Cannot connect to multiplayer servers

chromenewt · 12-04-2005, 08:41 PM

Just wondering if anyone can help me because I'm about to go f***ing ballistic at having paid about £50 for BF2 and BF2:SF and I can't play ANY multiplayer servers at all. It works fine on single player but I cannot connect to any servers on the internet at all.

I've tried turning off my firewall etc but it sounds like a sh**ty EA coding problem. It says my registration code isn't valid and would I like to download it agin for more money. F*** that!

I've downloaded the latest patch, DX and Nvidia drivers and quite frankly I can see that I should have followed a friends advice to try and download and hack a copy, at least that way I still wouldn't be able to pay but I'd be £50 better off.

I can't get in contact with EA games as it says that there's no website at any of their alias addresses. I'm now relying on the help of those that are more knowledgeable than myself to do the job that EA cannot do: code a game that works straight out of the box.

I'll admit, I downloaded BF2 and got a dodgy code to begin with but I liked the game so much i forked out £50 for it and the expansion. I uninstalled completely BF2 and all components, reset my PC and reinstalled using the proper codes.

Anyone help? If you live nearish Felixstowe UK and you get it working I'll drive to you and deliver beer/wine/tipple.

melee · 12-04-2005, 08:56 PM

through your ranting and raving it seems like you either have to upgrade to the latest patch (special forces downgrades you) or you gave your cd key away to someone named "hawtbattlefieldgirl" on a IRC channel.

chromenewt · 12-05-2005, 12:18 PM

I've patched the game ok, and I've not given my codes away at all. Who's this user I'm suppossed to have given away my code to, and how would you know (without seeming rude in asking, I mean "are you an EA employee and looked up the user name to the code used"). If you have then something is significantly wrong since both programs let me register the codes without telling me they were already used.

My ranting stems from the fact I've never had an EA games game work without significant effort on my part, hence my frustration when I pay hard earned cash for it to essentially laugh in my face.

melee · 12-06-2005, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by chromenewt

I've patched the game ok, and I've not given my codes away at all. Who's this user I'm suppossed to have given away my code to, and how would you know (without seeming rude in asking, I mean "are you an EA employee and looked up the user name to the code used"). If you have then something is significantly wrong since both programs let me register the codes without telling me they were already used.

My ranting stems from the fact I've never had an EA games game work without significant effort on my part, hence my frustration when I pay hard earned cash for it to essentially laugh in my face.

As a representative of EA's Account Action Squad, I just did a traceroute of your ip then entered it into the Battlefield2 Special Forces database. It seems like this "hawtbattlefieldgirl" is using the account along with your name. I just tried it again, and assuming "anallordmasta" isn't you it looks like you have a whole pack of theives on your account.

Im going to have to advise you to get your shit in order son. Read a book about how to not get scammed by internet lesbian lovers.

Trident · 12-06-2005, 02:04 PM

You should have just went and bought it wrather than downloading it.

chromenewt · 12-06-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by melee

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Originally Posted by chromenewt

I've patched the game ok, and I've not given my codes away at all. Who's this user I'm suppossed to have given away my code to, and how would you know (without seeming rude in asking, I mean "are you an EA employee and looked up the user name to the code used"). If you have then something is significantly wrong since both programs let me register the codes without telling me they were already used.

My ranting stems from the fact I've never had an EA games game work without significant effort on my part, hence my frustration when I pay hard earned cash for it to essentially laugh in my face.

As a representative of EA's Account Action Squad, I just did a traceroute of your ip then entered it into the Battlefield2 Special Forces database. It seems like this "hawtbattlefieldgirl" is using the account along with your name. I just tried it again, and assuming "anallordmasta" isn't you it looks like you have a whole pack of theives on your account.

Im going to have to advise you to get your shit in order son. Read a book about how to not get scammed by internet lesbian lovers.

I'm with AO(hel)L and I've had folks tell me stuff like this before, something to do with AOL not using static IP addresses. I've not given anyone any codes, honestly. I'm an IT teacher and I teach anti-scamming techniques as part of the City & Guilds 7262 level 1 Internet subject. I know you're only going by what you're reading but I only just bought the games. How long ago was the first instance of these two sweaty boys pretending to be lezzies logging in? I bought the games Monday/tuesday last week.

