Battlefield 2

[killadoob]

would still go with the 6800 le and not 6600 they around the same price

[Razer0]

Well done on the 2000'th reply 20 20 :D

[twenty20]

twothousandandtwenty20

Also, i am busy doing a clan logo thingy for benny-za --> what do you guys think of this one http://www.twenty20.co.za/csc.jpg

Maybe just need to add some BF icons of some sort.

[stoke]

|WrG|'s banner will be better than your pretty cool banner - as soon as we get around to thinking one up - MKAY !

[twenty20]

|WrG|'s banner will be better than your pretty cool banner - as soon as we get around to thinking one up - MKAY !

So, you think it's ok?

[doobiwan]

Looks good, but you do realise 'CSC' is a large IT oursourcing company, folks are going to think you're corporate ;)

[stoke]

Yea - it's r kool - i would not clutter it up with BF2 stuff - we all know what a tank looks like mkay !

[twenty20]

rofl....

OKay, so i am going to leave the first draft as is then.

Nut i may decide to go for bling on the weekend. I am thinking rusty metal textures with nice clean text!

[stoke]

New reality TV program ... Pimp your banner ... hosted by the notorious 2020.

[rburley]

ummm well my 6600 broke fan failed they had to replace with the 6800 le

and let me tell you something this card is awesome way better than 6600 i had

so that 995 for a 6800le if you looking for cheap and decent card that the one to go for

i think 256 bit makes a big difference

according to this site with reviews the 6600gt is better
http://www.frazpc.pl/artykuly/302/GeForce/6600GT/vs/6800LE

[twenty20]

New reality TV program ... Pimp your banner ... hosted by the notorious 2020.

Funny enough, i started at my present company as a webmaster, but i still get requests to do banners - other day they gave me a batch of 50 to do - they said they wanted cheese -----> I over delivered..... it was some of the cheesiest work i ever did... system banners --> but one of them has brought in a total of 30,000 US$ in puchases

[twenty20]

ok, i am off to friday work drinks upstairs.... (the new version of the dop system)

if you see me online tonight at close range, don't panic - I will probably be drunk as a skunk.

[thisgeek]

ok, i am off to friday work drinks upstairs.... (the new version of the dop system)

if you see me online tonight at close range, don't panic - I will probably be drunk as a skunk.

Likewise. I'm on my third beer already :p

[twenty20]

I took another crack at the logo for csc today, and it's almost done.

ok, here it is http://www.twenty20.co.za/csc_logo.jpg

I'd say this is serious pimpin ??

:)

[Scooby_Doo]

thats pretty sweet

[twenty20]

Thanks for the word, it took me an hour or so.

Now if only my aim was as sharp as my design...

Maybe a few more point on the board every round.

Speaking of which.... CLICK*:)

[doobiwan]

It looks good. Can we swap in a turkey and use it for War geeks? ;)

[stoke]

No no no no no no - not Turkey, Russian or Bulgerian !

[twenty20]

i was thinking of a pocket protector with a assault rifle in it should do the trick. <jokes>

:D

When I get some time.... i could definitely take a crack at one for you guys too..... just let me know what you have in mind.

No probs.

EDIT::: It's almost time to go home and FRAG FRAG FRAG!!!!

[doobiwan]

I'm thinking an APC with enough equipment tacked on to detect geological movemnt on the moon . . .

[twenty20]

sounds about right....

I'll see about collecting some stuff and piecing it together this week when I amtrying to dodge work and responsibility... most likely from Wednesday onwards

[twenty20]

I have another question.

I don't particulary feel like shelling out major cash for a headset with a microphone - a halfway decent one.

Do you guys in your infinite wisdom think that it would work for me if I installed a small bluetooth dongle and used my girlfriends motorola headset for VOIP?

[eye_suc]

I have another question.

I don't particulary feel like shelling out major cash for a headset with a microphone - a halfway decent one.

Do you guys in your infinite wisdom think that it would work for me if I installed a small bluetooth dongle and used my girlfriends motorola headset for VOIP?
for some reason i dont think it would work. i think you need a mike in the microphone input on your soundcard to be able to use it as a headset thingamabob.

[doobiwan]

?!?

If you can get that to work bully for you. Personally I'm using a cr@ppy R50 headset and it works for me.

EDIT: The problem with mixing speakers and a mic is that you're going to get feedback.

[twenty20]

ooh **** yes, i totally forgot about the lovely interfereing feedback thingamabob...

well, i hope cash converters is still open.

[thisgeek]

Hm. Usually with the lag with VOIP you don't get feedback :D

[doobiwan]

True, true . . .

[fivelza]

After playing in almost a full squad with geek, xxx, Xeye and others, it was amusing and scarey to hear that XXX knifed Geek while both were hunting down a sniper...now guys we have to sort this out..LOL

[useless]

you mean in the same team? oh oh...

[fivelza]

you mean in the same team? oh oh...

I think one of them tripped while running up the stairs and knifed the other...heehee

[useless]

and people do get warned about running with scissors.... :p

[doobiwan]

Or is that running with XXXSSS's . .. . . . ? ;)

[stoke]

LOL @ Geek & XXX'SSS. Some scarey stuff right there.

[thisgeek]

Umm.. it was me who knifed SSS ;)
Damn, I was following an enemy sniper up a realllly long ladder, was literally on his ass. When I got to the top he disappeared, but SSS spawned on me as a sniper, and I didn't realise. I thought he was the enemy, so I stabbed him.

How embarassing. :o

[Albereth]

After playing in almost a full squad with geek, xxx, Xeye and others, it was amusing and scarey to hear that XXX knifed Geek while both were hunting down a sniper...now guys we have to sort this out..LOL

I really hope that sniper was me. Got damn tired of being gutted. Wasn't allowed to play with sound and couldn't be bothered to find the headphones last night.

