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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krillin on April 18, 2003, 09:49:52 AM
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Please excuse this post if it belongs someplace else (didn't see recruiting forum).
I'm a captain for a Battlefield1942 clan and we are searching for some superb pilots to join our clan and play in the TWL league(http://www.teamwarfare.com) and in the CAL league(http://www.caleague.com) with us.
The clan is called Operational Detachment Ronan (name merger of two clans that merged). We are a group of mostly older guys (wide range 14-36), mostly married, mostly with kids, and mostly mature ( :) ) that like playing BF42 together. We are a top 10 clan in BF so we are competitive in our leagues. ATM we are in sore need of some quality pilots to replace some recently inactive pilots (RL issues). Maintaining competitiveness in BF requires good pilots so your addition to the squad would put you in a very valued role for us.
Time committment is modest. We have 2 league matches/week (Thursday and Sunday at 9:30 EST and 9 EST respectively), and usually scrimmages monday thru wednesday. Of those scrims we like the guys to attend at least one. That's 3 nights/week and scims/matches last approx 1 hr.
If you're unfamiliar with BF you can d/l the demo here: http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/battlefield1942/mp_demo_client_patch_1.1.zip.html
Our webpage (working on updating it) is here:
http://www.clan-ronan.com
If you are interested in joining or at least getting to know us and the clan better please post below or come visit our site. Thanks. :)
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Could never get that game to work...It boots up then kicks me to the desktop..
Never did a follow up if it has ever been fixed :( GL! On your recruiting though.
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gotta give the quakers credit. they know where to go to look for pilots! :D
a least the fanboyz won't be over here bragging about the realism if the BF42 flight model.
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wldthing, they've patched the game x4 so far so your problems with crashing to the desktop might have been solved.
And I do know where to look for pilots. Our former head pilot was from AH and he was one of the elite pilots in the league. He also told me he was cannon fodder in AH. I also realize that BF is an arcade flight sim vs AH so the learning curve for a good AH pilot is approaching zero. The final reason for starting with AH is the community is mostly comprised of mature gamers, which are much easier to get along with since we are mostly older guys.
I was hoping that some good AH pilot would be interested in BF b/c he/she could make a big splash in a game that's on the rise (likely to move to professional lvl in the next year based on conversations with CAL) and with very little required in the way of learning something new. BF is also fun b/c it's very tactical, with combined arms (tanks, ships, subs, arty, etc) so it's a break for your current game and would allow you to play both.
Anyway, thanks for the warm reception. :)
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Originally posted by Krillin
wldthing, they've patched the game x4 so far so your problems with crashing to the desktop might have been solved.
And I do know where to look for pilots. Our former head pilot was from AH and he was one of the elite pilots in the league. He also told me he was cannon fodder in AH. I also realize that BF is an arcade flight sim vs AH so the learning curve for a good AH pilot is approaching zero. The final reason for starting with AH is the community is mostly comprised of mature gamers, which are much easier to get along with since we are mostly older guys.
I was hoping that some good AH pilot would be interested in BF b/c he/she could make a big splash in a game that's on the rise (likely to move to professional lvl in the next year based on conversations with CAL) and with very little required in the way of learning something new. BF is also fun b/c it's very tactical, with combined arms (tanks, ships, subs, arty, etc) so it's a break for your current game and would allow you to play both.
Anyway, thanks for the warm reception. :)
Some are very much against EA here, so don't look for that warm of a reception from a few here. You might want to try reposting this in either the O'Club or Squadron forums and make sure that you're wearing your flak helmet and vest because you're going to take some incoming whether you like it or not.
Ack-Ack
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im with you wildthing, couldnt get it to work when i first bought it, which was the first week it was released, it said i needed a patch, couldnt find a place to download patch that didnt want to charge me some kind of subscrition
worst $40 beer coaster i ever bought
(i mean, if a friendly plane flies over and you hit a certain button, suddenly you are in the plane as a gunner, wtf is that quarter pumpin sh#t all about)
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I'm a long way from being an EA fanboy. They royally screwed over one of my previous games (global operations) and they are the kings of lame expansions, but I do enjoy BF and they've been good about patching it (very non-EA behavior). However, thanks for the warning. I post on the caleague forums and there's no flak like the flaming that goes on there.... do your worst (monty python quote) :)
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"Clan" :D
Got kinda worried when I was thumbing through the "equipment pages" on the website and saw this:
(http://images.ea.com/eagames/official/bf1942/armies/usa/popup_usa/usa_07.jpg)
Captioned "F4U Corsair"[/size][/color]
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well, krillin (IF that's your real 'handle' :( ), AH not only has top notch pilots, but world class flame-ists, too! :cool:
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Lol if EA has anything to do with this..I won't touch it :)
RAM
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Originally posted by Ramesis
Lol if EA has anything to do with this..I won't touch it :)
RAM
Ditto
palef
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Going pro? How much are we talking here? :D
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A Clan...? Do you guys wear those Kilts..?
