Hmm! Over at BashAndSlash, a Call Of Duty community website, Infinity Ward’s community manager, Robert Bowling, confirmed there would be no dedicated server option for excruciatingly-anticipated super-shooter Modern Warfare 2. Really? Apparently so: dedicated servers will be replaced with a match-making service called IWNet. This will place you against players of your own rank, and remove dedicated server lists. There will also be options for a private matches. Take it with a pinch of salt, however, because the fact that it’s the community manager making an announcement two hours into a fan-podcast suggests there’s going to be some clarifying statements to follow. Bowling makes clear he’s not totally clear on the tech aspects, but he does seem certain that everything will run through IWNet, in conjunction with Steam. That seems to imply no mod support.
On the upside, the game isn’t delayed on PC after all. Ooh, what’s that noise?
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I’m going to post for the other side of the arguement for a second.
“You are in the middle east, IW don’t care about you. Why don’t you go out side and play modern warfare for real, because you are in iraq?(remember, this is the other side) I bet you are a hacker anyway with all you dubai hotel money to buy hacks off the internet. (lets finish off with a little bit of direct repetition of what iw said) This is going to improve the average players experience, thats what matters”.
It depresses, that I could see someone actually using that argument in other corners of the internet.
ANGRY TUBEHOUSE ATTACK!
Problem with that argument is that it is very silly.
:-p
Taking the last part which is really the only valid bit, I would say that your "average" MW gamer – on PC at least – is a fairly technically savvy and demanding gamer due to the type of game, the relatively high system specs needed to play effectively etc.
The petition and general uproar would suggest fairly conclusively that the "average" MW gamer has made it clear that the changes will not benefit them and indeed, may just impact their enjoyment of the game enough for them not to buy.
Of course, the lack of dedicated servers and the new proposed model for multi-player may well benefit IW in the short-term, but if the furore results in lost sales…
I also think that my geographic location doesn't really alter the argument on host advantage.
It may be a silly argument but at the same time in previous CoD games IW has exactly been very senstive to middle eastern people. In Cod 4 they were just bad guys, they had "good guy" russians but not "good guy" muslims or middle easterns, they were all durka durka Jihad running around shooting everything in sight with RPGS and beat up trucks with machine guns attached ect. there isn't a single civilian or helpful resistant fighters that assist your character when you're fighting in the middle east part of the game. (just as an example I believe the older medal of honor games do have one section where some german civilians assist you in defeating the nazis by allowing you into their home, I'm not sure which one)
btw the russians were the “bad guys” along with the Opfor.
Good guys would be considered the British SAS and Marines….
PC gamers need dedicated servers in order for us to make a MOD to play competition. THIS is why the pc community is in an uproar. Why would we want to play a game stock, like cosole competition? Its just retarted. Who wants to use gay perks like martydom where money is involved? PC competition is 10x better than console competition. And don’t say I am biased, cause I’ve played both throughout my life. PC wins hands down.
No promod?
:(
Such a step back I think.. I’m super disappointed
Oh well, cod4 ftw.
This server is just pissing me off. I cant get into online play and yesterday worked fine. Nobody that I played with yesterday could get anyone to join there game.(invite). If it doesnt work by the end of the day I’m taking this shit back.
You can’t
Also, l2forward ports
never should have bought it in the first place.