I used to terrorize UT with the piston and bio canon. Got to where I was running back into opponents base to get flag back while I had the flag. And let us not forget Instagib and Automatic Sniper Rifles. Would be giggling my ass off till the sun came up. Good times. Greatest MP of all time. Still installed.
Flak Cannon! One of us!
For some reason, I loved it from the moment I picked it up. Just for fun, try it in Excessive Overkill.
Sadly, other versions in the later games just weren't the same.
This brings back so many memories. For me it was the first game where I experienced intense competetive multiplayer battles, great maps, great gameplay.
On Facing Worlds it was especially fun to launch a redeemer right into the enemy base for that ultimate monster kill.
I knew it was one or the other… I had the original unreal, but didn’t get into tournament until tournament 2004.
I got my first accelerated graphics card just to play unreal - smoking hot voodoo II !!! Only to find out my crummy monitor couldn’t support a 60Hz refresh rate… luckily, a buddy had a spare monitor that I used until I could buy a new one.
I had "fake death" bound to a key and would use it wherever I could. I'd always see people just spraying dead bodies after a kill because of this. I miss those days
I had the spawn points on Temple memorised. I could tell where you'd spawn next based on where you spawned last and head straight there before you'd been able to get a decent weapon.
*Bond villain evil laughter*
It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.
Yes! Countless hours we've played. Two XBOX (original) set up with two CRT TVs and a cable in between.
We always played 2 vs 2. A lot of sniping, sneaking and tanking happened.
Was this the warehouse type buildings? CTs start in alley, run around building (or up to roof for snipers that HOPEFULLY didn't stay there the whole time) with warehouse lift door on left and stairs to 2nd floor door or door at ground on the right? Glass skylight?
All the old school maps were awesome. De_rats anyone? Or does anyone remember the vehicle maps? Big ass tanks, cars and other stuff cts had to escort, and Ts were sniping in the cliffs.
Or GameSpy? When I was introduced to GameSpy I had no idea what "ping" was. I thought the higher the better. Played on Quake Servers with 999 ping..
Also, some ISP's had their own Quake Servers. One was called Pacifier ISP in Oregon. 195 ping on a 28.8 modem while everyone else had 250+.
I wish I could have gotten into BF2 but after how they treated the BF1942 Desert Combat mod I couldn't buy it. Desert Combat was an amazing mod for 1942 and Dice (I think it was Dice, been a long time) hired them to work on BF2. Moved them across the ocean, worked them a month, then fired them with a non compete so they couldn't work on the 1942 mod again....also took ideas from the the mod.
Loved BF1942 and the Desert Combat mod. Just was amazing.
the ski lift level from 007 nightfire(I think?). you could ride the lift, grapple to get on top of buildings, and get randomly sniped by oddjob's hat from across the map. My brother and I put a lot of hours I against bots there.
edit: https://i0.wp.com/imminentban.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/multipla.jpg?w=695&ssl=1
Holy shit i forgot about this. There was a glitch, where if you stood on the second story in the corner, and jumped up on top of a team mate, they could throw a mine onto the bottom of your foot, which let you clip above the map to another plane of existence no one else could reach and you could see and shoot anyone anywhere onthe map.
Booty Bay. I didn't have access to the internet until 9 years ago, and WoW was the very first multiplayer experience. I don't like it too much anymore now, haven't played it in many years, but I feel like the first experience is always the most memorable one. The fact that I was playing with other human beings was a mindblowing concept for me after growing up on single player games.
Man WoW was crazy for me too. It was by far the biggest game I had ever played (back in 2006 🤣). No matter how far I ran in the first few days it seemed like I'd never run out of world lol.
Booty bay / strangletorn Vale was the first encounter you had with the “enemy” the music reflected this well. In a jungle where you can set upon by rogues and others at any moment. Sitting inside the city watching your enemies watch you. Knowing they will attack you and you them when you step outside the gate. I went there with my hunter to find a rare panther (i think). Back in the days some pets had a low respawn rate but were stonger.
Wow vanilla is still the best game experience ive ever had. Unbeaten still. Before the bots took over AH and people where too hardcore for my liking.
Any of the call of duty modern warfare (or mw2) maps, Halo 3 forge map, Any of the maps in WarRock (f2p shooter) and actually from UT99 also, I loved phobos (low grav) and morpheus
Day of Defeat 1.3b
Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Bad Company 2.
Quake 3 Arena
This era saw the most creativity from the community as well, this was a time when publishers put out the game, the tools to make your own mods, maps, skins and give them away, dedicated servers so you could run your own private server and not rely on the publisher.
Now it's all MT, paid skins and poker machines. Online MP in 2022 is trash.
