Caipirinha and I decided a couple of weeks back to go back to the roots of DoomsDay; how it once was; trying to actually finish the DoomsDay Device in stead of racking up points and dragging out nearly every map to 20 minutes.

A small thing, you say? Well sure, but a small thing which really gets minds boiling! I usually get called quite a few creative gloses simply for placing that last piece. As this seems to be a topic of general Nolf2 interest I figure we might as well share some rational points of view in here in stead of calling each other everything in the book in the servers!

Reasons to play DoomsDay trying to finish the device:

- It's the original purpose of the game mode... It's NOT TDM

- Playing every map for 20 minutes mainly benefits those top 3% who are aiming to improve their top score, and not the 97% remaining

- One team possessing all pieces for almost 20 minutes is a clear sign the teams are unfair, which usually leads to base camping

- Base camping is boring for both teams and takes the joy out of the game

- The gameplay is more varied and diverse

- The joy of those 20 minute thrillers where no team is able to win it is so much bigger when it was really close

Reasons not to:

- Less playing time in the "cool" maps

- More loading time = less playing time

- Smaller and less satisfying scores

Oh well I'm tired of writing, I think my point shines through. I was wondering how the silent majority of Nolfers feels about this? Is anyone else tired of "Don't place!"? Should we might as well switch all the servers to TDM? Opinions opinions, people.

Hello, I have a problem with dialogue being cut off mid-sentence in Nolf1. After checking the "Nolf1 known issues" section I have updated my sound card driver (don't know how to check for conflicts) and the problem is still there. I've tried messing around with the sound settings and the problem is still there. Any ideas?

I have a SoundMax card on an HP Pavilion ZT3330EA notebook with XP, Service Pack 2 running. Can't think of anything more to say but if anyone could give me a hand I'd appreciate it, these issues are reducing the fun quite a bit as I can't keep up with the fun lines. Thanks!

Anyone heard from Leesy?

He was gonna start an allcomers competition, did it make any progress?

You out there Lees?