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This week we meet Andy Jensen, technical advisor and one of the founders of Breaking Point, the Call of Duty 2, World-War II on-line Tournament.

In Breaking Point you join Axis or Allies and you fight to conquer Eastern and Western Europe and North Africa. You can relive history - or re-write it!

Andy and Tim (Wally) Walters, college-age friends, came up with the idea of a CoD2 tournament back in 2005 that focused on the CoD community. They quickly brought it from a dream to reality in just a few months and forged it into a continuous series of 9-12 week events where the battles are drawn outside clan lines.

Today we talk to Andy about the details of Breaking Point:

- How do you join the tournament. - The gameplay. - The role of officers in the battles.

He also describes Platoon Wars …something that the bpcod2 folks do when they are not playing in the tournament.

We highlight the brilliance of folks like Madskillz who has produced breathtaking e-films for Breaking point, like:

- Hold the Line

- Apocalypse Now: London

Andy also goes into detail over the following issues that are looming over the horizon:

- How is Breaking Point managing the fall-off in CoD2 player participation on servers community-wide.

- What does he think about CoD4 and is Breaking Point considering moving the tournament into Modern Warfare?

This is not Breaking Point’s first appearance on BASH as many of our long time listeners know. One of the first appearances was on a webcast we did called the Vortex. That webcast is still on the ‘net and you can still download it here (It will be on our old website until the end of the year).

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Our BASH BOARDS had some serious issues this week (our provider had a major hardware failure). But they are back up (I hope) - please register and take part in the BASH community.

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After receiving an overwhelming number of requests, OK…there were 2 requests: one was a PM from some kid, and the other was a drunk guy who called me at 2 in the morning, but I digress…BASH is proud to provide its listeners (and readers) with ….The BASH Boards

Finally, forums for our long suffering, voiceless listeners. Here are some of the categories we are starting off with…

The BASH Webcast - Give us feedback on the latest BASH webcast. - Take a poll and help us understand what you are interested in. - Show notes

Roll Call - Before you post, tell us about yourself. If people know who you are, the conversations will tend to be more civil!

Call of Duty - CoD4 - CoD2 - CoD Mods! - We cover it all…

Gaming - Tell us what you find interesting in the FPS gaming scene. - MoH: Airborne.

Five Star Club This is an exclusive region within the BASH Boards set aside for Call of Duty website owners, server managers, clan leaders and website administrators. It is a place to discuss the issues of the day and a place to exchange ways of improving the community.

Coalition of the Willing BASH’s Allies in the struggle for enlightenment get an honored place. Be part of the coalition - help us vanquish FPS ignorance. Advertise BASH on your site and we may be able to place you amongst this pantheon of heroes.

The Recruitment Center Clan leaders: we want to see your clan survive. Post your needs here!

Again - welcome and happy posting.

So what are you waiting for? Click on the BASH Boards button on the right!

This is the second of a two part interview I did with Tally (from Rise of the Resistance and Tally’s World) and {PST} Joker (from the eXtreme+ mod).

In today’s program, we discuss the history of relations between Infinity Ward (IW) and the Call of Duty Community ….errrr, or lack thereof.

Good news for CoDheads though, Tally and Joker tell us that those days are over! IW gets it…it’s the community, baby. And to show us how much they want to cozy up to the CoD community, IW invited the leading lights from that community to their California studios - all expenses paid. My two guests tell us what they thought of the affair and what they learned from IW.

Is this IW glasnost a publicity stunt for their upcoming title, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? Or, like Al Gore is fond of saying, is the warming in relations here to stay?

Also in the episode, Tally tells us of the truce in the feud between the rival modding factions of eXtreme+ and ww2x. Check out the following articles in the BASH blog for background, but listen to the webcast for the latest happenings!

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Please help BASH grow…tell people about the webcast. Post links to our site on forums and tell your friends about us. We here at BASH appreciate every one of our listeners and we wish you all … clean headshots.

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The first full webcast from our new webcast site, http://bash.podbean.com, features two familiar voices to BASH listeners, Tally from Rise of the Resistance and Joker from the eXtreme+ mod.

They are here to talk about their experiences at the Call of Duty CoD4: Modern Warfare Community Event in Encino California.

This is the first of two episodes we have done with these experienced CoD modders. We touch on gameplay in this issue, but we focus on:

- initial impressions - the lighting in CoD4 - getting your system ready for CoD4 - are there any modding opportunities in CoD4? - did IW redefine FPS’s with this release? - with penetrating rounds available, will Snipers run out of places to hide?

