** UPDATE Community Mananger Robert Bowling, better known as "fourzerotwo" has 'replied' to the community via a private message to one of the thousands of people who tweeted, dugg, spammed and harassed him. Could this be the start of IW recognising the PC scene? Only ofcourse if this is a legitimate reply...
* UPDATE BASHandSlash has released a new version of the webcast, which you can find (HERE). Instead of three hours, this version is just one hour long but still features the most important parts of the discussion.
Earlier today BASHandSlash.com released some disturbing news for all Call of Duty players awaiting the release of Modern Warfare 2, the multiplayer in particular. Although Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert "fourzerotwo" Bowling did confirm the game will be released on time, his interview on the BASHandSlash webcast has lead to a massive discussion on the future of the Call of Duty series.
According to the webcast, Infinity Ward are working on a backend called IW.net to make the game more accessible to everyone. As a consequence, it is suggested there will be no dedicated servers and it could also mean there will be no room for Promod, unless IW add it to IW.net.
In addition, VAC will be used as anti-cheat instead of Punkbuster.
Jock Yitch from BASHandSlash.com summarized things as follows:
General - IW partnering through Steam is what you will see in the future. Matchmaking is not through Steam, but IW.NET is run in conjunction with Steam. - GSP's will no longer be renting out servers. - No PunkBuster. VAC will be used as an anti cheat. - Retail distribution: Pre-orders will get a disk. Or you could order from Steam. - DLC may now need to be paid for - not confirmed. - Piracy was only a small reason for going to IW.NET - not the whole reason.
Clans - No more clan servers. Private matches, replace clan servers. - Listen servers will connect to each other. - IW.NET/Steam will replace the community server admin
Competitive Gaming - Competitive gaming has changed forever. - It might be possible in the future for IW engineers to load a "competitive" setting on IW.NET, but it is far from a guarantee. It might also never happen.
Modding - Modding the game is now very much in question. Fourzerotwo had no info on modding. However, it appears that there will be no mods or maps for MW2. - Modding in SpecOps? Unknown.
Below you can find the BASHandSlash webcast. The interview with Robert "fourzerotwo" Bowling starts at around 1:38:00.
Not rly, Steam encourages you to buy another copy of the game, and make a new account, they don't give a fuck about cheaters, and neither does this scene apperantly
Anyone get the feeling when that interview was going on one of the guys was just about to burst out and tell Rob "FourZeroTwo" to fuck off :P cause i was.
Its called marketing boys, one week you say good things about the game, the next week you spread bad rumours and dont deny em (like with the release date)
Its called marketing boys, one week you say good things about the game, the next week you spread bad rumours and dont deny em (like with the release date)
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
Its called marketing boys, one week you say good things about the game, the next week you spread bad rumours and dont deny em (like with the release date)
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
but when everyone finds out that the game is awesome, and it has modtools and dedi's, theyl rush out to buy it.
Its called marketing boys, one week you say good things about the game, the next week you spread bad rumours and dont deny em (like with the release date)
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
but when everyone finds out that the game is awesome, and it has modtools and dedi's, theyl rush out to buy it.
I'll buy it only then :D:D
I think btw I can put an end to the rumour.. nope I did not have a copy of MW2 in advance xD
/sell game pc..
Fuck my life why have i spended so much money on cod4 and for the future when thisn piece of shit comes along?
I really wanted to rip his head of.
this sounds like BS. they're just saying "fourzerotwo said" and "fourzerotwo comment" blablabla, i didn't hear him say anything himself or releasing any official post about this. on activision website last thing that he posted was just about the release date. in his blog there's no mention of all this.
IMO BashandSlash were looking for a little more exposure and users. until i see an official news update from activision or IW i don't believe any of this.
there will be no mods...so even if we can remove certain aspects(airstrike/c4/otherrandomgayshit), another problem will be the dust/trash/smoke all over the map which i highly doubt IW will have a option to remove. Thats not even mentioning the lag of playing on a player hosted server.
this sounds like BS. they're just saying "fourzerotwo said" and "fourzerotwo comment" blablabla, i didn't hear him say anything himself or releasing any official post about this. on activision website last thing that he posted was just about the release date. in his blog there's no mention of all this.
IMO BashandSlash were looking for a little more exposure and users. until i see an official news update from activision or IW i don't believe any of this.
Did you listen to the interview after 1:30, 402 said everything himself. Ignore the writeups and listen to his words :p
there will be no mods...so even if we can remove certain aspects(airstrike/c4/otherrandomgayshit), another problem will be the dust/trash/smoke all over the map which i highly doubt IW will have a option to remove. Thats not even mentioning the lag of playing on a player hosted server.
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fo iw
then send me those tunes x
guess ur fucked, cos ur banned by VAC :SSSSSSSSS
guess ur fucked, cos ur banned by VAC :SSSSSSSSS
hahaha
guess ur fucked, cos ur banned by VAC :SSSSSSSSS
haha i dont even have steam:S
Cod2 anyone ??
guess ur fucked, cos ur banned by VAC :SSSSSSSSS
Not rly, Steam encourages you to buy another copy of the game, and make a new account, they don't give a fuck about cheaters, and neither does this scene apperantly
It keeps the attention
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
keep up the great work IW!
IF it is true what game should we play then :P Back to CoD2 and CoD4, i guess
GOODBYE COMPETETIVE COD SERIES.
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
but when everyone finds out that the game is awesome, and it has modtools and dedi's, theyl rush out to buy it.
It keeps the attention
Well this wouldnt really be a smart move because loads of people wont buy the game now / cancelled pre-orders
but when everyone finds out that the game is awesome, and it has modtools and dedi's, theyl rush out to buy it.
I'll buy it only then :D:D
I think btw I can put an end to the rumour.. nope I did not have a copy of MW2 in advance xD
Ye that will be quite intersting ;asd Anyway if it's true this game will be one big shit.
Fuck my life why have i spended so much money on cod4 and for the future when thisn piece of shit comes along?
I really wanted to rip his head of.
IMO BashandSlash were looking for a little more exposure and users. until i see an official news update from activision or IW i don't believe any of this.
IMO BashandSlash were looking for a little more exposure and users. until i see an official news update from activision or IW i don't believe any of this.
Did you listen to the interview after 1:30, 402 said everything himself. Ignore the writeups and listen to his words :p
and u need 5 scope hits before ppl die :p
so you and kingz can play together in cb :)))~
so you and kingz can play together in cb :)))~
lol