Sam Brown

#39 24th September 2004 at 9pm Article

I was a closet Computer Gamer for a long time, I used to play all sorts of games whenever I had some spare time, everything from the original Doom to Medal of Honour and most recently Call of Duty. However, about two years ago I started playing Enemy Territory and got quite involved in it. ET being an online game you were always playing against real people, so it wasn’t like your average PC Game where the enemy always did the same time, this fascinated me.

I was so compelled and attracted to this game that I started playing with a “team” of players, where 7 of us would battle against 7 opposition players (nasty German nazis usually). It was fantastic fun and ridiculously addictive. Playing with real people was fantastic, we would communicate using the latest software, namely Ventrilo, to communicate similar to VOIP, I made loads of great friends that I still try to talk to on a regular basis. Those people I will now mention because of the following:

Sean (Rogue), Cameron (Kodak), Luke (Gronk), Dave (Dabbles), Michael (Miss A), Mel (Honey), & Chris (WarezKing).

So, to the point I hear you say… I stopped playing my nightly games of Enemy Territory because I started working and I knew in the very near future my girlfriend was coming to live with me and playing games online at night just wasn’t going to favour this lifestyle, albeit, my girlfriend is a mean Medal of Honour player. So giving up the games was pretty hard, but it was something I knew I could do… I had to for works’ sake. So, I pay homage to my fellow team mates mentioned above that are still flying the flag for my (Allied) online gaming country! I haven’t played a single online game in well over 4 months, however, I have dabbled in a little of single player Call of Duty, and played the new demo for the expansion pack, United Offensive. Great stuff! I miss you guys!