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Battlefield 2 Ranked Game Servers
Posted by admin in Game ServersThere’s been quite a lot of discussion on the forums about this recently. Basically, Electronic Arts are refusing to allow us to sell ranked BF2 game servers (because to do so you must be a member of EA’s trusted partner scheme). Every time we try to make contact, they either ignore us (and believe me, we’ve tried everything, even leaving people voicemails and inviting them out to lunch!) or they reply with a pre-written response along the lines of “the scheme is full”.
Battlefield 2 is going down the toilet. When ET Quakewars comes out, the toilet will be well and truly flushed. The only way to restore the game to its former glory is to have more stable (and cheaper) game servers online. Cheaper game servers = more people buying game servers, therefore the game becomes more popular; simple! And we hope to charge 99p per slot for a BF2 ranked game server, just like all our other games.
Please sign our petition by adding your name in a comment below. The more signatures, the better. We will then send it to EA, as a final hope that they will allow us (UK’s Biggest GSP, without BF2 servers!) to host ranked servers of their game.
We, the undersigned, would like INX-Gaming to become an EA trusted partner for the purpose of selling Battlefield 2 Ranked game servers at 99p per slot. EA, we have had enough of this idiocy!
84 Responses to “Battlefield 2 Ranked Game Servers”
Luke Stannard
May 25th, 2007 at 8:37 pmGive them the god dam servers!
PsychoHippy
May 25th, 2007 at 8:38 pmDo they not understand this makes them money buy letting INX sell the servers!?!?
David Blackie
May 25th, 2007 at 8:41 pmWe need ranked servers! It makes the gaming experience more fun and competitive, it just aint as good without the rankings! Please put them on!
Bamm
May 25th, 2007 at 8:42 pmWE WANT SERVERS!!
sephiroth
May 25th, 2007 at 8:42 pmWe would really like some cheep decent uk servers! plz EA could you allow them to host it ![]()
Carl
May 25th, 2007 at 8:43 pmI, as a staff member, agree! xD
Ranked servers please EA!
mittal99
May 25th, 2007 at 8:45 pmYes ranked servers plz! Don’t be a “ranker”… LOL
Cap'n Finn
May 25th, 2007 at 8:46 pmWe would love some servers please
bb@toilet
May 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pmI don’t understand this outrage!
EA has too much money or what? Just let inx-gaming sell their ranked servers and they have a good deal also.
It’s way more fun with ranked servers then normal ones, i thought it was special made for ppl that want fun and others can see what they’re capabable of.
EA can’t stop selling ranked servers, there weren’t problems for a few years and now they’re bullshitting.
I will run naked now in AE’s office!
Simon
May 25th, 2007 at 8:48 pmPersonally I can’t understand why they would restrict INX (by far the biggest game server provider in UK at least, perhaps even Europe), from supply BF2 ranked servers. Surely they are just restricting the amount of revenue they are making through ranked servers and through people not buying the game!
Buck your ideas up EA, and step to it!
My 2 cents.
P.S. GIEV US RANKED SERVERS!
Joe
May 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pmEA need to get their act together, why not let one of the main server companies do their games. What geks. Im a sargent blud
Rob
May 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pmin before ranked
Wellar
May 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pmRanked servers ….
we need ranked servers …
Rich
May 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmEA have never done anything for the good of the player, only the good of the wallet.
And that’s not a good combination.
C’mon. Make a reliable server technology and let someone who will not rip off your customres sell it before you find all your casual players gone to other titles.
Matthew
May 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmINX-Gaming should recieve ranked server to sell at these great prices. I can’t believe that EA haven’t given the UK’s largest GSP ranked servers!
GIVE INX-RANKED SERVERS!
Gavin
May 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pmI cannot understand EA’s position on this.
Why not let INX host ranked servers ?
Bob
May 25th, 2007 at 9:06 pmC’mon EA…i love playing Battlefield 2 and i only play on ranked servers. I know that INX host very good and high quality servers and i would love it if they could host ranked servers.
If they did, i may think about getting a ranked server from them
Please let em have ranked
J Prescott
May 25th, 2007 at 9:54 pmINX have always offered value for money in terms of quality service, and since the focus of the Battlefield series has always been online gaming, it makes a lot of sense to allow them to host ranked servers.
