Actually, the virus I'm referring to is harmless and actually good for you! It's called the 'VOIP' virus!
So I've been playing quite a while and quite often (almost 400 hours now) and since the 1st week of playing or so I've noticed that almost nobody ever uses voice any more. They did for the first week or so but I guess the 'neat' factor wore off and people just shut up.
Now I haven't used voice for a while because I've had some configuration problems with my on-board sound. So I got myself a shiney new Sound Blaster X-Fi the other day and decided, damnit, I want to get this mic issue fixed. So I did that (with the help of my new sound card) and promptly joined my favorite server and started playing.
I joined a squad (5/6 and I made it 6/6) and asked if anyone had a mic. One person answered back... I was frustrated with this but I guess it was better than NOBODY answering back. So myself and this guy started working together on voice... 'hold up a sec, lemme blow this C4 1st' or 'watch out on the east, a guy just killed me there'. Within a couple minutes, another guy joined in... the leader left and somehow I eventually ended up as squad leader. By the end of that map we were ALL (6/6) talking and strategizing and most importantly cooperating... I was asking for people to spawn on me to cap TV tower (Sharqi)... asking for A.T. spawns because I saw a tank in the distance... 3 guys spawn and take the tank out on the other side of the bridge (Wake Island)... working as a team made all the difference in the world, and VOIP is what made it possible. We played as a team for the next 2 hours... joined the same squad with each map change... had an awesome night of playing. It was BY FAR the most fun I have had playing BF2 in my almost 400 hours.
So, people can be a little slow to talk back, but don't let it stop you. Join a squad and start talking!! If the people on your squad have half a brain, the VOIP virus will spread and your level of enjoyment will increase greatly!!! VOIP!!!
So I've been playing quite a while and quite often (almost 400 hours now) and since the 1st week of playing or so I've noticed that almost nobody ever uses voice any more. They did for the first week or so but I guess the 'neat' factor wore off and people just shut up.
Now I haven't used voice for a while because I've had some configuration problems with my on-board sound. So I got myself a shiney new Sound Blaster X-Fi the other day and decided, damnit, I want to get this mic issue fixed. So I did that (with the help of my new sound card) and promptly joined my favorite server and started playing.
I joined a squad (5/6 and I made it 6/6) and asked if anyone had a mic. One person answered back... I was frustrated with this but I guess it was better than NOBODY answering back. So myself and this guy started working together on voice... 'hold up a sec, lemme blow this C4 1st' or 'watch out on the east, a guy just killed me there'. Within a couple minutes, another guy joined in... the leader left and somehow I eventually ended up as squad leader. By the end of that map we were ALL (6/6) talking and strategizing and most importantly cooperating... I was asking for people to spawn on me to cap TV tower (Sharqi)... asking for A.T. spawns because I saw a tank in the distance... 3 guys spawn and take the tank out on the other side of the bridge (Wake Island)... working as a team made all the difference in the world, and VOIP is what made it possible. We played as a team for the next 2 hours... joined the same squad with each map change... had an awesome night of playing. It was BY FAR the most fun I have had playing BF2 in my almost 400 hours.
So, people can be a little slow to talk back, but don't let it stop you. Join a squad and start talking!! If the people on your squad have half a brain, the VOIP virus will spread and your level of enjoyment will increase greatly!!! VOIP!!!
Last edited by LSD_Wash (2005-11-16 09:44:59)