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Question of the Day: Will you be subscribing to the new Disney+ R49 streaming package?
Virgin online gamer, please help...
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mithrandi
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You could use something like GameSpy; however, almost all of the servers / players you encounter will probably be international, which you probably don't want. What you need to do is look around at the various local gaming "services". Here's a few to get started, I'll add any others that anyone mentions to the list:
GameWave - http://www.gamewave.za.net/
SAIX Games Service (SGS) - http://games.saix.net/
M-WEB Games - http://www.mweb.co.za/hub/games/default.asp
Have a look at what games they run servers for, pick one that you want to play, and connect to it
The exact procedure for connection to a server varies from game to game, of course.
As far as Steam goes, it's an online content distribution system run by Valve; I'll let someone else explain it in more detail, since I don't play Valve games, but basically you use it to download updates and stuff for Half-Life / Counter-Strike / etc.
mithrandi
GameWave - http://www.gamewave.za.net/
SAIX Games Service (SGS) - http://games.saix.net/
M-WEB Games - http://www.mweb.co.za/hub/games/default.asp
Have a look at what games they run servers for, pick one that you want to play, and connect to it
The exact procedure for connection to a server varies from game to game, of course.As far as Steam goes, it's an online content distribution system run by Valve; I'll let someone else explain it in more detail, since I don't play Valve games, but basically you use it to download updates and stuff for Half-Life / Counter-Strike / etc.
mithrandi
Andre
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You can try the All Seeing Eye at http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.html
This will find you local game servers with a bit of fiddling.
This will find you local game servers with a bit of fiddling.
Strobemeister
Expert Member
Ja, I also recommend AllSeeingEye for local servers, a very nice piece of software.
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HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Start with team fortress on the IS RTV servers.
Thats easily the most noob friendly community available. Or rather...the team isn't going to shout at you for screwing up.
Thats easily the most noob friendly community available. Or rather...the team isn't going to shout at you for screwing up.
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
Too much hassle - faster to answer & then maybe someone who lands here via google can use it