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FFC Welcomes 2012!

2012-01-02T13:31:00.015-07:00

_FFC_ Gawd, I recall back in my teen years thinking how "futuristic" 2012 would be if I lived to see it. Flying cars, colonies on Mars, world peace, wonder cures, and so on. Reality ain't quite measuring up, now is it?On the bright side, the impact of the advent of the Internet and computer-technology were unforeseen back then and those are pretty miraculous inventions when you put

BF3 and FFC gaming news

2011-10-24T16:10:00.009-06:00

_FFC_Battlefield 3 released overseas (USA release is the 25th) to stellar critic reviews, as expected.While the MP is where it's at, the COOP and SP received mediocre feedback...not great, but not too bad.Looking forward to playing all modes as soon as my Newegg pre-order shows up!NFO only supports ranked BF3 servers (meaning public-only) right now, and the game is too costly and over-large

Galactic Warfare & C2 Mods

2011-09-30T07:19:00.021-06:00

_FFC_Recently we upgraded to the full 1.0 version of "Galactic Warfare", the COD4 "Star Wars" mod from the German mod team The Black Monkeys. We've played the beta releases in the past, but the final product is much more polished and includes a few new maps. A really spectacular release, and hey it's free...what more can I say?In similar fashion, the French mod team MediaPixel is finalizing a

Game News - So long MOH

2011-07-26T10:00:00.012-06:00

_FFC_Now that our CCG II "Gatherin" event is over, time to get back into the gaming groove. BTW, for those not on the Forum, here's a link to the event pictures.I was really looking forward to "F.3.A.R." but from the reviews, sounds like it's much better in COOP and MP play than for SP. Maybe we'll look at it for a L4D series replacement when it hits the bargain bin, since it sounds like it has

Back From Vacation

2011-04-30T09:07:00.010-06:00

_FFC_Just returned from our Florida vacation...ahhh...beach sun & fun! But now that I've shaken all the sand outta my shorts, I'm very ready to get back into the gaming spirit!Rather than babble on about various game news items, I'm just gonna point you to one of my favorite gaming news sites, FPSVideogamer. I like what I see on there about "Rage". Probably just another SP candidate given the

March Status Update

2011-03-13T11:11:00.025-06:00

_PC_Let's see....we've pretty much abandoned "Breach" but then so have a lot of other players. Great potential with this game but serious performance issues and also with their so-called dedicated server. Will Atomic release updates to salvage the game? Maybe...their forum was all but abandoned for awhile but they are posting once more and responding to users. Too little too late?....most likely.

Gaming in The New Year

2011-01-22T10:23:00.035-07:00

_PC_ATVI continues to spew repeats of COD:MW (MW2, BO, BO2?) on an annual cycle (used to be semi-annual, with a lot more polish) and rake in the $. But many players have turned to other games for more variety. Games like BF:BC2 and the MOH reboot didn't fare quite as well, as it's pretty hard to out-imitate the reigning in-house imitator.Meanwhile, other more diverse mil-tec/SF games such as "RO:

Happy Gaming Holidays!

2010-11-30T14:00:00.021-07:00

_FFC_As the year winds down once again we find ourselves musing about new game releases while still burning a candle in the gaming window for past FFC'ers... Orc, Eagle, Semp, Kato, and RoadDog.Don didn't play with us for long due to excessive lag (and excessive Don ;), Greg is still stuck in Europe, Scott had health probs, Bruce is job/house/life hunt'n..again, while John remains a retail biz

Mods, Maps & Mayhem

2010-10-09T11:07:00.010-06:00

_FFC_COD5 (W@W) Vietnam Mod - Patch 1.2--------------------------------------------------------Zeroy is supposedly finally releasing the long-awaited update for this great COD5 mod sometime this weekend. He was aiming for yesterday, but missed his deadline again. Hopefully he is working on the packaging and uploads today.COD4 - Mods & Maps --------------------------------- Mods --G13 FreezeTag

K3 Update, HL2DM and more!

2010-08-15T09:39:00.008-06:00

_FFC_K3 Update---------------Got a notice from KiLL3R that he finally updated K3 for COD4, adding/changing a buncha stuff shown below. Here is the download link, tho' the mod will auto-update when you connect but it's about 60MB between the two files so if you wanna be pro-active...[F] = Fixed [+] = Added [C] = Changed / improved [+] Added a sort of shield armour (acts like more health, but no

BF:BC2 Patch FINALLY Released

2010-07-12T08:06:00.008-06:00

_PC_BF:BC2 NewsBeen a couple updates to our server the past week or so (R15, R16, Map Packs 3&4), including that long-delayed patch I talked about last time (R15). Of course the "Map Packs" are the usual bullshit releases where it's the same tired old maps but with "new" game-types. I and many others are pretty disappointed in EA in this regard....at least ATVI did release real "new" maps for COD

May Gaming News Updates

2010-05-03T08:38:00.013-06:00

_PC_Here's what's going on in news concerning a few of our favorite games:Left 4 Dead 2We've all played the new DLC ("The Passing") by now.The Good: pretty decent if short campaign.The Bad: it broke various mods and plug-ins world-wide.Supposedly this is just the first of several free DLC releases planned...well, free for the PC at least.There is also a new "mutations mod" just released that we

BF:BC2 Releases This Week!

