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Try Dtoid's new gaming meetup thing, win 1 of 3 sick PCs photo

Update:  Today is the last day to enter the raffle.  Good luck!

A wise young man at PAX once asked me: "Why the hell is it so hard to meet up and play with people on Dtoid?" Good question! So we got to work and today I'm proud to unveil the new version of our community gaming meetup thing.  Try out Destructoid meetup+play!

How it works: We pick a handful of the most popular games on PC and consoles.  You add them to your Dtoid profile and set what timezone and times you're usually up for an online game. People can then see what games you own and you can send them a private message to meet up. You can even score the results of the match if you want to play competitively, and each PM gives links to your personal private chat room to facilitate meetup communication without compromising your privacy.

Try it out for a chance to win sick Vigor gaming PCs. 

We'll enter your name in a raffle for $1,500 gaming PC just for adding your games and sending one request to play.  Next week the most active players will be invited to a private meetup against Dtoid editors to compete for gaming prizes for Intel, including a beastly $5,000 PC courtesy of Vigor Gaming.  Don't you wish all beta tests worked like this?

 


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bruceleethree's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:39
bruceleethree
eh... too much work...
Sentry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:48
Sentry
Love it.
kittwalker's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:53
kittwalker
Pointless for me...I'm an xbox silver kinda hobo.
karar2k's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:56
karar2k
give link to this site for timezone help: http://www.timegenie.com/timezones
as the timezone abbreviations are too complex. so this site will help.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:57
wardrox
Looks interesting, though you need to remove html tags from the title attribute in a.player on players_by_game.php?g=6&subnav=games I think (the page with the actual meet up details of who is online).

I think with a few tweeks to the UI and flow, it could become a rather slick thing. Good job :)
madfigs's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 17:59
madfigs
So is there a way to set your system to anything but PC on multiplatform games? The only thing on 360 seems to be teh haloz but I don't have it :(
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:00
Neonie
I'm going to stick with random drawings because I like those the most.
n0brein's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:00
n0brein
sounds very very good! The tweeting and facebook thing is also a really great feature!
But I'd be good if you could choose on which console you're playing the different game
Technophile's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:00
Technophile
Sweet!

@all of you suggesting things - http://destructoid.uservoice.com/pages/10603-suggest-a-feature
GrumpyTurtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:04
GrumpyTurtle
You guys rule! I've been waiting for something like this.
GrumpyTurtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:13
GrumpyTurtle
Oh and I second what madfigs said. More console games please.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:15
Wedge
I needs so SF IV practice, PC preferably...
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:21
mix
The time zone thing is crazy how many P's can there be.....lol
calpis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:23
calpis
def needs more console titles. I would play COD4, SFIV, or SPFII:Turbo if they were listed on xbox. I can't play halo because I sold it as soon as COD4 came out.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:26
Niero
More console games: Check!

Wardrox: Looks like it's an IE thing, I'm on it.
Fogo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:28
Fogo
This seems like a pretty sweet idea. Add more games like Super Turbo HD and BlazBlue and the ability to select our platform of choice and it will be perfect.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:37
CelicaCrazed
Oooooh very nice!! Is there a way that you can set the times that you can play individually or is it across the board for all games?? For example, I can only play Killzone 2 on Friday and Weekends when I go home but can play Quake Live just about every night.
reindall's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 18:44
reindall
It would be nice if one was able to select a skill level, I don't want to be smashed by Quake Live fragmasters.
mOnion's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 19:17
mOnion
um, i've wanted to ask for a while but

STARCRAFT PLEASE????

its the only game that's actually a national sport, lets go SC tournament!!!
Ryan Robinson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 19:18
Ryan Robinson
Yeah, SFIV on the xbox 360 please!
stayambiguous's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 19:27
stayambiguous
I've already started some invites, the whole system works really well in my opinion, much easier than setting games up through a thread in the forum or just random gaming by grabbing people's gaming info.

