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I shall see yall soon.

[Kenshin Himura]

You won't regret it! :D

Tails and I just finished swapping on and off for the past few hours, and it was amazing! We were both lost at first, but it's definitely great fun. :2thumbs:

[xJumper]

Why did you get the game on steam?

Steam has some problems and their no real point in buying it in their client and if they screw up like EA does like they did with Battlefield 2142 and your gona have to be re-instaling all the time for patching, key packet crap, ect, your gona have to download it over and over and over again.

To the rest IMO its best to get hardcopy. :2thumbs:

[paceman]

Why did you get the game on steam?

Steam has some problems and their no real point in buying it in their client and if they screw up like EA does like they did with Battlefield 2142 and your gona have to be re-instaling all the time for patching, key packet crap, ect, your gona have to download it over and over and over again.

To the rest IMO its best to get hardcopy. :2thumbs:
Fortunately Steam is nothing like that piece of crap EA passes off as a p2p. Steam has been refined for several years and now works very reliably. This from a guy that used to think Steam was Satan's spawn.

[Apache Warrior]

Steam automatically updates games. I have many games on Steam and prefer it. If I am on another computer I can log into Steam, download a game and play on my account. no discs to lug around.
Apache

[RobotBanana]

I'm beginning to like Steam. It's reliable, and it's quick. It saves me a drive down to Best Buy and about $10 on in-store taxes. Plus, it's great when you decide that you can't wait until the next morning to go buy something. :D

[(DSP)-Bar]

Why did you get the game on steam?

Steam has some problems and their no real point in buying it in their client and if they screw up like EA does like they did with Battlefield 2142 and your gona have to be re-instaling all the time for patching, key packet crap, ect, your gona have to download it over and over and over again.

To the rest IMO its best to get hardcopy. :2thumbs:


I have been using steam for years.... This is my second account that I created a few years ago after I built my current rig. I gave my old account to a buddy of mine cause he wanted to play CS so when I rebuilt I just bought a new one.


Steam is the most stable and is absolutely the best gaming program I have ever used. I have never had a problem with Steam what so ever.

You will never lose your games on Steam. Steam automatically patches stuff for you unlike EA. If you have key packet problems then I think you have some issues cause I have never ever had key packet loss with steam. The only time I ever have to re download something is when I reformat or mess up my config files which is of my own doing.


Hardcopy.... have fun finding your discs... Oh dang... your BF2 disc is in your comp and you have to swap, what a PITA.

Nothing personal but...
STEAM FTW !!


I think many many people will vouch for steam.

[CarbonFire]

I'll echo most everyone's assessment here: Steam is head and shoulders above the other Digital Distribution programs out at the moment.

Why did I buy it on steam?

Don't ever have to fiddle with disks in the drive or worry about scratched lost media.
Installation is much faster from a game archive than from a DVD.
Autoupdates, as many have mentioned already.
Easy to purchase, and you can usually get stuff on sale if you buy it early.
Like having a repository where I can easily launch all (most) of my games from.
Sleekest and least-obtrusive DRM scheme on the market (short of no DRM at all). Also allows you to play from any computer, and allows you to have copies of your games on as many computers as you wish (just can only run one at a time).
After a rough start, Steam community is actually pretty decent (if a bit spartan in its features)

Shall I go on? :wink: :2thumbs:

I guess it's not for everyone, but then again, I've never been one that gets emotionally tied to box art/special editions/collectibles, so not having any of that is no skin off my back.

[th3st1ck]

/agree 110% with everything said here

steam is the best, period.

[PainTrain]

There was an error with the steam-friends ingame overlay, turn it off when you want to play CoD4.

[Kusanagi]

Right now I do have a problem with steam. The download is utilizing well under half my bandwidth! The download should have finished by now, instead I'm only at 69% :pissed: :cry:

[Sirex]

the content servers are pretty jam packed atm, people buying games just out.
when the orange box came out to preload, it was like that too.

[Kusanagi]

I don't care what their excuse is, I want to play now :(

[ThisElfRocksHard]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.

[CarbonFire]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

[Apache Warrior]

Best Buy had it for $39.00 yesterday.
I hope you get in tonight Kusanagi. I miss gaming with you.
Apache

[paceman]

I didn't check this morning before I left for work, but I assume that the download is complete. I'll do the install at lunch time, and with any luck, I'll be playing this evening. :D

[BlackArrow]

I didn't check this morning before I left for work, but I assume that the download is complete. I'll do the install at lunch time, and with any luck, I'll be playing this evening. :D

Sweet. We look forward to seeing you in there tonight Pace :2thumbs:

[ThisElfRocksHard]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.

