By Jim Rossignol on March 24th, 2010 at 4:55 pm.
Hurrah for the UK’s excellent online gaming service Multiplay, for they have given us a Battlefield Bad Company 2 server of our very own. They’re one of the companies hosting servers for the game, should you be interested in such things, and they can be rented here. Read on below for more RPS server stuff.
Okay, the easiest way to get onto the server is to type Rock, Paper, Shotgun into the server browser’s search bar. It should pop right up. It’s a 24-man Rush server at the moment.
I’ve passworded it for now to allow RPSers to get on, the password is: sundaypapers
It’s all default settings and stuff, but I imagine we’ll tweak it over time. So, thanks again to Multiplay, and go have fun.
EDIT: Regarding passwording, I’m going to leave it off by default and password at peak times to reserve it for RPS readers. The password will remain the same.
As the spy would say in Team Fortress 2: “Top shelf!”
See you on the battlefield.
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Yay! I’ve always been jealous of the TF2 RPS crowd having never really gotten into the game, so this is excellent news. Bravo, RPS!
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Great news, will definitely be there from time to time.
Multiplay.co.uk is indeed quite good, we rented our server there, too. The admin backend seems a bit bugged, though, I recommend the BFBC2 Guardian.
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I’ll be on there soon and make sure it’s a regular
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(p.s. good choice on 24 man rush server – the best kind there is)
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Had a quick couple of rounds earlier, before being rudely ejected by an apparent EA server hiccup or something. I’m sure I’ll be spending plenty of time there in the future. (Soldier name is Butterbumps, by the way).
Oh, and speaking of TF2, has the RPS server disappeared, or just moved somewhere else?
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Yay, awesome! I’ll pop on soon.
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Huzzah!
Long time lurker, first time poster, and this post broke my silence.
McW00t.
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Thanks Multiplay.
I’ll be on there from time to time. Username: PunchInTheNutz
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Wait, there’s an RPS TF2 server?
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tried searching for it but couldnt find it in the server browser, i tried all sorts of variations of rock paper shotgun and RPS but no luck, its probably just the browser being retarded as usual
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oh! found it! just realised i had the no password filter on :P
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I can’t find it, the filter is entirely clear and I’ve tried both searching ‘rock, paper, shotgun’ and just hunting through the server list
I remember reading something before about multiplay.co.uk turning off servers automatically for a while if there was inactivity? But it’s probably just me being an idiot.
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make sure you put capitals at the start of the words, this does actually make a difference, so Rock, Paper, Shotgun…… not rock, paper, shotgun
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Well at least my prediction of idiocy was correct.
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What kind of terrible person would have a game-server search be case-significant?
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Man, I’m so there! When I’m not working! Or with the girlfriend! Or any of that non-gaming milarkey that keeps intruding into my life! It will be nice to finally shoot some of you in the face.
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Hooray
you could consider using this (but password probably does not make it necessary…)
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/980822-bfbc2-autobalancer-available-beta.html
it’s closed source but browsing the german forum it seems trustsworthy
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OK, I cave, I cave. I better get this game! I haven’t played a BF in so long!
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I caved as well, it feels like half the websites I read were screaming at me to buy it and I could no longer drown out the cacophony.
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Excellent stuff. Will check it out tomorrow night.
I realise it’s an RPS one, but if people on the PCG server forums want the password is there any chance we can invite them? There’s no PCG server for it yet and a few folks over there have shown interest in getting together for a game. (Assuming they aren’t all RPS-ites as well that is…)
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There is a PCG server.
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There was, but it disappeared so we assumed it had gone. Is it back now then?
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I still see it on my server list and it isn’t greyed out, so I assume so.
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Will add to favourites next time i play, ingame name: Fattox. I will probably be stabbing you up in due course.
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Yippy! The Rock, Paper, Shotgun server in TF2 is always great, so I’ll be sure to add this one to my favorites.
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Already in a clan but some of my brethren and I will no doubt pop in and say hi (and shoot you in the face/get shot in the face).
Is this an adminned server as I’ve noted an unfortunate number of whiney bellends who appear to have escaped from XBox live turning up on the game servers.
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server seems to be down :/
and i just had such a good time :D
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Hmmm…I wonder what my chances are of getting a playable ping from America. I’ll probably hop on tonight and give it a shot.