Anybody want to do some 360 gaming, I need a new PC, my current one is from 2002 =D

Also I think you should expand Cod4, TF2, L4D, and SF4 to 360 as well.
Golden-Gecko's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 19:38
Golden-Gecko
looks fun but I only have ps3 games...
Torzelan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:02
Torzelan
Hope Vigor gaming are faster than Cyberpower
:'(

(sorry, hungry and poor and sad)
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:03
Wedge
It still sends me to my personal cblog page instead of the chatroom after I send an invite...
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:05
Tarvu
Though as far as TF2 and L4D go, there is the Destructoid group on Steam.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:09
Gyrael
@Wedge

I'm up for SFIV on the PC.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:10
Wedge
Oh and you guys don't have a spot for a GFWL tag, which is kinda silly when that's what SF IV on PC uses.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:14
Gyrael
Both things Wedge said.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:15
Gyrael
Actually, you can put your GFWL tag on the XBOX field since it's still technically a LIVE account. It works.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:32
Wedge
Yes I know that, but I use a seperate tag for GFWL for a couple reasons. I just put them both in the XBox tag for now anyways.
Sam Law's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 20:48
Sam Law
Awesome idea, it's way too hard to link up with like-minded people instead of f*cktards
GoatRoyale's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 21:08
GoatRoyale
I love the idea of this whole meetup thing. How likely is it that we will eventually be able to add our own games to the selection, though? Would that totally destroy the current system or cause too many headaches?
pixelheresy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 21:10
pixelheresy
Hmm... Of course more titles are coming, but can we swing Mario Cart Wii? That is the one I play the most (in terms of multiplayer) on the Wii and the only Wii game I play online (with the exception of Guitar Hero a while back, before I realized everyone who plays online all try to grief people by playing only song they are perfect and drop the game if they miss a note in vs). Not that there are a shitload... but still. Mario Kart, bitches.
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 21:48
Pangloss
Since I realize that there's no way you guys can line up all the games we'll ever want to play ahead of time, maybe it would be helpful to have some sort of option to submit a game to be added to this service?
Trevkor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 22:21
Trevkor
The only game I can play is Quake Live. I wish I had money.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 23:01
falinter
Great idea. Just add a shit ton more games. Left 4 Dead 360 would be awesome.
Ryfael's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 23:40
Ryfael
More Console games like L4D on 360 and SF IV on PS3
shinryu108's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 00:29
shinryu108
Definitely needs PS3 SFIV.
Anifanatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 01:26
Anifanatic
How lame is this: I have a shitty computer and no consoles to go online (Except Wii... ...) and can't play BECAUSE I have a shitty PC. And if my PC wasn't as shitty, I'd be all over this and have a chance to win a better PC. *sadface*
Jetsetlemming's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 02:14
Jetsetlemming
Add the time adjustment to the timezone dropdown instead of a giant list of call letters. Look at the way the windows clock has timezones written out, and copy that instead. Waaaay easier to find what you want.

Also yeah, add more games. Wolfenstein: Enemjy Territory for example, it's free and old, everyone can play.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 04:18
bleep
I've tons of work to do so I doubt I will get in on this beta contest, though seems well put together and I'm sure Dtoid will make it snap.

"I'm incredibly cheap with Ken"
haha dude you crack me up!

I'm sure this service will help the masses come together in a large slippery pile of gaming greatness...
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 10:06
ScottyG
Very cool. Filling in mine now. :)

One suggestion with the list of timezones though. Instead of having a list of EVERY time zone that exists, just have the regions in relation to GMT (eg: I'd be GMT -4:00). That'd really trim the list down and (hopefully) get rid of the need to look up the acronym. :)

Will there be a way to request new games, or maybe build your own list?
Wookiee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 11:02
Wookiee
I can't say much about the selection of games available for checkboxing.

As far as multiplayer goes, I mostly do Audiosurf and Jedi Academy.
pastorofmuppets's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/27/2009 18:00
pastorofmuppets
Needs console support but other than that I can dig.
TehBuLL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 06:00
TehBuLL
still have no idea wtf this thing is. make something that confuses me less and then promote that. dont kick a dead horse.
KrazyKraut's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 07:00
KrazyKraut
oh.....i asked so many ppl...no one of them replied....does the system really work good?
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 09:07
Kryptinite
Niero this is pretty genius :). Good work buddy.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 10:28
Tubatic
So i can play console games a win a PC right?!

Wicked idea, robot leader!
TheGlue29's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 11:44
TheGlue29
Uncharted 2 and/or SOCOM please??
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 12:11
manasteel88
Just got The Orange Box and I just turned Silver...this sucks
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