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Six weeks on, the Forums are giving up the goods!
By Jon Merchant

The newly revamped Postal forums have now been up six weeks and it’s been a really interesting (but not in that serial killer way) start!

John ‘SystemShock’ Freely, Member of Resurrection studios, has been working really hard on his ‘Postal oblivion’ Mod and has been kind enough to keep us updated on his progress! See this thread to witness The Dude, Champ and Pbabes all running lose in the mystical world of oblivion! and check out his related comic here!

But the porting of the Postal Dude and other chars does not end there! JakeB, a HalfLife 2 modder has been busy trying to beat RWS at being the first person to get the Dude alive in the source engine!

Long time POSTAL 2 level designer BadCase, formally known as ‘diceman’, has come back to the community after a long hiatus, and brings with him some great new maps for you to gopostal in! Check out this thread and let him know how much he rocks.

Welcome back Badcase!!

MrDownerup, who rents a server from our very own ‘Art Of War’ server company, has provided us with a massive map pack to save waiting so long to join the ‘turtlefuckers’ server, meaning you’ll be fragging in his high-speed, low grav server in no time. Big thanks to him!

wolve, another crazy member of Resurrection studios along with Systemshock, has been kind enough to make and share some video tutorials on how to use Photoshop and 3dsmax. It’s more fun than reading!!

Various community members, meanwhile, have been booting up Paint/Photoshop to deliver some posters for the upcoming Postal movie, with some impressive results! [LINK to: http://forums.gopostal.com/index.php?showtopic=24667]

Or if you simply can’t take anymore POSTAL, hang out and discuss Art, other games and digital media in the Off Topic sections! [LINK to: http://forums.gopostal.com/index.php?showforum=51]

So the ball is rolling; now we need you to come join us and make things more active. Modders need encouragement! If you like something, make sure you make yourself heard. And f you would like to see something, it never hurts to make a request!

Postal 2: Share the Pain Multiplayer Gets Free Release!!

That’s right! To celebrate 10 years of RWS, four years of POSTAL 2 to and to help shamelessly plug the Upcoming Movie and ourselves we have repacked the multiplayer part of POSTAL 2 for your downloading pleasure! No longer do you need bit torrent and some ropey waraz site to have to Share the Pain with others around the world, for free!

Dispute facing some fierce compaction from all those other multiplayer games out on the market, Postal 2: STP has continued to support a fairly small-but-loyal and often supportive community. You will find six official servers as well as loads of community owned ones! Many of the servers have tons of custom content but fear not, as they have mostly all been redirected to the gameservers.net redirect server, meaning very fast downloads!

If you are a fan of Unreal Tournament and enjoyed the lowgrav, instant kill, rat map set up, you will be glad to learn that there are a few servers for POSTAL 2 supporting this kind of gameplay! You many also be familiar with many of the custom maps that have been ported across.

If you are more of a ‘serious’ gamer, then look no further then the Snatch (Capture the Flag) servers. POSTAL 2 has had a League in place for more than four years now and will be starting a new season in the fall, so now is the time to get on there, find a clan and earn your wings! Also don’t’ forget the TeamDeathmatch for team-based mindless fragging!

Some notes:

-If you already have POSTAL 2 STP, there is no point in getting this!

-The Unreal editor and single player campaigns have been removed.

-Custom maps and Mods will still work from the options menu! Even single player ones, lucky you!

So what are you waiting for?

http://www.gopostal.com/freestp.php

Jon Talks POSTAL with The Hardcores

Just outta interest, what is ya Age/Sex/Location? And how long you been playing Postal?

Oagh - Well the demo is what got me playing Postal; It was just way too much fun, I had to buy the game then. So I guess you could say I’ve been playing for a long time. I don’t remember how old I am’ I would have to ask someone that can remember that far back, and as for sex, Yes, I like it a lot, more than my wife. My Location has a lot of trees, and shit like that ( USA) .and there is a bigfoot there too.

