I remember when S4 had gone about a year into the game before hacks began to come around. From mid-2008 to mid-2009.
When players wouldn't make excuses of their deaths when you killed them.
When players wouldn't assume you hacked to
"1-hit Kill" with a melee weapon because the majority of players knew what the melee weapons could do.
When players wouldn't assume you are hacking to get a decent score.
When the majority of S4's community was not Egyptians and/or Asia & Middle Eastern players, but more North American and European players like the game was originally meant to be hosted for..
When 150-300ms pings barely showed any lag issues at all.
I remember the duplicate item glitch during Beta upon log-in where you would have all 3 weapon slots filled with the same weapon. With the glitch you could take off the legit weapon and 1 of the duplicates and never have the last duplicate weapon run out of time or need repairs.
I remember when there were only 2 server selection screens.. none language or country designated. And then changed to 1 general English server and a European one.
I remember when there was a Speed & Normal channel. Majority of people always played on the Speed channel though. The speed channel is now the only available channel to access. Not that it really matters. Speed > Normal.
I remember when only Touch Down & Death Match were the only modes of play.
I remember when Storm Bat was first introduced and players thought it was overpowered because of how fast its' jump attack was, along with the power to 1-hit kill frequently.
I remember when I could dodge players with pings under 120ms effortlessly. Where as now I can dodge and still be hit by players with pings under 60ms(?).
I remember when S4 had a polite and nice community in-game. Not sure what happened to change that.. It's pretty much just a faint memory now.
I'd mention the Lobby but that's just obvious.. who doesn't miss that.
I remember when S4 was S4..
Not sure if I can call myself retired if I still play the game on and off..
This post has been edited by The Allestair: 25 April 2012 - 10:22 AM