It's amazing how some things manage to stay the same. After all these years.
I remember coming to the BFM forums for the first time, disgruntled at my perceived treatment on the server.
It was way back when bfmracing was not at .net, I think it was .com at the time.
You probably won't find that thread here, as there was a database reset since then. (which also happened ages ago)
I still remember the thread specifically, if there are questions, lol.
But if you search my name, you'll find some newer complaints from me, lol. Like I said, things stay the same.
I came here this time just to see if there is any life left. I'm "KillJoy®" on the servers. (not the same killjoy as in the "Problem Racers" thread, annoying confusion like that is what lead to the "®" being added to my name)
I had a pack of buddies (4 including me, all of us close friends personally and geographically) that used to race for years on your servers.
1. Devastati®n (had to embed his ®, as he was at max character count)
2. Reaper®
3. BOOGIEMAN®
4. and me, KillJoy®
We were not casuals. We raced a ton. The old-schoolers around here should remember most or all of us. We were not a clan, just real life buddies who specifically chose BFM servers as our playground, because they were run better than the others. And remember, there were tons of busy servers back then, so that's really saying something.
Obviously, we all eventually used the registered trademark symbol in our names, as our names were not that unique and we wanted to be recognized on the servers as legit players, and not lumped-in with the throng of similarly-named newbies that used sometimes disrupt the servers.
And so I entered the forums tonight. To look. I clicked to be sure to stack threads according to date, hoping to go directly to the newest posts. Honestly, I re-stacked them a few times, because it was kind of hard to believe (accept) nothing new was being posted. Then I did find an "active" topic, -the race meetings that you all are still apparently having on occasion. My friend Reaper® and I were just reminiscing last night about how awesome it used to be, racing on the BFM servers when they were hopping. We talked and laughed for a while about it. I ended up by giving him a sort of "pep talk", saying we should at least try to find the BFM server some weekend.
I told him perhaps old schoolers like MacAir might still check in once in a while, on a Friday night. Just like we were itching to do right then.
Speaking of old schoolers, I wonder what ever happened to Enoch. And it was always good to find Jane on the server. Mumbler was so good at it was scary. And so many others. It was always a (very fun) struggle when you were in the hog with an exceptional player, not to "let them down" with your own weak game play.
Imagine my surprise when read that there would be racing... ...let's see here......omg tonight!!! Just two hours ago, was the official meeting time! They're probably still racing right now!
I don't even have Halo installed on my main computer, so I ran downstairs to fire up my old laptop that I bought specifically to play Halo on-the-go (i.e., other people's houses) back in the day. I always used an original XBOX controller with USB adapter, and I was amazed to find everything the first place I looked for it! The XBCD controller driver was always super finicky, so I fully expected to have issues with that. And I sure did. It didn't work at all the first time. So I tried another USB port. Blam, it's working!!
OMG, the server is active. There's only one spot open. Just like the old days, when you had to fight to get in. Amazing.
I'm breathing faster now. I have to admit, my hands might even be shaking, ever so slightly.
Here we go, I can't believe this is happening. If my friends could see me now. OK I'm officially in, just waiting for new game...
...aaaaaaaaaaaand the operator has banned me from the server. :'[
Never even got to see a game screen.
Looking at the names scroll by. Yep. I know those people.
I would have thought they knew me too.
Not a word to me, just banned?
Like I said, some things manage to stay the same, even amidst the change.
I'm here to gripe once again, lol.
This could have been so amazing to play with you guys tonight.
i don't know what criteria you use to ban people, but you seriously might want to re-think it.
Killjoy®