[cod] No bins for Cod: Black Ops

[Richard GrosJean]

'"Public" server files, in the sense we were told, applies to the fact
there is nothing like IW.net this time around"

http://twitter.com/TGN/status/22768571262

In other words, they were just a bit retarded. They probably also
posted a ton of articles when they heard that SC2 wasn't going to have
dedicated servers, thinking it would drive the same amount of traffic.
They, like so many other people, just don't get it.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Einar S. Idsø <einar.cod at norsk-esport.no> wrote:
>
> Apparently they did talk out of their ass. Josh Peckler disputed their
> claim on Twitter ("There are no public server files... @tgn is full of
> it... "). There's more here:
> http://www.fpsadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20996
>
> Cheers,
> Einar
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Richard GrosJean
> <richard.grosjean at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I hope TGN didn't get bad info.
> > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Hannu Kumpeli <hannu at shadowstyle.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >> http://twitter.com/TGN/status/22765906679
> >>
> >> > My thoughts exactly Steve.
> >> >
> >> > I think also they seriously underestimate the brand loyalty of gamers,
> >> > who like to have the choice to rent from the same provider they trust,
> >> > and have been doing for X years. They don't want to be told who to
> >> > rent from.
> >> >
> >> > Oliver Warburton
> >> > Managing Director
> >> > INX-Network LTD
> >> >
> >> > INX-Gaming.com
> >> > www.inx-gaming.com
> >> >
> >> > tel: 01733 687699
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 2 Sep 2010, at 10:50, Steven Hartland wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Because of course one provider can possibly keep up with demand and
> >> > > have the spread of localised hosting needed to serve the entire
> >> > > community with top quality servers.
> >> > >
> >> > > Where do they get the people who make these decisions, seriously? No
> >> > > dedi's for MW2 and now a single provider for BO might as well not
> >> > > have a dedicated server :(
> >> > >
> >> > >     Regards
> >> > >     Steve
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: Bong
> >> > > To: Call of Duty server admin list.
> >> > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 8:44 AM
> >> > > Subject: Re: [cod] No bins for Cod: Black Ops
> >> > >
> >> > > Well if this is the case this will be another game that i will not
> >> > > be getting.
> >> > > This was taken from
> >> > > http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/9/2/activision-allows-dedicated-servers-with-cod-black-ops-but-theree28099s-a-catch.aspx
> >> > >
> >> > > This leads us to today’s announcement - Call of Duty: Black Ops will
> >> > > definitely have dedicated servers. That is, as long as you get them
> >> > > from gameservers.com. We can compare that with Henry Ford's
> >> > > legendary statements that customers can have a car in any color as
> >> > > long as it’s black. The statement goes,
> >> > >
> >> > >   "GAMESERVERS.COM SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE DEDICATED SERVER
> >> > > PROVIDER FOR Call of Duty: BLACK OPS. GameServers.com, in an
> >> > > exclusive contract with Activision and Treyarch studios, announces
> >> > > that they will offer dedicated server rentals for the upcoming Call
> >> > > of Duty: Black Ops release scheduled for November 9, 2010. We are
> >> > > extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with
> >> > > Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black Ops”,
> >> > > says David Aninowsky, CEO of GameServers.com. “We are placing a
> >> > > great amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure that we exceed any
> >> > > and all expectations."
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > From: Andrej Parovel
> >> > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:01 AM
> >> > > To: Call of Duty server admin list.
> >> > > Subject: [cod] No bins for Cod: Black Ops
> >> > >
> >> > > Hello,
> >> > >
> >> > > I saw on a website that there will be no bins for Call of Duty:
> >> > > Black Ops, so the only hoster for Dedicated servers will be
> >> > > GameServers.com
> >> > >
> >> > > "Dedicated servers will be rented from GameServers only. Unranked
> >> > > and ranked. Fully customisable."
> >> > >
> >> > > Is these true? They are crazy from Activision and Treyarch.
> >> > > --
> >> > > Andrej
> >> > >
> >> > > +386 31 247 707
> >> > > aparovel at gmail.com
> >> > >
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