2010-02-28T09:51:00.010-07:00

_FFC_The wait is almost over...PC release date for Bad Company 2 is Tuesday!While I realize that some of you aren't yet at the hardware level for this game, I hope to receive my copy by next weekend (pre-ordered first week of this year). The PC beta ended on the 25th but I played it enough to see the potential of this game as "the" replacement for our beloved, but maligned, COD series. Not that

Ho-Hum January

2010-01-22T07:28:00.010-07:00

_FFC_Been rather uneventful gaming-wise so far this year, mainly due to a lack of regular players. BW has been traveling a lot on his job, Hock is now out on his annual beach-bake-bingo vacation, Semp is still fight'n medical problems, Gonz spent a fun-filled week+ in scenic OKC, and so on. Luckily the faithful few of us left holding the fort have had L4D zombies and the COD Pezbots to keep us

Hello 2010!

2010-01-02T10:08:00.003-07:00

_FFC_Ah...another new year and it looks to be a great one gaming-wise! Got a killer deal on "Left 4 Dead" for our clan and looking forward to lots of team practice curtail'n the ZA (Zombie Apocalypse). ;-)What with the recent releases of the RGN Vietnam mod for COD5 and the hot hot hot Star Wars:Galactic Warfare mod for COD4, I think we can easily thumb our collective noses at ATVI and the

Gooood Morning Vietnam!..and Star Wars

2009-12-05T14:19:00.018-07:00

_FFC_Vietnam - COD5In case you've not been around lately, the first go around of a 'Nam mod for COD:WW as mentioned previously was very much a let down. The maps are well-made but most all too large for our small group. And the model/play modifications were very minor. So it didn't last long.Instead we've been running the RGN Vietnam mod which has better (for us) maps and more customization (

More Mod Info Updates

2009-10-31T11:46:00.012-06:00

_FFC_Now that MW2 is pretty much a dead duck, let's move on to what's new in the mod releases for the WW and COD4 games.COD5 - NAM:WAWFirst off, seems the gents over at CODUtility have effectively "1-up'd" the RGN competition for an out-the-door release of a Vietnam mod for WW. I heard nothing about this over on RGN, but then there's some past bad blood between RGN and CODU so I guess that's no

Quake & Vietnam Mod Beta 2

2009-10-09T11:47:00.009-06:00

_PC_Ever feel a bit sad when you think back to ye olde Quake/Arena days? Miss those low-G jumps and frantic mid-air rocket shots? Well, now you can re-live those experiences for free, and all it takes is a browser!...mostly. Check out QuakeLive in your spare time. This has been out for about a year now, supported by in-game ads. Recently there has been more talk about the upcoming "Premium"

COD:WW 1.6 Patch & New Players!

2009-09-20T11:25:00.010-06:00

_FFC_COD:WW Patch -As usual, the latest "World at War" 1.6 patch slipped up on us and we had to scramble to get all 1.2GB of it downloaded/installed before we could connect to our NFO server. Sometimes I wish those NFO admins weren't so damn efficient! The patch had only been out a couple hours and they already had our server updated. Ah well....so now we are at version 1.6 with the following

Another Couple Months 'til MW2

2009-08-31T07:47:00.013-06:00

_FFC_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

The Next DLC

2009-08-17T08:39:00.008-06:00

_FFC_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

Lots o' COD News

2009-07-26T11:58:00.019-06:00

_FFC_Da-aaam...seems like it's been quiet for a long time and now too much news all at once! I'll try to break things down a bit, so here we go:COD:WW Vietnam ModHot news from one of the top map/modders out there right now, Zeroy and the RGN team! Their new "Vietnam Mod" is very close to being released and includes:Complete new Menus with 5 classes per side - the 2 sides being US Marines VS

News and Blues

2009-05-08T12:11:00.008-06:00

_FFC_Activision Raises Outlook On CoD, WoW SuccessActivision Blizzard has announced "better-than-expected financial results" for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, with $981 million in revenue and $189 million in profits, once again led by brands such as Call Of Duty and World Of Warcraft.The results, which significantly outpaced analyst estimates, had an alternate version, taking into account

Maps and Mods

2009-03-25T10:39:00.006-06:00

_FFC_The DLC Map Pack 1 that I mentioned in the last post is now out. Of course that's ONLY for the consoles so far. STILL no word or details on the PC version....will it be free, when will it release, who will host it, and so forth. Sure does suck being last in line but $ talks and the console sales must still exceed PC for such delays to exist. We don't have to like it tho'....and I don't.The

COD:WW DLC and AWE5

2009-03-16T12:57:00.006-06:00

_FFC_The rumored DLC (DownLoadable Content) map pack for WW is scheduled to be released sometime later this month. The rumor is that once again, Intel will be the sponsor for the PC folk...if so, thank you Intel!If you'd like an advanced peek at the new maps in action, check out this video; the WW action starts at 17:12 on the timeline.In other news, the AWE5 version 1.0 mod has released finally.

