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

[James Landi]

I would assume at a lan party you would have to setup one box in the 
corner to host the game as if someone was sitting there. Everyone should 
have less them 1ms ping .

Now , would these boxes including all clients need to be able to contact 
the mother ship to authenticate is another questions.  I guess if they 
can do it on the console you should be fine.......

Jim Landi
Rudedog
FPSadmin.com
Microsoft MVP, Games for Windows



Vadim Clyne-Kelly wrote:
> Just wondering. How does all of this effect LAN play? Would be a huge 
> loss if this couldnt be played at LAN parties or would it probably be 
> the case of client listening servers? Anybody know of a LAN option?
>
> Thanks,
> Vadim
>
>
> 2009/10/18 James Landi <jim at landi.net <mailto:jim at landi.net>>
>
>     Richard, remember Activision hires Ryan to port the exe and other
>     files so they run on the Linux OS.  Ryan is a business man and I
>     would imagine he would like to continue any further business
>     practices with Activision on good terms.  He can not comment or
>     should comment on this.
>     It's simply not his fault, or doing.  All we can do is appreciate
>     all the things Ryan has done above these contracts with Activision
>     (release zero day patches for us)
>
>     Thanks Ryan, wish you got this contract, here's looking that you
>     get the Dice contract for BFBC2 and BF1943.
>
>
>     Jim Landi
>     Rudedog
>     FPSadmin.com
>     Microsoft MVP, Games for Windows
>
>
>
>     Richard GrosJean wrote:
>
>         You have got a nice ball rolling, sir.
>
>         What happens next though? Does Ryan C. Gordon beam down, snap
>         his fingers and release Linux bins? :-D
>
>         On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM, James Landi <jim at landi.net
>         <mailto:jim at landi.net> <mailto:jim at landi.net
>         <mailto:jim at landi.net>>> wrote:
>
>            First let me say that I will not be hosting or releasing
>         any files
>            for MW2,  With the lack of any response or support from IW or
>            Activision I see no reason to support them with my bandwidth,
>            community or access.  Hell after my public comments I may
>         not have
>            access to these files anymore, but that's fine I can move on to
>            other games and or hobbies rather quickly.  Sorry there's no
>            kissing ass on my end.
>
>            I've already informed my community that MW2 is a "must wait for
>            patch" title and not to pre-order or purchase on day one.
>
>            Not sure if any GSPs are pre-renting MW2 servers but you
>         should be
>            very careful and watch yourselves.  With the lack of any
>         real PC
>            related information, worst then any past Call of Duty title to
>            date, I can only feel that we are in for a very bumpy road
>         as well
>            as some very bad headaches.
>            If there's any type of dedicated server in the box, you already
>            know it's going to be Windows only, for god knows how long.
>          That
>            combined with unreleased system specs for the clients means
>         they
>            don't know what or how it's going to run.
>            Then there is this whole rumor about the PC version being
>         delayed.
>             It's been close to 2 weeks now and Activision, IW and or
>         402 have
>            yet to confirm or deny the rumors in public.   That can
>         only mean
>            they are trying to rush what ever they have out the door.
>             Unfortunately we'll have to pay for their rushing a
>         product that
>            unlike past Call of duty titles from IW their hearts are
>         not in it
>            this time.  Which means for us, a buggy game with many unsolved
>            issues when it's released.
>
>            With the lack of any information or simply communications
>         from IW
>            in regards to the PC side of this game so close to release,
>         what
>            make anyone think that we'll get the support after the game
>         ships?
>
>            Sorry for my rant Rudedog out.
>
>            Jim Landi
>            Rudedog
>            FPSadmin.com
>            Microsoft MVP, Games for Windows
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