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Re: Anybody wanna Skype?

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:22:17 GMT

Does Wii have Skype included or something???

I'm on PC so I have no clue about the Wii (other than I want one to play zelda and smash brothers lol) I'm just curious as to why anyone would use Skype over Vent or Teamspeak...

Re: Foxhound a question

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:14:17 GMT

(http)://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread/php?t=2286898

remove the () obviously, I kept getting an error when trying to post with a clickable link.

There you go, one post explaining about dedi's, made by someone who is NOT a moderator, that was stickied within the first few weeks of release.

The fact that a forum that is not the official forum for the game, has a vital thread stickied by their moderators explaining how to enable and use unranked dedi's, yet the moderator for the official forum flat out refuses to.

Sure he may be nice to the Xbox fanboys (since he is one himself) and do his job over there, but on the PC forum he doesn't do squat, and clearly despises the PC community.

He needs to be replaced. At the very least get someone who will moderate our forum and leave that reject to moderate the Xbox forum.

Re: Foxhound a question

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:54:48 GMT

Sure he's a great moderator... on the Xbox forum

I've read posts on the PC forum before and after HE edited (censored) them, and It's funny how he doesn't censor out just profanity or racist comments,but he also censors out comments about how blame should be directed towards Activision, and how it looks like Activision could have deals under the table with the hack providers (or be making the hacks themselves) Comments that have no profanity and don't break the forum rules in any way...

It's also pathetic how the official MW3 PC forum moderator (foxy) flat out REFUSES to sticky a thread informing players how to enable and use dedicated servers. Something that moderators from other MW3 forums had done within the first week or two of release.

Instead he tells us to bump our own thread (which often needs to be done 2-3 times a day) instead of taking the 1/2 second out of his time to sticky it.

He may be a good Xbox forum mod... but for the PC forum he is completely useless and needs to be replaced.

Re: Foxhound a question

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:02:54 GMT

Foxy is a good forum mod?!?!? Have you been smoking some crack laced with bleach or something? Did you get hit on the head by something that caused brain damage?

Foxhound is the worst moderator ever to grace any forum.

He spends all his time being friendly on the Xbox forum, yet on the PC forum he REFUSES to sticky vital threads, leaving it up to the community to bump them multiple times per day, PLUS he hands out unearned BANS against those who tell the truth about how badly the PC port is.

Not to mention he NEVER answers anything we ask or replies to any of the threads like he constantly does on the Xbox forum.

Foxhound definitely needs to be fired so they can get someone who knows how to moderate a forum in there instead.

BRING BACK RANKED DEDICATED SERVERS FOR PC!!!

Re: MW3!

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:35:26 GMT

No, how about you stop spamming your youtube videos across the forum like another one of the mentally challenged tweens who think youtube montage moab videos are cool.

Re: MW3!

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:33:55 GMT

oh sorry it's not a montage it's another moab video. I'll edit my first reply for you.

You're still spamming it across the forums, and you're still like another one of the mentally challenged kids who thnk youtube vids are cool.

It's really not impressive at all kiddo.

Re: Why IWnet will never work

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:28:28 GMT

matuzz wrote:

But what about:
Cheat / Hack Free Games: The biggest benefit of using IWnet by far is the fact that you don’t have to worry about joining a server full of aim-bots, wallhacks, or cheaters. Or relying on the server admin of the server to constantly be monitoring, banning, and policing it. Modern Warfare 2 on PC allows us to control the quality of the game much more than ever before as well as utilizing the VAC (Valve-Anti-Cheat) system to keep games clean of hackers and cheaters.

All in all, IWNET adds a load of new features that the PC version of our games have never had before and allows us an infrastructure to continue to update and improve on the game post-launch.

What that should say is

Cheat / Hack Free Games : The biggest benefit of using IWnet by far is the fact that you'll constantly be thrown into servers full of aim-bots, wallhacks, or cheaters. Or have any admins who can monitor, ban cheaters, and police it. Modern Warfare 2 on PC allows us to ignore the quality of the game much more than ever before, as well as utilizing the VAC system to keep games full of hackers and cheaters.

