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Armed Assault

2007-03-30T09:51:50Z

82.110.109.214: /* Friz Tips */

[[Category:Games]]
[[Image:littlebird.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Er, think we supposed to be inside the chopper?]]

==The Basics==
Armed Assault is very like it's older sybling Op Flashpoint and so for 5punky purposes we've lumped them together. It's played only occasionally on 5punk, but there is sometimes a resurgance of interest. A modern era FPS, ArmA focuses on low level tactical combat at section, platoon and company level. With a strong emphasis on combined arms cooperation, the player can get in and use any vehicle, weapon or gun emplacement on the battlefield. Missions are hugely varied and a powerful yet easy to use mission design tool allow simple missions to be created very quickly.

==The Juicy Bits==
All the missions take place on one large island so there is no 'tunnelling' down a path chosen by the mission designer. There a numerous ways to complete an objective and the open ended format makes replaying the single player game very rewarding. The active community continues to churn out addons, graphical and sound updates that breathe new life into the game. Coop mode is excellent fun and takes a certain amount of skill, thought and planning to achieve mission success. Or we just race tractors round running everyone over.

==The Crusty Bits==
The new server browser, whilst improved from the original Gamespy driven one in OFP, still leaves a lot to be desired. By far the most significant change though is the ability to join a game in progress, which will revolutionise coop play. There is also an as yet little understood Persistent=1 Modifier in the server ini file, which indicates that there may be potential for running persistent battlefield servers in the future. Although fairly pretty, the graphics and animations are a little dodgy and the physics are not what we have come to expect with more recent games. It would have been nice to see a destructable environment too - no craters here and buildings collapse rather unconvincingly. Voice acting is utterly terrible.

==Conclusion==
If you want a slightly slower paced FPS with lots and lots of toys where you have time to really think and work as a team, rather than suffering from the "run, run, run, death, rinse and repeat", then ArmA is worth a go.

Have a look at the [[ArmaMods | 5punk Arma Mods List]]

==Friz Tips==

Startup parameters:

* Syntax: x:\ArmA\arma.exe -param1 -param2 - param3

* -nosplash : faster startup

* -mod=@modfolder

@modfolder is a folder in ArmA root with all the 3rd party addons you download. Keeps them nice and separate from the original addons folders. You can have any number of addon folders if you want to keep them all apart. Just use -mod=@modfolder1; @modfolder2; etc.

Tips for improving performance. I reckon these settings are the best for performance vs quality.

*Quality: Very High
*Vis: 4000m
*Res: Max (dropping it increased framerate ofc, but I'm a sucker for high res)

*Terrain: High
*Objects: High
*Texture: Normal
*Shading: Normal
*Postpro: Low
*Anisotrop: Low
*Shadow: Low
*AA: Low
*Blood: High

AA and Anistropic set too high makes it go all gooey and looks a bit shit. I sometimes have to drop the terrain detail down a bit if I've got a lot of objects on screen in a heavily wooded area (tree detail is amazing but eats framerate).

==External Links==
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2726 OFP Guide on the 5punk forums]

==Players with this game==


*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=226 Dog Pants]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=84 Dr. Kitteny Berk]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=256 FatherJack]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=366 Friznit]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=106 Ty aka Sir Die Aloty]

Other Games

2007-03-30T09:49:49Z

82.110.109.214: /* FPS */

[[Category:Games]]
This is a section to cover all the other games 5punkers tend to play sorted by genre.

Mainly the games have fallen out of popularity or have a smaller following.

==FPS==
*America's Army
*F.E.A.R
*Quake 4
*Serious Sam
*[[SWAT 4]]
*UT2004
*[[OFP|Armed Assault and Operation Flashpoint]]

==MMORPG==
*City of Heroes/Villains
*EVE
*Guild Wars

==RPG==
*Neverwinter Nights
*Oblivion

==RTS==
*Command and Conquer
*StarCraft: Brood War

Other Games

2007-03-30T09:18:57Z

82.110.109.214: /* FPS */

[[Category:Games]]
This is a section to cover all the other games 5punkers tend to play sorted by genre.

Mainly the games have fallen out of popularity or have a smaller following.

==FPS==
*America's Army
*F.E.A.R
*Quake 4
*Serious Sam
*[[SWAT 4]]
*UT2004
*[[OFP|Operation Flashpointand Armed Assault]]

==MMORPG==
*City of Heroes/Villains
*EVE
*Guild Wars

==RPG==
*Neverwinter Nights
*Oblivion

==RTS==
*Command and Conquer
*StarCraft: Brood War

Other Games

2007-03-30T09:17:37Z

82.110.109.214: /* FPS */

[[Category:Games]]
This is a section to cover all the other games 5punkers tend to play sorted by genre.

Mainly the games have fallen out of popularity or have a smaller following.

