Quite simply, where are all the PC gamers on Hyper? [Archive]

sausage

10-09-2009, 08:19 AM

This page seems to be the most under-used on Hyper forams so I guess it's safe to assume the majority of you are console gamers.

So who are the PC gamers here?

And why aren't you posting?

I'm a PC gamer but don't look at me for new thread ideas.

edit: @ Azza below - I am a one-percenter.

Azzaman

10-09-2009, 08:27 AM

Most games these days are cross platform and so they get put into general gaming. That and 99% of pc gamers play WoW anyway...

FX-GTZ

10-09-2009, 08:50 AM

I still play alot of pc games, but the majority of my time is now spent playing them online. Also i think this forum isnt used much due to the pc always being shoved aside because PC's have been around long since the super nintendo's lifespan was over.

tau

10-09-2009, 08:58 AM

I still play alot of pc games, but the majority of my time is now spent playing them online. Also i think this forum isnt used much due to the pc always being shoved aside because they have been around long since the super nintendo's lifespan was over.

what?

sausage

10-09-2009, 09:03 AM

Yeah... what? What are "they"; PC gamers or PC's themselves?

Clarification needed. Plus could you explain your point a bit; I can't see where you are going with it.

Blue

10-09-2009, 09:09 AM

PC Powerplay.

Lazlow

10-09-2009, 09:14 AM

sweet jesus, that made f*** all sense.

I still game on the PC, but mainly racing sims and point & click adventures. Two genres which have fallen by the wayside over the last decade. My PC is about 7-8 years old though, so once I upgrade (still running with AGP >_>) I might have the juice to run some of the newer releases.

As mentioned, 98% of the PC action here is within WoW, and you'll get the occasional spurt of activity with popular relases (Team Fortress 2).

TAT

10-09-2009, 09:18 AM

I do a lot of gaming on the PC, but I very rarely buy new games: always wait for the budget releases.

OpFlash2 will be this year's exception

AranchineD

10-09-2009, 09:28 AM

Same with Lazlow, computer is ancient/laptop isn't really gaming suited, so I really only play the older games on PC.

SOX

10-09-2009, 09:40 AM

PC Powerplay.

^this

sausage

10-09-2009, 09:40 AM

Not good for Exiles.

Watchers

10-09-2009, 11:52 AM

I play a fair amount of PC games. Mostly multiplayer on weekends, or cheap indie/budget games. I do like to play my FPS on PC, but there hasn't been an interesting shooter since Crysis Warhead. I did start playing Champions Online recently, so I'll be playing that a fair bit.

JubeiSaotome

10-09-2009, 12:09 PM

If there isn't activity in PC Gaming, you MAKE activity in PC Gaming.

Clockw0rk

10-09-2009, 01:27 PM

See: Monthly Steam Game thread. Go play Sacrifice, post there.
I'm still trying to get my copy to work under Windows 7 :(

sausage

10-09-2009, 01:28 PM

Hay Clockw0rk I bought that Panzer Dragoon Orta on Xbox in Huntly after all - wanna swap it for Morrowind GOTY?

Vindik8or

10-09-2009, 02:05 PM

PC has the best games always and forever, the end.

Silverwolf

10-09-2009, 02:49 PM

PC has the best games always and forever, the end.

This.
Also, console controllers are horrible devices, Keyboard and mouse is the surperior input system.
I'm a mad PC gamer, I don't own any of the current gen consoles.

Surgeon.

10-09-2009, 02:53 PM

Quite simply, where are all the PC gamers on Hyper?

In the poorly named Creedy Fan Club.

Actually, I think we're the most active gaming group on these forums.

AranchineD

10-09-2009, 02:55 PM

KB+M is superior for RTS, FPS, MMO, Adventure Games and Tactical Strategies ONLY!

Spudzilla

10-09-2009, 02:58 PM

forams xD

AranchineD

10-09-2009, 03:01 PM

This isn't a game.

This is life.

Afrogamer

10-09-2009, 03:13 PM

Well ive recently got a new pc, but the only game i really seem to be playing is tf2.

Slippery

10-09-2009, 03:19 PM

In the poorly named Creedy Fan Club.

