Saturday morning chat about BF2

[Cain]

Well guys, it was as I expected, unfortunately.

1) If we want players in our BF2 server we will need to run Karkand 24/7.

2) Running Karkand 24/7 is really boring for our crowd, since they were accustomed to running a variety of maps.

3) It is going to be very, very, very tough to get a BF2 Server going with as small a Community as we have, with a game as old as this on the back end of its popularity. Remember to have any sort of player counts you need THOUSANDS of players, and we have less than 25.

I am thinking about trying SF today, but that looks like a very long shot to attracting new players, considering many of our own don't even have SF !!!

We are working on a new server box of our own, and when it goes on-line we can either run an unranked BF2 server, or we can try one of the mods, the most popular of which being Project Reality.

--- Cain

[BenKenobi]

Sounds good cain

[ryanbatc]

I think it just needs more time, if you look at the history graph (for one week) it shows (line of best fit), an increase in players

http://www.game-monitor.com/bf2_GameServer/70.86.24.12:16567/CainsLair.com_BF2_Ranked-History.html

[Todd98]

Well I am sure it will work out one way or another.:) I was going too suggest the Armored Fury maps as I have that expansion pak but I will take what ever you can offer.:2thumbs:

[marvindecrain]

I have all buster packs for BF2... but for "our" sever I can play Karkand 24/7 :D
or whatever will be in rotation :2thumbs:

[{CLR} Naillik]

as long as its cains, im happy... dont much care for any map... I am commander on all of them when I can :D

[DougBob]

Great, so I loaded this antique stuff up for nothing ;)

[Hawkeye426]

I think it just needs more time, if you look at the history graph (for one week) it shows (line of best fit), an increase in players

http://www.game-monitor.com/bf2_GameServer/70.86.24.12:16567/CainsLair.com_BF2_Ranked-History.html

Ryan makes a good point... considering we've only had the server running for like 4 days our numbers have grown dramatically, give it some time.

[Cain]

Take a look at the average player numbers once I put up SF Late Saturday !!!!!

Click the WEEK link ....

http://www.game-monitor.com/bf2_GameServer/70.86.24.12:16567/CainsLair.com_SF_Ranked_-history.html#history

[juneau]

Congrats on getting the numbers up guys. :2thumbs:

[Zantheus]

Well Im happy to see the server numbers goin up...wish I could be a part of it but I dont have SF :cry:

[Apache Warrior]

But you can get it for $10.00.
Apache

[Hawkeye426]

But you can get it for $10.00.
Apache

While that may be true some of us don't have that to spend, COD4 just ran me $50, and I have to save for racing season. (I need a new exhaust system for my bike) Plus SF's gameplay is quite different than BF2 and personally I'd rather see a mix of SF and Vanilla than just SF.

[omfg karl marx]

Not only that, some of us don't really want to spend the $10 on a game that we might only run for a few weeks.
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[Cain]

Not only that, some of us don't really want to spend the $10 on a game that we might only run for a few weeks.
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Good point....

[Dead...Again]

Not only that, some of us don't really want to spend the $10 on a game that we might only run for a few weeks.
You also get new unlocks...

[omfg karl marx]

You don't need SF to get the unlocks, you just need to play on a game on a ranked SF server and you can unlock the SF weapons. Friend of mine has SF and I logged on his computer once so I unlocked the ability to unlock the unlocks.
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[Dead...Again]

I unlocked the ability to unlock the unlocks.

LOL I just found that funny...