[bf1942] Why Linux?

[Nephar]

A good argument... However, here are a few things that drive my
theory....

1.  One reason Half-Life has done so well is because of its FREE mods
(like CS as you have pointed out).  Already, BF has SEVERAL FEE mods
available (Desert Combat is one VERY popular one) with MORE to come.  

2.  CS has a huge advantage in that is has been around for YEARS!  Yes,
it is "mega-rooted".  It is after all, how many years old?

I don't think that Half-Life mods will rule the world Forever.  Here is
my prediction...

IF DICE gets BF running well on Linux and continues to support he Linux
community...  IF DICE does NOT do something stupid like making their
Expansion Packs required to run new Mod's...  One and a half years from
now when the average computer power is greater and the average game geek
(myself included) want more than shoot'm up out of their game... THEN
you will see BF servers in the 20,000 number range.  By then, the game
will be $35, the number of quality Mods will be great, and the world
will be a better place.  :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley Caricofe [mailto:caricofe at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 2:58 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Why Linux?


> While it is possible to host a decent Half-Life server at home on your

> DSL or Cable connection, this is just impossible for a BF server.  So,

> until BF gets a production Linux server working, it will never stand a

> chance to compete with CS.  And I feel that once BF does get a 
> production Linux server published, BF will rival CS in popularity and 
> equal its success in longevity.

BF will never rival CS in terms of popularity.  Actually no new $50
games will given that CS is free and runs on older hardware.  I'm
looking in ASE right now and I see that there are currently 2240 BF
servers up, CS has 27218 servers currently running worldwide.  The gap
between CS and the game with the next most servers, Quake 3, is about
24000 servers.  I don't see anything dethroning CS anytime soon, this is
not to say of course that there aren't better games than CS out, most
new FPS are much more fun, but CS is mega-rooted...

BF has got to beat MOHAA, Unreal Tournament, UT2k3, and a few others
before setting her sights on HL or CS...

my $0.02