We're not allowed to give our fellow members a heads-up on fraudulently-run servers?! How very PC.

Players can then check it out for themselves and draw their own conclusions? Jeez...we all slag off developers for not getting on top of cheating, then you do the exact opposite yourselves.

But tch, let's not offend the ******** ay. God forbid their reputation suffers. Hang on...what reputation?

Yes you are... of course you have no proof but your post, how do we know you don't just have a ax to grind... but thats not why I took it down... I took it down because MACE directly insulted all Russians with his follow up post, and that I will not allow.

and if you don't clean up your post within a few hours, this will go too.. I WILL NOT ALLOW VERBAL ATTACKS ON COUNTRIES ANYWHERE HERE.

It was tongue in cheek.

Humor often translates poorly on the internet.

I knew that Mace, I know you... but it doesn't always come out like its meant... hence why you didn't get a warning or anything from me.

Okay, point taken, apologies.

Ok, thanks Magnum. I shall frown at Mace then. :lol:

The server in question is ARMA2.RU. I know this kind of thing can be called subjective, so I recommend players check it out for themselves. It's not subtle...gawd, it's sooo not subtle. And look out for their special Panther, it has broad green vertical tiger-stripes on pale-yellow base, can take numerous hits from a Tiger at approx 100m range and then one-shot kills said Tiger. That really was the final straw for me. Had to laugh though. What's even funnier is that even with their ubered T34s and SU85s and JS2s they still lose seven out of ten battles.

Just had a couple of hours on the Franz server, one-shot kills galore, including a 75mm (Panther) through a JS2's glacis at approx 200m. The difference is night & day and at least somewhat better than the 14 rounds it took me to knock out a JS2 last night at approx 100m in the side and rear.

Meanwhile, the SimHQ Iron Front server sits all cold and alone waiting for players. Sooo sad.

Guod, I think the problem there might be the co-op mode. I certainly can't speak definitively for anyone else but I find the AI's super-human spotting ability about as satisfying to deal with as actual human cheats. Sure, the Franz server isn't very well populated but even 5 vs 5 can be fun. God knows it's kept me entertained for a good few hours already.

I'm not sure this game can be pulled back from the brink. Once upon a time yes, but these days the buying public just doesn't want to give second chances. As I've said elsewhere, if they'd released v1.033 right off the bat this game would be flying right now, it really is, in my opinion, that good (despite it's game-balancing compromises). I hope I'm wrong, I've not been this engaged since Darkest Hour.