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It didn't actually erase them, it downloaded the copy of the DM1 mod because you didn't have one with the same name on your computer. Hence, it's a fresh start. As you've already seen, your DM2 classes are all a-okay, and you can go back to them at any time. Actually, with the possible exception of ranking up a shotgun, going through all the challenges again is kinda fun.

Hello DM2 Fans. [Sidenote] I am continuing work on a custom application known as the COD5 Rotation Manager (C5RM for short) which I have been using for a few months now. It's a spare time project, and I've had very little spare time. Yesterday, and because of a request by Rugger to keep DM2 and DM1 in sync, I have been working to expand the capabilities of C5RM to handle rotation changes on all COD5 servers, including Sniper and FreezeTag servers. For the immediate future, it will be upgraded to handle DM1, but the changes I've already put in place make handling all COD5 servers a short step rather than a long leap. By next week, I should be announcing DM1 and DM2 rotation changes as one post. Possibly by the end of today, DM1 will get the same rotation set listed in this post via C5RM, but there won't be any announcement. It will just happen. Here are the maps for the coming week. Small Map Rotation mp_africorp_rmk, mp_algiers, mp_bridge, mp_dugin, mp_gardenofheat, mp_homeroom, mp_lichtung, mp_nachtfeuer, mp_republic_1, mp_ripac, mp_shipments Medium Map Rotation mp_506th, mp_82ab_richemont, mp_anzio_beach, mp_beach_redeaux, mp_boneville, mp_byalistok, mp_cityhall2, mp_cw_hill, mp_desolate, mp_dropzone, mp_fatherland, mp_freedom1, mp_hob_mohdv2, mp_kneedeep, mp_nachtzug, mp_overleaf, mp_railyard, mp_snr_freedom2, mp_subway, mp_the_cube, mp_warehouse, mp_waw_arnhem, mp_xi_nowhere Large Map Rotation mp_82ab_nomonha, mp_airfield, mp_ax_brecourt, mp_bessie, mp_byalistok, mp_cabu, mp_contra, mp_cw_strasbourg, mp_foy, mp_hill78, mp_kwalajein, mp_malta2, mp_oldbrecourt, mp_provence5, mp_roundhouse, mp_silesia, mp_snr_st_mengs, mp_sps_xian, mp_sub, mp_ugcarena, mp_vm_river, mp_wolfsquare Have fun, and remember, once the gun goes off, you Can't Take Back The Bullet, so join Hey Violet on a road trip over to The Vegas for a little car Karaoke of one of their own songs.

If you can get to Task Manager (i.e., ctrl+alt+del works on the black screen), you can go to the File menu and Run new task... and tell it to run explorer.exe. This will give you your desktop back. I realize a Windows "reset" probably fixed the problem, but if it comes back... My work laptop gives me a black screen on every boot, so I'm no stranger to this procedure at all. There are no other side effects, and I have no clue what's causing it in the first place.

Hi Pissy, The >XI< Downloader is one way. Not sure if we still have a set of (big!) zip files with them or not.

I'm not making excuses. I'm telling you what I'm capable of handling at the moment. If you have a problem with this, kindly take it up with the other COD5 Head Admins. I'm done discussing this with you. And I swear to you beers, if you continue to bash me in public forums, I can guarantee you shit will hit your fan so hard you won't know what the fuck just happened! I am at my breaking point with you. It's up to you - downhill or uphill from here. Make your choice. Live it.

I'll put one in when I have the bandwidth to handle it. In the meantime, play on DM2.

DM1 will not get updates till my rotation automation application has been expanded to handle other servers. That is still a few rotation cycles away. Play on DM2. DM1 is only an escape hatch for when the so called "pro gamers" come around and you don't want to play with them. Because that isn't all that often, it shouldn't be much of a hardship to stick with the main game server. And when you do go over to DM1 (for now anyway) there will be a completely different set of maps then you are playing on DM2, which seems like kind of a bonus to me. Rugger has stated he wants both servers in sync, so that is the ultimate goal.