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Aw, it just crashed before we completed our rush towards victory :(
I go under the name “kell0r” there, btw.
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That was so annoying. The six or so of us would have destroyeeedddd them.
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true that :D
my ingame name is weltraumaffe
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@peter:
You’re not by any chance the same Weltraumaffe as the one from TF2′s HERR clan?
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i usually end up joining the losing side, so this made me smile.
seconds before the crash i blew up a starting helicopter with c4. which made me smile.
obvious ingame name is obvious.
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were doing pretty well smashing our defences (and latterly, the enemy defences) in your tank when I was playing…
Private Makhail Stolich reporting for duty SAH!
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Excellent! See you in hell, meatbags!
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Huzzah!
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That’s great!
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This being RPS, why not try to have some events? Thinking of racing games, flying lessons and commandos – reenactments.
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races and general stupid games were the best part of Battlefield 1942 – doesn’t really work that well in this game though because of the much smaller scale
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true. but you could still jet ski in island nocentas or quad through harbor. conquest maps would be an viable option too.
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cool. I’ve been looking for a regular server for bad company 2.
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Cool. I’ve been looking for a regular server to play Bad Company 2
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Awesome
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Funt!
I had work to do tonight. Important work. Work with the promise of money and acclaim, and a seat in high office. Now I’ll be manning up and fighting harder. Maggots.
Look out for ‘Twistedinc’.
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Yay! Normally I only play in HC, but I’m just in the mood for being generous with bullets.
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Oh, and even though I have the M60 unlocked, I don’t use it unless I’m stuck with a squad of snipers in [that watery map with the dam].
I’m such a nice guy.
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… except that their master servers are broken, again. That’s nice.
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Jim, you need to start a North American RPS subsidiary.
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Hurray!
This is excellent news to hear as I was just trying to find a decent server, or at least a server that wasn’t full of people spamming those 40mm grenades at me.
I think i’ll certainly be making an appearence. Hope to play with you all soon.
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Hey guys, the ‘crash’ you saw was just the brand new server update going online – no need to panic! ;)
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Awesome! I’m going to bring my best noob game. Which is not very best at all. It is actually most unbest. Like my English!
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That was fun. Alex_Augmented in game.
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Does anyone else have problems adding servers to their favourites?
If anyone here has been fortunate enough to look at the server browser when the planets align and the gods are smiling, and has had it actually add to their favourites, could they please post the server code. It can be found in ‘documents – BFBC2 – gamesettings’ (open with notepad), then look for ‘favouritegames=’ near the bottom of the list. It should be a series of letters and numbers followed by the name of the server and then a semicolon. Example and server plug: 3196769692,04c0c226-550a-4e42-8c04-1857455a9cec,TacticalGamer.com – BC2 #1 – Mixed Rush/CQ [FF=on];
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getting this:
2800986656,1da67b97-5e9c-49fe-a846-b730921d7738,Rock\, Paper\, Shotgun BFBC2 Server;
it went offline some minutes ago btw; i found it by searching for “Rock” (with a capital R)
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Thanks!
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Also, is there a statsmod for BFBC2? I LOVE numbers. And experience bars. They must grow longer and fuller! Until they burst out into an ejaculation of levelup. And then they’re small again. And you start over.
I mean, you have that in game in multiple places, but still, I love having my stats tracked somewhere else as well. Which sounds naughty now–would you like to come round to my place and track my stats? Track ‘em HARD.
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Here’s one I’ve found:
http://bfbc2.elxx.net/stats/pc/Fitzmogwai
That’s me, of course, but instead of mine and you’ve got all the numbery goodness you could want (after it’s updated).
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There’s this as well: http://bfbcs.com/pc
Though it took about 3 days to add my player by spamming the search button. I’d recommend the other one.
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Yay ! See you in combat !!!
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I’m going to have to give this a try, assuming the overseas ping isn’t unbearable and the time zone difference doesn’t put me in an empty server.
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If only I had some sort of helicopter-killing device…
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You mean a tracer/RPG combo, or a heavy MG?
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heavy MG does nothing against the heli itself, only hits crew (but a good pilot will avoid this). M65 is the only handgun thats able to actually damage the hely or any other vehicle besides the UAV.
the best against enemy helicopters is a better heli-pilot on your side..
