MP Internet Opponents

[notyoueither]

OK. This is not gonna be easy. But it is necessary.

The bottom line is that as of now you will have better luck with people who are close to you for Internet MP. You do not have to be in the same city, but that can't hurt.

So, where are you? What type of connection do you have? What OS (this could be important)? And when are you available?

BTW, if you register here, you should really at least activate PMs here on Poly, and let users email you. Those are options in the Control Panel under Options

I will update this post with a list sorted by region.

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---Australia
--General
Phatphal: Cable. ? Most evenings and Sundays.

--New South Wales
-Newcastle
LordAzreal: 56K. XP.

---Belguim
-Antwerp
AJ Corp. The FAIR: Cable. Win98. Sat evenings/nights.

-Brussels
Crousto: DSL. XP. Evenings and weekends.

---Canada
--Alberta
-Calgary
King_Xerces: Dial-up and DSL. XP. Unpredictable availability. Usually on weekends. nick - Calgary_Flames

-Edmonton
notyoueither: Cable and DSL. XP and Win98. Unpredictable availability.

--British Columbia
-Vancouver
LionelHutz: fibre link. XP. Some evenings and most weekend days till good snow in the mountains.
War4ever: DSL. ?. Nights & weekends.

--Ontario
-Barrie
CanuckSoldier1: DSL. XP Pro. Available on weekends and some nights.

-Burlington
art_vandelai: DSL. Win98SE. Some evenings, weekends AM. Screen name: HotHotHeat.

-Ottawa
GuntherII: DSL. ? Nights, weekends.
Yanghead: Broadband. XP. After midnight EST (night owl).

--Prince Edward Island
-General
trickey: DSL. XP. Weekdays from 4 to 9 (atlantic time) pretty much all weekends

--Quebec
-Montreal
Dominae: DSL. Win2K Pro. Available here and there, between class and homework.
CrONoS_QC: Cable Modem. XP. Available anytime.

---Denmark

---Egypt

---Lappland

---France

---Germany
--Bavaria
-General
SirRalph: DSL. WinXP pro. Evenings (2pm-6pm Apolyton time/EST), weekends.

--Westfalia
-Münster
badman: DSL. Win98. Avaliable on weekends only.

--General
DanielXY: DSL. XP. Usually nights and weekends. 'Experienced never-give-up-player.'

----Great Britain
---England
-London
Snotty: 56k modem. XP. Availability some evenings and weekends.

--Yorkshire
-Halifax
kittenOFchaos: DSL. XP Home. He lives for it. MSN: kittenOFchaos

---Ireland

---Israel

---Italy

---Corea

---The Netherlands
-General
Franses (aka Borowolf): Cable. XP.

---Norway
-Bergen
ThePlagueRat: Campus network. Usually available at night. Nick, DrPlague.

---New Zealand

---Spain

---Sweden
-Stockholm
Cedronian: DSL. XP Pro. Some evenings and weekends.

---US
--California
-Los Angeles
Edgar Newt: DSL. ?. Unpredictable, but usually post 7 pm weeknights. All weekends. AIM: Edgar Newt
jxh11215: Cable. Win98. Weekday Evening, Friday nite thru Sunday nite.

-San Diego
De Gaulle: Cable. Win 98. Availability: only WE (Pacific Time). No firewall.

--Colorado
-Fort Collins
Trip: T1. XP. usually available. University network.

--Illinois
-Bloomington
Berduin: DSL. WinME. Weekday evenings, weekends.

-Chicago
Swissy: DSL. Win XP. Some weeknights, all day/night weekends.

-Quincy (western part of state)
Master Ray: 56k. XP Home. Available about anytime.

--Maine
-Cumberland
Sheik: Cable. XP. Unpredictable Availability

--Maryland
-Baltimore
ZargonX: Cable. XP. Most evenings, Late night (Sleep, hah!)

