I wasn't planning on buying this game in the first place, but this just put the nail on the coffin.

Apparently the PC version is moving to matchmaking much like L4D's. No mods, no dedi's... what a bad move!

Here's a link, fast forward to 1hr 41min for confirmation.

What a joke.

Damnit... I was gonna buy this game...eventually... but now I'm not so sure. Matchamaking is a bitch.

I simply won't buy it. Don't give a shit. *bleep* Activision, they're not getting anything from me anymore.

quote Lorx

L4D has Dedi servers, a fair amount too.

I'm a tad confused, is it going to depend on servers made by players, or a p2p model? Also fyi, with both options, mods are possible.

OK mods might be possible, but if you're hosting a 20 man listen server on your residential line and then someone decided to join up, well you'll be uploading all the mods to that client which will pretty much bring the server (thats running on your computer) to it's knees because of lack of bandwidth.

Yeah L4D has lots of Dedicated servers but MW2 will be running on "IWNet" or says the pod cast I linked to. Aparently IWNet is all servers running local on your rig with just the matchmaking happening on Infinity Ward's side.

This game is going to be dead in a few months. Just a hunch.

Oh and co-op has been scrapped as well.

It won't be dead, Call of Duty 4 will just be stronger. <--- heard it here.

This is not japan and P2P doesnt work well here. Activision gtfo. I have enough free games that use that so why would I want to pay for the hassle? Single player maybe but not so much worth it.

Clan based competition on this title will be so sub par when you cannot even have your own server with your own community rules. The L4D model works, I totally agree. But what I'm not so sold on is the P2P model on a much bigger scale. Example 50+ slot servers, if Activison/IW is nice enough to give it to us through their matchmaking plans. Should be interesting.

quote ParanahJoe

Oh and co-op has been scrapped as well.

What? No co-op campaign?

The L4D model works because you only have 8 players at a maximum in any game. With a game such as MW2, where you often have far more than that, I'm not so sure it will be sufficient.

They confirmed that ages ago

Apparently, the other day they said that co-op ruins single-player. Idiots.

Edit: Left 4 Dead still uses dedicated servers even with the matchmaking set-up.

No LAN in Starcraft 2 and now this? What the *bleep* is happening at Activision Blizzard?

what do you think happened to them? they began a multi-national conglomerate with a share on the DOW. Now they only make games that are guaranteed to appeal to mass amounts of people to increase share value. Seattle may as well be known forever as the Hollywood of video games.

No lan in starcraft 2? I even know thats some bullshit move on their part and i dont like starcraft (I know, blasphemy.)