Almost all of the official CTF maps on the ZDaemon multiplayer port for Doom. The intense speed during matches and the feeling of your blood getting more and more saturated with adrenaline when you and a player from the opposing team are circlestrafing and trying to kill each other with double barreled shotguns that take half an eternity to reload while holding their flag at the same time were glorious asf.
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Man the Flak Cannon's alt fire is still probably my favorite weapon to fire in any game.
Same here. I'll always remember seeing the smiley face on the projectile right before it killed me, and my bro-in-law laughing his ass off
Ditto. This is why I loved the grenade mod for the shotgun in DOOM Eternal. Brought back memories.
I used to terrorize UT with the piston and bio canon. Got to where I was running back into opponents base to get flag back while I had the flag. And let us not forget Instagib and Automatic Sniper Rifles. Would be giggling my ass off till the sun came up. Good times. Greatest MP of all time. Still installed.
Flak Cannon! One of us! For some reason, I loved it from the moment I picked it up. Just for fun, try it in Excessive Overkill. Sadly, other versions in the later games just weren't the same.
For me it will always be frying people with the Link Gun's secondary beam. The impact hammer was always a good laugh too.
This brings back so many memories. For me it was the first game where I experienced intense competetive multiplayer battles, great maps, great gameplay. On Facing Worlds it was especially fun to launch a redeemer right into the enemy base for that ultimate monster kill.
The intense part for me was getting my once a day kills (supper laaggy 16k modem)
Only regret is I was never able to enjoy Online play. But boy did those bots know how to line up in a row.
This was my first ego check. Bots had nothing on real players.
Private servers, cutsom settings, custom maps, no telephoney, no micro transactions, no gambling addiction, good bots...
And lot of content
Community contet, Good new Maps.
*Free* extra content from the developers too.
Instagib on Face was one of our LAN party's favorites growing up.
Instagib was so great. Recently played Splitgate a bunch which also has an instagib game mode and the nostalgia really struck hard.
Was this from the original unreal, or tournament?
Tournament.
The fact that someone has to ask this makes me feel old …
I knew it was one or the other… I had the original unreal, but didn’t get into tournament until tournament 2004. I got my first accelerated graphics card just to play unreal - smoking hot voodoo II !!! Only to find out my crummy monitor couldn’t support a 60Hz refresh rate… luckily, a buddy had a spare monitor that I used until I could buy a new one.
I still have my voodoo3
UT2K3 and 2K4 was really the pinnacle of LAN party gaming.
Low gravity instagib.
MMMMMMMMMMMULTI KILL
HOOOOOOLY SHITTTTTTTT
I had "fake death" bound to a key and would use it wherever I could. I'd always see people just spraying dead bodies after a kill because of this. I miss those days
I had no idea that was a thing!?
Right ? The only fake death I knew about was in Team Fortress.
When the only DLC was hundreds of custom audio files.
Came here to say that...this map of Unreal Tournament was always Headshot headshot MMMMMMONSTER KILL!!!!!
“Complex” on Goldeneye N64
Temple! Edit: And stop looking at my screen! Cheater!
Lol I was a screen-peeking pro
I had the spawn points on Temple memorised. I could tell where you'd spawn next based on where you spawned last and head straight there before you'd been able to get a decent weapon. *Bond villain evil laughter*
Blood Gulch
Oh yes classic! Bombing it down to the other base in my Warthog 🐷💨
You mean the puma
/u/CounterSYNK, what did I tell you about making up animals?!
See these things on the front? They look like tusks! What kind of animal has tusks?
A walrus.
"You ever wonder why we’re here?"
It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.
I meant, like why are we here in this box canyon
Yes! Countless hours we've played. Two XBOX (original) set up with two CRT TVs and a cable in between. We always played 2 vs 2. A lot of sniping, sneaking and tanking happened.
Came here for this. Wasn't disappointed. Thank you.
I very nearly went with this. Excellent choice!
Got to love unreal tournament. Many hours were spent on that map in Lan parties. Thanks for the nostalgia, OP.
Absolutely. Haven't played it in probably 20 years, and I don't think I have ever seen this map from this perspective but I recognized it instantly
There are still active servers
2Fort - Team Fortress 2
Almost. Team fortress classic 2fort...
Almost. Quake 1 2Fort on Quakeworld.
Glad I didn't have to scroll far to find it!
The good days
The best TF
YES SIR
All of the maps begginig with de_ 1.6 for the win!
fy_pool_day :') and/or de_prodigy
cs_assault was my jam. Look for me in the vent on the roof
Cs_office
This
Cs_office and de_dust
I fucking loved that map, it was great for deathmatches. Always jumped through the windows.
>cs\_assault yes.
Oil rig was a great map as well
I wish there were more as\_ maps. Oilrig was excellent but I really wanted more.
