Is it worth coming out of retirement?

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Is it worth coming out of retirement?

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Lately, I've pondered coming back and playing some d3 despite the fact that PXO is down. It's been 2 years since I've hopped in the mines but I'm quite sure it won't take long for me to get back to 85% whoopass capacity in no time.

For those of you still playing, has the average skill gotten better? Are people still whining? Or is it the same ole BS?
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

85%?

Yeah right. I've never seen anyon witht hat high an efficiency. If you play the better players you will not get that high for sure.
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Post by Mr. Perfect »

I think he means 85% of his own personal best. Your skills tend to degrade after you've been away for a while.
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Post by Infamous Ingus »

come on back. its just the normal without pxo.
you can still use kquery and descent.cx for server browsers.
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

Ahhh yes, I red it wrong. Me bad.

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Post by Admiral Thrawn »

Oh, nawww, when it comes to that efficiency, my highest efficiency ranking pilot was around 70 percent. But my main Pilot, Korrupt was the one in which I got into the major battles with the good players. Here's the stats at retirement time

245. Korrupt 29291 Captain 14583 889 65% 66 33 2 18.07.08
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Post by kurupt »

theres a few good players left, and a ton of players who arent any good but think they are.
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Post by Liquid Fire »

There are few things worth coming out of any retirement for. Descent is one of them.
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Post by Ferno »

I can't beat the crap outta you in here if you're expecting it Merlin. ;)
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

Ferno, why not? We are CDN. We can do anything to each other. Don't tell me you wouldn't like it. ;)
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Post by Iceman »

I came out of retirement a few months back. I find a whole lot of new pilots that are OK to pretty good. The old timers seem to congregate in Veins, Halcyon, and Earthshaker quite a bit and the newer pilots are playing a lot of Abend and Subway.

I remember playing you a whole lot of times and I have a good idea of your skill level (yes, it'll come back in 2 weeks max). I think you would be challenged and have fun in the Veins and Hally servers ...

I play a lot of Hally and some veins. Lately I have been quite amused with Subway because it is such an incredibly fast and action packed mod. It is a missile boater level though.

Hope to cya there,

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Post by T-Devil »

Come on back Korr! We're still around. It would be good to shoot you again!

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Post by Ferno »

T-Dev, heya.. where you been hidin man?
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Post by Instig8 »

Descent pilots never retire.
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they just fade away...
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or actually start having sex
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That too.
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Post by Pun »

I'm down for some sex.
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I think Ace is busy with the cat pun... ;)
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Post by Neo »

kurupt wrote:theres a few good players left, and a ton of players who arent any good but think they are.
like you =P
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Post by The Dingman »

Like me.
kurupt wrote:theres a few good players left, and a ton of players who arent any good but think they are.
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Post by Ferno »

I should bitchslap you Neo.
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Post by kurupt »

i dont think i'm any good, i know i used to be and that i no longer am - but am still better now than you ever hoped you could be. :)
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Post by Pun »

gg the other night, thrawn.
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Post by Clayman »

D3 still appears to be alive and kicking. I finally got to play with the Great Ninja, and went even on him, heh.
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Clayman wrote:D3 still appears to be alive and kicking. I finally got to play with the Great Ninja, and went even on him, heh.
Where!......where was he....
Bettina
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I think you are secretly in love with ingus and want little ingus's running around when you grow up
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By all means

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I came back last weekend for the first time in 4 years or more. I pretty much suck at the game now, but it is still incredibly fun. I remeber flying against you all the way back to the demo...before the afterburner bug got me. It's nice to see the community haging in there. I'm glad I finaly came back. Descenters have always been the best...
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Post by Krom »

Holy!!! Its BC! Welcome back! I remember I used to play on your server in Polaris all the time when I was on dial up.
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Yeah...

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I remember you being one of the few who could hand me my ass on my own server everytime you were there. I was happy if I got one good kill on you. Good to hear from you.
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Post by Suncho »

Ahhh I remember those days well... Back when all the newbies were on PXO and all the tournament stuff was on Heat. ;)
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Post by Tyranny »

[semi-necro] and all of the players that really mattered were still playing the better descents on Kali, whats your point? ;) [/semi-necro]
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Re: Is it worth coming out of retirement?

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Admiral Thrawn wrote:...For those of you still playing, has the average skill gotten better? Are people still whining? Or is it the same ole BS?

AHEM.... phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4816
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Post by Beowulf »

Thrawn, screw D3 play Halo 2 with the awesome D3k people!
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Post by Darkside Heartless »

Beowulf wrote:Thrawn, screw D3 play Halo 2 with the awesome D3k people!
Saying that on a D3 BB is tantamount to treason :P

BURN HIM AT THE STEAK!!one (misspelling intentional :P)
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Post by Top Gun »

Beowulf wrote:Thrawn, screw D3 play Halo 2 with the awesome D3k people!
Halo totally heaves. 6DOF or nothing, baby! :D
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Post by Admiral Thrawn »

Yea, I already started a clan. Still recruiting. It's called the helljumpaz

I would love to add you guys to my friends list though
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Ferno wrote:T-Dev, heya.. where you been hidin man?
Hehe, I've been lurking. Been busy too. Got a new job about a year ago and it wasnt one that allowed me to dick-off on the DBB half the day like my previous one did.
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Post by Ani »

Beowulf wrote:Thrawn, screw D3 play Halo 2 with the awesome D3k people!
Had it, Tossed it. Groundpounders suck!!!
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Come on back!

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It's worth it coming back for multiplayer D3 just to pick up some new audio taunts. :P
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