[LIMEY]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.

Make a buck where you can? Skip steam and buy it retail mate

[(DSP)-Bar]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.


I bought it off steam last night for 49

[LIMEY]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.


I bought it off steam last night for 49

How many knife kills you think you have so far?

[paceman]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.
I bought it last night on Steam for $49.99 - U.S.

Played the first couple of SP rounds today at lunch time.

[(DSP)-Bar]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.


I bought it off steam last night for 49

How many knife kills you think you have so far?

none... still trying to learn the game and haven't been able to find the knife.

[LIMEY]

Just out of curiosity, how much does the game cost on Steam? I am getting a price that I think seems a bit high, and I just want to make sure that I am not getting gouged for being foreign.
It's $50 US, which is the going rate for PC games out here. Not sure what that comes out to in ? though :?

Ok, because here, Steam is asking for $69.95, which I think is BEYOND bogus. That's obscene, that is ?47.62. I would love to know the rationale there.


I bought it off steam last night for 49

How many knife kills you think you have so far?

Its the "V" key as you run up to someone just hit it

none... still trying to learn the game and haven't been able to find the knife.

[(DSP)-Bar]

ahh cool... I just got my laser sights alls I need is 2 more levels then I will have my M4 Carbine.. Love that thing. :D

[LIMEY]

why do I think I will regret telling you how to knife me?

[(DSP)-Bar]

lol


I am more focused on getting equipment at the moment but don't u worry...

[Premonition]

tip: you know you can pick up other weapons right. Ditch the pistol when ever you can and grab another good gun to avoid ammo issues. At rank 40 you can choose 2 main weapons but being able to drop the pistol is cool. I usually try and get a machine gun and a sniper rifle.

[LIMEY]

tip: you know you can pick up other weapons right. Ditch the pistol when ever you can and grab another good gun to avoid ammo issues. At rank 40 you can choose 2 main weapons but being able to drop the pistol is cool. I usually try and get a machine gun and a sniper rifle.

I think on the PC version you have to have the juggernaut perk active to do that.......I may be wrong, but when I tried that last night I could not carry 2 mains

[Premonition]

hummm that would stink. Might be worth testing to see if it can or can not be done. I would think they would leave that option in the pc version. The first person i kill i normally steal there weapon if no one else is around and thats without the perk. mainly because i hate the pistols. If you can swap main weapons with a weapon on the ground i would think you can swap the pistol for another main as well. If someone tests this please let us know. I dont wanna give bad tips :) have everyone running around with pistols trying to pick something off the ground.

For bf2 players... here is a weapon you will love. The P90 :D if you see this on the ground (if you can pick it up) try, its a blast to use. In bf2 they nerfed it but here its a really fun gun. Unlocked at 38 or 40 if i recall.

[LIMEY]

hummm that would stink. Might be worth testing to see if it can or can not be done. I would think they would leave that option in the pc version. The first person i kill i normally steal there weapon if no one else is around and thats without the perk. mainly because i hate the pistols. If you can swap main weapons with a weapon on the ground i would think you can swap the pistol for another main as well. If someone tests this please let us know. I dont wanna give bad tips :) have everyone running around with pistols trying to pick something off the ground.

For bf2 players... here is a weapon you will love. The P90 :D if you see this on the ground (if you can pick it up) try, its a blast to use. In bf2 they nerfed it but here its a really fun gun. Unlocked at 38 or 40 if i recall.

Yeah it has an insane fire rate

[Kusanagi]

Best Buy had it for $39.00 yesterday.
I hope you get in tonight Kusanagi. I miss gaming with you.
Apache

It would have been faster (and cheaper! I forgot I still have a gift card) to have gone to best buy and just bought the game, but it finished pretty late last night. By the time I got around the punkbuster problem (took about another hour) the server was completely empty. Logged on a little to another server I found with a bunch of people and more or less figured out the controls and made lance corp. NO teamwork on that server at all though, just people lobbing nades and bullets everywhere.

The punkbuster problem I was having was punkbuster saying it could not communicate with it's server and so it was kicking me. Naturally I figure there's some problem with my modem (has a NAT built in) or my router, or my firewall or whatnot, but as it turns out, punkbuster just doesn't install all the files it needs. Digging through one FAQ on their website, I found the error message, which referred me to another FAQ, which eventually led me to have to download and run another punkbuster program in order to allow punkbuster to work properly. Why this can't just be included to begin with I dunno :?