[fivelza]

Umm.. it was me who knifed SSS ;)
Damn, I was following an enemy sniper up a realllly long ladder, was literally on his ass. When I got to the top he disappeared, but SSS spawned on me as a sniper, and I didn't realise. I thought he was the enemy, so I stabbed him.

How embarassing. :o

We had a great squad last night..can't recall when last I had so much fun playing in a squad!!!

[thisgeek]

It was good fun, though I was getting *really* tired of being tubed all the time.

[doobiwan]

Just a jump to the left! And a step to the riiiiiiiggghht . . .

. . . Shoot me now . . . .

[fivelza]

Please no pelvic thrust!!!

[useless]

sounds more and more like the Village People convention... eina...

[thisgeek]

SGS servers are running the latest 1.12 patch, and it's available on File Vault as well.

[thisgeek]

Just a jump to the left! And a step to the riiiiiiiggghht . . .

. . . Shoot me now . . . .

<sings> Let's do the tube dance agaiinnnnnn!!! </sings>

[thisgeek]

Damn. Now I have the freaking song in my head.
Doob, you bastage! :D

[fivelza]

My fish net stockings are safely stored away!

Geek, I thought you should only install patch after installing expansion pack? Nevermind I just read the release notes..duh!

[useless]

i am getting worried that i joined a ... "funny" clan... :D

[doobiwan]

Lol, cr@p, 'geek me too, I've created a monster!

*Sticks headphones on and cranks The Kills up to 11*

la la la la la la la !!!!

[stoke]

*stoke burps loudly while balancing an assault rifle on top of a rocket launcher on the side-wing of a jet while taking pot shots at an assault chopper with hiz pistol*
Funny enough for you ?

[thisgeek]

What's wrong with fishnet stockings? They go well with combat boots! :)

[doobiwan]

Ow!

That mental picture just gave me a migrane!

Funny: A burley grenade walks up to a cute Xeye'd land mine in a bar:
"Hey baby, wanna get laid?"

Arf arf arf . . . .

. . .Okay, shoot me again . . .
Or I'll just spawn on 'geek, and bboy can try smack me with a bag of C4.

[useless]

*smacks own face in horror*

doobi... i think you are still shellshocked from the previous BF2 session.... :p

[doobiwan]

I think it's more a case of withdrawal! That's okay, Wife 1.0 and Toddler 1.0 are goign to visit Grandparents 2.0 in Durbs for a week shortly. Funnily enought the same day I should be getting my copy of Special forces . . .

So big catch up on the way!

[fivelza]

Does anyone know how the expansion pack will work on the current servers or will there be specific servers for the expansion pack?

[thisgeek]

There will probably be specific servers for SF.

[doobiwan]

But by the release notes the weapon upgrades are in patch 1.12 for vanilla BF as well as "level 2" upgrades. If the $#%#ing patch would finish installing I can have a look.

[Obelix]

Brilliant!! The new patch has been good to me. I just got 4 badges in one round ( 2 of them are basic sniper and combat sniper ) and a silver star.

T'was a good night.

[twenty20]

BTW - checking on bf2s -- guess who my #1 victim is ??

you won't beleive, neither did I

EDIT:: once upon a time there was a n00b

http://www.twenty20.co.za/um.jpg

I'm such a *** player that i think i should frame this -- lol!

[twenty20]

just looking at the update --- G*SUS 280MB - they may as well be using the steam engine.....

EDIT :: is there a local ftp download mirror somewhere?

[thisgeek]

Check SGS File Vault. I posted the link in the patch thread.

[thisgeek]

BTW - checking on bf2s -- guess who my #1 victim is ??

you won't beleive, neither did I

EDIT:: once upon a time there was a n00b

http://www.twenty20.co.za/um.jpg

I'm such a *** player that i think i should frame this -- lol!

RB4NB is your worst enemy! LOL!

[doobiwan]

Heh heh :)

He's going to love that. . .

[twenty20]

Umm.. it was me who knifed SSS ;)
Damn, I was following an enemy sniper up a realllly long ladder, was literally on his ass. When I got to the top he disappeared, but SSS spawned on me as a sniper, and I didn't realise. I thought he was the enemy, so I stabbed him.

How embarassing. :o


I think it was Mastuur or something, i went up the ladder behind someone and ended up climbing through them....

seeing a hollow 3d model from the inside made me feel icky ---- i could actualy see the bands making up thee torso and arms.....

I dont know what i expected, but hey, that was seriously fu^^ek up !!!! :eek:

[twenty20]

Check SGS File Vault. I posted the link in the patch thread.

i jst sat down to install the patch... i had downloaded 260Megs when my connection was reset - GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! :mad:

[doobiwan]

okay I'll say it again, GETRIGHT!!!

Aw man, I don't know if it's the patch or what, but tonight sucked. The lag was atrocious, I couldn't even settle my sites enough to aim. And what's with all the one shot kills, when I hit an oke with 5 rounds, close range from a G3 or DOA12 and nothing happens?

[twenty20]

Yep, i agree... bring out the gimp.

It's fine now but it bombed on217Mb before i got back and installed it again.

third time smart, not lucky

[useless]

yikes... i will try the BF2 servers tonight seeing i managed to get my system upgraded lekka last night... :p

[doobiwan]

Ba@stard ;)

So what did you do?

[useless]

got my AMD64 3700+, A8N SLI Premium 939 and 7800GT Golden Sample in... quite happy with the results without any need for overclocking.. yeah, i am a b@stid! :p

[doobiwan]

. . . grumble grumble Athlon Xp 2k, 9600pro grumble grumble . . .

[useless]

heck, dont worry.. it still wont save me from an arty barrage... :p

[bboy]

bleh, i'm on a laptop with a 3 gig p4, and a radeon 9000!!!

[doobiwan]

Who'd have guessed? ;)

[rburley]

anyone keen for a game tonight?

[TheSaint]

Look it's me again

damm it's been awhile so what happening tonight anyone playing

[thisgeek]

Gad. I've spent the whole afternoon / evening running CAT5 cabling through my house.