--Massachusetts
-Boston
CiverDan: DSL. Windows XP. Available Evenings EST and weekends.
Don K Hotay: Usually go by Las Vegas. Cable. XP. dummyacct4@yahoo.com

-Nantucket
saragon: ?. ?. ?.

--Missouri
-Columbia
asleepathewheel: Cable. XP home. availabilty varies, though open most weekends.

--Montana
-Bozeman
ixnay37: T1. XP. Occasionally available. University network.

--New Jersey
-Clifton
Zamphyr: Cable. XP Pro. Available most times.

-Rural Northern
ajerzguy: DSL. ?. available mostly from 10pm on and usually most of Sunday.

--New Mexico
-Albuquerque
Clegg: Cable. XP. Unpredictable availability.

--New York
-New York City
Boris Godunov: Cable. XP. Weekday Evenings or Weekend days, usually.
suas333: ? ? Looking to play weeknights.
Theseus: DSL. Win 98.

--North Carolina
-Chapel Hill
IlCattolico: Cable. XP Pro. Availability varies

-Jacksonville
Troll: Cable. WIN98. Available most evening and most weekends.

--Ohio
-Toledo
Wise Ass: Cable. Win ME. Less predictable availability.

--Oklahoma
-Oklahoma City
ChaotikVisions: DSL. WinXP. Anytime.
GhengisFarb: Cable. XP. Evenings, currently Fridays and Sundays.

--Oregon
-Portland
reefer addict. Cable. Win98. work tues-sat. available most nights and weekends. icqw 174036054

--Pennsylvania
-Philadelphia
metalhead (Milton): DSL. Win98.

--Texas
-Dallas/Fort Worth
Brizey: Cable. WinME. Evenings and weekends.
Iconoclast: Cable. XP. Anytime. ICQ: 35809886

-Houston
ruby_maser: DSL. Win98. Available in the evenings and on weekends.

--Virginia
-Fredericksburg
WarpStorm: Cable. Win98. Evenings and weekends.

-Rural Northern
Arnelos: DSL. Win98. Availability depends, generally on weekends or evenings (Eastern time).

--Washigton, D.C.
Jon Miller: Cable. Win2K. Available occasionally.

-General would mean no place in particular/none given.

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Come on, don't be shy. New countries, states and provinces can be added. I've added a few that I think will get people registering from.

For those outside of Canada and the States, please indicate how to list you by Province/County/City (or whatever system is used where you are from).

[notyoueither]

More space. We can hope.

[Wise Ass]

Toledo
Ohio
US
N. America
Earth

Wise Ass: Cable. Win ME (I swear I have never had problems with it before) Less predictable availability

[Theseus]

Theseus:
New York City
DSL
Win 98

[Jon Shafer]

Fort Collins
Colorado
Trip: T1, XP, usually available.

(However, my game is officially crippled, so don't count me for now )

[Clegg]

Albuquerque
New Mexico
US
Clegg: Cable. XP. Unpredictable availability.

[SpencerH]

NYE you may want to include firewall info since many players will be behind uni firewalls that they cant disable.

[notyoueither]

Good point Spencer.

There must be other people who want to find opponents near them. I can't list you if you don't step up.

[Edgar Newt]

Edgar Newt
AIM: Edgar Newt

Los Angeles, CA
Unpredictable, but usually post 7 pm weeknights
All weekends
(Pacific Time)
DSL
Can disable firewall

[Dominae]

Montreal, Canada (quite close to New York and Boston)
DSL
Windows 2000 Pro
Available here and there, between class and homework

Firewall not a problem, AFAIK

By the way, great idea nye. I can foresee some great games once MP gets really fixed up nicely.


Dominae

[Theseus]

Montreal is "quite close" to NYC in that between us we have the best looking women in North America.

Dominae, let me get my feet wet with PBEM, and maybe next weekend we can try some live MP (starting a new position on Monday).

[ixnay]

ixnay37
Montana
Bozeman
University Network
WinXP
Occasionally available

[notyoueither]

Hmmm. Not enough. My belt doesn't have enough notches yet.

