Well I'm amazed, had no idea. Never tried the game neither do i know anyone who's plaing it. Looks fun. Nice graphics and weapons effects. So I wonder? Why didn't it catch on to the gaming scene . Explain please, I'm curious.

the game is to difficult ... newbie's stop playing it after a couply of days because they dont understand the goals and stuff ... same happend to me actually, got bored of finding out what to do and uninstalled it ;/

Well, ask Sierra. After realizing that the Tribes project was the only real threat to Counter-Strike's supremacy, Sierra bought the Softhouse that was producing Tribes 2 and then fired every single person who was behind this project. You also may have noticed there wasn't any marketing when T2 was finally released. Well, it's also Sierra's fault.
Basically what the gamer community saw was a major company protecting its product. But in the most dishonourable way. :\
p.s.: sorry about my bad english

Me, again, I watched the movie about 10 times and it's damned beautiful..I have been a Q3 freak for a couple of years now but I'm looking for some change. Since U2K3 isn't an alternative (bought it, played it, uninstalled it) and DoomIII or Q4 is more than a year away, so I'll see if I can find a T2 demo or the full game somewhere and try it out..and some tips (url's etc. from any T2:ers out there is most appreciated. : )

learn how to ski (hold jump when going downhill) effectively is what you'd need to learn first.
afaik there arent any t2 newb sites around, so you'd be best off trying to find someone to show you the ropes :/

i have got a t2 account im not using anymore, wanna buy it? :)

ill sell mine for cheaper than zulg will sell his

and thats why counter strike sucks the biggest balls of all.

fu sierra :)

comments about movie maybe

Tribes and Tribes 2 weren't pushed as musch as UT, Q3, and Halflife were. Lots of people still play it including me on occasion. :D

The movies is pretty damn good. I wish Tribes2 demos were as versatile as q3 demos. :|

nice movie

All i get is sound and a green screen. Yes, I installed the codec.
I use win2k and globalDiVX player, but i even tried it with winamp3, where i actually saw something, but it was mostly green, pixels and green pixels.

Here you have an answer (probably). It's from a teamwarfare forum:

People having problems watching this video:

If you've installed nimo codec pack (death to you!@#$!@), thats the reason why you'll probably get sound but no image.

The problem is 'fdfshow', a directshow stream controller or something. Essentially it seems to act as a inbetween for the movie and the codec which causes problems.

You need to uninstall nimo, then (if you really do need it) reinstall it w/o fdfshow (and their other recommended non-starters). Then install the latest xvid codec. Then watch the movie.

Thanks. I NEEDED the nimo codec pack, it was necessary for The Thing.

You never NEED the nimo codec pack, unless you are not a total newbie with codecs (like understand what they are).
It's known tho to cause all sort of a weird errors.

I have ffdshow installed, no problems here.

he's right.. learning curve is just too steep for newbies.
if your willing to spend the time getting into it, you are rewarded.

Gr8 Movie! very entertainig to watch.

well heck i'll dl it since everyone seems to like it =]

I liked the movie :) really nice work ;)

www.bittah.com - Tribes 2 Australian/NZ Community
www.teamwarfare.com - Tribes 2 ladder
www.planettribes.com - Everything Tribes/Tribes2
www.planettribes.com/tribes2/ - Everything Tribes 2

This movie is best FPS movie I have ever seen. It definatley showcases the beauty of Tribes 2.

Want to play an online teamplay game with multiple armour classes, loadouts, terrain deployables and vehicles? Then nothing even comes close to Tribes 2. Sure it is a little harder to learn than the point and shoot of Counterstrike or others but a little patience will reward any player with a depth filled teamgame which is totally unique.

Fantastic.

