StiffWrists Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Greetings fellow ETPlayers! I'm StiffWrists, one of the few Asians that frequent the TM server . Probably most recognisable from my ~200ms ping times, quick footwork, and insane tendency to rush headlong into heavy fire. I am a 40 year old guy living in Singapore. I work at a small container shipping firm, managing the company's server infrastructure and writing custom code to augment our ERP system. My history with ET started in late 2001 when Return to Castle Wolfenstein (ET's predecessor) was released. Being a fan of the original Wolfenstein 3D, I got myself a copy in the form of a Limited Edition Collector's Tin from a gaming store. At the time I was still on a high latency 56k dial-up and had only intended to play through the single-player campaign. The section on multiplayer in the game manual however intrigued me so much that I decided to try a few games out. Needless to say I was hooked. It was a real struggle playing with ~280 ping and no anti-lag against players on cable but I found ways to excel and impressed enough on public servers to get invited to join a nascent clan. Spent hours honing aim and jumping skills, timing first contact, finding trick shots ('rifle mortar' as a clanmate puts it), planning match strats, scrimming, all that stuff. Even made an ET aim practice map (rgb_practice) which a scarce few of you may have heard of. My biggest regret is having never managed to develop my match play skills to its full potential. We never had a regional ladder in this part of the world, like what CAL did for North America and Clanbase did for Europe. Much of this had to do with the lack of a lingua franca (English is not widely spoken), large geographical distances (ping times) and uneven economic development (RTCW and ET were demanding games). Of the various countries, Japan had the largest and most serious ET community. I knew some Japanese and fell in with the more serious players there but it was never really enough. Fast forward to 2021, I have gotten too old to pour time into this game 🤣. I game on both Linux and Windows with a 35-inch ASUS ROG screen at 3440x1440 and a Ducky 65% mechanical keyboard to maximise my desk space. This large display is the secret behind my ability to engage at extreme distances and being annoying to snipers. I play all kinds of games. Flight simulators, sim racing, city building, RTS, point and click adventures, platformers, interactive novels, you name it. For first-person shooters, I personally like Quake 3 Area and Left 4 Dead 2. I also picked up an arcade stick controller recently and begun playing a bit of Street Fighter. See y'all on the servers! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyxpix Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Welcome ! Come get my sniper 😘 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiNg Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Nice intro! Feel welcome on the forums and the servers See you on the battlefield 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrz Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 wow, impressive introduction . nice to meet you and see you in servers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupla Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hello and nice introduction. but now when youare here feel free to browse our website for spawnkilling rules so i dont have to warn you everytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmxj Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Damn nice intro my friend! Feel free to browse around on our forums and to hop in from time to time in our discord chats. ==> https://discord.teammuppet.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divine_one Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Nice intro! See you on the server! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meo Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Quote Much of this had to do with the lack of a lingua franca (English is not widely spoken) Very interesting, I never thought of that. Welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister J Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Welcome Stiff and thank you for the nice introduction! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebast1an Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Hey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poyer Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hello, welcome to our forums and I'm happy to read your decent introduction! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordMarco6699 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 11:12 PM, StiffWrists said: Greetings fellow ETPlayers! I'm StiffWrists, one of the few Asians that frequent the TM server . Probably most recognisable from my ~200ms ping times, quick footwork, and insane tendency to rush headlong into heavy fire. I am a 40 year old guy living in Singapore. I work at a small container shipping firm, managing the company's server infrastructure and writing custom code to augment our ERP system. My history with ET started in late 2001 when Return to Castle Wolfenstein (ET's predecessor) was released. Being a fan of the original Wolfenstein 3D, I got myself a copy in the form of a Limited Edition Collector's Tin from a gaming store. At the time I was still on a high latency 56k dial-up and had only intended to play through the single-player campaign. The section on multiplayer in the game manual however intrigued me so much that I decided to try a few games out. Needless to say I was hooked. It was a real struggle playing with ~280 ping and no anti-lag against players on cable but I found ways to excel and impressed enough on public servers to get invited to join a nascent clan. Spent hours honing aim and jumping skills, timing first contact, finding trick shots ('rifle mortar' as a clanmate puts it), planning match strats, scrimming, all that stuff. Even made an ET aim practice map (rgb_practice) which a scarce few of you may have heard of. My biggest regret is having never managed to develop my match play skills to its full potential. We never had a regional ladder in this part of the world, like what CAL did for North America and Clanbase did for Europe. Much of this had to do with the lack of a lingua franca (English is not widely spoken), large geographical distances (ping times) and uneven economic development (RTCW and ET were demanding games). Of the various countries, Japan had the largest and most serious ET community. I knew some Japanese and fell in with the more serious players there but it was never really enough. Fast forward to 2021, I have gotten too old to pour time into this game 🤣. I game on both Linux and Windows with a 35-inch ASUS ROG screen at 3440x1440 and a Ducky 65% mechanical keyboard to maximise my desk space. This large display is the secret behind my ability to engage at extreme distances and being annoying to snipers. I play all kinds of games. Flight simulators, sim racing, city building, RTS, point and click adventures, platformers, interactive novels, you name it. For first-person shooters, I personally like Quake 3 Area and Left 4 Dead 2. I also picked up an arcade stick controller recently and begun playing a bit of Street Fighter. See y'all on the servers! Hey @StiffWrists! Welcome on the forum! Which interactive novels do you read/play? I was a big fan of them in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founders MiniMuppet Posted September 2, 2021 Founders Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitmod Admin StaR Posted September 2, 2021 Nitmod Admin Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Really cool intro! Welcome to the forums :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensi_ Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Nice Intro :). Your welcome ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StiffWrists Posted September 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 6:13 PM, LordMarco6699 said: Hey @StiffWrists! Welcome on the forum! Which interactive novels do you read/play? I was a big fan of them in the past Cool! I have not played that many: The 39 Steps, STEINS;GATE and a depressing one about a terminally ill girl seeking death (can't remember the name). More than novels, I tend to play more adventure games or walking simulators like Backbone, Detention, Firewatch, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Monkey Island, Life is Strange, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StiffWrists Posted September 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Thank you all for the welcome! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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