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Shaddup Wolf, just cos you didn’t get tickets to the game 😛 .Brazil played at 45% capacity and will be strong later in tourney but their defence looked breakable :)…And the stadium was awesome, as was the atmosphere…as were the Brazilian and Croation babes, so yeah..sorry you missed it 😀
Jesus invented Beans on toast (Jobbie 3 xii 1-4)…Mohammed did sarines on toast which caused an early split, Islam following the sardinic tradition and the more conservative Mu’tazilis insisting that beans on toast was indeed the breakfast of the gods…
I suspect the glorification of the female soldiers has more to do with the American military spinning the death of a woman (which always seems to appear more shocking to the domestic audience, and thus maybe stimulate the increasingly anti-war stance back in the USA) and rather less to do with a general denigration of the traditional hero..
And yeah..you are bonkers, clearly
Do we know how many people actually feel the way BF2 plays leads people into a playing style contrary to the spirit in which XDC was founded?
I suspect people have been voting with their feet for a while..look at the number of people playing BF2 regularly…not as many as I expected when I came back into the fold…And to be honest I know how Paddy feels to an extent…I suggested playing the 1918 mod the other day (it’s a laugh with a few players), as I was lagging badly on the XDC server and to be honest I just fancied a change…I was almost laughed off the server…
I looked at my BF2 stats yesterday…I was amazed to be over 20,000 points…I had lots of gold medals and things…unlocks…the works…and no, I still don’t have my fookin knife badge…but the last time I looked at my stats was in the second week of playing…about a year ago…I play for fun…period…Which is the whole point of XDC…Go read the XDC start page, I quoted it in the past and will do so again:
“There are people who spend nearly every waking minute at their computer playing games, and when we’re unfortunate enough to meet them in a game, all they seem interested in, is the game itself. Conversation is non-existent, and they will only find the game enjoyable if it is taken seriously by all participants! “
Ring any bells about Wolf’s complaint? It should…I have found myself alt tabbing to windows just to see if I was in the right TS channel sometimes, such are the lengthy periods of absolute silence on the BF2 channel…
Don’t get me wrong..I’m putting the blame on the way BF2 plays and the way it can lead people into stat whoring, not on individuals,but it’s unfair on Wolf to suggest he is in a minority…He may be in a minority within the players regularly playing (and by that I mean almost every day), but I suspect he isn’t when it comes to the XDC membership as a whole, and to be honest, there are plenty of people in this thread who agree with him to an extent, me amongst them…
I’m not surprised Wolf feels the way he does, he has the feeling people think he is a pain in the arse, he even stated he thought he was disliked by a few; kudos to the guys who jumped in and said he adds to the diversity…to those who answered his concerns with a deafening silence, well that silence speaks volumes to a sensitive soul like Wolfy…
Some of you may ask if I have the right to talk about XDC at all, seeing as I have only recently rejoined, but in all honesty, I remember exactly what it was like about 6 years ago, and I notice the changes probably more than people who have been in the process of gradual change over the years…I felt welcomed back by all the old members, and really enjoyed being on a server without the smacktards and with some decent team play, I honestly have no issues with any individual, you’ve all been great to me, and I admire the skill with which you BF2 vets kick my arse regularly on the server, but Wolfie is right, the “I don’t give a fuck” element is lacking a lot of the time,and yeah, Messy is partly responsible, and he’s not even in XDC…
Right..if I wasn’t away, I’d pop online now to get my arse kicked again, but it’ll have to wait till I get back…Only need my knife badge and I’ll be Supreme Commander or summat 😀
(Sorry Nom, I edited this as I got timed out at the net cafe I was in, hope the ditto still applies)
OK…I’m Paddy’s bro as you all know, but any of you that have heard us wibbling on on TS will also know we disagree more than we agree, so this isn’t a “defend my bro” knee jerk post. But I did introduce him to XDC many years ago so I feel a little bad he is leaving.Just wanted to say he has finals and is a little stressed, which may account for his rash decision and impulsive postings of late (reason, not excuse), but he has at least had the balls to bring up what to him was clearly a festering feeling of dissatisfaction with gamplay styles.
I actually agree with him to an extent, I have been away for years (but always considered my home to be XDC) and have noticed a marked difference in the gameplay style and attitude since Rogue Spear days. I don’t feel I have the right to talk about it as I have just got back, so I didn’t…I just got on with it…was a little miffed on Tuesday though as I bought Euro Forces last week to be in on the regular nights and the first time I go in it has been cancelled and my query as to why was met with deafening silence…(think my mic was too low maybe 😳 )..but I paid 9 euros for that, that’s at least 2 good glasses of top quality German Beer..come on guys!!
Anyway…the Rogue spear idea is a great one…I tried it with matt and Paddy a few times and it was a blast..plus we are all about the same level as we haven’t played in years, which means a lot more fun…COunt me in…
I think Paddy just felt sidelined as he was the only one voicing opinions he knew to be more widespread, which has been evidenced by the posts after he declared his intentions to leave..and he felt a bit of a lone wolf (sorry couldn’t resist)…not a nice situation to find yourself in no doubt, and he wasn’t feeling the love…
Greetz from Vienna
Come on Eng-errrr-laaaannnd!!
Good luck with the finals, mate!
@=XDC=OldPhart wrote:
Bullshit Max, you lie you lie you lie.
Farking biggest stats prossie on the farking planet.
Unnhhh I just got my (insert medal/badge of choice) Oh gawd I am the fucking (delete as applicible best/biggest/greatest) Unnnhhh
Ive cum 😛
Ahhh Pharty at his cantankerous,irascible, choleric and dare I say it splenetic best…. Splendid! 🙂