For one I would rather play non-ranked games on an INX server than ranked games on a non-INX server, on the basis that I get frustrated with lag, and really annoyed when characters teleport (if you think I’m exaggerating, what else do you call appearing 10 feet to the left of where they were the frame before?).
Denying INX the right to sell ranked server slots seems to be a move that can only have a negative impact on the Battlefield community, by denying them a source of cost-effective quality servers to play on.
Imatate
May 25th, 2007 at 10:10 pmI was the one who started all this off, LOL.
I think Inx should have ranked servers as theyr’e the UK’s number one largest GSP!!
GO INX!!
LadyB
May 25th, 2007 at 10:46 pmJust Do It!! GO INX!
Del Monte
May 25th, 2007 at 11:09 pmIts a complete farce and a joke.
EA - Give INX ranked servers, do the right thing in the interest of the gamer for once.
Rory
May 25th, 2007 at 11:09 pmI would like INX-Gaming to become an EA trusted partner for the purpose of selling Battlefield 2 Ranked game servers at 99p per slot. EA, we have had enough of this idiocy!
=’]
Snoopy
May 25th, 2007 at 11:11 pmGive them the right to sell ranked servers.
memPHIS
May 25th, 2007 at 11:26 pmI would like INX-Gaming to become an EA trusted partner for the purpose of selling Battlefield 2 Ranked game servers at 99p per slot. EA, we have had enough of this stupidity
°-»AúthøRítY«-°
May 26th, 2007 at 9:17 amDO IT! DO IT! DO IT OR I WILL RAPE YOUR LEG! DO IT!!!!!! AIAIAIAIAIAIA!!!!
I WILL HACK YOU OTHERWISE AND DO IT MYSELF, AIAIAIAIA!
Michael Bull
May 26th, 2007 at 9:17 amYea…Like authority said, do it please, we want it bad!
FireFox
May 26th, 2007 at 9:18 amYEA!
Queen B
May 26th, 2007 at 9:18 amaiaiaiaia! Do it please!
RoboDucky
May 26th, 2007 at 9:39 amYeah give them the bloody right… even though I dislike bf2142 the people over at bf2 and my friends that like bf2 dont have to suffer for it!!!
and brownsauce… wtf o.0 you gone complete crazy now
Xenophon
May 26th, 2007 at 4:35 pmlol @ EA … once again showing a prime example of ruining their own games.
FFS. weve got numerous servers with INX. and their all good. why the hell cant they host BF2 ???????
Bøøbies
May 26th, 2007 at 5:47 pmPWEEEASE DO IT FOR ME!
Ciaran
May 26th, 2007 at 6:42 pmLet them do it!
FirePhoenix
May 26th, 2007 at 6:55 pmGIVE US THE SERVERS!!!!
StyleZ
May 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pmServers now!
MJR
May 26th, 2007 at 7:03 pmPLEASE! We buy servers and then we get crappy un ranked ones? whats this!! Like bad said DO THEY HAVE TO MUCH MONEY!?!?
bfjunkie4life!
May 26th, 2007 at 7:06 pmWhy EA Why!?!?
Evil ass is thier new name~!
YOU MAKE MORE MONEY!!
We know your all greedy!
Become partners with INX for us, if not the money!
CatSoup
May 26th, 2007 at 7:13 pmPLEASE! Give us the server and i will hump you all day long!
Blue_skunk
May 26th, 2007 at 7:14 pmi whole heartedly endorse this product/service
skunk
tostrong4you
May 26th, 2007 at 7:15 pmi want inx ranked bf2 servers
FirePhoenix
May 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pmPaste this into your xfire status if you have it!
Please sign!! http://www.inx-gaming.co.uk/gaming-blog/game-servers/battlefield-2-ranked-game-servers
We REALLY nead these ranked servers!!
{BofB}Patton
May 26th, 2007 at 8:26 pmThe {BofB}Community fully supports INX-Gaming in getting the EA’s trusted partner ship. Although i think there hard heads after this time they spend in getting this mark.
Dont lose INX-Network as a customer, because of an old word:
The customer is your king, with it your country will fail!
All the best from the {BofB}Community!
www.bandofbrothersclan.com
=GK=Socca
May 26th, 2007 at 8:40 pmEA you are making a big mistake!!! LET INIX sell Ranked BF2 Servers!!!
OR YOU WONT GET NO MONEY!!!!
