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I'm happy to join, busy on Saturday, but I'll try to be on in the evening. Count me in as a medic for a squad, that's all I feel best at - or anything dedicated in a air/land vehicle. I suck as a pointman/infantry in PR thanks to Arma... !2cool

Try setting an exception for your AV - or turn it off (assuming you're using an official download mirror, same as everyone). Perhaps try another download mirror and see if you get that error.

I've played with Dslyecxi before, he's a cool dude. Actually, those ShackTac guys are all great - brothers in Arms (I mean Arma). A little over the top with realism, but that's what their all about. They make some of the coolest mods that we use, too. FYI, this video can benefit a Cobra crew in more than just Arma - he talks about communication and tactics that can apply to any (cobra) game. Nice find, Clippy!! !cheers

Awesome cave, BLuD! Is that a whip-style vaporizor? I love an excuse to throw up some gun pics! !gundown Let me introduce you all to Mr. Saturday Night Special He's a Llama XVI .22 LR mini replica of the Colt 1911 Fully plated in sterling silver, with a polished wood hand grip overlaid with mother of pearl, the weapon weighs about as much as a fully loaded Glock 19c (25oz.), and shoots just as accurately! This baby is a melon popper, accurate, and good at it's job - probably wouldn't want to try to drop an assailant with center mass shots anyway with a close range pistol like this:

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a guy with flaming hot feet! It's gotta be JETMAN!!! !lol

Way cool! I love the idea of huge servers. Good luck, I'll send any interested parties your way! !fans

Welcome to the site/forums. Yea, big mix of games here. Feel free to post some MW3 screenshots in the forum. I don't have it, but it looks cool.

First time for me! Funny!

Welcome back!

Yea. I'd say the killer for your speed is your net connection, combined with the distances you are trying to connect to (across the Pacific, then across the US, then across the Atlantic). Here's some info about your router. Not the best in the modem world, but probably isn't the problem. http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc/hardware/?action=h_view&model_id=228 ADLS may just not cut it for the way we use the internet for gaming over such distance. Maybe we should try to see if you can connect to Arma if I host a mission from West US.

I have a huge package with them, including a phone line for the fax, but it has free nationwide long distance, and of course, the HD Cable TV with dual DVR's makes the bundle deal a bit more than $90. $90 is the price without the bundle deal. Here's a local test: Apparently, only 7% of the US have a connection with these speeds on the residential level, but I game all freakin day sometimes, so it's way worth it for me. Plus I web-cam/video phone with my family across country which is priceless. (researching your parts now, among other things, murder... !drag will get back to you)

I feel for you, that crap is lame. But consider that engaging an asshat that wants to deathmatch and teamkill gives that asshat just what he wants. You give him fuel with every exclamation and return fire. You lower yourself to their level and therefore get identified as one of them. As a freedom lover who owns guns, I also believe in self defense - but this is not the corner liquer store or your own domicile...it's a game server. Smacktards abound and they may just target you and video tape your responses ("greifing") to post on YouTube. Don't give them power, as you can see, it already got you banned and you seem to not be one of them. You 0 - Them 1 Try to connect, like BLuDKLoT said, no "Army11b" on the banlist - if not, do you use another game name? When you do get in, if you have any problems, your window to the "police" is TeamSpeak3; look for an admin and ask that they observe/ban the disruptive player. Don't take matters into your own hands or we won't know who to believe. Take screenshots if no admin is online and report them here in the forum. We will take care of the matter for you promptly thereafter.

What they said. Direct connect, not wireless for PC gaming due to the constant stream of packets. Modems are now on a DOCSYS3 standard - perhaps you have a DOCSYS2 modem, and aren't experiencing the modern technology available. If you do get a router, don't cheap out. This is your life line to the game - for around $75US, routers start to get decent. Make sure all your ports are in line, look up UPnP settings, and google about it. Perhaps your modem can be adjusted to allow game traffic through better. Let's get a list and model numbers of the devices you have for starters, and find out the rated internet speeds you are paying for from your ISP. Dial-up is old, slow, and you definetly don't have that. DSL and ADSL go through the phone line as well, but the difference is night and day. ADSL is acceptable for online gaming, as is a cable internet connection which comes in through a coaxial cable line (like cable TV). If you also have cable TV, the actual cable most likely splits to the modem and cable box respectively. The absolute worst, most inconsistant connection is Satellite. Everything from weather to sunspots can cause problems with PC gaming when the stream of packets are interrupted for too long. Most of these options have their own speed levels based on pricing brackets - for about $50/month, cable ISP's offer 6-8MBit connections. I pay extra for the 11th or 12th bracket my cable company offers - 22MBit for a choking price of $90/month. But I also had them hook me up with a Aris Modem (DOCSYS3) and a good router, and had a good technician set me up for internet gaming. We even tested it while he was there. Well worth it, as this is one of my only 2 major hobbies, and camping is nearly free. Let's get that list of model numbers of your parts, including your PC (specifically the MotherBoard and manufacturer) Most are on little stickers somewhere....happy hunting! Click here to test your internet speed. Test locally first, then test your connection to, say, London, where many servers are located