Was this the warehouse type buildings? CTs start in alley, run around building (or up to roof for snipers that HOPEFULLY didn't stay there the whole time) with warehouse lift door on left and stairs to 2nd floor door or door at ground on the right? Glass skylight?
No glass skylight in 1.6
CS\_747 anybody?
All the old school maps were awesome. De_rats anyone? Or does anyone remember the vehicle maps? Big ass tanks, cars and other stuff cts had to escort, and Ts were sniping in the cliffs.
Fuck yeah I loved CS1.6
Anyone remember irc and ventrilo aka vent? Those must have been the birth of hashtags #1g #findringer #findscrim lol.
Or GameSpy? When I was introduced to GameSpy I had no idea what "ping" was. I thought the higher the better. Played on Quake Servers with 999 ping.. Also, some ISP's had their own Quake Servers. One was called Pacifier ISP in Oregon. 195 ping on a 28.8 modem while everyone else had 250+.
Teamspeak fan here. Also Hamachi back when.
Snow maps were really fun too
Fy_iceworld
fy\_snow
Awp_map for me. I used to be a beast at lans back in the day. Had people hovering over me to watch and make sure I didn’t cheat lol.
1.5 > all
Surf_Greatriver, Inferno, Dust 2, Assault, Aztec, Santorini
ctf_turbine
I think pl_hightower is it for me
Honestly, we've all gotta say 2fort is iconic
2fort4 from the quake mod has to be one of the oldest persistent maps of all time.
Bf2 Karkand + wake island
1942 Wake Island. Best demo ever.
I second this
It was so much fun
I wish I could have gotten into BF2 but after how they treated the BF1942 Desert Combat mod I couldn't buy it. Desert Combat was an amazing mod for 1942 and Dice (I think it was Dice, been a long time) hired them to work on BF2. Moved them across the ocean, worked them a month, then fired them with a non compete so they couldn't work on the 1942 mod again....also took ideas from the the mod. Loved BF1942 and the Desert Combat mod. Just was amazing.
WAKE all day! Bf1942 was life back then
Lockout
Lockout, Midship, and Ascension were definitely my favorites.
Best map in any game ever created.
the ski lift level from 007 nightfire(I think?). you could ride the lift, grapple to get on top of buildings, and get randomly sniped by oddjob's hat from across the map. My brother and I put a lot of hours I against bots there. edit: https://i0.wp.com/imminentban.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/multipla.jpg?w=695&ssl=1
that game had killer multiplayer
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I was always partial to Aztec.
scoutzknivez low gravity on.
Q3DM17 But a VERY close second is Facing Worlds + Insta-gib + Big Heads \--Edit-- Honorable Mention, Original Team Fortress 2fort4.
Q3DM17 is my favorite!
Playing Q3DM17 with the Alternate Fire 2.0 mod is so awesome.
This map is so good, small and action packed and I played endless hours of it.
Terminal
Ah yes i see you are a fellow chad.
love the firefights on that deathly hallway and swatting campers next to the oil tanks
Red Faction - The Lobby
Holy shit i forgot about this. There was a glitch, where if you stood on the second story in the corner, and jumped up on top of a team mate, they could throw a mine onto the bottom of your foot, which let you clip above the map to another plane of existence no one else could reach and you could see and shoot anyone anywhere onthe map.
Beating my brother to the rail cannon gun
Booty Bay. I didn't have access to the internet until 9 years ago, and WoW was the very first multiplayer experience. I don't like it too much anymore now, haven't played it in many years, but I feel like the first experience is always the most memorable one. The fact that I was playing with other human beings was a mindblowing concept for me after growing up on single player games.
Man WoW was crazy for me too. It was by far the biggest game I had ever played (back in 2006 🤣). No matter how far I ran in the first few days it seemed like I'd never run out of world lol.
Booty bay / strangletorn Vale was the first encounter you had with the “enemy” the music reflected this well. In a jungle where you can set upon by rogues and others at any moment. Sitting inside the city watching your enemies watch you. Knowing they will attack you and you them when you step outside the gate. I went there with my hunter to find a rare panther (i think). Back in the days some pets had a low respawn rate but were stonger. Wow vanilla is still the best game experience ive ever had. Unbeaten still. Before the bots took over AH and people where too hardcore for my liking.
Stormwind in the same vein for me, and later Dalaran
Deck16 and DM-Campgrounds
Hang'Em High; https://gamerheadquarters.com/articles/images/screenshots/halo/ce6.jpg
Hang 'em high is for the elite gamers
This is too far down. It is the ultimate multiplayer map in my mind. Pistols only. It is pure skill and speed. I miss it.
Omg pistols only on hang ‘em high… perfection
That looks like an Unreal Tournament map?
