# Battlefield 2 Players List Update **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803 "2005-12-09T01:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/1 "2005-12-09T01:12:29Z")
After losing my previous list a few weeks ago, I finally got around to re-adding all of the names from the old thread. However, it dawned on me that after these last few months, it might be a good idea for an update. You know, in case someone has changed accounts due to an obsolete clan tag or some new folks have come along. I know **Ethilrist** is still going at it on his Colin\_Blackthorn account since I saw him recently in a video recorded on the Team HAF server. (For those curious, it was [PlaneWhore: The Movie](http://battlefield2.filefront.com/file/PlaneWhore_The_Movie;50406). It features a rather incredible bit of piloting.) I’m still playing on Palooka. Who else do we have? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/2 "2005-12-09T01:27:37Z")
Im still there as [YeticusRex](http://bf2s.com/player/49581978/). Sometimes I use \*\*\* as a prefix since my son is on Team Wonderful as [n00b|nator](http://bf2s.com/player/48327768/). My other son hasn’t been playing lately, but he is [destroyercon](http://bf2s.com/player/48504078/). Almost a Staff Sergeant…slowly but surely. I almost deleted myself…wanted to get off to a better start because I really screwed around too much when I first started. We are looking to buy the expansion soon for a Christmas gift to ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/3 "2005-12-09T06:20:34Z")
I’m still on as [AvroCanuck](http://bf2s.com/player/avrocanuck/) Though I haven’t been playing as much as I should. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/4 "2005-12-09T13:15:19Z")
Still playing on the TeamHAF server as Colin\_Blackthorn. I really gotta download that movie… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/5 "2005-12-09T14:53:32Z")
Still **[DCW]BazookaJoe**, but I haven’t fired up that game in weeks thanks to Civ4 and The Movies. All of my friends who used to roll with DCW years ago are badgering me to start playing again, so I expect I’ll be back on more frequently. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/6 "2005-12-09T22:17:03Z")
I’m BuckGullet. I don’t play on any specific server, but I have been almost exclusively playing on BF2:SF servers. I really like the expansion maps. Well, except for the awful, awful Iron Gator. Holy cow that movie file is hugigantoic. It’s even bigger than the patch you have to download immediately after installing the expansion pack. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/7 "2005-12-11T11:24:10Z")
I’m still there too 🙂 [ptegan1984](http://bf2s.com/player/ptegan1984/) ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/8 "2005-12-12T00:29:41Z")
I just started playing regularly about a month ago - up until then the game was incredibly unstable on my system. Of course I’m gone a lot, so I don’t get much playing time but when I do I play as “furlough” Still a n00b! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/9 "2005-12-12T14:45:03Z")
… and there’s yet another patch coming out soon… maybe they’ll fix that little problem of showing up as an enemy to your teammates that they added in the next-most-recent patch… ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/10 "2005-12-12T18:46:23Z")
I’m still playing as [AirlineSecurity](http://bf2s.com/player/AirlineSecurity/) . Usually on for about an hour nightly, somewhere between 6PM - 10 PM Eastern. -Butler ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/11 "2005-12-12T19:31:20Z")
I play regularly on the Tactical Gamer servers. Strangely enough, my handle is **Jayrot** ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/12 "2005-12-13T00:53:42Z")
Excellent. I’ve gotten ya’ll added up and hopefully we’ll hook up at some point. I saw a few of you today, but I had log in issues. Hopefully next time. Another patch sounds good. Hopefully it won’t take forever and a half like 1.03. Certainly a few balances issues and missing features that I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/13 "2005-12-13T22:48:55Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > … and there’s yet another patch coming out soon… maybe they’ll fix **that little problem of showing up as an enemy** to your teammates that they added in the next-most-recent patch… Little? Last night, I was on a server that was so buggy, but yet had so many noobs on there, that I had something like 46 points AFTER they deducted 34 points for teamkills since half my guys were red…and this server disallowed teamkill punishments and didn’t kick anyone off for them! As soon as I saw that score, (along with half of our side getting negative numbers in the second column, but we STILL won that round!), I immediately got off that server…I wish I remembered the name of it…I was all geeked up on my potential high score until I saw what I had actually done, and I was pissed off when I found out at the end. I saw **Palooka** for one game on StrafeRight last night…but he was lone-wolfing it on that game, and then disappeared after that for the night. I so wanted to teamkill you once just to say “HI OPAL!” or “I BROUGHT PIE.” or some other SD reference. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/14 "2005-12-13T23:32:46Z")
