On occasion, I only enter Deathmatch servers. I prefer being in the action all the time. Never competitive, just a waste of gaming magic.
I stopped playing a while ago. I was great at surfing on my clan's server. I spent most of my time banning people from it and abusing my admin powers. Those were great times.
Xbox Live is worst, as you have to individually block people from talking. For Source, you can choose who you are in vent with. I play LAN CSS matches, but not nearly as much as AoE3/COD4:MW.
ventrillo: right click -> mute & my favorite... MUTE SOUNDS CHECK BOX for ingame: voice_enable 0 or MUTE PLAYERS problem solved.
Same problem, used to play it, but its so annoying, some people just cant talk normal on ventrilo.....Doesnt really help when in a clan war....Geez <_<
not so much anymore. once i get a new desktop and off this laptop though i'll probably get back into it.
I never played competitively but I was fairly good at one point. I don't play very often anymore though and it's hard to maintain a good KDR when you only play once every couple of weeks and can't stay involved with the fast pace game play.