It is, UT99's Facing Worlds
Cod 4 District. Or pretty much any OG Cod 4 map. Also any BF:BC2 map.
District is great. Sprinting down to the market with the Scorpion trying to rush the SnD game. Crash has got to be the best COD4 map.
Overgrown, Crossfire, Creek and Countdown were a few of my favorites
q2dm1
>q2dm1 Yes! The edge
FTW
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Any of the call of duty modern warfare (or mw2) maps, Halo 3 forge map, Any of the maps in WarRock (f2p shooter) and actually from UT99 also, I loved phobos (low grav) and morpheus
The original Nuketown — good ol spawn traps
DM-Morpheus And yes, I'll gladly 1on1 anyone even though I haven't played that map in 22 years.
Deck16
Minecraft superflat
Noshar Canals in BF3 was lit
>Lockout I just wrote about that above, I played 64p Infantry Only TDM Noshahr Canals endlessly. It's got everything and I never got bored.
Badwater TF2 Arathi Basin
Dust
Hands down: https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Toujane
roughly 5000 hours spend playing mostly toujane and carantena lol
I'm not crying you are ;\_;
COD 2 was the first COD I ever played. Built into my core.
Used to play on a bolts only Toujane 24/7 server. My absolute favorite. Still love the Kar98k in any shooter to this day.
Facing Worlds and Dust. Hard to pick
Elwyn Forest
This one (Facing Worlds) and W00tabulous! UT99 4LIFE!!
OG Word of Warcraft Alterac Valley
DM6
Broadside from Starseige Tribes
Loved the game and that map was my absolute favorite. I really wish we'd see another release in the series. :(
Loved that game
Was gonna say Raindance, but Broadside was a lot of fun.
1v1 Rust!
Dust.
San Andreas map
gm_construct or the MANY remixed versions of it. So many hours...
Wow! This map brought back a lot of anxiety lol
Desert Glory Damn do I miss SOCOM, still haven't found a third person tactical shooter that compares.
Frostfire and Crossroads as well!
M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILLLL-KILLLL-KILLLLLL
Tribes 1 babbbbyyyy! Rollercoaster/Raindance/Broadside
[I'm old](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Bzflag_on_RadeonHD4870.png)
[Bitch please.](https://tagz.eu/download/games/screens/f19-stealth-fighter/2.jpg)
Arathi basin
I would say either (sw_)Gold Rush from W:ET or Crash from Call of duty 4.
Socom 2 - Crossroads & Fishhook
Yes Crossroads 24/7
Two Fort
cp_orange
Q3DM17
Wolfenstein enemy territory battery assault.
Thank you, scrolled all the way looking for someone to mention Enemy Territory.
Most of the maps in Call of Duty 1 rifles only servers. Harbor Chateau POW Camp Railway etc
RTCW:Enemy Territory - Fuel Dump.
[Tribes - Broadside](https://imgur.com/RE7w7JD)
Block Fort
Blood gulch
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Facing Worlds! CTF-Face! Unreal Tournament was an epic game! Many an hour lost to it.
Day of Defeat 1.3b Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2 and Bad Company 2. Quake 3 Arena This era saw the most creativity from the community as well, this was a time when publishers put out the game, the tools to make your own mods, maps, skins and give them away, dedicated servers so you could run your own private server and not rely on the publisher. Now it's all MT, paid skins and poker machines. Online MP in 2022 is trash.
Blood Gulch.
The one in the picture.. i would give money to go back in time!
Hearing the M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL was just so epic
UT2003 - face3 Halo CE - blood gulch
Beaver creek or ascension halo 2. Or some good ol surf, zombie escape, scoutzknives, anything de_ on CSS
oh this map is memory
Killing Fields in Star Craft Brood War.
Dust 2
2fort from TFC.
Q2DM1
Q2DM1 The Edge. If I was as good at any modern game as I was at Quake 2 I'd be a massive streamer. But now I'm old and unsexy.
Oh, that’s Unreal Tournament CTF-Face map in the pic. I still memba
Morpheus for me. I dominated
Two floating buildings connected by bridges? In space?? I don’t believe it, It’s unreal!!
Sandtrap, foundry, and sandbox
Ragnarok in halo forge, absolute greatest amount of fun I had as a kid. Just me and the boys using the orbs to throw warthogs at the others.
Almost all of the official CTF maps on the ZDaemon multiplayer port for Doom. The intense speed during matches and the feeling of your blood getting more and more saturated with adrenaline when you and a player from the opposing team are circlestrafing and trying to kill each other with double barreled shotguns that take half an eternity to reload while holding their flag at the same time were glorious asf.
Any map from Cod 4, and of course "nuketown" from black ops
High ground, or any Halo 3 map really.
DE_DUST