I played CS. Then I met Tribes 2 and fell totally in love. Yes the learning curve was steep, but I was lucky enough to have people to help me. Now I'm in one of the top clans in Europe.
What happened?
Well, originally we had about 500 000 players (at least thats what I heard long ago) who had their own copy of Tribes 2. Then Sierra fired Dynamix (the developer of Tribes 2), so they couldn't fix several bugs with patches. The people that we didn't lose to the numerous bugs we lost because of the steep learning curve. We've toyed several times with the idea of setting up a "Tribes 2 school" for newbies to learn how things work in the game. Now the only problem is that the player-stream has stopped flowing and we're only left with the hardcore players.
Although, our prayers has been somewhat answered. Sierra is working on a patch (they were supposed to realese a final patch last month, but it just screwed us over even more), which is supposed to fix all our problems. Then they are going to re-realese Tribes 2 in November/December or January. I can personally recommend this game to ANY gamer, and this movie shows exactly why we play this game.
Our community is no longer what it once was, shameful enough. We often ask ourselves why this game never became a much bigger game player-wise than CS. Tribes 2 has little to almost no cheating, we have a very friendly community, the game completely rocks and we have one helluva time when playing. You need good tactics for you team if you want to win matches though.
A medium-skilled team with great tactics are able to win over a very skilled team with normal tactics. Thats what makes it so much fun and exciting.

Some links:
http://www.teamwarfare.com - The main american ladder
http://tribes2.theladder.org - The main european ladder
http://www.planettribes.com - Another great T1/T2 site
http://www.euro-shoutcast.com - Shoutcasting T2 matches is great entertainment, since all matches is SO action-packed and ANYTHING can happen.
http://www.t2tv.com - T2TV is almost like HLTV. We are able to view the game through the shoutcasters eyes while the shoutcaster is commenting on it.

What more can I say about T2? There are so many things that can be said and taught about the game, so I think I might as well stop here. I absolutely love it and will keep on playing till T3 is realesed. Watch for T2 when it hits the shelves once more in Nov/Dec/Jan, and this time, bug-free. GGs.

- European Tribes2 player.

I sure will try it.. Nice!

Wow....
I'll definetely try it. I just hope it doesn't take 6 months til i score my first non-fluke frag.

Very good movie dude. The only think I didn't get was that feeling when you've just grabbed the flag you're dodging blue spins and throwing your last flare at one of two rockets flying your way.


Anyways good job. Very nicely done.

I've downloaded around 50 fps movies over the past few days due to a major boost with my connection, and I must say this is by far the movie that impressed me the most.

My deepest respect for the authors of the movie. I can only join the crowd of amazed watchers :)

If you got limited bandwidth, put this on top of your list. It'll beat 96% of the cs movies and 95% of the q3 movies out there - Not in terms of ownage moments, but pure stunningly editing and an indescribable overall mood. After watching it you will feel nicely relaxed and satisfied ;)

Make it major!

mirrors being re-added.

Thx

Played t2 for 1.5 years in a top5 Euro team, v. fun game, scene is as good as death though. Too bad it never catched the attention of the Pro-gaming leagues. Problem with this game is that u need a lot of players, maps are always 14vs14 or more, so hence the difficulty to get a) a skilled tribe of at least 18-20 players b) hard to travel/go to major lans cuz most tribes are international.

There are loads of T2 movies/

The 4 by Goofy are fun , although theey start to get a bit samey by #4

http://www.dailyrush.dk/tribes2/files/movies/752/
http://www.dailyrush.dk/tribes2/files/movies/784/
http://www.dailyrush.dk/tribes2/files/movies/852/
http://www.dailyrush.dk/files/movies/1102/

tribes1 was the first game i played multiplayer and it was very fun every time.
we ran into network cafes after every schoolday and playaed several hours of tribes1. i continued plying it online when i got my first isdn.
then t2 came and it was even better. but i have to admit that similar to the quake games the moves got easier. skiing down hills is in t2 just holding down spacebutton and i wasnt used to the disks.. because they fly much faste than in tribes1. in my opinion it is a very nice game and the only reason why i stopped playing it and started q3 was that nobody played it on LANs. im looking forward to watching this movie. its the first tribes2 movie ive ever seen and even if it wouldnt be so nice i would still watch it cause i just love this game...
ans shame on sierra =)

Skiing is easy? Heh, it took me almost a year to learn how to ski on Slapdash... Personally I think that good movement in T2 is much harder to learn than in UT (I'm not a Q3A fan, so I don't want to compare T2 with this game). But I don't think it is a good place to continue this discussion :-)

1 year to learn skiing? in tribes2 its just holding down the space button basicly because you automatically jump then again

i think tribes2 looks still boring. the movie wouldn't be that great, if it had not the great music in the background. i also tried tribes2 and thought it sucks. just my 2 cents tho...

