To help speed up your server browsing these tips can help you get results quicker.Hope this helps!
If you use the server browser then
- Use Favourites/History when possible
Use the server browser
When it starts to search click CANCEL
Select the options:
You can use your friends list in game to connect on them without accessing the server browser.
- Ranked
- Not Full
- Not Empty
- No Password
- Leave Punkbuster checked
- Hit Refresh
Friday, March 05, 2010
Speed up Battlefield: Bad Company 2's Server Browser
EA has posted some tips for speeding up Battlefield: Bad Company 2's
(BFBC2) server browser.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Initial Impressions: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Singleplayer
WARNING: Minor spoilers ahead.
The first mission transports the player back to a clandestine World War II raid on mainland Japan to secure a defecting Japanese scientist. The mission goes all kinds of wrong and our heroes are forced to re-route their escape attempt via submarine. However, before safety can be reached a "secret weapon" is unleashed on the Japanese mainland causing a tidal wave that washes the escaping team into watery graves.
The next mission fast forwards to current times and the player is put into play as part of Bad Company. Somehow this "secret weapon" from WWII Japan has found its way into modern times and its up to Bad Company to unravel the mystery and thats the story as far as I understand it currently.
I know, its weird. I just typed STORY and Battlefield in the same stroke, but EA Dice has pulled off an amazing feat here. They've added a well-scripted, quasi-on-rails solo campaign to one of the greatest multi-player franchise ever AND IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY! This completes the Battlefield series' move towards the Call of Duty model: great singleplayer with great multiplayer.
The missions are laid out based on objectives. Generally, the goal is to travel from point A to point B. There is a set limit of enemies to fight, unlike the endless spawning waves of Battlefield's past. After that, everything is pretty much open. If the player wants to take it slow or fast, with vehicles or not, it's their choice.
Unlike multiplayer, players are not locked into a single class. They can carry two of any of the primary weapons, along with a gadget and knife. Weapons are unlocked by collecting them off dead enemies. Throughout the levels there are supply crates where weapon load-out can be changed. The system works well in singleplayer and I like the fact it doesn't lock me into a single class.
Early reports show that the campaign is short (8-10 hours), but thats a far improvement from previous Battlefield games. Overall, I am impressed by the singleplayer and with the current server disconnect issues, I anticipate I will be finishing the campaign well before I get heavily involved in any online play.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
How To Fix Punkbuster kicks for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (BFBC2) on Steam
If you are playing Battlefield Bad Company 2
To fix this:
1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common
2. Delete the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta folder, which includes Punkbuster
3. Go to Punkbuster's website and get www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php
4. Launch the program
5. Once launched, click add game
6. Select BFBC2
7. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\battlefield
8. Click OK and then click Check for Updates.
Punkbuster will now initiate a download for the BC2 Punkbuster client.
UPDATE: You may also need to remove the BFBC2 Beta folder from "My Documents" as well before this will work properly.
NOTE: Do not let Punkbuster run in it's default destination. It is set up to go to the BFBC2 Beta folder instead of the correct BFBC2 release version folder.

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HBO greenlights 'A Game of Thrones'
Great news for George RR Martin fans, HBO has greenlighted the highly anticipated fantasy series "Game of Thrones
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The premium network has picked up the project for a first-season debut next spring. Nine episodes plus the pilot have been ordered. Production will begin in Belfast this June.Woot!
The pickup comes on the heels of another HBO big ticket series order, for Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese's drama "Boardwalk Empire."
From the moment "Thrones" was first announced in development, the series based on the George R.R. Martin novels has generated enormous, perhaps unprecedented, online interest for a series at such an early stage.
The sprawling tale set in the mythical land of Westeros tells the story of the noble Stark family who become caught up in high court intrigue when patriarch Eddard (played by Sean Bean) becomes the king's new right-hand man. The four-and-counting books in the series would each be used as one season of the series.
Unlike many fantasy novels, the "Thrones" series largely avoids relying on magical elements and instead goes for brutal realism -- think "Sopranos" with swords. Martin, a former TV writer ("Beauty and the Beast"), writes each chapter as a cliffhanger, which should lend itself well to series translation. David Benioff and Dan Weiss are the series creators. (Source)
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