(05 Feb 11, 08:17PM)TheCrema Wrote: If one doesn't like TyD ladder, don't play there and if you relle interested in bring some competition back to AC, P@ndel, how about you talk your clan mates into playing the game more ;)
I do play on TyD, and mostly TyD since it provides one of the lowest pings for me.
I may shock you by saying this, but w00p is actually quite active ;) You may not see the screens of the matches, but games are played, and quite often. Besides, I would like to play with someone competitive besides my teammates ;)
And I will object to you saying that AC is not competitive because it is OS (whatever the connection is that you found between competitiveness and an open source game). Any game is competitive. Even pacman with 2 nerds playing it will become a battle ground for the two (again, for the nerds). It is a mere of personal choice and taste. You not finding this game suitable for competition does not make it competition-free for other guys who might find it, contrary to your view, very much competitive.
Getting people to play on IRC. That sure is a failure every time you do that, especially when it is for a public game. I consider it a success to just get some clan (pro or newbie) to play with. So, getting people on IRC to play in pubs... not a solution. Proven by experience.
And as a reply to previous posts...
The reason I mentioned a ladder is that, even though one may not necessarily play for the ladder, it does make a gathering place by itself, a place that joins people together. In the case of Hi-Skill it was a little more than that, it was due to Drakas and the way he ran things that made his servers so popular. So, it is not just the ladder, but also what it stands for (No, this is in no way an insult to Pwnage, just pure difference in how different people handle the same thing). After all, ACWC, the main even in AC gaming, was organized by Drakas.