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Multiplayer Linux Games

Posted by timothy on from the kdebounce dept.

gooshy1 writes "Ok it's getting near the end of the year and people are beginning to wind down for the holidays. What I want to know is are there any decent multiplayer games that an office of about 4-7 can play, preferably action. The machines that we use are not all that great, P4 1.7Ghz with 2 year old NVidia graphics cards, so Quake and the likes are out of the question. A favorite is BZFlag due to its playability and nice tunable graphics. All thoughts welcome, and Merry Chistmas/Happy Holidays :-)"

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  1. Re:No Quake? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Any REAL hardcore gamer can do just as well at 10 FPS as at 100 FPS, and a ping of 400-450 instead of 40-45

    Crap. Guess that makes me "harcore". Does this mean I have to start using shit like "u sux05 f4g!" because if so I might as well go kill myself now.

  2. Linux boxes you say? by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Is this the x86 flavor of Linux? Then your question is really easy to answer. Shrink your disk partition to make room for a new partition and install some flavor of Windows. I've heard there are quite a few games that run under that OS. And when you've finished just reboot in Linux.

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  3. Might I suggest... by Enoch+Root · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ...that if you want to play multiplayer games that much, partition your disk and install Windows.

    It's what most non-hypocritical Linux enthusiasts do... They realize Windows is still strongest in terms of available games. They use Linux where it's *better*, instead of settling for less in the name of misguided zeal.

  4. Re:Wanna Trade? by sjwt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    or amybe the asnwers
    Can you Say Intel.

    Im qutie happy with my
    'not all that great' AMD XP 1.4Ghz with a two year old Nvida card

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  5. Homos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You are a bunch of Linux using fags. You don't even know what Quake 1 is yet you want some magical action game to drop on your "Linux desktop" or whatever artificial fantasy you made up. Go fuck yourselves or play your gay Linux office circle jerk games. Real men go support those who did hard labor creating those games by downloading Windows games from suprnova.org. Fags.

  6. Re:Umm... by iq+in+binary · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Before I insult you, I would be happy to guide you to howstuffworks.com to get an idea of how stupid the comment you just made actually is.

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