Actually, I think we're the most active gaming group on these forums.

Yeah the Creedy (previously the Slippery and Tsplodey) Fan Club is playing Tf2 most weekends.

Feel free to join us, if you have a mic and like nonsensical inanae conversations.

Azzaman

10-09-2009, 03:44 PM

and catchphrases.

Afrogamer

10-09-2009, 03:45 PM

Yeah the Creedy (previously the Slippery and Tsplodey) Fan Club is playing Tf2 most weekends.

Feel free to join us, if you have a mic and like nonsensical inanae conversations.

sounds fun, just need a mike now :(

dinopoke

10-09-2009, 05:13 PM

TAT

10-09-2009, 05:18 PM

sounds fun, just need a mike now :(
Plantronics sell an awesome headset (headphones & mike) for, like, $30. I found mine at Harvey Norman

Watchers

10-09-2009, 06:15 PM

In the poorly named Creedy Fan Club.

Actually, I think we're the most active gaming group on these forums.

Far more active than any group Aran is involved in.

sounds fun, just need a mike now :(

You can also use a 360 headset if you happen to have a wired controller - just plug the controller into the PC, then headset into the controller. I used to do this before I bought my gaming headset.

AranchineD

10-09-2009, 07:18 PM

Far more active than any group Aran is involved in.

Look if I actually cared my group would be up to a thousand posts by now!

Watchers

10-09-2009, 07:44 PM

Look if I actually cared my group would be up to a thousand posts by now!

Yes, but 1000 Aran posts roughly equates to 1 regular post.

AranchineD

10-09-2009, 07:50 PM

Look if I actually cared my group would be up to a million posts by now!

fearofthesky

10-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Not good for Exiles.

*sigh* what did you do?

sausage

11-09-2009, 04:13 AM

Posted a pron link but I was set up and totally innocent.

Fenrir

11-09-2009, 07:21 AM

"Laywer ****ed me."

Anyway, I wish I could say I kept my Windows systems in orderly enough condition for PC gaming. >_>
The real issue is that I don't actually have a desktop to call my own, anymore, and my laptop's CPU tends to blow chunks when allowed to run at full capacity - at first notably during summer, but microchips degrade under stress, apparently. The legacy family desktop's CPU is actually underclocked for this very reason.

I also tend to hate installing* several gig of %ProgramFiles% data, especially at the rate that I go through Windows partitions. It'd be nice if PC developers slid a little toward the centre of the install/plug'n'play scale - maybe by making continual use of those discs they make us carry around, and/or providing systems to cache install-indiscriminate data elsewhere, so that data can be kept on another partition and not require a full reinstall when I reinstall Windows.

*anything really. >_>

Stevorooni

11-09-2009, 07:28 AM

I occasionally play PC games, the latest stuff still runs with the specs turned down to 'console' quality.

But I prefer gaming on the couch in front of a big TV, not at a desk with a reasonably sized monitor. While I could hook the PC up to the TV it's not really practical because I also use it for work purposes.

So in conclusion, someone buy me a new kickass gaming PC to plug into the TV

Beinkasaurus Rex

11-09-2009, 09:14 AM

PC Gamer yo

Watchers

11-09-2009, 11:52 AM

Azzaman

11-09-2009, 12:27 PM

haha, I knew that would bite you guys in the arse ;)

Lordage

12-09-2009, 07:53 PM

I used to be a big PC gamer, then I started playing Professional CS and my interest in everything else sort of died. Now I no longer play CS (I had to quit in order to pass uni :P ) I only play WoW.

PS: I <3 Silverwolf >.>

ThePhotoshop

12-09-2009, 08:10 PM

then I started playing Professional CS
What was that like?

Silverwolf

12-09-2009, 09:43 PM

What was that like?

It was pro. I got to play with him once when he was still becoming awesome.
Made me wish I had mad skillz~

Lordage

13-09-2009, 03:53 PM

What was that like?

