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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Wow… The first words look promising…;-)
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> James Landi
[mailto:jim@landi.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> vrijdag 13 juli 2007 3:02<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>cod@icculus.org</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [cod] Call of Duty 4</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I sat
down with IW a couple weeks ago out in LA and went over all the fun stuff
regarding running a server (both private and GSP types) On top of the
list was:</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Linux
support (server side ) out of the box</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>AC out
of the box</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>server
only files - > had to explain to them about the pain it is to first upload
the files when we all share them from a fast host. But after that
patching these "shared" servers are a pain. I think they
started to get what I was bitching about, however their new way of low or
no load times between maps may hinder the server only files but they are
looking into it.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I also
volunteered to help put together a cvar/rcon guide list and this may be
possible, via white papers from IW. More on that to come later down the
road.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>They are
listening and it sounds like they are going to do their best to accommodate us,
the server admins running their games.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Also EA
has made the word "ranked" a bad word. CoD4 will not be like
BF2 ranked servers. I've also told them, do not use the R word, it scares
a lot of people away.</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>- Jim
Landi</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>FPSadmin.com
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36.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> John Kennington
[mailto:jwkennington@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:27
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cod@icculus.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cod] Call of Duty 4</span></font></p>
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36.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It
is not supposed to be ranked like the BF series. There is talk of a Linux
version, but who knows when it will be released. IW is aware that the
server admins need the Linux patch asap, but there has been no official
announcement. </span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 7/12/07, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>James Searcy</span></b> <<a
href="mailto:gotpork@gmail.com">gotpork@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font></span>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia'>Does anybody know if COD 4
will come out with a linux patch or if it is going to be a ranked server system
like BF2142? Thanks in advance.</span></font></p>
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