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[1Strive]

Server Problems & Link for tonight's video.

Server has been having issues since 1.3 patch.
Connections are being lost by clients. Server Restarts between 10:20 and 11:20pm every Wednesday Night.
I restored the original configuration. I then added the players back to the reserved list.
Set reserved slots to 5, map rounds to 1, time limit to 0, and changed map rotation.

Server Still crashed. Sorry!!!

I am contacting Multiplay on everyone's behalf. I have looked on EA's forums and it seems that almost everyone's servers are screwed after 1.3.



the IT engineer .com (Beta)

At almost 10mb, it takes 5 min to download/buffer with a 512k connection.
Well worth it to see in MPEG4 Quality.
Link for tonight's JAC BF2 1STRIVE video...
http://www.theitengineer.com/2.html
Hit Play after it caches. (you will see a picture when it is done caching.)

The site is of course far from done. It's due online by the end of this month.

Thanks,
1STRIVE

 

[BigD6997]

thats some good sf work on that tank lol

 

[rpg711]

how did u get that far on 2 bars of health?

 

[BigD6997]

yeah that was some realy good bf2ige

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Sorry, I couldn't make it last night. I should be on next week, looked like it was a good game.

Everyone's getting the 1.3 crashes, it's very annoying.

 

[1Strive]

lol
It was 4 guys and a Tank. (but who's counting, anyway)
We took that flag like 30 seconds later. Had to drop supplies to heal myself that time and I only died once after that.

I had a blast last night. My friend Chris came over to watch the world cup game and I played while he watched. You can hear him laugh at the end of the video after my character speaks.
I think that was a fitting introduction for him to BF2. He wants to buy it now.

Fun just keeps on.

As far as last night goes...
We all need to remember to balance the teams. I noticed on the last round I played they where pretty uneven.:shadedshu

I you want a commander who can command while fighting himself, instead of laying down on the job, then you know who to call.

Later,
1STRIVE

 

[Jimmy 2004]

Get Chris to buy it, he could be an extra player for us!

 

[1Strive]

Get Chris to buy it, he could be an extra player for us!

He will and so will my friend Dave.

By the way you need to change your siginature.
Next match is 07-12-06 or 12/7/06 if you are an American.

Keep it real, Gangsta.
1STRIVE

 

[bbriand]

I am going to try and rush home from work and get on for an hour or two tonight. The game starts at 4pm my time and I am not off till 5pm but I'm sure some of you will just be getting going by then. I still have to get my aerial badges but those can wait for a later time.

Bill

 

[rpgbefore...]

whens the match after this because ill be at the match after this one

 

[bbriand]

The past three matches I have known about happen every Wednesday. I think 1Strive can only play on Wed so I would guess a week from today is the next one. I am not certain but I hope it is. I am going to try to make it each week. Even if I am an hour late.

Bill

 

[rpgbefore...]

im rather a noob a battlefield 2... i only got it for 2 days and my comp broke... lol my mobo exploded while running bf2 cod2 and fear at the same time... good thing nothing else blew up im rmaing right now... should get it by monday so ill be there on wednesday

 

[1Strive]

The past three matches I have known about happen every Wednesday. I think 1Strive can only play on Wed so I would guess a week from today is the next one. I am not certain but I hope it is. I am going to try to make it each week. Even if I am an hour late.

Bill

Play every Wednesday Night. 8pm London UK time.
It is more than okay if you are later than that.

See you there,
1STRIVE

 

[rpgbefore...]

i have some questions... im a noob so i dont no, how do u change positions in a tank, eg. gunner,driver, ect... and whats a apc? how do u deploy all those artillery and apc and stuff? i need help... im a noob at the bf2 stuff... not so at first person shooters but i dont understand those stuff...

 

[bbriand]

The F1 - Fn keys switch between seating positions (n being the number of seats available in that vehicle).

APC = Armoured Personnel Carrier. Big honking looking thing with a cannon on the front (F1 position).

I have never been a commander but if you google you can find a commanding guide out there that is pretty informative.

