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Hubris and Bullshit: Modern Warfare 2 PC will not allow dedicated servers.
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BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
I actually bought it on PC and thought it was awesome. :lolCeebs said:
No bugs or anything. And its a pretty awesome game. Completely outrageous.
edit: I did get it for pretty cheap though.
Lostconfused
Member
There was something about too many (human interface devices) installed on your system that would mess up the games frame rate and that it would run too slow no matter how good your hardware was.BobsRevenge said:
adama-rama
Neo Member
I don't play multiplayer games that often and even I know this is a horrible decision and an attempt to move gaming in a direction that doesn't benefit the players.
Was going to buy MW2 PC for the single player, not anymore though. Will now buy another game with the money instead.
I know people, especially those who actually play multiplayer CoD feel strongly about this and I hope they go through with any planned boycotts/protests/getting the message across to Activision/Infinity Ward.
Was going to buy MW2 PC for the single player, not anymore though. Will now buy another game with the money instead.
I know people, especially those who actually play multiplayer CoD feel strongly about this and I hope they go through with any planned boycotts/protests/getting the message across to Activision/Infinity Ward.
EmCeeGramr
Member
i'm gonna go rpg the building in broadcast for a few hours and pretend i'm blowing up activision hq
RubberJohnny
Banned
EviLore said:
Welcome to the Republican party
godisturbed
Member
The one PC game I was going to buy this christmas can now go and scew itself. I cant imagine playing a online FPS without dedicated servers, its wrong on so many levels.
EmCeeGramr
Member
yeah but how can activision impede my quest to blow up as many virtual foreigners as soon as possibleRubberJohnny said:Welcome to the Republican party
And now the PC version of MW2 is actually halfway interesting to gamers who appreciate balanced gameplay. This is a victory for open-minded gamers everywhere.
Though I'm sure all the prehistoric PC gamers who love stacking teams during 40 player matches on maps designed for 16 players max and hearing 'classic' voiceovers from UT99 when they get a killstreak will be crying bitter tears.
All hail Infinity Ward. All hail the godkings.
Keep the bitter tears going, I'm out.
Though I'm sure all the prehistoric PC gamers who love stacking teams during 40 player matches on maps designed for 16 players max and hearing 'classic' voiceovers from UT99 when they get a killstreak will be crying bitter tears.
All hail Infinity Ward. All hail the godkings.
Keep the bitter tears going, I'm out.
Vercingetorix
Banned
Scipius said:
Considering that Microsoft controls the PC entirely, couldn't they turn the gaming side into a 360 immediately if they wanted to? I don't know why they would need to be indirect about it.
Fëanor said:
Takes some serious balls to go against the grain in GAF. Kudos to you.
I agree that it's nice to see the PC gamers screaming about not being able to play 50 player matches on Shipment.
And god, those custom sounds...ruined every Steam online game I've ever played. I don't want to download 400 megabytes of retarded custom sounds some 12 year old counterstrike server admin thought were cool.
B_Rik_Schitthaus said:
Yep. No choice at all. Same thing in games like Battlefield 2, everyone plays Strike at Karkand and basically nothing else. Made it impossible to find large populated servers to fly aircraft around in.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Fëanor said:
That's one up side, Playing CS:S now is painful one or two maps dominate and most of the highly populated servers are shitty unfun custom maps
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Enosh said:
He's left the field.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
NIN90 said:
:lol such an over reaction.
so the "i'm too dense to find decent servers, so the scores of innate benefits that dedicated servers provide should be unavailable to everyone buying this game" wagon has finally rolled into the thread.
"ban all non public transport because i only know the way to the dump and the v.d clinic."
"ban all non public transport because i only know the way to the dump and the v.d clinic."
WyndhamPrice
Member
I'm getting the 360 version so this really doesn't affect me but as a sort of lapsed PC gamer it really sucks to see this happen.
Vercingetorix
Banned
NinjaFridge said:
That's one hell of a server filter if it can find non-existent BF2 games playing anything other than Strike at Karkand 24/7 or Ghost Town in the SF expansion.
