“The Lab” – September 2010 Schedule

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Check out the September schedule for “The Lab”!

By arne | Twitter @arnemeyer | Friday August 27 2010

“The Lab” starts up again in the first weekend of September – that’s next week, along with Labor Day and PAX Prime – and we hope you’ll join us.

If you’re new to “The Lab,” welcome! “The Lab” is a special playlist we will be running for a limited time on designated weekends, roughly every other weekend. You can access “The Lab” playlist within the set of playlists found in Matchmaking in UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer. During each weekend “The Lab” is active, we’ll be running a specialized playlist featuring one or more custom-tuned gametype variations from the tons of variables we can tweak in our multiplayer gameplay settings.

We’ll also be hosting a new thread for every event on the Naughty Dog community forums to get your feedback and thoughts on each one of our “The Lab” events.

“The Lab” episodes for September are:

September 3 - 7
3 vs 3 Deathmatch
We’ve dropped two of everything for all matches in this Deathmatch variation – you’ll have two less teammates and two less Boosters to aid in your domination of the opposing team.

September 17 - 20
Desert - 5 Shootout
In this episode of “The Lab,” you’ve only got your trusty eight-shooter, the Desert - 5, to rely on against your opponents.

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Posted by: cherry-12_3 on 08-29-2010

yeah but thats why its a lab to see how it goes and yeah ur right the cave would suck but what about like the plaza train wreck lost city fort and the village that might not be to bad. or maybe they should make new maps exclusivley for free for all. u know like bigger maps that can also hold 6 players and why not dlc map labs.

Posted by: majora96 on 08-28-2010

I’m sorry because this is going to be off topic but there isn’t anywhere else to tell you the problem I’m having. When I go to invite my friends it will go to creating party and abour 90% of the time it will be stuck and freeze on creating party. It happens way too often and it really annoys me. And sometimes but not as often as the creating a party thing when I’m trying to join someone it will just say joining game then get out of it about 10 seconds later and if I keep going back to it it does the same thing. This was also happenening to the friends I was doing it with. If you know how to fix this then can you please help. Thanks

Posted by: XXgoyanksXX on 08-27-2010

3 vs 3 is awesome and so is the desert shootout. but i have 2 questions,
1. Is it possible to have a 6 on 6 deathmatch lab?
2. Is the desert shootout thing a deathmatch or elimination? please reply to this so u can answer my questions

Posted by: Doodoostain2 on 08-28-2010

And if you don’t mind a little food for thought, possible Lab ideas could be the aforementioned double-to-triple cash weekends because leveling up has slowed drastically since the changes. Maybe a 50K per headshot weekend. An improved melee only weekend. I dunno, just some ideas. BTW, No power weapons = awesome sandwhich!!! Thanks for the hard work ND!! Keep it up!!!

Posted by: xRaPiD_HaNDSx on 08-27-2010

3v3 Deathmatch.. Seriously Naughty Dog? Won’t be worth my while to return to Uncharted for such a Lab weekend. I played the hell out of 2v2 and well, that was pretty fun. 3v3 happens a lot outside of the lab anyway, people drop out often enough to make that happen. Borringgg.

Desert-5 only should be fun though.

Posted by: Rellik_Htaed on 08-27-2010

I love the lab! I like trying something new! Im siked for the desert shoot out! I better start practicing with it now!

Hey just a thought for a lab, I could really go for an RPG lab, or a one shot kill lab, just for fun. You think any of those could be possible?

Posted by: tominator21 on 08-27-2010

Arne where are the two maps that you removed from the april DLC?
You guys originaly said that in the april DLC there would be 4 maps and 5 skins! we got 2 maps highrise and museum and some skins.
Where are the other two maps you guys origialy planned????

Posted by: arne on 08-27-2010

Those reports, regardless of source, didn’t come from us or any sort of official statement or announcement. There may have been discussions of more content at one time, many, many, many months before the DLC was even worked on, but the content you’re referring to was never part of the final plan.

Posted by: guamexigese on 08-27-2010

this Desert-5 Shootout will be right up my alley. I’m all for using pistols. one shot center mass plus melee should be successful if cqc is your game plan for this lab. usually two shots with the Desert-5 will do, but I’ll be running up on people in this lab.

I’m pretty much accustomed to 3 vs 3 already since this happens a lot in deathmatches I enter when matchmaking can’t put together a full lobby. the twist of no boosters will be great since it will truly test your gaming ability since you can’t rely on the perks that some people must have to do well.

looking forward to both labs. thank you, NaughtyDog, and keep up the good work.

Posted by: D022897 on 08-27-2010

wat up Dogs that are Naughty! I have loved every lab you guys have put on (except co-op crushing, wasnt crazy bout that one). but i have 2 questions. First, could you guys possibly try a free for all in one of your labs? that would be fun.Second, could you guys put a crippled movement in machinima? that wud be SICK. thx!!