More should register.

[CiverDan]

US
Boston
Windows XP
DSL

Available Evenings EST and weekends

[Dominae]

Originally posted by Theseus
Montreal is "quite close" to NYC in that between us we have the best looking women in North America.

I see you're not ignorant of the wonders of my beautiful city. Nor am I to yours...

I do think they're quite close geographically though; the couple of opponents I played were in NY and Boston, and the lag wasn't so bad.

Originally posted by Theseus
Dominae, let me get my feet wet with PBEM, and maybe next weekend we can try some live MP (starting a new position on Monday).

Sure thing.


Dominae

[asleepathewheel]

asleepathewheel
Missouri
Columbia
Cable
Xp home
availabilty varies, though open most weekends

[King_Xerces]

Canada
Alberta
Calgary
nick - Calgary_Flames: Dial-up, my grandma has DSL though, and identical comp, so I'll probably play MP games at her house. XP, 2.4Ghz. Unpredictable availability. Usually on weekends.

We should probably play a few games together, notyoueither. There isn't anything better than playing someone in a rival city a few hundred KM away when we both have fast internet connections and good comps! Cant wait

I also recall there being a few other members on this board from Calgary, too...Should be quite fun.

BTW,
[cough] Oilers suck [/cough]

[ilcattolico]

IlCattolico
United States
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Cable
XP Pro
Availability varies

[notyoueither]

Excellent. We are starting to get some good potential matches here. Believe me, it is very much fun when you duel with someone close at near SP speed.

I have a small, but growing cell of players I can play with at near 0 lag (2 player). Hopefully if more people come out of the wood work more of you will get the same results.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by King_Xerces
We should probably play a few games together, notyoueither. There isn't anything better than playing someone in a rival city a few hundred KM away when we both have fast internet connections and good comps! Cant wait

I also recall there being a few other members on this board from Calgary, too...Should be quite fun.

BTW,
[cough] Oilers suck [/cough]

Heh. How many cups in Calgary?

Your post gave me a great idea though. In a bit I will see if we can get a Battle of Alberta going.

There can be only 1!

[Sheik]

Cumberland, Maine
Cable
Windows XP
Unpredictable Availability

[notyoueither]

Great. A nice cell in the NorthEast is developing.

Could use more people from California, the SouthWest, and the South.

People in the Central US are prolly in the cat birds seat.

Any Euros get their express deliveries yet?

[Iconoclast]

Dallas/Fort Worth
Cable
winXP
anytime
ICQ: 35809886

[De Gaulle]

San Diego
California, US
Win 98
Cable
Availability: only WE (Pacific Time).
No firewall.
Will get PTW this coming week.

[metalhead]

I go as metalhead (when it isn't taken), but have frequented MP as Milton most of the time. I am located in Philadelphia, PA, and have a DSL connection. Running Windows 98.

[reefer addict]

portland, oregon
cable
win98
work tues-sat. available most nights and weekends
icqw 174036054

[kittenOFchaos]

United Kingdom

MSN: kittenOFchaos

ADSL connection, Windows XP Home Edition.

[notyoueither]

Yay. The first Euro.

kitten, do you want to share your general locale? Does it make a difference for you guys?

/Edit. Nevermind. I should have got more rest last night.

Will the counties matter? How should I list them? Any suggestions gratefully accepted.

[Harovan]

I think best will be if you list by time zones.

[notyoueither]

Performance can vary greatly between people in the same time zone. I am listing by county/town/city so that people can judge for themselves who are likely to be close to them INet wise. You can also talk to your ISP and find out where their pipes go, that can be a clue.

For instance, I can play lagless with a fellow one timezone away from me (about 500 miles west, at a guess), but experience a bit of lag with someone in the same time zone as me, but who is about 800 miles south.

Although, listing timezones can't hurt. GMT +/- # if you wish.