When I first joined and was new to the XBox, I was confused about how to go about joining games, using the FOF tag, etc. A very helpful member of the community posted this (Poltegice) and I felt the need to add it here as well (changed ME3 to GOW3 for relevance):
Slater:
I have joined another AFOF group, GOW3, and I have seen the other players (although some say "unavailable" which I assume is a privacy setting) online and playing. So is it OK etiquette to just add them as a friend via a friend request? Invite them to a game? How does that work? I feel a bit rude just trying to join in when they are in the middle of a game. If some one could help me with the next step that would be great. I am very new to games and Multiplayer in particular. Thanks!
Poltegice:
Rule of thumb, let people know your intentions.
Its very annoying when someone jumps into a party without an invite then doesn't say ANYTHING. Its more then acceptable to jump into a party as long as you let them know why. ie;"Hey I jumped in to see if you got room for one more to play some GOW3?"
On the flip side, if somebody jumps into your party and say you are playing with a full room at the moment let the person know. ie; "Nice to see you so and so, we are running a full room at the moment" This keeps a lot of awkward silences from happening. I don't know why but even with all our years of Live gaming experience, a lot of us seem to not be aware of this.
So whenever I join a party uninvited, I say" Hey bitches, i am here to play GOW3 got sum room for me?" and if they say no I go cool, send me an invite when a spot opens up and then I leave. I usually get my invite which is sweet. Thats how it is done. Or I meet up with another group.
Also if you are unknown to us we often have a tendency to overlook ya. Let us know you are there and you want to game. You see people online playing GOW3 mp. Send them ALL messages saying if you got room I need an invite. its not rude, its what is needed to break away our attentions from all the excitement and go "oh hey there is our 4th. Screw playing with this random. Come on guys on 3 lets boot the random and get Slater in here cause he is from 2o2p and cool". Also if I have had a full room for an hour and one of my guys drop, I see you have been playing GOW3 mp for an hour. But you never sent me a message lookin for a game. Then my buddy Locgaw jumps on while I am just about to send you an invite. I think to myself, Slater never sent a message lookin for a game, never sent an invite to his game, and I don't know if he will join my game even if I send him an invite. But I know Locgaw will accept my invite cause he loves him some mp and I know for certain he is a fun character to game with. So who would you invite? Send us messages dude it is the only way for us to realise you are there.
Here is an example of a standard and widely accepted message used by people looking for an invite; "2o2p, inv plz!"
With that you can't go wrong. When you are known you can drop the 2o2p part. Also send it in text format, not voice. Text messages take a second to read, but voice messages mean death during heated mp. And don't wait around for a response. We can't afford the time to send a courtesy message during battle. Just start gaming and when an opportunity opens up we will send an invite or nuthin at all. Also if you get an invite after you join a room it isn't necessary to send a coutesy message back but being a new guy, you might wanna now and then, that way people know your intentions.
As for friends requests. If you think that person is fun to game with, if you see yourself gaming with them regularly or they say they are looking for friends, then thats when you send a friends request. You may have to be proactive where requestrs are concerned as we have friends lists built up already so we wouldn't consider it necessary to look for more but would often be more then willing to accept one if we see ourselves continuing to play mp in the game we met you in. As a new member The FoF list is your friend so to speak. Use it wisely my son
Hi FR sent. As I'm in the UK time difference may be a problem but feel free to send me a FR, join a party/game if you see me on. Been part of 2old2play for a while and all the guys I used to play Gears with have all moved on to other games :(. I just can't stop playing it and I'm still kidding myself that Seriously 3.0 will be mine 1 day! Hope to see some of you online soon for some games.
Looking to do Co Op campaign / Horde / Beast modes. Just got all the DLC. Not really into competitive versus play but don't mind some private versus matches.
Looking to do Co Op campaign / Horde / Beast modes. Just got all the DLC. Not really into competitive versus play but don't mind some private versus matches.
Hit me up, last time I jumped in to MP, I just didn't have a good time. I'm up for any of the above!