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I need to learn to snipe better. I did kill a pilot in the air one time…
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Latterman: Heavy MG, not Light MG. The Heavy MGs are the fixed position ones, that take off around 2 health per shot on the copter itself.
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I can’t find the server. I am sad. :(
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It seems to be very, very picky on how you type it. Case-sensitive and all that. So you need it to be “Rock, Paper, Shotgun” exactly
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Yeah, I got it eventually searching “Rock” with a capital R
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Do you guys know how the hell to get your ping to show up (in ze Server Browser) in Windows 7/Vista? I have a steam copy, so the Admin Rights thing doesn’t seem to work. Goddamnit.
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Who are the server admin? The RPS writers?
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Currently it’s Mr. Rossignol.
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Consider me there and prepare to get shotgunned in the face.
If its passwordeded wouldnt that mean its unranked? Might be why some of you can’t find the server.
When they fix voip, we can whine about nade launchers and m60s together, THE FUN!
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Nice!
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I shall be along once the foot-to-ball has finished under the name y2rich
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STICK WITH ME, I’LL KEEP YOU ALIVE
See y’all there.
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That’s going straight in the favourites – hoo raa etc.
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Looks like the server is offline ATM but I was JUST playing on it, and had a great time. Can’t add it to favorites right now.
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Yey much fun. Who was driving the Hind on Isla Inocentes just before? Good grief!
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if you are talking about me just before the round ended, then I would like to apologize for that atrocity, I’m very new to the game and I have trouble making sharp turns in helicopters.
As for the guy before me, yeah, that thing destroyed us. Good job pilot and co-pilot.
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Yes I meant the defending chaps who just wouldn’t die and continually exploded us all in to small bits. Very nice.
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This just pushed me over the edge, downloading from Steam now! You guys should be getting a cut from the devs.. IN game name will be Warth0g or something similar – see you soon :-)
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Great in principle, but if the server is busy, like it is now, then the fact that you have to re-enter the password every time you want to try to connect is really damn annoying
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They really need an auto-join feature that remembers passwords, its bad enough when I join friends in full servers and get to click repeatedly till it lets me in, now with added password shenanigans good times~
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Thanks RPS. Thanks Multiplay. Now fear my 7% accuracy.
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Thoroughly good fun on the server tonight chaps, look forward to shooting/being shot by you all again soon :)
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Fantastic server. Excellent teamwork and a very friendly playing environment.
Definately the best server ive been on
Shame its not Hardcore though. *Demands Hardcore Nights weekly*
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Hardcore + 32 Players (+ 24/7 Arica Harbor…ok, not really) would be awesome.
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BEST. SERVER. EVER. No childish behaviour, actual team play, half time pinata, and a good mix of skill levels on each side (I might have lied about the pinata). Really good fun. Thanks!!
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I was the pinata.
I really need to get better at that, but for my first time playing it online, I had a heck of a lot more fun than the other BF games. They usually consisted of:
*spawn*
Hi guys!
*shot*
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Had a lorra lorra fun chasing an apache with a UAV, like a mosquito chasing a bear. Stayed in his blindspot long enough to bring the fucker down. Then leaving the UAV terminal to track down the survivors that fell like blossom on a spring day.
look out for err…clive dunn
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Love the RPS server. It’s been empty at times, though. Any other good, friendly, server recommendations?
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The Sekrit Server!
When.. uh.. when people start playing on it that is.
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If any of our U.S. RPS brethren cares, I can donate my server as an Unofficial RPS Americaland server.
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@Skeez187, if you want to do that it would be awesome. Let me know and I’ll do a recap post about all community stuff next week.
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Jim, check your private messages when you get a chance.
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I’m a caring Stateside brethren!
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I just had an hours worth of fun on the RPS server and it was bloomin’ exceptional. Really enjoyed playing along side the people who were on there. Only about 7 people on the server including myself and i’ve got to say it was the most enjoyable BF:BC2 experience i’ve had so far.
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I should add that there’s an added level of fun when you look through this thread saying to yourself:
“Got his dogtags….and his…I think that guy has mine…he definitely has mine…got his…”
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Will be trying this one out later. Just got the game and still tweaking the settings to a tolerable standard. I’ve been on a twitch gaming break for a better part of a year so might be a bit rusty but I’ll get there yet.