I remember that game. It had that bug where you’re unable to create a squad, which, in addition to the red/blue name bug, tops my list of things-that-need-patching. In other news, they’ve announced some of the changes in the upcoming patch. You can check out the list at the bottom of [this thread.](http://forum.eagames.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=14052&sid=d0dac84ec97848d2c0c1ec606693c002) I’d be interested in knowing what they were thinking with some of them, since they don’t seem necessary or make existing problem worse. For example, “Medic paddles… now reload while not in use.” ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/15 "2005-12-14T00:02:56Z")
Here is a quick run down of just some of the issues we have been working on. - Helicopter now carry 8 missiles rather than 14 _(Yay! I might survive longer in my tank!)_ - TV-Guided missile now have a shorter range \*(Yay! for same reasons as above) \* - Hit points on all air vehicles has been reduced _(Yay!)_ - AA missile lock has been improved _(Yay!)_ - Support kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy (_Meh)_ - Sniper kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy _(I hope this makes the M-95 and ACTUAL upgraded weapon)_ - Anti-Tank kits have had their primary weapons adjusted for accuracy _(Meh)_ - “Dolphin Diving” is no longer possible _(What the hell is this???)_ - Players can no longer jump and shoot at the same time _(Yay! Death to all bunny-hoppers!!!)_ - “Prone Spamming” is now fixed \*(What the hell is this???) \* - “Sprint exploit” is now fixed _(How do you exploit the sprint?)_ - The Sa80 weapon has been improved _(Who uses this weapon?)_ - The G3A3 weapon has been improved _(Who uses this weapon?)_ - Reload while sprinting has been enabled (Yay!) - Chinese and MEC APCs can now shoot through penetrable materials _(Yay!)_ - Damage decreased for the M134 _(Booooooo.)_ - Medic defibrillator paddles have been adjusted. They now reload while not in use. _(Now that is shocking news.)_ ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/16 "2005-12-14T00:36:16Z")
Dolphin Diving is when a person jumps into the air and prones while still in mid-air. When they do this, they are extremely difficult to hit due to the low prone profile and that they’re moving through the air. Additionally, they get prone-level accuracy with their weapon. It is repeated over and over so no one ever has a good shot at them. Basically, it’s the extreme version of bunnyhopping. Prone Spamming is when, generally with a macro, one prones many times per second. When jumping, this causes a bit of hangtime so you can reach areas that were previously unreachable. There is a popular spot on Karkand near the Hotel flag for this. If done on the ground, it is just hard to hit the person, but not to the same extreme as dolphin diving. Sprint Exploit is something invented by DICE to make it seem like they’re fixing more things than they really are. SA80 = L85A1 = Medic Unlock. G3A3 = G3 = Assault Unlock. > [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > - Medic defibrillator paddles have been adjusted. They now reload while not in use. (Now that is shocking news.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/17 "2005-12-14T08:07:27Z")
> [@Cat Jones](#): > > I’m still there too 🙂 > > [ptegan1984](http://bf2s.com/player/ptegan1984/) "obviously " that’s **Ponster** not me, sorry for mix up… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/18 "2005-12-14T18:06:11Z")
> [@Cat Jones](#): > > "obviously " that’s **Ponster** not me, sorry for mix up… Well then **CJ** , what is YOUR player name? Or did you ( **Ponster** ) accidentally post under **CJ** ’s moniker? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/19 "2005-12-14T18:12:26Z")
Here’s my leaderboard of everyone in the SDMB + my 2 kids: [BF2 Leaderboard](http://bf2s.com/my-leaderboard.php?pids=Palooka%2C%2CAvroCanuck%2CZavtra%2CYeticusRex%2CColin_Blackthorn%2C%5BDCW%5DBazookaJoe%2Cn00b%7Cnator%2Cdestroyercon%2Cptegan1984%2CAccipiter%2CWhiskeyTangoFoxtrot%2Cbuckgullet%2Cfurlough%2CAirlineSecurity%2CJayrot%2C44020106&get=Get+Leader+Board) You can save the leaderboard and bookmark it for easy reference later (if you have not done it already). You can remove my 2 kids from the list by hitting the green ‘-’ on the right and then save the leaderboard again. It’s nice to have this list to find out what servers everyone is on. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803/20 "2005-12-15T13:27:46Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Well then **CJ** , what is YOUR player name? Or did you ( **Ponster** ) accidentally post under **CJ** ’s moniker? 😕 **Ponster** male of the species is ptegan1984, me (who always forgets to sign out of the conjugal computer) doesn’t get to play … aplogies for bad grammar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-2-players-list-update/334803.md?page=2)