COD:WW Patch Status and F.E.A.R. News

2009-01-27T12:15:00.008-07:00

_FFC_Here's the latest update on the 1.2 patch status, from the Treyarch Community Manager:-------------------------------------------------In response to:Re: --> PC 1.2 Patch Details<-- Posted: Today Update: for those of you familiar with the PC Patching Process announcement at the top of this forum (linked below), we are currently in Phase 4 of the PC Patch 1.2 production. All items we

COD:WW Patch Update - L4D Info

2009-01-18T09:44:00.032-07:00

_FFC_The major powers in the COD user community have had a "call to action" out about WW for quite awhile. Short of it was that if something weren't done by Feb of this year, the majority of admins were going to shutdown their WW servers. Apparently that shook up Treyarch/AV enough to finally release info on their patch progress. The word as of a few days ago is that..."Without mentioning names,

Rest In Peace COD4 - Nexon CombatArms?

2009-01-04T14:27:00.008-07:00

_FFC_Well, it was a great run, with hundreds of fun hours of entertainment mixed with quite a few hours of frustration, but today we moved on to "World at War" from "Modern Warfare". I sent out a clan email about the move so if you've not yet seen that go look again. Maybe down the road we'll revisit COD4...who knows. And it'll probably be back in some form by next year since COD6 is gonna be "

Holiday Roundup

2008-12-19T10:21:00.013-07:00

_FFC_As the year winds on down, here's what's new in COD and FFC land...FFC news - Most of us now have "World at War", which is good since the last few new maps I've been able to find for COD4 just weren't that great. Plus there seem to be a lot of COD4 maps that don't work real well with the AWE4 mod....they either hang or have "the red blob" problem. Gets to be a RPITA keeping the rotation

F.F.C. Seasons Greets

2008-12-02T09:50:00.015-07:00

_FFC_Ah yes, 'tis that season again....the shopping nightmare, jingle bells, credit card debt, colored lights, and hopefully some quality time spent with friends and family.Here's what's new in CODland...RGN and several of the major COD forum/support sites are taking a united stand against the top problem with COD:WW when it comes to server hosting. Seems Treyarch took a relatively easy system of

COD:WW - The Fix List

2008-11-24T07:48:00.007-07:00

_PC_ The WW complaint list thus compiled......fix requests: Server Authentication FailureSpawn Logic in need of optimizationOptional Head Icons & Name Tags for both Friendly and Enemy PlayersHTTP ReDirect FIXalt+tabbing out, and back you get the black screenScreenshots Broken - not incremental, they overwrite each otherAdding cg_drawfps featureAdding /record featureThe cg_fov 80 not reseting

Left 4 Dead - released Nov 17 2008!

2008-11-20T13:36:00.006-07:00

_PC_While I don't often get excited about non-military FPS game releases, I've always had a soft spot for the weird/scary SciFi style games like Alone in the Dark, Half-Life, DOOM (1,2,3), F.E.A.R., Resident Evil, and their ilk. So been looking forward to "Left 4 Dead" for some time now.Here's a couple review sites...sounds like it's going to be quite a hit:KotakuMetacriticMaybe eventually we'll

COD:WW Info and FAQ

2008-11-17T08:38:00.005-07:00

_FFC_I sent out an email today with info about my World at War test server...so check that out too.Here is the default list of MP map names...left side is the display name, right side is the actual file load name...of course with the default maps the "file" is internal to one of the various game .IWDs:- Airfield --» mp_airfield- Asylum --» mp_asylum- Castle --» mp_castle- Cliffside --» mp_shrine-

COD:WW Finally HERE!

2008-11-13T12:28:00.010-07:00

_FFC_Not exactly here as in retail version hit'n my snailbox yet...that's due next week, but out in force via the usual retailers. Tho' I noticed the PC version conspicuously absent on the Walmart online site...hmmm. They had all the console versions, even the Wii....have to wonder what that is like...do you need a real Bic to light the molotovs? Do your home smoke alarms go off? lolNot read any

Recap for October

2008-10-31T14:14:00.006-06:00

_FFC_ Once again it's been a pretty good month for F.F.C. activity: Do appreciate all your support and "regularity"...so to speak. ;-)Hopefully the "Modern Paintball" and "AWE4" mods helped out by keeping things interesting and adding variety. I've tried to mix quite a few regular COD4 maps into the Paintball rotations, but not all the stock or custom ones are supported. I know a few custom

Recap for September

2008-10-01T10:41:00.011-06:00

_FFC_Been a pretty active F.F.C. month as you can see:Always more fun when we have a "full house", so thanks go out to ya'll for joining in on a regular basis. I've tried to keep things interesting with new maps, the Ghillie mod, and the recent Modern Paintball mod.Regarding the last, I'll throw that mod back in on occasion for a change of pace. Later on the mod authors are supposedly including

F.E.A.R. 2 and COD:WW

2008-09-19T15:15:00.003-06:00

_PC_F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin... ....is full of visceral combat set inside a sinister and paranormal universe that begins shortly before the ending of the 2005 hit. A Special Forces squad is on a routine mission when the city of Auburn is rocked by a supernatural explosion. Alma, a girl with immense power and a thirst for revenge, has unleashed her wrath upon the city and thrown it into chaos.

News, Maps, and Welcome Ryuu!

