Multiplayer Medics is a group dedicated to reviving dead multiplayer games.

Each week we'll arrange a gameplay session for a multiplayer game that lacks a regular playerbase. Every Monday, 4 games will be randomly selected and placed into a poll within the forums. Group members can then cast their vote for which of the 4 games they'd like to play the coming Sunday. The game that is chosen by popular vote will be played on each Sunday at 7:00 P.M. GMT for 1 hour.
I'm compiling of MP games with low daily concurrent players. Currently, the criteria I'm using is very broad. Simply any game with <100 concurrent daily players (as provided by Steam Spy). If anybody knows how to more quickly assemble or even automate this information please contact me.

As the group grows we'll narrow our criteria of eligible games to what works best for the community. Any suggestions to that end should be posted in the Suggestions/Feedback Forum.

I hope there's merit to this idea and that together we can hit some overlooked games with the defib.

See you guys on the undead battlefield!

And be sure to vote in this week's poll

Here's the giveaway for Cities in Motion 2: https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/yK49y/cities-in-motion-2

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Like the concept. Joined!

8 years ago
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Sounds cool. I might not be able to join most games, but hopefully I'll make some.
:D

8 years ago
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I forget to mention I have a spare copy of Gun Monkeys. The first person to respond to this, that doesn't already own it, gets it.

8 years ago
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Well okay then ;o

8 years ago
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Friended.

8 years ago
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Dead MP, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. I won this game and find our the server is practically dead :X. Gonna join and hope to have a day to play it again :)

8 years ago
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Sometime i play F.E.A.R 2 w/ my friend via Tunggle because the MP already Dead.

8 years ago
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Neat idea but what time(zone)s are you considering?

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8 years ago
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Yes, for now I chose 10:00 PM GMT. This is, as far as a can tell, the most accommodating to the largest amount of people. It's between 3-6PM across the U.S. and Canada, 8PM-1 AM across Europe, and 7-10 PM across South America. East Asia has it the hardest as it's very early there around 6 A.M. (Also difficult for Scandinavia where it's late night, about 12 A.M.)

If the group grows large enough we may be able to do two sessions on a gameday, (i.e., 2 AM GMT & 10 PM GMT) although that creates the problem of possibly splitting the userbase. However, it may be the best solution for accommodating everybody.

8 years ago
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Love your initiative. Small hint:
Majority of europe, including scandinavia, are all in the same time zone, which is CET (currently CEST (summer)), ~6 hours ahead of EST.
For lazy people, like me: https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/add-additional-time-zone-clocks-windows/

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But Denkmark, Norway, and Sweden are in the same time zone?
(indeed ^^)

8 years ago
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Heyyyy. I want to take part in reviving multiplayer games!

Some greats ones out there are toxxic and warshift. Sign me up

P.S. Fractured space is another great multiplayer game that needs a playerbase. Come join

8 years ago
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Sounds like a great concept, joined.

8 years ago
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Interesting little group. I have a game called Worms: Ultimate Mayhem, which has dead multiplayer. I usually play it with my friends

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Bump

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That's a nice idea. I don't really play multiplayer games that much though, but have a bump

8 years ago
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a Dead MP game. Ghost Recon Phantom Revive it

8 years ago
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I'd love to join, but school's gonna eat up all of my time soon enough. If you want a game recommendation with dead multiplayer, there's always Dystopia. It's a very interesting FPS with a lot of depth within it, but the playerbase is super small.

8 years ago
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Sounds interesting, and 7 PM on a sunday is a good time to play, I'm in.

8 years ago
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Time has actually been changed to Sunday at 3 AM GMT. Which I think will change the time to 10 PM Saturday your time. The time will likely fluctuate week to week until we find a time that accomodates the widest group of people.

We're currently surveying which time works best for users so go [here](http://steamcommunity.com/groups/multiplayermedics/discussions/1/360671727319068668/] and let us know what works best for you.

8 years ago
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I guess you don't like Europeans :D

8 years ago
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I know it's quite early. We'll try a couple different times to figure out what works best. Once we have enough members (I'm thinking 500 will be suffecient) we'll have two sessions set roughly 12 hours apart.

8 years ago
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The first gametime poll is up. Head over here to cast your vote! ANd be sure to subscribe to that thread to recieve notifications when polls are ready and which game is chosen each week. Those are the only things that will be posted in that thread.

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Fantastic idea, I joined!

8 years ago
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There is already a gruoup that does the same thing, maybe you could cooperate with them - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ResurrectDeadMPGames

8 years ago
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Bump for new giveaway

Reminder that the first poll is up. Bioshock 2 and Batman: Arkham Origins are neck and neck. Head over here to cast your vote.

8 years ago
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Last chance to vote for this week's gametime. Poll will close at 8 PM pst

8 years ago
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Fabulous idea reviving dead MP games! and thanks for the mighty fine gibs friend <3

8 years ago
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Batman Arkham Origins has been selected for our gamenight. Join us tomorrow night and play!

8 years ago
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In three hours We'll begin our game session. Come join us and play batman arkham origins!

8 years ago
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This is a great initiative. I rarely play multiplayer games these days for different reasons, but if I have the means and opportunity I'll gladly play some "abandoned-too-soon" games.

I have a question, too. Does it have to be games available on Steam? Say like if someone were to start a Medal of Honor: Allied Assault server and post their IP (and instructions on how to join, perhaps) in a thread in your group's discussions? After GameSpy got shut down, it's a pain trying to find players for the games that relied on it for multiplayer.

Cheers. Joined the group, don't have Batman but will check what's on vote for next time :)

8 years ago
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You're more than welcome to make a post in the forum recruiting people to play old games like that.

As far as what shows up in the strawpoll for the weekly game, for now I'm sticking only to Steam games. in the future as we grow we may add Origin, GOG, and other non-Steam games.

But given the difficulty in coordinating users to a private fan server, it may be awhile before we officially add that.

But in the meantime, feel free to create a discussion topic to organize a game session for any members interested.

8 years ago
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It's difficult indeed, but trying to get players to MoH:AA within your Steamgroup and with your blessing, I feel hopeful! :)

Many games were affected by the closure of GameSpy, even some owned by Origin, and they apologize they don't quite have the resources to make the old games work in MP w/o GameSpy :(

Thank you Outlaw, I will read up on the server part, and when/if I feel confident I can run it, MoH:AA will live again.

8 years ago
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Bump and meow

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