Modacity BC2 Platoon (BC2 $20 on Steam)

[Amit]

I just tested the Apache on Atacama Desert sand. It leaves sizable holes.

[Warsaw]

That makes no sense from a physics stand-point, but I digress. I've never really ventured far from the trail in that map to actually notice holes in the sand.

[ExAm]

You weren't all playing at once on that atacama server earlier, were you?

Yeah, uh.

Sorry about the chopper rape.

[Warsaw]

Daerp.

So mad. Stuck playing it on 360 with all the CG spamming, herp-derping, circle-jerking idiots.

[Amit]

You weren't all playing at once on that atacama server earlier, were you?

Yeah, uh.

Sorry about the chopper rape.

Yeah. really irked me. I left that server after the round. I don't think Warsaw was there, though. And since you were using a different persona, I didn't know it was you flying in there until I asked Plague who his pilot was

[Warsaw]

No, I wasn't there. I was too busy raging at my team on White Pass on 360 for bunching up at A and letting the enemy take the entire map, after which I could not spawn because I would die literally two seconds afterwards from some douche and his Carl Gustav or M60. God damnit. :maddowns:.

They did this both rounds, though the second time wasn't as bad because we weren't winning for the first three quarters of the game.

[ThePlague]

ExAm and I were doing considerable damage to your team Amit. Until we kept getting shot down, I then decided to travel on foot.

[Amit]

You say that like we're not supposed to try to shoot you down when you're pwning us.. I only saw you guys get shot down twice in a span of 20 minutes.

[Warsaw]

The VADS are so horribly placed on Atacama. The home ones invite base rape and the neutral one is over-exposed and is camped anyways.

[ExAm]

ExAm and I were doing considerable damage to your team Amit. Until we kept getting shot down, I then decided to travel on foot.
I wasn't using smoke, because I thought it'd be extremely unfair, since their team didn't really want to shoot down the chopper with anything but tracers for some reason.

[Amit]

It may look like that from your point of view, but for every tracer RPG idiot, there were 3 more people using the AT-4. The AT-4 is just so fucking hard to use, though, especially on Atacama. When you fire it, the smoke trail gets in your line of sight 50% of the time and you just gotta not misjudge the distance to the target. Sorry, I'm talking mainly using it against the Havoc and Apache. All other targets are easy to kill with the AT-4.

[ExAm]

When using the AT4, always, always fire, then shift to one side. Even better, guide while strafing. Gets rid of the smoke trail. I'm surprised that people even complain about it.

[Amit]

Well I try to strafe, but that usually involves leaving good cover.

[ExAm]

I strafe for every shot, no exceptions. You don't even need to move that much to get your face out of the smoke.

[Amit]

Yeah just tried it and it works much better strafing. Still, it's near impossible to shoot down a good pilot. I doubt you'd be able to shoot yourself down.

[Cortexian]

I doubt you'd be able to shoot yourself down.
Pffft, I've leaped out of my helicopter and shot it out of the sky before it hits the ground before with an AT4.

[Warsaw]

Yes, but when a helicopter is pilotless it tends to move in a straight and predictable path. Good pilots are bouncy as fuck.

[Cortexian]

I was commenting on the "shoot yourself down" part of his comment. Which is technically impossible.

I know what he meant though.

[Amit]

Just for clarification, I meant that if ExAm was an engineer on the ground and then he had a clone or something flying one of the attack helicopters, he probably wouldn't be able to shoot the heli down. Warsaw is right. When those pilots gets that beeping indicator, they go fucking nuts to get out of the way. This makes it too hard to shoot them down.

[paladin]

is it common for your stats to reset like mine jsut did?

[Cortexian]

Just exit the game and log back in, stats don't reset. Sometimes it looks like they did, but it's just some fail going on between your client and the stats servers.

[Warsaw]

Just for clarification, I meant that if ExAm was an engineer on the ground and then he had a clone or something flying one of the attack helicopters, he probably wouldn't be able to shoot the heli down. Warsaw is right. When those pilots gets that beeping indicator, they go fucking nuts to get out of the way. This makes it too hard to shoot them down.

Or they pop smoke like a pansy instead of flying to avoid the rocket. :maddowns: The most reliable methods for shooting down helicopters are VADS and a well-placed tank round. It only takes one shot from the 120mm...

[paladin]

Just exit the game and log back in, stats don't reset. Sometimes it looks like they did, but it's just some fail going on between your client and the stats servers.

everyones did for about 2 hours today. its was weird

[Cortexian]

Yeah, has happened before. EA/DICE take down the stats verification servers or something for maintenance and people who log in during that time get "reset" until the servers come back up.

[Amit]

Hmm, never experienced that. Then again, I didn't play yesterday.