2008-08-28T08:35:00.009-06:00

_FFC_Here's some recent high praise for COD4 from one of the main Halo devs...hmm..wonder if we'll see a "perk system" in the next Halo release? Not heard much news about COD:WW lately. There's an unconfirmed list of perks circulating but I'm not going to post that since it's just rumor at this point. Release date is still set for Nov 11th.Map-wise, MasterB and I looked at a couple new ones on

New Maps and COD:WW PreOrders

2008-08-09T14:49:00.004-06:00

_FFC_For those of you who want/need to download new COD4 maps ahead of time (cough Crow cough) here is the new rotation I put up today. As usual, you can download direct from our redirect server and place the new map folders in the ..\usermaps folder.New maps, in rotation order:mp_poolday - very small CQB stylemp_aosta_valley - small CQB,village,lots of rooftop actionmp_karrak - medium CQB, maybe

More COD:WW detail!

2008-07-26T18:31:00.005-06:00

_PC_I found the following on one of the COD forums...of major interest is that the release is THIS Fall, not next year. WhooHoo!! ------------------ From rudedog:About two weeks ago, I received an email from the new Community Manager for Treyarch. He had invited several members of the Call of Duty community to come out to LA and visit Treyarch for an early sneak peak at the next game in the Call

Call of Duty 5 - World at War

2008-07-15T11:55:00.004-06:00

_PC_ There's a teaser trailer out now and some decent info about the details of the next Call of Duty release. I also ran across this piece of related humor....guess we'll see who laughs last in another year or two.Mamba, out

Patch 1.7 - IWD files - New Maps

2008-07-12T14:01:00.005-06:00

_FFC_ First off, the game server has now been updated to the 1.7 patch level so be sure to update your game before connecting! Easiest way to do that is within the game menu (AutoUpdate); GamersHell is a good mirror.Regarding "invalid IWD" errors, check your "mods\custom" folder and make sure there are NO files in there. At one time we stored IWD files there and that could be a problem.Map-wise,

COD5 News & FFC Welcome

2008-06-12T12:30:00.005-06:00

_FFC_First off, wanted to officially welcome our newest players (SemperFi and Squint) into the ranks. Semper is an old hand at online chaos from my Maxtor days and a current Seagate compadre of Gonz, while Squint is a former FFCer who's now back in action. Last night's game session was "most excellent" since we had enough members in there for effective play on the larger maps. Keep up the good

COD4 Map Pack Soon!

2008-06-03T15:42:00.005-06:00

_FFC_Originally Posted by 402 Blog Variety Map Pack sponsored by NVIDIA hits PC June 5thMay 30, 2008Great news! Heads up that the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack sponsored by NVIDIA will be available worldwide for our PC players next week on June 5th!NVIDIA is making it possible for PC players to download the map pack for Free on the PC thanks to their sponsorship.

Welcome And New Map Added

2008-05-17T16:25:00.003-06:00

_FFC_Just wanted to welcome our newest player, "MasterBaker" into the FFC gaming clan! Hope you waste many pleasurable hours online with the rest of us FPS addicts. ;-)Maybe we'll have a few more new players this year....I know one of our old "Wolf:ET" clan members bought COD4 recently (you read'n this Semper?..get a move on soldier!).Also, as several players were whine'n about the "Bunkermayhem"

The Rumor Mill

2008-05-01T09:50:00.007-06:00

_FFC_Been awhile since I posted here plus it's "dues" time again and I do so want ya'll to feel like you're get'n your $-worth, so here we go. Patch-wise, the rumored COD4 1.6 patch is still a rumor. There are still quite a few bugs with the game that need squashed and the more elite of the COD user community is fighting the good fight in that regard, but Joe Average Player doesn't see much

Spring ah yes, It Sucks!

2008-03-31T15:49:00.004-06:00

_FFC_I put together a new round of maps recently...here's the breakdown:mp_arbor - small-medium dusky wooded area with a shelter or twomp_burgundy_bulls - slightly larger remake of popular "Burgundy" COD2 stock mapmp_deserted - similar to stock COD4 "Backlot" mapmp_dust_world - VERY small arena map, good for pistols/shotgunsmp_first - rainy deserted city mapmp_iced - another smallish arena map

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...

2008-03-03T14:48:00.008-07:00

_FFC_Yes, I've been changing things around again. Some of this, like the monitor page move, was prompted by my Windows Home Server setup last week. The game mod changes are more because I'm trying to get the best of all worlds (ranking, weapon effectiveness, player environment, custom maps, etc). And some has been due to the move to our new server host a couple weeks ago. Believe me, it's a lot

New! Host, AWE Mod & Maps

2008-02-23T13:45:00.032-07:00

_FFC_First off, hope you like the new site style here; I figured it was time for a change. Note: you can now "Call Me" if you need gaming assitance.I spent most of Saturday gathering up enough new maps for a full rotation and get'n the AWE4 1.2 mod installed & configured. I was trying to wait until AWE4 2.0 releases but that's taking longer than expected. And then our game host (BranZone) was

Hosting Woes & Maps & Mods

2008-02-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

_FFC_I'm still going rounds with our server host about the inconvenience of their game setup. Now that maps and mods are fast appearing it's get'n to be a RPITA to make changes. Unfortunately I don't think they are going to be able to do much about it...they are small fry and not a lot of extra $ to buy more drives and servers. So I'm going "host shopping" again. I really hate to leave BZ and may

