[johnbirshire]

Like many others here, I am very fond of Duke 3D's multiplayer, played it relentlessly for a good year after it came out over modem link with friends while running up the phone bill, on TEN, or on Kali while competing via Case's Ladder.

I was pretty excited to see this game released for XBox 360, even though it would take some getting used to aiming with the controller, I would still get an opportunity to relive some death match.

That being said, just had a few questions before I purchase it:

1. Did we always run so fast?! I downloaded the demo to check it out, and with run enabled I felt like I was running twice as fast as I ever remember running "back in the day". Without run mode on felt like the speed I remember, with run mode on it felt like steroid speed. Although this will inevitably make me sound like a schmuck...I didn't like it at all. Did later versions of Duke Nukem 3D, like the expansion editions etc, boost up the run speed? Or was it made ridiculously fast on the XBox for a reason?

2. Do you create the game yourself, and others join? Therefore allowing you to pick the maps, etc? Or is it a server that everybody joins and it randomly matches for you?

3. When you choose 1 vs 1, do you HAVE to have a friend and invite them, or does it partner you with a random person to 1 vs 1?

4. How long is the wait for a game? A lot of people playing, you get right in to a 1 vs 1 or 8 person FFA?

Thanks for answering! *assuming someone does*