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No Dedicated Servers For CoD: Modern Warfare 2
An anonymous reader writes "Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling (aka fourzerotwo), in an interview with BashandSlash.com on October 17th, announced that one of the mainstays of PC multiplayer gaming, dedicated servers, won't be in IW's upcoming sequel to Call of Duty 4. Instead, players will use the unknown 'IW Net' for matchmaking purposes. No dedicated servers means no player mods, no player maps, no organized competitive play, no clan servers, etc., and strips away what makes PC gaming different from console gaming. Many vocal gamers have canceled their pre-orders, and a petition to reverse this decision is already past 86,000 signatures."
buying anything activision/blizzard/eidos/ea is akin to supporting the worst DRM using big name companies that exist. These companies have constantly screwed their customers over "piracy". Even mentioning the term still shows how out of wack they are when they redefined the phrase to fit their own purpose in the first place.
There are lots of good games that don't involve them in this day and age, thankfully.
I pirate, and thankfully it takes minimal effort since our lan events take care of that. Need COD MW2? I'm sure someone's got it on DVD. Who has the crack? etc over there.