[wsat]Ripper
May 27th, 2007 at 12:09 amEA…games are good,but atleast with bf2 being so old now why not let inx provide ranked server’s?
We at wsat support inx to the full plus we have a small group with bf2142 and getting into the partner ship should get us one step closer to achieving in that area .
Please Give INX enterance into the partner scheme
[wsat]Ripper[CL]
PhD
May 27th, 2007 at 7:59 amRanked Servers For The People!!!
=’(
James
May 27th, 2007 at 8:14 amGet the servers back please
swat
May 27th, 2007 at 9:14 amagreed ^^
=GK= Cirlam
May 27th, 2007 at 10:26 amour clan has just bought 2 new boxes from inx, and we’re left on the multiplay servers, which although are alrite, they are more expensive than inx, and we need an entire box for a 2142 server and bf2 server….
basically, we nnnnneeeeed inx to be allowed to host bf2 ranked servers
=GK=kerani
May 27th, 2007 at 10:31 amEA needs to get their heads out of their arses, and let inx host ranked servers, NOW!!!!!!!!
=GK=mattward3000
May 27th, 2007 at 10:47 amEA give them the rights to host inx ranked servers!
Destro
May 27th, 2007 at 11:25 amDo they want to loose money, or what?…
Ben Potter
May 27th, 2007 at 1:31 pmHere here!
J Ellis
May 27th, 2007 at 1:39 pmAnd in typical EA fashion, they continue to suck. It’s a pity you have to do your utmost best to kill BF2, considering BF2142 has already been well and truly slaughtered. We know you tried hard with patch 1.3, but we carried on fighting the bugs. Please stop the bloodshed.
L De Backer
May 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pmGive INX the server, we might even buy one com’on we need cheap good decent BF2 servers, GIVE HIM !
Davren
May 27th, 2007 at 2:58 pmAs a staff member I don’t see what the harm in us having bf2 servers is. So yes BF2 server please ![]()
fczwoll
May 27th, 2007 at 3:02 pmyea there is a big need of cheap ranked bf2 servers!!!
=GK= SHENTON
May 27th, 2007 at 3:25 pmOur clan just bought 2 boxes from INX and we can’t have a ranked bf2 server, this is total bull. why can’t EA just let this company have it. Are they so worried about about losing the tiniest bit of money to someone else?
It’s not like they don’t own like 40% of the world games !
[Storm]Monty
May 27th, 2007 at 4:20 pmEA does plain dictatorship like back in the fourties in Germany … I see no difference here. Why not at least help out some firms trying to keep the game up if EA is not bothered about brining out some new maps for us !!! You guys suck like hell when it comes down to serving peeps after buying the game…. your services suck big style and I believe I am not alone with this statement !!!
=GK=Sid45
May 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pmYeah sort it out EA!
Goose
May 27th, 2007 at 6:13 pmiNX should be allowed to host them. They are a great company ![]()
Seymour
May 27th, 2007 at 8:44 pmLET INIX sell Ranked BF2 Servers!!!
Danny
May 27th, 2007 at 11:38 pmGo on, give them the partnership. Get this game back up to it’s former Glory!
Simon Gunton
May 28th, 2007 at 8:18 pmGive them the damn ranked servers!!!
Matt
May 29th, 2007 at 3:38 amINX are an excellent host, I fail to see why you wouldn’t allow them to sell ranked servers. Everybody would benefit from it.
You can add my name to the partition.
Jay
June 3rd, 2007 at 4:59 pmEA! Why will you not allow INX to sell ranked servers. Ranked servers change a gameing experiance completely, not only do they make the game better for the more competetive player but they allow less experianced less competetive players the see what they are up against and what they could aspire to.
If you go through with not alowing INX to sell these ranked servers you are surely depriving yourself of a huge amount of revenue. Just give up the corperate act and give them the SERVES!
Please.
Chris
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:24 pmPlease let INX sell Ranked Game Servers. I would love to buy a Ranked server from INX!
James Hanify
June 15th, 2007 at 12:42 amAgreed. Inx should be allowed to host BF2 servers and even BF2142 which I hope they will be looking into ![]()
Ste
June 19th, 2007 at 9:49 pmGive them RANKED servers!
