So whats the deal with this new server? I have checked on it almost every night I have played and it's always empty. Same with the TS server.
Many factors keep players here and elsewhere from playing together on a regular basis.
Everyone has different times they can play, and want to PLAY when they have free time, not join an empty server and sit there waiting for a game to happen.
People don't want to feel obligated to reserve and play at some agreed time. (And obviously, they don't. I have scheduled several events where lots of people have said they would come, but they didn't. I'm thinking of a different forum, not you guys
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People have different preferences that keep them from playing together:
--Hardcore, or not.
--Rush, or Conquest.
--32 player servers, or 24 or less player servers.
Everyone wants to play on a server close to them, with a low latency.
The friends list in BFBC2 sucks. Invitations fail. The list is limited to 20. If you have more that 12 friends and have to scroll the list, the "join on" function fails.
Lots of people are shy about getting on a TS server and talking. Heck, the last two guys that joined DICE, the first time they played with the community, neither of them had mics!
A TS/Vent server could stand in for the friends list. Ready to play? Jump on TS, talk to the guys there, and join a server together.
Frankly, I have played in the same game with friends, and if VOIP is not working, and we are not on TS/Vent together, I might as well be playing with strangers. (Maybe it's just me...)
I have TheLaughingMan on my friends list, but most of the time I have seen him he was on a full server. Since we weren't on TS, I just picked another server to play on.
Hey, crazyeyesreaper...Easy Rhino's TS Server:
easyrhino.homelinux.com:9987 (Is that TS2 or TS3?)
I will PM it to you!