[ExAm]

Just for clarification, I meant that if ExAm was an engineer on the ground and then he had a clone or something flying one of the attack helicopters, he probably wouldn't be able to shoot the heli down. Warsaw is right. When those pilots gets that beeping indicator, they go fucking nuts to get out of the way. This makes it too hard to shoot them down.
Oh, I could definitely shoot myself down. I know I have patterns, and I try to shake them every now and then, but sometimes you have to make an about-face or a slow turn, and that leaves you vulnerable. I'm also better with the damn AT4 than anyone I know. I've been able to avoid the best AT4 guys who frequent Sausage Distribution Network. Not forever, but for long enough that it doesn't matter much if I do get shot down.

Ironically, I have a worse time avoiding this one guy who's Gustav-happy and has a crazy sense for speed and direction. The guy doesn't even need a tracer dart to take me out several hundred yards away during a corkscrew.

[Warsaw]

Wait a minute...corkscrew? You mean a whirlie? I didn't think you could legitimately corkscrew in BC2...

[ExAm]

Okay, a tight downward spiral. I forgot that corkscrew corresponded to a specific aviation trick.

[ThePlague]

Is there ever going to be a gamenight again? :(

[ExAm]

Not during finals week!

[Amit]

Not until 2nd week of June.

[Warsaw]

Okay, a tight downward spiral. I forgot that corkscrew corresponded to a specific aviation trick.

Well, I was asking because I don't often fly in BC2 and so I don't know if you can actually corkscrew. I know certain helicopters are capable of such manoeuvres.

[ExAm]

Nope, none can roll in BC2. Not while in the air, at least.

[Amit]

I tried a couple times...I ended up in the ground and the side of a building every time. The altitude ceiling is too low for stunts like that. None of those crazy BF2 flying tricks.

[ExAm]

It's not even that, the system won't even let you tip the chopper far enough to roll.

[Amit]

Pretty much. BTW, I invited a buttload of people into the BFM group on steam via the Modacity.net group (only people who have BC2 on their accounts). Hopefully people will get a bit more awareness about the game nights now...assuming they all accept the invite. All of those people already posted their information in this thread themselves so I see no reason for them to reject the invitation.

[Cortexian]

Would love to play this, but I haven't been able to for months (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?23434-Bad-Company-2-locks-up-my-system-help%21).

[Warsaw]

Build a new one and give your old one to me. I'll deal with the problem since I have tons of parts lying around. I just don't have better GPUs or CPUs, which are what I need to play BC2 again. :downs:

[Cortexian]

I would but I have plans to retire this system to be my home server w/14TB RAID-5 after I build my new system in (apparently) April 2012. Well, I wouldn't give it to you but I'd sell it to someone on Modacity for pretty cheap most likely.

[Warsaw]

I have two ACTUAL purpose-built Dell Servers sitting in my garage. They are Pentium III and I believe each has four CPUs. Then I have a smaller IBM dual CPU Pentium II server. Make no mistake, these things are big and heavy. Too many computers in my house, god damnit...


...But we must have more! MOAR!

[ThePlague]

Made another account.

Jubal Early BH :3

[paladin]

FYI me= abigredrockt3

[Warsaw]

Lul at gamenight. I was doing better than you, Amit.


:-3

[ThePlague]

Couldn't even call that a gamenight :\

[Warsaw]

Don't know what was up with your connection. I had basically zero network lag in every server we played in, and I don't exactly have the fastest internet.

Also, the fact that the PC version has a crap friends system didn't help. Hard to have a game night when autobalance forces us onto opposing teams.

[ThePlague]

My connection can't have more than 2 computers on at the same time, or else it has a shit fit. My friend left my netbook on facebook and that's what was screwing it up.

[paladin]

you missed my epic helo action on heavy metal

[ThePlague]

What is everyone's opinion on Modacity having a game server? Will anyone (everyone? :3) be able to donate money ($1, more if you want) per month? I think that if we have our own server it'll make gamenights way more fun, and if everyone donates just a dollar it'd be super simple to get one. Volunteer moderators from BFM would work, and have slots ready for all of us if we want a gamenight.

ExAm said that a 24 person server would be best. I agree. If people are seriously interested i'll be willing to donate the rest of whatever we raise to get one running.

Server hosting and such is up to all of us.

Aye?

[Cortexian]

I'm completely against the way they only allow game hosting companies to host BC2 servers so I won't be donating anything due to moral stance. If the rest of you get one I'd be willing to help moderate it though.

[Amit]

^^This. I'm not paying money for something should have been provided to me for free.


Lul at gamenight. I was doing better than you, Amit.


:-3

Ye. I was getting sniped left, right, and center on HM. I fly a mean Blackhawk, though.

[ThePlague]

:|

[Warsaw]

^^This. I'm not paying money for something should have been provided to me for free.



Ye. I was getting sniped left, right, and center on HM. I fly a mean Blackhawk, though.

You got me once. I got you back. And then all the kiddies were having one helluva hard time sniping me back made worse by the fact that your health regenerates in Normal mode. So many marksman points...at 15-20 frames per second. I told you so. :D

Also, a 24 player server is good as long as Heavy Metal is not in the map lineup. That map is total shit with only 24 players.

