Bashandslash Twitter/Webcast Confirms Changes for PC

[CptainCrunch]

Jockyitch is posting the following informaton from his twitter during the Bashandslash live webcast:

GSPs will not like the news today. MW2 for pc will not have dedicated servers.

The CoD Community will be completely different post MW2. Things have changed a great deal. We will need to embrace change in the future.

MW2 gets VAC NOT PunkBuster!!<!--more-->

Sorry....iwnet replaces PC dedi servers....agn: no dedi servers for MW2 --> from Fourzerotwo on bash right now.

I am listening to the webcast now and will post more information up as it comes available. The above statements have been said by Robert Bowling (402) being interviewed in this webcast.

Source

UPDATE
So after listening to the webcast these are some of the points brought up by the hosts of the webcast about these changes:

IW has control of the game.
IWnet servers will host multiplayer.
DLC will be a charged item for PC.
No dedicated servers.
Semi-capable password servers.
Semi-capable ad-hoc servers.
Competitive play is dead.
MW2 mods would not be possible.
Full integration into Steam.
PC has been turned into console.
Will Treyarch pick up the dedicated server side?

What does this mean to everyone? What will Treyarch do? Do you think CoD for PC is dead? What does this mean for CoDTV as all versions still have it?

The webcast is still going on. Any further updates and I will add it.

UPDATE 2

There will be private matches possible, but no type of promod.
It will make servers and games uniform across the board setup and rule-wise.
How many players on a server is unconfirmed.

UPDATE 3
Now the webcast is talking about what has happened. You can go here to listen.

FINAL UPDATE

Here is the link to the streamed event that I myself heard first hand:

402 comes in at around 1hour 39minutes.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2369799

[Iwantcable]

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Gfg...

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Bashandslash Twitter Has Some Strange Information for PC

Updated some points.

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[iQue]

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Well, VAC instead of PB seems very unlikely, but then again you've been seeing employees from IW playing MW2 on steam, and you only see what game you're playing if it's an official steam game. (otherwise steam only counts them as ingame hours)

Looking forward to some clarification. :p

[CptainCrunch]

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Well, VAC instead of PB seems very unlikely, but then again you've been seeing employees from IW playing MW2 on steam, and you only see what game you're playing if it's an official steam game. (otherwise steam only counts them as ingame hours)

Looking forward to some clarification. :p

When the webcast gets posted, I will include it, but I can tell you it IS VAC.

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[Numptie]

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Im hoping that IW change their mind and develop Dedicated servers after release, or the PC community will be in uproar, I can see the next IW call of duty not being developed for the pc.

If they dont develop Dedicated servers due to the uproar, i can see this game lasting about 5 minutes.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: Bashandslash Twitter/Webcast Has Some Strange Information for PC

Another smaller update.

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[ebevan_91]

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Boo...

[CptainCrunch]

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Added the link to listen to the webcast live. When the bring up the recording, we will add that.

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[Iwantcable]

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The recording has been up for a little while. 402 comes in @ around 1hr:39min

Edit: Link, duh http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2369799

[garandx]

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This will come back to hurt IW as soon as the next main Battlefield Game or the Next Treyarch game come out, boom everyone's not playing MW2.

[Shawn Zipay]

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I refuse to believe that even half of this is real. Where did this originate from? None of the streams or whatever actually play anything.

Edit: ... **** No way they would screw over PC gamers like this.

[garandx]

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I refuse to believe that even half of this is real. Where did this originate from? None of the streams or whatever actually play anything.

I Belive it came out of Mr. Dirty Microsoft Money's Mouth, Robert Bowling.

[lewdis]

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well i'm not getting this

[CptainCrunch]

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The recording has been up for a little while. 402 comes in @ around 1hr:39min

Edit: Link, duh http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2369799

Thanks Cable, I added it.

+Rep.

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I refuse to believe that even half of this is real. Where did this originate from? None of the streams or whatever actually play anything.

Edit: ... **** No way they would screw over PC gamers like this.

Sorry Zips, its form 402 himself while on the show.

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