How sad is this? I have 5 (in use) CAT5 data points, and 2 wireless connections.

[doobiwan]

Preping for an XBox ;)

Grr, damn 00h00 reset! At least I know it's time for bed. Nice game tonight fella's, thanks.

[fivelza]

Gad. I've spent the whole afternoon / evening running CAT5 cabling through my house.

How sad is this? I have 5 (in use) CAT5 data points, and 2 wireless connections.

You really are a geek...what do you use it all for?

[useless]

connect microwave - check
connect oven - check
connect fridge - check
connect toaster - check

right, thisgeek is ready for BF2 online! :D

[thisgeek]

*grin*

Lessee...

My machine
wife's machine
server
firewall
tivo
notebook (wireless)
kids' machine (wireless)

[killadoob]

lol why do you have a server for home computer?

what do you do for a living?

[rburley]

do all of those machines hav 7800 sli?
:D

[Scooby_Doo]

do all of those machines hav 7800 sli?
:D

lol... u would have to be the Telkom CEO to have that.

[thisgeek]

Heh, no, just mine. :)
The wife's has my old 6800.
The kids have an old fx5600.

My server is a linux server which I use for various things - just for stuffing around mainly.

I'm an IT geek - isn't it obvious? :D

[twenty20]

Well, I got my promo recently.... now i am officially a semi n00b-t00ber.

Last night was a cool session, I see that my average scores are slowly beginning to increase, but I think I made a mistake taking the G36c (is it?) as the weapon of choice.

I prefer the laser sights on the other rifle, goodness knows i need all the help i can get.

[doobiwan]

Heh heh, the G36c is pretty cool. It's accurate as all hell, you can snipe quite effectively with it. Best upgrade is still the dao12 for AT I reckon. The G3 is also pretty good, but only 20 rounds takes more skill than the shotgun.

[thisgeek]

Yeah, I'm loving the DAO12. The reload is a killer (literally)!

[bboy]

if you use the g36c, use it for medium to longer range in single fire mode, this is how i take about actual snipers!

close combat use short bursts!!

its a good gun!

[twenty20]

Yeah, I'm loving the DAO12. The reload is a killer (literally)!

Yeah, i got caught a couple of times last night with little or no ammo in the middle of a gunfight......

Makes you want to stand still and say "Go on, Do it, Shoot me dammit!"

I was thinking that I should have taken the assault or anti-tank unlock rather.

Also, my choice of spawning points leaves a lot to be desired....

[stoke]

/me loves that DAO12 - you stand dead still and listern for it - BOOM BOOM - he he he he - there's one - run - [stand about 30 metres away] - point automatic rifle at siwwy shotgun carrier - 3 shots to the throat - dude shoots at you 4 times - nothing happens - dude dead - LOL. Shotgun shmotgun ...

[twenty20]

I also glad to be collecting a few badges along the way - I think the knife badge is the one that is going to see me struggling the most.

I can see the Kills/Deaths ration looking more and more grim every day when trying to get that sucka!

[doobiwan]

I don't need no steekin knife badge for my k/d ratio to suck :p

[killadoob]

dont run around with your knife you will just owned

best maps are sharqi mushtuur andkarkland to knife ppl

[twenty20]

I don't need no steekin knife badge for my k/d ratio to suck :p

LOL :D

Also, i seem to remember a previous post dealing with the effects of running around with your knife out .....

[useless]

they many times mistake you for the potato peeler of the battlefield... :p

[Scooby_Doo]

I've been tryin to get my kill to death ratio to 2.0 but its a b!tch... i got 1.85 now getting there.

[bboy]

i just so dont care about stats anymore, i've spent an entire round hunting 1 guy just so i could knife him, i end up doing things like this alot lately

[doobiwan]

Yeah. That's the excuse I also use for a k/d of around 0.7 . .. .

No, wait I blame my mouse . . .

And my Graphics card . . .

And the gravitational pull of the moon . .

[bboy]

hey , my kd ratio is over 1,
even though my grafx card is crap, im running on a latop so everything is a little bit down,

scooby doo, u wanna get it 2+, come play with me, learn to gun properly, i'll fly and i garuntee you for the rounds you will get 7:1 k/d ratio!

[doobiwan]

And while it's fun too, it's just not cricket ;)

[Scooby_Doo]

hey , my kd ratio is over 1,
even though my grafx card is crap, im running on a latop so everything is a little bit down,

scooby doo, u wanna get it 2+, come play with me, learn to gun properly, i'll fly and i garuntee you for the rounds you will get 7:1 k/d ratio!


I know how to fly. When i do get a plane i can do some damage... Best i got was 60 something kills 3 deaths. I usually get a kd ratio better than 2:1. But i have so many kills/deaths that it takes a while to get to 2.0. Go have a look at my stats if u want. ScoobyDoo16 or Scooby_Doo16, can't remember, haven't played in a while. Damn holiday jobs.

[thisgeek]

I find my k/d ratio is a lot better in SF.
Probably because some of the better players haven't moved across yet ;)

[Scooby_Doo]

From my single player experiance i don't really like the feel of SF, too dark and gloomy. Whats the multiplayer like?

[thisgeek]

Multiplayer is very cool. The grappling hook / zip line also adds an interesting element to the game, along with flash bangs and tear gas.

Tear gas is a quick way to get TK's tho :p

[doobiwan]

Yeah 'Geek, fear me!!! :p

Hopefully see y'all tonight.

[thisgeek]

Excellent :)

I dunno when I'll be on tonight, if at all - being dragged to a function by the wife. (No, not IN drag.)

[bboy]

my sf frame rate seems to be too low to actually be playable!!
kind of sucks! dunno why sf runs so much worse than bf2!

and it is all dark and gloomy,

[Scooby_Doo]

Did u install patch 1.12 after u installed SF cuz SF installs an older patch.

[DGremlin]

WTF
my stats have dropped to 0!!!