Posted by: Astn123 on 08-29-2010

Crippled movement like on the first chapter would have been realy cool. Something to consider for the next game (just saying).

Also, will the Desert-5 only become an available variant for custom games?

Posted by: rj9797 on 08-27-2010

I hope the starting ammo, ammo capacity, and ammo pickup are increased for the desert-5 shootout lab. I think It would be a good idea for you to make at least some labs double cash so more people would play it and give feedback plus it is only 3 days. Also try 4x cash weekend but the multiplier would decrease as you get money.

Posted by: Skilight on 08-27-2010

Just had 2 questions.
1. Will the desert shootout be deathmatch or elimination?
2. Will there be no boosters for the desert shootout?
I hate it when there are no boosters mainly because I cant use BOH’s. Hope there are boosters.

Posted by: CeReAl--KiLlR on 08-27-2010

yano wat wud be a super fun lab,no weapons, ano it sounds weird but running around beatin the crap out of each other wud b awesome and we could use triangle button to block or sumthin plz plz plz think about it ND

Posted by: Hockey_Ox on 08-27-2010

With the 3vs3 and 2vs2 deathmatch,will there be a 3vs3 or 2vs2 elimination in the future labs.Anyways,the Desert-5 deathmatch will be one lab I’ll try to play as much as I can. PS:I want free for all.

Posted by: WillBenson268 on 08-27-2010

i hope that a double cash weekend comes out on the Desert-5 lab! also, i thought it was creepy of Drake to kill that Turkish guy in chapter 2.......he made a guy fall to his death so he could get rich! if Uc2 the movie ever comes out i think that part should be put in it. it shows how desperate he really is.

Posted by: WillBenson268 on 08-27-2010

also, can you guys make a Holiday DLC? 1 new Halloween skin: Blue Skelzor (HEROES) vs Red Skelzor (Villian) & a new Christmas skin. i would like Drake to have a santa costume. if you reply to my comment please let it be the first comment i made. (2 above)

Posted by: mklegend90 on 08-27-2010

3vs3 without boosters? I`m sorry I wont play that. Desert-5 deathmatch seems fun, but let us use boosters in this mode. Some of us actually try to level up. The last wish I has is, give us a DCW. U said after the level update that there would be many Doubble cash weekends. Where are they?

Posted by: MattC_64 on 08-28-2010

Naughtydog heard me!
Well, arne did, or maybe the Dog realised a Deagle TDM would be badass.

All I’ll say, this could make for some great cinemas.

Just ensure that it is deathmatch, you don’t need to mix the modes around for no reason.

Posted by: MattC_64 on 08-28-2010

Also, I agree about the 3v3 being pointless, boosters or not. The 2v2 one was glorious, I think it warrants another showing, but this time without boosters. It’s different enough for me.

Also, do you have the ability to set every player up with the same booster, even if they haven’t unlocked it? That could vary the lab a bit. For example, do a Micro 40mm plunder match where everybody has sure shot AND more bullets in each clip.
That setup makes the weapon beast, unfortunately it goes neglected, due to A)rareness on the maps B)the fact that I stop myself using sureshot because it would mean sacrificing evasion.

Posted by: Odyseus_gamer on 08-28-2010

3v3 lol? I played like 2 of those yesterday when i was trying to find a full match. come on naughty dog whats next; 4v4, melee only? where’s 1.10? if you didnt notice spawns are as bad as in 1.06. when are you going to fix that?

Posted by: clark4world on 08-28-2010

I Love what you’re doing ND, :] but still you guys need to fix respawn problems & do more double cash weekend so that you can make people come back.
And please, give more penalties to people who get out of game all the time!

For Uncharted 3, you guys should do more compatibility work on PS3. There are lots of people who got Lens & board problems because of lack of stability on PS3 and all the Freezing problems. Except those, Uncharted 2, the best game I’ve ever played.

Posted by: Pelotero_10 on 08-28-2010

Wow...that’s sick, straight Eagles? Now that is worth playing!
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Question though, is there going to be added ammo to the Eagle??? And you’z guys should mos’ definitely consider throwing in some extra cheese for the Lab, so more people will actually get on!
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The last Lab, I couldn’t find anyone online! There were more people playing plunder…

Posted by: korgon117 on 08-28-2010

Here is a great lab idea, call it Uncharted 2 multiplayer working properly! Its when two teams face each other in any gamemode with proper functioning spawns, non-overpowered melee attacks, and no auto aim while blindfiring, and much less lag! Guarantee it becomes a hit! BETTER YET JUST MAKE THE ENTIRE GAME LIKE THIS! I know Uncharted 2 multiplayer working properly? I know CRAZY idea but hey who woulda thought Naughty Dog could kill the game of the year 2009? If Naughty Dog could kill the game of the year 2009 then I would think (hope) they could actually FIX something with an UPDATE.