Okay DM2 Fans, Here's your next rotation set (pending a server restart...) Small Map Rotation mp_agx_shinu, mp_breakout, mp_crate_yard, mp_cw_abandoned, mp_dome, mp_hhk_yokora, mp_killhouse, mp_meatgrinder, mp_radiorelay, mp_snr_kassel, mp_yuko Medium Map Rotation mp_78stalingrad, mp_82ab_panzerwerk, mp_agx_depot2_night, mp_all_out, mp_blood_island, mp_chateau_xmas, mp_cw_dawnville, mp_ddd_wet, mp_deadwood, mp_downtown2, mp_feba, mp_haguenau, mp_kalsville, mp_kneeriver, mp_makin_day, mp_myths_farm, mp_opcenter, mp_railyard, mp_streets, mp_vm_maichau, mp_yomi, mp_byalistok Large Map Rotation mp_82ab_erdol, mp_assembly, mp_bentys_depot, mp_byalistok, mp_cabanatuan, mp_communique, mp_cw_saintlo, mp_farmhouse2, mp_hangar, mp_kwai, mp_lyon, mp_nuenen, mp_prague, mp_rocket, mp_siege, mp_snr_flatdeck, mp_sps_station, mp_sturm, mp_tunnels, mp_winter_war It's come to my attention that some of you aren't hearing enough Noises. Well keep calm and listen to Pale Waves.

Hello DM2 Players, Here are your maps for the coming week: Small Map Rotation mp_agx_castle, mp_bridge, mp_hgy_c, mp_kauten, mp_little_town, mp_maquina_viet, mp_pmcod, mp_remagen, mp_xi_arena Medium Map Rotation mp_78outpost, mp_agx_depot2, mp_alcazaba, mp_ax_neuville, mp_bgate, mp_byalistok, mp_chateau, mp_cw_burgundy, mp_db_snowypark, mp_downtown, mp_falaise5, mp_gits_terminal, mp_jungle, mp_makin, mp_murmansk, mp_nvabase, mp_psycho, mp_reichattack, mp_snr_vimyrd, mp_stream2, mp_turm, mp_xi_jordan5 Large Map Rotation mp_78townville, mp_agx_psel, mp_assault, mp_beltot, mp_byalistok, mp_claremont, mp_cw_pacific, mp_ederdam, mp_gustav, mp_kursk, mp_lsb_gloomy_moor, mp_normandie, mp_panzerschlacht_02e, mp_river_09b, mp_shrine, mp_snr_arnhemwt, mp_stronghold, mp_trenchville, mp_vm_jungle, mp_winter_crash You know, after all those frags, the one thing I can say is I'm Still Standing. It's Elton John.

Hello DM2 Fans and Players, Here are your maps for the coming week. Enjoy. Small Map Rotation mp_breakout, mp_fritzkrieg, mp_homeroom, mp_iceworld, mp_killhousev2, mp_kwanriver, mp_leningrad, mp_maquina, mp_republic_1, mp_pavlov, mp_villa Medium Map Rotation mp_78kitchen, mp_agx_depot1_night, mp_akushima, mp_ax_dawnville, mp_bf1942_berlin, mp_byalistok, mp_cav_slated, mp_cw_breakout, mp_dawnville, mp_dock_assault, mp_enigmaoff, mp_gits_harbor, mp_jsvacant, mp_louret, mp_montelimar, mp_nijmegen, mp_powcamp_n, mp_rb, mp_snr_matmata, mp_snrwcarentan, mp_toujane_rmk, mp_xfire_bay Large Map Rotation mp_78rocket, mp_agx_assault, mp_armory, mp_bastogne, mp_burma, mp_byalistok, mp_city, mp_cw_hurtgen, mp_duong, mp_gtown44, mp_kiev, mp_lost_temple, mp_nighthound, mp_panzerschlacht_02b, mp_river, mp_shallowgrave, mp_storm, mp_trenchtoast, mp_vm_crash, mp_wdocks Sometimes doesn't it feel like you're just playing Spitting Games? Here's Snow Patrol.