Looking to do Co Op campaign / Horde / Beast modes. Just got all the DLC. Not really into competitive versus play but don't mind some private versus matches.
Hit me up, last time I jumped in to MP, I just didn't have a good time. I'm up for any of the above!
jwbeck, I've accepted your FR to the tag. The rest of you guys, send the FR to a2o2pGears. Looks like we need to get a Gears n Beers night going sooner rather than later.
I'm starting to get a little frustrated with this F or F list..... I understand it is the holidays and all but I'm seeing maybe 5 to 6 people only every night when I check it for players..... I think what I need to know in order to get people involved and playing Gears is a list of people who want to play Gears. I'll post something in the normal forums. Thunder and I have been rocking people the last few nights and it seems we always have room for 1 or 2 more players and we can't find anyone.
I'm starting to get a little frustrated with this F or F list..... I understand it is the holidays and all but I'm seeing maybe 5 to 6 people only every night when I check it for players..... I think what I need to know in order to get people involved and playing Gears is a list of people who want to play Gears. I'll post something in the normal forums. Thunder and I have been rocking people the last few nights and it seems we always have room for 1 or 2 more players and we can't find anyone.
I'm starting to get a little frustrated with this F or F list..... I understand it is the holidays and all but I'm seeing maybe 5 to 6 people only every night when I check it for players..... I think what I need to know in order to get people involved and playing Gears is a list of people who want to play Gears. I'll post something in the normal forums. Thunder and I have been rocking people the last few nights and it seems we always have room for 1 or 2 more players and we can't find anyone.
JWBECK - Hit me up if you need a body to fill in a spot. I haven't played Gears in ages but I'd love to throw it back into the mix of games that I'm currently playing.
Make sure if you are playing Gears at all to get on this FOF list. I go on it almost every night to see if we can get a full going... If you want to play Gears with a group of players make sure to get on this list.
Thanks Johnny! FR Sent. Here is a link: https://live.xbox.com/en-US/Profile?gamertag=a2o2pGears
When I first joined and was new to the XBox, I was confused about how to go about joining games, using the FOF tag, etc. A very helpful member of the community posted this (Poltegice) and I felt the need to add it here as well (changed ME3 to GOW3 for relevance):
Slater:
I have joined another AFOF group, GOW3, and I have seen the other players (although some say "unavailable" which I assume is a privacy setting) online and playing. So is it OK etiquette to just add them as a friend via a friend request? Invite them to a game? How does that work? I feel a bit rude just trying to join in when they are in the middle of a game. If some one could help me with the next step that would be great. I am very new to games and Multiplayer in particular. Thanks!
Poltegice:
Rule of thumb, let people know your intentions.
Its very annoying when someone jumps into a party without an invite then doesn't say ANYTHING. Its more then acceptable to jump into a party as long as you let them know why. ie;"Hey I jumped in to see if you got room for one more to play some GOW3?"
On the flip side, if somebody jumps into your party and say you are playing with a full room at the moment let the person know. ie; "Nice to see you so and so, we are running a full room at the moment" This keeps a lot of awkward silences from happening. I don't know why but even with all our years of Live gaming experience, a lot of us seem to not be aware of this.
So whenever I join a party uninvited, I say" Hey bitches, i am here to play GOW3 got sum room for me?" and if they say no I go cool, send me an invite when a spot opens up and then I leave. I usually get my invite which is sweet. Thats how it is done. Or I meet up with another group.
Also if you are unknown to us we often have a tendency to overlook ya. Let us know you are there and you want to game. You see people online playing GOW3 mp. Send them ALL messages saying if you got room I need an invite. its not rude, its what is needed to break away our attentions from all the excitement and go "oh hey there is our 4th. Screw playing with this random. Come on guys on 3 lets boot the random and get Slater in here cause he is from 2o2p and cool". Also if I have had a full room for an hour and one of my guys drop, I see you have been playing GOW3 mp for an hour. But you never sent me a message lookin for a game. Then my buddy Locgaw jumps on while I am just about to send you an invite. I think to myself, Slater never sent a message lookin for a game, never sent an invite to his game, and I don't know if he will join my game even if I send him an invite. But I know Locgaw will accept my invite cause he loves him some mp and I know for certain he is a fun character to game with. So who would you invite? Send us messages dude it is the only way for us to realise you are there.