Bill

 

[Jimmy 2004]

i have some questions... im a noob so i dont no, how do u change positions in a tank, eg. gunner,driver, ect... and whats a apc? how do u deploy all those artillery and apc and stuff? i need help... im a noob at the bf2 stuff... not so at first person shooters but i dont understand those stuff...

1. Change positions using F1, F2 ect
2. An APC is an armoured vehicle with a powerful gun and heat seeking missiles (I think) but not as strong as a tank and takes forever to reload
3. Not sure whether you mean UAV and Artillery rather than APC and artillery but that is done by the commander on each team

Edit: Beaten to it.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

I'll be on tonight if I remember...

 

[rpgbefore...]

i googled commander guide and now i no how to be a commander... atleast how to do the "uav to this position" and the "supplies and artilery to this position things.." can i still join if im a total noob at the commands? i mean if i dont say there is "enemy armour spotted" can i still join? im not a noob at shooting people because ive played cs:s, hl2, and cs... i can shoot just not do the weird commands.

 

[Jimmy 2004]

We'd prefer it if you do 'spot' stuff, it can be really useful. I doubt you'll be able to become commander yet, you need to be a fairly high rank to get chosen above others sometimes. I'd recommend you play the game first before trying to be one anyway, just to learn how it works.

 

[CjStaal]

i googled commander guide and now i no how to be a commander

...

 

[bbriand]

Oh if you just want to know how to spot stuff hold the "Q" key and left click the target you want to spot (I usually end up firing a shot at this point cause I don't hold Q long enough). Really useful especially when its a vehicle coming into a zone your team is trying to capture or if its a sniper you are calling out.

As for the Commanding stuff. I have 80+ hours under my belt and have never been a commander (0 Command Points). So no need to worry about that. Just log in, join a squad, pick a kit (class) and spawn on the squad leader (green dot on map).

One piece of advice. If you like the game and keep playing (especially on ranked servers) do yourself a favour and grab Special Forces before you get your first rank. As you gain ranks you can unlock better weapons. With the base game you get to unlock one per rank but if you have Special Forces you can unlock two per rank.

Bill

 

[rpgbefore...]

...

... screw u we arnt all pros at commanding and stuff...

We'd prefer it if you do 'spot' stuff, it can be really useful. I doubt you'll be able to become commander yet, you need to be a fairly high rank to get chosen above others sometimes. I'd recommend you play the game first before trying to be one anyway, just to learn how it works.

ya i play single player... just never fugured out how to do that stuff... i no how to spot stuff... its just when i get the q screan up... im either being fired at by a tank... which means i plant a c4... so i dont have enough time to spot

 

[bbriand]

Yeah it took me a long time to get used to hitting that Q key while I am firing at somebody and ducking and weaving. Still gets me killed sometimes. But if you see something that doesn't know you're there yet spotting it is handy for everyone.

Or if you're a passenger in a Jeep/vehicle you can play spotter. Especially when you see a chopper. I'll usually try and spot something even if it is off on the horizon and not coming my way (which brings me back to my firing a shot off when I don't mean to - thats like chopper bait most times).

Oh something that is good to know is when you're in a vehicle F9 looks directly out of the seating position you are in, F10 is looking forward from behind the vehicle, F11 is looking backwards from in front of the vehicle and F12 is some crazy view that has random camera locations.

Usually if I am a passenger on maps with lots of aerial vehicles flying around I switch between F9/F10 and F11 a lot. Unless I am on a gun with a 360 swivel. While driving jeeps I usually stay in F10. ATVs have a wide field of view so I usually stay in F9 for them.

Bill

 

[rpgbefore...]

u no wat i do on some nooby servers? i crawl near a dead thing and play dead i love playing on newb servers because i always own them... most of the time they are camping and i either grenade them or knife them when they see me, they miss by like 9 miles

 

[1Strive]

Lots of fun tonight.
Here is a screen shot of a round's score.
I will post a short video on my site and linked here shortly.