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We decided to forgo kilts for tatoos. That shows the real dedication of the players to the clan (j/k).
Clan, aka squadron: group of people interested in the same game, like to play it competitively, and have a common msg board to post game related info, harass eachother, and go OT. Sounds familiar? :)
Re: going pro and money....there's a competition (very poorly designed, but that's another story) with 50k in prizes. I doubt we are very close to making money on the game, which doesn't bother me. I'm in it for the chicks. :)
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I can't fly those BF 1942 planes they suk
I expect to much from it i guess
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
I can't fly those BF 1942 planes they suk
I expect to much from it i guess
Infantry and tanks are fun in BF1942. When I want to fly I come here.
Apart from the bad flight model the maps are just waaaaaaaay too small to fly in BF1942. You have to do figure 8s constantly just to stay within the maps boundaries.
Its a really fun game though.
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ditto with curval...with the tanks and planes only...if i want to play infantry ill go play AA:O...played the demo and was amazed that my old c64 game had better flight model...as well as the fact that if you dive bombed with your 25 bombs 9on a corsair0 the bombs would hit your plane...
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Clan??? Battlefield blah blah blah?? I think WW2OL is a better place to look for Clannies, or maybe everquest, or doomonline. Get out of our BBS! We are happy fighting each other!
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Heh... Don't forget the image at BF42 oficial pages telling you that the Spitfire included is Mk. V and the 3D model in the game is Mk. XIV hehe... And yes flying in BF is a joke.... Even worse than WW2OL hehe...
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Id be interested if you guys play DC - not too big on the box game though.
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Originally posted by Krillin
I also realize that BF is an arcade flight sim vs AH so the learning curve for a good AH pilot is approaching zero.
That is why after couple tries I decided not to play 1942. :)
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I would give it a try where do I find this game? does fuel get porked there? lol j/k
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Originally posted by WldThing
Could never get that game to work...It boots up then kicks me to the desktop..
Never did a follow up if it has ever been fixed :( GL! On your recruiting though.
D'oh! I just bought the game and I'me getting the same behavior. Wish someone knew what the fix was. I'm going to play around with it tonight to get it to work, but it sure is frustrating when you buy a game and right out of the box, it won't boot up because of some hardware incompatibility.
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Clan ? LOL
EA sux!
:D
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banana,
I had the same problem and never got a resolution until I updated my video card. Check the message boards at EA.com..lots of guys have the same thing happening.
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Originally posted by banana
D'oh! I just bought the game and I'me getting the same behavior. Wish someone knew what the fix was. I'm going to play around with it tonight to get it to work, but it sure is frustrating when you buy a game and right out of the box, it won't boot up because of some hardware incompatibility.
Ya i downloaded the game 2 nights ago with my new video card installed, it worked without a problem.
As Curval said check their BBS, i also believe that you have to change a number in one of the word documents that is located in the game folder.
Sorry but i just cant remeber where it was :(
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Originally posted by Curval
banana,
I had the same problem and never got a resolution until I updated my video card. Check the message boards at EA.com..lots of guys have the same thing happening.
Curval, you mean my 128 MB Ti-4400 is already not good enough to run a bleeping game?!
Is it just the Nvidia chipset that's the problem, perhaps?
Well, thanks for the tip...I'll go start reading and see what I can come up with. :)
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LOL...banana, I dunno man. I have the Nvidia GEForce 4 T14600 64MDDR and I still have a problem with it in this game - this is the UPDATED card to which I refer....I have the "flickering video" issue that doesn't seem to be resolved yet. I am forced to set all my settings to the lowest video quality until the problem "goes away" and then I ratchet up my video settings to where I want them...all the while hitting "esc" to the settings page and then "esc" again to get back into the game to stop the flicker.
It is a great game...but it is also an EA game. No support, no efforts made to help..you gotta rely on some pimply faced 14 year old on the boards.
In this regard it is very much like WW2 OL.
;)
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Yeah, I know whatcha mean. I've been reading some forums about BF1942 problems, and it seems that I have a lot of company! ;)
There are some people having luck with a couple different tweaks, so I'll give them a try tonight.