Introduce Yourself!

[Tripwiredz]

Hi Everybody,

I'm Shawn. I'm from Michigan and 22 years old. I currently work as a photographer and editor as part of the Virtual Tour industry (think Google Maps but for businesses).

I play Tribes: Ascend as TripwixedZ, some of you may know me from there. My favorite games throughout my life so far go something like..> Donkey Kong on the SNES, Twisted Metal on the PS1, Jedi Academy on PC (glorious), Battefield 2, then Tribes: Ascend.

I enjoyed trying out the older Tribes titles, and playing Legions: Overdrive, but recently have found myself hopelessly searching for a new game that has the mechanics I crave. This is one of those games. I've been watching anxiously as Telos grows more and more complete...I am addicted to shenanigans and going fast.

[Veyzer]

Hello everybody,
I am Guilian Lindner, a 15 years old german student. The only game I currently play is League of Legends which is why I really needed another game. That's how I found Arms of Telos in an online article when I was searching for innovative games, especially those with uncommon, interesting movement systems (Attack on Titan made me desire such a game). So luckily I got here which is one of the greatest events in my gaming history. To bridge the time until the first release I started making fan stuff (maybe you have seen my picture posted on facebook) and spreading this revolutionary masterpiece in germany so that it will hopefully join the community.
However, I really am super excited for this legend to develop, rise and bloom.

[JustinPierce]

Welcome, everyone! So awesome to see new faces

currently living in Texas

I'm in Dallas! You going to PAX South?

Jedi Academy

Hehe, was that the one where everybody would run around backwards trying to land the reverse stab move?

The only game I currently play is League of Legends which is why I really needed another game.

I think that's the case for a lot of PC gamers

[MKULTRA]

I'm in Dallas! You going to PAX South?

I wish I could go but got some work obligations during PAX.

I'm just east of you in the Tyler area.

[Tripwiredz]

You know it! All the flipping and saber-cancelling was tons of fun back in middleschool. J:A had a really great lightsaber system. Huge clan scene in the pubs, and it seemed really balanced to me. Those were the days...

[Grandy]

Greetings,

I am Grandy, a 21 year old from England, currently in the workplace as a developer/tester before my final year at uni studying Computer Science.

Currently play a fairly random selection of games, from League of Legends, to Civ V, to TF2, or even Worms since it's such a great classic. Got into FPS games through Ace of Spades (the old beta) which had a decent but fairly small competitive scene, but was one of the top players - since then rarely found FPS games to be as intriguing, but Telos certainly caught my attention.

Looking forward to seeing how the game plays out and seeing how this community develops.

[osvg]

Yo,

I'm Truett, 23 year old working for metallurgical lab in Charlotte, NC.

Currently playing Path of Exile, BoI: Rebirth, Sm4sh Bros, Dota2, and Speed Runners.
Played TF2, Smashball, and Tribes: Ascend Comp
Proud member of the dead HL mod Smashball. Had great grappling mechanics. Really hoping this scratches that same itch.

[JustinPierce]

Welcome, @Grandy and @osvg!

since then rarely found FPS games to be as intriguing

Curious, why do you think that is?

Proud member of the dead HL mod Smashball. Had great grappling mechanics. Really hoping this scratches that same itch.

I remember Smashball! What was your role?

[Grandy]

Well, all of the AAA titles seem all the same - never had enough interest to actually buy them, played a CoD-type clone called 'Arctic Storm' (I think it was) while that existed - which was okay but nothing about those games really ever feels new or exciting to me, just recycled gameplay with the occasional "new thing" which just adds extra side stuff rather than changing the mechanics.. I guess it's just not my kind of thing.

I have played on the side games such as CS:GO (which was very unforgiving) and Warface (that had terrible multiplayer but fun-ish co-op but was haunted by pay to win mechanics).. the only FPS I really play these days is TF2, simply because I find it diverse and skill-oriented.. a genuinely fun game in my opinion because of the variety and combinations that are all balanced pretty darn well. It is also the epitome of free to play and I respect it greatly for that - I hold the same opinion of League of Legends, it's just great when companies design their games properly around the monetization strategy they want to employ, instead of bolting it onto the side and inevitably having to slap price tags on things that you should simply not have access to.