1) I don't have to ask you for anything. You "retired" as an admin because you wanted to travel with your wife in retirement from your career job. As I recall, I was the one who suggested we should reinstate you as a game admin so you could restart the server or perform other requests when asked. Without my help in that, you'd probably still be a regular member. You're welcome. 2) I did none of the things you've just accused me of. I haven't laid one finger on the DM1 server that Labob set up. 3) This DM1 server was not set up for regular play. It has a purpose beyond our regular server, DM2. Rugger is always welcome to weigh in, but I'm sure he has far more important things to do than deal with this crap.

And here's the other shoe: @2_MANY_BEERS - You are not authorized to make rotation changes on any >XI< server. You are not the server admin on DM1. Stop recruiting people into this server. It was not set up as a normal gaming server for our members or guests. At best it's an escape server for those who simply will not play with the so-called "pro gamers" or alternatively for those "pro gamers" to play on because we deny them access to the main DM server.

Wow. Science. Medicine. Skills. I'm glad things are moving in all the right directions for him! At 15, he might have quite a hard time dealing with this, though, so my prayers for strength for him and your whole family!

Well, let me correct you on one point here. The player is not disrupting the server, all the people who don't like that they are getting their asses kicked are disrupting the server by calling the player a hack, a cheater, making comments about how he doesn't exist in the server and the #2 player is actually the winner. Then half of them decide to leave because they just can't fathom how anyone could be so much better than they are and simply must be cheating. Then they start berating the Admin team for not doing anything about the fact that there's someone in the server that's way better than they are. This isn't about "the player". All they want to do is play. No, this is about all the >XI< rule violations that members and guests commit in the presence of someone better than they are. Good players get banned while people breaking >XI< rules have no consequence at all. In the end, that's what this is about, as I see it.

It's upside down! You'd think a woman could at least get that part right!

Hello DM2 Fans! It's your weekly rotation change announcement, and so here are the maps you can shoot at your friends in for the coming week Small Map Rotation mp_78bathroom, mp_asylum, mp_egn, mp_hospital, mp_killhouse, mp_koshiki, mp_little_town, mp_opera, mp_trainingcamp, mp_get_lost_3, mp_give_up Medium Map Rotation mp_78hellcatraz, mp_agx_depot1, mp_agxstlo, mp_beuvron, mp_byalistok, mp_cassino5, mp_crossroads, mp_cw_trainwreck, mp_docks, mp_eindhoven2, mp_ict_stone, mp_kneeriver, mp_line_of_fire, mp_mohdv2, mp_nachtzug_2, mp_nightmare, mp_pds, mp_ravine_v1, mp_ship_n, mp_snr_carentan, mp_toujane, mp_wolftown Large Map Rotation mp_78lolv2, mp_agx_algiers, mp_anzio, mp_barracks, mp_bridgefthunt, mp_byalistok, mp_chokepoint, mp_cw_farm, mp_dumont, mp_great_escape, mp_kharkov, mp_lolv2_codwaw, mp_newsicily, mp_panzerfact_winter, mp_rhinevalleygits, mp_sfss_castle, mp_southside, mp_stlo, mp_trainstation, mp_vm_caen, mp_waw_caen, mp_xi_titanic Given all the drama on the site today, one can only ask Can I Play With Madness - it's Iron Maiden

Sure. Not naming names makes it alright. Okay. And for the record, it's not about taking sides. My reaction would be the same regardless of who you said it to. And it was the correct reaction.

I believe this is what you said @Streetcleaner. Sounds like admin bashing to me. Did I miss something here?

I consider this a personal attack and will be logging it. Govern yourself accordingly. You have been warned.

@Timmah! - Thanks for the memory. I took my daughter to see the Pompeii concert when it came around to our local theater. She thought it was kinda "trippy" and I guess I couldn't argue, lol. But it was quite an experience even though it was only in a theater. I loved David's backup singers! And well, more cowbell! (had to be said)