Please remember that all shots in "Travel" were made on PUBLIC servers. No clanwars, only random players and accidentally synchronized attacks and defend.

combat unsatisfying, netcode poor, maps too big.

Poor netcode? Lol, with ping 150+ and 32 players on server conditions are much, MUCH better than while UT LAN duels. First try, then say :-P

Comment #2: comments about movie maybe

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I'm not talking about some Epic created "netcode for dumbies", I'm talking about OSP + Q3 netcode

OK. I see you know the crappy T2 netcode very well. Please tell me your nick in T2, I'll add you to my buddy list (or add me - my nick is yavor). Then we could check a few servers... :-P

Been about a year since I've played T2 but IIRC was Ch!lled. Tell you what, you can have my Tribes 2 login and pass so it's not being wasted if you like.

Thx, I have 2 accounts. Give yours to somebody else :P

Well, I was one of first people to own Tribes 2 in the UK. My Q2CTF clan (the Justice Department) was badly looking for a new game and had dabbled individually online and @ Clan LANs with Tribes 1. Tribes 2 was our Doom 3 - we'd spent months awaiting it and getting all excited about it - preparing to upgrade esp. for it and endlessly discussing it, getting excited. On the day it was released, around 10 members of the clan already had it (legit). We even had a clan server... and spent the first few months of it praccying with fellow Q2CTF -> T2 clans like OAP and BYT (not sure if they're still about). We got fairly fed up eventually...

1. The game was laggy.
2. The team requirements were too much. We had to recruit a whole bunch of reliable active players to make sure we had 12-15 online. Organising a praccy was like a military operation.
3. Not enough clans - so the BW league took aaaaaaages to start.
4. Bugs
5. Was generally unsatisfying.

Anyways, that was about a year ago, so about 1 month back I decide to reinstall it and give it a second chance. I have a new spec PC, enough to get better FPS n a better connection. 2 servers seemed to be in use for whole of UK, one was some crappy ballchasing mod and the other was running the ice level (Katabatic?). Just wasn't much fun... spending 2 mins getting to base seeing no-one on the way to be taken out by an automated turrent. IMO in terms of teamplay, RtCW n BF1942 are more fun.

If that was the learning curve being too much then fudge it, frankly. Not patient enough... besides, Q2CTF is full of strafejumpin'amplovin'fastgrapplin'pillspammin'rocketlaunchin'railgunnin'quadtimin'chaingunnin'techswappin'n'flagcappin' action so anything less is caca :)

1. The best netcode I know (UT, UT2003, TO, Q3A base, BF, CS), lags only if the connection or server suck.
2. Yeah. Team requirements are very very hard.
3. Easy game = many players in a few weeks = many leagues in a few months. Now we have a lot of ladders... Too much... :P
4. Heh, it was really buggy, I agree. WAS. I know much more bugs in UT than in T2...
5. Your opinion.

"IMO in terms of teamplay, RtCW n BF1942 are more fun." - yes, I agree again. If you want to have fun, go play RtCW, but if you want to have hard, manlike battle...

Q2CTF? Guys, Q3A rulez in 1v1 or TDM, but there is only one CTF - T2 CTF... All others are funny, nice games.

yes, poor netcode. You usually never get below 100 ping to most servers because of it. Dunno how they screwed torque up so bad.

Besides the netcode allows the engine to move players, making warping possible.

Da_Timsta, not a T2 netcode is bad. Not the netcode...

Well, I have to reply in this games defense, or so I feel anyway.
Combat unsatisfying, I couldn't disagree more.
Netcode poor, I can agree on that, it has a bad netcode compared to Q3. I still get a good ping though, so I don't see it as a huge problem unless you play on a 56k.
Maps too big, somebody has been playing on a Katabatic/Archipelago (two of the biggest maps in Tribes2) public server way too much. Most of the most popular maps in Tribes2 are quite small.

Combat in Tribes 2 isn't even as intense as Q2, never mind QW or Q3.

Edit: and it's infrequent and limited. Lotsa fly up, spam down, etc. Q2CTF, Q3CTF, UTCTF are all far superior... and much more fun... as is BF1942.

And the team sizes are ridiculous. Fielding 12 players+ is/was just impractical and too much hassle.

