Tell Infinity Ward We Want Community
Apparently the folks over at Infinity Ward think they have a better solution to dedicated servers. Apparently in the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 there will be NO dedicated servers and NO mod support. This means that all games will go through a match maker system. They state that you will still be able to have private games, but of course they will be invite only, sort of like custom games on Halo 3. As a person who has been playing the Call of Duty games since they first came out I am quite disappointed in this announcement. Dedicated servers are the lifeblood of a community and create a place where it is easy to play with community members and other players alike. We don't want to have to invite all of our friends into the same game! If you feel the same way other feel please sign this petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/dedis4mw/petition.html
Below is quoted from http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/comments_news.phtml?id=101909_4
The MW2 backlash started this weekend. Here are the key points which had gamers in an uproar:
- -We're doing a lot on the backend to make the game accessible for everyone.
- -There is no delay for the PC version of MW2
- -There's prestige mode
- -Jason West at the MP event, said that he was dead on, on the matchmaking servers. We've been building a system on the backend called IW.NET.
- -You are completely reliant on IW.NET. There are no server lists. There are no dedicated servers.
- -You have private matches where you can customize the game
- -You cannot put MW2 on a dedicated server.
- -This is the first time we've ever done something like this and the team has huge plans for what IW.NET develops into.
- -Customizing your game...you have quite a few options in a private match
- -You're getting same game (as in Console), plus matchmaking and private match.
- -Server admin point-of view, NO DEDICATED SERVERS
Winter LAN / New website
Written by Kevin A.
Welcome to the new Atlanta LAN Fest website! We have totally redisigned it from the ground up. This was an attempt to make it easier to navigate and update our base system to a newer version. But you don't really care about the site that much do you? You guys care about the LAN! So yes we are in the planning stages of Winter lanfest 2009, and it is going to be very big. Once again we will be partnering with our F7Lans buddies to put on another great LAN. Also we are working with Intel for this LAN so expect big things! More updates to come soon!
AMAZING EVENT!!!!
Written by Kevin A.
I just wanted to give a huge shout out to all of the Staff on Atlanta LAN Fest and F7 Lans for helping to put on an amazing event. We had about 67 people show up for our event this year and everything went perfect. Between the high tension tournaments and the most hilarious BAWLS chuggoff I have ever seen I think that this event was a great success! I hope that everyone at the event had as good of time as I did and if you have any questions or concerns about the event please make sure you post on the forums ( which should be fixed very soon if not already working for everyone). Also if you are missing a toolset please contact Kevin.
* Update Nick from F7 Lans has already got his pictures up online. Check them out at http://picasaweb.google.com/f0rkznet/2009AtlantaLan#
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