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UT99 was my jam. Low Grav Instagib specifically. That was when I still had a twitch shot. Now at 46, I main pharah bc it's long gone.
Can't talk UT99 without some facing worlds. Whatever happened to ngworldstats? I peaked in my gaming career holding in the top 5 for a week
Fp edit: 1st fp, so great to see the nostalgia shared! My fiance kindly pointed out I'm 47 now, not 46 lol
bloodyconstipatednippledrip
"I'm sorry, did I blow your head apart?"
Tomigami
I wrote a poem about UT as a joke back in the day. My girlfriend got real upset, said I was obsessed. We're not together anymore.
KittenVonCatsworth
I was stationed in Japan with the Navy from 2002-2005, and the base rec area had UT99 on all the PCs. I basically lived there on weekends.
Jacobjet21
I remember playing on A.S.S. severs, and they were all military.
ChrisPinesface
The childhood nostalgia just hit like a punch in the face. So many hours put into this game
Theory89
I still use the killstreak voice out loud to myself when playing CoD... it's THE voice.
cluelesscookie
Lava giant instagib. This cost me years of my life and got me grey hair.
CaptainKipup
The passing of the twitch shot really is a thing. No one can compete with the near pre cognitive reflexes of a teenager on caffeine.
bobimg
We loved low grav, instagib _and_ stealth. Every jump is tense, every shot you hope you werent mistaken as you just revealed where you are.
TrueFactsTotallyNotMadeUpForInternetPoints
You got point
JustAnotherGoodGuy2816969
ULTRAKILL!!
upsidedownyhead
Oh that's the good stuff
anglarite
GODLIKE
StevieTheAussie
HEADSHOT
jesusisherelookbusy
DOUBLE KILL!
sunflowersticklemorethanfeathers
UNSTOPPABLE!!
jesusisherelookbusy
GODLIKE!!
newsguycraigevans
M M M MONSTER KILL! kill kill kill
MrsSlavicHorse
H O L Y S H I T!!!
YourMotherApproves
In high school, I took a Cisco vocational course. Teacher was out one day so I installed UT on all the pcs and we had a huge Lan party.
YohjiMoll
In 2291, in an attempt to control violence among deep space miners
the New Earth Government legalized no-holds-bared fighting.
Selerox
I can hear the music. I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR IT OMG.
illogical1
instagib is tough, but SO SATISFYING WHEN YOU LAND YOUR SHOTS. i miss it...
Idsertian
@OP Here ya go, a time machine for ya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0G6WPuss4
imgjim
Holy wow, yeah I had forgotten how important that music was!
Idsertian
You want another classic banger? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmdWFQAD5ho "I am the Alpha and the Omega."
imgjim
So funny how I haven't thought of these in years and then they just smack you in the face
Idsertian
I'm just listening to them in UEd now, and the nostalgia rush is just a huge dopamine drip. Making me wanna fire the game up on Steam, ngl.
MeatyMouthfeel
Oh, man. I was in a low grav, instagib ctf clan for a while. That game was the best.
TheOldKnot
Me and some colleges we had a TCB-clan
WebDragonG3
low grav instagib is way too much fun
imgjim
Hell yeah!
EverythingRemindsMeOfHer
I was introduced to UT 2004. i loved it so much.
riffifi
I'm still playing Half-Life 2 Death Match in low-grav everyday and I love it.
KiwiStag
Was? Still is awesome to fire up now & then!
expertLevelProcrastinator
oh yiss! and all those mods ❤️
Melonfish
Was talking with my mate about this the other day, low grav instagib was absolutely boss.
KansasComrade
Low grab, instagib, capture the flag was my fucking jam
EKOasaripple
ever play the version on red faction servers with the geo-mod? Couple redeemers to the land bridge and you could separate the islands lol
CloseupCaptionReaction
You guys remember the story based UT game? I was thinking about it couple of days ago
Antalis
Yes. I own Unreal Gold that comes with both 1&2. I have to this day yet to beat the first game lol.
demoncatmara
I haven't beat it yet either, think I need to buy a new copy
Antalis
GoG has it for download. Cheaper than most places.
idiotsonfire
UT3, it was what killed the game forever. Fucken...how do you go from what is a great plot anyway, a tournament fighting for survival-
idiotsonfire
To some ridiculous mercenary-for-hire revenge plot that's as deep as a puddle?
Nellisoft
You mean the original one, Unreal? I would pay full price for a remaster for consoles.
WouldAPonyByAnyOtherNameBeAsOffencive
Heck, it still looks good. Best looking FPS game when the graphics are in pixels :D
RustyNeX
i don't really game at all anymore, yet i keep finding myself coming back to UT99, you can jump right in and have fun.
