BASH

An Estonian, two Swedes, a Singaporean and a Canadian walk into a gaming webcast…yes, it does sound like a setup for a joke, but we really do have all those folks on the show today. Ingram from Estonia and Swedes Trivve and Abhi are on the show to talk about the new competitive standard mod for CoD4: Promod Live v2.

Yet another competitive mod for CoD4 you say? Well…it’s a long story and frankly, I understand quantuum mechanics better than I understand the tortuous path that took this community from PAM4 to Promod Live v2. But we try to explain it on this show.

In a nut shell, Carlisle’s Promod Live (remember BASH 102), which was selected by the CoD Alliance over Promod v4.40 (Trivve) has been supplanted in Europe as the standard competitive mod. Carlisle has retreated from the scene and this has allowed Trivve (and Ingram and Abhi) to step in with an evolved version of their old mod, now renamed Promod Live v2.

On the show we explore the history and politics behind Promod Live:

- Carlisle’s Promod Live was the standard competitive mod. Where has he gone? - Where is the CoD Alliance (TCA), the group that had chosen Promod Live as the competitive mod of choice a few months ago? Will they select v2 as the new king of competitive mods?

We explore what’s new in Promod Live v2 (like new modes like Strat). And , we talk about some of its drawbacks: maxpackets forced at 100 (a hold over from previous Promods).

What is Raf1 (maker of Promod) doing behind the scenes to unify the CoD community when MW2 comes out?

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News from the east on today’s podcast.

Gamestah shoutcaster DeathAdder (DA) from the [JEDI] clan of Singapore talks to us about competitive gaming in CoD.

One of the hot topics: Promodlive v2

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The term “lull before the storm” is a bit hackneyed, but with the impending MW2 media-storm about to hit the CoD community’s coastline very soon…it’s an apt one to use for this week’s webcast.

PST*Joker and I look at the going’s on in the CoD landscape this first week in July and find that there’s a surprising amount of happenings.

Everything from mods to mayhem.

So make sure you have plywood up on your windows and strap in for a listen.

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In today’s cast, PST*Joker and I spend a bit more time talking about the e-drama behind the hacks that felled game-cheat site Netcoders and (in an unrelated event) CoDNerd’s CustomCOD.com.

We also talk about a few other events of the day:

1. Treyarch talks about Map Pack 2 and the PC community. Finally! The tea-leaves look good.

2.  Rob Bowling on MW2 co-op mode: Source

3.  OpenWarfare mod

4.  CoD4 Frontlines mod v5: final version.

5.  GenSherman’s Devil-Dogz celebrate their 3rd anniversary (Jock’s old clan). PST celebrate their 4th (PST*Joker’s clan).

6. From Jamie of Tactics and Cunning:

“Just to let you know I like your website and have included links to it on a new toolbar I set up for our clan.  We’re a UK and European S&D COD clan but I’m promoting it where I can with the emphasis on it being a great place to get the latest COD news, therefore there is a link to your RSS feed and to your website under “Useful Websites”.

Heres a link if you want a look: http://TacticsandCunning.OurToolbar.com/

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