Not exactly "Farenheit 360" but...

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:53 pm

Since that should have been entitled "Descent vs. Half-Life, and therefore why Half-Life sucks," I decided to try my hand at some Descent propaganda. Something that focuses only on the good points of Descent. Something like this.

Thoughts? Flames? I whipped this up in a couple of hours, no extensive research, just fun with HTML and screenshots.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:40 pm

That was actually pretty damn good. My only suggestion is that you add some links to the community beyond PD. Add a link to here, and kali.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:56 pm

Very cool.

You should definitely provide links to here, and to Vortex.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:20 am

Uh huh. Good for advertising. If there's anything negative about any other specific games, it's probably the comment about MW4's control setup - which, let's face it, most MW4 players I know would readily agree with anyway - and um, other than that, it just seems to focus on what makes Descent different.

I should note that these days there is a growing 'nostalgia gaming' movement, mainly by people looking for games with things ... not unlike what Descent has to offer. (And, of course, people like me who never had hardware good enough to run anything better anyway.

) Not a bad page for marketing to such people.

Of course, if they all saw it, heh...

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:47 am

Very good! Two things in addition to the above that I would consider adding:
1) That keyboard/mouse setups are still quite possible (since most people find joysticks more of a burden than a feature

)
2) Current links where to still buy the series such as...
http://corporate.marketworks.com/storef ... 181&dfid=1
http://www.knightdiscounts.com/software ... _space.htm
http://corporate.marketworks.com/storef ... 181&dfid=1

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:52 am

Nice!

this is how it should be done

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:37 am

Yep... I can't think of too much other than what people already said. Good job.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:51 am

Wow... thanks a ton! I'll throw in some links to other Descent sites later on today. I had planned on doing that originally, just didn't think about which ones to put.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:22 am

Very nice job. Some better screenshots would be nice.

May I suggest linking to this very informative thread by Pugwash:

How to patch, find games, and chat.

Also, here's a video by Bunyip of Descent 3 in action. Please dont hotlink it though. Host it yourself if you want to use it.

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:28 am

Nice write up!

Makes me want to play... good job funkystickman. Btw... you better really be funkay, or Iâ??m calling TheCops.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:05 am

Very good. All of the above echoes my thoughts.

Zero! · Post by **Zero!** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:37 am

kinda boring to me ;p

World War Woodi · Post by **World War Woodi** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:19 am

That was awesome, very nice write up and a sweet video.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:36 pm

I was planning on getting some better screentshots eventually. Remember, this was a quick hack.

And yes, I'm funkay. I play slap bass and funk guitar. Saxophone too. Make my funk the P-funk.

The video is 14MB, I don't have room to host it on my page, but I may be able to do something cool instead. We'll see.

LEON · Post by **LEON** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:14 pm

Keep up the funk!

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 11:49 pm

Okay, I've added links, and tweaked it a little to add more information. I'll work on getting some good screenshots this week to polish it up. Heck, I might print this up and hand it out at the next LAN party I go to, along with CDs of all the demos and stuff. That would rock!

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:32 am

Dude...

What up with all the positive attitude? How ridiculous is that, to try to make people think the game is cool by showing them why?

IN all seriousness, awesome article.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:09 am

Good job, better than that other flaimbait

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:04 am

I've been incredibly lazy about posting news on PD over the last few weeks, but I finally got around to linking to your article.

Very nicely done.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:43 am

I noticed lastnight that the PD news was totally blank.

Good article BTW.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:31 pm

Again, I'm thrilled that you guys like it. At least the next time you clobber me in D3, you can stop and think, "you know, that guy has good writing skills!"

I've been sick this week, and the wife has frowned upon playing Descent all night until I feel better, so better screenshots will have to wait.

As a side note, I now have my 4-year-old and my 7-year-old fighting over who gets to play "Level 1 Space" as my kids call it (Descent 1). Andy calls lasers "Poom-pooms" and he happily shouts along with them as he blasts robots to smithereens. "Poom! Poom! Take that, sucker!"

The day after I posted this article, I got 47 hits. Today, I've got 65 and still counting. This one page counts for about %45 of my total website traffic, by a large margin. This supports what I knew all along.

Descent is the only thing that really matters!

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:40 pm

Mind if i linkify this in other forums?

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:43 pm

Feel free. I'd be thrilled.

max kragen · Post by **max kragen** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 8:59 pm

wow funky'...simply awesome...gj

Mickey1 · Post by **Mickey1** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 6:59 am

FunkyStickman excellent maneuver. Maybe HeXetic should use your article as a hook for Into Cerberon with the Doom3 community.

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:26 am

We're going on 180+ hits, with more than 150 unique visitors within 2 days. Not bad for a quick hack. Hopefully, this will show that it's easy to figure out why Descent is still so popular.. it's not rocket science (no pun intended).

Good games are good games.

Not exactly "Farenheit 360" but...

Not exactly "Farenheit 360" but...

Descent propaganda D4E