Scott- I am 35 Male from Ottawa Ontario Canada, I have been playing Postal2STP since 2003

‘BILL’ - 22/M/Montreal, Canada, Been playing for about four years now, more or less

‘Lil Briton’ - I’m 19 years old, male, and I’m from Manchester, United Kingdom. I’ve been playing Postal for roughly four and a half years now.

‘YBF’ – David (aka YourBestFriend) 17, Denmark

Toni - 18, Male, Spain. A year and 3-4 months.

How did you first get into Playing Postal 2 Multiplayer?

Oagh - Well I felt the need to see some Boobs and ass, and in Postal 2 Multiplayer, I did not need no dollar bills.

Scott- I opened up P2STP multiplayer and at the time there was only one server hosting custom maps and the maps took ages to download due to the redirect feature not being utilized. I was used to running a server on the Unreal engine so I built a few maps and started the ScottsHome.com server. I made it my mission to spread the word about the redirect, and build dozens of maps for people to enjoy.

‘BILL’ - It started in scottshome.com and ended in scottshome.com. I was just checking what the multiplayer was like, and honestly I didn’t really like it until I found Scott’s server.

‘Lil Briton’ - A mate of mine recommended it to me, but shortly after I started playing, he stopped, But I’ve played ever since then. Seem to be addicted.

‘YBF’ - After completing the single player part, I started at the multiplayer part.

Toni - Demo version

Why after all these years are you still interested in Postal? What draws you to it in the face of so many newer games that are fighting for your attention?

Oagh - Now this is a good question, It’s not too hard for me to tell to tell you why. Ok, I played this ww2 game about a year ago, and it was cool. So I did it again & guess what? it was the same as the 1st time! Well that sucked. if I play a game I want to play it, get into it, hang out. And in Postal it’s always a new game. Now this is a good thing.

There is always something new going on. Remember, I like to hang out. So when I hang out in Postal, I can watch the world go past me and see what they all do. Or go play! When i fished Postal: STP for the 1st time, it said: "Thank you for playing Jesus". I never used my gun and won. Now that’s a game!

Scott- Postal2STP is more than a game to me. The Postal community is small and tight. and at the end of the day I would rather play a game with a bunch of online friends. Besides, how many other games let you piss on someone then smack ‘em upside the head with a shovel :P

‘BILL’ - The peein’ on other people is an important part. It’s no ordinary multiplayer game. You can pee, kill yourself, drop grenades, have access to a large amount of weapons, and the melee action is just awesome (hammer, sword, shovel…).

‘Lil Briton’ - I think it’s just the sheer fun of playing it. I always have a good laugh when playing multiplayer.

‘YBF’ - Well Postal is somehow unique. The reason why I’ve been playing Postal for four years is the little community. You know almost everybody, you know their style, even if they smurf, you know who they are. I’ve met a lot of great guys, but also some assholes.

Toni - Postal is some kind of drug, I don’t know.

Are you part of a clan? Ever run a server or made a map for Postal 2 STP?

Oagh - Well no, I’m not part of a clan. I did hang out with EB a lot, But man I would always get my ass kicked and just did not have what it takes. I love running a server, off and on over the years I have run three server into the ground, and loved it all. And will do it again.

I have made over 50 p2 maps that I have released. Some of my maps I do nothing with… and some I just lose, That happens at 2 am when you’re ripped and working on a PC. I have a small web site here [LINK to: http://postalprojects.theoagh.com/] called Postal Projects and there are a few maps there.

Scott- Never been a clan member. Server = Yes Maps = too many to count.

‘BILL’ - Was in YFW. The problem with this clan is when you just feel like playing the real thing, other members give u crap because you’re not giving them a chance while they’re just messing around. Wtf, I just want to play.

‘Lil Briton’ - Yes, I’m part of a clan called =][BoD][= Bringers of Doom. I’ve never run a server but I did admin and manage a TeamSpeak server for PurePostal once, But I have attempted to make maps before, just not as good as the pros at it.

