[cod] Sorry have to vent, Modern Warfare 2 on the PC

Petr Jelinek pjmodos at seznam.cz
Sun Oct 18 10:51:43 EDT 2009


Christian Gerbrandt napsal(a):
> I followed the email thread here, and also listened to the webcast.
> There are some major changes in the way online multiplayer is used for MW2.
> But may I also point you to another game, which made almost the same
> changes, and is more popular then before?
>
> Quake Live
>
> I know you can't really compare QL with MW2, but to some extend you can.
> Id has taken the step, and took their whole gaming experience into the
> webbrowser.
> Obviously, you can't host a dedicated Server anymore. That is all done by
> id.
> They host everything.
>
> The point here is, the community is playing it, a lot.
> It is played on a professional level in big tournaments.
>   

Not the same, id came to big GSPs (and ISPs with game hosting 
experience) and rented servers from them on which they run/manage/admin QL.

If MW2 has console style system, which would mean users running listen 
servers on their home machine with their home internet connection then 
that's completely different scenario.

-- 
Regards
Petr Jelinek (PJMODOS)



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