I guess it also comes down to the fact that Ace of Spades tested me to my limits of reflexes/accuracy - it was 1-hit kill for headshots and it really trained your twitch aiming, while also adding sandbox terrain and that kind of thing. It was something new and exciting but was bought out by Jagex (no need to say more). Since I've been there and done that for the straight reactionary shooter I suppose I'm just looking for something off-piste... skill oriented and diverse.

[Kirotera]

Hello, I'm Mihir [Tribes: Kirotera and then VoItaire (l is a capital i)] and I'm 15. I live in Michigan and love gaming. I started out with Super Mario on the DS and Star Wars Battlefront II on PS2 when I was about 7 or 8 and then moved to the Wii and then PC during middle school. I enjoy FPS, but I'll play whatever if it's with friends. I played tons of Minecraft and Teraria in middle school and then moved on to COD and realized that was super boring after finally diving into Tribes. I now play some CS:GO with friends, Far Cry(3,4), CiVilization, and of course Tribes: Ascend. I'm a little late on being early for AoT, but I can't wait to get into it. In my non-gaming time, I practice coding in Java and C++, playing ping pong, and playing the cello. I hope to become a game developer during college once I get the basics down with Java and C++.

[osvg]

I remember Smashball! What was your role?

I played HB mostly in PUGs and PUBs. I'd play HB and FB in comp. All about those fumbles.

[Tank]

Registered here about two weeks ago, might as well make a little intro.

Hello, I'm mostly known on the interwebs as Tank. Just a regular Irish guy enjoying games when I have the time. I found Telos just before the release of the third development update video, and have been hanging around in the IRC channel since some time in June. I used to play an FPS game called Ace of Spades (not the steam release) with Grandy up there ^, a game that I really embraced for a couple of years. It's hard to put my finger on why exactly, but I thoroughly enjoyed that game and spent a lot of time refining my gameplay. In my first look at Telos, I got that same promising feeling, and as a fan of Tribes, it looks like something I'd enjoy, so I'm probably here to stay for some time.

As for other games, I've always loved good RPG games, owning most of the Final Fantasy series and having played other series such as Persona or Breath of Fire. I also enjoy racing games, more so arcade racers, the Wipeout series being my favourite. As of late though, the only game I've really been playing is CSGO when I have the time, very fun game, especially if you have some friends to play with.

So far, this seems like quite the chill community, I hope as it grows it can keep this trend, and I'm looking forward to see how things progress.

[ArchibaldGrims]

Hey, I recently registered as I'm interested in Telos and hope to help improve the game. I'm a Tribes: Ascend player and have been for a few years. It was the first FPS I ever played and I got addicted very quickly. I dabbled a bit in pugs, but never became too involved in the comp community. My TA account name is ArchibaidGrims (L was taken) and the name that I use outside of gaming is R2Powered. Games I enjoy most are generally RTS's and turn based games. I enjoy the strategy that they entail and love the multitasking aspect that they bring. I'm good friends with Prettzl who recommended that I try Telos out. I look forwards to working with the community as much as I can in order to have more progress come forth.

[TheWoopWooper]

Hi, name's Eric, aged 20, in final year of computing at uni. I also have a few side projects I'm working on. And I'm a friend of Grandy's.

I play a lot of TF2, recently got into Nosgoth. I used to play a lot of Tribes: Ascend before that game went through balancing hell. And I played a lot of Halo 3 back when that was a thing. I play a lot of games but those are the ones that I think are most relevant and that I've played most.

I have an itch for a new fast paced arena shooter and I'm always a fan of momentum based movement. Telos looks great, and I'd love to get involved.

[Seahonk]

Hey, I'm Alex. I'm 23, a some-time student of topology, and a long-time lover of arcade games with high skill ceilings (even though I suck at them.) I'm especially a big fan of ancient mostly-dead sourceMods; I love to go back and visit 10 year old online games and find that they've been completely broken by screaming russian kids and grown a well-developed new meta based on bunnyhopping backwards with a grenade drawn or some crazy shit. I GM PnP games from time to time, and I'm very interested in the "theory of fun," as boring as that sounds, so I'm excited to find a project like this so early in the development cycle.

I've played CounterStrike off and on since 1.5, and I've always loved the way it rewards mastery of movement. I'm super excited to play a game that's all about the footwork.

[vornskr]

the "theory of fun," as boring as that sounds

Is this really a thing? It actually sounds pretty interesting (potentially)!