Custom Maps Finally Working

2008-02-03T11:19:00.000-07:00

_FFC_-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------First off a little news from the official site:We were overjoyed with the recent news that COD4:MW surpassed Halo 3 as the top played game on Xbox LIVE. (check out Major Nelson's coverage here) Even more impressive, it was just announced that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the best selling

COD4 Custom Maps

2008-01-21T13:48:00.000-07:00

_FFC_First off...WELCOME HOME RoadDog! Hard to love them Patriots but we're still glad to have ya back on our server. Looks like we lost LaPua and maybe Jimbo...neither has been around in a long while.Been a looong dry spell for COD4 maps, but quite a few new ones are finally showing up on the publics now. I have one (mp_subway) loaded on our server. That's the good news. The bad news is: 1)

Tactical Night 1.3 Mod

2008-01-09T17:32:00.001-07:00

_FFC_This mod is now working and I tweaked out the settings somewhat today; didn't have time yesterday so the duration times and such are fixed. Plus most larger maps will be daylight, and the night maps will not be quite as dark. The mod can't run in "Hardcore" mode yet, since that would disable the fulltime UAV map and healthbar, and you really need the former on the night maps.I figure we can

Hello 2008!

2008-01-02T10:18:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Another new year has arrived in F.F.C. land....hope everyone survived New Year's Eve and has recovered from too much party'n. We were busy watch'n the grandkids most of the weekend and the holiday, due to their other "Papa" being in the local hospital and passing away shortly before the new year arrived. A sad end to a (in many ways) sad year.....let's hope 2008 is great by comparison!Not

Farewell 2007

2007-12-14T08:26:00.000-07:00

_FFC_As 2007 winds down, I wax nostalgic and reminisce about the F.F.C. and all the good times we've had over the years. In many ways this has been a rough year for me personally...loss of job after 10+ years, family & friend tragedies and health issues, and many other private struggles. I know I'm not alone in being glad to see this year finally pass. But my good friends here have helped

COD4 Patch And Other News

2007-12-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

_FFC_As I mentioned via email, the Call Of Duty 4:MW 1.3 patch just released and is available in the usual places...I get mine from FileFront most times. You can try the game's AutoUpdate feature but that appears to link to Infinity Ward and I got a timeout when trying it...go figger. As to how well the patch works, guess we'll just have to find out!There will doubtless be a 1.4 patch soon too,

Ventrilo Upgrade And CoD4 Tweaks

2007-11-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

_FFC_ As mentioned earlier via email I went ahead and upgraded our Ventrilo server to the latest 3.0.0 version. This was going to happen automatically by month end anyway. This means you MUST upgrade your client to the same version in order to connect!The upgrade process will uninstall your old client but keep the settings. There are quite a few changes with the new version but most don't

CoD4: A Big Hit!

2007-11-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Only a few days out the gate and already over 4 thousand MP servers out there! Of course this has caused load problems with the Activision master servers which in turn has caused connection headaches for the user community. Lots of complaints about that on the gaming forums so hopefully the problem gets addressed very soon.Meanwhile, you can try up'n your connection time attempts from the

CoD4:MW Less Than 4 Days Away!

2007-11-02T07:47:00.000-06:00

_PC_Hope ya'll had a Happy Halloween. But now that there's a short break between holidays coming up, it'll be a good time to load up "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" and blow the crap outta a whole army of virtual BGs. Me? I've been ready for a long while...put my pre-order in at Newegg back in early September. I hate standing in line at the game stores.Not a lot new over on the official release

CoD4: Preview Review

2007-10-25T11:46:00.000-06:00

_PC_With the release date (Nov. 5th) now less than two weeks away, CoD4:MW is starting to get a few preview reviews from the major sites, like this one from Gamespy.Note that this review includes some talk about the Mulitplayer changes, including the "XP" system which will make it possible to tailor your character's abilities to your playing style. There's also perks and bonuses to add more

Bye MBot, Hello WRM Realism

2007-10-20T12:15:00.000-06:00

_FFC_ While the Meatbot mod is kinda fun, there are still too many bugs there-in to make it worthwhile right now. Just one of those mods that was best tried out with the group before I could make a call on how worthy this mod might really be at present. I think it has a lot of potential, but is not quite soup yet. I'll keep an eye on the mod's progress and maybe we'll revisit it later on.Next up

CoD:UO R.I.P. - Bring On Dem Bots!

2007-10-18T13:01:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Judging from usage and after polling the F.F.C. members regarding CoD:UO interest, I have officially retired CoD:UO (may it rest in peace). It was a great game but is a dog that has had it's day.As there wasn't a lot of interest expressed in a game other than CoD2, I replaced UO with another CoD2 server. Ah, but this one has a twist! I loaded the "Meatbot" (Mbot) mod on this new server which

CoD4:MW Demo Impressions

2007-10-12T09:09:00.001-06:00

_PC_After a very rough start trying to get the %$#*ing demo to download at all from those YaaHoos at Yahoo! I was finally able to get the download finished up right before FFC game time last night. Guess they got off their incompetent arses and fixed whatever server problem they were having....I only had to do one "resume" about half way through the 1.5GB download (thank goodness for GetRight ;).