Idsertian
HEAD SHOT! DOUBLE KILL! MULTI-KILL! ULTRA KILL!!! M-M-M-M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!!! KILLING SPREE! UNSTOPPABLE! *GODLIKE!*
goste
I have every one of those samples mapped to my DJ controller. People love it haha
PhantomWatson
Brilliant!
lrkrnd
My favourite was M-M-M-M-M-MONSTERKILL :D
Idsertian
Sitting on top of one of the towers headshotting bots so this just endlessly looped was goals for 13yo me.
Sturmdodo
Morpheus, what a map. And music...
Maverick8778
All the tracks were total fire, I still put the soundtrack on while I work when I need that extra morale boost
TheFishFace
Me too! Can't help but hum to the menu music
idiotsonfire
Deck 15 and the Assault maps...Assault modes were absent from so many other FPS games for so long even after showing how GOOD they were.
idiotsonfire
Then they got essentially usurped by the dumb vehicle modes in UT2k4 and onwards.
KoRplussomeletters
@Sturmdodo fell a long long way...
capnadorable
Such a good game, this game gave me years of fun
DeinnsBeans
Me and my brothers killed so much time on this game. It was the Xbox port tho, Unreal Championship
imgjim
Agreed. I can't calculate the hours of fun I got out of it, plus all the mods and community maps... Like kitchen, or big balls lol
Gcleff
My friends had 4 computers and we would play LAN all the time. I miss those days :0
Promethianfire
LAN parties were the shit.
NotADodgeBallCannon
My friends and I live in a 2 story aptment and we ran a cat5 cable out my bedroom window to our neighbors window so we could all play ut99
Quizz25S
Hell yeah man. Luggin my 40 pound computer and 40 pound CRT monitor to my brothers house
PicassoCT
Best part of my youth. Remember moving the monitors in for the lan-party and the neighbour joking about: "Schlepptops" (German for CarryMuch
PicassoCT
sounding very similar to laptop)
hightechpirate
UT and quake 3 just brought the FPS genre to a whole new level. Also that was 25 years ago, fuck I'm old.
TheRidg
Quake and Q2 were more important than 3, team fortress, CTF, half-life etc; Q3 never added much new to the genre
yellowtoothed
Q2 the King for me
TheRidg
I remember playing Q2CTF via GameSpy, those were the days lol
yellowtoothed
Gamespy, a blast from the past!
demoncatmara
Quake 3 perfected the multiplayer mode tho, I still play it now. It's engine was pretty great at the time, smooth curves and shaders
demoncatmara
I still love Quake 1 tho, and Unreal Tournament 2004, that game has some super pretty environments
F4TH0G
Not only you ?
Semphir
Hahaha.. When i read the M-M-M i was sent back in time.. Facing worlds. A sniper rifle. The monsterkills overlapping each other.. Good times
somethingstupidandclever
MOMOMOMOMOMONSTERKILL
Philme
This is still my running commentary when i play any shooter game.
hyjukilo
HOLY SHIT shit..shit.. UT2k3 had the -best- commentator.
GOWood
UnnnStoppable….Godlike!
RageRequiem
Used to be able to twitch headshots with the sniper and almost didn't need to realize you existed to shoot, those were the days.
demoncatmara
I'm around 40 and getting better at Quake 3, can twitch headshots with the railgun (well it doesn't need to hit the head, it explodes them)
demoncatmara
But yeah I get into a zone state where it's like automatic, it's great innit :)
Krakencrotch
I once realized that you can crouch on a ledge a few meters down from the roof, inside a pitch black shadow and you'd be entirely invisible
Krakencrotch
So I did exactly that, set my aim to the rear enemy spawn, y'know right around the corner. Didn't even have to move the mouse for headshots
bathtubdronestrike
I swear to God if you went for the rifle in the tower and sniped me I would make it my life goal to face shot you with a flack cannonm
Promethianfire
Flak cannon was my jam. I got pretty good at lobbing shells into people.
idiotsonfire
it was more my speed to fly a Redeemer under the map and then up to the top of the other tower.
bathtubdronestrike
It was you the whole time! You monster!
idiotsonfire
I got some...interesting and quite baffled reactions most times when that happened.
lljkstonefish
under? OH MY FUCK
idiotsonfire
Yeah, the death hitbox is a little bit under the center of the map, you can't fly it under the whole map, some of it is below the deathplane
idiotsonfire
But there's a lot of parts in the center that are above it and you can thread the needle with some practice.
ElBarbu
ANYONE ELSE WANT SOME??
lljkstonefish
SHAZBOT!
jesusisherelookbusy
THAT HAD TO HURT!
bushmuncher
GODLIKE
madjo
RED LEADER, YOU GOT POINT!
jesusisherelookbusy
I’VE GOT THE FLAG!
madjo
ENEMY FLAG CARRIER IS HERE
jesusisherelookbusy
DEFEND THE BASE!