[RedBaron]

Anyone try this (http://battlefield.play4free.com/en/) yet? Apparently it's basically just an updated version of Battlefield 2, with the classic Karkand maps and a modified BF2 engine. I might check it out for nostalgia's sake, kind of like a Battlefield 2.5 (ignoring the Bad Companies).

[Amit]

Play4Free is bullshit. Go play the real BF2 for $5. Well, at least that's what it costed in a Steam sale and EA sale a few months back. Play for free limits you a good deal, but I had a bit of fun playing it when it first went beta. Still, once I fired up BF2 again, P4F was no match for it.

[RedBaron]

Alright, wasn't sure if it was good or not. I own BF2, still got my old profile.

[Warsaw]

I play both. P4F is better if all you want to do is jump in and play a few rounds. BF2 is superior in every way, but is also more serious and you have to go in with the "I want some serious playtime" mindset.

Basically, P4F is for 10-30 minute play sessions and BF2 is for your 2+ hour marathons.

[ExAm]

P4F is fucking clunky as hell. I have no clue how you play it. I played one round of karkand and uninstalled it.

[ThePlague]

I need people to play with :(

[Warsaw]

P4F is fucking clunky as hell. I have no clue how you play it. I played one round of karkand and uninstalled it.

Clunky? Reach is clunky. P4F runs very well and is very playable, even more so than BF2.

[Amit]

I ain't gonna lie, it's a better game to jump in and start playing for small periods of time.

There are less options in it, though, which does two things:

1. Cuts down what a proper BF game is (not to the extent of BC) and makes it slightly faster paced because of less inventory shit to fiddle with.
2. Attracts a more casual crowd who want to try BF but are afraid to chuck money into something that may be too complex for them.

These aren't necessarily bad things for people who are used to CoD. It may serve as a good way to break them into the true BF series. The problem is that the only proper way to learn BF2/2142 is to play those games. For people who have already played BF2/2142, P4F is going to seem like a pile of crap.

[Warsaw]

Eh, but I play BF2 and I don't think P4F is a pile of crap. It is more complete than Bad Company 2, you just can't switch classes mid-game. However, it has a full suite of ground (AFV, AA, tank, jeep), sea (actual transport boats with guns), and air units (jets, helicopters). BC2 only has a helicopter, a jet-ski, and two armoured vehicle types. Oh, and a jeep and an ATV. It's way over-streamlined.

[ThePlague]

Next gamenight?

[Amit]

Not until the BF3 nostalgia finally warrants one. Nobody wants to play, or they cannot at the times that I set. So I think that anyone who wants to host a gamenight, tell me and I'll add it to a list of possible game times. Then a person picks the best time they think they can play and post it here so we can add up the best possible day/time and play with more than just 5 people. The only reason we got as many as we did last time is because I invited most of your asses into a single steam chat room.

[ThePlague]

BF3 isn't coming out till October...

What will get everyone to play? Do we need our own server hosting? A better way to contact everyone, and setup dates for gamenights?

Srsly guys, this is srs business.

[Amit]

BF3 isn't coming out till October...

Exactly. So, people aren't likely to want to play a lot until a month or so before BF3 launch.


What will get everyone to play? Do we need our own server hosting? A better way to contact everyone, and setup dates for gamenights?


All of the above except our own server. It would help if we had our own server, but we have to make due for free. Nobody is going to pay money for a server at this stage.

[ThePlague]

What maps should be on our server? As in, list a map/gametype that works for a 24 slot server.

Ex: Oasis - Conquest (500 tickets, fast spawn, no APC)
Atacama Desert - Rush (300 tickets)

Post the amount of tickets you want with it, spawn rate, and what is good to leave out.

[Amit]

Arica Harbour - Conquest (fast infantry respawn)
Arica Harbour - Rush (default)
Atacama Desert - Conquest (350 ticket, fast infantry/vehicle respawn)
Atacama Desert - Rush (fast vehicle respawn)
Cold War - Squad Deathmatch (no APC, if possible)
Harvest Day - Conquest (default)
Heavy Metal - Conquest (250 ticket, fast infantry/vehicle respawn)
Isla Inocentes - Conquest (fast vehicle respawn)
Laguna Presa - Conquest (300 ticket, fast infantry respawn, no vehicles)
Laguna Presa - Squad Deathmatch (no APC, if possible)
Laguna Alta - Conquest (fast infantry respawn, no vehicles)
Nelson Bay - Conquest (no vehicles)
Nelson Bay - Rush (default)
Oasis - Conquest (300 ticket, fast infantry respawn)
Oasis - Rush (fast vehicle respawn)
Panama Canal - Conquest (fast infantry respawn)
White Pass - Conquest (fast infantry respawn, no vehicles)

[Cortexian]

Harvest Day - Rush is my favorite.

[ThePlague]

Server is up, and called [BFM] Battlefield Modacity. Mixed Conquest/Rush. Fast Respawn.