==FPS==
*America's Army
*F.E.A.R
*Quake 4
*Serious Sam
*[[SWAT 4]]
*UT2004
*[[OFP|Operation Flashpoint]] and Armed Assault

==MMORPG==
*City of Heroes/Villains
*EVE
*Guild Wars

==RPG==
*Neverwinter Nights
*Oblivion

==RTS==
*Command and Conquer
*StarCraft: Brood War

Operation Flashpoint

2006-09-06T14:36:08Z

82.110.109.214:

[[Category:Games]]
[[Image:http://ofp.gamepark.cz/screenshots/sotw.jpg|thumb|right|160px|"Snipers. Masters of stealth.]]

==The Basics==
Op Flashpoint is played only occasionally on 5punk, but there is occasionally a resurgance of interest. A modern era FPS, OPF focuses on low level tactical combat at section, platoon and company level. With a strong emphasis on combined arms cooperation, the player can get in and use any vehicle, weapon or gun emplacement on the battlefield. Missions are hugely varied and a powerful yet easy to use mission design tool allow simple missions to be created very quickly.

==The Juicy Bits==
All the missions take place on large islands so there is no 'tunnelling' down a path chosen by the mission designer. There a numerous ways to complete an objective and the open ended format makes replaying the single player game very rewarding. The active community continues to churn out addons, graphical and sound updates that breathe new life into the game. Coop mode is excellent fun and takes a certain amount of skill, thought and planning to achieve mission success.

==The Crusty Bits==
The server browser is based on Gamespy and is therefore pretty shitty. There is also no way to join a multiplayer game in progress which is particularly frustrating in longer coop games. Also, being an older game the graphics are a little dated (although servicable) and things such as clipping and physics are not what we have come to expect with more recent games.

==Conclusion==
If you want a slightly slower paced FPS with lots and lots of toys where you have time to really think and work as a team, rather than suffering from the "run, run, run, death, rinse and repeat", then OFP is worth a go. There is a comprehensive guide to getting the game installed and set up ready for the the Bukkake server on the 5punk forum.

==External Links==
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2726 OFP Guide on the 5punk forums]

==Players with this game==


*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=366 Friznit]

Call of Duty

2006-08-10T07:25:48Z

82.110.109.214: /* Players with this game */

[[Category:Games]]
[[Image:callofduty.jpg|frame|Call of Duty 2]]

==The Basics==

'''Call of Duty''' (or CoD as we prefer) is traditionally played on a Tuesday evening and comes in three flavours:

Call of Duty,
Call of Duty: United Offensive (basically an expansion to the original CoD), and
Call of Duty 2 (the sequel)

Of the three CoD: UO is by far the most popular. Not because it has the best graphics, the best gameplay or an amazing physics engine (in fact, physics generally doesn't exist in CoD and if you read carefully you will find this noted in Einstein's Theory of General Relativity), but just because it is enormous fun to run around shooting people whilst talking complete and utter gibberish over [[TeamSpeak]].

==The Juicy Bits==

CoD probably epitomizes the 5punk ethos more than any other game - it's not about how many points you get, it's about having fun. In fact you will notice that no description has been given of the game itself so far - that's because in all honesty, it doesn't matter.

Although games such as [[Counterstrike|CS:S]] and [[Battlefield|BEEF]] are more popular, the TeamSpeak conversations during CoD have probably given rise to more hilarity, 5punk in-jokes and general surrealism than any other games put together. It is of course impossible to recreate the atmosphere of a CoD night TeamSpeak session, but below are a few of the things you might want to listen out for if you decide to join in.

[[Image:callofduty3.gif|frame|Teabagging.]]
==CoD Lingo==
===AIDS Cannon===
You won't have to listen too hard for this one. The AIDS Cannon features on the custom map 'Quarantine' and is effectively a mounted anti-aircraft gun that kills without making a sound! The animation whilst firing also looks amusingly like the player is having a wank. Although the gun itself is silent, it's presence is generally greeted with the singing of either (or sometimes at the same time) of the two songs below...

''AIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDSAIDS'' etc

''AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS CANNON!''

===Baths===
These are sources of great power in CoD, and must be protected at all costs. The bigger the bath, the better. Regardless of scores on a map, whoever is deemed to have held on to a bath for the longest amount of time is the winner.

===Teabagging===
The art of placing one's testicles upon the cold, dead eyes of a recently defeated foe. If there is no foe readily available, certain other objects will suffice - a radio, a dead cow, a piano...

===Treebagging===
The art of placings one's testicles in a tree. This is best performed as a group activity.

===Death 'Nade===
The art of releasing a grenade just as you are killed. Anyone teabagging your corpse at that moment will find their testicles rapidly detached and hurled through the air (into a tree if they are really lucky).

===Ninja roof climbing===
Climbing on roofs! Like a ninja!

===Railings===
Found on a map that begins with 'M'. Whoever thought that iron railings could offer invulnerability?

[[Image:callofduty2.jpg|frame|Three men in a bath.]]
==Conclusion==
CoDCoDCoDCoDCoDCoDCoDCoD

==Players with this game==

*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=256 FatherJack]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=38 Roman Totale]
*[http://www.deagostini.co.uk/ilovehorses/ Mr Bobbins]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2 Stoat]
*[http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=226 Dog Pants]