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Infinity Ward and Activision, makers of the new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare just invited the movers-and-shakers of the CoD Community to IW headquarters in Encino California to reveal their great new FPS game.

On this program we have Josh (a.k.a. JD) from codhq.com, one of those movers-and-shakers, to tell us what he saw of CoD4! This is the second of a two-part interview with Josh, and he tells us that the CoD community had a frank and open discussion with Grant Collier and Infinity Ward. We get Josh to focus on the CoD4 gameplay in this episode. And man is he stoked about this game. Here’s a quote:“…this is the craziest game I’ve ever seen. It felt like I was there!…this is somethin’ else”

Here are some of the topics we talk about:

- The new CoD4 game engine.

- The death animations are no longer scripted…there’s a new CoD4 animation engine using ragdoll physics!

- CoD4 dynamic lighting and the tactical importance of rendering shadows in the game.

- What’s in store for us in multiplayer? What is the perk system in multiplayer?

- CoD4 System requirements.

- CoD4 release status.

- The frangible/destructible environments, the AI, the penetrating rounds, air support … you name it we talk about it.

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Josh, a.k.a. JD, the site administrator from codhq.com comes on BASH today for the first of a two part episode.

In this week’s show, Josh talks to us about what makes codhq.com a great community CoD fan site.

He also introduces us PC, Call of Duty, multiplayer-gamers to a great, total-conversion modification he and his team are working on.

It’s called: Unbound Forces

This CoD2 modification is a high-concept multiplayer-only game that transports the player to the not so distant future. No longer are you playing in the familiar confines of WWII Europe. No sir!

You are either a member of the Tactical Response Unit (T.R.U.) or you are a gun-for-hire Merc. Look quickly around the environment and you will feel completely immersed in the not-so-distant future conflict that occurs in the fictional, Ambassador City.

Grab Toto and hold on to your time machine…here we go!

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In this episode, Ben (a.k.a. BubbaGump from Rise of the Resistance) returns to co-Host the show with Jock.

This week, we discuss the bane of every player’s existence on-line: the hacker and the cheat.

We try to define hacking and cheating and the morality surrounding this activity. As well we explore:

Why players hack?

What type of hacks are being used in Call of Duty?

How can the average player spot the hacker?

Using Dev mode to catch hackers - Are there solutions to the problem of hacking? Can clans mitigate the problem?

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This is the second of a two-part interview with the leader of the community-based CoD2 expansion pack Rise of the Resistance: Tally!

We welcome Tally back to BASH.

In this episode we talk about CoD4, and the status of Rise of the Resistance (RoTR):

- Will RoTR have elements of eXtreme+ in it?

- Is MoH-Airborne a competitor to RoTR?

- When will RoTR be completed?

- What is RoTR’s relationship with Activision and what bombshell announcement does Tally have for us regarding the marketing and distribution of RoTR?

As well, we deal with the work he has been doing on extremecod.com with the eXtreme+ mod.

- What happened to version 1.8 and 1.9 of eXtreme+? - Does eXtreme+ have competition? What is ww2x? - Where does the future lie for this mod?

By the way, if you hadn’t noticed, this is our 25th Episode!

Thank you all for listening and downloading these webcasts. And a big, BASH thank-you to all our guests. We hope to bring you many more episodes in the coming months.

Don’t forget to add us this webcast feed in your podcatcher (e.g. iTunes). As well, go to our website at BASHandSlash.com for features and news we cannot put into this webcast.

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Jock Yitch and BASH bring you a very special guest this week.

Our guest has been a long standing and stalwart member of the Call of Duty community. He’s been a prolific scripter and modder. Currently, a senior member of the support staff at extremecod.com he is also leading the Rise of the Resistance, a community-supported CoD2 expansion pack.

BASH is proud to present, Tally!

This episode is the first of a two-part interview with Tally. In this show, Tally talks about his gaming influences and provides us with a bit of a biography.

We talk about what interested him in CoD and he gives us his critique on this gaming franchise. Of special interest, we learn what Activision got right and what they got wrong with CoD2. It’s an informative webcast!

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Jock falls for this episode. Literally. He attempts a “Banzai Parachute Jump” in honor of Matt Pruitt’s visit as site director of planetmedalofhonor.com.

Matt lets us in on the status of Medal of Honor: Airborne, which is dropping in on the FPS scene in August of this year. Matt hung out with the E.A. developers in L.A. a few weeks ago and he’s here to tell us how things went from a first person perspective.- The buzz has been deafening regarding this game…but what’s the real scoop?

- Will it compete with CoD4?

