Why do you play CM?

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Why do you play CM?

Post by mdom » 13 Feb 2015, 21:47

I am just curious to hear from all of the players that I interact with on a regular basis. What makes you keep coming back to Colonial Marines? What do you want to see in the future from CM?

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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by UnknownMurder » 14 Feb 2015, 00:29

I play because I can, and I find playerbase enjoyable.

I expect CM to be HARD RP.

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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by xomega000x » 14 Feb 2015, 04:22

I enjoy the Alien series quite A LOT, though sometimes CM Is... Err...Non-RP.

Though in some moments, you do feel like you're a Marine, let's say in a room, with only two of your mates surviving,

Both of you manning two heavy MGs, blasting the door-ways, whilst another marine Is barely standing up and trying to cover the windows...

So yeah, immersion Is sometimes a pro but quite be a con most of the time.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by OliverCarswell » 14 Feb 2015, 05:03

I play because now its part of a job for me. I'll make a more detailed post once my computer decides to respond.

Here's the kicker, I got into CM after playing Alien Isolation, finding it very interesting to RP both from a humand and xeno perspective.

Mind you I've not even heard of Aliens before Alien Isolation, so probably I'm going to heresy'd by Coronel, Octa and Caryl.. So, you can say I'm a bit late to the game.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by coroneljones » 14 Feb 2015, 06:19

HHHHeresy!!!!!!*BLAM*

Back on topic,i play on CM since the first one due to the new reaches,the military RP(that fit with jacks backstory of how he lost his arm).
And its my job.
That and who else can control the angry infantry?


That and this is better than the CM game
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by danielharper » 14 Feb 2015, 07:53

Great RP fun, jokes and heroic moments with fantastic people like dolores waits, paul kanaga, osaala wooki, xur drengens, patton cherry, norm peterson, chris peach.. the list goes on, but these ones deserve special mention :)

No round is really the same, odd ball events always happen. Sometimes lucky sometimes unlucky. Winning or losing doesnt bother me, the end result matters less aslong as the journey to get there is fun and it usually is :)

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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by MrGabol100 » 14 Feb 2015, 12:37

RP is the lacking factor, but when it happens it's really cool, everyday it improves, goonstation faggits are leaving or improving their gameplay, everyday the playerbase gets better and most of the admins try to do their work.

It's a good server overall, with a improving playerbase.
Then there's the dude that downed my reputation for doing an arguing suggestion in the suggestion subforum. *Sighs*
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by apophis775 » 14 Feb 2015, 14:24

Maybe, don't argue like a crazy person in suggestions? That's not the place for whining/bitching/moaning/complaining. It's a place for suggestions, with rational arguments, not "Cut the stupid removals, please.". If you have an ACTUAL argument/suggestion I will be MORE than happy to read it.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by razerwing » 14 Feb 2015, 17:48

I play CM because of some of the people I've met here. I won't be naming any names, but these few people are the main reason I play.

Other than the folks here, and my shiny new job, I play the server for the RP that happens sometimes. Though, recently, it seems there's been more action on the forums than the actual game, hue hue.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by MrGabol100 » 14 Feb 2015, 19:03

apophis775 wrote: Maybe, don't argue like a crazy person in suggestions? That's not the place for whining/bitching/moaning/complaining. It's a place for suggestions, with rational arguments, not "Cut the stupid removals, please.". If you have an ACTUAL argument/suggestion I will be MORE than happy to read it.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by Caryl » 14 Feb 2015, 23:38

Well, I started off as a player who played a marine pretty much during the server's revival. I only get to be a Full Admin on the very last day of the previous Col-Mar, when Sgt. Ahem was still part of the team before its demise and the host was Dakuuza something.

The people were fun to play with, bonding with your squaddies and then dying together or surviving and getting trapped.

It escalated quickly from there, now its a job and its still fun.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by xomega000x » 15 Feb 2015, 10:35

@razerwing

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Do I smell ERP... :3
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by mdom » 17 Feb 2015, 00:13

I am going to answer my own question, just cause.

I find that the RP in this server is excellent. I love creeping through the halls with a squad of marines when all of a sudden an alien runs up and jumps on one of us. All of a sudden we set out on a chase looking for our fallen member. I have some great memories of grabbing my teammates and dragging them from behind enemy lines. I know the tension in this game is just right when I start getting nervous to talk during a battle.

Really though, I want to thank all of the players, admins, and mods who have made this such a fun experience.

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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by speedybst » 17 Feb 2015, 00:14

Well, i've played since the days when marines started with 2 C4, a C20-R and briefing was a donut. I've been forced to watch this server die time after time, and so now i work as hard as i can to preserve the community and the server. And, as razer says, i play here because several people play here, although tbh Youbar was for a long time one of those players, before they disappeared...
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by Sellka » 17 Feb 2015, 10:11

I was always a fan of the aliens universe, still go back to the Movies now an again. I've played ss13 for awhile mainly focusing on engineering for my carrier of choice. Comming to this server has really forced me to open up areas I never understood, such as chemistry, surgery, and general combat, hand to hand or ranged. I would prefer it if there were more serious.

Since I've joined I've stopped playing other games. I've been sucked into this vortex of colonial marines.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by TopHatPenguin » 17 Feb 2015, 18:06

I play colonial marines just because i like talking to the playerbase about well anything to be honest it is also fun when you have decent rp combined with combat which always makes it interesting and unique each round.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by BruceNorris » 17 Feb 2015, 22:23

I play CM cause of the RP, and it's just fun I guess. I've been playing SS13 for going on 3 years now, and I have played many a server; none quite like CM though, it's nice.
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RE: Why do you play CM?

Post by johners12345 » 18 Feb 2015, 20:43

I love roleplAy and the military. Placed first round as terrorist and was confused as hell xD
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by adrenalinetooth » 13 May 2018, 10:42

It's fun, challenging and has a lot of work put into it.

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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by Lukey111 » 13 May 2018, 14:36

Enough role play to be creative, enough action to get the playerbase
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by Slywater » 13 May 2018, 15:55

I am big fan of the Alien franchise. CM is original, and I do like a non-cheesy roleplay.
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by Aliannera » 13 May 2018, 20:54

After playing on other servers for a long while, I found CM to be a good mix between the pace of rounds, RP and action that fit me well. Funny enough, wasn’t much into the Aliens universe till after I started playing here.
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by Jonesome » 14 May 2018, 21:17

I was always interested in the Alien/AvP universe ever since I first watched Aliens, and CM is the only game that actually recreates the experience from the ground up. Really SS13 is the perfect medium to translate science fiction horror with a bit (okay, a lot) of humour thrown in. After playing this game for nigh on 2 years now, it has actually made me gone back and research more heavily into the lore of both Alien and Predator series. which surprised me how much detail has been put into this pretty inconsistent world over the decades. Entire fictional nation-states and corporations that exist, right down to the calibre of ammunition people use and political treaties that have been enacted by governments. The whole backstory is very convoluted and dense, which makes rp quite interesting.

But overall I just love the feeling of being a lowly, under-paid grunt marine trying to survive. "Every meal a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade." etc.
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by Casany » 14 May 2018, 21:41

I don't know. The suffering only grows with each round. The pain only gets worse

But at least it quells the trembling

For real, I played at first because it was the only other server name that interested me besides Goon. But, with time I kinda got disinterested. It's more of a once in a week or so activity, where as before I'd play it a ton whenever I could
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Re: Why do you play CM?

Post by xXen0zS1ay3rXx » 14 May 2018, 22:24

Being the highest pop server, it means the most people to kill for a good amount of frags and salt farming.

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