Thats your opinion and I respect that. If you like going around being a mindless deathmatcher I can understand why Q2 or any other game like it is the game for you.

First off, combat in Tribes2 very intense. If you ever played a real clan match you would know it is. Second, Tribes 2 needs tactics, spammers on a hill, bomber flying in to disrupt, Heavy Offense going to take out generators, Light Offense to kill their Light Defense, Shrike Offense to take out their Shrike defense, wildcat midfielder to pickup a capper on the run, heavy defense to defend the gens... seriously I could go on for AGES. That is far from 'limited'. 'Lotsa fly up'? Yes skiing is a skill you must master, so is flying too. Going around as a mindless soldier may be your thing but people who like more advanced combat will probably like Tribes 2. So I think being good at Tribes 2 is much more satisfying combat wise than any other game. Unlike other games where you basicly just need a good reaction time. All the weapons in Tribes 2 requires their own mastering. Chaining, discing (mid-air discs), grenades, grenade launcher, laser rifle, shocklance, mortar, as previously I could go on for AGES. Then you have the different positions, armors, vehicles, etc. Which also of course introduces the steep learning curve, but I have had np topping that in the ~15 months I've been playing Tribes 2.

12++ players depends on what gametype you play.
We have Base, which requires ~14 players, which most of us has little to no problems getting. Then we have Classic which needs 10. Arena which is 5, etc.

But anyway, like I said, you are entitled to your own opinion.

cough :)

Q2CTF is not for the mindless deathmatcher :) Nor UTCTF... Q3CTF can be but the best teams are way beyond that.

Like I said in #60, mebbe I didn't enjoy it because the learning curve was too steep. A learning curve is fine but that was ridiculous. You have to spend half your time arsing about doing crap... and yes, the team sizes limits the impact an individual can make which is very frustrating.

Q2CTF, Q3CTF, UTCTF, TFC <= pure action

Yeah and I know there are remote stations.

Well, from my experience in top 10 play in Europe you actually need to think more than in other games when playing a match. Should I cover my flag carrier, should I go chase, should I stop those incoming Heavy Offense, should I go Heavy Offense myself, should I repair those base turrets to stop incoming Light Offense.

This makes every players way of thinking having a GREAT impact on the match results. I love this game because of you go cowboy(solo), then you're dead. You need to think as a team, not as an individual. If you go off cowboying you are useless to your team.

So I think saying that an individual player not making a difference is complete and utter crap. I have seen players from every team, which if they don't play, they seriously hamper their teams performance. I have even seen teams making their whole tactics around 2-3 single star players. So tbh I think, an individual not making a difference, is wrong.

And about the action level, PLEASE do not judge the action level from public play. First off, it depends on what servers you play on. Since you are in the UK I presume you play on either Blueyonder or something of that sort. Which is always filled with "newbies" in general terms of speaking. I'm norwegian and I usually play on german servers. Not only because Tribes 2 is the only FPS game so far I have met where you can be a great player with a 100 to 300 ping (depending on what position you play of course). But also because those are the most action filled once. As most players do play international. This is a European game, we normally don't hold any country-league games. Maybe a duel-tournament or something of that sort.
So, back to my point, judging the action level from a public server is not a good idea. Because people do not normally team-play there, which is the biggest factor in Tribes 2. Team-play. Last night, I played in one of the jaw-dropping matches ever. Action non-stopping full-packed.

Although, I don't want to scrape public games totally off the platter, everyday I go on public servers and have loads of fun too. Basicly play with your friends and it won't stop being fun.

Anyway, sorry for the long post, I guess I have a lot to say. Again, you are entitled to your own opinion, so I'm not going to try to hunt you down because you have a different one than I, I just feel that a lot of that is wrong from my point of view on all of this, so I just have to say my deal in the case too. This will be my last post in this topic, I guess I have caused enough ruckus over this :)
gg.

If I wanted to think, I'd not play computer games =)

if you cant judge a game from public servers, you shouldnt expect people to get into it.

very beautiful movie...awesome
some of the best gaming movies ive seen so far and i dont know anything about tribes
just beautiful

Nice movie indeed. Good choice of music, fits the imagery perfectly.