All in all IWNET strips away a load of old features that the PC version of our games have always had before, and it allows us an infrastructure to continue to ignore the game post launch.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: what would you do without xbox

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:59:20 GMT

Elit3Mum wrote:

ok after replying to another thread i wondered .. i said i should go back to knitting if i screw it up its my own fault and cheaper lol my question is if you didnt have a xbox what hobby would you wish to pursue with all ur extra free time ?

If Xbox never existed fps games would be a trillion times better than they are now, and I would be immensely enjoying MW3 and BF3 (both of which would be much larger, more thought out, with infinitely better design, more features, larger maps, more weapons, more players, and TONS more customization)

Xbox (or Suckbox as I prefer to call it) is a cancer of the gaming industry, and it's entirely due to Suckbox why games are being made cheaper and cheaper, with more DLC packs containing features that should've been released free at launch.

Consoles need to stick with platforming and adventure games, and for kiddie fps games like Halo (a joke of a game when compared to PC shooters) The good fps shooters like CoD and BF are only harmed by being on consoles (especially one as limited and underpowered as Xbox.)

Re: If Activision can take down AlterIWNet how come they can't take down cheat site?

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:11:04 GMT

They're still screwing themselves out of profit.

Sure they might generate more record breaking sales for a few titles

But they are costing themselves much much more & in the long run.

PC gamers bought MW2 because CoD4 and WaW were good games.

Most of the PC community became outraged at the lack of dedi's in favor of the broken hacker infested lagnet matchmaking system. Especially when DLC packs hit and many found they couldn't play on the maps they purchased due to lagnet matchmaking.

BO releases with dedicated servers. They're not done well, and as a result many people who join the PC CoD community with BO ended up not liking dedi's much due to the kick happy admins enforcing their dumb rules. (that's why you see people who are for lagnet over dedi's, they don't know what a proper dedi is like) Despite this BO still sells well and stays populated to this day, all entirely due to the ranked dedi's

Then MW3 releases. It's a fact that many who bought the game ONLY did so because they flat out lied and promised us "CoD4 like dedicated servers" Despite the fact that they said they're unranked, "CoD4 like servers" means FUNCTIONAL PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!! Not the broken hidden joke they gave us.

There are many PC gamers who did not buy MW3 when they discovered the lack of ranked dedi's, and instead stayed with BO, CoD4, or WaW. Not only do I have several on my friends list that refuse to buy it, but there are entire clans who have stayed with previous titles and refuse to get MW3, because of lagnet.

Now BO2 is going to release soon. Treyarch will likely include ranked dedicated servers (they seem to care more about the PC community in that aspect) but if the game comes and does not have dedi's, it will undoubtedly be the lowest selling CoD title on PC so far.

It's pretty much a certainty that if the Sledgehammer team makes the next CoD title after BO2, it will be a complete and utter failure on PC unless they include proper ranked dedicated servers and other basic PC features from day one.

In addition to all of this, sales for MW2 and MW3 will eventually die down to nothing. Wherease CoD4 and WaW are still selling on PC.

So they pumped their sales for a few titles to break some records, they've likely cost themselves more money in the long run than they made off the record breaking sales of MW3.

They also pissed off alot of the PC community, and people who used to be loyal customers of their games. I personally now consider Activision to be nearly as bad if not worse than EA when it comes to screwing over the customer for a quick buck.

I bought CoD4 within the first week of release, preordered WaW, preordered MW2, preordered BO, and preordered MW3. I have purchased all the DLC for every title. I also bought a 2nd copy of CoD4 and plan on buying a 2nd copy of WaW (since I was forced to play them on suckbox at the time due a broken PC)

I also bought a 2nd copy of MW2 only because AlterIWnet existed and there was a way to play the game with ranked dedi's. I planned on buying all it's DLC packs also, but they shut down AlterIWnet so MW2 is now completely unplayable.

