Whom do you play with?

[FarAway Warrior]

I searched around in some of the back history and did a few online searches to make sure this question hadn't been asked, and couldn't find any other instances, and I was curious to hear the answer.  

This question is as much about one's lifestyle as it is about gaming tastes.  For myself, I'm simply too busy to make a commitment to play regularly with strangers.  I've got a 16-month old kid, work is good but it's not giving me any slack time, and work around the house never seems as fixed as I'd like it to be!  I have two close High School friends that I've started playing with regularly--we live in different time zones, we're all busy with stuff, but we carve out time to play once a week.

I'm just curious how others on this board schedule their game play, and with whom (if anybody).

[chemical_art]

Fifthoption for me. I always want to play with other players, and often hang around the "Light of the Spire" Hamachi group looking for team mates. Sometimes I don't want to wait and so do single player.

I like unpredictable games and each new player increases that exponentially.

[Bleek]

Fifthoption for me. I always want to play with other players, and often hang around the "Light of the Spire" Hamachi group looking for team mates. Sometimes I don't want to wait and so do single player.

I like unpredictable games and each new player increases that exponentially.

I've only just started playing co-op in the same group as Chem and it's great fun, we need more members!

So for me it's "Co-op, but with the same group of Friends all the time" because they're the only group I've ever played online with.

[Echo35]

Fifthoption for me. I always want to play with other players, and often hang around the "Light of the Spire" Hamachi group looking for team mates. Sometimes I don't want to wait and so do single player.

I like unpredictable games and each new player increases that exponentially.

I've only just started playing co-op in the same group as Chem and it's great fun, we need more members!

So for me it's "Co-op, but with the same group of Friends all the time" because they're the only group I've ever played online with.

When do you guys play usually?

[BobTheJanitor]

I only play SP. I got one online friend to buy the game and we started playing once, but he seemed to lose interest. I wouldn't mind trying MP, but I don't like putting in the effort to coordinate things. Also, I have an aversion to scheduled playtime because it gives me WoW flashbacks. At the worst of times I was playing scheduled raids lasting 6 hours a night, 5 days a week. Shudder.

[Bleek]

Fifthoption for me. I always want to play with other players, and often hang around the "Light of the Spire" Hamachi group looking for team mates. Sometimes I don't want to wait and so do single player.

I like unpredictable games and each new player increases that exponentially.

I've only just started playing co-op in the same group as Chem and it's great fun, we need more members!

So for me it's "Co-op, but with the same group of Friends all the time" because they're the only group I've ever played online with.

When do you guys play usually?

Well we are a mix of Americans and Europeans so it can be mid-afternoon all the way through to late evening.

[Bleek]

I only play SP. I got one online friend to buy the game and we started playing once, but he seemed to lose interest. I wouldn't mind trying MP, but I don't like putting in the effort to coordinate things. Also, I have an aversion to scheduled playtime because it gives me WoW flashbacks. At the worst of times I was playing scheduled raids lasting 6 hours a night, 5 days a week. Shudder.

Nah, we drop in and out and play whenever we feel like it... normally there's someone online willing to have a game.

[superking]

myself 

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Currently on break, but hoping once I get back into the swing of things to find new people (preferably during US nights) to play with. 

King

[Ozymandiaz]

Usually single player, or with a firnd or two.

Never played with randomes actually

[FarAway Warrior]

Interesting. 

Based on the poll results so far, my experience isn't that atypical. 

Most of the folks who play co-op play with mostly the same people, and only a handful play with whomever they can find--and all the folks who play with "randomes" also play solitaire a fair amount. 

Lots of folks play solitaire, but few play exclusively solitaire. 

I'm assuming that people who play co-op mostly play the game with friends they knew before, as opposed to people they've just met online and now play with regularly, but that's an assumption.  That speaks to the social aspect of the co-op game, and also suggests that AI Wars sales might rely even more on word-of-mouth (verbal or virtual) than other games.

That's probably not a surprise to anybody here, but I wonder how representative it is of folks who bought AI Wars in general?  No way to know, I guess, but we probably all have opinions...

[Echo35]

I'm assuming that people who play co-op mostly play the game with friends they knew before, as opposed to people they've just met online and now play with regularly, but that's an assumption.  That speaks to the social aspect of the co-op game, and also suggests that AI Wars sales might rely even more on word-of-mouth (verbal or virtual) than other games.

I only found out about the game due it it being on the "New Releases" page of Impulse when it came out. Every other friend of mine who plays found about because I talk about it, or because Raptr tells all my Twitter followers the instant I start playing I don't think I've ever actually seen an ad or anything for this game, outside of an odd interview on RPS or something.