<DIV id=RTEContent>Not to be too much of a downer on that news but its too little too late for many.<BR><BR><B><I>Kevin M <soldierofbal@rogers.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A member of our clan has been recently employed by Activision.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For obvious reasons, he can't say anything about an ETA but I've</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>known him for some time and I get the impression it will be before</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the end of February.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He has said, like others have, it's better to wait for a good patch than for</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a patch that is just as shitty.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My opinion. They know they screwed up! They want to make sure it's</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>going to be a whopper of a patch. PB will also be included. Punkbuster</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>can be debated for the next 100 years but at the very least will serve as a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>deterrent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>K</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=defilm@acm.org href="mailto:defilm@acm.org">Mark J. DeFilippis</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=cod@icculus.org href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 03, 2006 8:06 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [cod] CoD2 Patch..</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3><BR>I have used every back-door I know of to get info, and have<BR>received no info, and some of these sources I know if they<BR>knew something, they would say so.<BR><BR>They really screwed up this game. What a real shame.<BR>The Gaming Clan I sponsor is in TWL and CAL. I run it very<BR>democratically, and sometimes it takes on a life of it own.<BR><BR>I was somewhat shocked when I saw the poll on our<BR>website where after much back and forth they have decided<BR>to drop COD2 because the hacks out there are just too much,<BR>it is ruining the game, and they are tired of waiting. It is not the<BR>first time a publisher has killed a game. Look at the entire MOH series.<BR><BR>We have loads of screen caps
during TWL and CAL matches<BR>that clearly show aimbots, wall hacks, exploits being used,<BR>and there is no way to enforce it. I suspect much longer and<BR>what you will have left is the die-hards that always follow a game<BR>but it is too late for {TRv}Team-Ravage. We are checking out.<BR><BR>However, everyone is excited at this time about MOH Airborne<BR>because they are optimists, and they hold out hope EA won't mess<BR>up another one. However, being human, one can only take so<BR>much cheating before it just isn't fun anymore.<BR><BR>Time to move on. My humble thanks to Steve, Jay, and others who<BR>continue to help others while taking on the job of "real beta testers".<BR>Hope to see ya on the MOH list when the time comes for Airborne release.<BR><BR>Mark<BR><BR>At 04:36 AM 2/3/2006, you wrote:<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial color=#0000ff size=2>Nudge.. please if some one knows something share. Were not going to hold
ya to ya word.. just give us hope... "early next year" means January to me .. coz im a optimist ... what does it mean to you?</FONT><FONT size=3><BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face=arial color=#0000ff size=2>M</FONT><FONT size=3><BR> <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face=arial color=#000080 size=2><B>Mark </B></FONT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jessop, Adam [<A href="mailto:Adam.Jessop@fujitsu-siemens.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:Adam.Jessop@fujitsu-siemens.com</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 February 2006 08:26<BR><B>To:</B> cod@icculus.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [cod] CoD2 Patch..<BR><BR></FONT> <DL> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>This is aimed mostly at the guys from IW (Bryan!) but with a patch due out, I was wondering if there is any more information available regarding its release date? <BR></FONT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>I dont mean to sound like a whining gamer begging for it A.S.A.P as I totally
understand that you guys are busy and you have all done an awesome job so far. I am really happy that the patch will include PB support as thats what the community really needs right now. I was just wondering if there was a release date 'pencilled in'.<BR></FONT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Adam.</FONT><FONT size=3> <BR><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial color=#0000ff size=2><A href="file://www.0wned-hosting.co.uk/">www.0wned-hosting.co.uk</A></U></FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>#0wned-hosting | Quakenet.</FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> <div></X-SIGSEP> <DL></DL><TT>S1,-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Mark J. DeFilippis, Ph.D EE
defilm@acm.org<BR> defilm@ieee.org<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV>