Wild Fire

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Sorry for your loss Pwr. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Congats Elmer, ur one of the good guys who blows, I mean thaws me often.

And I should add, that my being redirected wasn't a big deal, as I got back in a short time later. It just made we wonder if there was a way to be more selective in the redirects, that's all.

No offense taken Techno. The reason I posted this was to get feedback from everyone, whether it be good, bad, or ugly. The player I refer to, in perhaps somewhat derogatory terms, wasn't an Xi member. Just a "newer" player, who judging by their experience points, had played in MW2 before but clearly didn't understand the rules. And again, I don't have a problem being redirected so an Xi member just being redirected when there was a better candidate to get moved.

Hey all, I've been thoroughly enjoying spending time with the gang on the MW2 server. I have a suggestion regarding the "redirect to make room for XI members" on the MW2 server. Although it can be disappointing to get redirected to another server, I understand the need for this. However, this past weekend, I had been in the MW2 server for an hour or two, quietly getting my ass frozen as usual, watching as the admins tried to get another player to stop the "quit and rejoin" tactic. When all of a sudden I get redirected to the other server. Again, I fully understand the need for this, but in this particular case, I got redirected whilst a noob, who is running afoul of the rules, got to stay. (I don't know how long the noob got to stay and it is possible he was redirected as well, but I didn't see him in the other server.) Is it possible to have players selected and redirected based on their experience points? Those with lower experience points would get redirected before those who have been playing here for many months. It would buy me a few more minutes of frozen time. Thanks.

Hey Pete, Stay safe. I have family in Calgary that were evacuated and family in Okotoks that were on alert. Thanks to guys like you who step up to help.

The possibility that it could be my isp never occurred to me. Primarily since Cod4 on line is nearly perfect. But it can't hurt to put in a call to them. I'll give that a try this weekend. Thanks guys.

Chknfngr, It was nice to have you on my team yesterday, for a change. But it just isn't as much fun cussing out your teammates.

Hello Xi, Wondering if I could get some input from the experts. A few weeks ago I started to have issues with Cod2. While playing, the game would freeze/lag for a half second or so every couple of minutes. My ping is still pretty good (50 to 70ish). I have uninstalled and reinstalled Cod2 and still have the problem. This is a problem in both the Xi and DB servers I frequent. So I don't think it is a server issue but an issue on my end. I am running a 6 month old 27inch iMac so hardware isn't an issue as Cod2 has run fine until a few weeks ago. The iMac even handles Cod4 on the Xi servers with no issue with that game at all. The only thing I can think of is this started to occur around the time (shortly after) I purchased and installed Cod4 on my iMac. I don't want to uninstall and reinstall Cod4 as it is running well. But I will give that a try if necessary. Any other suggestions (beyond the "get a PC" suggestion)?

After Chknfngr sniped me repeatedly yesterday, I sure wish I had the permission to use !fu. But since I don't have that privilege in the Cod4 server, I'll say it now: !fu Chknfnger I think I was half his kills on at least one map yesterday. Is the !fu permission set to members only or is there some other criteria?

Wish I was 17 again. With what I know now, I might have had a date in high school.

I try to not take it personally, but then it redirects me to an empty server to play with all my friends and I feel rejected. LOL. jk.

Hey XI, I want to say thanks to the XI members and other regulars for welcoming me in the freeze tag servers. I know i occassionally get distracted and dont thaw in a timely fashion, but I'm learning. Fantastic mod by the way. Thanks.

I made the CoD 4 plunge yesterday. Got to spend an hour or two on the freeze tag server. Good times. Thanks for the advice everyone.

Hey Toes, if I was able to play every game available, I'd likely lose my job, my wife, my car and my dog. Addictions are dangerous things.

PingLo, that is exactly what I was planning to do. I'm hoping I can get this downloaded this weekend so keep your fingers crossed that you may have another noob to kill soon.

Hey PingLo, That is exactly the feedback I was hoping to hear. Especially since CoD4 is the cheaper of the two. Once I get a few hours to focus on this I'm going to download Cod4. Thanks.

My condolences Pete. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

The last thread on this topic was locked, so I started my own. Hope that is OK. I have been running CoD2 on my iMac for the last few years and am thinking it might be time to add another Call of Duty game. Since I run on a Mac platform, only Cod4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Black Ops are available. The Black ops is almost twice the price of MW. I'd like to get some feedback on your preferences between the games and as importantly, how they are in multiplayer, specifically on the Xi servers? Is one game more popular on the Xi servers than the other? I really enjoy the mods on your CoD2 server so would I experience similar mods with the newer games? Thanks.

Last name is Hiccup

Can I just change my user name here? If so how? Or should I just re-register with a different user name?

LOL, For future reference, I am the new old Wild Bill. No relation to wildbill72.

I had to check out the stats page and much to my wonder, I wasn't mentioned at all on the Wall of Shame. Maybe next week.

Hey everyone, I've been hanging out on the cod2 servers a fair amount over the last 10 months, being abused by Spanky, and everyone else for that matter. So thought I should at least introduce myself. XI is a much larger community than I ever imagined. Great site and fantastic mods on your cod2 server. Cheers.