Hey guys, I couldn't find the appropriate forum section to post this in so I'm going to post it here.
Continuum is a fun and free 2D-topview MMO game. I've been playing it since 1998! There are a lot of different zones with different settings that you can choose from that supports your style. One shot one kills? Sure! Go to Trench Wars. Want a challenge? Try Chaos Zone!
If you haven't played this game, you should give it a go -- at least a try. You can find it at http://www.getcontinuum.com/ as a small 6MB< download. The game will work on Linux through WINE too (be sure to check out http://wine.getcontinuum.com/ for this information).
And as of recent, one of the zones Metal Gear CTF has recently launched a contest that will be taking place very soon. It involves an XBox 360 prize for first place, and is a 1v1 dueling tournament (seriously, how hard could it be for a free 2D game for such an awesome prize?). If you would like to participate in this tournament, signup at http://metalgearctf.net/forums/index...pic=12008&st=0 -- registration closes tomorrow (the 16th) at 11AM EST and the tournament begins also tomorrow at 12PM EST (an hour after registration closes).
A lot has changed over the years, in a good way. A lot of the community's dev teams have been programming a major bot system so things are a lot more entertaining and pleasing to the players. Pretty soon there's going to be an achievement system for all of the zones, interconnected.