Search [BFM] To find it. Located in Chicago, Illinois.

If you don't have an updated Soldier name on the front page, I can't add you to the reserved list. So post them up if you need to.

And if you have a dollar or a couple lying around, it could help the server run each month. Anything helps.

[Amit]

This is the Map Cycle:

*The double mapname in RUSH means two rounds. This gives players a taste of both attack and defend.*

CONQUEST
Laguna Presa
Arica Harbour
Nelson Bay
Atacama Desert
Panama Canal
Laguna Presa

RUSH
Arica Harbour
Arica Harbour
Oasis
Oasis

CONQUEST
White Pass
Laguna Presa
Harvest Day

Squad Deathmatch
Cold War
Laguna Presa

RUSH
Isla Inocentes
Isla Inocentes
Nelson Bay
Nelson Bay

CONQUEST
Oasis
Laguna Alta
Heavy Metal

RUSH
Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert
Harvest Day
Harvest Day

[ThePlague]

I post too much here:
http://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/216.86.145.155:19567/b_560_95_1.png (http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/216.86.145.155:19567/)

[ThePlague]

For those of you who arent in the BFM Steam group, but are in BFM. (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/battlefieldmodacity/announcements/detail/1263473888221661606)

I setup a gamenight for this thursday, the 30th, at 4 GMT. Please come to this one guys, because if the server never gets populated, i'm just going to close it down.

[Amit]

*** Bad Company 2 is going for $5.00US on Steam Today Only! (July 2nd, 2011) ***

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/Capture-13.png (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/badcompany2_199)
Click the Image For The Deal!


If you don't already own the game on Steam, then don't be an idiot and buy it now. Get into the mood for BF3 and play some BC2!

[TeeKup]

COOL. Dont get paid till monday.

[ExAm]

Don't get paid 5 bucks till monday? That's like, pocket change.

[Amit]

Yeah lol.

[TeeKup]

Insurance payment: 100$
Air Conditioner Coolant replacement: 90$
Phone payment: 40$
Gas: 25$

Working minimum wage sucks.

[Amit]

Damn.

[Cortexian]

Minimum wage here is like $10/hour, assuming 40 hours a week (part-time) that's $400 (subtract your tax deductible)... Most places pay bi-weekly as well don't they? So that's like $800 every two weeks.

[Amit]

I'm fairly certain minimum wage in the US is below $9. Yeah, just checked and in South Carolina, minimum wage is $7.25. That seriously blows.

[Cortexian]

I was wrong actually, it's $8.80 here. I don't really know of anywhere here in Calgary that would pay that low though... We're an oil city after-all.

[Bodzilla]

used to earn 6.40 as an first year apprentice.

was gay as fuck.

[Amit]

I was wrong actually, it's $8.80 here. I don't really know of anywhere here in Calgary that would pay that low though... We're an oil city after-all.

Ha, you guys bathe in that shit. You rich bastards. Ontario minimum wage is $10.25 and $9.60 for students, but it's basically considered blasphemy to pay less than $10/hour here for anybody. It's good money, I can't complain.

[Cortexian]

Ha, you guys bathe in that shit. You rich bastards.
My friend is a second year geology intern for Pengrowth. He's making $23.95/hour. I hate him so much.

He gets weekends off, they have access to a gym and masseuse in-office. Bi-weekly that's like $1,800 after tax. I'd likely only be making $800 but you can't really compare an oil related job to something at Best Buy lol.

[Amit]

Fuck. I should have just stayed with Geology instead of going with computer science.

[Mr Buckshot]

Anyone play Vietnam? It was only $5.10 2 days ago.

[Amit]

Nobody plays Vietnam so I didn't buy it.

[ThePlague]

I have it, but don't play it.

[Abdurahman]

Just finished playing a couple rounds of BC2, had my best pair of rounds today!

http://i.imgur.com/fvixh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ua3SC.jpg

[ThePlague]

I knew that was you posting on reddit, (http://www.reddit.com/r/badcompany2/comments/igruy/post_your_best_rounds/)name sounded familiar

[Abdurahman]

i'm a reddit newb plz dont scold me :(

[ThePlague]

Just planned another gamenight. Same time as last time. Hopefully we get some more people! :(

Thursday this week, 4:00 PM GMT. Please make sure your games are in working order, and YOU DON'T HAVE A BROKEN MIC FOR TEAMSPEAK (cough amit).

[Amit]

Don't spread lies. I told you I no longer have access to the mic. Not that it's broken.

[ThePlague]

Gamenight tonight people! i'll send everyone an invite to chat at around 3:30 GMT.

This gamenight has a twist though, everyone that plays that is in BFM will get a free copy of Audiosurf (if you have it, you'll get 1.50 through Paypal). But that's not all, the winner of whatever gametype is being played at 6:30 GMT will get a copy of whatever $10 game they want on Steam (If there are no games you like today, you can hold onto the winnings until there is).