RiZZa
June 21st, 2007 at 3:02 amWe want gd bf2 Servers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice site ![]()
Mike
July 8th, 2007 at 2:00 amBunch of us guys get together an play a while online we all have family’s an job’s but we all play when we can how bout giving the working class guy’s a break
Gomer
July 8th, 2007 at 4:04 amYes, that would be great to have some more BF2 servers. Now can we get this done already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
keith
July 14th, 2007 at 12:48 pmCheaper servers = more servers ea do the right thing
Peter Carey
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:26 pmEA I have been a fan of all your games since you first came out!
I can say though that you are going down the toilet now!!!
If you use commen sence you will know that cheaper servers=More members more members+more servers=MORE MONEY…COME ON EA!!!
Ady
August 15th, 2007 at 5:13 pmCheaper server means more buying
JohnBoy
August 31st, 2007 at 6:41 pmGive them the servers for christ sake, it earns a) you money b)your games a reputation c)better communities d) A BIG FUCKIN WAR
Holback
September 11th, 2007 at 7:06 pmGood luck, I have been a private GSP for 5 years. I don’t charge anyone to use or play any of my six servers hosted on my own equipment….
I have been trying to get an ok for rank usage for quite a while. They tell me the same thing, the program is full, we are not accepting anymore GSP’s.
I knew when I saw the way BF2 is laid out from the player verification to the way the ranking is done this would be trouble. With you being the biggest provider it is just stupid you can’t offer ranked servers.
EA is beginning to look like IW with the holier than thou attitude. Look at the hoops you have to jump through just to get Euro Force and Armored Fury to work.
wes
September 28th, 2007 at 6:16 amAnother ranked server provider in the UK would be much appreciated, I’m sure it will help EA increase there profits aswell.
Trevor Grossman
January 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pmEA make the banks look like they have good customer service. They are the video game nazis. Once a title has sold through its lifespan (BF2 for ex.) they basically stop supporting or even caring about it.
I no longer buy EA games because of this. I their sports franchise says it all.
2k starts making sports games that are better than EAs at half the price. What does EA do? They buy the rights exclusive rights to sell MLB, NBA and NFL titles. 2k now has to call their game Professional Football and can’t use any of the team names. Lame.
Down with EA!
Dev
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 pmWhy the sudden change?????????????? Come on EA. It’s just a game!
Polo
August 7th, 2008 at 8:48 pmPlease let this company rent battlefield 2 ranked servers. As all other companys are very exspenive and reqiure 3 - 6 month contract.
Rastafer
October 8th, 2008 at 1:12 ami find it sad that there are no ranked servers,
shame on them, for players around the globe
Dealman
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmEA Games is just being ridicilous. Why don’t they want you to host ranked servers? Possible “cheating” to rank up easy? Well, look at all already-exisitng Stat Paddings servers. Nothin’ wrong with ‘em.
Even with stat paddings servers it takes a _long_ time to get the highest rank or the weapons you’d like to reach. So what? It takes years of non-stats-padding otherwise.
Also, I doubt players play for stats, Battlefield 2 have gone relativley old in the current generation of games. So I doubt those “I-wanna-be-the-number-one”-enthusiasts no longer plays BF2 for the stats. Most plays for the sake of fun and team tactics needed to win.
Also those unlockable weapons brings an extreme overpowerness to some players in the game.
Phil White
February 12th, 2009 at 11:26 amWise up guys, EA don’t give a s*** about us. We Buy thier product, then they tell us how to use it. We don’t own the game we buy, we just rent it on their terms. For example,,how many of you know that punkbuster is a trojan that has access to “ALL” of your system, it is a trojan. All your files are open to them. This is a violation of the privacy act, but you can’t play EA games without agreeing to this violation. 180,000 accounts have been re set!, work out the math guys, how many more BF2 games have been sold because of theses re sets. Forget getting more ranked providers, it aint gonna happen. EA own your ass if you play BF2.
John
February 13th, 2009 at 12:42 amIs it actually a *trojan*? Does it deliver a payload or replicate?
Phil, consumer pressure is the only thing that forces companies to actually change their business practices. If there’s enough of an outcry, if enough people email EA telling them how they feel then yeah, a change will happen eventually.
See my post on Gamers Marching To War! http://www.inx-gaming.com/gaming-blog/random/on-your-feet-gamers-we-march-to-war/
Arman
June 12th, 2009 at 2:13 pmPlease prohibit them to open servers. Without theese servers Battlefield 2 nobody will play.
