Black Ops

Nice to see you online IRG.

Someone asked yesterday while we were playing why we do not get both when they are released... I thought about it for about .2 miliseconds and decided not to reply... I have and will always be a massive COD fan, yes, I know MW2 was a bit of a fail from a server perspective, but the gameplay and multiplayer is awesome (albeit WHEN it works).

I am not saying I won't give MOH a look in, but I will definitely rather BUY COD: BO.
 
lol... No ways worth buying both... look at the game time spent on MW2. Pointless trying to play 2 good games online at the same time! I learned that on wasting money on BF2
 
Is it just me or does some of the players faces seem customized? almost like ea's game face?

check the vid at about 1:42
 
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NeoNarchy said:
Is it just me or does some of the players faces seem customized? almost like ea's game face?

check the vid at about 1:42
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Its probably to do with Create Class 2.0. Customize guns etc...Maybe customize soldier...
 
According to mygaming no Local servers and they dont know if we might get any either?

Damn must find new past time
 
? R u saying no dedicated servers in RSA? I am sure SAIX or iGame will get some???
 
JoeSlaughter said:
? R u saying no dedicated servers in RSA? I am sure SAIX or iGame will get some???
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Read 'em and weep.

South Africa currently not on the grid to receive dedicated local Black Ops servers

When it was announced last year that Modern Warfare 2 (PC) would not feature dedicated servers, PC gamers around the world breathed a collective sigh of despair. Dedicated servers allow low latency, always-on, stable battlegrounds for PC gamers to log into whenever they want. The peer-to-peer matchmaking system included with Modern Warfare 2 is wrought with bugs, and it is often impossible to find a game.

So finding out that Call of Duty: Black Ops will be getting dedicated servers was music to the ears of many PC gamers, myself and loads of MyGaming forumites included.

However, it appears that there is yet another twist in the tale.

Site director of planetcallofduty.com and planetmedalofhonor.com, Josh Peckler, tweeted the following: “Let's do this! First off dedis will be rented from GameServers only!”

This means that GameServers.com will be the exclusive agents for managing Black Ops servers. According to Gameservers, there will be Call of Duty: Black Ops servers positioned in the following locations:

(AU) Sydney, Australia

Montreal, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Vancouver, Canada

(EU) Frankfurt, DE

(EU) Denmark

(EU) Paris, France

(Asia) Tokyo, Japan

(EU) Amsterdam, NL

(EU) Warsaw, Poland

(RU) Moscow, Russia

(EU) London, UK

Atlanta, Georgia

Chicago, Illinois

Dallas, Texas

Denver, Colorado

Los Angeles, California

New York / New Jersey

Phoenix, Arizona

San Jose, California

Seattle, Washington

St. Louis, Missouri

Tampa Bay, Florida

Virginia/Washington D.C.

None of these locations are close enough to South Africa to offer decent latencies, which means that the multiplayer situation for Black Ops is looking dire.

We have contacted Gameservers, Activision, Treyarch, as well as local gaming service providers iGame and WebAfrica for feedback. Hopefully some sort of resolution can be found, but as of now, it looks like local PC gamers will be kept out in the dark on this one.

A huge thanks goes to Maplassie for helping research and compile the above information.

Update

We just got this email from Gameservers:

I'm afraid we do not have a datacenter in that region at this time. We are looking to open new locations were there is high demand, but I don't have any specific information as to if/when we would be doing so in the region.

If you want dedicated Black Ops servers in SA, why not email Gameservers at [email protected].

Discuss Call of Duty: Black Ops dedicated servers in South Africa on the MyGaming forum.

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Great my which to buy moh or cod dialema has just been solved.
 
Well I'll be saving R400 odd then ..... time to dust of ye olde pirate hat for Black Ops. Hopefully MoH doesn't dish out a raw deal and i'll gladly give them my money.
 
Sheesh guys, just calm down. Its not to say SA won't get any dedicated servers at all. I'll bet money that iGame will pull through for us on this one. I'm always amazed when some shocking news like this always have people in a tiff. Just relax, take a deep breath and wait a bit. I'm pretty confident SA will get dedicated servers or have providers (like iGame) to supply us with servers. :)

If they're not able to help us, then my :) will definitely turn into a :(
 
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