So what's going on????

[AJ]

Been hanging out with some of the VF guys since no one around here seems to be interested in playing anything... which is fine.

But my kid also likes to play... who is 9... and I'm afraid I don't want him exposed to some of the language some of the more childish VF guys can't live without.

Of course he is going to be exposed to it elsewhere... but I don't want that just to be one more thing for his mom (my ex) to blame me for.

Has anyone been playing anything?? Been playing BF2 a lot lately as it is fun and also want to get into GRAW at some point when the game improves.

[sarge]

Hello aj, I understand the language part. Why people choose to speak that way, I don't know. It's a choice to express yourself and make sure you are heard. But, those words they choose only reveal the character and maturity, and don't add any discriptive content to the conversation. I'm not judging them, it's only an observation. As far as games goes, BF2, America's Army, Graw Demo, Far Cry, and the reality mod for BF2 found here:

www.realitymod.com/index.php?page=news

[Mojo]

[Gav]

That reality mod for BF2 is good, isn't it? I gave that a shot too. Although it did give me my most amusing death I've ever had in that game. Nothing to do with wiping out my squad with C4 when they all spawned on me as I was destroying the enemy artillery (done that before - oops), or throwing out med bags as a medic, running out of bags and having the game automatically go to the next kit item (grenades) as I merrily continue clicking the mouse, not realising I've thrown all the medpacks and we're onto frags now, with my squad all around me as we capture a flag... D'oh. Oh no. Better than all those things. I was killed by... wait for it... a supply crate that the commander thoughtfully dropped to support our attack. Unfortunately, as it parachuted in, it landed on my head and crushed me... Reality? Yeah, okay... What are the chances?? Lol

As for language, I don't know what the US servers are like, but the European servers are generally reasonably clean - some of the milder bad language but nothing serious. Especially on the squad comms anyway, which hardly anyone seems to use. Sometimes you get some... "colourful" chat messages typed, but mostly people are too busy shooting (or dying) to type too much. Funnily enough, it seems to be the Germans who use the worst language in my experience... So I say avoid German servers and you'll probably be okay playing with randoms. Or, if your 9 year old doesn't speak German, don't worry about even that... Lol.

Failing that, I could go for some unranked server action - where you can control who plays, I mean - if time differences allow. The new 1.3 patch is also going to add a "co-op" mode - kind of halfway between MP and SP - where you can get a team together with a few people, and then have AI make up the numbers... Link