Post by: Pale on December 06, 2008, 07:43:21 AM
Yesterday's Official NWR WiFi Night was a success. Several people showed up and a lot of good games were going on. I was pretty excited about trying some Smash again, as I hadn't played for several months after being totally let down by the lag-filled online matches.
Overall, I was able to have some extremely entertaining matches after I adjusted to the button lag. Vudu hosted one game that I joined with General Traag and his roommate. We played for quite a while and I lost the vast majority of the time. Traag and friend are definitely experienced Brawl players. After Vudu decided to call it a night, I moved on to trying several other games out. This is where most of the problems I experienced happened. I believe I tried to play with Maxi about a dozen times, each attempt resulting in a terrible frame rate and then a complete drop of the game. After some discussion in the chat room, I discovered that Flames_of_Chaos lived only about six hours from me and his Fios connection resulted in the first ever green connection dot I had ever seen. So I finished off the night playing with him and Djunknown for a while. Sadly, we had to say no whenever Maxi tried to join in order to preserve our connection. Sorry Maxi! After about two and a half hours of under blinking, my eyes were on fire and I had to call it a night.
It looks like the Brawl playing went will into the wii hours (hah, sorry) of the night. Participants should put their own stories up in the talkback! If you missed this one, make sure you keep an eye out for next month's! The Matchmaking & Smacktalk forum is where the voting threads show up. You can also follow NWR's Twitter feed for notification!
Post by: vudu on December 06, 2008, 04:12:16 PM
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After Vudu decided to call it a night, I moved on to trying several other games out. This is where most of the problems I experienced happened.
This is why I said once you find a game with tolerable lag and good opponents you stick with it. Connections can be pretty spotty so savor the good ones.
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I believe I tried to play with Maxi about a dozen times, each attempt resulting in a terrible frame rate and then a complete drop of the game.
Maxi's Internet connection sucks. You may remember from the Mario Kart WiFi night last month that he constantly drops out of matches. I don't think he was able to get through more than two races last month (at least during the time I was playing).
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If you missed this one, make sure you keep an eye out for next month's! The Matchmaking & Smacktalk forum is where the voting threads show up.
I'm going to begin campaigning for Bomberman Blast. It supports 8-player matches (so we can get more people playing together than Brawl's 4-players), it's cheap ($10), available to everyone (WiiWare) and totally sweet and hectic.
Post by: BeautifulShy on December 06, 2008, 04:32:48 PM
I suggest Animal Crossing next month.
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 06, 2008, 07:16:15 PM
Why don't we just make fridays the official NWR SSBB night or something?
Post by: NWR_pap64 on December 06, 2008, 07:38:09 PM
I had fun. I had forgotten how enjoyable this game can be.
Why don't we just make fridays the official NWR SSBB night or something?
I second this. I've been itching for some online Brawl lately, and when I learned about this it was too late.
Friday night would be great.
Post by: White Mage on December 06, 2008, 07:59:13 PM
I had fun. I had forgotten how enjoyable this game can be.
Why don't we just make fridays the official NWR SSBB night or something?
I completely agree! I hadn't really played SSBB in so long that I didn't remember how frantic and exciting playing it really is. I'm very glad I was able to take part in the WiFi Night.
I also wouldn't mind having a dedicated NWR SSBB night. Maybe eventually leading up to a tournament of some sort?
Post by: BeautifulShy on December 06, 2008, 09:44:57 PM
Post by: Shecky on December 07, 2008, 01:01:52 AM
Particularly, I had one match as Toon Link where I survived a legendary Pokemon at the end by using a smash ball (and it's invulnerability) to hit the last remaining player off the stage while the Pokemon was doing its thing. I connected with link's final smash in mid-fall, which is often near impossible online and thus likely entirely luck :)
Post by: Armak88 on December 07, 2008, 02:19:55 AM
Post by: Halbred on December 07, 2008, 04:22:21 PM
But I did have a lot of fun on Friday night. I look forward to making this a monthly tradition. But please, let's pick a game with a halfway functional online mode! :-)
Post by: Djunknown on December 08, 2008, 12:47:51 AM
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discovered that Flames_of_Chaos lived only about six hours from me and his Fios connection resulted in the first ever green connection dot I had ever seen.
Me and cousin live about 30 minutes away, and the best I can get is a yellow :'(
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I played vs Djunknown and I won some.
I can vouch that this above statement is true ;)
Yeah, me and him, Shecky and Ultimate Party Bear with a few others got some great matches in. That's the thing with SSSB, you don't know whose connection is gonna be compatible with who.
I had my cousin over, who played a few matches in my name, so if he was being a bit of clown, you know why :-\
After a while, I plugged my other controller and we mixed it with the rest of the field.
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I had fun. I had forgotten how enjoyable this game can be.
Why don't we just make fridays the official NWR SSBB night or something?
You mean something similiar to this? (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=24537.0)
It was a great night for Brawl. Perhaps Nintendo added more servers or something? I remember around launch that 3-4 player matches were laggy. Whatever it is, its more tolerable.
Post by: Shecky on December 08, 2008, 08:08:14 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on December 08, 2008, 03:04:44 PM
That reminds me... does anyone remember to record matches after they happen. I always end up mashing next after a match and forgetting about that option.
It seemed like every time I thought a match was interesting enough to keep, I didn't have the option.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 08, 2008, 03:12:14 PM
STOCK MATCHES generally run too long to record. Gotta set a time limit to 3min if you hope to record at all.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 08, 2008, 03:24:21 PM
Post by: BeautifulShy on December 08, 2008, 03:26:01 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 08, 2008, 03:49:53 PM
Post by: Smash_Brother on December 08, 2008, 04:24:48 PM
That reminds me... does anyone remember to record matches after they happen. I always end up mashing next after a match and forgetting about that option.
I only record a match if it something silly or hilarious happens during it or I end it with a Bowsercide (carrying someone off the stage with Bowser's flying slam) but that's only because I toyed with the idea of making a music video where Bowser carries someone off the stage with him on every beat and name it "Ode to Bowsercide" or something.
I'll never do it because I'm just not that hardcore, though.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 08, 2008, 09:22:52 PM
Flames what did you go by while playing?
LUKE
Post by: BeautifulShy on December 08, 2008, 11:04:51 PM
About next months game. Does Animal Crossing have any problems with online?
Post by: Shift Key on December 10, 2008, 05:44:26 AM
Does Animal Crossing have any problems with online?
Its probably lagfree and rubbish (like the rest of the game).
Post by: Halbred on December 11, 2008, 07:40:08 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 11, 2008, 11:26:10 PM
If my review copy ever gets here, I nominate Castlevania: Judgment! :-)
I haven't tried online yet but so far I enjoy the game. It isn't great but it is solid.
Post by: Halbred on December 12, 2008, 04:46:19 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 12, 2008, 04:48:42 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 13, 2008, 04:29:31 AM
I haven't tried online yet but so far I enjoy the game. It isn't great but it is solid.
Which is why I suspect that review scores of 1/5 and so were given because people hated the game before it came out so the reviewer wanted to please them. Even if the game is imbalanced, 1/5 implies it's so horribly broken it's not playable (regular crashes, game breaking bugs, missing AI, ...).
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 14, 2008, 05:44:45 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on December 14, 2008, 02:36:26 PM
Post by: DAaaMan64 on December 15, 2008, 02:34:55 AM
