This evening brought another solid session of R6V2 for TG. Delta and I started the night off by finding a public server hosting Attack & Defend that included a full team using some basic tactics and actually communicating with each other. It was nice to hear terms such as covering fire and flanking being thrown around with some regularity. We ended up either planting or defusing a lot of bombs with relative ease, as the other team didn’t seem to have their act together.

After losing connection to the host, Delta threw up his own server and we started the process of seeding it. The first few matches were a little rough with only two players to a side, but Clodhopper wandered in fashionably late and it was fun to spend some time hunting for each other. It wasn’t long before we had a full server and enjoyed quite a few rounds of intense action playing Team Deathmatch. Delta, Clodhopper and I were able to effectively shut down one section of the map for quite a long time by covering our flanks and staying focused on each other.

Well into the early morning, we switched things up and changed over to Team Leader. It was great to finally be able to play this fantastic game mode with other players that actually talked to each other and worked as a team to accomplish a mission. The Mudertown map provided for some great CQB exchanges and even a few opportunities to do some sniping at a decent distance.

This session also went a long way to proving to me that we can play adversarial matches as a group. There is certainly a lot of work involved to pull it off with some sense of maturity on Xbox LIVE, but Delta did a tremendous job of kicking spawn campers and disruptive players. If we rotate hosts to avoid placing the administrative burden on one member, there seems to be no reason we can’t enjoy regular Versus matches. We may even interest a few players to find out what TG is all about and visit the forums.