Unable to make it to the Miami GameNarp tonight? Sure, you won't get to meet Carlos Ferro (Dom), or participate in the Gears of War 2 tournament that's going down, but it's not all bad.
For those of us stuck at home, it's worth mentioning that we are currently in a double XP weekend for Gears 2. While you surely know the drill by now from the many Call of Duty 4 XP events, here's a refresher: from now until Monday at 9:00 a.m. EDT, all public matches will net you twice the experience points.
And if this specific third-person shooter isn't your cup of tea, the Friday Night Fights crew will be playing a wide variety of other games as per usual. Look for tonight's hosts after the jump.
Quick guide to Friday Night Fights for fresh meat: Each week, a bunch of Destructoid readers and usually an editor or two get together to play some videogames online.
The planning for FNF takes place in the forums, where Dtoiders volunteer to host by dropping their information (gamertag, time, game, etc.) in the forum post corresponding to the system they're interested in playing on.
Then, every Friday, reminder posts for those who don't pay attention to the forums (the scallywags) go up in the community blogs section. And for those who are too lazy to read the blogs, they have got my weekly recap posts which bring all of the FNF-related details into one unified place.
From there, all you need to do is shoot a quick message over to one of the hosts listed below asking for an invite, or simply force your way into the room. Whatever works!
If you want to get your gaming done later on in the evening, scroll on down past this section, otherwise hit up the following European hosts/early FNFers for a good time.
Tonight's Host (more info from Gibbo):- Wilbo - Wilbo25 (Bionic Commando multiplayer demo @ 10:00 GMT)
Tonight's Hosts (more info from Blehman):- Blehman - Blehmeng (Shadowrun @ 8:30 EDT)
- Minxx - Pojo226 (Left 4 Dead @ 8:30 EDT)
- Redface - RedfaceNG2 (Street Fighter IV @ 11:00 EDT, Battle Fantasia @ 12:00 EDT)
- KD Alpha - MichelleMata85 (Street Fighter IV @ 11:00 EDT, Gears of War 2 @ 12:30 EDT)
- de BLOO - BLOORATARD (Street Fighter IV @ 11:45 EDT)
Tonight's Hosts (more info from Y0j1mb0):- y0j1mb0 - k0wb0y-b33b0p (Killzone 2 clan warm-up @ 10:00 EDT -- password: TOID)
- IronPikeman - IronPikeman (Burnout Paradise @ 8:00 EDT)
- y0j1mb0 - k0wb0y-b33b0p (Street Fighter IV @ 9:00 EDT, Sacred 2 @ 11:20 EDT)
- Killzone 2 clan battle: Alpha vs Beta @ 11:00 EDT
Beyond FNF: - Destructoid's Killzone 2 clan
Tonight's Games (more info from ryu89):
- ryu89:
Skype: Ryuh89
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 0817-3428-3165
Starting time: 11:00 EDT
Tonight's Games:
- Team Fortress 2
Server: brbuninstalling.com #1 [FastDL|Customs|HLStatsX|Voting]
IP: 8.12.20.112:27015
Password: littlecart
Starting time: 9:00 EDT - Left 4 Dead
Type: 8-player private server
IP: 8.9.31.136:27015
Password: littlecart
Contest:
4:40 PM on 05.15.2009
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I'll be around before then if anyone wants to get in on something, horde, co-op, whatevers.
I need Wingman match cheevos, so if you're needing some too, send me a PM on XBL.
GT: Metalocalypse
Allowing players who play at a specific time to gain more levels seems to totally go against the whole concept of what levels and ranks are for.
But, don't let me stop you! I'll probably hop in during a drunken gamer-zeit while MGO is offline, or something. (It's happened before!)
If you find pleasure and fun from GoW2 (PvP) MP, then good far ye. I've washed me hands (but not all the way, check the fingernails!)