I loved it, it was so much fun. I REALLY miss it but I had to focus on... y'know... life and stuff :P

Silver you weren'thalf bad, you had heaps of potential dude.

adam_91vn

13-09-2009, 10:27 PM

Really enjoying crysis but I think my mouse is ****ed. Every 5 minutes it justs points up to the sky normally in battle. Makes it less fun. Might try a wired one

ElPresidente

14-09-2009, 04:28 PM

I game almost exclusively on the PC so I find the discussion on PCPP more relevant. Their Games Discussion forum seems to be more active than our General Gaming. :/
Personally, I find that their games forum is rather mixed (you can find some really good discussions as well as some really awful ones) mostly due to their larger user base. Interestingly though, the WOW thread is pretty active, way more than PCPP.

I've always been amused by the size of the WoW thread on the respective forums too.

My personal theory is that PCPP forumers have PCs that are not limited to just WoW and as such more freely move between MMOs (have a look at how popular the Champions Online thread is currently). The Hyper PC folk that post in here, I think it is safe to say, are running more aged hardware than your average PCPP gamer (just as you are more likely to find console owners at Hyper than you are at PCPP) and as such WoW represents one of the few pieces of software with continued support that doesn't pose any form of stress for your PC.

Ha! It's Lordage... wondered where you had disappeared to. Not exactly surprised to learn it was CS. :P

Dunkurtin

14-09-2009, 07:31 PM

I've always been amused by the size of the WoW thread on the respective forums too.

My personal theory is that PCPP forumers have PCs that are not limited to just WoW and as such more freely move between MMOs (have a look at how popular the Champions Online thread is currently). The Hyper PC folk that post in here, I think it is safe to say, are running more aged hardware than your average PCPP gamer (just as you are more likely to find console owners at Hyper than you are at PCPP) and as such WoW represents one of the few pieces of software with continued support that doesn't pose any form of stress for your PC.

Ha! It's Lordage... wondered where you had disappeared to. Not exactly surprised to learn it was CS. :P

I've played Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and recently the Aion beta. I just keep going back to WoW because its already so well established and i know people who play. If i remember correctly the majority of really active WoW players from here actually have pretty decent systems. I know for a fact mine and silvers can play pretty well anything out at the moment, i'm pretty sure theiffy only got her pc this year. In other words I dont think its so much a restriction on what our computers can handle but more the fact that this forum has had a presence in the game for so long it's just the easiest choice if you don't want to play alone.

Lordage

15-09-2009, 12:01 AM

Ha! It's Lordage... wondered where you had disappeared to. Not exactly surprised to learn it was CS. :P

Werd, how's it going old man? :P

ElPresidente

15-09-2009, 07:34 AM

I've played Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and recently the Aion beta. I just keep going back to WoW because its already so well established and i know people who play. If i remember correctly the majority of really active WoW players from here actually have pretty decent systems. I know for a fact mine and silvers can play pretty well anything out at the moment, i'm pretty sure theiffy only got her pc this year. In other words I dont think its so much a restriction on what our computers can handle but more the fact that this forum has had a presence in the game for so long it's just the easiest choice if you don't want to play alone.

I think that definitely has a role to play but I remember when I was doing the WoW rounds with the crew here only a handful had computers that were capable of playing more and I always felt that had a role to play.

Evidently that isn't the case now. :P

REQUIEM

19-09-2009, 07:47 PM

I only ever played WOW yet since im in WOWrehab I only use the PC for net surfing and Forums.

Dunkurtin

19-09-2009, 09:03 PM

Waste of a PC. Pick up some decent PC games or trade in for a netbook imo.

ScToTeE

19-09-2009, 09:35 PM

The last game I played on my PC would be Duke Nukem 3D over a decade ago. Blatantly I don't use my laptop for gaming, but I'm thinking of starting. Seeing as I've just confirmed that The Witcher: Enhanced Edition would work on here, that'll be the one I go with first. :D

sausage

20-09-2009, 06:12 AM

Excellent game.

Slippery

20-09-2009, 09:13 AM

Team

Fortress

2

Laveidem

26-09-2009, 09:50 AM

KB+M is superior for RTS, FPS, MMO, Adventure Games and Tactical Strategies ONLY!

So, pretty much all the good games?
Just kidding. :D
I've always had trouble using a controller, my hands cramp up really bad thus limiting my amount of playtime on consoles.:(