In order to be able to get the prizes, all you need to do is play on the BFM server, and be in Freelancer's Teamspeak throughout the night (to keep better squad coordination).

Freelancer's Teamspeak info:
lancersedge.dyndns.org
No pass to server
Join Battlefield Modacity chatroom
Pass is BFM (all caps)

[cheezdue]

Damn it, I won't be able to get on tonight. :(

[ThePlague]

Awh :C

[ExAm]

On it like a rabid monkey on a methhead who strayed too far for a smoke break

[ThePlague]

Another pooptastic gamenight :\

[cheezdue]

What, last week's gamenight was awesome. :l

[Abdurahman]

Guys, BC2 is only $5 today on steam!!! Vietnam is only $5 as well! And the SpectAct Kit is only 2 dollars! If you guys haven't gotten BC2 yet now is the time! Oh, and would anyone be kind enough to gift me vietnam? I would really appreciate it and I will really make it up to you, as soon as I get some money in the bank.

[Amit]

Come to a BC2 game night first. Then we'll talk about it.

[ThePlague]

For those of you women that aren't on the BFM Steamgroup, Gamenight planned for this Thursday. Usual time (4:00 GMT). It'd be nice of you all to join this one.

I'll invite everyone to the steam chatroom for BFM (as per usual) at 3:45 GMT , and if you aren't on Steam join up on Freelancer's Teamspeak at that time, i'll be there as well. We should use Teamspeak, makes squad organization a hell of a lot easier (hey blah blah run for alpha, i'll flank from side and we'll meet up at rear entrance).

Add tearshade on Steam if you aren't on my friends list and want to play, i'll be glad to have you.

[Guardian]

Is anyone else getting "Failed To Connect To EA" or something to that effect currently?

[ThePlague]

Yeah, BF3 probably took it down or something xD Or maybe someone is hacking it to give us all Alpha access.

[Guardian]

Balls, I was on a freakin good AT4 streak, was getting the heli's in one shot. :(

[ThePlague]

You aren't in the Steam group are you?

[Guardian]

Yuhp, TC-Guardian, but I never really use steam except for my steam games which are only L4D and TF2

[ThePlague]

What do you use for BC2? There's a gamenight tomorrow at 4:00 GMT-7. We need all the people we can get :)

[Guardian]

Very highly unlikely I can make it. 4:00 AM/PM GMT-7 = 11:00PM/AM for GMT +12 and I have sleep and course in those times. So unlikely Ill be on, but in the tiny chance I am, I'll be there, otherwise no sorry. :S

[ThePlague]

ExAm told me that my timezones are off, so scratch the GMT-7, it's GMT-8. Which is 4:00 pm PST.

About 30 minutes before the gamenight starts i'll invite everyone to Steam so you can get set up.

[ExAm]

DISREGARD ABOVE POST.

I think it's important that clarification be given here. The game starts at 4PM Mountain Standard Time, which is GMT/UTC -7. Pacific standard time is currently also GMT-7 due to DST being observed in california but not in Arizona where Plague lives.

So the game is starting at 11PM GMT/UTC. NOT 4:00 GMT as posted. Adjust for your own time as necessary.

Edit: Plague thought GMT meant General Mountain Time. Hahahahaha.

[Amit]

Edit: Plague thought GMT meant General Mountain Time. Hahahahaha.

:lmao:

Greenwich (pronounced grenidge) Mean Time, bro hahaha.

Here's a tip for everyone. Fuck what the Plague says on the forum and just check the event time in Steam. It'll show you your local time. In any case, the event starts at 7PM EST, 4PM PST.

[ThePlague]

:C

[Cortexian]

My TeamSpeak will be working again, and likely not crash.

[Amit]

Good. I don't know why, but when we started using Steam voice chat instead, my FPS dropped by about 5-10.

[ThePlague]

Steam voice uses a lot of resources compared to TS it seems, and it doesn't seem as good quality :\

Also, I would call last night's gamenight a great success. We had 8 people constantly (10 people if you include jcap and Addo, but they left after a game or two). When me and ExAm weren't steamrolling on squad deathmatch, the teams were pretty even. Now if we could only get MXC and Phopo to switch teams :p

[Amit]

Now if we could only get MXC and Phopo to switch teams :p

And get Phopo to stop Gustaving infantry lol.

[Donut]

so i just read the OP, and im in the list, but it says my ingame name is smokepants? i havent played this game at all yet. i OWN it on steam, but my computer cant run it, but im building a pc now that can run it.

[Amit]

Sorry i accidentally put your name with Smokepants rather than ejburke.

[Donut]

lol i thought you guys were being goofy with me or something since i literally have never played it

[Amit]

Alright guys, here's a little update on the status of BFM.

First and foremost, if you want to participate in the Battlefield 3 Alpha Trial, refer to this post (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?23001-Battlefield-3-(updated-7-21-Lots-of-new-multiplayer-footage!)&p=589207&viewfull=1#post589207) to try your luck at getting a key.

