I don't want to hijack your thread Happyman, I hope its ok that I and anyone else can post about different online games other than neopet, if not I'll create a different thread and have this post tranfered there.
I don't play online as often as I'd like to. Actually, alot of the people in these online rooms where you wait to connect to a game are a-holes, I swear. They are very impatient, rude as all hell, and most of them are super nerds. Not to down nerds as a whole, but these ones definitely deserve to be called this.
For example, one time I was playing this fantasy game I have, and you can play it online against others right? It's a real-time strategy game. Anyways, it was my first time playing online, and I was trying to get used to it, the internet speed, etc, and me and my opponent agreed that for the first few minutes he'd go easy on me, leave me alone, let me build some stuff before attacking, etc. See, you can also chat with this person and send them messeges while in the game. And he started getting really impatient and just attacked me.
And he's like " you have dishonored the clan of (insert his stupid name here) with your cowardly withdrawl You do not deserve to be a member of the (blah blah blah)!" etc, this guy was TOO into it. I just said f*ck you after he kept going on and on about his little fantasy world and left before he could do anything, and then I see him talking smack about me in the chatroom saying how badly he beat me etc. I should have put him in his place there too, but thought it better not to. I'm really good with strategy games, and this game, I had it wired, I know how to play it. But online was different, and I needed to adjust. This ass just didn't want to give me that. If he had, I would have kicked his ass.
Word of advice folks- most of these people aren't friendly and just want to pick on newbies and see how far they can take it. So I'd suggest practicing with a friend who also has the game before you include others. These people play like its the end of the world, like it's their life, and its sad.
Anyways, to actually be on topic, some of the games I play or have played or want to play online are:
- Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge (have played)
- StarCraft (plus Brood War) (want to play)
- Total Annhilation: Kingdoms (have played, this is the one with that jerk I faced)
- Rise of Nations (want to play)
- Star Wars: Rebellion (want to play)