Activision Blows - Yahoo! Sucks

2007-10-11T12:15:00.000-06:00

_PC_Currently over 2 HOURS past the 9am PST release date of the much anticipated CoD4:MW PC Demo and NO ONE has been able to download it. I've checked on all the official and unofficial gaming sites and the story is the same. Apparently Activision made an exclusive deal with Yahoo! (my gawd WHAT were they thinking??!) to distribute the demo and they royally screwed the pooch....[heavy sarcasm]

CoD4 PC Demo Oct 11th!

2007-10-10T11:57:00.001-06:00

_PC_According to this article tomorrow there will finally be a demo release for PC owners of the rumored best ever "Call of Duty" series. About damn time, since the game releases in less than a month. No word of a MP demo which is too bad, but at least we should get a good idea of the game dynamics and requirements from the demo. Here is a video preview of the demo!Still no official word on min

Turkeyfiles Gets The Axe

2007-10-01T08:29:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Turkeyfiles, the free redirect map host we've been using over the past year or so has shutdown their hosting site. Seems it was costing them too much for the bandwidth...well, DUH!! What did they expect? Ah well, it was a good ride while it lasted. And I'll miss all the different maps that showed up there regularly for CoD2 and other games.In case you were wondering just what the hell a

PC Game Review - Stranglehold

2007-09-26T10:45:00.000-06:00

_PC_ With some extra time on my hands lately, I installed Midway Games new release, "John Woo Presents Stranglehold". A full review with which I mostly agree can be found over on Gamespot. Being a major "Max Payne" fan (I played both 1 and 2), I immediately noticed the similarities as did the Gamespot reviewer. Think a Chinese Max on steroids with updated graphics/audio and you've got a good idea

PC Shooter News

2007-09-23T12:36:00.000-06:00

_PC_Can't keep a bad girl down ---The sequel to 2005's megahit game "F.E.A.R." has now been officially named. Trailers for "Project Origin" can be found here. Yes it looks a lot like the old game but it's too early to tell how many new features will be incorporated other than the obvious new guns and baddies. I assume Alma will be haunting the blood-soaked halls in usual fashion. No release date

More Maps, More CoD4 Teasers

2007-09-18T15:21:00.000-06:00

_FFC_I uploaded another small-sized maps rotation today. The ones that are DeathMatch will have limited weapons (shotgun, pistol, one grenade); just FYI that's pretty much the norm now for DM maps otherwise it gets too damn chaotic. One of the TDM maps has some very kewl weather effects and the ability to call mortars via radio and binocs, reminiscent of the UO artillery style.There's a couple

CoD4 Soon - Get Yer Camo On Soldier!

2007-09-07T10:10:00.001-06:00

_FFC_Pre-orders for what is sounding like THE best CoD release ever (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare) are now being taken at the usual places, like Amazon, Newegg, EBGames and GameStop (I already ordered mine via Newegg!).Activision is pulling out all the marketing stops this time around, even using Valve's Steam distribution network for the initial release. Personally I prefer having the DVD

CoD2 Mod Stuff

2007-09-05T14:38:00.000-06:00

_FFC_I actived the "funmod" section of our new AWE3.3 mod today. This adds a basketfull of random "fun" powerups you can pickup, some good, some bad. Or you can ignore them. Figured we'd see how it goes. Some are useful and some are really funny...you'll just have to see for yourself. ;-)Also played around with the new "Meatbot" AI mod from Russia. This adds bots to CoD2 which could be a nice

Latest AWE Mod Now Installed!

2007-08-29T12:30:00.000-06:00

_FFC_I did some testing/config on my home server this week with the latest AWE mod (Additional War Effects, version 3.3). I just now updated our FFC CoD2 server to this new mod version.The mod is in a new AWE33 folder and should download on your next connect. If it timesout, exit out of the game and then try it again; mine took a couple tries to get in.Below is a list of changes to gameplay. I

Another New Map Rotation For CoD2, Etc

2007-08-22T15:26:00.000-06:00

_FFC_I added in an all new 5 map rotation this afternoon. Some small ones, and a couple medium maps one of which is a CoD2 remake of the "Nuenen" map we have for CoD:UO. Note that the "ZP_Supreme" map is a combo jump/traditional map...might be interesting.To save space on my redirect server I put all these on the Turkeyfiles RD server. The issue we ran into last time is that I customized several

New CoD2 Maps and Redirect Changes

2007-06-29T16:43:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Couple o'thangs to post about today...First off, I uploaded a new CoD2 map rotation...looks to be a fair mix of small CQB-style and divided sniper'n maps. I tacked that new "ToyBox2" map onto the end of the rotation; thus far just been loading that one manually.Secondly, we are get'n a LOT of CoD2 maps and they take up space and bandwidth on my commercial upload server, to the tune of 65 map

New Maps, One Mod

2007-06-15T16:24:00.000-06:00

_FFC_I added in 3 new CoD2 maps today. Nothing too fancy and the files are small but at least it's something new. Oh, and there's also one small new mod that will download. One extra free Orc kill goes out to the person who first spots what the mod adds.