Just a reminder, we have our weekly Bad Company 2 Game Night tonight at 7PM EDT, 4PM PDT. So, come out and have fun on the Official Modacity server with the BFM regulars.

That's all for now. Make sure your rigs are in working order and keep playing Battlefield!

[ThePlague]

Anyone have a maplist they want? Not too many maps, and i'm taking out the current Squad deathmatch ones because it kicks half of the people.

[cheezdue]

I actually have the time to make it tonight :D.No Atacama or Heavy Metal, those maps are awful imo.

[ExAm]

Cheezdue has a Wrong Opinion

[ThePlague]

Heavy Metal is too big for us, I agree, but we can do Atacama Desert. I'll just keep shooting down ExAm like I did the other day :p

[Amit]

Well, last night my visibility on Atacama going from my laptop to my iMac went down about 50% yet I somehow kept getting some crazy hits on helicopters. I dunno, maybe it's the good framerate that helps :iiam:

[ThePlague]

Maplist for this evening:
Oasis Conquest 1 round
Port Valdez Rush 2 rounds
Atacama Desert conquest 1 round
Arica Harbour Conquest 1 round
Valipariso Rush 2 rounds
Laguna Presa Conquest 1 round

TS3 Server IP:
lancersedge.dyndns.org

Get TeamSpeak if you don't have it. (http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads)

I'll see you ladies ingame.

[ODX]

Would join but I had to reinstall BC2 and the patching is taking forever/failed the first time somehow. Absolutely ridiculous >_>

[ThePlague]

For anyone not on the Modashitty BFM Steam group:

I canceled the server. It was only being used twice a month, and I couldn't pay for it anymore on my own.

Going back to random servers for gamenights!

[Amit]

R.I.P Modacity...server.

[ThePlague]

Alright ladies, we have till the end of this month to play on the server (billing cycle, yay...), so gamenight is planned for this thursday. Usual time, 7PM EDT, 4PM PDT. This is the last one before some people start school (college next week), so COME TO THIS ONE OR I WILL EAT YOUR FAMILY.

[ExAm]

I'm there

[Amit]

Rolling thunder.

[Warsaw]

FFF. Computer parts.

AMD, y u no release!?

[ThePlague]

Maplist for this evening (All conquest):
Laguna Presa 1 round
Harvest Day 1 round
White Pass 1 round
Panama Canal 1 round
Laguna Alta 1 round

Freelancer didn't want heli maps, so no Atacama and Heavy Metal. And Amit said he didn't like Oasis, so none of that.

Teamspeak as usual is a mandatory want.
IP: lancersedge.dyndns.org

Search [BFM] with filters off, or add Jubal Early BH to your friends (me).

Everyone that has their name posted on this thread has a reserved slot, and after the first game if we have randoms i'll move us all to one side.

If you direct IP servers, the IP is:
216.86.145.155

REMEMBER TO HAVE BFM TAGS ON SO I CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

[TeeKup]

....Why? Oasis is really fun, and Helicopters aren't that hard to take down....

[ThePlague]

Derplancer just says that Atacama is too open, which is kinda true. And heavy metal is kinda too big for 24 players.

[TeeKup]

Heavy Metal was too big for BC2 on the consoles, holy shit. It was awesome though, sniper heaven. I can see his point about Atacama, in fact I rescind and redact my previous statement as I now remember all those irritating times I was based camped by 2 faggots in both helicopters. I loved it for the M1 Abrams action though.

[Cortexian]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3572/unled1qwi.jpg

[Amit]

And Amit said he didn't like Oasis, so none of that.

On what basis did you figure that? I said no such thing and I love Oasis. I was sad panda when it didn't come on.

[TeeKup]

I only met 1 person who didn't like Oasis, it was some random scrub in my Squad one day. I shot his building out from under him with my abrams. Truth be told it was pretty funny because I didn't fully expect it.

[ThePlague]

Well someone said they didn't like it.

[Amit]

So there's gonna be an update for BC2 tomorrow: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7487119.page
(http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7487119.page)

The one thing they choose to fix out of a few major issues is the stats server. What the fuck DICE. I want better hit registration. They probably don't give a shit since everyone is abstaining their criticism until BF3 launches and hold their dicks.

[ExAm]

That's not an update for BC2.

That's a reorganizing of the stats server.

We're very likely not going to see any more BC2 patches.

[ThePlague]

Also, gamenight planned for Wednesday. Usual time. (I made it wednesday because I have school tuesdays and thursdays now at the same time we plan the gamenights)

[ExAm]

Okay, ACTUAL PATCH coming. Beta patch out for NON-STEAM clients.

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/bc2-pc-patch-feedback/1419876-client-r11-beta-patch-795745-a.html

[Amit]

What are the changes?