‘YBF’ - I’m a member of the BoD clan, which actually was created by Chucky and me about two years ago. I haven’t made any maps for Postal.

Toni - I’m part of a clan, and we have our own server, the MBB snatch server!

What are your preferred gametypes and/or mods?

Oagh - The best game types for me are slow. I like to camp smoke and then go get some. I like to play Snatch & game types like that. The best mod to play online for me is Ed online and Kamek's Postal Arena mod, I made a few maps for those mods too.

Scott- I like deathmatch and lowgrav. I like weapons that have a wide kill zone, mostly due to the high pings people have. It evens out the game.

‘BILL’ - Scottshome is the shit. Deathmatch, low grav, one hit kill weapons, faster gameplay. I like team death matches too, but it’s seems hard to get enough people on p2 online for it.

‘Lil Briton’ - I’ve always been a big fan of TDM, for the teamwork side of it. Also Snatch is good for this. I love working as a team on any First Person Shooter. But my all time favourite gametype is DM. I love trying to finish 1 st and beating everyone else.

‘YBF’ - I think that Snatch and DM are both awesome. Snatch is more strategic then DM, but DM is sometimes funnier than Snatch (depends on the players)

Toni - Snatch for the win, and arena too, but I didn’t play this last one too much. Zeroping (If that’s considered a mod) and Eternal Damnation.

Do you have any interesting or funny stories from your days of playing online?

Scott- I have damn near split my gut laughing while playing online. Some of the mods I made never made it to my server full time. A funny story… well one time I made it so the elephants were in multiplayer; that was pretty funny. To be honest… between mapping, running a server and a website I have little time to play, but when I do I have a great time.

‘BILL’ - Not really, every time I play is an interesting story, since I own. But dropping about 2000 grenades on the ground before letting it all go is kind of fun.

‘Lil Briton’ - Not really, unless any of the other guys know anything interesting or funny about my days playing.

Toni - A lot yeah, but they’re too long to tell them here.

Finally, what would you like to see in POSTAL III MP?

Oagh – Well, what I want in Postal 3 mp is... I would like to see some more of the fun that makes Postal Postal. I love the Billboards and Decor that makes it Postal. I would love to have a few Classes to pick from when playing MP, and if all the classes could do something different from the other class, that would be cool too. Those guys at RWS are insane so i don’t know what to expect in Postal 3,

Scott- I would like to see an Invasion type mod for P3, That would rule.

‘BILL’ –

- Peein’

• Vomiting?

- Killing yourself (K button) Maybe more than one possibility (eating a grenade)

• Taunts, those things makes the game funnier
• Great melee weapons (that shovel is a must, knives, swords, hammer, drill, I know there will be some good ones)
• Fast gameplay, in p2 normal MP, it takes years to get from one place to another, you’re walking at like 1 mph
• Nuke Gun
• Kickin’ other people in the nuts
• I would like a one hit kill weapon, like the super shotty, or quake 3’ railgun. Something that pwnz
• Faking death, like in unreal 3. This could be interesting
• I don’t know if you could manage to do this sort of thing, but I’m currently addicted to COD4 online. You can level up,unlock weapons, upgrade your weapons, unlock weapon cammos. This feature really is nice.
• Mines, grenades, C4, claymores. Any kind of explosive traps

‘Lil Briton’ - I would like to see a smoother, less buggier multiplayer mode. This is where the majority of the gaming time is spent by all gamers. Also I would like to see a longer single player mode, Like a lot of new games, singleplayer is just too short. Finally I would like to have just some surprises. I know the guys at RWS are capable of pulling these off, and I’m sure they’ve already got some up their sleeves.

‘YBF’ - A lot of new violent ways of killing people muhaha J and of course some nice Postal Babes

Toni - Snatch as a gametype of course, and all the old maps from Postal 2… and rocket launchers!!