Another Couple Months 'til MW2

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With September knocking on our door, the "Modern Warfare 2" release will soon be upon us....Tuesday, November 10th in the USA. I don't think I'm going to do a pre-order this time around. Seems every time I do, it hits the local stores long before I get my shipment. And it always takes a few months before the quirks get worked out well enough to consider switching to a new version on our server.
I think I'm looking forward to a return to modern times. The classic WWII setting and weapons will always be fun, but after the first MW it was a difficult transition in some ways. And it remains to be seen how many of the new features in the single-player will be available for online use and what will be admin configurable.
And just because, here's a bit of MW2 marketing humor. ;-)

Regarding COD:UO, several of you have loaded it again but we've yet to get much play time in as a group. IMO and many others, this is still the best WWII COD at least in regard to play-ability and there are hundreds of maps out there...and still more being released. It's one of those classics that never dies, and the only one that included jeeps (and motorcycles via mod). Maybe we can get together for some planned battle time over the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. ?

Lastly, here's a just released movie that is a must watch for any true COD player, especially if you are also a "Band of Brothers" fan. Really well done and illustrates just how accurate the Carentan maps and gameplay are, at least in regard to the "BoB" interpretation of the famous battle. Enjoy!

Mamba, out

The Next DLC

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First they said no, now they say yes...hmmm. Anyway, the recent DLC (DownLoadable Content) package that released for the consoles (Map Pack 3) with the kewl new maps will reportedly be out for the PC whenever patch 1.6 releases. Here's a look at the MP maps.

With the last PC release, as we saw, the new maps were/are spectacular....just kinda "huge" of course for our wee clan. Most of the COD community is always clamoring for bigger bigger maps which leaves us out most of the time. But the newest Zombie map (an "Asylum" version) shows a lot of potential....if the damn COOP/Zombie mode would just work better! Works consistently for Crow and I if he hosts. Maybe one weekend I'll setup my game machine on the DMZ router port to see if that helps, but I'll need a couple volunteers to help test connectivity.

In other news, the AWE/RGN team is still hard at work on the Vietnam mod, but I don't expect that to release until closer to Thanksgiving. Same for the BlackMonkey's much-anticipated "Star Wars Galactic Warfare" total conversion of COD4. That one holds a lot of promise, tho' I've seen such TC's die on the vine in the past. Hope it releases, although with that time-table it'll be competing with the MW2 release for attention.

Mamba, out