wipers and max

we can rarely get a good game going because it is so unpleasant playing on the opposite team to max and wipers

Well. I can’t speak for Max but if there are others who feel the same way as wolf then do please let me know and i will regretfully take my ‘leet’ gaming skillz elsewhere. I would genuinely hate to think that the way I play is helping to spoil the atmosphere on the server and putting people off coming on.

I will say this though. I never change teams deliberately to join max – I play the cards as they are dealt as i feel he does. So 50% of the time max and I will be on the same side. Auto team balance is on – rightly so – so its often difficult to swap sides when there is a percieved inequality in the abilities of the two teams (even when its 4 v 4 as tonight). Often I do swap teams to balance things but I dont do it religiously – why? Because I play primarily as a squad leader – thats the enjoyment i get from the game – so it frustrates me to have to have to give that up, and swap over and start again. There are others who are admirable in the way they swap over – namely Fluff and McQueen and all credit goes to them.

You say ‘sort it out guys’. How exactly? Is there now to be a server rule that Max and I arent ever allowed to play on the same side? Seriously? Or not play in squads? Or would you rather us play with one hand tied behind our backs?

Max is simply an awesome player. I don’t think im anywhere near his league – in fact Fluff is probably nearer max’s skill levels than me. I just play the game as it was designed to be played – forming squads when i can and working together – using different kits as the gameplay dictates – holding back as the squad goes in for the flag, allowing the squad to spawn on me etc etc. Very few others seem to play this way and rarely form squads (sorry if i monoplise the squad leading business – im always happy to let others do it). Often when i swap sides to even teams there will be no squads and no commander and people are complaining then are getting dominated. Well what can i say – Im not going to apologise for playing as squad leader and trying to get as many XDC or team orientated players into the squad. 2142 is just not a game you can expect to play as lone-wolf (excuse pun) and win.

I for one think the squad/commander system makes the more recent BF series. I would hate to go back to the boring, dull linear gameplay of 1942. There’s a lot of dewy eyed nostalgia about 42 – i remember the laughs on the server but i also remember the hanger camping, the nade spamming, the tk-ing for planes, the outrageous air rape that ruined certain maps. For me 2142 is a natural progression with the game and i enjoy it and having fun playing it.

Oh and its got fuck all to do with stats. No one gives a tinkers about stats and no one ever mentions it. No one stat pads on our server and no one goes badge hunting anymore. Its just a convenient bogeyman that 2142 naysayers love to pin all the blame on.

@Wipers wrote:

Oh and its got fuck all to do with stats. No one gives a tinkers about stats and no one ever mentions it. No one stat pads on our server and no one goes badge hunting anymore. Its just a convenient bogeyman that 2142 naysayers love to pin all the blame on.

Just incase this was a aimed at my comments

For you maybe not fella, but you simply can’t say ‘no one gives a tinkers about stats’ this may not be so apparent now because it’s all old hat if you unrank the server you’ll see a difference, that was my point. I know that for a fact, it makes a difference to the way some people approach the game and to the type of players the server attracts because I’ve witnessed it first hand allbeit on a different game so it’s far from just ‘a convienent bogeyman’ as far as I’m concerned.

I haven’t really played 2142 heavily, not like the other BF’s but that was because of issues surrounding it’s lack of stability not because of stat whores. Playing in an effective squad is entirely different, thats a great part of the game and I hadn’t made comment about that. XDC for me has always been about playing the game as it was meant to be played and if that’s the only beef then that definitely does have to be sucked up.

Out of pure interest if the XDC server is empty who plays on unranked servers ever, or how many times have you played on an unranked server for any other reason than to see all the unlocks?

@xdc_queeker wrote:

Paddy , I’ve played these games with Wipers and Max for years.I find that they are two of the most unselfish people i have ever met. 😀 Wipers and Max have always swapped to even teams.Admittedly it is unfortunate when they are on the opposite team.But it is challenging and i feel it has made me a better player. 😀 I just wish i had my crappy broadband back so they could kill ME! 😥 Man i’m need of a game!!!

Who’s this Queeker bloke? His name rings a bell… Is he from Scotland? 😉

Queeks is absolutely correct, not only about Max and Wipers, but about 99% of XDC. However, I know exactly where Wolf is coming from, which is why I haven’t re-installed 2142 on my PC since the rebuild as I was on my way to having a heart attack as I would get so wound up.

I HATE playing on unfair teams, it annoys the hell out of me to the extent smashing my fists into the desk and screaming with rage, but that’s a rarity on the XDC server. Not having been there, I think Wolf’s been on the recieving end of some good-natured ribbing that probably wasn’t well timed. If I’d had a shit day and somebody made fun of me (and I thought it was done in malice) then I’d probably have reacted the same. I’m sure you’ve all got a few memories of when ‘Neon freaked out’ on the server.

Now I’m not biased you understand, but I reckon the XDC server’s the best around and I can pretty much guarentee that if there’s a good game to be had, it’s to be had here. I’ve played on plenty of servers where the enemy never got out of their base on Gibraltar, or even captured the first flag on Berlin and those were shit. Back in BF2 I remember more than one game coming down to 0 to 1, since they were so close. Now that’s excitement.

For my money Fluffy, Signal and Max are probably the last players you want to go toe to toe with in 2142, but that’s only part of what a game’s about. Pharty and Wipers read the battle like a book and know what needs to be defended or attacked, generally keeping one step ahead of the enemy. I reckon the rest of us are just ‘damn fine’, holding our own and putting up a good show when we turn up on other servers. Whenever I used to form a squad, just seeing XDC prefixes showing up was enough for me as good teamplay was pretty much guarenteed. There are too many names to put here since I don’t think there’s been a game played with any of you in the same squad as me that didn’t involve either serious arse-kickage or some balance-tipping tactical move.

I remember many occassions when we’ve played on other servers and XDC have been in a squad that teamplay came automatically to anyone else who joined it. We have a laugh, but we play the game well and for the most part we do it in a friendly manner. On our server I’ve never known a dramatically unbalanced game to not involve a few peeps switching sides, and just look at all the regulars who drop by.

If the games have been unbalanced lately I know it’s only a glitch, and certainly not the norm and Wipers and Max certainly aren’t the culprits. Cheer up Wolf and I’ll by you a beer on the 22nd of November next year.

Standards are slipping it has to be said. 2 pages into a thread about how good Max is at a BF game and no-one has called him a cheating cunt.

So:

Max, you’re a cheating cunt.

Fuck me, I have to do everything these days.

LOL soia I was just about to post something about him!

err.. ok he’s a stat whore and always has been and dont nobody deny he isnt! muhahaha

@=XDC=JuDgE-MenTaL wrote:

@Wipers wrote:

Oh and its got fuck all to do with stats. No one gives a tinkers about stats and no one ever mentions it. No one stat pads on our server and no one goes badge hunting anymore. Its just a convenient bogeyman that 2142 naysayers love to pin all the blame on.

Just incase this was a aimed at my comments

No it wasn’t judge – I was talking about 2142. I know its a way different story with CS:S 😀

Thanks for the kind comments Queeks – good to hear form you again – get that internet connection sorted out!

Wolf I know you were just letting off steam. Don’t stop playing cos of this. Get into/lead squads if you can. Go as commander if you want a break from the action.

😆 😆