Well, actually it was yesterday, but I played my first real match at Oct. 23rd 2005. My first round one day before ended after a minute because players left. I got a bronze star and somehow the basic assault combat, because I managed to get the last shots on a Blackhawk with 5 guys in it (with an AK-101)
It was the day when I got high speed Internet, so playing online was completely new to me.
However, it was a great time, especially when I got my headset as a Christmas present so that I could play with friends. I still sucked at that time (at playing infantry), thats why I played commander a lot. When I got my new graphics card, I became better (my Infantry K/D increased from 0.2 to >0.8 now and is still getting better). I can definitely blame my graphics card, because when I had to use the old one for a few weeks this summer, I lost every single shoot-out and my game lagged as hell.
Now the funny thing: I knew BF2s.com before I even had BF2. A friend had the old award sigs in his sig on our school-forum and it was linked to this page.
And I'm glad to know it, even though some parts of the forums are full of some idiots who are spamming every thread. Especially the EU section is a great thing, and when I joined the server the first time (2006-04-02) it was a fantastic experience, which became even better when joining TS.
I remember some funny dialogs like this one:
Only Germans where on the server, slayer asked dancer something about the enemy tank in German and I gave the answer in German, because I was commander:
All in all, the year was fun, and i still feel honored, that most of you trust me as a server admin and always play some good rounds with all the others.Slayer: (translated into English) What the hell was that? Mike, did you talk German? Are you German?
Men (we don't have a girl here, do we?)
I'm proud of you and I can say without any doubts:
The BF2s EU division is the best community ever!
Thank you all.
Especially Goldman, the three German guys who already left (HellHead, Captain and dancer), Slayer, Superfly, alpha, Echo and all the other guys who have been part of the EU division since the first days.
Last edited by Mike<Eagle23> (2006-10-23 14:11:57)