LenzKist74
OH, I'M SORRY, DID I BLOW YOUR HEAD APART?!
Aeolys
INCOMING!!!
idiotsonfire
SIT DOWN!
Wtfduuude
KoRplussomeletters
I had Dr Evil, Bruce Campbell and Denis Leary voice packs.
RavagedByTheSavage
*Navi War Cow noises*
Idsertian
LET'S ROCK!!!
Selerox
BOOM!
bolinotoyou
MONSTER KILL !
ninpo
I am the alpha and the omega
Sigge1981
Glad I'm not the only one who chose to play that character ??
GEPACS
SAME TEAM!
jesusisherelookbusy
I’M ON YOUR TEAM, YOU IDIOT!!
rekkidhuntah
I AM THE ALPHA & THE OMEGA
ElBarbu
Man, so satisfying when I finally beat that fucker
jesusisherelookbusy
DIE BITCH!
GasBandit
I'VE GOT THE FLAG!
olgreenteeth365
I was 43 in '99 and ran my own server with mods, never on the leaderboards but had fun. I played UT until UT3 Black, up into my early 60's.
RVAALLDAY
Holy hell you’re old
gryphoemia
between this and your bio, well, it's good to see that i'm not the only irredeemable asshole on imgur.
SarahDancePainter
Yep takes some digging but the comments tell all
MWM75
Once it hit Black, it lost some joy. 2004 was the best IMHO.
LookingForWorkInColorado
What do you play now?
Antalis
UT04 is still one of my favorite FPS of all time. I ran a few servers for it for a time.
Krinkclecutthighs1337
UT3 was peak fps prove me wrong
youreathing
Good times. I made a small map of the office I worked in at the time. Lots of fun "late work nights" spent.
Icreatedanaccountjusttoupvotethis
This. We also ran the Strange Glove Mod. All about the Hall of Giants.
OriginalEducatedCohort
As a student at a career center in 99, we built our network and tested it with Unreal Tournament! Loved that year!!
imgjim
Nice, I also had a server going. When I went on vacation I had a busy come over to make sure the server was fine and water my weed ha
Phazoner
Did you had the chance to play LawBreakers? It was the closest thing to an Unteal Tournament evolution. Was amazing.
olgreenteeth365
No, never heard of it...
zimirken
I got ut2004, it took up half of my hard drive. Luckily I had two.
lrkrnd
The bathroom level
DysfunctionalReptile
I'm pushing 40 and starting to see that I don't have the same FPS reaction anymore. But you give me hope for my elder days :p
tepmoc
i don't see it yet, but longer sessions become exhausting and i better watch someone play on twitch my favorite game then play longer hours
DisabledParadox
That's why I moved to tactical shooters like HellLetLoose. Still gets the blood pumping but rewards teamwork and tactics over twitchreflexes
nipaxon
I hear you, turning 36 this year and I've started to question how the hell people can react that fast as they do, turns out im getting old.
olgreenteeth365
I'm 68 and still play FPS games, just moved to tactical games like The Division 1/2, Breakpoint, wildlands, fun shooters like Borderlands ->
olgreenteeth365
-and RPG's like Destiney, War Frame and star Trek online. Can't compete with my slower reactions on twitch games I used to play like Q3 etc.
pilotperson
I game with a bunch of early-40s folks and we have a good laugh when we get our faces rubbed into the ground by youths. All good fun!
FuckingTurtleBear
same, worse when it's fortnite and you know they're 12 or something hahaha
cAPTNcAPSLOCK
43 this year - I haven't played BF or CoD in a while even though that used to be my jam, so I don't know if my performance degraded. But >
cAPTNcAPSLOCK
stuff like Vermintide/Darktide or Moba skillshot dodging still works, so I guess it can't be all bad.
FuckingTurtleBear
VT2 for daaaaaaays. me and mates all 40ish. hows DT like?
Norwegiandiy
37 here. Apex diamond player. Reaction times reduce, but not hugely. Still have fun. Use more positioning and tactics than brute aim
imgjim
Mine got worse hugely, at least since my early 20s, but I have 9 years on you. You're 100% on using diff skills, it's still fun
FuckingTurtleBear
how did you get into Apex? I gave it a try, but that game is just straight into the deep end of the meat grinder
demoncatmara
I had the same prob with Apex, it's a heckin' bamboozle, any tips would be super appreciated
Illeatyourcake
Best tip for apex, just like with valorant is to find the uninstall button and click it. That’s the only way to get fun out of those games.
Norwegiandiy
I started in S1. People were absolutely terrible at the game. Now it's a much steeper climb. You have to reset your mentality. 1/2
Norwegiandiy
It's not about kills or damage. It's chess with some aim and movement added. Ignore rank points and you'll have a good time. :)