GTFF.us Grand Traverse FragFest

I know some of you are stoked about the new Call of Duty coming out soon. Before you spend the green, there's a few things you should know about MW2. First off, there is no support for dedicated servers, which means no clan servers, no control over who's plays in a game, and more importantly next to impossible for us at FragFest to administer a tournament, let alone host quality LAN games. It gets worse, all mod-ability and server customization is removed, and game sizes are limited to 9v9. This all adds up to a bad LAN play. *edit by Treize* Here is a table comparing what was in cod4 and what is missing from mw2 */edit*

It's too bad Infinity Ward had to ruin what would otherwise likely be a great game. We at FragFest highly disapprove, and will not be endorsing this game in any way at future events (which btw, we are planning and will announce dates soon).

As sad as it is to hear all of that about it.. it is still a great game.

But there IS LAN play available and IMO still easily playable for tournaments...

What's the verdict on this? I'd be interested in coming if there's going to be a MW2 tournament for PC. I believe there's a third party utility that allows the host traditional console access, if it's that much of an issue.

There will be an Xbox tournament. We unfortunately won't be hosting any PC MW2 activities. This doesn't stop you from playing it with others if you so desire.

Yes, there are workarounds that allow dedicated servers, mods, and whatnot, but they require hacking the game in such a way that you can't play with non-hacked versions. Logistically, this would be a nightmare to manage at GTFF.

I sincerely apologize for the disappointment, and for Activision being asshats. It was a very sad day when I discovered this game was neutered like this. I feel your pain.

That said, I hope this doesn't deter you from coming. There will absolutely be MW1 and MW2 being played, among many other games. This GTFF season will not disappoint.

I guess I don't understand why you'll host a console tournament of the game but not a PC version...? I HATE FPS games on the console. Analog controls are the fail. You still have the option of hosting private games for LAN play on the PC so why not have the tournament on the platform that most likely the majority of MW2 players at FragFest have it for? And it doesn't make any sense to say you're not endorsing the game at any future events and then host a tourney for it on the 'box...

The reason we're having a MW2 tournament at all is because people were begging have one despite the stated facts.

Seriously, you're lucky we let this on the schedule at all. Having a company like Activision stab its original PC gamer fans in the back hurts. They, IMHO, have ruined the franchise and have lost focus on what makes PC gaming great. Greed and obsession with control has won at Activision. Why we should shine a blind eye to such blatant disregard to customer wants is beyond me.

Personally, and off the record, I would rather we didn't have the MW2 Xbox tournament either (partially because I hate breaking my word), but I have to give you the attendants what you want. We also give the console staff a level of autonomy to do whatever they feel like. They too begged to have this tournament despite my resistance.

That said, logistically, an Xbox tournament is much more feasible than a PC one. There's also far more Xbox gamers playing MW2 than PC gamers.

lan play in mw2... sure you can make a private game, but no way for us to administer it. I doubt there will be any MW2 pc gaming at all at fragfest.