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I think it's safe to say a lot of us came from Battlefield 2.
Battlefield 2 was a masterpiece in strategic, team based first person shooters. It really had everything I ever wanted. But, even when it first came out it was littered with bugs and problems. Most of us tend to forget it because the last patch that made a difference came out in 2006 (1.41) and then they were nice enough to throw the 1.5 patch at us in 2009.

I think having 5 solid years with a wonderfully working BF2 has made us forget that some games ship 'unfinished'.

When I first got Battlefield 3, I was wowed by the graphics and the control but a few things made me angry:
Reduction in classes
No Commander Mode
no VOIP ...

So I have been playing a lot of BF3 lately. As most people know, the graphics are phenomenal and the gameplay, while no BF2 or 2142, is still pretty darn good. What is really bothering me is the loss of VOIP and Commander Mode. Commander mode is not a terrible thing but the nearly complete omission of VOIP is intolerable. Now I know what you are saying right now: "But Gumby, there are a million rants on the internet pipes about this" Maybe so. But this one is a bit different. As an American living overseas, I have really, really enjoyed gaming on the pub servers here. I have learned so much German and French just by playing online games with a more traditional approach to VOIP. European servers often have people speaking ...

The purpose of this post is to collect the assortment of links and tips for improved bf2 playing:

# best squad lead write-up I've seen (wish I could have met this guy):
http://www.teamplayergaming.com/team...ad-leader.html

# aiming write-up - an interesting idea, but I found the article a bit long and conveluted
http://www.fnatic.com/forums/Counter...m-the-CGS.html

# carpal tunnel/RSI info (from the link above)
http://www.julstro.com/what_is_rsi.html

I hope to add more to this page as I come across more info (I should've started this sooner... oh well ).

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I told myself several times I wouldn't do a review of this game, but here I am. Couldn't keep away from the reviews long enough, I guess, and this is the only one that I have that deserves a review.

To be perfectly honest, I never played any of the original Sonic the Hedgehog games. My only entry to the series was Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast, when I was just a little kid. I stayed away from consoles most of the time between the Xbox and today, so I haven't noticed all the releases for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 for Sonic the Hedgehog. This is the first one that came to the PC that actually caught my attention while I was browsing IGN (That's how below the radar it was for me). So basically, I'm a newcomer to the field of Sonic ...

So, I've played and played and played, and eventually determined that even with crap weapons and essential gadgets still unlocked, I can still be pretty good without them.

There are still some essentials I need to unlock:
Mortars
SOFLAM
Javelin

I'm having a hard time leveling my Recon guy, because I just can't quite get down the sights.
I also have a hard time enjoying the Support class. I finally unlocked extended mags for the M249 which makes it a bit more usable. Unfortunately, my style of play isn't well suited to it... and I can't fire steadily with the machine guns.

I also recently made the late-night stupid decision to buy a GTX570...
As for parenting, I've ...