Removed some memory leaks
Fixed crashes when the game attempted to render lots of content (high detail, high FOV or multiple-monitor modes)
Chat window no longer causes lag spikes
Chat window reworked opacity & visibility-time is controllable through settings in settings.ini
Clantag is remembered when using auto-login
Banner URLs can be up to 252 characters in length
SecuROM wrapper removed from non-Steam version
Minor performance improvements
Reduced rubberbanding on >24player servers
Meh. Not really psyched about anything other than minor performance improvements. I haven't experienced rubberbanding since November so that's pretty useless to me too. I don't many people who still have that problem. WHERE'S OUR FIXED HIT REGISTRATION, DICE?

[ExAm]

Hitreg is fine, jesus christ. Play on a server with less than 90 freaking ping in the server list already.

[Amit]

Hitreg is not fine.

[ExAm]

Never, ever, ever ever ever had an issue with it when I had a halfway decent ping. Expecting hitreg to work when you or the server is lagging is insanity.

[Amit]

Are you kidding me? Of course I don't play on laggy servers, but jesus you're honestly gonna tell me you have NEVER run into hitreg issues? You're lying.

[ExAm]

Never when I am A: not lagging and B: the server is not lagging.

The knife is permabroke, though. No way out of that.

[Amit]

:( It's just so strange that you've never encountered that before

Like just look at this! (they ain't laggin' or nothin'):

QmJHRsojelE&hd=1

[ThePlague]

That's just the hit box lagging, it's always been like that.

[Donut]

oh shit so THATS what you meant by "aim behind the target"

jesus its like halo pc backwards.

[Amit]

That's just the hit box lagging, it's always been like that.

It wasn't like that before the R9 update, though. Now we have to trail the target which is a hell of a lot harder to do than leading the target. I manage it sometimes, but most of the time I gotta hit em twice with the sniper if I'm not on hardcore servers.

[TeeKup]

Guys remember that story I told you with the UAV C4 bomb? lol I'm surprised at how quickly that caught on.
0jedtu2k7Wc

[ThePlague]

People have been doing that for ages, it's cheap as hell but it works.

[ExAm]

not anymore, really. C4 hardly does shit for damage to the mcoms anymore.

[TeeKup]

True, but it worked when I did it on like week 3 of game release. :P

[TeeKup]

I know there's not much console love for this game but I feel like getting some action in before October 25th hits. Those of you who have it on the bro box hit me up sometime so we can get something going.

Gamertag: TeeKup

[Amit]

Every platform gets the BF3 open beta so everyone gets some lovin' before Oct. 25th.

[TeeKup]

Just got through with a really intense match on harvest day. Both teams got stuck on the second set of MCOMs. It was really weird, on the second round we completely depleted the attackers tickets but we still lost somehow...dunno wtf is up with that. Entire match was nothing but machine gun fire and tank cross mapping, tracers arcing over the hills. Ended it with 14 and 7. Was a really awesome match.

[ThePlague]

The 3rd set of MCOMs on that map piss me off, because it's damn impossible to destroy if the defenders are holding good.

[Amit]

Alright guys and gals, it's a good thing I started this bitch up because we got some good shit coming our way in BF3:

http://battlefieldo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/platoon.jpg

I'll reserve us the Battlefield Modacity platoon name. Not like it'll need to be reserved, though lol. The Tag is the important part. Are we sticking with BFM? Or would we like to go back to MBP? Personally I like BFM better. It doesn't sound retarded and we already use it in BC2.

[Cortexian]

BFM

[TeeKup]

I'll be a console member...had to cancel my PC...again.

[ThePlague]

:C

@Amit: Cool.

[Warsaw]

BFM

Also, Teek, why'd you cancel PC? No computer to run it on?

[Donut]

BFM definitely

[ThePlague]

Guys. why is my accuracy shit? :|

[TeeKup]

Because you can't aim FAGGOT

[Amit]

I wonder what the Platoon "Collective Point System" is. Is it communism for clans?

[ThePlague]

Gives our clan/team/group a bigger e-penis.

[TeeKup]

General skill point acquisition based on performance that affects a point standing towards your platoon.


...what I gathered.

The better you do in-game, the better your platoon will look in leader-boards and other standings. This is all my conjecture of course.

[Amit]

LOL seems obvious after reading ^ that post.

[TeeKup]

Regardless, If there's cross-platform platoons I'll contribute the best I can. :D

[Warsaw]

BFM

Also, Teek, why'd you cancel PC? No computer to run it on?

Bump.

[TeeKup]

Living expenses, along with a car repair. My mechanic found a nail in my tire.

[Warsaw]

And you cancelled the PC one rather than the 360 one?

:mech:

[TeeKup]

...I canceled the PC due to an 80$ car repair.

[Amit]

I found a nail pointing upwards into my shoe last year.

[ExAm]

Because you can't aim FAGGOTHey you can't say tha- oh, you've got a license okay carry on

[Donut]

lol if the point system is collective, maybe you shouldnt let me in

[TeeKup]

Honestly I'm not one to talk. I've got an ok win to lose ratio but my K/D in BC2 is crap....not that it matters in Battlefield anyway.