As a result I will not be buying any of the DLC for MW3 unless my entire clan does also (since the only way I can play MW3 at all is with my clanmates on the dedi's) and I will not be preordering any CoD title ever again. If (and that's a big if) I do eventually buy BO2, it will be long after release, and after I can be well assured that it has proper ranked dedi's, basic PC features, and much much better optimization.

If MW2 and MW3 had proper ranked dedicated servers, I'd be buying all the DLC for MW3 without even thinking about it, and I'd be preordering BO2 the second I could.

They're killing their own product by not giving us basic PC features.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!

Re: Why IWnet will never work

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:29:49 GMT

The mentally challenged higher ups at Activison really need to see this thread and this forum.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!

Re: Open Letter To COD Devs : Leave iwnet and elite to consoles and bring back the proper pc experience

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:28:00 GMT

onefourseven wrote:

the game is getting a bit boring now, proper ranked dedis would give it a few more months of life

Proper ranked dedi's would give it alot more than a few more months of life.

The game would actually be playable.

Just look at CoD4 and WaW, both of which still have more players online than either MW2 (and sometimes even MW3) because they have proper dedicated servers!

MW2 would still be very popular today and would still be selling well if it had proper dedicated servers.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: The 'Devs'

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:23:29 GMT

It doesn't really matter.

Whether it's the developer's idiotic decision to refuse basic PC features, or it's the higher up's at Activision, the facts are the company that made the game is seriously screwing over the PC community.

I personally think that the head CEO of Activision needs to actually try to play this game on the PC using their crappy hacker infested lagnet matchmaking, then he needs to play a game with proper dedicated servers like CoD4, WaW, HL2, TF2, BFBC2, BF3, etc etc.

Because unless that CEO is a diehard Xbox fanboy, or seriously mentally challenged (not much of a difference here I know) there is no other way they would be happy with the multitude of horribly bad business decisions that Activision had made concerning the PC port.

EVERY SINGLE CHOICE THEY MADE FOR THE PC PORT OF MW3 HAS CAUSED THEM TO LOSE MONEY!!

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: Open Letter To COD Devs : Leave iwnet and elite to consoles and bring back the proper pc experience

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:12:12 GMT

If they hadn't neglected and screwed over the PC community so badly, PC sales for MW3 would've been at least 3-4x higher, and the game wouldn't have recieved such a ridiculously low metacritic score. (which it deserved) Remember when they had to beg people to artificially inflate the metacritic score because people rated the game accurately.

Quit screwing over the PC community and give us back our basic PC features.

We are not suckbox players, we will never be suckbox players, and by forcing suckbox features on us you ARE lowering your profits. Are you mentally challenged idiots at Activision really so stupid?

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: PC info needed, before I buy

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:59:27 GMT

I personally would recommend against getting it for PC, (especially if you already own it on another platform)

Activision has really gone out of their way in an effort to screw over the PC community and kill our version of MW3.

1) The PC version does not get CoD Elite. Their reason is because it's "not secure" (aka hackers) yet they intentionally made it a hacker's paradise by using lagnet with an anti cheat that only works with proper dedicated servers (VAC)

2) Yes the PC version technically does have dedicated servers. However they are an absolute joke compared to dedicated servers in ANY other PC game ever made. They are unranked only, are hidden off by default (you have to enable them in options) and creating classes for them was intentionally hidden in the private match lobby. Furthermore they are lacking nearly all of the essential features that are a MUST HAVE for dedicated servers. - Most dedi's sit empty as everyone is obsessed with ranking up for their shiny prestige emblem.

3) PC users have to buy each DLC seperately. Unlike Xbox however DLC does nothing to split the community and it makes lagnet matchmaking much worse. Xbox community can afford to be split between those with the DLC and those without because they have 10x more players. Without proper dedicated servers DLC does absolutely nothing but harm the PC community.

4) I'm fairly certain that it does require Steam. I purchased it through Steam though so I'm not sure on retail copies.

