[bf1942] Not ready for prime time

[chuk.chizzle at attbi.com]

Let's give them a chance to make good!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cuban" <cuban at hoodedmaniac.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:29 AM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Not ready for prime time


> Again,
> 
> My method in handling this is to not support EA or dICE by not buying
> any future products. I won't purchase Road to Rome, I won't buy anything
> branded EA, hell I won't even download the new Aberdeen map.
> 
> Before I purchased this game I looked around on EA's website to BE SURE
> there was a *nix server. It promised one, and [to me] they still have
> not delivered. The server in its current state is far from production
> deployment. Hell with a bug this bad, I'd hardly call it a playable
> beta. 
> 
> If the fix (or attempted fix) isn't release by this weekend, I'm pulling
> all my BF1942 servers and will no long support anything branded EA or
> dICE.
> 
> This is just my two cents; do not flame me, I will not respond.
> 
> cuban
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ScratchMonkey [mailto:ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:49 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: [bf1942] Not ready for prime time
> 
> --On Monday, March 24, 2003 4:17 PM +1030 shagnome
> <shagnome at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > There are alot of hosting companies out there that will not put
> buggy-beta
> > software on their live systems
> 
> I run a single BF1942 server alongside multiple Tribes 2 servers, 3 
> TeamSpeak servers, email, web, FTP, and forums. The BF1942 server is the
> 
> least stable and is a constant source of irritation to the non-BF1942
> users 
> because of its instability. I tried Coop mode the other day and brought
> the 
> box to its knees, dropping all the TeamSpeak clients for a minute or two
> 
> before I got a shell prompt back and could kill it. Not good.
>