Nice artsy stuff but had no direction as such... and a bit low on action. There's another Tribes 2 movie I've seen - mebbe called The Cap - excellent structure (the setup, the attack, the escape) - prolly better. Quite short, think it was set on Katabatic. Can't remember URL.

If anyone wants a working l/p for Tribes 2, feel free to msg.

great work , it kicks the fooze-ut movie from my personal rank 1 just great work :)

never played tribes but it looks fantastic

www.tribalwar.com is the only Tribes site that matters

tribalwar is not only a disgrace to the tribes community, but humanity as a whole.

absolutly amazing, damn good job man! :-)

Good movie! Makes me wanna buy the game. Looks like movies can really give the feel of the game to someone with completely diffrent "game" background.
(note: never download Sims movie)

Just to echo what everybody else has said (who says that inflating the ego is bad) really cool movie. Played T1 once at a lan and had a blast, this looks just like it but more. I was thinking during it "what if this was our online game as opposed to cs?". I read the netcode remarks, but I don't think I'd find the battle unsatisfying... There looks like there's good close up fighting and excellent air fighting, which is one of the things I loved about UT. All I know is when it comes to rockets in q3 I'm all about prediction, and it looks like that's a pretty highly valued skill here.

Well done.

:o

Amazing.

Very nice game movie, top10

There are better T2 movies, even if this is done quite nice, its nothing special.

heh.. netcode bad.. the entire game is prediction.. you can do quite well for your team on 300 ping.. name another game you can do that in..

whats up with xvid plugin?
half of the movie is green here =\

I feel sorry for you. It's a great movie.

weird all the xvid movies screw up on my pc.
maybe reinstall some stuff :-)

*edit it was the nimo codec pack that fucked up*

best i have ever seen

btw

makes you wonder why gamedevelopers make such an effort to make more detailed graphics. does it need to be better then that?

What are those ugly pixelated transitions man? It makes the whole movie experience ugly- (yes i have proper xvid codecs). Who the heck encodes in xvid when it's know that it's quite buggy as of now. Why not do a normal divx encode?

Geez- the whole movie looks like trash cause of your codec choice- perhaps u intended it that way which is even worse...



Good mvoie though!

This was probably THE best gaming movie I've ever seen. Absolutely stunning..And I suppose it doesn't even contain anything that "special" in terms of gaming..But still, a wonderful movie, and the first movie that actually made me want to play a game just by watching the gameplay. Lightyears better than the "standard" promo vids showing gameplay.

smart movie, its almost convinced me to try tribes2 :)

Reason t2 never got really big? Not because of bad netcode or too hard skill curve but because of team sizes. In europe it has been played 14vs14 mainly and in US 16vs16. So it takes real dedication to run a clan.

The sadest thing I know is people who have never played t2 before and search for servers with players on to try it. Usually they end up on a public game with 95% newbies (ie. katabatic only servers are looked upon as "newbie servers" because quite frankly they are populated by people who are new and have no idea how to play the game effectivly).

Its even in this movie. People driving out their MPB in the middle of the map and placing turrets around it. Then they stand still there with the missile launcher for the rest of the game. Its not lastingly entertaining, its not how any half serious competative clan would ever do in a match, its not an effective tactic. But sadly alot of people get stuck at that point and figure that this is what t2 is all about and after a day or two they go back to q3 or cs or whereever.

It really makes me sad to see such a brilliant game go down. The size of the european t2 community is only of a few hundred dedicated people now. Yes there have been alot of bugs, patches, more patches and annoyance but still it remains the only game that has made me play it 4+ hours/day for over a year. If only more people would give it a serious chance..

/member of former european t2 #1 clan Insurrection

Btw @ comment 66, ChR?

Your one and only.

Yes, it is really sad that ppl everywhere speak about "Esport", "eSport", "esport" etc but don't want to play the game where they have to make a serious effort to play effectively. I don't know a game where teamplay is so hard to learn, where it is so much tactics and even strategy (I'm a journalist working for one of two largest computer games magazines in Poland, so I know "a few" games...).

All these things around T2 show me that in fact there is no esport yet. Ppl want to play games where they are able to play effectively in month or two, especially if the new FPS is similar to the previous one. Do you know a sport discipline where you can be a master after 1-3 months? I don't... Esport is still the future of what we have now: e-entertainment.

sigh.. so true :/
the possibilities of what could-be (or could-of-been)

hehe when was -i- #1?

besides teamsizes aint the main thing, the learning curve is. Skiing doesnt make sense and there is no real tutorials that show you how.

