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Nov 26, 2005 7:10:03 GMT -5
Post by WarningU2 on Nov 26, 2005 7:10:03 GMT -5
Just installed the new patch 1.09 and it prompted me to install xfire saying I can use this to chat in game.
Is this the standard chat interface now rather than Yahoo ?
What are the ladder member's opinion on this ?
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Nov 26, 2005 10:45:54 GMT -5
Post by whiplash on Nov 26, 2005 10:45:54 GMT -5
My opinion is that it's just like the ads in newspapers and magazines. Somebody just pays 2Kgames to have there stuff embedded.
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Nov 26, 2005 12:21:40 GMT -5
Post by Canucksoldier on Nov 26, 2005 12:21:40 GMT -5
I have a mixed opinion of Xfire, personally I don't think it's any more useful than YIM, but because it's part of the installation, I've installed it just to ensure that if it does become popular that people can reach the admin team. I'm CanuckSoldier999.
CS
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Nov 26, 2005 19:38:14 GMT -5
Post by cantabrian on Nov 26, 2005 19:38:14 GMT -5
As it said you need to install this to be able to use multi in civ so I did thinking it was like GS where you could talk in lobby etc But then i saw it was useless and removed it, a waste of time imho. If you could see into the lobby with it then it would be just what was needed.
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Nov 26, 2005 22:15:35 GMT -5
Post by Stormbringer on Nov 26, 2005 22:15:35 GMT -5
Xfire sez my name is already taken;guess I'm dumping it
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Nov 28, 2005 13:29:56 GMT -5
Post by AtmaVegeta on Nov 28, 2005 13:29:56 GMT -5
Personally I love xfire (been using for long time). Not so sure for Civ IV, but for CS and other games, you can right click and join your friends server making life easy. Also allowing you to see if your friends playing a game unlike MSN(not sure YIM), where the might just be "Away".
Also, I like how it keeps track of how many hours you play each game. And always you to talk while ingame (by pressing Scroll Lock + X, in any game that I've played, so don't need to minimize game, great stuff).
XFire Name: AtmaVegeta
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Nov 28, 2005 13:43:15 GMT -5
Post by Sidhe on Nov 28, 2005 13:43:15 GMT -5
What annoys me is I don't think I can use YIM. I have AOL but I'm not sure if that's the problem, last time I tried it just didn't work. Which means I'm missing out on a gs style lobby. Also I think alot of people don't know about it's use so it's kinda segregating players. If your fine with the segregation great, you want to play with your mates fine np's, but if you want a broad range of players in your game ya have to advertise in the main lobby folks. Right now I see some ladder games going without a word being mentioned, this is kinda sucky if you've been sitting there for an hour waiting for a game. What we need is a lobby that is stable, it's better now, I can stay in there in non windowed mode for half an hour, and I can pm people too. I can set up a game, but of course, how do I ask people who arent using the lobby. Maybe I'm online at the wrong times, but I do seem to see the same faces in my games day in day out, where as in c3c I'd see everyone talking and playing together, don't get me wrong I like the guys there now, just a fresh face every now and again would be nice. I'm sooo loooonely
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Nov 28, 2005 14:10:59 GMT -5
Post by Sly_time on Nov 28, 2005 14:10:59 GMT -5
i absolutely agree with Sidhe we need 1 lobby, for instance i only have a few people in yim that i can contact becasue i do not know everyones addresses for yim....i hold this for my epic games...
as far as games we need to use the main lobby as nutsty as it is and porrly thought out we need to make use of it...our best advertisement is the talk we do in the lobby about ladder and our games
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Nov 28, 2005 23:23:32 GMT -5
Post by Cereal_Killa on Nov 28, 2005 23:23:32 GMT -5
Well I downloaded xfire when prompted but can't find a 'civ4 room' or anything. I already have 'friends' listed that I don't know and it seems kinda useless. Does anyone actually use it?
The lobby is severely broken even after the patch, but someone there directed me here so I guess it's not all bad ;D
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Nov 29, 2005 1:22:00 GMT -5
Post by Canucksoldier on Nov 29, 2005 1:22:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't say the lobby is broken with 1.09, it just doesn't have all the features we would like at the moment. It's much more stable than the lobby in 1.00.
CS
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Nov 29, 2005 8:58:15 GMT -5
Post by donaldkipper on Nov 29, 2005 8:58:15 GMT -5
y, the lobby isnt technically broken, it just doesnt have the functionality it should
seeing the lobby from ingame is an absolute must and if a 3rd party app like xfire is the solution, so be it
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Nov 29, 2005 22:08:41 GMT -5
Post by WarningU2 on Nov 29, 2005 22:08:41 GMT -5
Without an answer from Firaxis when the lobby will be fixed, full featured or whatever you want to call it ... another solution needs to be found until that time.
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