Here is an example of a standard and widely accepted message used by people looking for an invite; "2o2p, inv plz!"
With that you can't go wrong. When you are known you can drop the 2o2p part. Also send it in text format, not voice. Text messages take a second to read, but voice messages mean death during heated mp. And don't wait around for a response. We can't afford the time to send a courtesy message during battle. Just start gaming and when an opportunity opens up we will send an invite or nuthin at all. Also if you get an invite after you join a room it isn't necessary to send a coutesy message back but being a new guy, you might wanna now and then, that way people know your intentions.
As for friends requests. If you think that person is fun to game with, if you see yourself gaming with them regularly or they say they are looking for friends, then thats when you send a friends request. You may have to be proactive where requestrs are concerned as we have friends lists built up already so we wouldn't consider it necessary to look for more but would often be more then willing to accept one if we see ourselves continuing to play mp in the game we met you in. As a new member The FoF list is your friend so to speak. Use it wisely my son
FR sent to new FoF tag...
Hit me up for anything, whenever. I might say no, but I'm much more likely to play when asked, than to hunt for a game (call me lazy).
Hi FR sent. As I'm in the UK time difference may be a problem but feel free to send me a FR, join a party/game if you see me on. Been part of 2old2play for a while and all the guys I used to play Gears with have all moved on to other games :(. I just can't stop playing it and I'm still kidding myself that Seriously 3.0 will be mine 1 day! Hope to see some of you online soon for some games.
Thanks for the add! Got on last night but missed quite a few of you by a matter of minutes! Problem with being in completley different time zones!
FR sent to FoF tag.
Looking to do Co Op campaign / Horde / Beast modes. Just got all the DLC. Not really into competitive versus play but don't mind some private versus matches.
Hit me up, last time I jumped in to MP, I just didn't have a good time. I'm up for any of the above!
Sounds good. I'll look for you when I'm on.
Sent the friend request. I am in the UK but would love to join in some games if insomnia catches me :).
Guess whose back biatches!!! Lets get some people back playing gears!!!!
BECK Trandy loves YOU... big Boy.... lol.gif "383")
FR sent!!
Yeah!
Oh no, Not Trandy! ; )
jwbeck, I've accepted your FR to the tag. The rest of you guys, send the FR to a2o2pGears. Looks like we need to get a Gears n Beers night going sooner rather than later.
FR sent
I'm starting to get a little frustrated with this F or F list..... I understand it is the holidays and all but I'm seeing maybe 5 to 6 people only every night when I check it for players..... I think what I need to know in order to get people involved and playing Gears is a list of people who want to play Gears. I'll post something in the normal forums. Thunder and I have been rocking people the last few nights and it seems we always have room for 1 or 2 more players and we can't find anyone.
Feel free to hit me up when you see me online
Sorry I haven't been on much with the holidays but I promise we will get some Gears in :)
Stop playing Sim City so much....
JWBECK - Hit me up if you need a body to fill in a spot. I haven't played Gears in ages but I'd love to throw it back into the mix of games that I'm currently playing.
http:///www.youtube.com/L0KI619
Will do stud.... I still think gears execution multiplayer is one of the best online games to play as a team......
sent a fr to the fof tag
Make sure if you are playing Gears at all to get on this FOF list. I go on it almost every night to see if we can get a full going... If you want to play Gears with a group of players make sure to get on this list.
FR sent
And accepted
I was on this list a while ago but accidentally deleted... FR resent today.
http:///www.youtube.com/L0KI619
I'm thinking about playing some Gears again. FR sent so I can find some people for which I can meatshield.
FR sent!