For what its worth, I also saw (in the couple lines of google search previews when searching for answers) that there is already a wallhack out, but it apparently does not give clean punkbuster screenshots, just blacked out ones. So if anyone checks punkbuster screenshots and they're blacked out, ban the losers :slap:

[Cain]

Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???

:2thumbs:

[LIMEY]

Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???

:2thumbs:

Apples, how'd ya like dem apples?

[Kusanagi]

Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???

:2thumbs:

Its very fun! I keep getting lost on the maps and running the wrong way :crazy:

I'm going to need more practice :crutch: :2guns:

Also I suddenly started getting a lot of black textures the last few maps, will have to look around and see what's up with that.

[sopek_]

After reading some of your tips I somewhat get it. I was just running around with my head cut lose, killing anything in red, I only got a chance to play at least 5 rounds, Which by the way they are So short.

My first victim was "BlackArrow" whoo-oo


Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???
I thought Cain & Major M. were the nice guys? But geez, it was my 2nd round in the game and they kept killing me with the GL/ Machine gun'?'.
?No mercy for the new guys? :D

[Dead_And_Gone]

Mercy? What Dat? ROFL

The FIRST thing I do is exchange my pistol for either a sniper rifle or
another gun. And yes, the P90 is my favorite pickup. :D

I run through ammo WAY too quick on my M4. I'm much better at
ammo conservation with my Ak47. Still have gone empty a few times.
Plenty of weapons laying around, so grab and go. :wink:

Pistol vs SMG, you lose.. :shock: :twisted:

[paceman]

I didn't check this morning before I left for work, but I assume that the download is complete. I'll do the install at lunch time, and with any luck, I'll be playing this evening. :D

Sweet. We look forward to seeing you in there tonight Pace :2thumbs:
Had a great time last night, and coincidently the first voice I heard was Blackarrow. :-)


Now - are we going to play anything but TDM? It was fun, but I like having objectives, it increases the team play, and I'm a much better team player than a solo.

[BlackArrow]

After reading some of your tips I somewhat get it. I was just running around with my head cut lose, killing anything in red, I only got a chance to play at least 5 rounds, Which by the way they are So short.

My first victim was "BlackArrow" whoo-oo


Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???
I thought Cain & Major M. were the nice guys? But geez, it was my 2nd round in the game and they kept killing me with the GL/ Machine gun'?'.
?No mercy for the new guys? :D


SOPEK - it was great to see you on last night. It's been great. In just 48 hours since Cain put the server up, a lot of peeps I haven't seen in months have all found there way into the game. I am psyched to have so many regulars on to shoot.

[LIMEY]

After reading some of your tips I somewhat get it. I was just running around with my head cut lose, killing anything in red, I only got a chance to play at least 5 rounds, Which by the way they are So short.

My first victim was "BlackArrow" whoo-oo


Kusanagi !!! Dude I grenade launchered you tonight !!

How do you like COD4 ?>???
I thought Cain & Major M. were the nice guys? But geez, it was my 2nd round in the game and they kept killing me with the GL/ Machine gun'?'.
?No mercy for the new guys? :D


SOPEK - it was great to see you on last night. It's been great. In just 48 hours since Cain put the server up, a lot of peeps I haven't seen in months have all found there way into the game. I am psyched to have so many regulars on to shoot.

+1

[Apache Warrior]

If you can't kill your friends, who can you kill? :mutley:
Apache

[Premonition]

It's been great. In just 48 hours since Cain put the server up, a lot of peeps I haven't seen in months have all found there way into the game. I am psyched to have so many regulars on to shoot.

Here is the magic ut2k4 had. Being able to shoot friends or play together in fast paced fast rounds of action. I know the lair is always been and always will be about being "BIG" player counts. But the magic is when everyone knows everyone and every time you play your playing with friends. It also helps the cod4 is a very fun game just to jump into to. Fun for the first timer or person who has been playing since it beta.

[(DSP)-Bar]

COD4 is a lot of fun... I just got my last M4 unlock lastnight. The only thing I really dislike about this game is the damage rate given for .45... I popped 7 rounds into Pigworthy lastnight just so he could run away like a little girl. :D


The Deagle is a lot of fun... I haven't unlocked it yet but I have picked it up a few times and that thing has some punch compared to the rest of the pistols.