I assume thats not an improvement ? :D

[bboy]

yes maam, and for a little while i had geeks problem of menu taking FOREVER to load!

[thisgeek]

Yeah, I recommend reinstalling. Remove everything (backup your profile), then install BF2, immediately install SF, then install the 1.12 patch.

Put your profile back, and that seems to solve the issue.

[Albereth]

Yeah, I recommend reinstalling. Remove everything (backup your profile), then install BF2, immediately install SF, then install the 1.12 patch.

Put your profile back, and that seems to solve the issue.

Hang on - I tried that. It seems to want the 1.03 patch otherwise it bombs.

[thisgeek]

Worked for me and a couple of other people. Make sure you delete the Battlefield 2 folder that gets left behind after the uninstall (Not the one in your 'My Documents' folder).

The only 2 folders you need to keep in the 'My Documents\Battlefield 2' folder are 'Profiles' and if you like, 'Screenshots'.

You can delete those two if you don't mind configuring from scratch.

[rburley]

yeee ha
Staff Sergeant now :D
what next and how many pts? 8000?

[useless]

congrats... what weapons did you unlock?

[thisgeek]

5000 - Staff Sergeant
8000 - Gunnery Sergeant
20000 - Master Sergeant
20000 + Basic Knife Combat Badge, Basic Pistol Combat Badge, Basic Assault Combat Badge, Basic Anti-tank Combat Badge, Basic Sniper Combat Badge, Basic Spec Ops Combat Badge, Basic Support Combat Badge, Basic Engineer Combat Badge, Basic Medic Combat Badge - First Sergeant
50000 - Master Gunnery Sergeant


There's a couple more, but who cares, really?

[useless]

100000 - Supreme Commander aka Bush

:p

[thisgeek]

100000 - Supreme Commander aka Bush

:p

But then you need to have a whole squad following you around so that they can wipe your ass, and show you which way to shoot the gun.

[doobiwan]

Sheesh,

You don't shoot the gun! The squaddies shoot the guns you just stand there telling everyone why you shot the gun and Why TK is legal if the guys not in your squad! . . .

[bboy]

man..... decided to reinstall.... chucked my sf and bf2 cases in my laptop bag, came to work, deleted it all, backed up my bf2 documents folder... defraged hdd.... open up bf2 cd pack, to realise i left cd 1 at HOME!!!!



aarrghhhh!!!!!!!

[rburley]

congrats... what weapons did you unlock?

I decided to go the medic route, i dunno what the gun is called but its pretty sweet.

so now I have the unlocked the support gun, sniper rifle (m95), DOA12 and the medic gun. I think theres 1 more cant remember

[stoke]

man..... decided to reinstall.... chucked my sf and bf2 cases in my laptop bag, came to work, deleted it all, backed up my bf2 documents folder... defraged hdd.... open up bf2 cd pack, to realise i left cd 1 at HOME!!!!
aarrghhhh!!!!!!!/me really appreciates this :p.
... and then there's the whole - should I go all the way home and fetch it .... aaaaaaaaaarg.
... and then you get home and it's not there and you find it under your car's front seat - aaaaaaaaaaaarg :p.

[bboy]

i went home.... and got it... and now it WON'T reinstall, just dies during installation!

[thisgeek]

You're not having a good day, are you? :D

[bboy]

ok, after ,much registry deleting, i now have it installing again!

[bboy]

do i need to do the latest patch after install special forces and bf2 on a clean install?

[stoke]

/me also wants to know that one ...

[rburley]

yeah as far as I understand

[doobiwan]

Hmm, got 2 unlocks last night for free. I assume It's for SF, so fighting the temptation not to get the m92, I got the SCAR-L and f2000.

My menu loads are tanking a bit, but not having 2Gb of RAM, the difference isn't that acute. Using the favourites list takes care of the biggest lag.

[thisgeek]

Ok, how many times do I have to say this?!? :p

Install BF2. Don't patch it! Install SF. Then apply 1.12 patch!

Everything should run smoothly.

:D

[doobiwan]

Dunno, just keep going, you're doing well . . . . .. ;)

[fivelza]

Ok, how many times do I have to say this?!? :p

Install BF2. Don't patch it! Install SF. Then apply 1.12 patch!

Everything should run smoothly.

:D

Ahem....mine worked just fine with install SF and the repatching afterwards :rolleyes:

[stoke]

Ahem...well - mine didn't mkay :rolleyes:

[useless]

ROFL!

rinse and repeat... i didnt know BF2 could be so much fun offline as well!

:D

[bboy]

EA bug 29 zillion 666 million 666 thousand point idiot . dumb programmer...

Cause: Install on a windows XP pro machine, on an admin user, logged onto a domain!

Result: Go home, run local admin user, stupid game does not recognise CD-key!!!!

Workaround: Log into domain admin user that you installed with and run with that

Solution: Insert bf2 cd1, goto \support\cd-key.exe thingy, re enter cd key, do the same for special forces, then you can play again!

[stoke]

ROFL @ bboy.
Sigh - the whole security policing with induvidual profiles per logins on a PC just causes k@k.
Methinks EA should apologise to everybody and release a user manual for the game as well.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[useless]

user manual?

do you still get that with games? the last one i got in over 2 years was with Civilization IV... quite amazed it didnt come bundled in a PDF file ala EA style.

[thisgeek]

What you guys talking about?

There were honest-to-goodness printed manuals (crappy tho they are) for both BF2 and SF.

[stoke]

/me smacks thisgeek on the side of the head for hiz rude and scarcastic contribution to the no-manuals debate :p!

[useless]

the BF2 "manual" is as good as a mug cover... it had not specs on weapons, vehicles, armor, maps, etc... i dont know about the SF manual but i wasnt impressed with the BF2 cheapo...

[bboy]

i've gotten more info out of single ply!

[thisgeek]

Aha. But that's why they want you to buy the 'Official Strategy Guide'!

/me bought it
/me sucker

:D

[bboy]

you have too much money!

give me some!

i want a tivo!

