Arma 2 for free for Thumbs?

[brkl]

http://www.arma2.com/free

Multiplayer Arma is free. I'd love to play it, preferably co-op with thumbs. Maybe with someone who knows how to play and could inform me.

[toblix]

Oh, I remember this! It's that game where two assholes on Steam bully you into buying a game, promising to play multiplayer with you, and then never follow through, and one's a "doctor" and the other one's a drug-addled, clog-wearing game designer, right?

[pabosher]

Oh, I remember this! It's that game where two assholes on Steam bully you into buying a game, promising to play multiplayer with you, and then never follow through, and one's a "doctor" and the other one's a drug-addled, clog-wearing game designer, right?

Hahah, well, when the third member in that trio is a European asshole with motherly issues and a trilby, you can't expect anything too much.

[Orv]

Oh, I remember this! It's that game where two assholes on Steam bully you into buying a game, promising to play multiplayer with you, and then never follow through, and one's a "doctor" and the other one's a drug-addled, clog-wearing game designer, right?

My offer to play remains standing.

[toblix]

There was an offer? When was this?

[Lu]

Can players with the full game play with the free-to-play players?

[Orv]

Can players with the full game play with the free-to-play players?

To my knowledge.

[Lu]

I'm in!

[illeria]

Count me in for video games.

[toblix]

THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME I AM CONVINCED 2011 WILL BE THE YEAR OF IDLE THUMBS ARMA 2 MULTIPLAYER!!!!

[illeria]

Looking through my Steam folder, I apparently own ARMA II. For how long I don't know.

[brkl]

Okay, so when? Thu or Fri would be good for me for the first go since I don't have work. Otherwise I work after ~7pm GMT. Yes, after

[toblix]

Would have to be Thursday for me.

[Orv]

Thursday works for me.

[Lu]

For me too.

[brkl]

*cough* I just made some other plans for the evening :x Erm, decide on a time and I'll see if I can join.

[Lu]

Hello, let's play some ARMA2. Bye.

[toblix]

Here, let me try:

HEY HO IT'S THE JULY 2011 SEMIANNUAL IDLE THUMBS ARMA 2 MULTIPLAYER SESSION! WHEN? NOW!

[toblix]

Boy oh boy did you guys miss the most epic Arma 2 game I've ever been a part of! Me and Poo stirred up all sorts of shit around the battlefield. Now we're riding in a chopper, Poo manning the big guns while I'm the crew chief, and then we're kicked. Now we're driving across Soviet Russia in a terrible car, Poo giving me directions from his military map where you have to physically move your compass out of the way, me killing the lights and coming slowly to a stop without hitting a tree as we crest the last hill outside the enemy compound. Now I'm moving a giant FAC circle around the battlefield, pointing out the enemy to Poo, who picks the off one by one as they leave the nearby wooden coppice. They have technology that lets them teleport back and forth at random, but Poo's aim is true and his NATO rounds find their target still, enemy or no. Also we spent like 20 minutes running around on an aircraft carrier because nobody on board was an actual pilot.

[Lu]

All in all, it went better than expected.

[Orv]

I need to fix my sleep schedule.

[Wrestlevania]

Sorry, only just seen this thread. Cross I missed it; can we try again?

[toblix]

I'm free tonight, and then not for two weeks.

[Wrestlevania]

I'm free tonight, and then not for two weeks.

I fear I may not have the required girth in my pipe to satisfy your impending demands...

It's downloading now; I'll prod you on Twitter if it's here in good time.

[Wrestlevania]

You can currently download ArmA2 for free from Green Man Gaming, using this voucher code at the checkout:

THESU-NFREE-ARMA2

Their download/auth server was buggered for most of yesterday and today, but they appear to have finally fixed the problem--my copy's downloading now.