This is a thread I posted on MyRes.net.
(i tried to do it all nice and formal)

This topic is more for the IG developers:

I know most of the users on myres.net aren't very fond of "glitchers". Still though, some people like to mess around a little in the game and no matter how hard IG tries, it seems that "glitchers" are still a problem.

I have a simple suggestion. A version of RFOM UNPATCHED released. I bet right off the bat most are skeptical to this idea, but read on.

Ranked games don't seem to be a huge problem, nor does any non-ranked game on any map, but there is still a large amount of people getting out of maps and trying to find little exploits in the maps. With the release of an UnPatched version of the game, available for download via the PsStore, I foresee a drop in "glitchers" playing the game. With restrictions for the U-P version like Ranked Games being unavailable, there would be no reason to worry about "glitchers'" stats skyrocketing.

I understand this could be a difficult task for the development team at IG, but there might be easy ways to acheive this. Instead of the ENTIRE game re-released with all the original data minus the minor tweaks added to curb collision points and "bounce" areas; popular "glitching" maps could be released much like the new map packs were. That way the launch of a dedicated server for the U-P version could be avoided. Strong security that would help against the un-patched version being played by a user "ontop" of the patched version wouldn't even be a concern as there is no known way of hacking the PS3 console. I'm sure the game's data without all the added patches exsists still somewhere, so it's not like you have to re-write the entire game.

I've discussed this with many players, glitcher and non-glitcher and they all like the idea. It's good for both breed of player. The glitcher gets they're own game in which they are free to explore the maps in the way they wish, and the non-glitcher gets a game to play in which they are free of the annoyance of people out of maps or behind walls. Discuss this amongst yourselves and feel free to respond with feedback, but more importantly if any IG rep is reading this I hope you consider this idea. Not only will it most likely rid that pesky glitcher out of the patched version, but it just might boost useage of the game as well.

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actually sounds pretty reasonable... how was it received on myres?

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Greatest idea ever I would glitch all day

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wow, fierce, i never knew you were that smart!

you couldent have wrote that.

but anyways, great idea, i will hop back on that game every day.

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First post somebody said it was a bad idea and just complained about glitching.. he was obviously an idiot and did not read the post.

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lol... thats basically all the myres pansies

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Can you give us a link to the MyRes thread? I'd like to see the results over a period of time :D

EDIT: Isn't it a bit late for this now anyway?

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yeah it is... but maybe something for rfom2? like upon release just have a separate download thats completely apart from the full version (no campaign, no ranked, etc.)

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The people at MyRes.net just did not understand my idea at all.

here's the link to the thread:
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i can see it now....5 seconds in thread locked.....10 seconds in your account has been banned. But i do have to say that it would work if insom did something like that. They should look into using that idea for rfom2.

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