And Trident, I agree. I just object to paying £30 per game and it turns out being crap. I consider myself an ethical pirate; If I like the game I then buy it, if I don't then I erase it without distributing to anyone. I know this is less than legal but consider women who buy outfits to wear for the weekend then take back on Monday for a refund, or those who buy a stereo for a festival and then take it back after saying it doesn't work. As it was I liked the game and thought the reason I couldn't login before was I didn't have genuine codes. Since I got enjoyment from it anyway I bought it and the expansion. As it turns out it still doesn't work, thus the coding was flawed.

HOWEVER, EA has just contacted me and provided me with a tool to remove all BF2 registry entries and to try again. I'll let folks know if this works.

And kids; Piracy is bad. I'm a bad man with some shreds of honesty left. Don't whinge like me if you try and don't like the result. I'm a bad man who likes to whinge and moan.

Rambo_Medic · 12-06-2005, 09:18 PM

Actually, I hate to see you getting pantsed so hard. Melee is pulling your leg. He's not with EA. Looks like a possible connction problem. Perhaps your dial-up (i'm assuming its dial-up cause AOL) is too slow to upload the cdkey to the EA master server and it just peters out.

Try broadband?

chromenewt · 12-07-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rambo_Medic

Actually, I hate to see you getting pantsed so hard. Melee is pulling your leg. He's not with EA. Looks like a possible connction problem. Perhaps your dial-up (i'm assuming its dial-up cause AOL) is too slow to upload the cdkey to the EA master server and it just peters out.

Try broadband?

D'oh, thanks for the heads up about Melee (wonderful thing about the internet is you can't tell sarcasm/leg pulling unless you know the person). No hard feelings Melee.

Btw, thanks all for humouring me. I have a tendancy to get narky quickly as of late.

It's AOL broadband gold (2mb connection I think). I'm trapped by my father refusing to discuss other ISP options. I had problems with Planetside due to the stop-start-stop nature of the connection whilst in game (I often got behind cover, game froze for a second, next frame I'm dead or being nowhere near points of impact and still taking hits). Certainly a possibility that AOL is just shite, my bro has problems like you say on his PC with this connection. I've not had it but then just because I haven't thus far doesn't mean I'm immune from it.

EA are being rather nice and helpful now they've replied and I got a human response straight away rather than the usual automated guess bots I have to deal with other internet based companies. I'm fully calm now (even though it's still not working).

12-04-2005, 08:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
chromenewt Private Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	Cannot connect to multiplayer servers Just wondering if anyone can help me because I'm about to go f*ing ballistic at having paid about £50 for BF2 and BF2:SF and I can't play ANY multiplayer servers at all. It works fine on single player but I cannot connect to any servers on the internet at all. I've tried turning off my firewall etc but it sounds like a shty EA coding problem. It says my registration code isn't valid and would I like to download it agin for more money. F*** that! I've downloaded the latest patch, DX and Nvidia drivers and quite frankly I can see that I should have followed a friends advice to try and download and hack a copy, at least that way I still wouldn't be able to pay but I'd be £50 better off. I can't get in contact with EA games as it says that there's no website at any of their alias addresses. I'm now relying on the help of those that are more knowledgeable than myself to do the job that EA cannot do: code a game that works straight out of the box. I'll admit, I downloaded BF2 and got a dodgy code to begin with but I liked the game so much i forked out £50 for it and the expansion. I uninstalled completely BF2 and all components, reset my PC and reinstalled using the proper codes. Anyone help? If you live nearish Felixstowe UK and you get it working I'll drive to you and deliver beer/wine/tipple.

12-06-2005, 02:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trident First Sergeant Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania - USA Posts: 578	You should have just went and bought it wrather than downloading it. __________________ Have a nice day!

12-05-2005, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
chromenewt Private Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4	I've patched the game ok, and I've not given my codes away at all. Who's this user I'm suppossed to have given away my code to, and how would you know (without seeming rude in asking, I mean "are you an EA employee and looked up the user name to the code used"). If you have then something is significantly wrong since both programs let me register the codes without telling me they were already used. My ranting stems from the fact I've never had an EA games game work without significant effort on my part, hence my frustration when I pay hard earned cash for it to essentially laugh in my face.