A Short History of Competitive Battlefield - And How to Save It.

In this video I try to break down the trajectory of the competitive battlefield experience, as well as highlight major events and features from the past which were critical to its success.

Lastly, this video serves as a letter to DICE arguing for certain features which will help to bring back a thriving competitive community.

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[Shark]

Once more, on behalf of the Lost-Soldiers BF2 Community I thank you very much for partnering with us and bringing Battlefield 2 back to your channel. Oh and the intro still gives me _the Lord of the Rings vibe_ ;) cheers mate!

[MrAdrien]

Well, this didn't age well. We don't even have scoreboards anymore

[esfsnip]

It will never be as good as the BF2 comp. days. Good memories

[joethahobo]

Battlefield 2 is still my favorite game of all time. Nothing compares to that game at its peak

[EBKnispel]

Trying real hard here to throw in something else left out, but I can't. (though it is 2am here) Clearly put the effort and time in this and can feel the "love" in it. love some of those clips you found as well.

[Jan_TRO]

I remember all of this and still wait for a true successor.

[burtflaxton]

My favorite BF player, on and off the field.

[jamison]

I'm proud to be one of the few in this very cool video to be featured both in person and in game. Also, that rocket launcher shot a few hundred meters above hitting the helicopter was my shot. Someone else hit it while it was burning and took credit for the kill. :) [20ID]jamison

[KinetiKGaming]

Great video. Also made me smile to see my old team SaGa in one of these clips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of the scene

[EngineerGod]

Good Job on this video we need more of these and we need everyone to spam this all over DICE's twitter

[symuthok]

A whole passion excellently summed up in a more than just claim. EA & DICE do it well once and for all, but complete. A hug from Argentina and from the Team [FS]

[WrongWayRoundBikeTour]

Man as a caster for the current competitive scene it does sadden me how it used to be compared to now.

Also that demo mode, the things I'd do to get that again....the analytics I could on Competive would be a wet dream.

I would love to see you do a part two to this going over the current competitive scene, what there is. ESB have done a great job on a Rush tournament getting companies like Samsung involved (don't forget the LAN event they hosted). There are still active leagues from T4 all the way to T16 across all 3 platforms. Visibility of the scene is one major factor as to why dice doesn't bother imo.

This is a brilliant video, hits home on alot of the points, well done bud

[jorgelamboglia]

Dude there is so much facts in all u say man I always heard about all of these some how but never this accurate I thank u for giving us such a great insight of what BF comp was back in 1942 to BF3 days was and I also want to thank you for console Community for acknowledging it and and making it a point in one of your steps for comp to happen on BF in which it should be supported with equity with PC. As Far as I know as a comp players since BF4 PS3 2015 comp has existed on console since Bad Company 2 and it peaked at BF3 and BF4, we still were able to held some thing with BF1 but BFV has been a completé challenge having the first year to play Squad CQ on pub servers to then have this worthless Community Games I feel console Community could die in next game if all what u say or at least half of it its not in the first 3 months of the game or at release for better.
Also looking back at your comment of BF World tournament u talked about being online I really miss competing against players from really Far regions like Australia or Japan those communities on console have been decimated cuz of the lack of Lenient Latency or Lack Compensation which was default until BF4 and then a server options to have it on BF1 its really sad I can't compete with closer neighbor from Brazil living in Central América cuz of a 160 ping limit gap that forces u to lead ur shots and actually make hitreg worst for even low ping players. I miss how natural BF comp was it could easily comp from a pub team going against other in pubs to then try to prove each other in a private server then to scalate and discover more and more from this underworld at least thats my case.

Amazing video pls I know this may get hate on the reddit but post it I feel its time for them to know what they forgot or try to ignore.

[leedeaton]

I was a pilot back in the 1942 and 2 competitive scenes. I haven't experienced this much nostalgia in a very very long time.

[khazar]

Great and insightful video on an unexplored topic. I have a few questions and inquiries and would greatly appreciate your response:

1) A common talking point I hear is that the BF series has become too casual starting with BC/BF3/BF4/BF1/BFV. Do you agree with this or not? Do older BFs really take more skill or is has there been a reverse trend?

2) What would the minimum required features be in order for BF3 to be attract the general competitive population of BF2/BF2142? Can BF3 even be considered a true successor to BF2 with all of these features missing?

3) I noticed that BC2 was not mentioned in the video. Did 8v8 rush not provide a competitive scene or were certain game mechanics like destruction too anti-competitive?

4) Comparing BF2 with BF3/BF4 fighter jets and helicopters, which ones took more skill to become proficient at? Were the differences in hours needed to improve noticeable or negligible? I generally don't play with air vehicles so idk despite playing a lot on all of these games.

[SickzorOne]

we all know it's not going to happen, but we can dream

[Delantho]

there has been tons of effort to try to get DICE to listen every new release but they continue to ignore and implement "features" that ultimately hurt the games

[bcedakota]

Gravity, you mentioned BF2 still being played competitively. There are STILL 1942 tournaments going on in EU to this day. EA/DICE really need to step up.

[UpgradeLemonade]

I did not know some of this info tbh, wow 😲 Honestly it's sad we don't have any comp. scene. Not my jam to play BUT it adds so much value to an fps its insane to not have any form of it. Great video, well documented and great feedback 👍devs need to pay attention to this kind of content

[willo]

awesome vidio! you said what i been thinking for so long! much love