[bf1942] Why Linux?

[Bradley Caricofe]

> While it is possible to host a decent Half-Life server at home on your
> DSL or Cable connection, this is just impossible for a BF server.  So,
> until BF gets a production Linux server working, it will never stand a
> chance to compete with CS.  And I feel that once BF does get a
> production Linux server published, BF will rival CS in popularity and
> equal its success in longevity.

BF will never rival CS in terms of popularity.  Actually no new $50 games
will given that CS is free and runs on older hardware.  I'm looking in ASE
right now and I see that there are currently 2240 BF servers up, CS has
27218 servers currently running worldwide.  The gap between CS and the game
with the next most servers, Quake 3, is about 24000 servers.  I don't see
anything dethroning CS anytime soon, this is not to say of course that there
aren't better games than CS out, most new FPS are much more fun, but CS is
mega-rooted...

BF has got to beat MOHAA, Unreal Tournament, UT2k3, and a few others before
setting her sights on HL or CS...

my $0.02