[Seahonk]

I don't know if it's really called that, or if there's a central body of academic work or anything, but there is plenty of game design writing on what we find fun and why. DnD GM blogs, indie game post-mortems, Early Access devblogs, and there are plenty of dudes doing game design critique on youtube. If you're willing to sift through the shit some creative ideas come out of sourcemod forums, even if the posters don't really know how to phrase what they're getting at. I feel like here is where I link some good examples, but for the life of me I can't think of anything. There is writing on it out there, though.

[salvataz]

Hi Everyone, I'm Salvatore. 28 years old, artist/philosopher/explorer type in the D/FW area. I'm a graphic designer and 2D pen-and-ink artist (salvatoreart.com), but my greatest passion is video games and video game development. I attended the Art Institute for a couple years pursuing a Game Art & Design degree, I'm currently developing a board game, and someday I hope to work on video games full time as an artist, designer, or all-in-one indie. I believe my purpose in life is to discover and speak the truth, and enlighten people through art, especially video games.

My video game playin' background is mostly FPS, RTS, Racing, and Flight Sim. And GTA. Always GTA. Predominantly PC.

I really love being on the cutting edge of new ideas, exploring and forging new territory. That's why this game intrigues me. Looks like a ton of fun and I can't wait to see what Justin does with the design. I've also never helped out with game development at this early stage in this way, so I'm interested to see how all this works. Just here to help out and have some fun!

[CoolCoco]

Hello, most people refer to me as Coco. I'm working towards becoming a programmer, with gaming being one of my favourite things to do.

My spark for First Person Shooters was when I found a game called Ace of Spades. I started playing in the version 0.70 and found it to be really enjoyable, but then Jagex took over... the new game they released didn't feel right and didn't feel like AoS 0.70 at all. However, I later found Build and Shoot about March 2013 which hosted the classic versions of AoS. I then started to play the game religiously and found myself becoming pretty good at it. I carried on playing, finding myself getting involved with all events hosted by the community players and eventually competing in the leagues they ran, but that didn't last forever, and over the last few months the community felt as it was tearing apart so I decided to move on. The most important thing from that journey was that I experienced how close a community could be and to have met and gained so many amazing friends.

From there, I started to play Counter-Strike:Global Offensive. Another cool dude named "Eraaaaz" who also played AoS moved onto this game, and so I followed. This was a game I soon found myself loving! It was a lot harder to learn at first since I was not use to recoil or stopping when shooting because AoS was more about moving whilst being able to twitch aim to your enemies heads. I don't think I would be playing this game if it weren't for the enjoyment I had playing AoS.

Behind the scenes I also played a game called Realm of the Mad God, a flash game which is a mix between an mmo and a bullet hell rogue-like. After moving away from AoS I found myself spending more time on this game. As time went on I found a cool guy named "SuperachiX" who helped me along the way and we became very good friends and we still are to this day.

Achi played a game called osu! which I was very intrigued by, so I found myself playing that as well. It's a rythmn based game which revolves around clicking circles in time with the music. I love to play challenging games which is why I enjoyed the steep learning curve and probably another reason why I play CS:GO. Since osu! had a lot of Japanese players I was playing a lot of Japanese songs, this led to myself watching and enjoying anime. A lot of negativity is shown around this topic and after experiencing it, I'm not sure why.

Soon after, Achi gave up on osu! and decided to continue playing a game called Touhou, which is another bullet hell game but this time, with more bullets... More than I was used to just by playing RotMG. Once again I felt facinated and was drawn into it. This game is also very challenging and at this moment in time, I am currently trying to master this game as well.

At this moment in time, you'll most likely find me playing this games:
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive(CS:GO)
Realm of the Mad God(RotMG)
osu!
AdVenture Capitalist(Just a cookie clicker type game which I'm currently addicted to, if you can even call it a "game")
Touhou(TH06, TH07 - Mostly)

I think that's about it. This game also seems very interesting and I'm looking forward to what will be produced and that I can add it to my list of frequently played games

[JustinPierce]

Welcome @Kirotera, @ArchibaldGrims, @TheWoopWooper, @Seahonk, @salvataz, and @CoolCoco!

Lots of Counter-Strike experience here

I play a lot of TF2, recently got into Nosgoth

How is Nosgoth? I've watched some gameplay but haven't tried it myself -- seems to have some neat ideas.