[thisgeek]

Tivo wasn't too bad. Cost me about R1800 including the cost of an 80gb hdd.

[doobiwan]

Finally!!

After a months play I played different SF Maps! I finally got a chance to play Ghost Town and Surge. GT is great, Surge is c@Rp . . .

[twenty20]

I looked around the shops whilst buying p[ressies for others, but did not see a single copy of BF2 SF newhere.....

Looks like I am going to have to buy it online....

I did notice that I am getting gaffed by something called an "F2000" i think it was... ouch!:rolleyes:

[bboy]

i got mine from game, they had plenty while nobody else had except musica

[twenty20]

i am thinking of having a look at look and listen's online shop tomorrow.....

I also have some design work to get through tonight, so I will most likely try to squeeze in an hour or so of play tonight.

BTW - NE1 here speak to pmurgs often?

[twenty20]

I managed to play a nice session last night and finally got my basic snipers badge - it actually felt like a 2nd Christmas - I got 2 badges, a medal, and a ribbon all in the same round.

Woo Hoo.

[thisgeek]

Both me & XEye got our basic & veteran knife badges tonight.

Frikkin hard.

[Xenophon]

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I try to register, but it keeps on telling me either I am already registered or the person is already logged in.

[Drusky]

Then you are trying to create a nick that is already in use. Try entering your nick as follows
Xenophon ZA or Xenophon_feme etc
edit: Saw your comments on other thread. How posting the exact words the game is chucking back at you. Might help us help you.

Both me & XEye got our basic & veteran knife badges tonight.
It's not right to meet on the map and knife each other seven times, that's like stat padding man :p

Kidding, kidding, I retract that statement in full. I don't think I'll ever get that kernife badge unless Xeno logs on now and I try and take advantage of her newbiness :D Come on Xeno how 'bout it? Server II
Go to multiplay
type in server:
-=SGS BF2
Then save them to favourites, there should be about five. Look forward to seeing you online.

[twenty20]

If I thought the snipers one was a difficult one, I think that I am going to generate some major grey hairs whilst attempting to get the knife and pistol badges.

About the knife badge - is it better to lurk, sneak and jab than to get into the thick of it and try to slash your way to success?

[bboy]

slash your way to success!!!!
on strikie!

[thisgeek]

Yep. Got our knife badges on Karkand. Check the UAV - look for static dots - usually snipers. Sneak up on them and stab em.
Hang around the hotel especially - near the alley across from the flag - there's a wide one, and to the right a narrower one (if you're facing the flag, with your back to the metal fence) - both spawn points. You will usually catch a couple of dudes spawning there and standing around in a daze.

It's best around midnight - or after when the server is not necessarily that full, and people are starting to think about going to bed. :p

[doobiwan]

I need to get my kill rate up, in any kit. I feel I spend to much time either trying to get to the fight, waiting for a target, or respawning from rushing in :(

[thisgeek]

Gad... I die waaaayyy too much.

[stoke]

It's not that I die too much - it's just that I forget to look left and right and around the corner and behind me and on the roof and listern for a chopper and watch the mini map.

I am hoping that surround sound headphones will make things better.
Anybody using surround sound ? Do you notice a person/thing behind you quicker ?

[Carlhead]

I'm really battling with my kill death ratio, I'm quite a noob and am about 90 kills behind.

If I had to bump into any asault players in a dark alley (IRL), well you get the drift.

What's with the weapon unlocks... I see players that are 3 ranks ahead of me and have unlocked 5 more weapons than me... is that because of Special Forces? Do you unlock 1 SF gun and 1 BF2 gun when you rank up with the expansion installed?

If so, it's not fair!:mad: The F2000 is almost as awsome as the G36E and I can't get either of them.:eek:

[thisgeek]

Anybody using surround sound ? Do you notice a person/thing behind you quicker ?

Well, don't know about quicker, but you can hear stuff behind you, yeah.

[doobiwan]

By the looks of things you get two unlocks instead of one when you have special forces, I just hit gunnery sarge and got the Sniper unlock m95 ;) and the support unlock at the same time.

[Carlhead]

By the looks of things you get two unlocks instead of one when you have special forces, I just hit gunnery sarge and got the Sniper unlock m95 ;) and the support unlock at the same time.

That's so unfair!!! EA are profiteering A55h0l3s

[stoke]

Yea - but they write good games.
You playing in the competition ? No unlocks !!!

[Carlhead]

Yea - but they write good games.
You playing in the competition ? No unlocks !!!

Yeah I know... sucks a bit, I really like my Jackhammer at close range. I suppose noobs like me will benefit quite a lot... I've only unlocked 2 guns and I keep getting taken out with the G36E :eek:

[doobiwan]

You should be pretty close to your next upgrade anyway, so don't stress. g36 was my first and favourite unlock. only thing I use nearly as much is the DAO12 AT shotgun, but that's just becasue the MP5 is so horrible.

[Carlhead]

You should be pretty close to your next upgrade anyway, so don't stress. g36 was my first and favourite unlock. only thing I use nearly as much is the DAO12 AT shotgun, but that's just becasue the MP5 is so horrible.

G36E not G36E... it's the medic gun from SF ;)

[doobiwan]

Aaah, yes :$

The second medic unlock. Spec ops also gets it if you're playing SAS in SF . . .

[Drusky]

The G36C is still my favourite all rounder. I've unlocked:
G36C
SCAR-L
G3
F-2000
L85A1
G36E
DOA-12
The weapons I've most recently been playing with are arranged in order of favour:
G36C
SCAR-L, G36E
F-2000
Maybe the lower orders'll change but my fav will probably stay the G36C; it's just so stable, has a luverly rate of fire and has good kill energy, the clip is large enough and quick to change.

[Xenophon]

I would just hereby wanna apologize for all the peeps I shot in my team (by accident). But I am getting there.

[Carlhead]

I would just hereby wanna apologize for all the peeps I shot in my team (by accident). But I am getting there.

