Who's picking up SW Battlefront? - Operation Sports Forums

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.

Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.

Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.

The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.

With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.

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HoopGopher

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09-23-2004, 01:51 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

I've been anticipating this game for a really long time as I am a bit of a Star Wars geek. I played for a while in one player and was absoultely in love with it. I'm not terribly picky about non-sports games and the use of the license is awesome (characters, weopons, maps and vehicles). However, I later became massively disappointed.

It's so sad to me, too, because it's such a simple thing. One of my favorite things to do is get together at a friends house and hook up 4 xbox's to a LAN with 4 TV's and get 8-10 guys together to play Halo. Most of us love Star Wars and were excited to see that this had 2-10 xbox system link support. Then we went to play and found out that when you link, you can only get one person on each xbox (up to 4 on Halo). Ridiculous! I knew you could only play multiplayer splitscreen with 2 players, but I figured that would translate to system link as well. It was such a sad, sad night. I love the game otherwise, but this one small thing hurts it a lot for me.
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HoopGopher

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#107

09-23-2004, 01:51 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

I've been anticipating this game for a really long time as I am a bit of a Star Wars geek. I played for a while in one player and was absoultely in love with it. I'm not terribly picky about non-sports games and the use of the license is awesome (characters, weopons, maps and vehicles). However, I later became massively disappointed.

It's so sad to me, too, because it's such a simple thing. One of my favorite things to do is get together at a friends house and hook up 4 xbox's to a LAN with 4 TV's and get 8-10 guys together to play Halo. Most of us love Star Wars and were excited to see that this had 2-10 xbox system link support. Then we went to play and found out that when you link, you can only get one person on each xbox (up to 4 on Halo). Ridiculous! I knew you could only play multiplayer splitscreen with 2 players, but I figured that would translate to system link as well. It was such a sad, sad night. I love the game otherwise, but this one small thing hurts it a lot for me.
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seanmac

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#108

09-23-2004, 05:13 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).
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seanmac

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#109

09-23-2004, 05:13 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).
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Sully

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#110

09-23-2004, 08:00 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by seanmac

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).

I'm sold. I'm going to pick it up either today at lunch or tomorrow.
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#111

09-23-2004, 08:00 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by seanmac

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).

I'm sold. I'm going to pick it up either today at lunch or tomorrow.
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Pared

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#112

09-23-2004, 09:30 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by HoopGopher

I've been anticipating this game for a really long time as I am a bit of a Star Wars geek. I played for a while in one player and was absoultely in love with it. I'm not terribly picky about non-sports games and the use of the license is awesome (characters, weopons, maps and vehicles). However, I later became massively disappointed.

It's so sad to me, too, because it's such a simple thing. One of my favorite things to do is get together at a friends house and hook up 4 xbox's to a LAN with 4 TV's and get 8-10 guys together to play Halo. Most of us love Star Wars and were excited to see that this had 2-10 xbox system link support. Then we went to play and found out that when you link, you can only get one person on each xbox (up to 4 on Halo). Ridiculous! I knew you could only play multiplayer splitscreen with 2 players, but I figured that would translate to system link as well. It was such a sad, sad night. I love the game otherwise, but this one small thing hurts it a lot for me.

Wow.. that DOES suck.... It's not so hard to implement either, given a little time. (Trust me, I know.) Esp. if you force the 4 on the same TV to be on the same team....


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#113

09-23-2004, 09:30 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by HoopGopher

I've been anticipating this game for a really long time as I am a bit of a Star Wars geek. I played for a while in one player and was absoultely in love with it. I'm not terribly picky about non-sports games and the use of the license is awesome (characters, weopons, maps and vehicles). However, I later became massively disappointed.

It's so sad to me, too, because it's such a simple thing. One of my favorite things to do is get together at a friends house and hook up 4 xbox's to a LAN with 4 TV's and get 8-10 guys together to play Halo. Most of us love Star Wars and were excited to see that this had 2-10 xbox system link support. Then we went to play and found out that when you link, you can only get one person on each xbox (up to 4 on Halo). Ridiculous! I knew you could only play multiplayer splitscreen with 2 players, but I figured that would translate to system link as well. It was such a sad, sad night. I love the game otherwise, but this one small thing hurts it a lot for me.

Wow.. that DOES suck.... It's not so hard to implement either, given a little time. (Trust me, I know.) Esp. if you force the 4 on the same TV to be on the same team....


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#114

09-23-2004, 09:31 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by Eurodawg

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09-23-2004, 09:31 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by Eurodawg

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#116

09-23-2004, 09:36 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by seanmac

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).

I agree wholeheartedly. Put the game on hard, and it "ain't" easy! The CPU AI SOMETIMES will stand around... but to me, they react like YOU would when you stop for a second to gather your surroundings. And if they notice you (you CAN sneak up on people) they go full force in trying to kill you...

Awesome stuff. A must for any Star Wars fan, IMO.


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#117

09-23-2004, 09:36 AM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by seanmac

I'm still trying to figure out what all the complaints about single player are about. Galactic Conquest with the difficulty level on hard is not easy at all- I lose a lot more battles than I win, and I'm no slouch player. At the moment I'm actually having a better time offline, much to my surprise (mostly due to the lag that's been afflicting most of my online games so far).

I agree wholeheartedly. Put the game on hard, and it "ain't" easy! The CPU AI SOMETIMES will stand around... but to me, they react like YOU would when you stop for a second to gather your surroundings. And if they notice you (you CAN sneak up on people) they go full force in trying to kill you...

Awesome stuff. A must for any Star Wars fan, IMO.


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#118

09-23-2004, 12:52 PM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by Pared

I agree wholeheartedly. Put the game on hard, and it "ain't" easy! The CPU AI SOMETIMES will stand around... but to me, they react like YOU would when you stop for a second to gather your surroundings. And if they notice you (you CAN sneak up on people) they go full force in trying to kill you...

Awesome stuff. A must for any Star Wars fan, IMO.

I have it and love it online

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09-23-2004, 12:52 PM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Originally posted by Pared

I agree wholeheartedly. Put the game on hard, and it "ain't" easy! The CPU AI SOMETIMES will stand around... but to me, they react like YOU would when you stop for a second to gather your surroundings. And if they notice you (you CAN sneak up on people) they go full force in trying to kill you...

Awesome stuff. A must for any Star Wars fan, IMO.

I have it and love it online

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#120

09-23-2004, 01:09 PM

Re: Who's picking up SW Battlefront?

Yeah, this game is sweet. I could play the Hoth battle all day. I hopped in an AT-AT as soon as I got the game and I was hooked.

Anyone know how to take out an AT-AT with the cables? I've seen a cpu controlled vehicle do it, but I haven't been able to figure it out myself.

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