5) They have already stated that PC will never get the same Elite consoles do. When and if we ever do get an Elite service it will be nothing other than stat tracking and leaderboards. PC will never have events and clan ops (they already said our platform isn't "secure enough")

I don't know why Activision is going so far out of their way to show how much they hate and despise the PC community. It wouldn't take them 5 minutes or cost them a dime to release a patch to give us proper dedicated servers like they promised before launch.

Re: mw3 needs an update for everything right?

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:06:07 GMT

1) Yes it does have alot of hackers in lagnet. The developers intentionally wanted their game this way. Otherwise they would've released it with either proper dedi's or proper anti cheat. Activision was well aware pre launch that lagnet and VAC together does not work to ban hackers. VAC only works with proper dedicated servers.

2) No we do not need Elite!! Not in any way shape or form. If you really think Elite is needed then you need to get off the PC and play on Xbox.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!

Re: What is Activision doing about hackers on PC?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:31:55 GMT

The short answer - Absolutely nothing

There's a good chance that they have deals with the hack providers. They leave intentional gaps in security and don't pursue legal action against the hack websites, and they recieve a slice of the profits from hack sales.

Why else would they use lagnet and VAC for MW3 when they were well aware that VAC only works with dedicated servers

Why else would they go so far out of their way to break and hide the unranked dedicated servers, leaving most people thinking lagnet is the only option.

Why when they finally admit there's a hacker problem do they only put ONE PERSON on it who needs video proof and only issues 3 day bans that do nothing.

Why else would they have AlterIWnet, the only place to play without hackers, taken down, yet leave the well known hack sites alone.

It really makes you wonder.

Re: Reporting Hackers : Does it Actually work?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:23:35 GMT

Nope it doesn't work.

Reporting through Steam only helps them to improve VAC, no report to VAC has ever directly resulted in a ban.

Reporting to BanCandy requires video evidence and even then if she decided to ban it's only a 3 day slap on the wrist.

Unless they give us proper ranked dedicated servers, MW3 will be one of the most hacker infested games ever released.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: They know we got screwed and this is the best they can do to help. LMAO

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:16:18 GMT

Yep I learned my lesson

I won't buy any future CoD titles unless I know they have proper ranked dedicated servers

Even then I still refuse to buy unless I can rent it on Suckbox to see if it's any good. They've made too many bad design decisions with the past 2 games (like the SR71 wallhack or crappy restrictive maps) for me to risk preordering anymore.

Activision is killing the CoD franchise by trying to cater to the consolized kiddies.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!

Re: Call of Duty MW3 Is Supporting Hackers ?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:01:20 GMT

They release MW3 with lagnet matchmaking and VAC, when they were well aware of the fact that VAC was designed to work with dedicated servers and does not work with lagnet.

They break the unranked dedicated servers and do everything in their power to hide them away. Leaving most people thinking lagnet is the only option.

They have AlterIWnet, the fix that gave the game ranked dedicated servers and functional anti cheat taken down. Their flawed reason being that you can play pirated copies on it. Yet you can play pirated copies on their own IWnet and Steam

They do absolutely nothing to try to shut down or hinder the well known hack providers that have been selling cheats ever since CoD4.

Their answer to the hacking complaints is to put ONE PERSON on the problem, who needs video proof and issues 3 day suspensions instead of permanent bans.

Yes I'd say it's pretty clear that Activision is supporting hackers. It's very likely they have deals with the hack providers. They probably get a nice slice of the profits from the hack sales for leaving gaps in security and not pursuing legal action against the sites.

Why else would they use lagnet and VAC knowing it would do nothing to stop cheaters

Why else would they go so out of their way to hide the unranked dedi's. (Foxhound even refuses to sticky the thread about how to enable and use dedi's)

Why else would they have AlterIW shut down, yet do absolutely nothing to the well known hack providers.

Re: Annoying Lag this morning

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:37:26 GMT

Agree, Lagnet matchmaking is completely unplayable.

Playing any fps shooter at over 150ms ping is unplayable, and anything less than a green signal is over 200ms ping.

BRING BACK PROPER DEDICATED SERVERS!!!