Murderface0151 LAN_WROTE ... i think im going to frame my 4850, and preserve its memory for the ages to come. then in 20 years i can compare technologies and hopefully be mildly impressed by the new stuff I am more than mildly impressed with the differences from my "Wall of Ages". That floppy disk could only ever hold something like 1500-3000kB, and today I have a MicroSD chip I bought for my cell phone that is about the size of the fingernail on my little finger, about as thick, and holds 16GB!! (in the pic also: MSI M950 Mainboard and nVidia 370XT 256MB PCI Video Card)

Ok. I just had a dumbass moment. I saw this thread again at the top of the list, "1.60 Patch", my heart began beating heavy as I started yelling "YES! YES! YES!"........ !yahoo Ahh, just another update saying "anytime now". Coming back down to Earth now. (breath, Semler, breath) Still, I am so stoked that this is coming in a matter of days/weeks now. The MP is so fun I play through that crap, but it isn't really "playing" now is it? I've been up against humans lately, as I am learning the game mode "Takistan Life" and the internet bullshit is just about killing the tactics (imagine trying to P.I.T. a badguy's car with your police vehicle through that desync!).

Welcome to the site! Have fun, and for Pete's sake, identify your targets before firing! !tounge It happens to the best of us. See you around!

I didn't believe you at first, till I fired up vanilla BF2 and saw the 40 most popular servers all at an avg. of 50 players. That's 2000 players just in the top 40 - the list keeps scrolling. I didn't know that many people still put up with dolphin divers, bunny hoppers, and nade spammers. "it hasn't gotten wierd enough for me yet"

Are you serious Tortia?!?! Holy fuck!! !shok

THANK YOU 2shea! !clap This this is way cooler than the crappy virtual reality simulator I played at Wisconsin State Fair back in the day. Those old headsets are too heavy, this is the way to go with it, for sure. Muscle memory!! [EDIT] On a side note, how amazing was it that THE Andy McNab, of Bravo Two Zero, was brought in to test the simulator?! Wow!!

Murderface0151 LAN_WROTE ... i refuse to use any other browser good sir. I can understand a preference, but not a 100% boycott. If you have a problem, and using IE for the task is the main workaround/fix for it, you should feel confident to open IE, perform the task, and close it again. (Delete it's history, etc. at end of session if you wish). There is a big difference in using a certain browser for one task, and using it as your main web portal. !wife Think like Spec Ops: "Surgical Insertion; Stealth Recon; Clandestine Extraction" I promise you, it is HIGHLY improbable that you will compromise the integrity of your PC security, or get some "virus" or spyware and crap by visiting VETERANS-GAMING.COM via IE just long enough to access your profile and upload a song.

Games should be more clear about whether or not they are "another chapter" or a whole new game. i.e. Operation Arrowhead is not Arma III; that is coming out this next summer. The Civ Series did this very well, their wikipedia entry of Main Entries to the series is neat and tidy, and no release was ever misleading about it's engine or features set improvements. For some reason, I cannot post a link to it here. !dntknw

650 is plenty for that!!

Murderface0151 LAN_WROTE ... will i see any increase of performance? Most likely, but I think it was Poffadder I was talking to about RAM address crap recently. He'd know more than I. I also posted my Pics in another thread, as I built up this monster back in May from a Pavillion's Mobo/CPU/RAM set: click here for blurry pictures of my build

Nice gaming accessories, man!!! !drag Maybe you could gut out those speakers like you'd do to a car, drop in some half-decent ones from somewhere, and even fit a dinky little amp to the back. !lol

You can have a frag grenade land within spitting distance and live?! !shok Whats the freaking point of a frag grenade then?! What happens if a M203 HE round hits the ground by you? A bloody nose?