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We are a COD, COD:UO, BF1942 clan. We run two servers:<br><br>
A Quad 3.2Ghz P4 HT , 4GB Ram, RH 4.3, 2.6SMP Kernel<br>
A Dual 2.4Ghz P4 HT, 2GB Ram, RH4.3, 2.6SMP Kernel<br><br>
At this point, based on my observations on this list, EA's past<br>
(who could ever forget MOH series). I have returned my Game.<br>
My two sons are playing on Ranked servers, and my clan is still<br>
going strong with COD and COD:UO. They are playing on others<br>
ranked servers. We just got back a bunch of guys that quit to play
WOW<br>
full time, and are now bored. Back to COD, COD:UO.<br><br>
At first, the clan, which I run as a democracy, wanted a BF2 server
up<br>
ASAP. Then came the bugs in the windows code, and the Linux<br>
server, now the ranking issue. They put up a Poll, and they
voted<br>
to NOT induct BF2 to my surprise, and instead wait for COD 2, and<br>
Day of Defeat: Source.<br><br>
EA hardly has a monopoly on good gaming out there. My younger<br>
son is a BF freak. Plays 1942 and DC almost 10+ hours day<br>
on another clan, since {Trv} decided not to bother with BF1942 or
DC.<br><br>
He has returned to the DC mod to my astonishment. When I asked him<br>
why he stopped playing the game I just paid $50 for, he stated<br>
it "only supports Conquest mode, and that sucks". The BF DC
servers<br>
support other play modes, like Co-op.<br><br>
He tells me that he has no problem finding BFDC servers to play
on.<br><br>
So I am a happy camper. I don't have to bother with EA. Nice game,<br>
but if you are impressed with the graphics, check out COD2<br>
and DOD:Source. Based on the screen shots, and play<br>
I have read about, I don't know if they will be too far apart.<br><br>
So they want to cut out clans and private servers. They just
can't<br>
help shooting themselves in the foot can they?<br><br>
I do love BF1942 and DC mod. But BF2 is going in the crapper.<br>
I already spend $450/mo on servers. I am going to rent one of
theirs?<br>
for what? One game? <br><br>
Don't forget about Company Heros. PCG says another winner. This is<br>
just the beginning of the next generation of games that are catching
up<br>
to the 16way, 24 way, and 32way pipeline GPU's...<br><br>
Guys, it is almost a blessing. I am not going to wait until unranked
servers<br>
come in to play. If others want to join in, there will be more and
more<br>
ranked. In reality, I don't have enough time in my life to bother
unlocking<br>
the roles. Easier to SWITCH than FIGHT....<br><br>
EA has never been responsive, ever. Why should we expect them<br>
to now???<br><br>
Cya<br>
Wish I could attach a sound byte of "Another one bites the
dust"!<br><br>
Mark<br>
{Trv}Team-Ravage<br>
<a href="http://www.team-ravage.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.team-ravage.com<br><br>
<br><br>
</a>At 12:49 PM 7/1/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>We got the same problem. I
can't even get my clanmates to play on our<br>
server because of this ranking BS.<br><br>
We too will pull up stakes if at the end of the month things aren't<br>
different. I had high hopes for this being "the next great
game" for<br>
our clan, but that is eroding because of the ranked server
problem.<br><br>
On 7/1/05, Scummy <scumbucket@cox.net> wrote:<br>
> I can only speak for my club which has been around for 8 years
starting with<br>
> Valve and then EA Games Servers.<br>
> <br>
> In the last 3 days we have gone from having 21,581 players since BF2
Release<br>
> to zero players. (this can be proven by Server Spy on our main
page)<br>
> <br>
> Everyone has gone to ranked servers with all the bells and whistles
that<br>
> they offer.<br>
> <br>
> For the first time I am faced with shuttling the Pirates Bloody Cove
or<br>
> seeking another game to host.<br>
> <br>
> EA, to you I hope that you are proud of yourself for driving out the
small<br>
> server operators.<br>
> <br>
> Our club has support BF1942 and Vietnam but now with this Ranking
Server our<br>
> future supporting EA is in question.<br>
> <br>
> We are a club that is committed to maintaining a safe and a fun
server for<br>
> our wayward net sailors to call their gaming home port.<br>
> <br>
> Sure we could rent a Ranked Server but then that's all that our club
could<br>
> afford. Right now we have a host of options by operating our own
box.<br>
> <br>
> I will stick it out one more month before I decide to drop EA.
It is a<br>
> shame that EA has done this us!<br>
> <br>
> [pbc]ScumBucket<br>
>
<a href="http://www.piratesbloodycove.com/" eudora="autourl">www.piratesbloodycove.com</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
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Mark J. DeFilippis, PH. D
EE
defilm@acm.org<br>
defilm@ieee.org<br><br>
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