Official COD6 MW2 thread

[325_e30]

need a break...ranked 84k in kills and 88k in points. anyone better?

[daniel]

i hooked my 360 up to the internet threw my computer (i have a mac). it was easy and fast. check it out.


http://apple.qj.net/Connect-to-Xbox-...g/49/aid/58385

dude, just because you have a mac doesn't mean you can throw your computer. you still have to be careful with those things.

[deutschman]

i hooked my 360 up to the internet threw my computer (i have a mac). it was easy and fast. check it out.

http://apple.qj.net/Connect-to-Xbox-Live-Through-Your-Mac-/pg/49/aid/58385

[dude8383]

your countdown timer has expired :p
sending pm

lol werd, forgot i still had it up.

lol that was pretty good.

that was awesome.

[AnimalE30]

Call of Duty: Secret Spielberg Level Unlocked

lol that was pretty good.

[Vedubin01]

Call of Duty: Secret Spielberg Level Unlocked

[Beach Bum]

It should be interesting when MAG comes out (http://www.mag.com/). I wonder how they are going to handle that many players at once.

If they know what's good for them, they're going to use dedicated servers on business class bandwidth. It's the ONLY WAY to run more than 8v8 games with any real fluidity.

[Bavarian3]

Played last night again, since Sony turned on the presence servers; I was able to join a party (even though there was a work around by signing out, signing in, join game). The only downside was that my friend wasn't able to join my Special Ops game; however I could join his? It's a lot more exciting with two people...

Yeah, yesterday I was playing twice when the host was gone. Now from my understanding; when I am playing on TFC, the host leaves the game is completely over. With this, they find another host (I am assuming within the game) and the game is started back up with a count-down screen. I haven't seen this before (for example Warhawk doesn't do this, the game just ends and you lose your stats).

Yes I think the idea of dedicated servers are nice; you can get into a game with a low ping, the level you want, etc. But this option isn't terribly bad.

It should be interesting when MAG comes out (http://www.mag.com/). I wonder how they are going to handle that many players at once.

[daniel]

One more note on customization, a lot of the perks that you see in MW2 come from mod's that the community developed...

A few that I know off hand...

Painkiller
The Nuke

I should be getting the game today, we'll see what the multiplayer experience will be like on PC. I've read some reviews and most say the maps are fantastic but lag is an issue for some, and no lean are draw backs. I know that I'm going to miss having lean in CoD4, many more advantages when scoping.

your countdown timer has expired :p

i need this game. anyone have an extra xbox 360 wireless connection antenna thing? i need one bad! send me a pm if you do.

sending pm

[deutschman]

i need this game. anyone have an extra xbox 360 wireless connection antenna thing? i need one bad! send me a pm if you do.

[dude8383]

my point is you dont know how much better they really are than the standard matchmaking of console games.

a dedicated server is a does one thing: keep a business class broadband connection dedicated to running which ever game you want to play on it. its upload speed is lightyears faster than anyone's residential internet connection, therefore allowing players to connect with speeds much better than P2P. what this means:

1)no host. no more THE HOST HAS ENDED THE GAME, or MIGRATING HOSTS, or whatever other error. the servers dont go down, and games arent ended in the middle abruptly. with P2P the host has a great advantage over other players, and typically will score much higher because of this.

2)lag. no 1 sec lag between you pulling the trigger and the shot registering on your enemy. you can even choose to join servers which are very local to you, and then experience near-LAN quality connections.

3)moderation. a dedicated server is moderated by its owner and whoever he has help him. this means you can kick/ban hackers instantly, control the nonsense chat like racial slurs from 12 year olds who think they are the shit, etc etc. you also have the ability to choose game types, which level you play on, time and score limits, etc.

4)customization. cod4 has servers online that are modified from anything to fully changing the game, to small things like servers that play only knives, or only shotguns. it adds so much more re-playability to the game.

One more note on customization, a lot of the perks that you see in MW2 come from mod's that the community developed...

A few that I know off hand...

Painkiller
The Nuke

I should be getting the game today, we'll see what the multiplayer experience will be like on PC. I've read some reviews and most say the maps are fantastic but lag is an issue for some, and no lean are draw backs. I know that I'm going to miss having lean in CoD4, many more advantages when scoping.

[Alkasquawlik]

my point is you dont know how much better they really are than the standard matchmaking of console games.

a dedicated server is a does one thing: keep a business class broadband connection dedicated to running which ever game you want to play on it. its upload speed is lightyears faster than anyone's residential internet connection, therefore allowing players to connect with speeds much better than P2P. what this means:

1)no host. no more THE HOST HAS ENDED THE GAME, or MIGRATING HOSTS, or whatever other error. the servers dont go down, and games arent ended in the middle abruptly. with P2P the host has a great advantage over other players, and typically will score much higher because of this.

2)lag. no 1 sec lag between you pulling the trigger and the shot registering on your enemy. you can even choose to join servers which are very local to you, and then experience near-LAN quality connections.

3)moderation. a dedicated server is moderated by its owner and whoever he has help him. this means you can kick/ban hackers instantly, control the nonsense chat like racial slurs from 12 year olds who think they are the shit, etc etc. you also have the ability to choose game types, which level you play on, time and score limits, etc.

4)customization. cod4 has servers online that are modified from anything to fully changing the game, to small things like servers that play only knives, or only shotguns. it adds so much more re-playability to the game.

ill take your word on it that it's better, but honestly i dont give a shit. as long as i press the button for team deathmatch and i get to play the game, im perfectly fine.

[straight6pwr]

i don't know a lot about PC gaming, but to me the best thing about it is you can easily select the exact game you want, meaning deathmatch on such and such map with these rules scoring to 50, rather than letting the game decide for you and then let you veto if you don't like what you see, only to find that the other option turned out to be worse.

yes. cod4/waw and other games even come with a filtering option for server lists which will narrow your search to only servers with your selected options. its really nice that you can play a game which suits your current fancy. as well, PC allows games of massive size. playing 25v25 on COD:WaW is a battle of epic proportions. it actually feels like a war game with men just rushing the lines, and snipers picking off stragglers, MGs laying down cover fire and tanks rolling around, etc. its really sad to see that gone.

[daniel]

i don't know a lot about PC gaming, but to me the best thing about it is you can easily select the exact game you want, meaning deathmatch on such and such map with these rules scoring to 50, rather than letting the game decide for you and then let you veto if you don't like what you see, only to find that the other option turned out to be worse.

[Ryan Stewart]

back when I played pc shit I loved running as a server. Had business class cable (16/18 down and 8 up with QOS) and a dual Xeon workstation. NEVER any lagging on my end :).