New This And That

2007-05-05T16:19:00.000-06:00

_FFC_The new Xbox 360 teaser trailer for CoD4 (yes, the damn series just WON'T stay down in the foxhole ;) is now out. Can't tell much about the actual game from such a short chaotic trailer but if you've a mind to check it out, here is a link.Other "new"s....I just finished uploading a complete new 5 map rotation for CoD2, plus one new floater aim-style map. A "floater" is what I call a very

Game Reviews and Thoughts

2007-03-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

_PC_Been quite awhile since I've offered any non-FFC news here, sooooo here are a couple reviews on single-player modes of games I tried out:"Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30"Lots of reviews out there on this older (2005) game which was the first in it's series. I finally got around to trying it out recently, so here is my input. The game does have some interesting aspects, if you are into

New News and Old News

2007-02-28T16:40:00.000-07:00

_FFC_A bit o'news on the CoD2 front. While the AWE mod main support programmer (Bell) recently retired from active duty, he passed the support torch over to the Raiders community. If you recall, we used to run the Raiders RCMod in the first CoD2 hosted server incarnation.In honor of all Bell's great work on AWE, several modders are putting together a "CE" (Community Edition) of the AWE mod. This

More New Maps for CoD2

2007-02-10T12:33:00.000-07:00

_FFC_I know we played a new rotation yesterday, but those were all smallish maps. I like to have a couple "small" rotations for when we don't have lots of players around. Some of those new ones (like "MP_Bobo") worked out very well IMO. And I like the new "Rats" map better.You may not know this but there are a LOT of crappy game maps out there. But I always strive to find the best quality maps.

Welcome Shooter, and CoD2 Maps Again

2007-02-05T13:34:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Looks like Shooter (aka Sgt. Schultz) has decided to become an "official" FFC member, since he tossed some coins in the hat this month. Welcome aboard Sarge! Hope you get to play a little more often. Always good to have more players in the group since it's seldom that "the gang is all here" so to speak. More members means increased odds of more regular players, thus more mayhem and fun for

Map changes for CoD2

2007-01-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

_FFC_ * Edited*A couple of the new maps didn't work out due to size/layout. Please delete the following map files from your CoD2 game's ..\main folder:mp_villa.iwdmp_africorps_final.iwddurdon_cross.iwdActually that last map (Durdon Cross) will re-download next time if you delete it before you connect again; otherwise you may end up with two copies...if so just disconnect, delete them both and

CoD2 Map Changes

2007-01-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Altho' a few of the new maps had some neat features, I weeded out the ones that had high FPS rates, playability issues and so forth. What's left is, IMO, a very good rotation of the best custom maps we've played. And two brand new maps made the grade...one that is based on "The Lost Patrol" episode from "Band of Brothers", and the other is yet another UO favorite remake, this time it's "

Gaming Info Page Updated

2007-01-17T12:34:00.000-07:00

_FFC_I took some time this week and did extensive research and testing with CoD2 to figure out a few annoyances. You know, things like the game settings not "stick'n" after you change them. Pretty sure Floppo was having that problem too from what he said on Vent last week. So I updated the "Readme1st.htm" file in our Gamefiles folder to include that info, along with cleaning up that document

More CoD2 Maps

2007-01-15T15:03:00.000-07:00

_FFC_I put a new CoD2 rotation in today. Several new maps, an old map we used to play, another "macro" map for all you dirty rats, and a couple remakes of UO favorites (Neuville, and Suicide Creek). One of the new maps is a basic split sniper map...you can't cross the invisible middle boundary, but bullets and grenades can of course. Only one of the new maps (set in Germany) might pose a problem.

New CoD2 Server Online!

2007-01-08T10:29:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Our new commercial server for the resurrection of "Call of Duty 2" gaming is now configured and online. I just finished upload'n the maps and config files, and the server looks to be running okay but haven't personally tested it yet as I'm not at home. I'll send out a group message once I've tested things out....looking good on the setup at least! I can't say enough kind words about our

Happy New Maps, uh I mean Year!

2006-12-30T11:34:00.000-07:00

_FFC_I took a couple hours today and found/setup maps for a couple completely NEW short 5-map rotations. Some of these maps are gorgeous (well, for CoD:UO they are) if you can run the eye-candy settings on maximum. So you might want to connect in early to get the downloads done, tho' the largest is only 5MB in size.As usual, I put the smaller ones up front rotation-wise. A couple of the later

Possible New Mod In The New Year

2006-12-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

_FFC_When I was troubleshoot'n the previous post mod problem I found out from the original MW mod author (Tally) that he's get'n ready to finally release this CoD:UO mod. Looks schwweet but dunno yet if it has any more to offer besides the fancy window-dress'n of the screens, models, etc. along with the weapon mods. Obviously those are stock maps in the demo screenshots. Will keep an eye on

Mod Weapons Return For The Holidays

2006-12-12T12:38:00.000-07:00

_FFC_A Merry Christmas SAAAAAAALute to one and all!A few members have whin....umm....voiced their opinions about the stock weapons in CoD:UO. Guess we all got spoiled somewhat by the original "Modern Weapons 2" mod that we ran for quite awhile. So I put that back in today, and it should download in the usual manner...just make sure your downloads are turned on. I'll test it out when I get

Happy Holidays & Happy Frag'n!

