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Who's picking this game up on the 17th?
I'm still occasionally playing BF2. It would be more fun to play with people I "know" from here. So... who's going to be ready to play?
I'm still occasionally playing BF2. It would be more fun to play with people I "know" from here. So... who's going to be ready to play?
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I been playing the demo endlessly but I wont get the game when it first came out. Ima wait til the price goes down and plus it so full of bugs right now. But a good thing is that the game seem to run a lot smoother than bf2 and it boots up quicker for me too!
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
Do you need to pre-order to get the demo? I thought that's what I heard.
Nonetheless, I was only getting 36 KBps from EA so I ended up downloading from GamersHell.com from which I'm now getting a steady 120KBps.
The demo is nearly 1.2GB... so it should take a couple hours.
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The Creator
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FYI, i fucked up my download after about 700mb and couldn't resume... so I started all over from GamersHell WestCoast #2...
I'm now getting an impressive 600kB+... def try to get yours from there. 1.1GB in under 30 min.
I'm now getting an impressive 600kB+... def try to get yours from there. 1.1GB in under 30 min.
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wow.. well.. that didn't go so well. game was unplayable... relenteless motion lag... same problem i experienced with the BF2 1.2 patch.
quit the game i was in, changed video resolution... and it crashed.
guess i'll try once more...
quit the game i was in, changed video resolution... and it crashed.
guess i'll try once more...
Drifting
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hmm actually i've been having some problems also. I will get in a game, and have zero problems, but after maybe 20-30 seconds it will send me back to the server list and say connection lost :/
At least it's not Jersey
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Spyware in BF 2142?
http://feeds.joystiq.com/~r/weblogsi...q/~3/38390820/
EA clarifies Battlefield 2142's IGA spyware
Electronic Arts launched Battlefield 2142 yesterday and not too many people were happy to find spyware incorporated into the game. EA is confused why players have an issue with the sheet describing advertising spyware in their copy of Battlefield 2142 ... afterall, it's not like they didn't announce they were doing this months ago.
Joystiq asked EA to clarify this technology as there still seems to be some confusion (announcement be damned). An EA spokesperson stated, "It does not capture personal data such as cookies, account login detail, or surfing history." EA's statement to Joystiq can be found after the break.
In case you didn't read EA's letter in our post yesterday morning, please allow us to quote it to emphasize their clarification:
"IF YOU DO NOT WANT IGA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE OR TRANSMIT THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, DO NOT INSTALL OR PLAY THE SOFTWARE ON ANY PLATFORM THAT IS USED TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET."
If you want to play Battlefield 2142 or Need for Speed: Carbon, you'll just have to accept the consequences. IGA Worldwide -- the company taking your IP address and placing the ads in the game -- states on their website that "70% of gamers [are] saying that advertisements inside computer and video games help improve the realism of the gaming experience."
We're still waiting for EA to respond to several followup questions and will update this post when they do. Continue reading for their statement to Joystiq:
Electronic Arts statement (unedited):
The advertising program in Battlefield 2142 does not access any files which are not directly related to the game. It does not capture personal data such as cookies, account login detail, or surfing history.
BF 2142 delivers ads by region. The advertising system uses a player's IP address to determine the region of the player, assisting to serve the appropriate ads by region and language. For instance, a player in Paris might be presented with ads in French. The information collected will not be repurposed for other uses.
Battlefield 2142 also tracks "impression data" related to in-game advertisements: location of a billboard in the game, brand advertised, duration of advertisement impression, etc. This information is used to help advertisers qualify the reach of a given advertisement.
Electronic Arts launched Battlefield 2142 yesterday and not too many people were happy to find spyware incorporated into the game. EA is confused why players have an issue with the sheet describing advertising spyware in their copy of Battlefield 2142 ... afterall, it's not like they didn't announce they were doing this months ago.
Joystiq asked EA to clarify this technology as there still seems to be some confusion (announcement be damned). An EA spokesperson stated, "It does not capture personal data such as cookies, account login detail, or surfing history." EA's statement to Joystiq can be found after the break.
In case you didn't read EA's letter in our post yesterday morning, please allow us to quote it to emphasize their clarification:
"IF YOU DO NOT WANT IGA TO COLLECT, USE, STORE OR TRANSMIT THE DATA DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, DO NOT INSTALL OR PLAY THE SOFTWARE ON ANY PLATFORM THAT IS USED TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET."
If you want to play Battlefield 2142 or Need for Speed: Carbon, you'll just have to accept the consequences. IGA Worldwide -- the company taking your IP address and placing the ads in the game -- states on their website that "70% of gamers [are] saying that advertisements inside computer and video games help improve the realism of the gaming experience."
We're still waiting for EA to respond to several followup questions and will update this post when they do. Continue reading for their statement to Joystiq:
Electronic Arts statement (unedited):
The advertising program in Battlefield 2142 does not access any files which are not directly related to the game. It does not capture personal data such as cookies, account login detail, or surfing history.
BF 2142 delivers ads by region. The advertising system uses a player's IP address to determine the region of the player, assisting to serve the appropriate ads by region and language. For instance, a player in Paris might be presented with ads in French. The information collected will not be repurposed for other uses.
Battlefield 2142 also tracks "impression data" related to in-game advertisements: location of a billboard in the game, brand advertised, duration of advertisement impression, etc. This information is used to help advertisers qualify the reach of a given advertisement.
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If they're just doing targeted advertising based on your IP address, then I really don't see what the big deal is. Your newspaper and supermarkets do the same thing. Now if you don't want to "pay for ads" then that's a whole other issue. I'm just saying the "spyware" thing is overblown if all they're doing is using your IP address.
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Originally Posted by Billiam
If they're just doing targeted advertising based on your IP address, then I really don't see what the big deal is. Your newspaper and supermarkets do the same thing. Now if you don't want to "pay for ads" then that's a whole other issue. I'm just saying the "spyware" thing is overblown if all they're doing is using your IP address.
We (and every other website on the planet) use your IP address to provide geo-targeted advertising. This doesn't sound any different?
This is way overblown. Althought, I will say, that this is only being overblown because EA has a shitty PR department and their response to this minor issue was rather extreme.
Bloggers are just having fun using their own words against them.
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it doesn't want to cooperate with my PC's video card, so i simply retired my PC. the only thing I used it for anymore was playing BF2, and I stopped doing that a couple months ago.
suffice to say, i'll probably never play 2142. though i'd love to, just doesn't seem realistic at this point.
then again, with DirectX virtualization rumoured to be coming to mac... who knows
suffice to say, i'll probably never play 2142. though i'd love to, just doesn't seem realistic at this point.
then again, with DirectX virtualization rumoured to be coming to mac... who knows
1.25 update is now available on EA Link!
http://battlefield.ea.com/battlefiel...ws_042307.aspx
Damn these update files are huge!
Takes an hour to download the 287MB update on my DSL connection. Damn I want FIOS already.
Damn these update files are huge!
Takes an hour to download the 287MB update on my DSL connection. Damn I want FIOS already.
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