Originally Posted by Magnum50

Well I liked Sunday Night... I'm only off on Sun and Mon, (work in the evening/night the other days)... thats kinda why I was looking forward too it.

I checked for SWAT 4 action, no one was on, so then I went and both servers were full, and as usual, the private server was empty, I know as a SM, I can go ask an admin to kick some one out for me, but thats just not me. So I ended up playing SP T72 on my days off.

I like BF2 alot, but doesn't it seem that it's taken over all the other tactical gaming lately, probably because it's new, but I can't find anyone to play the older good TS anymore, like SWAT 4 , AA, OFP, GR...even JO.

(this isn't posted as a complaint, more for food for thought)

To be fair, no other game has crystalized what TG is about quite like Battlefield 2. I think, had EA/Dice left off the Command and SL elements of the game, we would still have a mix of games being played.

I think, now, that there is starting to be some fraying at the edges....there will be a core of players there, but with players like the 42nd opting for the Private Server instead of the 2 public servers, you can expect more "TG isn't what it once was" threads. Battlefield 2 isn't what it was when it started, that is for sure.

That is both good and bad for TG: good because players will start looking for something else to play, bad because what brought them here has changed.

What we can do, as players of niche games like SWAT4, is keep the faith. SWAT 4 never had all that great of a following here: Apophis wanted it, so we got it. The core group of players numbered 7, not what you would call a strong showing.

That said, it is an excellent game, and great fun when we all get together to get schooled by the AI.

I agree with you about the other games, but of them, the only one that isn't dead is Ghost Recon. There is a core group of GR players that refuse to give up, which is a very good thing in my mind. They probably will keep playing that until Red Strom releases something that fills that gap.

I have AA, but haven't player it much. The Jump School has frustrated me, so I stopped playing it for a while. I think we could coax some others into forming a AA squad, if you are interested.