it's been taken down, the PlanetSide poster should still be on the wall of the gaming room.

Dougnifico · 2012-06-23, 09:49 PM

I wish I had a Planetside box... Instead I used digital download!

Ratstomper · 2012-06-24, 01:26 AM

I've got the CDs somewhere. I bought it at a local store without knowing anything about the game. Little did I know it would be one of THE most engaging and fun experiences of my life. It had 3 CDs: each with an empire symbol on it in a cardboard flip case.

Glad you could make it to see what all the fuss is about.

Zekeen · 2012-06-24, 01:39 AM

Well, maybe beta priority access will make up for having bought a game you didn't get to play.

ArcIyte · 2012-06-24, 01:42 AM

Do not play PS1

Burnzblood · 2012-06-24, 02:08 AM

Do not play PS1

rofl?

Kran De Loy · 2012-06-24, 02:16 AM

My brother and I bought our pretty much the same way back in 2003. Just walking down the isles of Fry's Electronics looking at the back of the boxes of various games and found a gold nugget.

Took it home and booted it up for jazzed for a couple months on our 56k modem.

Later we saw Core Combat on the shelves and remembered the old awesome times we had, but now we could do it again on DSL! Hell ya. Didn't have nearlys as much fun at the first time around, but we've never thought of PS1 as a poor buy or waste of time.

Last week my brother (who is in Taiwan atm) asked me to find the old disks, up in his closet here at home. They were still there case dusty and beat up, discs ever so slightly scratched...

So much glory...

Burnzblood · 2012-06-24, 02:26 AM

Does anyone remember buying the 60-day or 30 day game cards? Ahhh before I had a credit card :P

PeteHMB · 2012-06-24, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by ArbitraryDemise

Don't be sorry that I missed anything, that was on me. Be happy that someone managed to remember where he tossed a game box eight years ago

Personally, I'm happier that although you sound fairly young (the whole parents thing, no credit card, etc) you type coherently and seem to have a solid grasp of maturity. I'm looking forward to more like you in game. My major gripe with xbox live is pre-pubescent kids screaming into the mic constantly. Constant VOIP in game with PS2 worries me that I'll be spending a lot of time muting people. Then again, the relatively high cost of a gaming PC to play it on and the level of coordination and patience required to play PS2 makes me think it won't be a major issue. Welcome to Auraxis.

edit - it's one of the biggest reasons I sold my xbox and stuck with PS3 exclusively for the last 6 years or so.

Bags · 2012-06-24, 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by PeteHMB

Personally, I'm happier that although you sound fairly young (the whole parents thing, no credit card, etc) you type coherently and seem to have a solid grasp of maturity. I'm looking forward to more like you in game. My major gripe with xbox live is pre-pubescent kids screaming into the mic constantly. Constant VOIP in game with PS2 worries me that I'll be spending a lot of time muting people. Then again, the relatively high cost of a gaming PC to play it on and the level of coordination and patience required to play PS2 makes me think it won't be a major issue. Welcome to Auraxis.

edit - it's one of the biggest reasons I sold my xbox and stuck with PS3 exclusively for the last 6 years or so.

This kind of came out of nowhere.

PeteHMB · 2012-06-24, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by Bags

This kind of came out of nowhere.

I know, sorry. Just finished playing a few rounds of MW3 and the last round some kid thought it'd be fun to run around screaming into the mic. Muted him and then he just started throwing smoke grenades at teammates so you couldn't see anything. It just caught me as a very refreshing change.

edit - Olive Garden makes some good cocktails...

Zekeen · 2012-06-24, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by PeteHMB

I know, sorry. Just finished playing a few rounds of MW3 and the last round some kid thought it'd be fun to run around screaming into the mic. Muted him and then he just started throwing smoke grenades at teammates so you couldn't see anything. It just caught me as a very refreshing change.

edit - Olive Garden makes some good cocktails...

Must be one HELL of a cocktail, 2004 was 8 years ago! A LOT of us, myself included, were "young" when PS1 came out, I was in my later years of high school, also without a credit card and begging my parents. All of the PS1 original vets are nowhere close to kids man. He'd have to have been under 10 to be "young" now. You should feel less refreshed by all us aging vets and start cowering in fear of localized VOIP of 12 year olds in a F2P FPS.