I got the game back in 2006, and played 1.0 for about a year. I didn't know there was a 1.2 at the time, but even then I wouldn't have cared. I played with many different people when I could. I joined my first clan {DX} (not at all related to the new clan that popped up before Gamespy went down) and rose the ranks there. I decided I was better (a little overconfident, maybe...) and started my own clan. Because I had dialup (and still do), I could not host servers, and I only ever got a couple people to join the clan. I stopped in 2007 due to having so much other stuff in life and my clan had failed miserably.
Fast forward to 2009. We get a new computer, I pick up the game again and go "Wonder if anyone still plays online?" Yep, they do. And there's this guy Bobby with this clan of like 50 people running around, with some other clans like [NJ] and (the clan I eventually joined) {WAR}. The clan was very skilled, but inconsistent at arriving to stuff. I played in what was supposed to be an official battle with BOB, and I was the only one who showed up vs about 10 BOBs. It ended up being a fun game with a couple BOBs with me vs the rest of BOB, and I made new friends. Sadly, about 3-4 months after I joined, the whole {WAR} clan left, leaving me. So I joined BOB in February 2010 and they let me come in. In August they needed a temporary leader (I had risen the ranks quite fast) and I was appointed and the job stuck. I'm still there today. I didn't even test the waters of 1.2 until about late 2011, and would play there once in a while to get better when 1.0 was a little slow.
Ok, I've droned on for too long.
P.S. I asked Led to bring SWBFgamers to 1.0 before Gamespy went down about 8 months later. It was awesome to have 24 hours servers which I hadn't seen since like... 2007.
Fast forward to 2009. We get a new computer, I pick up the game again and go "Wonder if anyone still plays online?" Yep, they do. And there's this guy Bobby with this clan of like 50 people running around, with some other clans like [NJ] and (the clan I eventually joined) {WAR}. The clan was very skilled, but inconsistent at arriving to stuff. I played in what was supposed to be an official battle with BOB, and I was the only one who showed up vs about 10 BOBs. It ended up being a fun game with a couple BOBs with me vs the rest of BOB, and I made new friends. Sadly, about 3-4 months after I joined, the whole {WAR} clan left, leaving me. So I joined BOB in February 2010 and they let me come in. In August they needed a temporary leader (I had risen the ranks quite fast) and I was appointed and the job stuck. I'm still there today. I didn't even test the waters of 1.2 until about late 2011, and would play there once in a while to get better when 1.0 was a little slow.
Ok, I've droned on for too long.
P.S. I asked Led to bring SWBFgamers to 1.0 before Gamespy went down about 8 months later. It was awesome to have 24 hours servers which I hadn't seen since like... 2007.
