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color=#0000ff size=2>That would be better but I think it is ridiculous to be
paying good $ for a server and have a startup limit
imposed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Giel van Schijndel
[mailto:giel@kingofdos.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 21, 2005 11:58
AM<BR><B>To:</B> bf1942@icculus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [bf1942] BF2 10
player start limit<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>ScratchMonkey schreef:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid186C69A3711F55D4C8E05E60@%5B10.0.0.14%5D type="cite">You
can't play when the server first starts up? When did that change? You can't
accumulate stat points before you reach 10, but you should be able to do more
than "nothing". <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>If I'm correct he means that you have to wait
for 10 people to get on the server to be capable of even capturing a flag or
have the "round-stats" (not ranked stats) account for kills/etc made.<BR><BR>And
I do think, actually I'm quite sure of it, that it is possible to remove that
"the game will start when x more player(s) join"-message and let people play
_unranked_ as long as there aren't x players on the server. Which would be an
acceptable (read highly apreciated) alternative to me (and many
others).<BR><BR>And the fact that it is possible and very easy to implement this
"feature" but hasn't been implemented anyway is the cause that I rarely play BF2
anymore and DO NOT intent to buy the expansion pack. (I'm proud to tell that I
can't even recall the name of it <SPAN class=moz-smiley-s4><SPAN>:-P
</SPAN></SPAN>)<BR><BR>Just as a side note I do not blame any employee or
department of either EA or DICE. However I do blame those two organisations as a
whole.<BR><BR>
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