takertitan Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 So, i am guessing most of the people on this forum watch wrestling, and i am also betting alot of the people on this forum also watch some type of wrestling. For years, the "wrestling genra" of games has been basically the same, real time simulation style games such as SmackDown vs. RAW!. But little do most people know is that the WWE(F when it was first made) releaced another type of wrestling game for the PC, With Authority!. WA! was released on Feb. 21, 2001 by Genetic Anomalies (GA), a company owned by THQ, as a trading card game similar to Magic the Gathering, only based on the WWE. The game was never a great financial success, but nevertheless developed a solid core following over its approximately 3 year lifespan. When the licensing fees proved too high to be supported by the size of the community, GA was forced to close shop and discontinue the game. As a final token of consolation and appreciation for those who had invested their money into purchasing packs of “pages” for their WWE playbooks (the WA! equivalent of playing cards), the programmers added the capability of playing games peer-to-peer (p2p) without having to connect through the central server any longer. Because the GA server is now down, you will notice that many of the features within the game are non-functional (such as the in-game chat areas and online store). The method of connecting to others via p2p is itself somewhat unorthodox and not very straightforward (since the game was originally designed to run through GA's server), which is why we have prepared this guide for new players who are unfamiliar with the game. Not only will you need the original WA! program, but you will also need the WA! IRC client written by one of our players, de|ete, who invested much of his own time to make the experience of playing p2p as enjoyable, if not more-so, than the original. The p2p software not only replaces the original chat area, but also provides tournament support and keeps track of players' ranks, along with a variety of other features which you will discover as you continue learning about the game. And best of all, everything is completely free! It may take some patience on your part to get everything set up properly to start playing, but hopefully with the help of the following directions, your p2p experience will provide you with lasting enjoyment and a great community experience. We hold several tournaments a day where you can test your playbooks (decks) against others, and when there aren't any tournaments being held, there's always someone looking for a match in the "Arena Entrance" so there's never a dull moment. For more information on this game, I would sergest you vist [url]www.waforums.net[/url]. This game is totally free now, and you can play the full version with every page ever made for free. If you need more help, please feel free to email me at [email]irish_red_11@hotmail.com[/email]. There are a handful of us With Authority'ers! left and would be glad if you joined us on the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt799 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 So it still lives on eh? I was with WA! right up untill they finally shut down the server...Its nice to see that someone carried it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boubba Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Aaah ! WA! brings back a lot of memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberkitten01 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 While that's great to know, shouldn't this be in "The Dog Pound" instead? Since it's not to do with WreSpi or any other GDS game? I wouldn't have gotten into WA! if it wasn't for the fact you had to pay, I was young and penniless at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Weden Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Crikey! That was unexpected - hadn't heard of 'em for ages! Spent over 100 quid on the bloody thing though :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takertitan Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 its all free all the time. alot of players have left but we still run all the weekly events WA! had on live along with other newer ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt799 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Yeah and you get a guides set of cards to play with. (5 of every card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Weden Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Wem, the original WA! download doesn't work (I deleted mine after servers went down, thought I wouldn't need it). Anyone else got a link/ready to e-mail me it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takertitan Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 its all on the forum, should be in "getting started" and there is also a link in p2p discusion with every link in it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt799 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 http://www.gto.dynu.com/saiyanrivals/WAP2P_files/WA!.rar(With Authority D/L) http://www.gto.dynu.com/saiyanrivals/WAP2P_files/PageChanges.zip(Page Changes) http://kcornell.com/WAUpdates/v5.4NonXP.zip(Non-XP Peer to Peer Client) http://kcornell.com/WAUpdates/v5.4XP.zip(XP Peer to peer Client) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Weden Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I know takertitan - that was the link that didn't work. But thanks Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustee John Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 the file will not download, gets to 11% and thats that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcohol Fueled Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Thank you. WA! brings back a lot of good times. I'll be sure to download this. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takertitan Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 already saw ya online :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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