Hehe :D

[gkm]

I would just hereby wanna apologize for all the peeps I shot in my team (by accident). But I am getting there.

In that case I shall have to post an apology here nearly every day. :D

[thisgeek]

Likewise ;)

TK's are a part of the game unfortunately. It's not like you want it to happen, it just does. :p

[rburley]

lol i think i shot you once or twice xeno :D
but i threw you a medpac so i am forgive :p

[thisgeek]

Btw - War Geeks clan accepts newbies now, so you're welcome to join :)

See http://www.wargeeks.org/ for more info (Read the thread under Applications forum)

[Drusky]

Wots Xeno's nick?

[stoke]

HyperB!tch :p?
Hektually - I have no idea ...

[Drusky]

Hopefully she'll be decent about the whole thing and post on the BF nick thread. I'd like to know when I've shot Xeno so I can make a celebratory cuppa tea. Of course she may shoot me. Then I can call it a wake and make a celebratory cuppa tea anyway.

[twenty20]

::: BF2 Special Forces :::

Well, it finally arrived at the office today - I cannot wait to get home, go to gym and them spend the rest of the evening uninstalling the stuff, reinstalling it, patching it and getting a game on - maybe I'll see you all at about 3am after all the "stuff" is done.

On the other note - last night iI only got to play one map from start to finish, but possibly had my best night ever with the MEC Vodnik - i got in 23 victims and was nailed 5 times, which for me, must be a record.

I am happy to report that as things go on, I am beginning to feel a little more comfortable with everything, except the Engineer kit, which is going to take some work.

[thisgeek]

Well,I was looking at the ZA rankings the other day - and the person slap bang in the last slot was Xenophon123 .. does that sound familiar? :p

[stoke]

ROFFEL - Yup - she told drusk her signon in TKThread - it's her awlright.

[twenty20]

::: Question Regarding Special Forces Install ::::

Hi there o wise ones and smart a55e5 - I need some help here before i spend a whole bunch of time doing something unnecessary.

Currently i have the BF2 patched and sorted, but now need to install the special forces expansion.

To avoid all the frustations that I have seen in some other threads, what would you say is the best course of action:

Can i simply just install special forces and the latest patch, or do I have to install both of the patches after installing Special Forces?

::: Cannot wait to get my mitts on the F2000 :::

[Drusky]

:wry smile: It should work when simply installed. Darnit's did. Mine did but crashed now and then so didn't really work. Takes a looooong time to reload alles. Why not load sf, check if it works and then decide what to do ;)

[twenty20]

Well, it's all working and did not take too long.

I installed Special Forces and then just Re-applied the latest patch and it was good to go.

I cannot wait for the unlocks to come through though - I need to get some of my own back with that blasted F2000.

I only got to play SF for 5 minutes and BF2 for less than one half of a map, but it's cool.

The night maps will take some geting used to, but this could be fun.

[doobiwan]

Pity there aren't more players though :(

[Carlhead]

How much is Special Forces? Should I buy it?

I do like the SF guns... and I find it unfair that I have to buy it to unlock them sooner!

[Xenophon]

Well,I was looking at the ZA rankings the other day - and the person slap bang in the last slot was Xenophon123 .. does that sound familiar? :p

I am always first from last.

/me ponders playing tonight.
/me wonders if I have sleeping tabs to give to b/f
/me goes looking

Edit : you guys are on special forces already and I'm still learing BF2... Not fair slow down for the blondes here

[useless]

dont worry, not everybody has SF... just keep whacking the Spec Ops dudes on the BF2 maps and get their kits, its the best way to try out their weapons for free! :D

[stoke]

Na - there's a new expansion pack coming out in Feb - don't bother with SF - or any of them for that matter - it's all bs. Well - unless everybody's playing them of course.

At the moment - hardly anybody plays SF - so it's a waste.

[doobiwan]

I tend to agree, it's a bit dissappointing. There's one or two cool maps, that are almost never played, the new weapons are specific armies only (So to try out the g36e or scar-l etc, you've got a 1/16 chance :( ) Zip lines and grappling hooks are cool, but I would say there's really enough to drop R180 for.

The most useful thing has been the enw weapons in BF2, which aren't actually that amazing. The f2000 just looks cool, but is an aweful lot like the m16.

The new booster packs look like a much better proposition

[Carlhead]

I just want the G35E, but I don't get to play much and I'm only a corporal... so getting SF just to unlock it is tempting! Otherwise I'm kicking a$$ with the Jackhammer... but I'm screwed is someone see's me medium to long range. The mines in the kit rule for armour killing though!

[doobiwan]

At corporal just play more! It's only a few good rounds and you'll get promoted.

[doobiwan]

Aarg!! Wargeeks is down and almost two hours with no BF2 discussion, I'm getting withdrawal Symptoms!!!

Someone set me up the bomb!!! :p

[thisgeek]

Yeah sorry. Box will be rebooted in a lil while. Gotta wait for ppl to wake up (literally) that side.

I'm gonna see if I can organise new hardware, cuz I think the box it's running on currently is getting a bit long in the tooth.

[Ink_Blotch]

I got SF a while back, and while the unlocks are really cool, there are hardly ever people on the servers. I like the grappling hook - it's a nice touch and adds a new dynamic to an already incredible game. Maybe SF will pick up and we will see 2 full 48 player servers up and running... Mmmm... :rolleyes:

[doobiwan]

It's not the size of the server, it's how you use it. That goes for both comments ;)

My complaint with SF is that some of the maps are cr@p. I hate leviathan, warlord, and the sniperfest on the rocket launchpad. If they filtered the server down to the good maps, like Ghost Town(?) and Mass Destruction(?) I think more people would play.

I also think a large complaint is that the "cool new weapons" are very one sided. SAS and USMC got all cool stuff and all the "Enemy states" got was a fricken rpg.

