This has been a great week. It’s been a long five years of hard science work, but as of yesterday, I turned in my thesis, which earned me a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED! (How do you like my Gamerscore now?) Are any of you guys graduating, or do you have family walking in a commencement ceremony this year?
While the PSN network is still down, the 360 crew has tried their best to pick up the slack and provide a great FNF experience. I even heard news in the forums that some of the PSN crew regulars have picked up a 360 to join in the fun!
Also, just a reminder that you guys should try out Fight.destructoid.com! We now have a how-to guide written up that should answer most questions you might have for finding matches with other Dtoiders. For this launch period, we also have a contest going where if you login and play a couple of head to head or tournament matches, you have the chance to win this Razor Fight pad. So get your game on and challenge your friends for points in the spirit of Friday Night Fights.
New to FNF? Read this: Each week, a bunch of Destructoid readers and usually an editor or two get together to play some videogames online. Basically, this is what Friday Night Fights are all about.
The planning for FNF takes place in the forums, where community members volunteer to host by posting their information (gamertag, time to meet up, 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 read the forums regularly go up in the community blogs section all thanks to a dedicated group of cool individuals. And for everyone who wants their info all in one place, they have got my weekly recap posts to look forward to between 4:30 – 5:30 PM EST.
Now that you’re here, just scan the list below and find a game you want to play. All that’s left to do after that is to join the match by contacting the host below using any means necessary. For Wii, you might have to be a little creative, but for 360/PS3 a simple “invite me” message will be fine.
The names on the left are our Destructoid handles, while the ones on the right are our online handles (PSN IDs, for example). Don’t see a game you want to play? Feel free to post a comment offering to take up hosting duties yourself.
Tonight’s Hosts ():
- Platform: PC/Mac, Steam
Game: Whatever you can get people to play.
People: Join the Steam group to find us!
Time: Anytime. All of the time.
- Platform: Xbox 360
Game: Halo: Reach
People: Tarvu (The Kinky Ninja), Ram (GT: RamalhoM)
Time: 21.30 CET | 20.30 GMT | 15.30 EST
- Platform: PC, Steam
Game: Brink
People: Tarvu (The Kinky Ninja), Legion (GT: Darth189), Jimmy (GT: Jimmy1098577), Awesomeist (GT: Raggak), ShutupNdieTHNX (GT: Shutupndie thnx)
Time: 00.00 CET | 23.00 BST | 18.00 EST
Tonight’s Hosts ():
- Game: Monday Night Combat
Host: ScottyG (GT: ScottyGrayskull)
Time: 8:00PM EDT
- Game: Gears of War 3 beta
Host: mrandydixon (GT: Mr Andy Dixon)
Time: 8:00PM EDT
- Game: Halo:Reach
Host: GamingInPublic (GT: GoodPostureClub)
Time: 9:00PM EDT
- Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Host: xGlakex (GT: W3X Glake)
Time: 9:30PM EDT
- Game: Halo 3
Host: Epic-KxDtoid (GT: Epic KxLIVE)
Time: 6:00PM EDT
- Game: Section 8: Prejudice
Host: Epic-KxDtoid (GT: Epic KxLIVE)
Time: 9:30PM EDT
- Game: Borderlands (Knoxx, Claptrap and Zombie DLC required)
Host: Epic-KxDtoid (GT: Epic KxLIVE)
Time: 11:00PM EDT
Tonight’s Hosts:
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If you want to find people to play with, check out the Steam chat below:
