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Far be it for me to dispute what you say but, at lunchtime, in MP_OPERA and the subsequent map, things were as I described. Other players commented on how things appeared to have changed so I was not having a senior moment! Labob's message above indicated that changes have indeed been made. How far and thoroughly those changes were tested afterwards is unknown, of course. Your response confirms that there are several other possible options to counter a perceived problem. A knee-jerk reaction is never the best response.

Tried entering the IPs into favourites and Xfire?

No, Dean, I do not believe that is the case at all and, as I have indicated above, I do not intend to get into a public shouting match with anyone. IMHO, there has been no effort to reach a consensus and the desire of a few players has now been imposed on all who continue to play on that server. I come here to laugh not argue so I'm going to play on servers where that remains the case and forget all about this. OK?

The classes have not changed but due to changes on the server side one is no longer able to use ones chosen weapons. One is unable to pick up discarded betties and martyrdom is off!

The changes desired by a minority have now obviously been implemented as betties and martyrdom no longer operate on the DM(1) server, rendering two of my custom classes impotent at a stroke and reducing the potential for laughter which is my only reason for playing. I think I shall go and spend some time with Budman and the crowd in COD4... If you wish to discuss with me my feelings about how this has been done, I suggest we move to PM or Clan Members Only as it probably won't be greatly cordial.

Update at 09:56 - the download has begun. It has taken two minutes to download 3% so I am looking at over an hour here. If it is over 4GB, we can assume I shan't be in the Euro server this morning!

Nothing here either, SOB. It just verified the existing game files and told me the game was up to date.

The press loves stories like this. You're right - this sort of thing is rare indeed. Mind you, when I was bitten by a mozzie, some years back, I ended up at a hospital with a badly swollen leg on which a line was drawn to mark the moment when I should present myself at A&E! Small creatures can cause some of us problems but we have thousands of spiders around our home and it worries me not.

I hope this ends the "something went wrong" disconnections after every map, introduced by the last patch... I guess this will take a few hours to download on my slow connection...

How very democratic...

There are so many possibilities that it'd be an idea to get a checklist and work through it to try to establish what the cause is.

Bienvenue, Monsieur Pumba! Je n'ai pas souvent l'occasion de pratiquer la langue francaise - peut-etre quand on est dans le jeu? Aux armes!

Welcome! Gumps always are!

Whilst none of my custom classes contain betties, it is useful to have the facility to pick up those dropped by killed players. One can then creep up behind snipers and place them behind the campers before running away...

The drummer, to whom I am "Uncle Dee", hit the skins so hard, the other week, he broke one! I wouldn't have crossed the road to listen to some of his earlier bands but Talk Us Down are talented:

Welcome, @, to the forums. I gather you are employed in TEFL - something in which family and friends are involved here, employed by a Japanese provider. We've spent several wonderful holidays in North Cornwall near Bude. Was this site you were using legit'? I confess I only ever use Amazon, iTunes and 7digital myself and pay for what I download. A godchild is a drummer in a band so I wouldn't take the money from his pocket... Have a listen...

If a player spawns and then immediately plants a betty, the next player to spawn at that location will detonate it immediately with no damage being caused as spawn protection is active. There is, I concede, an occasional problem with players planting betties in close proximity to the only exit from a spawn but how badly that affects the game will vary on the individual map. Martyrdom grenades can be avoided (by all players except @@2_MANY_BEERS ) if one stays away from corpses and the treasure they have dropped! I look on this perk as a bonus that compensates for the poor hits a 130+-ping player suffers when playing against opponents nearer the server. I also bunny-hop and use lots of thrown explosives that occasionally enrage those with alternative game styles. With the greatest of respect, you seem to be complaining about "disadvantages" when you are riding high in the rankings and I don't understand why.

Poor snipers...

My current reading material is Sniper One by Sgt Dan Mills: "We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark, small oval-shaped package of misery the size of a peach ..." http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sniper-One-Blistering-British-Battle/dp/0141029013

I think @@RiDDiCk_VI has been sighted on British TV... Click here to view the short clip.

A poisoned franchise if ever there was one. To show how disinterested I am, I cannot even make the effort to sign into Google to watch the trailer.