Posted by: DC7LG on 08-28-2010

This game is a true favourite of mine and many other people and I love all the DLC and the lab ideas which all the dogs have come up with but i am sad to say that this game has lost what i desired in it back when the beta came out, you may have a healthy multiplayer audience but you are slowly losing them as the days go by. What you tried to achieve by lowering the cash in plunder was a nice idea but it doesnt work, i was playing earlier on to test it out and the match still lasted the full 20 minutes with the scores at 2-1 max each and everytime I played. So on behalf of most of your multiplayer audience we would kindly ask for you to bring back title update 1.04, please!

Posted by: Healthorg on 08-28-2010

If they can have boosters for 2v2, why can’t they have boosters for 3v3? Please answer, because I don’t understand, and most people like the boosters to make money in a new way. I know boosters in the 2v2 were extremely hhelpful especially due to double cash. And you guys have to stop disrespecting nd in the comments, this os their site lol…

Posted by: McAwesum on 08-28-2010

Hey Arne. Do you think that in the future ND can make these Labs last for a whole week instead of just a weekend. I don’t think just a few days is sufficient time to test some of these fun modes you guys are coming out with. Also some people are usually busy and don’t always have time on Saturday or Sunday. If you have them for a whole week it would give more people time to test these modes out and not miss them.

Posted by: Lionheart1707 on 08-28-2010

Hello again ND do you guys remember one of the errors the game had about error with syncing models?I know that you posted a solution for that error some time ago. I did what you said and it worked for some time then it happened again, so I deleted the game data for a second time and it worked for awhile but then it kept happening again and again until deleting the game data became useless. I have tried again and again to connect to the multiplayer and ever since the May 25 2010 I haven’t played the uncharted 2 multiplayer. At first I thought it was my internet, but it can’t be my internet because I have played other games online like Little Big Planet, Resident Evil 5 and other games without any problem. Before I used to play uncharted 2 almost every day and all I want is to know if you guys can help me with this problem or if you could do something about this. Please help :(

Posted by: holoquin2 on 08-28-2010

to Lionheart1707:

I suggest you write you complaint in the Multiplayer section of the forum, or atleast send Naughty Dog a message reagrding your situation.

As for your problem, every time there is an update, you have to undergo the syncing models process. It takes very long and is an extremly long process (30 mins), so I suggest you allow yourself to connect to the servers, and then watch a movie and come back to it because it takes a VERY long time.

If this doesn’t help, then could you please outline your problem more clearly and send a message to Naughty Dog.

Posted by: holoquin2 on 08-28-2010

‘3 vs 3’. Once again Naughty Dog have proved that they only listen to the minority who write unimaginative trash on their forums. How about making a playlist specificaly targetted at successful labs? And ‘Desert shootout’? Tell me, is there any point or purpose that is being served in these labs? And about the Desert 5, how much ammunition will you be given?

Snipers only FTW!

Posted by: Jimmy_980 on 08-29-2010

hey arne, are you guys going to fix the portraits of the new skins? cause i like the skins a lot but i’ve got the wrong portraits and dutch, blain, mac and dillon have no portraits at all (maybe it’s only one version but it’s pretty annoying).

Posted by: TheGodSend on 08-29-2010

if you ask me FIX THE ****ING LAG!!!!!! FORGET ABOUT THE LABS, FORGET ABOUT NEW MAPS, FORGET ABOUT EXPLOITS, FIX THE LAG!!!! i can’t play one match where my screen shows ppl killing me with just a couple bullets with the pistol and a few bullets with the ak-47. once i get shot… i can’t run, i die asap. ak-47’s even kill like i was nothing when they are on the other side of the map.... this is bullcrap. bring back the update 1.04!!!!!!!!! you ruined the gameplay for everybody once you started making changes for those call of duty p***ys who loves to camp. you use to die if you camp all the time and now you have to camp to even live for a minute… all ppl wants to do is camp with snipers and grenade launchers. its starting to be more like call of duty and i say SCREW THAT!!!!

Posted by: CeReAl--KiLlR on 08-29-2010

he has a point, the 1.04 update was far better cuz it always lags now and i always get put in a team with retards in plunder and get crap all money which really pisses me off, arne ffs please fix this! cant you like get rid of the last update alltogether and fix the serious lag problem?????

Posted by: mustangNZ on 08-29-2010

PLEEZ MAKE NEW FREE MAPS AND SKINS THAT ARE FREE PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ I BEG IM GETIN PISSED OFF WITH BORIN MAPS LIKE TEMPLE PLEEZ REPLY AND MAKE 1 WITH MORE HIDDING PLACES YO PLEEEEEEEEEEEZ MAKE IT FREEEE

Posted by: liamdaniels on 08-29-2010

Okay, incoming rage:
WTF!? Okay. Start UC2 up. Play 7 games straight back to back, with level 60-80’s in a party with level 10 as a leader, vs me & some below level 50’s. And during these matches, theres IMMENSE lag. REALLY, why let these people connect to the servers. [Rage over]

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