Big ol' Bombshell for PC MW2

Lee · Post by **Lee** » October 18th, 2009, 10:32

Stoat wrote:The podcast is a good listen.

Yeah, he seems completely confused about what a listen server is though. The interviewer was trying to ask if the servers would be hosted on infinity ward's servers or as a listen server on his own PC but he didn't have a clue what that meant so started talking about how IW.net streamlines PC gaming.

That's the reason I haven't cancelled my pre-order yet, this guy may just be extremely misinformed, at least that's what I'm hoping.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » October 18th, 2009, 10:46

Petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/ ... i?dedis4mw

Over 5000 signatures so far.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 18th, 2009, 11:01

Lee wrote:Petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/ ... i?dedis4mw

Over 5000 signatures so far.

6000 now, soon it'll be OVER NINE THOUSAND.

I'm hoping the guy's an idiot, but my preorder has gone away anyway, just to be safe.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » October 18th, 2009, 11:06

I'm guessing someone just lost his job

Lee · Post by **Lee** » October 18th, 2009, 11:19

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
6000 now, soon it'll be OVER NINE THOUSAND.

I'm hoping the guy's an idiot, but my preorder has gone away anyway, just to be safe.

I managed to pre-order mine before the price shot up so I'm going to wait and see before cancelling. Hopefully we'll get a statement from IW/Activision tommorow when they go back to work.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 18th, 2009, 11:36

lol pc gamers

I guess I will be getting the 360 version then, that's mostly where I play the CoDs anyway.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 18th, 2009, 12:24

Well, the moderators are trying to keep down the PC rage by being nazis.

http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewt ... 3&t=121990

To me, it seems that he confirmed the news, though he was trying hard not to.

Anyway, it's still a great way to alienate PC users, and judging by the fact that they announced late July/early August that there won't be special editions for PC, I wouldn't be surprised if IW would actually be becoming the consolefags Rockstar and Epic are now.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 18th, 2009, 13:56

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
6000 now, soon it'll be OVER NINE THOUSAND.

I'm hoping the guy's an idiot, but my preorder has gone away anyway, just to be safe.

It is, it's at 12k now.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 18th, 2009, 13:58

HereComesPete wrote:It is, it's at 12k now.

~2000 sigs an hour, before any major gaming news sources have picked up on it.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 18th, 2009, 15:04

Wow, that's going to be a very big ignored petition then.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 18th, 2009, 15:09

buzzmong wrote:Wow, that's going to be a very big ignored petition then.

I'm guessing this. It's close to release if it hasn't gone gold already, and by the sound of it they've spent a lot of time and money setting up IWNet.

cashy · Post by **cashy** » October 18th, 2009, 15:14

spoodie wrote:lol pc gamers

I guess I will be getting the 360 version then, that's mostly where I play the CoDs anyway.

, call me odd, I just like it that way.

Finally, a CoD thread without someone mentioning how Treyarch is destroying the franchise

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » October 18th, 2009, 15:28

cashy wrote: , call me odd, I just like it that way.
Finally, a CoD thread without someone mentioning how Treyarch is destroying the franchise

Each to their own. I can't stand the boxing-gloveiness of controlling an FPS with dual analogues.

And yes, IW have out Treyarch'd Treyarch

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 18th, 2009, 15:31

I find myself fighting the auto-aim half the time, it's too slow/quick in equal measure and throws my aim.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » October 18th, 2009, 15:52

It's up to 16k signatures now

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 18th, 2009, 16:04

I feel a great disturbance in the Interwebs, as if 16000 voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » October 18th, 2009, 16:43

Well, that's one less place to get backstabbed then.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 18th, 2009, 17:45

lol, 20k now.

4000 in an hour and a half :S

Post by **FatherJack** » October 18th, 2009, 18:23

22k. Maybe they'll see it maybe they won't. I suspect all they see is $$$ signs and no dedicated servers means no hacked ones where people can cheat or use a non-legit version.

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » October 18th, 2009, 18:33

I suspect places like 4chan are spam-botting that petition the same way they spammed the forums to hell.

And even if it's all legit votes IW / Activision aren't going to go and change anything at this point.