Vercingetorix said:
http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?search=battlefield
I see about one dozen servers not running karkand. And that's an unfiltered server list.
Coin Return
Loose Slot
PC master race owned.
Woo-Fu
Banned
I guess on the bright side I never cared much for CoD4 multi on PC anyways, it was just Strike at Karkand with a fresh coat of paint, sans vehicles.
Dropping dedicated server support seems to send a pretty clear message to me: we don't want to make PC games anymore, please play on console.
It is funny how the console-only gamers who have been eating shit for years don't understand why the PC gamers aren't happy having their prime rib replaced with a big mac.
Dropping dedicated server support seems to send a pretty clear message to me: we don't want to make PC games anymore, please play on console.
It is funny how the console-only gamers who have been eating shit for years don't understand why the PC gamers aren't happy having their prime rib replaced with a big mac.
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NinjaFridge
Unconfirmed Member
Woo-Fu said:
You could select servers and shit in Warhawk and Resistance 1 had matchmaking and a server browser. Should be the standard.
Anton Sugar
Member
Vercingetorix said:
I do it every day. I hate Strike at Karkand and I frequently play BF2. That's the beauty of dedicated servers--more options.
gregor7777
Banned
Timan said:
Yeah, "Fuck you PC gamers."
no, not that I know of
Fëanor said:
It's actually very nice to have the choice for matchmaking and console-style lobbies. Makes it easier to find vanilla games. It's nice... as a choice.
Left 4 Dead has matchmaking and console-style lobbies on PC too and this is probably what IW is aping. L4D however also still offers the choice of dedicated severs (I believe) for people who want to play like that.
Nope. This shit storm started over the weekend so no one is in the offices to downplay or spin the news. Volunteer forum moderators are probably the only people they have right now to do crowd control until Monday morning where we'll finally hear them say to bend over and take it.Timan said:
Poor Robert Bowling. As a Community Manager, this is probably the reaction he had least hoped for. When your job is to listen and talk to the community, and the community forums EXPLODE IN A ORGASM OF FURY AND RAGE, it's probs not a good sign.
Vercingetorix
Banned
NIN90 said:
All I wanted was to play some Mashtuur City and a nice vehicle map every once in a while...but as you see, the choice is ridiculously small given that it's one of the most popular online games on PC. And I was playing it years ago, back in its prime, and still couldn't find many suitable servers.
When you let the community decide what maps are played, they're going to fixate on one map and one gamemode and make everything else impossible to find. That's why BF2 turned into Karkand claymore/grenade spam 24/7 and stat padding servers to the exclusion of almost all else.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Timan said:
Goatse and lemonparty links.
RedSwirl said:
Where L4D succeeds is that it has a lobby system that then searches for the best available dedicated server for the party to join. It's the best of both worlds.
Still, the great thing about PC gaming is there are choices. We're not forced to play a couple of the "latest and greatest" FPS games to have any real sense of community so passing over MW2 is no big deal
Mikey Jr.
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Vercingetorix said:
I understand you wanting to play different maps with different game modes. Matchmaking would fix that. You're right.
But what about the people who DO want to play 24/7 Karkand? Those servers are full and people are in there enjoying the game (even though you hate it). How do you satisfy those people?
Vercingetorix
Banned
Mikey Jr. said:
I don't really hate Karkand, its definitely a good map.(until near the end when DICE ruined the infantry combat by making claymores invincible and non-teamkilling) But there are other good maps too, ones I wanted to play a lot more that never had populated servers.
And I have to admit, if it was up to me, all of the servers would be 24/7 Mashtuur or 24/7 Vehicle Air maps so that I could have lots of people to bomb from aircraft. And I would be like the server admins who banned anyone who took aircraft so that I could get a plane every time myself :lol (gotta love server admins)
But that's the problem with letting the community decide things. Everyone wants the game to be focused on their own personal preferences with it and don't care about anyone else.
MMaRsu said:
You mean CSS? Last time I played CSS almost every server was Dust with AWP disabled. If anything its one of the best examples of why allowing the community to choose maps results in them choosing the same few maps every time.