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Yep, thanks chaps was really good fun last night.
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Ooh! I managed to miss this post completely yesterday. Definitely will be on tonight though. Ingame nick is bacon. Because bacon is tasty and also good for you.
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‘good’ in the bowel cancer sense?
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great news! See you on the server!
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I’m going to be controversial here and say that I can only play BC2 online on Hardcore servers, it was the same for Modern Warfare.
It’s a shame there are so few of them
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This is my new regular. Had a great time for an hour or so yesterday early evening.
Thank you very much!
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Screw hardcore – firstly it makes us inept folk look really inept, and secondly its really bloody annoying if you’re playing as a medic and can’t find any teammates that need mouth to mouth. Long live the minimap
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Hmm, is it hardcore?
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Aaand it’s gone down. We had some good games there, although no one seems to be using voice comms. Do none of you have microphones, or are you just shy?
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First post here on RPS.
It’s a shame the servers went down now. We just had some seriously intense games. Even though there were some complains on my shotgun+slug use :/
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Server was up again shortly after the first crash, but now it’s gone again (my precious stats!!!!) and doesn’t reappear. Good Game going and already bunch of familiar names.
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Re: TimA
Some stats:
Teiman vs TimA
I am comparing against TimA, because I remenber killing him on the battlefield.
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I really enjoy the server right up untill the round is just about to end and the server goes down.
Nice bunch of people on the server.
Soldier name Jimmy-Hobo (I’ll be the one on the floor waiting for a medic…………………a lot)
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The amount of medics on defending time was a joke. I couldn’t embrace the sweet tenderness of death no matter how much i wanted to. had to run straight towards the enemy lines to finally be able to change load out.
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M60′s and defib’s everywheeeeere
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Bravo Squad = Medic Squad
*Bang*
*BZZ-HUMMMMM*
*Bang*
*BZZ-HUMM*
x10^99
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If anyone’s interested, I managed to track down a server info site and find the RPS server:
http://battletracker.com/bc2server/208.167.250.179:19567/
So if you’re like me and only really like to pull up BFBC2 when you see your friends / fellow RPSers are playing, you can track it there without having to fire up the game.
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… Waitasec, that’s a U.S. server? I would’ve assumed the Multiplay one would be in the U.K.
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I assume this is the server Skeez was talking about earlier, it’s even pretty playable for us euro types. Think the original one is still down at the moment.
Having a blast on the server, thanks everyone, definitely my regular now.
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It was quite a shock switching from M60 to PKM so I could go for the gold star. The difference in overall effectiveness really is quite marked.
Medic spam was a sight to behold.
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I can only see a US RPS server (multiplay and rps are uk so guessing not the one mentioned here). Is the UK one down? And whos set up the US one?
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First CTD in a long while and it has to happen when i’m piloting a heli. Sorry for everyone involved in the consequences.
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Are you on the RPS server? It’s greyed out for me.
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was on the US server
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Awesome! mine arrived today, hope to see the RPS server filled with friendly decent players! ^_^
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Can we get some active admins for the server? It’s generally pleasant, but today I’ve seen one guy warbling about his team being retards, and another gimp yelling ‘X IS CHEAT. I POST VIDEO OF YOU CHEAT. YOU GET BANNED’ and generally being an irritant.
Mild stuff I know, but I think servers should be ruled with an iron fist. It doesn’t take much to be polite.
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got a chance to play in the RPS US server…very good players..lots of teamwork :P :D
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succumbed and bought the game the other day… had an excellent few sessions on thew RPS server… great stuff, and sorry to everyone on my team about how much i suck…
in-game name is Mogadon.
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Any thoughts on making this a mixed rush/conquest server. Some servers have it so it changes every map, breaking up the monotony a bit.
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ditto that last comment. Mixing up the game modes helps. Well, helps me play continuously for 6-7 hours.
Been enjoying playing of the Rps server. Apologies to whoever it was i ‘Carled’ after they landed their Hind perfectly; then they had to watch in kill-cam me take off in their copter. I didn’t get far mind, but the point was made. Don’t leave the keys in the ignition!