Also, pubs with only good players are even worse. I enjoy playing with new players because they are willing to learn. Good players just want to rack up points and look cool.

T2 was destroyed by a rushed release, a steep learning curve and arrogant retard players.

Life is the best tutorial, and brain. Both are always ready to use.

I don't agree that "T2 was destroyed etc". Bullshit, just a common propaganda, especially in mouths of ex-T2 players or T1-players. There were many players who didn't understand that game or didn't put enough effort into the game, that's all.

BTW steep learning curve (what means skill in function of time) means that game is easy too learn. T2 has very flat learning curve.

Hmmm on reflection, this is better than the other Tribes 2 movie I saw (Shadow Troopers Japan)... tho when I first saw that it impressed me because it gave me a better impression of the buzz/excitement of setting up and executing an elaborate cap in T2 - kitting up, getting into position, acquiring targetting laser guides on defenses, splitting off and spamming mortars at internal systems... vehicles, etc.

that is one amazing movie and its prompted me to play tribes two again. the frags are great... its so hard to hit someone in the air with a spinfusor

really nice quality movie, well put together and edited, nice effects, wp :-)

james, cani have ur account :)

[email protected]

Ut >*

No cos you're an AOLer

This movie is definatly well worth the time spent downloading, the scale of things just blows you away. especially liked the fly by scenes towards the end, and the aircraft with the sunset backdrop. v.good!

The game was never really pushed in Europe, it's always been an American franchise. Sierra stunted Tribes 2 by releasing it buggy and then sacking the whole of Dynamix (the dev company).

Since then Sierra have had second thoughts, they've fixed the game with good patches, added two exciting new mods and have announced they are working on a "Tribes 3" (no official name yet, expect it in 3 years).

I've played most FPS at clan level, CS especially and Tribes cannot be compared. The best way to describe it is to call it a Strategic FPS. The learning curve is long but only if you run around servers doing crazy things, if you take 10 minutes to read a tutorial for the game you'll instantly halve the learning curve from n00b level to "gamer" level. Of course that is the beauty of the game, 14 a-side, endless team tactics and positions (really, no other FPS comes close, I cannot say that enough) it just goes on and on. I've played for 2 years now and I've played for England and yet I'm still picking up endless skills and learning new positions all the time. Despite that the game still keeps and active pace (especially with classic mod), there is very little running 10km to get fragged in 10 seconds like BF1942.

The game does have strong European, North American and Australian leagues in place that others have linked to in previous posts.

If Travel has given you even the slightest tingle then go grab the game, it's very cheap (budget title) and well worth the money now that Sierra have finally fixed it.

if only my computer could handle T2 then I could try it out :/

this is -[ENIG]ma-. i am an American Tribes 2 player, and have been playing Tribes since it first came out. i have always brought home new games like CS, UT, UT2k3, and other shit like that... but nothing compairs to Tribes2. it takes a hella long time to get the ropes down, and then it takes 100 times longer to actually be "l33t"

if you are looking for a cheap thrill... then go with CS, UT2k3, and other games where you can purchase and own the same night.

if you are looking for a game that you can put your heart and soul into and stay with it daily for years... Tribes2 is your game

Tribes2 is all about strats, skill, and fun. matches are held with 14 people (for standard classic ladder on TWL). with 3 armors and "packs" that can help add to the versatility of each armor, there are countless positions a person can play, and with vehicles... it adds a new dimention to teamplay. our teams use "mortar spam" with timing scripts with "cappers" (flag grabbers) to time spam with cappers runs split seconds apart leaving the flag open just long enough to get in and out.

public servers are shit... but if you want to get skilled fast, Duel Mod, LakRabbit (and MINrabbit), classic, and arena are gonna get you there the fastest.

if anyone needs some help with anything, PM me in irc.dynamix.com #unsung my handle in IRC is [ENIG]ma

I placed a very nice flamebait (j/k) here: http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=289228

read on :P

Awesome movie.

Best game movie I have seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hExwjoxY1_0&a...X-tr3ghJzJ

that mortar shot at 11 minutes was sick