[Warsaw]

It matters for your daily score. My K/D is 0.79, but I have a very gung-ho playing style. Where most people will sit around in a location and pick the enemy off before moving in, I run in and wreak havoc to put pressure on the enemy. As a result, I get killed all the time.

[TeeKup]

^ That's exactly what i do.

[Cortexian]

And you cancelled the PC one rather than the 360 one?

:mech:
He cancelled buying a new PC, he doesn't have one that can run BF3 properly. That's what he meant originally.

If you haven't gathered that yet.

[Warsaw]

He cancelled his plans to buy a laptop that could play it:


...I canceled the PC due to an 80$ car repair.

[TeeKup]

Tire replacement = 80$
Labor = 30$

110$ out of my budget of 530$ I'm looking to get a second job soon, when that comes around I'll probably do what Warsaw did and have a copy on PC and 360.

[Amit]

Bad Company 2 Patch for PC to be Released on Wednesday
(http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_bad_company/archive/2011/09/18/battlefield-bad-company-2-patch-for-pc-to-be-released-on-wednesday.aspx)




What is the patch about?

Its main goal is to address stability problems with the game and performance issues. It is not intended to address game logic fixes.

You are being vague. Exact changelist please!

Removed some memory leaks
Fixed crashes when the game attempted to render lots of content (high detail, high FOV or multiple-monitor modes); this should particularly help multi-monitor users
Chat window no longer causes lag spikes
Chat window reworked opacity & visibility-time is controllable through settings in settings.ini
Clantag is remembered when using auto-login
Banner URLs can be up to 252 characters in length
SecuROM wrapper removed from non-Steam version
Minor performance enhancements
Reduced rubberbanding on servers with more than 24 active players
PrintScreen takes a screenshot, file stored in Documents\BFBC2\Screenshots directory

How large is the patch?

It is approximately 2.6GB.


That's huge man. Given that size, I would expect dinosaur survival mode to be included.

The patch itself contains all previous patches rolled into one. While it would have been technically possible to create a smaller patch for those who have Client R10 installed already, that would have delayed the release of the patch even further - so we thought it better to release a larger patch now, than a smaller patch sometime in the future.


Are there any known problems with it?

If your Windows username contains non-English characters (such as ö, ý, etc) then PunkBuster will not activate properly. To work around this, ensure that your Windows username uses only characters from the English character set. In other words, "7-bit ASCII only, please". We caught this at the very end of the validation pass, and decided that it was better to deliver the build to the public than to give it another tour through the whole patch generation and validation process.


How do I get the patch?

Steam users: The Steam client will automatically begin distributing it to you in the wee hours of Wednesday morning... at 4AM UTC, to be precise.
non-Steam users: the auto-updater will suddenly discover the patch around that same time.
Or - you can find a manual updater for the non-Steam version here. Note that if you install Client R11 too early, you will not see any game servers. If so, just wait till those begin updating as well.
For those users that are having problem with the game's auto-updater, we recommend trying the manual updater.


I installed the Client R11 Public Beta patch some time ago, how do I sort out my machine?

Follow this link to see what you have to do. (http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/bc2-pc-patch-feedback/1421689-client-r11-beta-patch-795745-end-public-beta-summary-2.html#post19875170)


What about the game servers?

These will gradually be updated by the RSP companies, starting at 4AM UTC on Wed Sep 21st as well. New game clients can only see new game servers, and vice versa... so toward the end of the day, most of the servers should be updated and visible in the new game client's server browser.

Now, pardon me, but there are game servers to distribute...



My favourite comment from the comments section:





What about consoles?

I found this comment equally hilarious:




@IREWolfman
Does you console suffer from Crashes when you try to use Multi-Monitors? Do you have server Banners? Do you have SecuROM? Do you have lag spikes in chat? Do you have a PrintScreen button?
I love the "He has it so why can't I?" mentality.

[Amit]

Just a reminder to all you people to join up on the Battlefield Modacity Platoon since the Open Beta is now live for everyone:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/amit9821/BF3Beta-1.png (http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/platoon/2826550451854621814)

[ThePlague]

NO YOU.

We need to play some gaems together guys.

[seanthelawn]

Oh wow I just found this thread by accident. MY BFBC2 name is SeanTheLawn and my timezone is GMT-5

[Amit]

NO YOU.

We need to play some gaems together guys.

SHUT UP!...and make sense.

[Pooky]

a 2.5 gig patch? Jesus christ! I miss the days when games were made solidly enough that they didn't need constant patching (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Dark_Forces_II).

[Amit]

It was the first patch since December. Get off your high Tauntaun.

[Pooky]

Uh, what?

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/1379185-patch-history-thread.html

That's too many changes. JK's only patch was to fix a joystick bug. :D

[Amit]

Heh, the guy forgot to add the rest of the patch changelogs.