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I cannot get it to add to favouries, fucking stupid EA interface. I’ll never understand how CS:S got it right and everyone else keeps getting it wrong.
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Oh and I second both the comment calling for varied game modes, and the comment calling for an iron fist on servers. Even if I do occasionally call my team fools (DONT JUST LOOK AT THE BIG FLASHY RED THING GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ARRGH :P There should be a competency test for everything, ever)
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For any minelayers out there: Try humming “All You Need Is Love” or “With A Little Help From My Friends” while throwing. Gives the activity a nice rythm.
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The favorites and history tabs use the master-browser filters. So if you have anything checked, favorites won’t show up. Try unchecking those and then clicking the favorites tab.
Also, there seems to be a limit to how many servers will fit in the history tab. You have to delete them manually from the gamesettings.ini to get rid of older ones and allow newer servers to show up.
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i own up the fricken server every time i play!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOHAAAAAA”"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Got this installed right now (it’s my birthday!), so gonna find this server, and PLAY.
Feel free to add me to friends – TheGHammer. Man, am I stoked for getting shot at by fellow RPSians!
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So…had some great games in the last week!
Can we get the password put back though?
There seems to be an influx of non RPSers…which in itself isn’t necessarily bad, but we seem to have had a lot mute l33ts (boring) and potential ch33ts (annoying) along with the real people in the last 2 days.
The big draw on this server over others is that people actually seem to bloody talk to each other – whether it be communication to guide the win or just to socialise and have a laugh…all things which seem sadly rare on the majority of other servers.
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Figured this would be the place to ask (apologies if there’s a more appropriate threat I didn’t discover with a serach on the forums): Have been playing MW2 in the free weekend and am predictably bored with lack of dedi servers and being shot in the back. How does BFBC2 stack up in comparison? Am curious about the possibility for decent teamwork compared to MW2…
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@Kierkegaard
I’ve not played MW2, but BFBC2 is fairly well oriented for teamwork. The Assault player keeps everyone supplied with ammo and lobs out grenades. The Medic tops up his teammates health and revives people who go down. An Engineer can supply anti-vehicle support and repair friendly vehicles, while a Recon running with his squad can throw out motion sensor detectors or hang back and snipe and rain mortars from afar.
Each side is split into squads, and if those squads stick together it’s usually a large factor in winning – especially if you’re attacking in Rush mode. Importantly, every member acts as a mobile spawn point for the rest of his squad. If a squad stays together and covers each other it’s a big plus.
From a broader point of view you can help your overall team by spotting deficiencies and adapting to plug the gap by choosing to play a certain class or picking a certain weapon loadout.
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Clive Dunn is a stone cold killer. My eye is on you from now on. You and your rocket launcher.
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Looking for teamwork on FPS games amongst pubbies is basically herding cats. Getting most of a team moving in the same direction is usually all you’ll get. Battlefield does a good job at this because much of it is simplified.
Most of the gametypes give a very limited range of objectives. Rush basically has a frontline one team must pass to plant a bomb. You either attack or defend. The maps are small, so there isn’t much room for creativity. Players work as a team without really realizing it, because they don’t have a choice. Squad rush is a bit more teamwork focused, as its only one squad vs. another.
You have to bring your own teamwork to Conquest mode. Somewhat larger maps, and 3 or 4 objectives that often change hands. Most of your team will do their own thing (run to the corner of the map and play edgesniper, fly the helo into a building, etc.) The rest will try to help each other out, but a poor squad management system makes it hard to figure out who is doing what and getting them all working together.
There are no long chat menus to navigate for giving orders or spotting, one automated ‘socialize’ button does that. This is probably the most useful teamwork feature in the game, all done with the press of a single button…so it’s rarely used.
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Oh how I miss the 1942 lulz of being able to spam the “enemy submarine spotted” call whilst playing a landlocked map…
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Great game last night – ended up at 4v4 towards the end, but with both sides playing as a team you wouldn’t guess that there were so few players online. Thanks everyone!
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The HRC*** Clan would like to inform you about the running BC2 server .
Connection details: Server Browser – HRC*** – search
Our host: KillerCreation
Have fun !
See You on the Battlefield !
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Hi all, do people still play on this server? Tried to find it last night when Bank Holiday Battlefield popped-up in Steam but couldn’t see it.
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