2006-11-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

_FFC_Well, it's almost Thanksgiving once again...my, my, how the time just shoots right on out the barrel these days. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!And don't forget to showup for our "CoD:UO Marathon" this Friday afterwards. Gametime will start around 10:00AM MDT and run until whenever. I'll throw together a mix of maps and gametypes and of course we can always vote in our favorites

Upcoming Marathon Prep

2006-11-12T16:15:00.000-07:00

_FFC_In prep for the upcoming "marathon" on the 24th I spent some time this weekend experimenting with other game types, specifically "Base Assault" and "Headquarters". Both are objective-based playing styles as explained below:-----------------------------------------------------Base Assault - BASLike the name implies, Base Assault requires teams to use heavy weaponry like tanks and artillery

Important! Weapons Changes

2006-11-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

_FFC_While the ZoXo Modern Weapons mod has some kewl features I'm rather frustrated with several of the weapons and the inability to easily remove or tone-down the TNT. I think it's time for get'n back to basics...and dammit I miss my Tokarevs. I pulled the mod this morning.So here's the "important" part. This means you need to find the ..\Call of Duty\aweuo\w_ZoXo_vX_client.pk3 file on your

October Wrapup Thoughts

2006-10-30T12:02:00.000-07:00

_FFC_First off, I want to welcome our new players for October:C90GhostKing Jo-JoOrcAlways nice to have some fresh blood splash'n the killing floor. ;-)Also, if you have any interest in console gaming then checkout the movies for the upcoming "Call of Duty 3" release. Personally the only console shooter I care for is the "Halo" series but YMMV. There won't be any PC release for CoD3 and after all

New CoD:UO Map Rotation

2006-10-17T12:33:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Been awhile since I could find any new UO maps. As a particular game gets older there are less mappers creating new maps for it...such is game life. I setup an all new 7 map rotation today. Haven't tested any of the maps yet and a couple may be too large, but hey at least they're new.And BD if you're read'n this, get your pooter going again soon bro..we miss ya! Need one more regular F.E.A.R

Latest Modern Weapons Mod For CoD:UO!

2006-10-12T21:18:00.000-06:00

_FFC_After hear'n from Eagle the other day that there was a newer "Modern Weapons" mod out there, I tracked it down and installed it. It adds new submachine-guns, grenade-launchers, TNT (that'll pretty much take out your whole team...;), and so on. Weapon loadouts once again will differ per team.The "w_ZoXo_vX_client.pk3" file will auto-download next connect. HOWEVER, first you need to delete

F.E.A.R. Map Changes

2006-09-23T15:29:00.000-06:00

_FFC_In an effort to simplify things for everyone (including me), I made a page in the map folder on the redirect server where you can direct download any map file you need. Made sense to do this, and remove the AdditionalContent.zip file on my mambaville.com site since (1) the maps are already there in the redirect folder, and (2) I have a bandwidth usage quota on my site but not on the redirect

F.E.A.R. Expansion Out Soon!

2006-09-17T09:43:00.000-06:00

_FFC_The expansion pack for THE premier thriller 3D-FPShooter is scheduled to release next month, around October 24th. Below is a link to the demo (about .5GB in size) and one to more info:http://tinyurl.com/ejhlwhttp://pc.gamespy.com/pc/fear-extraction-point/708927p1.htmlThe download rate for the demo was run'n pretty slow so I got it off Usenet...in about 10 minutes. If you have trouble get'n

F.E.A.R. CO-OP Changes

2006-09-10T19:12:00.000-06:00

_FFC_As it turns out that the CO-OP server mod will run the other gametypes (like our usual TDM) just fine, but not vice-versa, I'll just be running the CO-OP server from now on. Due to it using a different profile both on the server and the clients, you'll either need to move over the custom maps (kinda confusing to do), OR just download them again, all in the ZIP file I created.You'll find the

F.E.A.R. CO-OP Mod

2006-09-07T10:06:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Now this is looking interesting...a CO-OP mod that works with F.E.A.R. Combat! I'll play with this over the weekend and see if it's worthy but have read a lot of good things about it on the forums. You can download it here. You'll need to install a copy locally to play on my CO-OP server...be sure to install it to your FC (F.E.A.R. Combat) path IF you have both F.E.A.R. and F.E.A.R. Combat

F.E.A.R. Tips

2006-08-31T12:20:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Some of you've received your F.E.A.R. DVDs by now. I know Mufasa was having some problems get'n the game to run. I put some tech tip info in the Gamefiles folder here, in the FEAR subfolder. Hopefully that'll help out if any of you run into issues.Performance-wise, there are a LOT of settings to play with if the game runs but is too choppy. It's a good idea to take things down to the minimum

CoD:UO Marathon!

2006-08-26T13:27:00.000-06:00

_FFC_Don't forget, this Sunday (tomorrow as of this writing!) is the big ol' CoD:UO Marathon! We'll start around 10am and go until 6pm MDT or whenever we get too tired to frag anymore. So run out today and stockup on your favorite treats and libations to keep up your stamina tomorrow!On a private note, looks like a good weekend for it here locally....rainy rainy weather.