[Drusky]

Yip those penniless rebel sides need to sell more drugs and buy some decent armaments. I enjoyed sf. Only played it once or twice. Haven't had a chance to go at it again since. My gripe is that I have to stick the SF CD in for it to log on to the server and load the game through sf icon. Other wise Bf2 crashes to desktop :( Opposite happens if I try load vanilla with sf CD in drive after having booted game from sf icon. YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAARGH

Stoke why you running around with that engineers shotgun so much?

[stoke]

I'm learning to become an engineer cos it's the one role I lack a lot of practise in.
Of course- I also lack sniper and special forces practise, but, one at a time.
You nailed me like 7 times last night to my 1. Grrrrrr.

I run my BF2 with the SF CD in the drive, the BF2 DVD is locked away.

[thisgeek]

Yip those penniless rebel sides need to sell more drugs and buy some decent armaments. I enjoyed sf. Only played it once or twice. Haven't had a chance to go at it again since. My gripe is that I have to stick the SF CD in for it to log on to the server and load the game through sf icon. Other wise Bf2 crashes to desktop :( Opposite happens if I try load vanilla with sf CD in drive after having booted game from sf icon. YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAARGH


Weird. Mine loads just fine with the vanilla BF2 disc.

Mebbe you need to reinstall. ;)

[killadoob]

why dont you just get alcohol 120 plus crack

then mount an image

[Drusky]

:sigh: Reinstallation. There goes an hour and a half of my life.
Engineer is rough. At least you can run further, faster than AT but AT can choose to use carbine instead of shotgun.
Maybe the trick is keeping a low profile, till close range opportunity arises. I dunno.

[stoke]

Bah - I also bitched and moaned about the reinstall - it only took like 30 minutes.

Remember to backup your settings in myDocuments else you're going to have to setup your control sensitivity again.

Step 1 : Uninstall SF.
Step 2 : Uninstall BF2.
Step 3 : Install BF2.
Step 4 : Install FS.
Step 5 : Install Patch 1.12 [I think thats the latest right ?]
Step 6 : Copy the settings stuff back.

There ... easy peasy :p.

Engineer : you've got to wait for distraction and ... one mine is more than enough - 2 is overkill !

[killadoob]

why would you want carbine and not shotgun that shotgun will kill ppl from distance as well

awesome weapon

[useless]

shotgun from a distance will sparkle the enemy's boots... up close and personal its one shot one kill though... the pistol is your best friend for ranged enemies... ;)

[doobiwan]

Funny how you always forget the pistol.

[useless]

Funny how you always forget the pistol.

yeah, us players fumble in the usual way and bring a knife to a gunfight... :p

[Drusky]

Ja, I was throwing medi packs at an APC the other day, it was fatal :(
Forgot I'd switched from Spec Ops to medic for the squadleader.

I'll have to try killa's shotgun. Got the feeling it's gonna hurt :wince:

[doobiwan]

The irony of the fact that I absolutely suck at playing an engineer is that I qualified as one :p

[Drusky]

Were you driving a tank at the time? That'd work.

[stoke]

/methinks EA confused engineer with mechanic.

[Drusky]

Mechanical Engineer, jumble stokes posts to make sense of the uniworse ;)

[useless]

an engineer's worst nightmare is :

- fixing a tank/apc and a friendly steals it
- you select the spanner during the keyboard juggle instead of the shottie
- your mines activate 1 sec just after a whole enemy column passes by
- and the follow up friendly column hits your mines
- you get TK punished for a mine you dropped 30 mins ago
- you forget which arty/UAV/radar is yours and fix the enemy's by mistake

:p

[doobiwan]

Were you driving a tank at the time? That'd work.

Nah that wasn't part of the syllabus but it's a damn fine idea . . . . ;)

[thisgeek]

Spec Ops worst nightmare is to forget what team you're on (thank the auto team swap), and you accidentally blow up your own UAV trailer / sat scan trailer. Gaah!

[stoke]

Yea - me keeps on freaking pushing tab to work out who I r.

[doobiwan]

I don't, I let the TK warning tell me. Explains a lot about my scores some times . . .

[Drusky]

I press tab during gunfights cause I love that gargly argh sound I make when I peg it. Caps is another gunfight fav :)

[stoke]

Ever tried to type in a message to all in caps ?

[useless]

i find it easier to look at the flag by the radar...the flag on your left is YOU. :p

[stoke]

KE ? It's red or blue. Okay Okay ...
/me goes off to look at the pics somewhere in this forum ...

<edit>Found it ... different forum ... too early for me.
Pic: http://img492.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen0000uu.jpg

In that pic the little RED box has a flag under it.
I swear that mine does not have that flag ...
Can you resise that radar in the settings ? Cos mebbe that would explain it.

[useless]

maybe your transparency is set too high? dunno.. mine has always shown the flags...

[twenty20]

Hi there - thanks for the game yesterday afternoon.

I finished up yesterday and then decided to do some housework - updating all my drivers and such on my machine.

All went well until i tried running BF2 - suddenly now my screen is all garbled like the refresh rate has gone beserk and the graphics are terrible.

I tried re-aplying the latest patch, but am still having the same problem.

Does this mean that it is time to maybe remove an re0install special forces, then re-apply the patch and let them optimize the shaders again?

Or is it a case of re-installing both games BF2 & SF?

Lastly, if iI uninstall, is it going to wipe out my profiles?

Any help in this regard woiuld be greatly appreciated.

[thisgeek]

Try deleting the 'dmp', 'logocache' and 'mods' folders out of your My Documents\Battlefield 2 folder.

[useless]

what new drivers did you load by the way?

[stoke]

Just set BF2 to run on a new Resolution, then go back to the old one.

Then - you need to remove the optimised shaders stuff ... damn ... me forgots where that is.

Took me so long to finish typing that I missed the useful posts by TG. Apologies.

[useless]

TG just told him in the earlier post in the last page...

[twenty20]

Smashing thanks.

I will give this a bash when I get home.

Should I delete the folders, or their contents.

