Welcome Newbie Players

[zombywoof]

QUOTE (civilde @ May 22 2009, 08:25 PM) How active is this community still and how much has it changed since M$ dropped support?

It's a lot more active than right after MS dropped support (iirc, 10v10 was lucky, these days there's usually at least a 10v10 going on) but nothing compared to its heyday. We have ten squads at the moment, and nine of them are participating in a league. These games are a lot of fun, very competitive, and are usually somewhere between 15 a side and 25 a side.

As for how much it's changed... it's changed a ton. Multiple times, too. Basic mechanics are still pretty much the same, though... figs still shoot gats, miners still mine He3, you still need Uranium asteroids for expansion. Hop on and find out!

[Makida]

phoenix, I don't think you've been around that long...

(Neither have I of course )

[MrChaos]

* creaks into the room *

Allegiance is soft and fluffy so these young whippersnappers keep playing, back in the day we had to fly our Interceptors up hill to school and uphill back, great big thing it was but gravity has worn it down, he is a hard working cuss.... what was I talking about again? oops I think Ive pooped myself got to go

[Adept]

QUOTE (civilde @ May 23 2009, 06:25 AM) Hi, I haven't played this game in 6+ years. How active is this community still and how much has it changed since M$ dropped support?

happened across the gamespot review of this game and remembered how awesome it was. want to play again.

I was just a voob for a few months back then, but I think Allegiance is better than ever. The only thing I miss is the numbers. 10 "main" games going on at once. Yeah!

[undramm]

Hi everyone. New to this game. Look forward to seeing you in space.

[TeeJ]

Welcome.

[Woolf]

Hello everyone, new to the community sound like a cool game

[raumvogel]

Welcome,be patient about winning in dogfights,that will take awhile.Try to listen to what the commander says,although the chat text scrolls up fast(use page up to review it).And don't worry if you get booted for some reason,it isn't personal.I'm old like Mr. C,so I occasionally get booted,but it's better than pooping myself.

[zombywoof]

QUOTE (girlyboy @ May 22 2009, 11:46 PM) phoenix, I don't think you've been around that long...

Ah, I did play this back when it was still just IC, Bios, and Giga. Never got online though, just played the final training mission over and over and read the tech tree foldout thingy and dreamed of an internet connection and the ability to play...

I also don't need to have been around back then to know that there have been many changes. Just read the History sections on the alleg wiki, and listen to some of the old timers talk, and you'll learn a buncha interesting things.

Edit: yeah the reason I know about how it was in the olden days is because I like listening to these stories of how it was lucky to get a 10v10 in prime time, etc. So when I say "iirc" I'm not trying to recall the events, I'm trying to recall what was *told* to me about those events.

[Makida]

QUOTE (phoenix1 @ Jun 11 2009, 10:48 PM) Ah, I did play this back when it was still just IC, Bios, and Giga. Never got online though, just played the final training mission over and over and read the tech tree foldout thingy and dreamed of an internet connection and the ability to play...

That is an awesome bit of phoenix trivia. You qualify as a very peculiar kind of returning vet... "I've been playing for ten years! ...The final training mission..." Anyway, I kid. ^_^ Must have been a happy day when you finally could play online.