- Will CoD users who don’t like the idea of modern warfare pull the ripchord and buy MoH?

These are just some of the questions we explore in the interview.

Check out the trailer: MoH: Airborne

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Jock ponders a career change this week when he finds out about the Total Gaming League.

Kevin Hollabaugh, Vice President Sales and Marketing of the server rental and web hosting company MyInternetServices.com stops by and chats with BASH about their latest concept:

The Total Gaming League (TGL)

What makes the TGL different from the other FPS gaming leagues out there?

Well, it’s all in their tagline: “…money for nothing and the gaming is free“.

That’s right, you can win cash money and prizes when you sign up for their tournaments and there’s no registration fee.

Yup - no registration fee.

And guess what? They have just added Call of Duty 2 to their tournament.

It’s a 5 v 5 S&D competition - PM your clan now and sign up, the tournie has just started this week, but the TGL is still taking registrations!

It doesn’t matter whether you are a professional or an amateur gamer - they’ve got a skill class for you.

Head to their website at www.totalgamingleague.com for more information.

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We have a WORLD EXCLUSIVE on BASH this week.

{PST} Joker, from mycallofduty.net is on with Jock to talk about the new eXtreme+ mod. It has been updated to version 1.7 and it will be out later this week.

This episode will be especially interesting to server administrators who run eXtreme+ or those who are looking to swap over (what are you waiting for?).

You can read what major changes are planned for version 1.7 here on the Bash blog:

Late breaking news today (June 6, 2007):

The Beta testing of Version 1.7 has revealed more than a few bugs which, have now been squashed. This has resulted in the eXtreme+ crew now renaming this mod v2.0. And it has now been released!

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We celebrate Episode 20 by having Jock interview Ben (a.k.a. BubbaGump) from the CoD2 community-led expansion game, now in development, RISE OF THE RESISTANCE.

We have been following the RoTR project on our sister-site, BASHandSlash.com for some time.

This time, we take the opportunity to ask the project manager of RoTR some questions. Here is a shortened list of topics we cover:

- What is Rise of the Resistance (RoTR)?

- The origin behind this expansion game.

- What will the game play be like? What will we see on the screen?

- What *new* weapons will we find in the game? Will the feared, French baguette club weapon make it into the game?

- Why are there no dead cows in the Australian version of the CoD2 map, Brecourt?

This webcast has been archived. To obtain a copy, please email:

jockyitch@gmail.com

This week’s webcast is all about the exciting CoD offshoot sport: CoDjumping.

Jock: Hey guys, this week on BASH we go CoDjumping! Chico: Great Jock, I’ll go get my fishing tackle and a sweater.

Chico: Oh I was looking forward to eating a yogurt in Martha’s Village.

In the studio with Jock, is codjumper legend, Phil (a.k.a. Pedsdude). Listen in to get tips on how you can start exploring CoD maps and jump like the pros.

As well, we talk about how to extend your jumping range! This can be done by tweaking your Cl_MaxPackets and Com_MaxFPS settings in your CoD2 mp_config.cfg file. Read about it here: The Sweet Spot.

If you want to try different combinations of fps and maxpacket settings, try our free downloadable binds here: Bind your Sweet Spot.

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BASH brings you our special Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare episode.

Special guest: Matt Pruitt from planetcallofduty.comMatt helps Jock answer the following questions:

- Why is Activision moving the series to modern warfare? And doesn’t modern war hit a bit too close to home?

- Was the CoD4 trailer all gameplay, or was it partially CGI?

- What software engine will CoD4 use?

- Is it true CoD4’s environment is completely destructible? What about multiplayer?

- When will CoD4 be released?

This webcast has been archived. To obtain a copy please email:

jockyitch@gmail.com

Welcome everyone to the new home of BASH.

http://bash.podbean.com

If you have previously subscribed to BASH, you will need to re-subscribe, as the new feed address has also changed. To re-subscribe, click on one of the widget buttons under the SUBSCRIBE menu on the bottom right of this page. Here is the new feed address.

http://bash.podbean.com/feed

Why is the domain name changing?

1. The move to the simpler “bash.podbean.com” is simpler to remember and does not restrict us to only Call of Duty 2 topics! Hint-hint!

2. The previous address created DNS server problems. The new one fixes all those problems. Please note that we will maintain the old domain name http://cod2_bash.podbean.com for the next 6 months as we go thru a transitional period. As well, we will use the old site as an archival site where you can get our older programs.

Our blogs though, ain’t movin’ anywhere. You can still find them at:

http://cod2bash.blogspot.com - our service in english

http://bashespanol.blogspot.com - our spanish service

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