You have the word geek in your title, so I am assuming you mean Delete The Folders!

[twenty20]

Well, finally some of the areas in my stats are beginning to look decent

Okay, it may only be for the explosives stuff, but at least now I have one or two items where I have a kill to death ratio of 1 or more. :)

The pistol and knife badges are proving to be a real pain and the medic and engineer badges too, i always seem to get to four points on both healing and repairs, but always run out of tickets before i can get in the last point. :confused:

Did you guys also find it hard to get the engineer points.... or am i just impatient? :eek:

[twenty20]

what new drivers did you load by the way?

I used the winfox living update to update the gfx card / display driver for my leadtek winfast A360 (GeForce 5900 le)

Evrything else is cool, but BF2 is not, and that creates stress in my life..... there is an obstacle stopping me from getting my daily BF2 FIX!

::: PS ::::

Is it *** forum etiquette to post like this, or should I be combining it all into the one post.

[useless]

for engineer points just hang around your UAV/Radar/arty locations to repair or ride a tank/apc in a column with friendly armor, you should be able to get your 5 points for the badge.

[stoke]

Engineer I recon is the worst of the lot [having not played the Special Forces role yet].
You've got to sneak around with only 6 damn mines and a pathetic medium range weapon and no squad support cos your role does not interest them.

[useless]

or ride a BH and fix it while everybody else bails out when the redline is reached. :D

[twenty20]

Engineer I recon is the worst of the lot [having not played the Special Forces role yet].
You've got to sneak around with only 6 damn mines and a pathetic medium range weapon and no squad support cos your role does not interest them.

Well, I am getting the hang of the mines, but it is a little annoying trying to find support or calling for supplies the whole time - on the other hand, how much fun would it be not being able to drive around because all the roads are riddled with mines (worse than Mozambique)

The shotgun I find a little sad, I got someone 4 shots in the chest (admittedly, I was not standing toe to toe) and ended up getting splattered by a machine gun.

I think an engineer looks like the kind of role where you live and die in the vehicle, only time you die outside is when you are repairing and get caught with your wrench out. Speaking of which - How irritating is it when you accidentally select the wrench in the middle of a gunfight when cycling through weapons. AAARGH!

[stoke]

Yea .. the dreaded ninja "Spanner of Death [(c) Drusky]" move.
Causes the enemy to shake in their boots ....

with laughter :p!

[doobiwan]

*gasp* no specs ops yet? But it's the coolest kit! It's th only kit I feel comfortable spawning with, in an area I'm not sure off, because of hte long sprint and general all round ability to handle anything.
Long sprint.
Rapid fire for infantry
Can "Snipe"
c4, need I say more ;)

[Drusky]

[QUOTE=twenty20]Lastly, if iI uninstall, is it going to wipe out my profiles?/QUOTE]
You can always recall your profile from EA.

Just remeber exactly what your nick was:
7W3N7YK1CK455BU57Y3RCH0P5L337
and your e-mail address:
me@here.crumb

[doobiwan]

We should recommend "Spanner of Death" for inclusion in patch 1.2 - same effect as a flashbang . . .

[thisgeek]

Yeah, how more annoying can it be to get whanged upside the head with an engineer spanner?

Doobiwan [Spanner] ThisGeek

How embarassing.

[stoke]

Yeah, how more annoying can it be to get whanged upside the head with an engineer spanner?

Doobiwan [Spanner] ThisGeek

How embarassing.
Yea ... and we can make sentences with it:
Your_A [Spanner] SheetHead.
Tools: [Spanner] Wrench
BringThe [Spanner] Size12
WhereIsMy [Spanner] Granny [well...that'll work with any of them:p]

But better still ... the sound it will make when you get wacked ... and it should not kill you straight away, your ears should "pop" like when you're next to a shooting tank, and then the flashbang effect, then only do you die.

/melikes ... a LOT !

[useless]

its funny to see myself being part of the blinded squad after somebody throws a flashbang... walls seems to hug you wherever you go... :p

[doobiwan]

I've been flash banged half a dozen times and am yet to be killed. The bouncing around like a Duracell bunny on speed seems to help ;)

[stoke]

It's the funniest thing in the world ...

I did it saturday night like 2 times in a row - to my teamies. ROFFEL. [Well - there were like 2 enemies there that I was trying to kill, failed miserably - laughed too much.]

Throw flashbang - "1 missisippi 2 mississippi 3 missisippi 4 mississippi" - look away.
"5 mississippi and a bit" - look back.

There's all these peeps bouncing around and quite a couple just standing there and some more running into the wall straight and some jying on the ground. In all the mayhem I could not locate the enemies - and so I threw another one ... but then it started to look really surreal and funny and I started to giggle ... and then I buggered up the count on the 3rd one and blinded myself.

I love this game.

[useless]

ROFL Stoke... me thinks one of the blind buggers was me... :rolleyes:

[doobiwan]

I'm normally blind as a bat, so a bit of a flashbang is Noooothhiiiing. Except in real life I don't bounce around like a bunny, that'd just be silly ;)

[stoke]

I was bouncing around at a live cover rock group friday and I stopped and looked around and wondered:
Now where have I seen this before :p

[useless]

any dolphin divers there by any chance? :p

[twenty20]

last night was classic, i was in the back of a chopper and mined the road up to the flag on mastuur - the pilot with a full chopper floated backwards onto the mines and i ended up TK'ing around 6 people - i ended the round on -2 and had -16 in the teamwork box ----> ouch!

To all of you who died in that chopper - my apologies.

[useless]

engineers have all the luck hey! ;)

[twenty20]

YEp, I guess.

I was totally bummed..... on top of that my side got a 2x bonus.....

does that mean i get -4 or does it leave me at -2??

[useless]

only the commander gets a 2x bonus, not the whole side.

[twenty20]

ah, ok.... i see

[doobiwan]

Not if he flashbangs you you won't :p

[Drusky]

T might find the close eyes key though (c) stoke.