1stBW

Let me get this straight. a group of people who hang out on Ts, post on forums and play well and regularly on our server are being considered for banning?

Normally the above criteria is how we select people for XDc not for removing them!!!

I enjoy playing and listening to all the 1st BW lads and missed them on Ts last night. What happened to them?

This is not the XDC way.

Apologies for raising a concern over the fact that we have discussed their entry to XDC and decided against it. My concern here is that existing members of XDC have been driven of the server by their costant presence, some are fine upstanding people who are worthy of a place on the server and in XDC imho, but to ban one for being a dick would drive the others away (personally I am going on the record to say that I cannot stand Messy, he is abusive to guests on the server and ignorant of the fun involved in XDC and there have been many occasions I have had grounds to kick him but haven’t knowin in advance the grievances I would get from memebers of XDC, that alone is an issue I would clarify in another thread).

I am quite frankly shocked that people here have forgotten what it is like to play a fun gmae, we were never serious about having competetive games every night on bf ’42, XDC was a refuge for those who were bored of the crap that goes on around the other servers, being kicked unreasonably, tked for vehicles, no admins present, etc. and whilst getting rid of these issues has menat a high standard in games, both competitively and in terms of playing a team based game as teams, both in XDC and influencing those visiting, there is, for me, something missig.

No longer do I feel comfortable suggesting turning FF off for an evening, or just using a map for a jeep race, I have to be careful what I say on Teamspeak as I often have to bite my lip in fear of getting a backdraft of abuse from certain people because all they want to do is play a serious game every night.

Playing Rogue Spear with a few people from XDC recently has reminded me of the fun we used to have, the serious part was trying to kill someone, the funny part was talking about it, or generally taking the piss out of each other, it was never taken seriously as XDC was all about having fun, a laugh with your mates, whatever. With BF ’42 it was the same, there was usually something interesting worth doing every night, if the mood took us we would lock down the server and do something funny, or try something that was orht a giggle. Since BF2 has come the standad of gaming may have increased (I personally was happy in the XDC level of ineptness, it was almost something to be proud of!) but the server is ruled by a handful of people who’s every whim is catered for, they get what they awnt every night. I will not be so callous as to name people here as I have no intention for this to be a slagging match.

Whilst I enjoy serious gaming for the majority of the time I am comig to the understanding that if a community night was planned, or if XDC shut it’s door for an evening to mess around, people would not show up, or would come on to TS and leave once they found out the server wasn’t ranked. I gain no friends in saying this, neither was my intention with the poll to get rid of 1stBW, it was an opinion that I thought I’d share with you regarding my (and some others) feelings, both towards XDC and 1stBW.

This is my opinion and I know that people here already think of me as a whiner and don’t paticularly like me, I have certainly rubbed people up the wrong way in the past, and for those times I have been in the wrong I have apologised, both by PM and on the board, but I do feel as though I am becoming more of a stranger here than ever before because I air my opinion, something I hoped would not affect the way member of XDC would view me, as I was under the impression that having different opinion and discussing them were the sensible and generally accpted adult way of life, something which rang true in the ethos of XDC for me. Maybe I am wrong, maybe I have changed, or maybe XDC has changed, but every day I see a widening gap between me and my internet home for the past years.