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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" gd:etag="W/&quot;Ak4FQnoyeyp7ImA9WhRRFE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230080522193543580</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:08:33.493-05:00</updated><title>Party Pirates Gaming</title><subtitle type="html">the online global PC gaming community of gamers for gamers!</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/" /><author><name>Marky M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02785462249698496482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YC2jviqTuPM/SetCqxNZWZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/0wf34z48u1Q/S220/steamgroup.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WestCoastPartyPirates" /><feedburner:info uri="westcoastpartypirates" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkIDSX8zeyp7ImA9WxBTFEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230080522193543580.post-8742606870463210111</id><published>2009-12-10T09:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T09:16:18.183-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-10T09:16:18.183-05:00</app:edited><title>Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Newest Review</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/feeds/8742606870463210111/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230080522193543580&amp;postID=8742606870463210111&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/8742606870463210111?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/8742606870463210111?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~3/q4oHjltzsBM/battlefield-bad-company-2-newest-review.html" title="Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Newest Review" /><author><name>Marky M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02785462249698496482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YC2jviqTuPM/SetCqxNZWZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/0wf34z48u1Q/S220/steamgroup.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">Hey mates, so with Christmas just around the corner it's to bad that Battlefield Bad Company 2 for PC didn't plan their release for the holiday for gift giving! 
However, some think it was planned carefully to be just about the time gamers will be ready for something new to play in the Spring and not in direct competition with IW's MW2 release. Smart marketing on EA's part.

The article I've 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ibG0Z7e9mm9e0ZbWRgs9SB5dtRk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ibG0Z7e9mm9e0ZbWRgs9SB5dtRk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~4/q4oHjltzsBM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://partypirates.blogspot.com/2009/12/battlefield-bad-company-2-newest-review.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DE4EQHg4eip7ImA9WxNaFUU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230080522193543580.post-5942465841529160761</id><published>2009-11-30T08:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T08:15:01.632-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-30T08:15:01.632-05:00</app:edited><title>Call of Duty:MW2 - Disappointed But Understandable</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/feeds/5942465841529160761/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230080522193543580&amp;postID=5942465841529160761&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/5942465841529160761?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/5942465841529160761?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~3/jeCHo7EfUgI/call-of-dutymw2-disappointed-but.html" title="Call of Duty:MW2 - Disappointed But Understandable" /><author><name>Marky M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02785462249698496482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YC2jviqTuPM/SetCqxNZWZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/0wf34z48u1Q/S220/steamgroup.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">Mates, my blog today is about my disappointment with PC gamers and gaming communities in being able to maintain support for the boycott of  the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game which was released early in November, 2009.  Three weeks ago support for the petition urging Infinity Ward to reverse their decision on not allowing PC gaming communities to run and manage dedicated game servers 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XxElo4LSOHvNnZ3R7eeVpiNl22Y/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XxElo4LSOHvNnZ3R7eeVpiNl22Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~4/ykaOvQGjARk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://partypirates.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMCQnw8eCp7ImA9WxNbGUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230080522193543580.post-3554393572522784474</id><published>2009-11-23T11:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T12:47:43.270-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-23T12:47:43.270-05:00</app:edited><title>Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward's 'Most Successful PC Version' Yet</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/feeds/3554393572522784474/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230080522193543580&amp;postID=3554393572522784474&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/3554393572522784474?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/3554393572522784474?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~3/2BeYFvZX-1E/modern-warfare-2-infinity-wards-most.html" title="Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward's 'Most Successful PC Version' Yet" /><author><name>Marky M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02785462249698496482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YC2jviqTuPM/SetCqxNZWZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/0wf34z48u1Q/S220/steamgroup.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><content type="html">Wow, this news made me very sad indeed mates. Epic fail on our PC gaming community indeed and it's just what IW was counting on. This is either true or a pile of PR crap they are feeding us to get the PC community to give up our boycott of the game. Some have noted in post comments that this info is all hype. Notice no actually statistics are give. Read on ...taken from Gamasutra News via Game 
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sqOwsBg4WYRRvDokAlkxInsRHWw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sqOwsBg4WYRRvDokAlkxInsRHWw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~4/2BeYFvZX-1E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><feedburner:origLink>http://partypirates.blogspot.com/2009/11/modern-warfare-2-infinity-wards-most.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkAHQH09fCp7ImA9WxNbGUw.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230080522193543580.post-2904015204942177979</id><published>2009-11-22T12:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T12:25:31.364-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-22T12:25:31.364-05:00</app:edited><title>The |wcpp| Battlefield 2 server is online!</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://partypirates.blogspot.com/feeds/2904015204942177979/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7230080522193543580&amp;postID=2904015204942177979&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/2904015204942177979?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7230080522193543580/posts/default/2904015204942177979?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestCoastPartyPirates/~3/S5T45EWLRKA/wcpp-battlefield-2-server-is-online.html" title="The |wcpp| Battlefield 2 server is online!" /><author><name>Marky M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02785462249698496482</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YC2jviqTuPM/SetCqxNZWZI/AAAAAAAAAa4/0wf34z48u1Q/S220/steamgroup.jpg" /></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><content type="html">Mates, for those you that are fans of the Battlefield Games the West Coast Party Pirates now has a BF2 ranked pub server with 24 slots. We are also anticipating the launch of Battlefield Bad Company 2 which is due out in early March of 2010.

Our BF2 server IP if you want to joins us to play or add to your favorites is 68.232.170.149:16567. The IP is also listed in our Steam Community Group and 
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Play 
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The game looks pretty amazing in the video plays that you can watch on their site. Check it out and stay tuned!
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from www.bit-tech.net 

Activision has been hinting that it might be bringing "online monetization" strategies and business models to other core franchises than World of Warcraft ever since the Blizzard/Activision merger. Now, the 
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According to a post on gaming blog Hellforge, Infinity Ward's new shooter Modern Warfare 2 has been recalled in Russia on the grounds of objectional content. The "No Russian" mission during the single-player campaign has gained notoriety in the media for being excessively violent and controversial, and was apparently the impetus for the recall.

Every copy of the console 
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by David Stellmack   

EA Games will definitely support mod community upon release

In view of the negative press that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for the PC has been getting from the PC community, Battlefield developer DICE has been going to great lengths to capitalize on the perceived shortcomings of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and to make sure that the PC community knows 
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This week EA games issued an interesting 
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By now you've heard the outrage from the PC gaming community over Infinity Wards decision to allow no PC gamers to run our own dedicated servers for the new Modern Warfare 2 game being released in about 14 days. This is a major slam towards the PC gaming community including clan based gaming which has supported IW's COD games since the beginning. 

The PC community has responded 
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