Originally Posted by Shiner

As to an alternate server with 1 life, I used to play GR tourneys with the *E|M|F* clan of 30 minute matches. Trust me you don't go running off on your own, you don't take a sh*t without a plan [red october reference], and you really hate life when you die. 25+ minutes is a long time to spectate. When I played those style games I was in college and had all the time in the world. Now that my gaming sessions are 1-2 hours max, I prefer a different style, but for those that like the most intense experiences have at it.

Exactly. Removing the respawns changes the tactics of the game, and puts in a pucker factor that is currently missing, in my opinion. It isn't that the idea 'wouldn't work', whatever that means. It will work. It simply changes the game. Some will be interested in this style. Others won't. I suspect some who say they are not interested now, might be suprised at how deep this style of play might be. I think some may try it and like the challenge.

Pinned down by an MG? Instead of popping up and firing back, or charging forward until you get shot, you might have to crawl for 5 minutes to some other location to try and outflank or get a different shot. When dying simply isn't an option, tactics have to change. That's a different, more realistic environment.

I don't understand the comparisons some are making between other special forces type games (which I haven't played) to this WW2 game. Apparently some think that special forces guys try harder not to die than the average Landser on the Eastern Front. That just isn't the case. Guys in WW2 didn't want to die either. They worked hard not to die, for the most part. The tactics are equally important in a modern Ghost Recon scenario against some terrorists, or in the streets of Stalingrad. There weren't always an unlimited number of guys available to take an objective in WW2. It wasn't always practical to lose 30 guys just to advance 200 meters and take one f-ing farmhouse.